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Cult of Olmaca
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On a world on which they were not born, humans make a new home. It is an ancient world with strange races seemingly born of myth and legend, but there is a darker secret there. One that will bring into question the origins of all those that call Urya home.
David W Henley
James, Megan, Mike, Nate, Tony
Here is where the story begins.
Justinian Theocratic Empire
Staunch defenders of the faith of the Unnamed God, the Justinian Empire has led the reformation of the lands of men. They have reclaimed the broken lands of the continent of Danlorn-Assa and the empire sits at their heart. Others claim dominion over regions of Danlorn-Assa, but with time, faith, fire, and sword the imperials intend to spread their faith and rulership to all peoples of Urya. But all is not well, recently their leader has died of illness without a clear successor. The church's authority is threatened by dissenters and heretics from within, as well as barbarians from outside her borders. It is a time of doubt and confusion, with rumors of yet another war close on the heels of a decade-long conflict in the east.
Sedes of Australis
The southernmost Sedes of the empire, and one of the three wealthiest, Australis is home to some of the most elite troops of the legions. It is best known for its production of marble, olive-oil, and wines, and its deep harbors along the New Sea make it the most traveled of the Sedes. Wealth and a warm climate make it attractive to merchants, nobles and mercenaries alike.
The Sedes of Australis is actually a geographic region that encompasses most of the southern continent of Danlorn-Assa. The region is also claimed, or a majority of it is, by the Nepalese Empire. So it is that the people of the Imperial Province of Doge are on the frontlines of a cold-war, for the moment, and the Isle of Cassia is heavily garrisoned as a result.
Doge, founded 0053AR, is the southernmost province of the area under Imperial control. It is considered the northern border of the Sedes Australis and the doorway to the south. For this reason there are many more foreign peoples and traders present in the province than elsewhere in the empire. The province is known for its fine timber and artisans, fruit that cannot be grown in other parts of the Empire, and grains suited to warmer climates. Doge enjoys a Warm-Temperate climate that at certain times borders on Sub-Tropical. The province boasts three large cities: Trassus, on the southern tip of the mainland; Irusi, the northern port of Cassia; and Belona at the southern extreme of Cassia and the Empire. These three cities are among the most advanced and definitely the most cosmopolitan of any in the Empire.
Those foreigners that visit Trassus are confined to the port district of the city; any found outside this area are detained, questioned and sometimes imprisoned. There is a similar policy within the walls of Irusi, but it is modified. Those coming to Irusi can leave the city through the Puerto Mare’—Sea Gate—as it is known. This gate will take them from the city proper into the surrounding countryside. In Belona there is a similar gate and policy. Those foreigners leaving by the Sea Gate can only reenter the city by the same gate. It is a criminal act to do otherwise, and if the reason for the transgression is linked to more serious crime then the punishment can be as severe as crucifixion. Other than the three major cities there are dozens of smaller ones, hundreds of villages, and many times that number of smaller settlements and private acreages.
The people of the province are for the majority Theoc, though there have been a few cases where some foreigner has done a great service for the Empire and been rewarded limited citizenship, and lands in Doge on the Isle of Cassia. Those that live within the province are by imperial law required to honor and serve the church and her teachings. Those that do not follow the faith of the Unknown God are required to convert upon acceptance of the citizenship and may not leave the church and remain in the lands of the Empire. The average Australo is of a medium to olive complexion with dark hair and eyes. They are average height for an imperial ranging form 5’7” to 5’ 10”, and of medium to heavy build. They often have curly hair and beards, which some treat with olive oil. Their dress is varied with all the styles to be found throughout the empire, and sometimes in the southern empire of Nepal-Assa. They are an open people—as much as the empire’s laws allow—and love to build long-lasting friendships and alliances. These are often as strong as a familial bond, and sometimes adoptions do occur making them just that. There is a saying in the province that, “Australo blood and wine are the thickest in the world.” The meaning has to do with the intense loyalty of the Australo to those they consider friend of family, and the bitter enmity they have for those that are adversaries or enemies.
Because of the influx of foreigners peoples of all the more advanced lands can be found within the port cities. Throughout the province the people of the empire are mainly Australo, but there are some of the Eos, Aquiline, and Vespertini.
It is imperial edict that no god but that of the Theoc may be worshipped upon the soil of the Empire. Those that are found to do so are incarcerated, charged with witchcraft and heresy, and then executed. There are no exceptions to this law.
Theoc is the only language spoken by the majority, but other languages are spoken in the ports of the province.
Provincial Capitol is Trassus.
Provincial holidays are the same as those followed throughout the empire, and a few local to the area in question.
Law in the province is the same as the remainder of the Empire.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and punishment is defined the same as stipulated throughout the Empire.
The seal of the province incorporates the Imperial seal, the seal of Australis, and a Battle-Cross.
There are three legions assigned throughout the province and there is a Dux—pronounced Deuce, or among the common people Duce—and three Legates assigned to command them. There is one legion, the 7th, headquartered in Trassus; the other two legions are the 3rd in Irusi, and the 11th in Belona. All of the legions are veteran units with well-trained and competent men in command.
Isle of Cassia
Port of Irusi
The city of Irusi has been plauged by serial killings for over an annum(year) and there is no resolution in site. People live in fear and the city has suffered from the loss of nightlife and trade with outsiders. Compounding this is the death of the empire's leader and the cancellation of a local annual festival. This is the background for the arrival of newcomers, and one who is returning home after a long time away. Arriving in the city he is appraised of the situaiton by his step-father, a man of influence with the city's government and underworld alike. The welcome home is marred by the stories of the killings, conflict with the city and empire, and news of the Imprator's(Leader of the Empire and Church) death.
Figures of Note
These are important NPCs in the Sanguine Blade storyline.
Abbot Vencizo Domini
Abbot Domini has been at the head of the Order of Augustine and the Basilica for over 20 annum, and is without doubt one of the most powerful people on Cassia. Vencizo was born in the Province of Aquilo 56 annum ago, born to a farmer and his wife the future clergyman knew that he would be something more than his forebears from the first time he entered his parish church. The boy grew quickly into a young man and took orders at the age of 14, for the next 20 annum of his life Vencizo served the church and empire with all of his faith and courage. He spent several years as a missionary in the Sedes of Eos among the Jute, and their cousins the Bres. He was a close associate of Bishop Gaius Recto and helped found the cathedral of Lund B’jet, the greatest bastion of the faith in the east. When word reached him of the fall of the Empire’s holdings in the area of Lund B’jet, and the death of the Bishop Recto, Abbot Domini was deeply wounded and has yet to recover fully. His nature is one of temperance and patience but the seed of hatred has taken root and begun to blossom. His correspondence to higher officials of the church and the empire has begun to reflect his belief that the east should be declared apostate, heretic, and irredeemable. If this should be done then all those that would enter the Empire from the East would then be subject to the laws concerning heretics. In short, they would be seen as guilty of crimes against the Theocracy and subject to immediate execution. Further Domini has pressed that a full crusade be called against the pagan peoples of Eos, and that the lands should be scourged and salted so that no other may ever again inhabit them.
This hatred has been curtailed with great effort by the Dux of the Province, but has begun to worry those around the Abbot. There are those of the secular ranks that have hinted at the threat such sentiment might pose to the stability of the eastern empire. Some believe that this threat is grave enough that the Cardinal-Abbot should be censured and removed from his position on Cassia and within the Province of Doge.
Dux Varro Cassius
Cassius is a man of great complexity and desire. He is drawn to the Church and the power offered there, but unable to disconnect himself from the secular world and the role of a soldier turned politician. The Dux earned his admittance into the roles of the Equs during his thirty plus years in the legions. He was 16 annum of age when he chose a soldier’s lot over that of an aspirant cleric, though he had served as a page and altar boy at the Basilica of St Leonidus in Libertina, capitol of the Province of Liber. When he had been studying to take the orders he met a man that was a tribune in the legions of Vespertinus. The Tribune told he stories of all the glorious adventures and the great victories won in the name of God and Mother Church over his career and that every young man that didn’t serve the church as a cleric should serve as a soldier. After a few weeks of talking with the Tribune, Cassius made his choice to the disappointment of the Bishop that was the head of the Basilica’s clergy. But the Bishop blessed him and wished him well in his future service to the Imprator and the Church. In the early years of his service Cassius didn’t do anything extraordinary and came in time to doubt his choice. But, then when he was a twenty-year veteran and Primus of a legion led by Dux Cicero Orba, Cassius traveled into the dark and pagan lands of Myr. There among the great pyramids of the Myran he found the truth. It was a simple truth and one that would sustain him through all the years of service as a soldier and politician. The heathens had power. It was a sinister and occult power unlike that of God, which had sprung from unnatural acts and pacts with the devils and spirits of this world. A world that he was to learn was not one that man was born upon, but brought to by God to cleanse. This message was not spread among the common people, who knew nothing of a world other than this one, and only among the elite of the nobility. Many believed that the passages in the holy script declaring man as God’s child were referring to his creation on another world long ago.
He swore an oath in a temple dedicated to one of the Myran gods that he would uphold the church and her work. That those that turned away from God in this world of alien power and deviltry were no better than the bestial creatures bred on the face of the world. They deserved no different or better fate either, they should be slain and burn in the fires of Hades, in fact they were worse for the simple lack of faith that they had displayed. The creatures born of this world were ignorant of the faith until man came bearing the word of God and the scriptures on which the church was founded. They could be pitied if not forgiven when they refused to repent and convert to the true faith. He joined the ranks of the Armored Cross and learned more and more through years of service—in secret—to the order. It was during this service that he learned of some of the dark cults hidden within the very fabric of the world and of the plots to overthrow the empire and bring down the church espoused by some of them.
Cassius was retired over 15 years ago and took up the mantel of public service before his armor could collect dust. He rose in the ranks quickly due to his connections with the influential knights of his order, and powerful allies in the military and civilian government. Five annum ago he was appointed the Dux of Doge and took up residence in Trassus, but winters in Irusi and Belona. He feels that he is better able to rule the province by experiencing the day-to-day life of its people. This has led to his habit of walking the streets of whatever city he is residing in simple clothing and listening to and talking with the citizens. Those of his guard are very unhappy with this, but are not able to invoke any sort of emergency authority over the Dux to make him desist.
Black Gustav, that is what they called him as long as he can remember. Among his family in Aquilo Province he was known as Black Gustav because of the color of his hair and eyes, passed down to him from his ancient Imvori forebears. Gustav grew up among the whalers of the Northing Isles, and spent much of his youth aboard the great oil ships that made many Captains rich men. But those ships made more of them dead. It was the danger, and the watery graves of many of his fellows that made up Gustav’s mind to leave Aquilo behind. Once he decided to do so he spent another 15 annum in the western province of Liber. In Liber he learned to buy and sell from a man that was like his father, until that man cheated him. When the deception was out in the open Gustav took his vengeance on his ex-mentor and spent six days killing him by inches. Though Gustav never considered himself an evil man he always understood the power of violence and learned to use it well. With his ex-mentor gone, and the man’s rivals snapping at Gustav’s heels, once more he pulled up stakes and found another part of the empire to start fresh in.
He had always wanted to visit the warmer southern region of the empire, to taste its fine wines, and food. All his life he had heard tales of the warmth of the lands of Australis, and more of its people. Now he found himself without ties, or direction and decided that it was time to act on those dreams. So that night he made his way out of the city that had been his home for 15 annum and made his way south. Months and many miles later he found himself in the heart of Irusi, caught up with the many smells and sounds that all the outsiders brought with them as they mingled unfettered with the local peoples. The people, the sights and sounds, the soul of the city spoke to something in him that until then Gustav hadn’t known was there. For the first time Gustav felt pride in his city, and his empire, and it was then that he decided that he would protect both with all his wit and will. But unlike most he didn’t seek out the rank and file of the legions, or the tonsured celibacy of the church. He would bring to bear all his skill and cunning from years of survival on the seas, and in the dark alleys that had been his crucible.
He formed a guild of dock-men and handlers, invested in the designs and ideas of a local architect, and helped to shape the future of the city from the ground up. That was almost a generation ago, and now as he enters his winter years the maestro is looking for a pupil to take on the shadowy empire that he has built. Many of his lieutenants vie for his favor and jockey for a position that will put them close enough to learn his secrets. Or slit his throat while he sleeps, Gustav can’t really be sure which. Of them not one has what Gustav is looking for in an heir, a love of the city that will equal his own. So, he waits and watches all those near him, and the ones that are the most troublesome to him seem to always find their way into the harbor, or the canals along the shore.
The killings in recent times deeply trouble the man, and he has often lent his aid and influence to help the Polis in their investigation. Gustav is able to send agents into places that the Polis could never go, mobile markets, and brothels, Koonah-dens and every other illicit place within the districts of the Polis and Subura of Irusi. The killing itself is not the cause of Gustav’s ire, but that, neither he, nor his people control such blatant use of force, and that the fear it inspires undermines his power with the people of the city. This he cannot abide, or allow.
Gustav is a large man, well over six feet, though now stooped with age, heavy muscle sheaths his upper body and legs in knotted bands. His eyes are coal-black and most say that by looking into them one can see that Gustav has no soul. His features are deeply tanned and ruggedly lined from years in the sun and exposed to the elements. His nose is a flattened ruin, a trophy of his hard won success. Once when he was still young he was seen as handsome, even winning, by the ladies, but now his hair is the color of day old snow, and there is a tremble in his hands when they are unoccupied. To hide this infirmity he has taken to using a heavy walking stick. It is ornately carved with sea serpents and mermaids along its length. The handle of the stick is slightly crooked and will detach to reveal a sturdy steel-bladed knife. A weapon that has tasted the life blood of many of the “Old Man’s” enemies, and kept him from harm for longer than many of his men have drawn breath.
Gustav has few that he counts among his friends, but one such is Kamal Depta, and the two veterans of the wider world often sit and sip espresso—a drink that is a delicacy and uncommon in the taverns of the city—lost in conversation. The pair is the best-known, and respected Domi of the port district. It is said that not even a fly takes wing without one or the other knowing ahead of time when, where, and why.
Began his life in the brothel district of Agrapur in the Satrap of Lonth in western Nepal-Assa. He was born to a woman in one of the brothels, the bastard son of a Chingani outcast and a Lontha prostitute he was not well thought of by those outside the district in which he was born, and considered of lower class than even the Lontha. Since his ancestors were those that had once enslaved much of the south in the old world they were the target of much hatred and prejudice from the Hyn, Turk, and Bendi that rule the empire in the modern world. When he had reached thirteen years of age he decided to take his chances in the Justinian Theocracy, where he was taken as a house-servant by one of the nobles. Through diligent service he won the respect of his employer and became the noble’s Manservant. While on campaign in the wilds of Myr he saved the noble’s life and was offered a chance to enlist in the army of the Empire. This gave Kamal the opportunity to earn citizenship and own his own property. That noble was no other than Dux Varro, and Kamal is still fanatical in his loyalty to the Dux to this day. Though he shares the features of his southern brothers Kamal proudly wears the cross of the Theoc Church and observes the Ashen Cross. If there is ever a time when he is put in a position that might threaten the Dux Kamal will choose the path that will defend his old friend and benefactor. All other alliances and oaths are secondary to that he gave to the Empire and the Dux. Kamal is taller than average, nearly six feet in height and wiry, weighing little more than 140 pounds. His eyes are a pale hazel that is almost green and framed by thick brows. He wears a beard, which is kept oiled and that is trimmed closely to the jaw line and pulled into a point beneath the chin, where it is curled outward. His skin is brown, slightly lighter in hue than a pecan, and unblemished except for an old scar that runs from his left nostril to the lobe of his left ear. A knife wound suffered when he was a boy of 13 put the scar there. When a purveyor of the brothel that was his home took a disliking to him he only escaped death with the help of his mother and two other of the prostitutes. The man that attacked him was slain and since he was a wealthy local merchant it was best that Kamal depart. Kamal has a fondness for rich fabrics and bright colors, dressing most often in rich reds and gold. He adorns himself with silver jewelry, earrings in both ears, a silver stud piercing his left nostril, rings on the forefinger of each hand and another on the ring finger of his left hand. Kamal is a consummate businessman and has built a small fortune and reputation within the Port District of Irusi. He is loyal to the Empire, but sees the truth when it comes to the prejudice and avarice of some of its clergy and nobles. Kamal has been known to help some of those that he believed were unfairly treated by the officials of Irusi and the Province. In some cases he has used connections with others within the “Guilds” of the area to relocate some of these targets to distant lands, or to remove a threat to their lives within the city. Kamal is stalwart and upright in spite of these connections and affiliations with those of less moral certitude. His most direct association with members of the city’s underworld is with a pair known as Whisper and Shadow. This pair is known in the city as assassins that have often proved their nature to Kamal, and have often helped him protecting those that could not do so alone.
Legate Nacellus Antonio
Legate Nacellus is a driven man, driven to constantly ascend to higher station within the empire. He had an exemplary career in the legions of the empire, and rose quickly in rank. His rapid promotion was aided by the fact that he was born into the Equs, and his family is one of the eldest senatorial families to survive the fall of the old world. Throughout the empire the Legate’s reputation for efficiency and competence is second to none. If there is a delicate matter that needs attention it is often the Legate that is contacted by the Corpus Firma and instructed as to the proper course in the eyes of the church and the Imprator. Nacellus has never failed when he received the call of his superiors the Legate never shirked or made excuses that another man should be called in his place. This devotion and determination, coupled with his positive results is what won Nacellus his position in one of the most important ports in the Sedes of Australis. He is a young man for such an influential post, and this fact has earned him the envy of many of his fellow nobles. This fact is not lost on the Legate and he takes steps constantly to protect his interests and to form alliances with powerful nobles, and freedmen alike. The Publi—the common people—see Nacellus as a champion for their rights, and souls and are loyal and supportive of him in the city of Irusi. For the most part this perception is true, but there is a harder, darker side to the legate and his ambitions. His family is related to that of the Celeri Imprators. If there were ever a time where there was no clear heir to the Empire’s highest seat—such as now—it might be possible for one of his blood, or even himself to assume command of the empire and church. The likelihood of such an occurrence is beyond his ability to calculate, but that there is a possibility is enough to pique his ambition. A distant cousin of his, the lady, Alista Gaius-Venci is missing somewhere in the eastern region of the New Sea. Her confessor, a Father Marius has recently been rescued from an uncharted island north the Nepalese port of Ram-Duapur. The island was the base of operations for a pirate that had preyed upon vessels in the region for nearly to decades. Now it was believed that he had kidnapped the Lady, and still holds her captive waiting for an opportunity to exploit her position and garner some great ransom. Nacellus has taken on the responsibility of finding her and returning her to her father and soon-to-be husband. If he is successful it will be his greatest political coup to date and will engender a sense of debt with the girl’s father and remaining kin. With the voice of such a powerful family, added to that of the husband’s kin, should be enough to propel him into the court in Acropolis permanently if no further. Nacellus is a man of honor, and carries out his duty to the fullness of his ability, but given the opportunity and choice to transfer his household and interests to Acropolis, he will not hesitate to abandon the city and its people. With the string of occult, and grisly murders in Irusi of late he is fearful that his reputation with become sullied should no perpetrator be brought to justice soon. This completely unacceptable to the Legate and he has taken steps since his return to the city to put pressure on his subordinates, using connections within the church in general, and the Basilica of St Augustine in particular. The man or men responsible—it is inconceivable to the Legate that the killings might involve a woman—must be brought to heel within the next 20 daes or he will take steps against those he sees as failing in their duties, or lacking the talent for success. Legate Nacellus is a driven man, driven to constantly ascend to higher station within the empire. He had an exemplary career in the legions of the empire, and rose quickly in rank. His rapid promotion was aided by the fact that he was born into the Equs, and his family is one of the eldest senatorial families to survive the fall of the old world. Throughout the empire the Legate’s reputation for efficiency and competence is second to none. If there is a delicate matter that needs attention it is often the Legate that is contacted by the Corpus Firma and instructed as to the proper course in the eyes of the church and the Imprator. Nacellus has never failed when he received the call of his superiors the Legate never shirked or made excuses that another man should be called in his place. This devotion and determination, coupled with his positive results is what won Nacellus his position in one of the most important ports in the Sedes of Australis. He is a young man for such an influential post, and this fact has earned him the envy of many of his fellow nobles. This fact is not lost on the Legate and he takes steps constantly to protect his interests and to form alliances with powerful nobles, and freedmen alike. The Publi—the common people—see Nacellus as a champion for their rights, and souls and are loyal and supportive of him in the city of Irusi. For the most part this perception is true, but there is a harder, darker side to the legate and his ambitions. His family is related to that of the Celeri Imprators. If there were ever a time where there was no clear heir to the Empire’s highest seat—such as now—it might be possible for one of his blood, or even himself to assume command of the empire and church. The likelihood of such an occurrence is beyond his ability to calculate, but that there is a possibility is enough to pique his ambition. A distant cousin of his, the lady, Alista Gaius-Venci is missing somewhere in the eastern region of the New Sea. Her confessor, a Father Marius has recently been rescued from an uncharted island north the Nepalese port of Ram-Duapur. The island was the base of operations for a pirate that had preyed upon vessels in the region for nearly to decades. Now it was believed that he had kidnapped the Lady, and still holds her captive waiting for an opportunity to exploit her position and garner some great ransom. Nacellus has taken on the responsibility of finding her and returning her to her father and soon-to-be husband. If he is successful it will be his greatest political coup to date and will engender a sense of debt with the girl’s father and remaining kin. With the voice of such a powerful family, added to that of the husband’s kin, should be enough to propel him into the court in Acropolis permanently if no further. Nacellus is a man of honor, and carries out his duty to the fullness of his ability, but given the opportunity and choice to transfer his household and interests to Acropolis, he will not hesitate to abandon the city and its people. With the string of occult, and grisly murders in Irusi of late he is fearful that his reputation with become sullied should no perpetrator be brought to justice soon. This completely unacceptable to the Legate and he has taken steps since his return to the city to put pressure on his subordinates, using connections within the church in general, and the Basilica of St Augustine in particular. The man or men responsible—it is inconceivable to the Legate that the killings might involve a woman—must be brought to heel within the next 20 daes or he will take steps against those he sees as failing in their duties, or lacking the talent for success.
Events of Import
Death of the Imprator
Imprator Julian Octavo Celerus Julian Octavo was 54 years old when God called him to his reward. He was the eldest son of Marius Rufio, and Celesta with three male and two female siblings. He—like all the Imperial family—was born in the capitol, Acropolis on Alorus 22nd 466 CEAR(Common Era after Reformation). Julian was one of the most conservative Imprators in the last century. During his reign of 28 years he reversed several reforms put in place by his father, and bolstered the legions with a twenty percent increase in troop numbers. It was by his order that the most current campaign against the pagans known as the Wasted Ones was launched. In the last decade of his rule he led the empire and her legions during war with the eastern peoples, predominately the Bres. Sadly neither of these campaigns was ended with a clear victory, though one was claimed in the senate and public squares throughout the empire. Julian was a tall, but thin man with severe asthma, which kept him from serving in the legions as is traditional for the future Imprators. In spite of this Julian proved to have a talent for tactics and with his powerful personality was the perfect candidate to rule after his father’s death. Julian assumed the helm of the empire at 31 and was still a single man at the time of his ascension. This fact caused much speculation inside and outside the capitol and empire; several people thought that he had little or no interest in women as a result. The fact was that he had intended to lead a life in service to the church in the Ordi Justine, as a clergyman. When his father died and Julian was chosen to take command as Imprator he laid aside his own ambitions to serve the empire and her citizens. He was to remain single for nearly ten years but finally married Miranda Orella Venci and produced two offspring before she died during childbirth with a third that didn’t survive. Julian was blonde with steely gray eyes whose gaze was steady and more piercing than most. His face was narrow, with a square jaw that looked somehow out of place. His complexion was ashen, as a result of the asthma, but he was still considered a handsome man. In spite of his condition he led an active life and attended many of the sessions of the senate, and Collegia of Cardinals during his time on the throne of the Imprator. He was known to spend hours in the steam rooms of the imperial baths to help clear his lungs so that he was healthier. Julian was almost always in strict control of his emotions and was seen as being standoffish and cold as a result. His twins, Marius III, and his daughter Anna Alba survive Julian, the twins are 12 annum old and being minors neither of them can be chosen to fill the void left by their father’s death. Instead the most likely candidate to assume the Rulership of the empire is Orban Kester Celerus, 44 annum old and a tribune in the legions of the Imperial Guard. He is the second eldest of Marius II offspring and is as capable a man as his elder brother was. Many citizens are curious as to his treatment of his nephew and niece in the years to come as they reach the age of majority. Though it is unlikely they could singly, or together challenge his authority and position as Imprator. Only time has the answers to these questions.
Places of Import
These are important locations within the city of Irusi.
Construction of the basilica was begun simultaneously with the founding of Irusi and was completed 12 years later. It was dedicated to the great Saint and leader of the new empire after the Church Reformation. There are some three hundred clergymen that serve, and or reside in the Basilica. Rumors among the citizens of Irusi have that the basilica is the finest in all the empire with the exception of the Palatine Temple, in Acropolis. The Dux of Doge Province visits the basilica twice an annum, once at the beginning of the New Annum, and again in the last weeks of Xisr’Thas. The first visit is to garner the support of the Abbot, and senior clergy in Irusi and on the Isle of Cassia. The current Abbot, if of an old family that is native to the Isle of Cassia and were among the founders of the new Province of Doge following the Reformation of the Empire in the wake of the Long Dark. Those that are welcomed to the services at the Basilica are the elite of the islands society and the wealthiest of the Theoc landholders on the island. There has been some criticism of the clergy, particularly the Augustine Order, with regard to the availability of the Basilica for the use of the common people of the island and empire. Some accuse the Abbot and the other brothers of favoritism being corrupted by the wealth, and power of the upper class Theoc of the island. Such accusations for the most part are ignored and or refuted by the Abbot and the other brothers of the order. In their defense they point to all the good works done in the name of the Order and financed by the wealth of the Equs that frequent the Basilica.
The basilica, a monastery, and smaller chapel and workshops comprise a compound that is near the Puerto Mare. This location was chosen to allow those traveling through the city to be able to visit the chapel in the basilica without acquiring a Dia-Via. The chapel is visited by thousands of travelers a year, some from as far away as Eos, and Turqestan. But those travelers receive the benefices from the pastor and priests assigned to the open ceremonies and masses. The main building is built of polished granite, and decorated with a brown marble veneer; those that visit see a great similarity in design with the Holy Chapel in Acropolis.
It is often called the “Little Chapel” because of this. The church is secretive about how many lay and ordained members are in service at the basilica, and this a point of curiosity for those more familiar with normal church operations. Rumors run rampant that this is one of the special training grounds for the Church Agents known as Milis di Dei—Soldiers of God. Though the church denies their existence these agents are said to face challenges and threats to the Church with, and by means that might be unseemly for the mainstream clergy to use. Fine gardens rest within the great wall that separates the compound from the city, and placed around the basilica are a dozen statues dedicated to the Corpus Sancti, and representing each of the nine major saints. Also on the grounds are fountains of various sizes and shapes—15 in all—with the largest being out in front of the basilica itself. Throwing coins into the fountain for good luck has become a local custom among visitors, though the clergy frowns on this. The majority of those that serve at the basilica are of the Augustine orders, but there are other clerical sects housed within the compound as well. The largest of these are the Justinians, followed by the Celeri, and finally the Leonites. The majority of the foreign clergy are Justines, they being part of the militant order of the Armored Cross, and barracked with their brethren in the chapterhouse near the Potter’s Gate.
Though Urya is a world rich in the power of magic those that practice its use within the empire do so covertly. With the rise of the Imprator Justinian--Empire's Namesake--magical practice became unlawful within the Empire. This only intesified after the fall of the old world and the end of the Common Era Before Reformation. In the modern empire the church has advocated the complete eradication of magic throughout the known world. It is their aim to bring all peoples and faiths in line with their own and to save others from themselves.
Despite this all forms of magic do exist on the world of Urya, and are accessible by those versed in that powers use. The Source of such arts is known as the Song of the World, or Haj Morgif in the language of the Ulish a race of native origin that is now believed to be extinct.
The most commonly practiced magic is ritualistic and tied to the elements and spirits associated with them and locales. There are myriad variations on theory and practice, and are too numerous to list here. More specific information will be found in character write ups and life-path descriptions.
This campaign will encompass some new settings, but for now has used those listed in the CB, Burning Europe, and Burning Greece, as listed on this wiki.
Savages, Shadows, and Salt
Wherein secrets are revealed that stretch beyond the Isle of Cassia into the savage lands of the Western Isles


The Atlantic Hockey Association doesn’t always get a lot of respect around college hockey as a conference. If you were to rank the five conferences, AHA would come in fifth, but it is of vast importance and has played a significant role in the college hockey landscape.
Though Atlantic Hockey is home to mostly smaller schools with names that don’t resonate as well with a national audience, the conference has allowed college hockey’s footprint to extend to markets where there are voids, particularly in hockey hotspots like the Pittsburgh and Buffalo areas.
Atlantic Hockey’s somewhat relaxed standards for inclusion in the conference might be lower than those of the big conferences, but as such become less prohibitive.
AHA has been a stepping stool for some teams like Quinnipiac and as of 2014-15, UConn, but more than anything else, it’s created an important opportunity for others. Without the burden of minimum scholarships and looser arena requirements, Atlantic Hockey has become a place where universities big and small can play Division I hockey.
Based on a USCHO report from Chris Lerch, Atlantic Hockey could be on the verge of landing another team looking for an intro to Division I.
Lerch spoke with AHA commissioner Bob DeGregorio who revealed he would like to stay a 12-team conference even after UConn departs for hockey east after the 2013-14 season. That’s no surprise, but DeGregorio did one better by revealing that the conference has spoken with four schools that have expressed interest in possibly joining Atlantic Hockey.
Three of those schools do not currently field a Division I team. They include St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., the University of Rhode Island and the U.S. Naval Academy.
None are sure shots to add hockey, but having the conversation is important. There are fewer financial roadblocks when entering through Atlantic Hockey, which has to be appealing.
The other school speaking with Atlantic Hockey is Alabama-Huntsville, which has been struggling the last few years as a Division I independent, nearly getting shuttered after last season. The Chargers are looking for a conference to stabilize its future.
Though strong conferences were raided in the midst of last summer’s realignment, Atlantic Hockey went mostly untouched. That was until earlier this year when UConn decided to pony up the money necessary to become part of Hockey East.
The big changes to the college hockey landscape could go one of two ways. Either there will be a trail of insolvent programs littering depleted conferences, namely the WCHA, or the holes created by the changes could lead to new programs sprouting up.
As an outside observer, I thought if expansion would come, it would likely be through the Big Ten, which has a chance to create another revenue stream with adding hockey. Depending on Penn State’s foray into the Division I ranks and how that program is able to grow, it could inspire other programs to be built within the conference. Any change could be many years in the distance.
In reality though, the path to expansion could start with Atlantic Hockey, thanks to the lesser financial hurdles.
While both St. Anselm and Rhode Island would be terrific additions to the Division I ranks, Navy seems to make the most sense for the conference and would likely be the biggest “impact addition.”
Atlantic Hockey is already home to the Air Force Academy and U.S. Military Academy at West Point, so there’s the natural fit to have all the service academies as conference foes. Navy, which fields a club-level team in the American Collegiate Hockey Association, already has a rink on campus, albeit tiny by Division I standards, but not necessarily prohibitive.
A program at Navy extends college hockey’s footprint down the Atlantic Coast and nestles it near the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., media markets.
It makes all the sense in the world, but according to DeGregorio, the athletics department in Annapolis is focused on building towards its football team’s joining the Big East in 2015. Depending on how that goes, the infrastructure is already there essentially to make hockey a reality.
Anytime you talk about expansion anymore, Navy should come up. There are plenty of incentives for all parties for this to happen, so there’s a real possibility here.
Getting back to Alabama-Huntsville, Atlantic Hockey will have a spot for the Chargers, but that doesn’t mean it’s the best fit. Judging by the way DeGregorio phrased things to Lerch, it kind of sounds like he doesn’t think so either.
“They are focused on the WCHA right now and I think they would be a very good fit there. It’s important to college hockey that this program continue.”
It sounds a little bit like DeGregorio is admonishing the WCHA to bite that bullet.
Then there was this tweet from College Hockey News
Our information remains the same – Alabama-Huntsville, right or wrong, will never be accepted to Atlantic Hockey – must keep targeting WCHA
— College Hockey News (@chnews) November 15, 2012
That’s a little disappointing to hear, but at the same time it makes some amount of sense. The hockey budgets are relatively small in Atlantic Hockey and annual trips to Alabama would continue stretching those budgets thin.
This season UAH had one home series against a Division I opponent and there won’t be any more. One. Tough to generate gate revenue when you’re never home.
It needs a conference to bring in those home games. Whether its Atlantic Hockey or the WCHA is somewhat irrelevant to the Chargers. However, as realignment takes hold, neither Atlantic Hockey, nor the WCHA may be in a position to take on the Chargers.
DeGregorio is right about one thing. College hockey’s southernmost team is important. It shouldn’t work, but through a commitment from the university and the community, it’s remained. A conference could make it thrive, which would only open the door for more expansion down the road. Without the conferences, however, it is unlikely the team would be sustainable and down goes realignment’s first victim.
College Hockey, Inc., has been active in reaching out to schools in regards to expansion. Should realignment bring about new college teams, it only helps the entire game grow, which helps everyone in the end.
It creates more opportunities for players, a chance to attract a larger population of fans and gives college hockey more of a foothold in the national sports landscape.
It is going to take years, perhaps many years to properly survey the success, or lack thereof, of the forthcoming realignment Expansion could go nowhere, but there are opportunities now that didn’t exist before, which makes it awfully exciting. Hopefully there are more births than deaths, but only time will tell.
Great article! I’m a lifelong WCHA fan – go Bulldogs! – and I am very interested in seeing college hockey grow in tbe South. I hope UAH can find home conference before it’s too late. I live 2 hours from Huntsville.


Some may ask why we’ve chosen to focus on Sandy Springs in our Home and Garden issue.
Simple: It’s one of the largest Jewish communities in Atlanta and it’s seen some tremendous growth in the past 13 years since becoming a city – a figurative coming-of-age bar mitzvah, if you will permit the literary license.
Members of the Jewish community have played a key role in the growth and expansion of the city and its new City Springs development dedicated last month, from the city’s first mayor, Eva Galambos, to Steve Selig, one of the project developers.
City Springs is being hailed as the central community gathering place for the new city and its true heart or downtown.You can read more about the novel 14-acre mixed-use development of civic, cultural, retail and residential components in these pages.
We interviewed businesses and residents who endured the construction and are looking forward to new multi-cultural programming, restaurants and experiencing what they see as a walkable city with green space and interactive fountains.
With a four-acre park, lots of shade trees and new workout facilities, City Springs is literally a breath of fresh air, encouraging exercise and an appreciation of nature in what could otherwise be a concrete jungle.
City Springs also boasts a variety of retail, residential and cuisine options we explore along with an interview of an interior designer about new trends in home decorating and an article on two homes that have been popular gathering places for many in Atlanta over the years.
Aside from home and garden, there are more reasons to highlight this growing community that houses several Jewish day schools, preschools and synagogues.
The city honors the legacy of its founding mayor, Eva Galambos, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, with its government building at 1 Galambos Way. She was the primary motivator behind Sandy Springs becoming a city, a struggle that began in 1966 and ended nearly 40 years later in 2005.
The city also has a sister-city relationship with cities in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. In 2015, an official Sandy Springs delegation signed a Sister City agreement with the Western Galilee cities and local authorities.
Our concentration on Sandy Springs also continues the focus we began with our Jewtopia real estate section two months ago showing where Jews are choosing to live and why.
Sandy Springs is one of those areas. In that special issue such neighborhoods as Buckhead, Dunwoody, Toco Hills and Sandy Springs emerged as prime areas for Jews to locate.
Then there are the lesser-known Jewish neighborhoods inside and outside the perimeter. So just because your neighborhood wasn’t spotlighted in this Home and Garden issue doesn’t mean it won’t be highlighted in the future.
Stay tuned for more on Jewtopia in future issues. Your neighborhood could just be next.


So much for “post-racial” America.
The president seemed frozen. Paralyzed. Unable to act decisively in the face of a worsening national crisis. He was beset by criticism from politicians, not only from the opposing party but his own.
Exactly what is it about the Tea Party protests that drives the political Left in this country batty?
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Friday warned of a scam doing the rounds on social media. No, the party is not giving away large sums of money.
EFF giveaway scam
A post shared on Twitter by the party states the party will give away R500 000.
The poster fails to mention why the party would give away half a million rand, or even how to enter, simply saying it’s an “Economic Freedom Giveaway”.
The scam poster was made using the party’s Manifesto Launch announcement, set to take place in Marshalltown, Johannesburg, on 26 September.
No fake news will prosper
The EFF said the account sharing the scam is in no way affiliated or associated with any EFF structures in South Africa.
The party also called on its supporters to report the account to Twitter and said:
“No fake news against us can stop us from victory in the 2021 Local Government Elections.”
No funds to declare
Party leader Julius Malema said earlier this month the EFF did not declare its funding sources to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
He said the party did not receive any donations above R100,000 between April and June this year, and that there was “nothing to declare, they’re called donations”.
Malema added that the party “survived through the money of Parliament, through the IEC money and through party levies”.
While levies received from registered members keep the wheels turning, Malema said “there’s nothing else that came into the EFF coffers that is more than R100 000”.
Malema on the ANC, white people
At a separate briefing, Malema said Zuma and Ramaphosa factions could not be trusted to save South Africa, adding that the ruling party “is corrupt to its core”.
He said the ANC was comprised of “thieves who steal food parcels”. Malema told supporters that “white people will play with you”.
“This is our property, it is not private. [White people’s ancestors] stole this land. Stop threatening us that white people will leave. They can leave if they want.”
He said Jan van Riebeeck “found black people here” when he arrived in 1652″.

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Green fingers ready to turn bloomin’ East End into a Tower Hamlets haven
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People with green fingers are getting ready to show off their horticultural skills in this year’s Tower Hamlets in Bloom competition in London’s East End.
The contest is for anyone making the most of open spaces—from balconies, community gardens and allotments to patios, businesses and schools.
The search for the East End’s brightest blooms, run annually since 1971 by Tower Hamlets Council, is part of a nationwide scheme to encourage more interest in the environment.
Anyone with even the smallest patch of earth is being encouraged to turn it into an idyllic haven, whether they’re experts or just novice beginners.
Last year’s competition attracted 100 entries, with winners invited to an awards ceremony at the Ecology Pavilion in Mile End Park. Application forms can be requested by phone on 020-7364 7459, or emailing firstname.lastname@example.org. Closing date is June 8, with judging in late June and early July.

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Meliá Hotels International has launched its first luxury hotel from the Gran Meliá brand in Brazil with the official opening of Gran Meliá Nacional Rio in March 2017. Originally built in 1972 by the world renowned architect, Oscar Niemeyer, the famous ‘Hotel Nacional’ has reopened after more than a decade of being left abandoned, as the Gran Meliá brand’s flagship property.
Hard Rock International has signed three new projects in key markets throughout Brazil, representing a milestone for the brand as the first projects in both the country and South America. The upcoming Hard Rock Hotels include Hard Rock Hotel Brasilia, Hard Rock Hotel Caldas Novas, and Hard Rock Hotel Itapema.
Four Seasons had confirmed plans to open Four Seasons Hotel São Paulo at Nações Unidas in 2017, with Private Residences to follow. Through the partnership between Iron House Real Estate and Tamweelview European Holdings, the 254-room Hotel and 84 Private Residences will be the group’s first foray into Brazil.
Hilton Worldwide has announced the signing of a management agreement with Fideicomiso Santa Marta Hotel to operate a new build Hilton Hotels & Resorts property in the Caribbean port city of Santa Marta, Colombia. Scheduled to open in 2017, this new Hilton Santa Marta hotel represents the company’s 14th hotel project in Colombia including its portfolio of seven existing operating hotels and seven currently under development.
Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, a leading brand in the FRHI Hotels & Resorts portfolio, today announced that the brand has entered into a franchise agreement for branding the operation of Swissôtel Guayaquil. The new 300-room hotel is currently under development in the largest and most populous city in Ecuador, Guayaquil.


Rising conspicuously out of verdant corn, Carhenge was constructed 29 years ago as an exact replica of southern England's Stonehenge. Today, people from all over the world arrive in the agricultural town of Alliance, Nebraska to visit the quirky roadside attraction.
At first, it was considered a despicable eyesore haphazardly fabricated by a crazy farmer but in fact, it's an admirable display sculpted by a serious artist. Over time as the structure has blended into the environment, locals have come to accept and embrace the work.
At the casual site, visitors are encouraged to explore freely so children happily climb cars and kick tires. Whereas the stone slabs of Salisbury are the "Domain of the Dead", the arrangement of American automobiles near Alliance appears to be a celebration of life.


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October 31, 2012, 9am PDT
After nearly a decade of ignoring warnings about the type of disaster witnessed this week, New York City and State officials may no longer be able to push off implementing drastic plans to safeguard the city from rising seas and super storms.
October 29, 2012, 10am PDT
On the eve of landfall of Hurricane Sandy, Matthew Yglesias recalls Mitt Romney's 2011 response to a GOP primary debate question in which he called federal disaster relief spending "immoral."
August 25, 2012, 7am PDT
Based on a range of data, including 19 different components, a new study examining cities located on river deltas has determined that Shanghai is the most vulnerable to major flooding.
July 5, 2012, 11am PDT
Nate Berg says that planners have a crucial role in making sure cities are prepared for natural disasters.
October 7, 2011, 6am PDT
Drawing examples from a vast supply of disasters in recent years, this 30-page report emphasizes planning and policy for not just housing, but also land tenure and community input, with long-term perspectives.
September 24, 2011, 1pm PDT
Two planners with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reveal how they use GIS to coordinate their efforts, using the recent tsunami and earthquake in Japan as an example.
September 2, 2011, 8am PDT
The town, designed by DPZ Associates, uses traditional building techniques (most of which are completely illegal in US hurricane zones) and fared better in the eye of Hurricane Irene at its strongest point than any other town.
June 9, 2011, 8am PDT
Rebecca Bateman grew up in Joplin, Missouri, which was decimated on May 22nd by a tornado. The the personal nature of the disaster has caused her to reflect on some strategies for city planners to consider before a disaster hits.
November 8, 2010, 2pm PST
A new study finds that surface topography, not solely an area's underlying geology, contributes significantly to earthquake intensity. Researchers hope that the new information can be easily factored into local planning and design processes.
October 21, 2010, 11am PDT
Kathmandu, Manila, Dhaka, Mumbai and Jakarta are among the cities most prone to natural disasters, says The Guardian.
March 2, 2010, 6am PST
Chile's 8.5 earthquake resulted in a significantly lower death toll than the recent quake in Haiti. Partly it was the location of the epicenter, but strict building codes played a part as well.
February 26, 2010, 10am PST
Andres Duany has designed a prefab house specifically for the victims of the Haitian earthquake. 1,000 of them are on their way to the island now.
January 14, 2010, 1pm PST
CNN reports that a lack of building codes and the construction of vulnerable informal settlements may have contributed to the high death toll in Haiti's earthquake.
October 7, 2009, 12pm PDT
Many of the deaths of the past few rounds of storms and earthquakes are due to inadequate drainage systems, poor building regulation enforcement, and lack of emergency planning.
September 15, 2009, 10am PDT
August 3, 2009, 9am PDT
Disasters happen. Being prepared is almost always the ideal, but rarely the reality. A disaster training facility in Texas is trying to change that.
May 19, 2009, 10am PDT
Two reports have linked patterns of urban development to disaster risk. As urban populations grow, these studies suggest developing countries will become even more vulnerable.
January 23, 2009, 10am PST
2008 saw one of the greatest number of deaths worldwide from natural disasters. Factors contributing to the high number of deaths include extreme weather brought about by climate change, as well as rapid urbanization in vulnerable areas.
October 10, 2008, 6am PDT
The media's inattention to Hurricane Ike has hidden its devastating impacts on infrastructure and the environment, as well as a poor response on the part of the federal government.
September 15, 2008, 2pm PDT
Having been previously destroyed by a hurricane, Galveston has always been vulnerable, despite its sea wall. Hurricane Ike is a reminder of why building on barrier islands is so risky.

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Harper-McDonald, B., Bastow, F., & Smart, A. (2019, September). Empowering through authentic experience: dramatic digital, and improvement approaches to enhance learning. Presented at 30th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference
Paper 1 explores the impact of a theatrical production, based on a real story, aimed at enhancing student nurse understanding of the challenges individuals face in accessing s...
Murray, J., Heyman, I., Wooff, A., Dougall, N., Aston, L., & Enang, I. (2019). Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health. Scottish Institute for Policing Research
As police contact has and continues to increase with people who are considered vulnerable, it is essential to establish a better understanding of what it means for a person to...
Boyd, K., & Young Brooks, P. (2019, June). Identification and Care Planning with People Whose Health is Deteriorating. Presented at NHS Scotland: Driving Quality in Healthcare Improvement
Chief Scientists Office
Clinicians are legally and ethically obliged to respect patients’ autonomy and the decisions patients make about their treatment, unless they lack “capacity” for such decision making. In the last 10 ...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common abnormal heart rhythm affecting more than 1-million people in Scotland. People with AF are five-times more likely to have a stroke and twice as likely to die, comp...
Approximately 37,000 people are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Scotland, with over 85% of infections in people who inject, or have injected drugs (PWID). Treatment for HCV is simple, to...
Lecturer in Nursing
Zero Hour Lecturer
Senior Lecturer & Senior Teaching Fellow
Stavert, J. (2019). Mental Health Act review in Scotland: some initial observations. Essex Chambers
Provides some initial observations on and recommendations for the scope of the forthcoming review of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003, with particular...
Harper-McDonald, B., Taylor, G., & O'Connor, S. (2019). Celebrating 70 years of Nursing and Midwifery in our National Health Service (NHS) Scotland. Edinburgh Napier University
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Carnegie, E. (2019). Does living in areas of relatively high population density, within western developed countries, increase one's risk of developing non-communicable disease? A systematic review of the literature
Elaine Carnegie. Does living in areas of relatively high population density, within western developed countries, increase one's risk of developing non-communicable disease? A ...
Ramsay, P. Life After Intensive Care: overcoming adversity, celebrating creativity. 2 August 2018 - 2 August 2018. (Unpublished)
We held a public engagement event at the Thistle Foundation in Edinburgh; our aim was to showcase the positive ways in which patients used creative activities (e.g. poetry, mu...
Critchley, A. (2018). Pre-birth child protection. Glasgow: Iriss
Pre-birth involvement forms a small but increasing part of child protection work in Scotland
Social workers have the task of protecting the unborn baby from curre...
Rowat, A. (2018). Highlighting research priorities in stroke nursing. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 13(5), 244-245. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2018.13.5.244
Bruce, J., Hodson, P., Armitage, W., Dunn, M., Oliver, C., Grubb, N., …Todd, M. (2018). A Focus on Atrial Fibrillation in Scotland: A report by the Cross-Party Group on Heart Disease and Stroke. Scotland: Cross Party Group on Heart and Stroke
MacVicar, S. (2017). Breastfeeding and opiate dependency. RcM Midwives, 34
Breastfeeding and opiate dependency: My PhD Summary. A lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University on her doctoral study.
Blakey, E. P., & O'Connor, S. (2017). Harnessing the power of social media in older adult nursing. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 12(4), e12177. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12177
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Rose, L., Istanboulian, L., Allum, L., Burry, L., Dale, C., Hart, N., …Connolly, B. (2017). Patient- and family-centered performance measures focused on actionable processes of care for persistent and chronic critical illness: protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 6, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0476-9
Approximately 5 to 10% of critically ill patients transition from acute critical illness to a state of persistent and in some cases chronic critical illness. Thes...
Neubeck, L., Alharbi, M., Gallagher, R., Bauman, A., & Gallagher, P. (2017). Not all steps are equal: Changing algorithms in wearable trackers changes outcomes. British Journal of Sports Medicine,
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Farquharson, B., Johnston, M., Smith, K., Williams, B., Treweek, S., Dombrowski, S. U., …Grindle, M. (2017). Reducing patient delay in Acute Coronary Syndrome (RAPiD): research protocol for a web-based randomized controlled trial examining the effect of a behaviour change intervention. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(5), 1220-1234. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13191
To evaluate the efficacy of a behaviour change technique-based intervention and compare two possible modes of delivery (text+visual and text-only) with usual care.
Care home research to develope a data and innovation platform to support inclusive, person-centred research in care homes in Lothian
Approximately 3,500 women in the UK experience the trauma of perinatal loss each year. Up to 39% go on to develop perinatal PTSD. There is no effective treatment for these women, but EMDR is effective...
The NHS in the UK employs an estimated 1,500+ chaplains. Chaplains deliver specialist spiritual care to patients and staff across the NHS, offering comfort to those of all faith and none. Despite the ...
University of Dundee
Musculoskeletal pain in adults over the age of 45 is the number one cause of disability world-wide and osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common cause of pain and disability (Global Burden of Disease 201...
Digital Health Institute
The aim of this study is to explore the perceptions and experiences of the implementation, management and use electronic prescribing systems in the hospital setting with a focus on Critical Care Units...
The number of children admitted to Scottish hospitals continues to rise, and this is due to cases admitted and discharged on the same day (“zero day admissions”). We do not currently know how best to ...
Scottish Institute for Policing Research
The aim of this research is to examine policing, health professionals’ and victims’ understandings of the assessment of vulnerability for suicide in IPV victims, incorporating a cross-cultural compari...
The overall aim of the evaluation is to explore the experience and assess how successfully the Care 24 service meets the intended aims of the service initiative from the perspectives of families who h...
In Scotland, ~3,500 people each year experience cardiac arrest out of hospital; only 5% survive. The availability of early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is essential for survival. Community trai...
Forces in Mind Trust
Two ‘sibling disorders’ have been proposed for ICD-11 to be published in 2018; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD). Given the potential for ICD formulations to become the pri...
European Society of Cardiology
In this study, we aim to examine:
1. Trends in the prevalence of hospital admissions for CHD in young adults and compare them with older adults between 1991 to 2011;
2. Trend in the annual rates of ...
Burdett Trust for Nursing
Mobile health (mHealth) is a rapidly growing area with patients and healthcare professionals using applications (apps) on smartphones to help them manage chronic illness. Dementia is a growing problem...
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It was hard seeing her drive away. The adults in my life said it was “all for the best”.
I was heart-broken watching Alice and her family drive off.
Ours had been a holiday romance; we spent each day together until mum discovered us being a tad too intimate behind the caravan in the long grass.
Immediately Alice’s parents were summoned, and after an unpleasant exchange, it became clear Alice would not be welcomed around our place.
The next day they packed up and drove off. There was no time for goodbyes; no one wanted that awkwardness, except for us.
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Aww, a romance cut short by parental authority.
I could feel my teenage self recalling times gone by from my one holiday ‘romance’. We kept in touch regularly for over a decade ❤ Wonderful story — thank you for joining us again ❤
I feel the heartbreak. Young love is potent. 🙂
It can be at a young age. Then again at any age.
Indeed, any age. But young love tends to afflict the young. And being unused to such intense emotions … 🙂
This is heartbreaking for me as well..


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Anderson really didn’t mean for the thing with Donovan to- happen.
He calls it a thing because neither of them is keen on dating: Donovan is a workaholic and Anderson basically aromantic. Sometimes they watch TV together: That’s as close they come to a date.
It was a particularly stressful day, like those days tend to be, when the cases keep piling up and against their best efforts they just keep running around like headless chickens, scrambling to keep up. And he’d had a row with Lizzie – they were still married at the time – one of the many rows in the past weeks, and it seemed in fact like their life was a huge big row now, split into cold silents mornings at the breakfast table, snide remarks, silent treatment at dinner, sleeping in separate beds, and he was having trouble remembering that he loved her, probably because he didn’t, not anymore.
It was a hard truth to swallow in itself, and the stress had made it no easier, so he’d gone and hid in the evidence room just for a breather, to sit down and rub his face and stare at the bagged, labeled items on the shelves until his head would stop spinning and he could push his failing marriage aside long enough to focus on a triple-homicide.
Donovan had come in to look for him.
Anderson liked her, and perhaps surprisingly for people who didn’t know him very well, genuinenly believed women to be capable of just as much as men: Partly because of the girl who broke his nose in sixth grade and partly because Donovan was a living proof of that. He always reserved a few snide remarks for the blokes who joked about a girl in the force.
She’d told him in no uncertain terms to quit sniffling in the evidence room and he’d told her to stop popping cafeine pills for breakfast and then his mouth had- twisted (Lizzie told him he looked constantly like he was sneering, but this had been worse, he had a sneaking suspicion he’d looked close to crying) and Donovan had changed her tactics completely.
They’d talked for a while, in softer tones as if the seriousness had seeped even into that, about Lizzie and him, and Anderson’s son Mike who was only five and didn’t deserve to hear the hissing whispering of his parents at night, and how he was just tired . It was like talking about death. He didn’t fall in love easily and no one enters a marriage expecting it to end one day.
Somehow they’d ended up kissing, clumsily and heatedly, against a mounted buffalo head, a horn digging into Anderson’s back, Donovan pushing him against it, her hands twisting in the front of his shirt roughly. (He almost suspected she’d just panicked at the idea of someone crying and worked in a distraction.) He’d felt bad, afterwards, of course, but not as much as he’d thought he would. And he’d known there would be no reconsiliation for Lizzie and him.
They continue their thing, even after the divorce, because neither of them sees the reason to stop. It’s just a thing. Sex without particular complications is nice and they work well together, Donovan’s fierce aggressiveness compliment Anderson’s passive snide remarks and even Lestrade seems to take notice of that. He doesn’t feel particularly ready for dating or romance, but casually high fiving Donovan after a solved case works.

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To this day, this specific date always holds so much meaning inside my heart.
I guess, if the sinus curve work for my emotion, this one will be the peak for it. (Yeah, don’t mind me).
Anyway, yeah. It has been such a long time since I’ve last posted. So many things have changed.
I changed my hair, my job, my friends (not too literal but that’s what you do when you move to another city), my city of course, and maybe in some inherent way, I changed myself.
I don’t know whether this is for the better or for the worse. I don’t know what the future holds.. but hopefully, there will be one.
If I asked myself a few years ago, I wouldn’t see myself as being where I am now.
Did I get my chance to do a Doctorate degree? Yes.
Did I finish it? Not yet.
Am I okay with it? More than okay.
That’s one small part of what I’ve dreamt of for so long.
So yeah. This August marked a one-year milestone that I’ve been a corporate employee. Something my 17-year-old me wouldn’t have expected. Loathe, even. But through this one year experience, I’ve learnt so much of myself.
It’s something simple.
I know that I never stop learning. I know that I’m relentless in my own way.
I know that life throws you a lemon but at the end of the day, when you lay down in bed, you’re grateful that you’re healthy, alive, well, and loved.
I know that people seem happier than you, but you’ve gotta dig to your own happiness. Because happiness and calmness are something innate, something that has been given to you because your soul bears memories of thousands of lifetimes. It knows the essence of the universe even if you or your body does not.
I know that the scariest anger is from those you loved. Because their words sting and ring true, to the deepest part of you. But choosing to stay every time, is the essence of loving people. But sometimes, you’ll know that it’s time. To let the universe decides and for you to accept that there are some things in this world that just flows regardless of what you do.
So yeah, if I asked my younger self whether I see myself here, still standing after ordeals and heartbreaks and so many countless fights and sleepless nights, my younger self will be amazed.
In the end, you decide your own strength.
It may not come in the form that you expect, but nevertheless, as your soul is just as old as the universe, it knows better.
“Every year on this date, I always am reminded by the beauty of trust, and of love. And that, will never change.”
This is what I wrote the moment I opened my eyes today.
And if I were to write an epitaph for her, for someone who taught me so much about love, about the beauty of having faith that a kid is really smart and capable of doing anything, I’d write this:
“Love is simple. It started out with a smile, and it ended up with a smile. And we nurture love with faith. It’s that simple.”
Because without my maths teacher, I won’t be where I am today. Because a part of my heart is hers. Because she helped me figured out who I am when I was growing up. Because she taught me so many things about life.
Because in my life, she was irreplaceable.
So today, I was reminded by the beauty of love. Of how that simple thing could turn around the impossible. That who we love, become a part of us, an indelible one. And that is, exquisitely beautiful, isn’t it?
Sometimes, people crave adventure in a way that they want to escape their real life and for a week, or so, they want to be someone else.
The simplest thing for me, is this. (Indonesian Language from this point on). Read More »
4 years ago I arrived in Manchester, and little did I know, the city taught me so much, and I left with strings of lasting friendship. Thank you for the experience, Manchester.
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There are two types of happiness. One is ice cream, two is the second ice cream after you ate the first one. Motto of my life! with Andrea
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ZION I : LAFA TAYLOR : OBJECT HEAVY
YES WE CANN! The Official EMERALD CUP Afterparty – brought to you by Humboldt Green.
Sponsored by Amercanex, iGROW, Royal Gold and True Humboldt…this is a party that is sure to excite all the senses.
ZION-I : LAFA TAYLOR : OBJECT HEAVY w/ RAASHAN AHMAD and performances by Afrikawedance and Luna Moon
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Criss-crossing the intersection of intelligent Hip Hop, R&B, and Electronic Dance Music, Lafa Taylor is a colorful West Coast based singer, rapper, and producer. Lafa’s gritty, sexy, bass heavy beats confidently blur boundaries and captivate listeners with diverse musical tastes. His collage of tasteful multi tempo music, keeps people dancing and engaged.
With a vocal style that ranges from smooth melodies to tongue twisting rhymes, Lafa’s music carries a message of inspiration while staying relatable and realistic.
It started on a Monday night. It was a jam session. They were the house band. It was just for fun, at first, but then became a GetDown, super funk, and rockin’ dance party. Object-Heavy is the band currently behind Raashan Ahmad with the core Rhythm section including B Swizlo on keys, Johnny Fiya on guitar, Pete Ciotti on drums and Drew Mohr on bass and vocals. The added onslaught includes Mike Lee(cello), Chris Noonan(tenor sax), Isaac Williams(alto sax), Brian White(trombone), Berel Alexander(back up vocals) and Lacy Redhead(back up vocals).
The sound is big. The objective is clear, and sometimes dirty… gritty… nasty… Heavy!
Object-Heavy brings it.
Raashan Ahmad is a M.C./D.J. He is the lead MC for the bay area collective Crown City Rockers as well as a solo MC. His albums “The Push”, “For What You’ve Lost” and “Ceremony” have garnered worldwide attention from International tastemakers and press including Giles Peterson who invited him to perform at his worldwide music awards in London, a performance at the world social forum in Brazil, a interview on France 24 that reached over 20 million viewers and more. XXL magazine spotlighted him in the “chairmans choice” section, Urb proclaimed him and his crew in the “next 100” , and he has been in the top 10 on CMJ multiple times. Raashan was also slated in SF Weekly’s and SF Guardians best of the bay all the while to touring nonstop in Europe, Japan, Australia, Brazil, North America, U.K. and beyond. Community building and connecting with people is a passion and Raashan works with various youth organizations around the world leading and being involved in workshops to build and teach using components of hip hop culture. Add to that being awarded Album of the year from Radio Grenouille in France and being named on multiple “best of” lists. Collaborating is one of Raashan’s passions and he has collaborated with artists from various genres including Aloe Blacc, Keren Ann, Fred Wesley (James brown), Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), Ta-ku, Geoffrey Oreyama, and many more and he’s only just begun. Stay tuned!


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The boss of Netflix has hit back at suggestions that the streaming service should be subject to local content quotas.
Speaking at an international media briefing in California, CEO Reed Hastings said Netflix should not be held in the same light as pay TV company Foxtel and other local free-to-air networks. Foxtel and these networks must produce a fixed quota of Australian content under federal law.
Foxtel is subject to a 10 per cent local content quota, while free-to-air networks must hit 55 per cent between 6am and midnight on their primary channels. They must also provide at least 1,460 hours of local Australian programming per annum on their non-primary channels.
This is something that Mr Hastings said was a flawed model.
“Quotas are well-intentioned ways for governments to try to make sure there’s investment in local content, to try to strengthen local culture… but like most things, the regulations often backfire,” he said.
Mr Hastings also cited Canada as a country where local content quotas are ineffective.
“What happens is a whole lot of not-very-high-quality content gets produced to comply with a quota, which doesn’t really reinforce [local] content,” he said.
A study conducted by academics at RMIT in Victoria found that Australian content amounts to 2-2.5 per cent of the overall Netflix Australia catalogue. It found that local rival Stan featured 9.5 per cent Aussie content.
Netflix currently has one wholly-commissioned Australian production, a fantasy-crime series called Tidelands, which was shot in Queensland.
In 2018, Netflix is expected to have a library of 700 original shows and is expected to spend about USD $8 billion on content, according to Netflix CFO David Wells.
“People are interested in stories – they don’t necessarily care where they came from,” Mr Wells said.
— Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) March 5, 2018
How popular is streaming in Australia?
Streaming is gaining a strong foothold in Australian homes and Netflix still leads the charge. Netflix is reported to have 118 million subscribers globally, but little light is shed on its Australian subscriber base. However, local rival Stan is reported to have 930,000 subscribers.
Netflix is reported to have a market penetration of 30 per cent in Australian households, which means that upwards of around 7 million Australians have access to or watch Netflix.
This signifies a shift in Australian TV viewing habits. A Canstar Blue survey found that 60 per cent of adults watch streaming services more than free-to-air TV. And just under a quarter also have multiple streaming subscriptions.
Netflix dominated Canstar Blue’s latest paid TV ratings with five stars for overall satisfaction, value for money, range of content and ease of sign up.


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Environmental Advocates Are Concerned About The Possible Impact Of A Proposed Service Station On Wakulla Springs Waters
A large combined gas station with car wash at a major Wakulla County intersection is drawing fire from environmental groups. The project goes before the county planning commission this coming Monday, Feb. 14.
The 16-pump station and car wash would be located on the northwest corner of the Crawfordville Highway/Bloxham Cutoff intersection.
Former Wakulla Springs State Park Manager Pete Scalco worried the project would be located nearly on top of the underground cave system feeding the springs.
"It's only about 5 miles away as the crow flies and dye tests have shown that anything that would be found in the water at that spot would be in Wakulla Springs within a week."
He also was concerned about the possible contamination of much of the county's drinking water.
Clean Water Wakulla Member Gil Damon said the idea isn't to completely derail the project.
"There are plenty of safer places a gas station can be built. And all we're asking is that the gas station be built someplace safer."
The Wakulla Planning Commission takes up the matter at 6:00 p.m. Monday evening. The issue goes before the County Commission on Feb. 22nd.


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Only 20 percent of marketed medications have appropriate pediatric dosage information readily available. This lack of commercially available formulations challenges geriatric and special needs treatment as well. When seeking answers, pharmacy ...
professionals turn to Extemporaneous Formulations for Pediatric, Geriatric, and Special Needs Patients, 2nd Edition. This one-of-a-kind resource offers information on: * Ingredients * Preparation details and instructions * Storage conditions * Special instructions * Alternatives * Expiration dates Evidence-based monographs accompany helpful discussions of compounding, preparation methods, legal conditions, documentation, labelling and more.
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Ex-Ghana international believes Black Stars can beat Egypt
Ex-Ghana international midfielder Otto Addo claims the Black Stars have enough strength to edge out the Pharaohs of Egypt in the Brazil 2014 World Cup play-off tie.
The Hamburg SV under-19 coach has the belief his native Ghana will jump the Egypt hurdle successfully and make it to the World Cup in Brazil next year, even though it won’t be on a silver platter.
In an interview with XYZ radio (Ghana) published on their website, Otto Addo said: “It’s going to be a tough match. These matches are too close to call due to the quality the two team’s possess.”
Addo was part of the first squad that represented Ghana in Germany 2006 – the country’s first World Cup tournament. He featured in Ghana’s 2-0 win over Czech Republic and 2-1 win over USA.
Since then Ghana have made it to another World Cup tournament appearing in the quarter-finals of 2010 World Cup tournament in South Africa, and the ex-Ghana international believes the taste of the success could be the key element that will ensure Ghana qualify over Egypt.
Addo continued: “Ghana have done it before and that consistency could make the difference.”
“I am sure the boys get a good day in the first leg in Kumasi as a lot will depend on that tie. The team that wins massively in that match in Kumasi will sail through but I am sure that Ghana’s quality will take them to Brazil.”
Otto Addo was born and raised in Germany but opted to play for Ghana making 15 appearances scoring twice for the Black Stars.
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Liberta Voyager 2nd Edition Antique Cage
Recommended and endorsed by the World Parrot Trust, the Liberta 2nd Edition Voyager Cage, complete with 3 free toys and 6 months free membership to the World Parrot Trust.
The Skyline Voyager cage is suitable for African Greys, Amazons, Small Cockatoos and other similar sized birds.
Open or closed top, This cage comes complete with 3 stainless steel feeding bowls and 3 perches. It has parrot safe door openings and swing out feeders. The cage is made from wrought iron so is very durable and is oven baked powder coated in non toxic paint. It also has a slide out tray for easy cleaning and is mounted on castors for easy moving. (Seed catcher is removable)
W 72 cm
D 55 cm
H 162.5 cm (external)
H 124 cm (internal)
Bar Spacing 2 cm
Wire Strength 4-4.5mm

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Definition: Seizures (also known as epileptic seizures and, if recurrent, epilepsy) are defined as a sudden alteration in normal brain activity that causes distinct changes in behavior and body function. Seizures are thought to result from disturbances in the cells of the brain that cause cells to give off abnormal, recurrent, uncontrolled electrical discharges.
The International League Against Epilepsy developed an international classification of epileptic seizures that divides seizures into two major classes: partial- onset seizures and generalized-onset seizures.
1. Simple-partial seizures can have motor, somato sensory, psychic, or autonomic symptoms without impairment of consciousness.
2. Complex-partial seizures have an impairment (but not a loss) of consciousness with simple-partial features, automatisms, or impairment of consciousness only.
3. Generalized seizures have a loss of consciousness with convulsive or non convulsive behaviors.
4. Simple-partial seizures can progress to complex-partial seizures, and complex-partial seizures can secondarily become generalized.
The etiology may be unknown or due to one of the following:
· Trauma to head or brain resulting in scar tissue or cerebral atrophy
· Tumor in the brain
· Cranial surgery
· Metabolic disorders (hypocalcemia, hypoglycemia)
· Drug toxicity, such as theophylline, lidocaine, penicillin
· CNS infection
· Circulatory disorders
· Drug withdrawal states (alcohol, barbiturates)
· Congenital neuro degenerative disorders.
· Non epileptogenic behaviors, which can emulate seizures but have a psychogenic, rather than an organic, origin
Manifestations are related to the area of the brain involved in the seizure activity and may range from single abnormal sensations, aberrant motor activity, altered consciousness or personality to loss of consciousness and convulsive movements.
1. Impaired consciousness
2. Disturbed muscle tone or movement
3. Disturbances of behavior, mood, sensation, or perception
4. Disturbances of autonomic functions.
· EEG (Electroencephalography) – locates epileptic focus, spread, intensity, and duration; helps classify seizure type
· MRI, CT scan–to identify lesion that may be cause of seizure
· Neuropsychological studies–to evaluate for behavioral disturbances
· Serum laboratory studies or lumbar puncture–to evaluate for infectious, hormonal, or metabolic etiology.
· Pharmacotherapy - Anti-Epileptic Drugs selected according to seizure type.
· Surgery–operations (temporal lobectomy,
· extratemporal resection, corpus callosotomy, hemispherectomy)
· Vagal nerve stimulation anterior thalamic stimulation
· A ketogenic diet
· Establish airway
· Maintain blood pressure (BP).
· Monitor vital and neurologic signs on a continuous basis.
· Administer oxygen–there is some respiratory depression associated with each seizure,
· Establish I.V. lines, and keep open for blood sampling, drug administration, and infusion of fluids.
· Administer I.V. anticonvulsant slowly to ensure effective brain tissue and serum concentrations.
· Monitor the patient continuously; depression of respiration and BP induced by drug therapy .
· Determine (from family member) if there is a history of epilepsy, alcohol/drug use, trauma, recent infection.
· Counsel patients with uncontrolled seizures about driving or operating dangerous equipment.
· Assess home environment for safety hazards in case the patient falls, such as crowded furniture arrangement, sharp edges on tables, glass. Soft flooring and furniture and padded surfaces may be necessary.
· Support patient in discussion about seizures with employer, school, and so forth.
· Difficulty learning.
· Aspiration pneumonia
· Injuries from falls, bumps, and self-inflicted bites.
· Loosen any tight neckwear.
· Turn the person on his or her side.
· Do not hold the person down or restrain the person.
· Do not place anything in the mouth or try to pry the teeth apart. The person is not in danger of swallowing his or her tongue.
· Observe seizure characteristics – length, type of movements, and direction of head or eye turning. These characteristics may help the doctor diagnose the type of seizure.
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The Foie gras are carefully selected and meticulously prepared in order to preserve all their organoleptic qualities.
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Duck liver, water, salt, nitrate salt.
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Keep the foie gras jar in dry environment. Please check the expiry date before eating.
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Singer Florence Welch told of her bewilderment at winning solo awards while her band is ignored.
The 25-year-old pop star won best solo artist and best single - for Shake It Out - at the NME Awards in London last night.
Welch, backed by a range of musicians in Florence And The Machine, was also nominated for best female at this year's Brits.
She told the Standard: "NME were the first people to notice and support me and I've always wanted one of their awards.
"I'm grateful to win solo awards but it's strange because I've never been sure how the solo act came out of the band idea. It's a project I started but I've worked with so many amazing musicians and it's such a collaborative thing. The solo award is for them and I dedicate it to everyone I've worked with."
Welch celebrated later at a star-studded party at the Wyld bar in the W Hotel with guests including TV host Caroline Flack, radio presenter Lliana Bird, comedian Noel Fielding and fellow award-winners Kasabian, who were named best British band.
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Original recipe yields 24 servings
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Delicious! I cut sugar from 2 Cups down to 1 & 1/2 C. Also cut oil from 1 & 1/2 Cups to 1/2 C. oil and substituted a 1/2 C. applesauce. I used a bag of mini choc. chips and made them into mini...
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WMO Satellite Skills
Webcast on the detection and monitoring of convective storms by using MSG imagea and products.
Aydin Erturk (TSMS) present on the "Detection and Monitoring Convective Storms by Using MSG Image and Products". The MSG SEVIRI is crucial data source for the nowcasting applications. Storm top features with IR imagery were well defined and published. MSGView software being operationally used for detection and monitoring convective storms at Turkish State Meteorological Service. Two case studies (a cold U/V and a cold ring shape) were demonstrated and discussed in this presentation.


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A Research on Development Strategy of RJ Company
strategic management,development strategy,strategic implementation,pharmaceutical packaging,
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As people living standard rise, new pharmaceutical products appear constantly, the reform of medical system, the domestic pharmaceutical packaging industry rapid development. Domestic pharmaceutical packaging company introduced from abroad advanced pharmaceutical packaging materials, production line and equipment, production scale of enterprises, technical strength and management level has great improvement. At present, the domestic pharmaceutical packaging enterprises, more than 3000, annual output value of more than 40 billion, annual growth of more than 10%.Pharmaceutical packaging the quality of the relationship between the physical and mental health of people, have high technical requirements and quality requirements. Government have issued the measures for the administration of the pharmaceutical packaging materials and containers, 'drug production quality management standard (revised in 2010),' such as laws and regulations, strengthen supervision and promote the healthy development. Although domestic medical security industry rapid development, but there is still a large gap with the developed country, especially in the event of a 'poison capsule event' after major medical event, pharmaceutical packaging safety problem has become the focus of the government, the media and public attention. Pharmaceutical packaging industry in our country is facing a series of problems and challenges that face a lot of the fierce competition in the domestic and foreign advanced technology enterprises, products are mainly concentrated in the middle-end packaging materials; Packaging materials independent research and development ability is poor; The domestic medical system reform brings the change of market structure; The implementation of the new version of GMP.
Shanghai RJ pharmaceutical packaging co., LTD. Is a medicinal aluminum foil and composite membrane (bag) as the main high-tech. RJ through the introduction of foreign advanced production line, the implementation of strict quality management, promote the talent strategy, make the company's rapid development. However RJ company for a long time, is a medium-sized pharmaceutical packaging enterprises is faced with intense market competition, independent research and development ability is poor, the lack of talent, etc.
This article USES the combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to RJ company external development environment and internal conditions were analyzed, and master the company faced in the process of development of the advantages and disadvantages, opportunities and threats. On the basis of using the SWOT method, RJ company development strategy and development strategy of the implementation of the plan. Taking RJ as an example for empirical research, combining the theory of enterprise strategy management research, has certain theoretical value and practical value.
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