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The relationship between members of a team has a significant impact on their performance and success. Diversity is a great thing as it brings creativity, different perspectives, and innovation into teamwork, but, it can also lead to misunderstandings and conflicts, which is why teams need to work on cohesiveness and strengthen their mutual relationships. Enter team building. This strategy is known to improve communication and encourage collaboration, thus creating a positive work environment and boosting employee engagement and satisfaction. Since the location matters when it comes to team building activities, here’s a list of European cities where your team can have a great time.
London is one of the most vibrant and exciting cities in Europe. It’s the place where tradition meets modernity, so your team can take a tour of Buckingham Palace and explore the Queen’s official residence. Since the UK is the birthplace of cozy mystery novels and TV shows, it’s only natural for your team to try their hand at crime-solving skills and bring out their inner Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in a CSI themed team building activity, supervised by real-life Scotland Yard detectives. For those who prefer outdoor activities, practicing traditional British sports such as badminton, skittles, or three-legged races can be a lot of fun.
Prague, Czech Republic
The historical capital of Bohemia is packed with cultural and tourist attractions, including Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge, and the Prague Astronomical Clock, while its historic center is listed as one of the UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. A sightseeing tour combined with a scavenger hunt is a fun way of exploring the city and spending some quality time with the members of your team. Considered to be one of the most haunted cities in Europe, Prague has a lot to offer in the supernatural department, which is why a conveniently themed haunted house escape room is something that you shouldn’t miss. As the Czech Republic is famous for its beer, a tour of Prague’s microbreweries is a great idea which will allow your team to relax and bond over a pint of some of the world’s top craft beers. Truly a great team building opportunity if there ever was one.
Portugal’s capital is among the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, and with good reason. Situated on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, this charming city has preserved its slow-paced way of life, so that your team might take a break from their hectic daily routine and take their time to walk the cobbled streets of Lisbon and sip their coffee in one of the many authentic coffee shops scattered across the Alfama, the city’s oldest quarter. The proximity of the ocean gives you an opportunity to go sailing, learn the basics of this sport, and participate in a regatta.
Amsterdam offers a wide variety of indoor and outdoor team building activities. Since the city is has a network of more than 100km of canals, you and your team can enjoy a sightseeing cruise. Or you can add an adventurous twist and opt for more extreme team building activities such as sheep herding or raft building on the banks of the Amstel River. Viking rowing is another challenging activity which is perfect for turning your team into a close-knit group of friends, as it requires a high level of cooperation and working together. After such a physically demanding game-of-thrones reenactment, you can all chill out and enjoy the lazy, laid-back atmosphere in one of several cat cafés.
Creating long-lasting memories is a surefire way of connecting with the members of your team and bringing them together. A team-building getaway in any of these cities will be an unforgettable experience which will bring positive energy into your workplace.

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During a visit to the US-Mexican border, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders criticized America’s current deportation policies, while calling for “a path towards citizenship” for immigrants that entered the US illegally.
Sanders visited Friendship Park, a special border location between the cities of San Diego and Tijuana, on Saturday while en-route to an event in National City in California.
Sanders was accompanied by Christian Ramirez, a human rights advocate, as well as Maria Puga, the widow of Anastasio Hernandez, a Mexican migrant who died during an “altercation” with border police in 2010.
Bernie at Friendship Park, a meeting place for separated families between the U.S. and Mexico. pic.twitter.com/b4c3ju9KJz
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 22, 2016
While remaining on the US side, Sanders spoke with people through the fence, including some veterans who had served in the US army, but haven’t been allowed back into the US.
Sanders called for “comprehensive immigration reform” to fix what he sees as a “very, very broken immigration system.”
— Christian Ramirez (@RamirezUSMEX) May 22, 2016
“We have 11 million people in the United States who are now undocumented and I believe they deserve a path towards citizenship,” he told reporters on the Mexican side of the border.
“I am not in favor of the current deportation policies. I believe that what immigration reform means is uniting families, not dividing families,” he added.
The Vermont Senator explained that he “hoped that the Republicans in Congress” could see that there is a problem and would work with Democrats to carry out reforms.
“If not and if I am elected president of the United States, I will use the executive powers that the president has to do that the best that I can,” Sanders added.


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Internet casinos are the current fashion in the gaming field, where you will find a myriad of opportunities for casino sport lovers. Now is the world of the internet where everything is available at a click of the mouse. This facility is available for gamblers who can’t play their favorite games at land-based casinos because of their busy schedule. Internet casino gaming is fast and straightforward, and this is why it’s gains popularity within a short period across the world. The passion for gambling isn’t new in society. Still, the online facility has genuinely made it popular in the community. People worldwide can play their favorite casino games anytime they prefer to play with them according to their advantage.
Technology has changed the means we think and behave, and an online casino reflects it where you’re free to play 24/7 without affecting your own life and may also play without taking a risk with our hard-earned cash. Online casino is secure and reliable, where you can play at a tension-free way without waiting hours to begin your play. Here at online gaming, you only need a computer and an online connection to start playing your favorite casino games. Playing online demands no particular qualification, and even a novice player can easily play the casino game of their option. There are several sites dedicated to online casino gambling where it is possible to take knowledge about a specific casino game and learn tips for an excellent game experience.
Internet casinos offer all kinds of casino games offered in land casinos. Still, in a much fast and reliable manner, such as here, you can play pokies/slots, roulette, blackjack, poker, baccarat, craps, and much, much more online without wasting a single minute. Internet casinos are the best method to entertain oneself from gaming because here, you can also play for free before you become confident enough to play for real cash. Whether it is to play online roulette or online baccarat, you can play it for free until you feel confident playing it for real money. Many online websites are offering online casino games but picking a fantastic online casino requires some groundwork. You can find a trusted casino after going through these reviews and an attempt to speak to the support staff at the internet casino through phone and check at other sites for any reviews of the said casino.
Internet gaming is making its stronghold a significant part of the entertainment industry more potent by the day. Among the most intrinsic elements of online gaming, online bingo is a game with one of the most widespread reaches. The number of players categorized as online bingo loyalists is more manifold than other online games’ followers. With various sites offering bingo choices, newcomers get increasingly challenging to choose a website to play with. Veterans of the game probably already have their preferences, but some might still need to venture into the mysterious new world of bingo, where new sites are mushrooming daily. A good guideline is to search for sites that offer bingo and slot games in addition to great welcome bonuses and free bingo. All said and done, this is a booming industry, and individuals with expertise in land-based bingo rooms or rooms, in addition to individuals who’ve never been in them, locate online gaming a delightful experience. The pleasure of not having to move from home makes this an extremely comfortable event.
Despite all of the pros of online gambling, particularly online bingo, there’s also a flip side to the story. Like everything else in life, this sector also has its wrong side, together with its great one. The gamers who indulge in online gambling can be categorized broadly. Though some of them are casual, some others are professionals. Some get into online gambling casually and graduate into the social gambling class. But there’s a specific section of online gamblers who get in the space considering it to be the escape route from day-to-day life issues. If they play bingo or some other sort of game, these gamers run the risk of being addicted to gambling, and it compulsively takes care of any stressful situation. Addiction to the game may result in uncontrolled playing and too heavy losses that could render players frustrated or even clinically depressed. This can place the participant’s family and livelihood at stake too. It’s necessary to recognize and evaluate one’s motives for getting into anything, be it online gambling or some other habit, and make sound choices.
Though most sites take extreme care to make the deposit and withdrawal methods to their players as safe as possible, hacking sites and receiving confidential information regarding a player aren’t unachievable. This is why it’s always essential to examine a website’s authenticity before jumping into the world of online bingo or any other type of online gambling. The website’s software supplier and the opinions of players who have played here are the best signs. Some of us believe that internet gambling corrodes society’s moral fabric since it boosts splurging unnecessarily. However, self-restraint and responsibility to oneself and the community and family will ensure that internet gambling remains a fun leisure activity without turning into a menace.

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Cost of living in Auckland, New Zealand compared to Zhenjiang, China
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This comparison is lacking data. It provides a decent comparison, but it is not yet reliable. It is based on 2,016 prices entered by 404 different people.
These prices were last updated on March 18, 2018. Exchange rate: 4.570 CNY / NZD
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Cost of living in Auckland (New Zealand) is 111% more expensive than in Zhenjiang (China)
For example, you would need at least 元18,990 (NZ$4,156) in Auckland to maintain the same standard of living that you can have with 元9,000 in Zhenjiang.
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Matt Lauer may be a member of the media, but that doesn't mean he's a fan of the media.
Asked in the latest issue of Esquire about Ann Curry's firing and the blame for it being placed at his feet, the embattled Today anchor could not hide his disdain for how the event was covered.
"The way the media treated what happened with Ann Curry was a disappointing learning experience," he says. "I was disappointed by the laziness of the media, the willingness to read a rumor, repeat that rumor, and treat it as a fact."
Those rumors, of course, have not quieted for Lauer.

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If you are like most people, you have heard so much anti-vaccine misinformation that you figure it is safe to assume that everything these folks say isn’t true.
If you are a true skeptic, you will still do your research on any new claims just to make sure.
Why Can’t You Give Blood After Getting a Vaccine?
Although you may not have heard of any restrictions on donating blood after getting vaccinated before, it makes sense once you think of it.
You actually have to wait:
for up to 8 weeks after getting the smallpox vaccine
for up to 4 weeks after getting the MMR (because of the rubella component), chickenpox, and Zostavax vaccines.
for up to 3 weeks after getting the hepatitis B vaccine
for up to 2 weeks after getting the measles, mumps, oral polio, or yellow fever vaccines
If you notice that these are almost all live vaccines, it becomes very easy to see why you can’t donate blood shortly after being vaccinated.
Blood donation is “Acceptable if you were vaccinated for influenza, tetanus or meningitis, providing you are symptom-free and fever-free. Includes the Tdap vaccine. Acceptable if you received an HPV Vaccine (example, Gardasil).”
American Red Cross Eligibility Criteria: Alphabetical
Live vaccines can create a temporary viremia (virus particles in the blood), which could then be transferred to someone else in donated blood.
Could you get an infection this way?
Remember, you would only be getting the attenuated or weakened vaccine virus strain and even then, it would be a very small amount. If the person getting the vaccine doesn’t get sick from getting the vaccine, why would someone who was getting a much smaller dose through a blood donation.
Still, there is a theoretical risk, especially if the person who received the blood donation had an immunodeficiency, so people aren’t supposed to donate blood shortly after getting these vaccines.
But what about the hepatitis B vaccine. It isn’t a live virus vaccine.
The risk with this vaccine is that a very recently vaccinated donor might test positive for HBsAg (this only happens temporarily), leading the donation center to actually think that they had a hepatitis B infection, disqualifying them from ever donating blood again.
Does any of this mean that vaccines aren’t safe?
Of course not!
Just consider some of the other restrictions on donating blood:
You are not eligible to ever donate if you ever tested positive for hepatitis B, even if you were never sick.
In fact, morbidity/mortality from polio vaccines are decreasing, as we are using much less oral polio vaccine (OPV) in the transition (OPV cessation) to just using inactivated polio vaccine (IPV).
“Over the past ten years, more than 10 billion doses of OPV have been given to nearly three billion children worldwide. More than 16 million cases of polio have been prevented, and the disease has been reduced by more than 99%. It is the appropriate vaccine through which to achieve global polio eradication.”
And while most developed countries already use IPV, those that are still using OPV recently switched from a trivalent (tOPV) to a bivalent (bOPV) form of OPV. We could do this because type 2 poliovirus has already been eradicated (2015)!
So morbidity (getting sick)/mortality (dying) from polio vaccines is low.
What about morbidity/mortality from polio?
“As recently as 30 years ago, wild poliovirus paralysed more than 350 000 children in more than 125 countries every year. In 2018 there were fewer than 30 reported cases in just two countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
“Zero polio transmission and health for all”, WHO Director-General gives new year’s wish to the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan
With a 99.9% drop in polio cases since 1998, your risk of getting polio in most parts of the world is very low, but you still have to consider both the morbidity/mortality of polio in the pre-vaccine era and the risk of polio returning if we stop vaccinating before it is eradicated.
What about the idea that you don’t have to worry about polio because only 1% of kids with polio developed paralysis?
“The mortality rate for acute paralytic polio ranges from 5–15%.”
Disease factsheet about poliomyelitis
Well, when everyone gets polio, even 1% is a lot.
With such a safe vaccine, why put your kids at risk of getting polio?
Do you even understand what the risks are?
No, it isn’t just the risk of wild polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Since the oral polio vaccines shed, if you are unvaccinated, in addition to the risk of wild polio, there is a small risk of getting circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV) if you are not vaccinated and protected. No, it is not a big risk, as there were only 102 cases of cVDPV in 7 countries in 2018, but it isn’t zero either.
And the other big risk is that if enough folks stop getting vaccinated, taking their chances hiding in the herd, polio will come back and our chance to eradicate another vaccine-preventable disease will fail.
More on the Morbidity and Mortality Rates of Polio
In general, simply taking an antibiotic would not usually be a reason to not get vaccinated.
“Contraindications and precautions to vaccination generally dictate circumstances when vaccines will not be given. Many contraindications and precautions are temporary, and the vaccine can be given at a later time.”
General Recommendations on Immunization
The reason your child is taking the antibiotic could make you want to think about delaying the vaccine though.
Can Your Kids Get a Vaccine While They Are Taking Antibiotics?
Kids are prescribed antibiotics for a lot of different reasons, from treating ear infections and acne to pneumonia and meningitis.
Since a mild acute illness with or without fever isn’t considered a contraindication or precaution to getting vaccinated, in most cases, being on an antibiotic would not cause you to want to skip or delay your child’s vaccines.
In fact, current antimicrobial therapy is listed by the CDC as one of the conditions commonly misperceived as a contraindication or precaution!
There are some exceptions though, including:
taking the antibiotic for a moderate or severe acute illness with or without fever (a general precaution to getting a vaccine)
antimalarial agents and antibiotics might interfere with the Ty21a oral typhoid vaccine
antiviral drugs (Tamiflu, Relenza) might interfere with LAIV4 (FluMist, the nasal spray flu vaccine)
Is your child taking the antibiotic for a mild illness or a more moderate or severe illness for which they are now recovering? Then the fact that they are still taking an antibiotic likely isn’t a contraindication or a precaution to getting vaccinated.
For example, while it might sound like there have been a lot of adverse drug reaction reports for the DTaP vaccine, with 179,447 reports in VigiAccess, since those are worldwide reports since 1968, it is likely among many billions of doses of vaccines being given.
Most importantly though, as with VAERS, “The reports in VigiBase result from suspicions of a relationship between a drug and a reaction. No causal relation has been confirmed.”
So how do you put the numbers from VigiBase and VigiAccess in context?
If you consider that reports and safety signals from VigiBase, VigiMatch, VigiRank, and other tools used by the Uppsala Monitoring Centre continue to find that vaccines are safe, then to put the DTaP numbers in context, they help us know that vaccines are being well monitored for safety.
And since we know that these diseases haven’t disappeared, any further context, if you need it, would be that since vaccines are safe and necessary, then you should get yourself and your family vaccinated and protected.
Kawasaki disease is rare and there is a good chance that you have never even heard of it, even though the first case was diagnosed in 1961.
Kids with this condition are typically irritable and can develop high fever, swollen glands in their neck, red eyes, red, cracked lips, red, swollen hands and feet, and a rash.
If you have heard of it, there is a good chance it is because anti-vaccine folks are using Kawasaki disease to scare you away from vaccinating and protecting your kids. Lately, talk about Kawasaki disease and the meningococcal B vaccines have been going around.
What Causes Kawasaki Disease?
Kawasaki disease is a type of vasculitis.
Kids who develop Kawasaki disease, who are typically under age 5 years, develop inflammation of their blood vessels, which leads to many of the symptoms and complications we see.
What causes this inflammation?
“Evidence suggests that Kawasaki disease may be linked to a yet-to-be identified infectious agent, such as a virus or bacteria. However, despite intense research, no bacteria, virus, or toxin has been identified as a cause of the disease.”
AAP on Kawasaki disease
We don’t know.
Can Vaccines Cause Kawasaki Disease?
Because the cause of Kawasaki disease is unknown, that leads some folks to think that it could be vaccines.
That vaccine clinical trial data sometimes finds a higher, although not statistically significant risk for Kawasaki disease, gets some of those folks thinking about it even more, except they don’t seem to think about the fact that the risk is never statistically significant.
But aren’t there case reports of kids getting Kawasaki disease after getting a hepatitis A, yellow fever, hepatitis B, or flu vaccine?
Yes, but getting a case report published about one patient who you think got Kawasaki disease soon after getting a vaccine isn’t strong evidence that it wasn’t a coincidence.
“Childhood vaccinations’ studied did not increase the risk of Kawasaki disease; conversely, vaccination was associated with a transient decrease in Kawasaki disease incidence. Verifying and understanding this potential protective effect could yield clues to the underlying etiology of Kawasaki disease.”
Abrams et al. on Childhood vaccines and Kawasaki disease, Vaccine Safety Datalink, 1996-2006.
And not surprisingly, several studies have shown that there isn’t any extra risk for Kawasaki disease after routine vaccines.
One even showed that getting vaccinated could be protective! Another benefit of vaccines and another reason you shouldn’t skip or delay your child’s immunizations.
What to Know About Vaccines and Kawasaki Disease
While anti-vaccine folks often list Kawasaki disease among their vaccine-induced diseases, several studies have shown that vaccines are not associated with Kawasaki disease, except to maybe have a protective effective if you are fully vaccinated.
Can a child be fine one day and then die the next?
Tragically, they can.
There is even a name for it – sudden unexplained death in childhood.
Sudden Death in Children
Although 10% of deaths in children over age 12 months are classified as sudden death, most have explanations, such as asthma, epilepsy, or a heart problem (congenital malformations and arrhythmias). Unfortunately, some of these conditions, especially some infections and heart problems, aren’t discovered until after the child dies.
“Most sudden cardiac deaths that remain unexplained after necropsy are probably caused by primary cardiac arrhythmias.”
Sudden death in children and adolescents
About 16% of these sudden deaths don’t have any explanation though.
Surprisingly, these types of sudden, unexplained deaths are the 5th leading cause of death in children between the ages of 1 and 4 years. That adds up to about 400 deaths a year in the United States alone!
“…making general assumptions and drawing conclusions about vaccinations causing deaths based on spontaneous reports to VAERS – some of which might be anecdotal or second-hand – or from case reports in the media, is not a scientifically valid practice.”
Miller et al on Deaths following vaccination: What does the evidence show?
“At the present time there is not enough known about the underlying mechanisms of death in SUDC to allow prediction of which children might die suddenly and unexpectedly. Additionally, there is no way to prevent SUDC since its cause is unknown. Through research, we strive to discover the risk factors and underlying causes of SUDC that will lead to its prevention. In the meantime, optimal pediatric care recommendations, including attending well child visits, maintaining current vaccinations, and obtaining appropriate health care when clinically indicated, should be followed.”
SUDC Foundation on Frequently Asked Questions
And it’s not just SIDS. We also see a “healthy vaccinee effect” in older kids, who have lower mortality rates than the general population, which includes some folks who aren’t vaccinated.
We don’t know what causes sudden unexplained death in children, although with continued research we hopefully soon will, and can then learn to prevent them. Until then, parents should feel confident that it is not caused by the vaccines, which are safe and necessary and work to protect them from many life-threatening vaccine-preventable diseases.
What to Know About Vaccines and Sudden Unexplained Death in Children
Vaccines are not associated with sudden unexplained death in children.
More on Vaccines and Sudden Unexplained Death in Children
It is mostly because they think that anything bad that happens after someone is vaccinated, even if it is weeks or months later, must have been caused by the vaccine.
“Differentiation between coincidence and causality is of utmost importance in this respect. This is not always easy, especially when an event is rare and background rates are not available.”
Heininger on A risk-benefit analysis of vaccination
Of course, this discounts that fact that most people have a basic risk, often called the background rate, for developing most of these very same conditions, and they can just coincide with getting vaccinated.
Put more simply, the “reaction” would have happened whether or not they had been vaccinated.
“…when a number of well-controlled studies were conducted during the 1980s, the investigators found, nearly unanimously, that the number of SIDS deaths temporally associated with DTP vaccination was within the range expected to occur by chance. In other words, the SIDS deaths would have occurred even if no vaccinations had been given.”
WHO on Six Common Misconceptions About Immunization
That doesn’t mean that everything automatically gets blamed on coincidence though.
Is It a Vaccine Reaction?
When trying to determine if a child has had a vaccine reaction, experts typically go through a series of questions, looking at the evidence for and against :
How soon after the vaccine was given did the reaction occur? Was it minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years later?
Is there any evidence that something else could have caused the reaction?
Is there a known causal relation between the reaction and the vaccine?
Is there evidence that the vaccine does not have a causal association with the reaction?
Do any lab tests support the idea that it was a vaccine reaction?
Why is it important to consider these and other questions?
Because most of us are very good at jumping to conclusions, are quick to place blame, and like to know the reasons for why things happen.
We don’t like to think that things are just caused by coincidence.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc (after this, therefore, because of this).
We are especially good at linking events and often automatically assume that one thing caused another simply because it occurred afterwards.
It is incident to physicians, I am afraid, beyond all other men, to mistake subsequence for consequence.
Dr Samuel Johnson
But we also know that correlation does not imply causation. And because of the great benefits of vaccines, it is important to find strong evidence for a correlation before we blame vaccines for a reaction.
Too often though, the opposite happens. Despite strong evidence against a correlation, parents and some pediatricians still blame vaccines for many things, from SIDS and encephalitis to autism.
Background Rates vs Vaccine Reactions
Although anti-vaccine folks are always calling for vaccinated vs unvaccinated studies to further prove that vaccines are indeed safe, much of that work is already done by looking at the observed rate of possible reactions and comparing them to the background rate of reactions and conditions.
We often know how many people are expected to develop certain conditions, from seizures and type 1 diabetes mellitus to acute transverse myelitis and juvenile and rheumatoid arthritis.
“On the basis of the reviewed data, if a cohort of 10 million individuals was vaccinated in the UK, 21.5 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome and 5.75 cases of sudden death would be expected to occur within 6 weeks of vaccination as coincident background cases. In female vaccinees in the USA, 86.3 cases of optic neuritis per 10 million population would be expected within 6 weeks of vaccination. 397 per 1 million vaccinated pregnant women would be predicted to have a spontaneous abortion within 1 day of vaccination.”
Black et al on Importance of background rates of disease in assessment of vaccine safety during mass immunisation with pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccines
Intussusception is a good example of this.
This might surprise some folks, but we diagnosed and treated kids with intussusception well before the first rotavirus vaccines were ever introduced. And then, it was only after the risk of intussusception after vaccination exceeded the background rate that experts were able to determine that there was an issue.
“Knowledge of the background incidence rates of possible adverse events is a crucial part of assessing possible vaccine safety concerns. It allows for a rapid observed vs expected analysis and helps to distinguish legitimate safety concerns from events that are temporally associated with but not necessarily caused by vaccination.”
Gadroen et al on Baseline incidence of intussusception in early childhood before rotavirus vaccine introduction, the Netherlands, January 2008 to December 2012
Fortunately, studies have never found an increased risk above the background rate for SIDS, non-febrile seizures, and other things that anti-vaccine folks often blame on vaccines. So when these things happen on the same day or one or two days after getting vaccinated, it almost certainly truly is a coincidence. It would have happened even if your child had not been vaccinated, just like we see these things happen in the days before a child was due to get their vaccines.
For example, using background incidence rates in Danish children, one study found that if you vaccinated a million children with a new flu vaccine, you could expect that naturally, after seven days, you would see:
facial nerve palsy – one case
seizures – 36 cases
multiple sclerosis – one case
type 1 diabetes – three cases
juvenile and rheumatoid arthritis – three cases
After six weeks, those numbers of course go up. In addition to 4 kids developing MS, 20 develop diabetes, 19 develop arthritis, and 218 have seizures, and there would have been at least two deaths of unknown cause.
Would you blame the flu shot for these things?
What flu shot?
This was a “hypothetical vaccine cohort” that used 30 years of data from the Danish healthcare system to figure out background rates of each condition.
“In addition, the expected number of deaths in Japan following an estimated 15 million doses of H1N1 vaccine administered would be >8000 deaths during the 20 days following vaccination, based on the crude mortality rate.”
McCarthy et al on Mortality Rates and Cause-of-Death Patterns in a Vaccinated Population
Looking at background rates is especially helpful when folks report about vaccine deaths.
Using the Japan example that McCarthy studied, if they had looked at background rates, then all of a sudden, the 107 deaths they found after 15 million doses of H1N1 vaccine were given in 2009 would not have been so alarming. Background rates would have predicted a much, much higher number of deaths to naturally occur in that time period simply based on crude mortality rates.
Vaccines are safe and many of the things that folks think are vaccine reactions can be explained by looking at the background rates for these conditions and understanding that they would have happened anyway.

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The Obama administration's harsh treatment of the auto industry is backfiring with some auto state politicians despite a concerted effort to build support for the federal crackdown on General Motors and Chrysler.
Late Sunday evening, the White House held an hour-long conference call with a half-dozen lawmakers who represent auto industry states, laying out a "tough love" scenario in which GM will get 60 days of working capital, while Chrysler has only 30 days to cut a deal with Italian automaker Fiat if they are to survive.
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"Just STOP ACTING and get back to basics Sunil.."
Sunil is just having a bad time as a hero right now. After facing a string of failures, he got the biggest shock this Dusshera festival. His 'Eedu Gold Ehe' was expected to give a tough fight to all other releases. But instead, the movie ended as a damp squib and it never even matched 25% of Tamil dubbed release 'Remo'.


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The government is asking the tourism ministry and related agencies to come up with cheap travel insurance packages to increase tourism.
The government stated that they will not be paying any of the premiums themselves. Only in exceptional emergency circumstances can the government take on some of the costs.
That might be in political unrest or in cases where tourists get caught up in bombs where funds can be made available for tourists whose policies would not cover such eventualities.


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How to Talk About a Loved One’s Illness on Social Media
Getting the news that a loved one has been diagnosed with a serious illness is never easy. Deciding when and how to tell others is yet another obstacle to overcome in that journey. Once a person becomes familiar with the medical terminology and comes to terms with the diagnosis themselves, it may be time to begin sharing this information with extended loved ones to keep them informed and expand the support system of the patient.
Luckily, social media is a useful tool for communicating important information to friends and family since most people are active on at least one social platform. Rather than making individual phone calls and text messages, social media posts can be used to share news and updates more efficiently.
The person sharing, however, should keep a few things in mind to ensure they are doing so both effectively and respectfully.
Get permission and input.
The first step of the sharing process should always be getting permission from the patient. Approach the topic with honesty and discuss the benefits of announcing the diagnosis on social media. Remember that respecting a patient’s wishes is always most important.
Be sure to listen to their thoughts and feelings throughout the process and respect their decision if they do not want to tell others. If they do give permission, be sure to include them in constructing the announcement so they feel in control of how their diagnosis is being shared. Always try to get final approval before posting.
Find an appropriate channel.
Once the patient has given their permission, the next step is to find an appropriate social media outlet. More often than not, Facebook is the best option due to its many useful features and ease of use. Not to mention that nearly 70% of U.S. adults use Facebook.
Loved ones can easily craft a status using their own profile if they wish to make the update accessible to everyone in their friends list. If they would like to be more selective about who is receiving the updates, the Messenger and Groups features are both great alternate options. Creating a group message thread or unique Facebook group for patient updates are simple ways to choose who specifically the patient is comfortable with being involved.
Even if many of the updates are happening in private message threads, don’t forget to keep the patient in the loop and continually ask for permission on what is being said. Be sure to keep the topics focused on the patient’s wellbeing.
Be direct and transparent.
When sharing sensitive information, it may be tempting to sugarcoat the reality of the situation. It’s crucial to be honest when sharing the news so the support network can accurately react, respond, and accept the diagnosis. Invite an open conversation to ensue around the facts and prognosis.
Be sure to include any and all appropriate information that the patient requests. Be upfront about what the diagnosis means and the plan of action for treatments or recovery. It may not always be necessary to update personal information on how the patient is emotionally handling the process, although it is up to them if they want to share that side with their loved ones. Sometimes being honest about the difficult parts can help encourage more support from other loved ones.
Prepare to respond.
Don’t go off the grid after notifying others of the diagnosis. The person sharing should be prepared for incoming comments and questions. Their discussion with the patient about what they’re comfortable sharing with others should inform how they will respond to comments and questions. They should continue to be open and honest if they receive a question that they don’t know the answer to.
The patient may be more comfortable with giving more details to a private group or message rather than a public status update. Either way, they should be informed on what specific way this information is being shared so they can decide how detailed they want the responses to be. They shouldn’t feel the need to respond to every single message and comment if it is overwhelming to the patient or the loved one replying on social media.
It’s always a nice touch to directly quote what the patient said in response to a question or comment. The loved one will probably enjoy the personal touch — especially if the patient is not on social media themselves and they are unable to talk directly to them.
As time goes on, it’s important to keep loved ones up to date with the latest information on the diagnosis and treatment. Whether it’s good or bad news, keeping everyone in the loop will continue to strengthen that support system.
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A growing partnership between Aller Aqua and Sharick Enterprise in Malawi
For more than five years, Dennis has distributed fish feed to several farmers in Malawi and across the border. Dennis has a solid background in aquaculture, is educated in the field, and has a lot of industry experience.
After completing his 4-year aquaculture education in 2013, Dennis started working as a fish farmer trainer, enabled by a variety of outreach programmes.
As his knowledge and expertise in the local industry grew, Dennis identified a need and a chance to help advance the aquaculture industry.
"Aquaculture inputs like fingerlings and fish feed were severely limited, which long hindered the growth of the industry." The fundamental components for a successful fish farm were out of reach for Malawian farmers, which made it difficult for them to stay in business, turn a profit, or even expand," explained Dennis.
Sharick Enterprises recognized the need to supply farmers and began with small-scale initiatives to promote the sector's growth.
Today, in addition to providing and ensuring feed for their customers, Sharick Enterprise also provides training sessions, farming management, market linkage, and knowledge sharing to help farmers expand and build profitable businesses.
Sharick Enterprises supports Malawi's entire aquaculture value chain. They can facilitate clients' access to large fish buyers, which accelerates the circulation of the farmers’ business.
"We always recommend Aller Aqua's feed, not only for its quality and consistency but also for its wide product range, faster growth rate, healthier fish and a more sustainable business," Dennis Chinkhata, owner of Sharick Enterprise, explained.
Malawi imports close to 8.9 USD million worth of fish each year for consumption, and recent analyses indicate that there is still shortage of market demand. The Malawi aquaculture sector has a large potential for new farmers to enter the market as only 6% of the demand is supplied by local aquaculture production.
"With Sharick Enterprise, we have walked a long and challenging path, and we are here to stay and help aquaculture advance in Malawi and across borders, " says Adrian Constantin, Area Sales Manager for Africa at Aller Aqua.
In recent years, the government of Malawi has also taken steps forward, assisting farmers in getting a good start by indicating areas designated for cages and other farming methods.
"We, along with Aller Aqua, are expanding, as is the sector and our customers. We are here to assist the industry's development and growth, and we encourage others to join this industry with the proper support" Dennis concluded.
At Aller Aqua we form partnerships with the goal of long-term growth and sustainability, which adds value to the market and helps farmers grow consistently, making this collaboration a valuable factor for aquaculture development in Malawi.
Sharick has three outlets in Malawi and can supply Aller Aqua feed to all districts as well as customised orders based on customer requirements.

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Camping is a popular type of vacation because it is so simple to pick up and go without too much hassle at any given time. Whether you’re going near or far for your camping trip, you should read up a little to be aware of some important camping-related advice that everyone should know about.
While you have this vision of a fun-filled camping trip, many times scrapes and cuts just seem to come with all that fun. Be sure you take a first-aid kit with you into nature because accidents just happen, and it’s always better to be safe than sorry. Hopefully, it will stay packed safely away, but you will have the peace of mind that you are prepared if something does happen.
Take only photos and leave only footprints. That is the rule of thumb when camping. Only use the natural resources that you need and do not leave any traces that you were camping when you leave. Pick up all trash, extinguish and cover any fire pits, bury all human waste, and make the area where you camped look exactly as it did when you found it.
If you are using a tent for camping, put a great deal of thought into buying your tent. Consider the climate. Consider your price range. How often will you be using this tent? You don’t want to buy a tent that won’t be able to stand up to the elements. At the same time, you don’t need to pay a fortune for a tent you plan to only use once.
Bring some plastic totes or canisters with you when you go camping so you can store any food products you have opened. This will keep any critters from swarming around your campsite and it will also keep various wildlife from being attracted to whatever it is you have in there.
Giving yourself enough time to enjoy your camping trip is key. Plan out your trip far in advance and get a couple of days off from work if possible. You want to enjoy yourself camping for at least a few days, that way you feel like you got the full experience out of it.
When you are camping, you should never eat anything unless you are absolutely certain of what it is. There is nothing worse than a strong case of stomach problems when you are far away from both medical attention and a toilet. It is recommended to only eat food that you bring.
Take along items to use while you are camping in the wild. Card games are a fun way to pass the time if the weather does not cooperate. If you are going camping with children, you need to make sure that you bring a lot of things to keep them entertained during the trip.
Do not take anything that belongs in nature with you when you leave. Have fun and take pictures, but when you are loading up the car, make sure rocks, pinecones and other objects remain where they are. This is one of the unspoken rules of camping. Everyone should have the same opportunity to enjoy these things.
Never park your vehicle under a single tree when you are at a campsite. If there is a storm, it will attract lightning. This also means that you should avoid sleeping under any trees that are in a particular area by themselves. Try to be in an area that is free of trees or one that has many.
Before setting out on your next camping trip, check out your first aid kit. If there are any items that are missing, replace them. If any of the ointments or medications are low in quantity, remove them and replace them will a new package. Check the expiration date on topical ointments and medications and replaced any that are outdated.
Camping can be a great get away, or a living nightmare. The difference between these two comes down to one thing – preparation. As long as you are adequately prepared for the possible difficulties you could encounter, your camping trip should be most enjoyable.
A great idea when planning your camping trip is to make a list of everything you need before you go. As you pack each item, you can cross it off your list. This is really essential because you do not want to be stuck blowing up your air mattresses because you forgot to pack an air pump.
Keep bears away by properly storing your food and disposing of your waste. When you leave food out or in your tent or shelter, nearby bears may destroy your site to find it. Keep it safe and way from your camp. Try placing it in a high place like on a tall tree branch or on a rope.
A good way to pack eggs on a camping trip is to crack them open and pour them into a recyclable water bottle or other container. Shake a few times for scrambled eggs and omelets,or pour them one at a time into a frying pan for sunny- side- up!
Plan your camping trips ahead of time if you are bringing children. Make sure to carry proper clothing for the weather and climate and be sure to practice safety drills with them frequently before the trip. They need to learn what to do if they get lost and they should have their own glowstick or flashlight.
Always carry a first-aid kit with you while camping. It should include bandages, antibiotic ointment, wrap bandages for sprains and strains, and peroxide or alcohol for cleaning wounds. Scissors, tweezers and other small tools can be used to remove splinters or ticks. Antacids, over-the-counter pain medicines, and allergy medicines should also be included.
To end, you should keep the advice and tips here in mind when you are out and about on your camping trip. No one wants to come home from a trip due to being frustrated because they were not aware of what they needed to know beforehand. Good luck and have fun!


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Mom says 3-year-old walked home alone from Hamilton daycare
Yomara Ortiz called the Kinderworld Educare Center in Hamilton and asked the person who answered the phone if she knew where her 3-year-old son was.
But according to NJ.com, the employee told her that she did not know where Dariell Lemos was at that moment. Ortiz told the employee, "He's not there because he's at my house."
The 3-year-old boy, according to his mother, wandered away from the Mercer County daycare center he has attended for 2 years, and walked a block and a half home.
“I just don’t know how he crossed the street and no one noticed,” Ortiz told The Trentonian. “I’m just glad and lucky that he didn’t get hit.”
Ortiz's daughter called and told her that Dariell was standing outside the side door of their home crying and thought she was joking, according to the Trentonian report.
The school's director reportedly offered an apology when Ortiz called but could not explain why the staff lost track of her son. Ortiz told the Trentonian her son won't be returning to Kinderworld and that she has notified Hamilton Police and the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency.
Hamilton Police Captain James Stevens says no charges have been filed and that his department's juvenile division and Child Protection will meet first to determine a course of action. Stevens is not aware of any previous reported problems with Kinderworld.
According to the website ChildcareCenter.us, which describes itself as "the largest directory for childcare services in the nation," Kinderworld has a capacity of 35 children.
An early morning phone call to the daycare center by New Jersey 101.5 Friday went unanswered.


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We are on the precipice of breaking open the age old model of gender discrimination and changing the trajectory of women’s representation in Hollywood as we know it.
Told first-hand by some of Hollywood’s leading voices both in front of and behind the camera, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, explores the insidious and systemic sexism in Hollywood through the voices of marquee celebrities, and many other ambassadors of #TimesUp. It takes an incisive look at the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce gender disparity in our culture. Most importantly, the film seeks pathways and solutions, both from within and outside the industry and around the world. It also contains a call to action – be socially conscious about content consumption.
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Global software-as-a-service (SaaS) sales are tipped to grow almost 18% year-on-year in 2012, and will continue to increase through 2015.
Research firm Gartner predicts SaaS revenues will hit $14.5 billion (€10.8 billion) this year, fuelled by demand from horizontal applications with common processes, virtual workforces, and Web 2.0 activities.
North America is tipped to be the largest market in 2012, generating $9.1 billion in sales compared to $7.8 billion in 2011. Western Europe follows, with Gartner predicting 2012 revenue of $3.2 billion compared to $2.7 billion in 2011, with Eastern Europe forecast to contribute $169.4 million in 2012 compared to $135.5 million in 2011.
The research firm notes SaaS sales in Western Europe are currently growing rapidly, due to growing penetration of North American vendors and an increase in local suppliers. Sales in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa are tipped as a medium-term play, due to infrastructure challenges.
Asia Pacific will generate $934.1 million worth of sales in 2012, and Latin America $419.7 million, the research firm predicts.
Globally, the SaaS market is set for steady growth through 2015, when Gartner forecasts sales will hit $22.1 billion in total.

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Cardiac resynchronisation is a mechanical treatment for severe heart failure that uses biventricular pacing to improve the function of the left ventricleventricle.. About one fifth of patients attending heart failure clinics are eligible for the treatment, which improves symptoms, prolongs survival, and helps prevent hospital admission, according to a thorough and systematic review of the evidence.
Compared with best medical treatment alone, additional cardiac resynchronisation reduced all cause mortality by 22% (13.2% v 15.5%, relative risk 0.78, 95% CI 0.67 to 0.91) and hospital admission by 37% (19% v 27%, 0.63, 0.43 to 0.93). In 14 randomised trials, cardiac resynchronisation also improved patients' quality of life.
The survival benefits looked similar in a further 95 observational studies. A review of safety data showed that 4.3% of patients had periprocedural complications (0.3% died). Between 6% and 7% of devices broke down in the first year.
Cardiac resynchronisation looked consistently good value for money across all recent economic evaluations, costing no more than $20000 (£10150, €15000) for each quality adjusted life year saved.
The authors conclude that this technology works for patients who still have severe symptoms, low ejection fraction, and ventricular dys-synchrony—identified by long duration of the QRS complex—despite the best available medical treatment.

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As public agencies deal with their ageing infrastructure and issues plaguing their asset reliabilities while continuing to face increased scrutiny, they are continually seeking innovative solutions, strategies and approaches to minimize risks and streamline their operations. With the State of Good Repair (SGR) asset data reporting requirements and Moving Ahead Program in the 21st Century (MAP-21) regulations, the agencies are looking at Transit Asset Management Plan (TAMP) as a tool for reporting the asset conditions and asset performance targets based on federally-mandated performance criteria.
Niti Systems consultants have extensive experience supporting public sector agencies of all sizes with their EAM and other technology implementations. Our team has functional and technical experience with a wide variety of EAM solutions including Trapeze Assetworks, Infor, ABB Ellipse, IBM Maximo, SAP, Oracle, MIMS, FTA Termlite, Work Day and others.We will help you with your end-to-end life-cycle management needs for yourenterprise asset management solutions. Our deep domain expertise of public sector asset management needs coupled with technology capabilities enables us to serve our clients to improve performance, reduce life cycle costs and minimize risk.
In order for the public sector agency to function at their peak capacity and meet the strategic business objectives, they need to find an optimum balance between business processes, technologies and staff members (People, Processes and Technologies). Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation allow the agencies to improve productivity, increase efficiencies, decrease costs and streamline processes. An ERP system is probably one of the most complex technology systems deployed at any agency. These systems encompass a vast set of functionalities including Accounting, Procurement, Human Resources, Risk Management, Finance, Payroll, Workforce Management, Grants Management, Supply Chain Management and many others. A properly designed, configured and maintained ERP system can provide an integrated and continuously updated view of core business processes and information throughout the agency. An ERP system has the ability to transform an agency by improving collaboration, increasing productivity and increasing customer satisfaction. However, an improper or failed ERP implementation can have a drastic impact on the agency operations.
The Niti Systems team is very experienced in successful implementations of the ERP systems in public sector. We have helped agencies of all sized with some of the most successful ERP implementation in the government industry. Our team has experience with wide variety of ERP solutions including Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Ellipse, Infor and others. Our consultants will work with the project teams and stakeholder to ensure that the investment made in an ERP system presents the best value for their money, both now and in the long run. Based on our extensive experience, we have developed many tools and templates for faster deployment of ERP systems based on industry best practices and prevailing standards.
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Know a kid who loves to cook? Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is searching for the next great kid chef to create a delicious and healthy side dish recipe for its eighth-annual Walk On! Kids Cooking Challenge.
Finalists will sample their culinary creations at a Phoenix Suns home game on Feb. 10 and compete to win prizes including a new bike. Children ages 9-12, living anywhere in Arizona, are encouraged to submit their side dish creations online at www.walkonaz.com anytime between Jan. 1-24. For more details, visit the website.


Right now, during its Apple iphone hardware party, Apple unveiled the $99 HomePod Mini.
The HomePod Mini is evidently a attain for a broader swath of new consumers. The first HomePod managed to impress audiophiles, but its large cost served as a significant barrier of entry to new buyers on the lookout for a new wise speaker. Complicating that “smart speaker” designation is the point that Siri was and is quite a few decades guiding the intelligence of both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, leaving the speaker as a more compromised alternative for customers who could possibly have been hoping to embrace the entirely wise home ecosystem.
The new machine commences shipping the 7 days of November 16. The device comes in white and area grey hues.
The HomePod Mini ditches the trashcan Mac Pro design and style of its even larger relative and is significantly far more spherical in shape, even now included in a mesh material. It offers the exact onboard monitor that will allow buyers to summon Siri and change quantity, when providing the gadget a far more fascinating visual look than wise devices from other corporations. Also differentiating the product is Apple’s S5 chip, which the business suggests helps the HomePod Mini deliver people its “computational audio.”
Like with the initial HomePod, end users can set up a stereo pair of two of the HomePod Minis and will also be equipped to benefit from a number of HomePod gadgets in a home to operate a new “Intercom” experience.


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Being a big fan of the game, Faith, I was so excited to play another game like that. This was so much fun!! My favorite day was Day 3. I thought that one was the creepiest!! Anyway, I look forward to more games by Airdorf. 😁
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Are good veteran teachers still guaranteed jobs in Colorado, provided they don’t mess up?
The Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on that issue and others related to a landmark 2010 state law that changed the rules for teacher evaluations and assignments.
Lawyers for Denver Public Schools squared off against lawyers representing individual teachers in two separate lawsuits. One case was brought on behalf of seven current and former DPS teachers. It challenges a provision of the 2010 law that allows school districts to, under certain circumstances, put effective teachers who’ve earned job protections on unpaid leave.
The other case was filed by a single teacher, Lisa Johnson, who was put on unpaid leave.
In both cases, lawyers for DPS argued that putting experienced, effective teachers on unpaid leave is not the same as firing them — and thus doing so doesn’t violate their due process rights.
But lawyers for the teachers said unpaid leave is essentially “an end run” around those rights.
To understand both lawsuits, it helps to have some background on the 2010 law, known as Senate Bill 191. It did several things, including change the way teachers earn “non-probationary status,” which affords them job protections. To earn that status, teachers must now have three years of effective ratings instead of just three years of employment.
Earning that status is desirable because non-probationary teachers can only be fired for a limited number of reasons, including insubordination and unsatisfactory performance. In addition, non-probationary teachers are entitled to a hearing before being fired.
The 2010 law also effectively eliminated a practice known as “forced placement.” Before the law, teachers who lost their jobs not for cause but due to circumstances such as a decrease in student enrollment were assigned to open positions at other schools.
DPS officials didn’t like forced placement because most teachers were placed at low-income schools, which they said led to the neediest kids being taught by teachers who didn’t choose to be there. So after Senate Bill 191 passed, DPS changed its policy. The district now gives teachers who lose their positions temporary assignments with the expectation that they will look for “mutual consent” positions, meaning a school’s principal agrees to hire them.
If a teacher doesn’t find a mutual consent position within 18 months, he or she is placed on unpaid leave as per Senate Bill 191. The teacher is welcome to continue looking for jobs in DPS and is entitled to his or her previous salary and benefits if hired.
Since Senate Bill 191 went into effect, at least 1,113 non-probationary DPS teachers have lost their positions due to a decrease in student enrollment, the closure of a school or other similar circumstances listed in the law, according to data the district provided at Chalkbeat’s request.
The majority of them have found mutual consent positions. Sixty-two teachers are currently on unpaid leave because they were unable to do so, according to DPS.
However, that number doesn’t include teachers who resigned or retired rather than be put on unpaid leave. That information is difficult to gather, a district spokesman said, but DPS did tally some numbers in response to an open records request the Denver teachers union submitted in February. As best the district could tell as of earlier this year, 39 non-probationary teachers who lost their positions between 2010 and 2014 resigned and seven retired.
On Wednesday, a lawyer for the teachers who brought the lawsuit argued that state law has historically afforded teachers a “basic bargain:” if they work for three years and are asked to come back for a fourth, they’re entitled to job protections. Lawmakers were wrong to alter that under Senate Bill 191, attorney Philip Hostak told the seven justices.
But DPS’s lawyer pointed out that the historical idea of tenure no longer exists — and hasn’t since lawmakers stripped the word from state law in 1990. “There is no indication in the legislation itself … that these folks are permanent teachers,” said attorney Eric Hall.
Pushing back on Hostak’s argument, Hall said lawmakers can amend laws however they see fit — and in the case of Senate Bill 191, they added the mutual consent provision and unpaid leave.
A lawyer for Johnson also challenged that provision and argued that Johnson shouldn’t be subject to it because she lost her position for a reason not listed in Senate Bill 191.
“The legislature tells us exactly which teachers can be displaced,” said attorney Eric Harrington.
However, the lawyer representing DPS in the Johnson case, Jonathan Fero, argued that the reasons listed in the law aren’t exhaustive and mutual consent applies to all teachers.
The lawyers did not debate the reason Johnson lost her position except to say they disagreed on the facts but that those facts aren’t an issue for the Supreme Court to decide.
The justices typically take months to issue an opinion.


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Subtalar arthroereisis has been used for the treatment of symptomatic flexible flatfoot deformities in both pediatric and adult patients. Chronic sinus tarsi pain is the most common complication of this procedure and can be relieved by removal of the implant. We describe a case of spontaneous fusion of the subtalar joint after arthroereisis. This is an irreversible complication that should be described to the patient as a rare, but possible, outcome of arthroereisis of the subtalar joint.
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- Correcting pediatric flatfoot with subtalar arthroereisis and gastrocnemius recession: a retrospective study.Foot Ankle Spec. 2013; 6: 101-107
- Retrospective analysis of the survivability of absorbable versus nonabsorbable subtalar joint arthroereisis implants.Foot Ankle Spec. 2013; 6: 36-44
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- Subtalar Fusion and ArthroereisisThe Journal of Foot and Ankle SurgeryVol. 55Issue 4
- PreviewI read with interest the report by Liu, titled “Spontaneous Subtalar Fusion: An Irreversible Complication of Subtalar Arthroereisis” (J Foot Ankle Surg 53:652–656, 2014). Reporting surgical complications is very important to educate surgeons of a potential negative situation, understand what led to the problem, identify errors on the part of the physician and/or patient, avoid or prevent its recurrence, and, once identified, take proper early action to correct the condition. The case described in the report by Liu is one in which, I believe, the complication could have (and should have) been prevented if the treating surgeon had recognized the malposition of the sinus tarsi implant, which is clearly shown in Fig. 3D of the report.


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The announcement of Dubai Airports Seychelles project should be welcomed by Seychelles. It is a golden opportunity that will cement Seychelles’ tourism industry, with a serious partner who has earned the reputation as delivering “The Best International Airport Experience in The World.” Dubai leads the world in airport technology and know-how. Dubai has become the envy of the United States in airport infrastructure, to the point that Donald Trump, President elect, has said UAE has run circles around America in this field.
Seychelles should negotiate a serious lease with Dubai International. This should include new terminals, double run ways, deadline for non-performance, guaranteed lease payments, heavy penalties for delayed construction, preferential rates for Air Seychelles, and reserved duty free shop space for local business and other concessions.


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We are pleased to feature authors from Santi: Lives of Modern Saints, a 452-page anthology of short stories by some of the most original upcoming American and Italian writers. Published by Baltimore's Black Arrow Studio and Press, Lives is edited by Luca Dipierro and N. Frank Daniels and is illustrated by Rachel Bradley. Lives includes the "CD WHERE'S MY HALO? Five Stories from SANTI" with original soundtracks by Sin Ropas (USA), Blake/e/e/e (USA/Italy), Polmo Polpo (Canada), Garland of Hours (USA), and absinthe (provisoire; France.)
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Rachel Bradley is a visual artist, designer, and photographer. Departing from a background of traditional b/w photography, her work has evolved into more complex multimedia forms. She recently curated an exhibition, Objects of Adoration, at MAP in Baltimore. She’s also editing Homeland, a book of photographs by Chris Brokaw and Chique Pensão, by Portuguese artists Rui Vitorino Santos and Julio Dolbeth. [www.rachelbradley.net]
Luca Dipierro is a writer, filmmaker, and illustrator. In 2007 ,he created Black Arrow Studio & press with his wife Rachel Bradley. A collection of his short stories, Breakfast in America, will be published in 2008. I Probably Should Have Changed My Shirt, a DVD collecting his first short films, is available through Black Arrow. He is currently working on a documentary about crime fiction writer Derek Raymond.
David R. Matthews lives in Brooklyn. He grew up in Baltimore City, and stopped by several universities without managing to collect any degrees, certifications, or awards. He has appeared on CNN, The CBS Sunday Morning Show, The Tavis Smiley Show, and BET, discussing matters of race and American culture. Ace of Spades is his first book. Look for its follow up, Brother Superior, in 2009.

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Mark Lepage of the Montreal Gazette spoke to former Motley Crue drummer turned solo artist Tommy Lee about the drama surrounding his custody case against former wife Pamela Anderson. Lee explains Pamela “doesn’t wanna communicate with me, and is so angry and bitter, it’s scary. But things will get better when (we) communicate.” Lee insists, “I want to spend just as much time as she does with them and love them just as much as she does, and do all the things equally. That’s all I want. And that’s like asking for the Second Coming.”
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Wrapping Up Our Discussion of “The Warmth of Other Suns”
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This is a book I was sorry to finish. When I reached the end, I wanted more stories of Ida Mae Gladney, George Starling, and Robert Foster. I want to begin to bring the discussion to a close with a quote from the author’s introduction:
“The actions of the people in this book were both universal and distinctly American. Their migration was a response to an economic and social structure not of their making. They did what humans have done for centuries when life became untenable — what the pilgrims did under the tyranny of British rule, what the Scotch-Irish did in Oklahoma when the land turned to dust, what the Irish did when there was nothing to eat, what the European Jews did during the spread of Nazism, what the landless in Russia, Italy, China, and elsewhere did when something better across the ocean called to them. What binds these stories together was the back-against-the-wall, reluctant yet hopeful search for something better, any place but where they were. They did what human beings looking for freedom, throughout history, have often done.
Through reading and discussing this book, I learned more about a the history of this country and a few things about myself. Please share with us your own parting thoughts about this book, and the tough topics it addresses.
Join us next week as Molly Keener begins the discussion of JK Rowling’s “The Casual Vacancy”.

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Lea Michele launches first single of sophomore record
Lea Michele rose to fame as Rachel Berry in the successful tv musical series Glee. For a handful of seasons, Michele recorded all kinds of covers for the show, but in 2014 it was time for her to show her own music, when she released debut record Louder, including tracks by pop songwriters like Sia and Tove Lo. Michele took her time to find out what she really wanted to make as a solo artist and after a few roles on Broadway, she is about to release her second record Places. No date has been confirmed yet, but she now drops the first single, ‘Love Is Alive’.
While Michele looks back with mixed feelings on her poppy debut record, she tells Billboard about the upcoming second album: “This is a vocal album, and there are definitely love songs in there, but there’s also a sense of freedom. I went back and listened to all of the divas that I loved, and tried to find how that music resonates for me, in 2017.” The title Places is taken from the phrase used on Broadway to get all the actors in the right position just before the curtain rises.
Listening to ‘Love Is Alive’ it immediately becomes clear that her new music is way more inspired by both theatre and her idols. In comparison to the stunning but trend chasing ‘Cannonball’, the Sia-penned first single of Louder, the new track is a lot more traditional. It is a proper ballad, mostly based on piano which later is joined by an orchestra of strings. Lea delivers some serious big diva vocals and the chorus of the track soars beautifully. This is absolutely not in touch with what is hot in the charts at the moment, but that seems to be the exact point. Michele decided to explore her own sound on this record, for which I’m sure will be a market as well. Sonically, ‘Love Is Alive’ probably comes closest to a Céline Dion track, which Michele without a doubt would take as a compliment. You do you Lea, I’m looking forward to hearing the live performances for this era, as this type of song truly comes alive when performed live.


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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
Kids' art shows pride
Calendar praises USA
By Sarah Buehrle
COVINGTON Kenton County's bad check fees will soon be put to patriotic use, funding the Kenton County Why I Love America calendar contest.
Winners of the contest, started by Kenton County Attorney Garry Edmondson, were chosen from 195 semifinalists Tuesday.
The contest invited all Kenton County students grades K-12 to create 8 1/2-by-11-inch pictures around the theme.
Kenton County Sheriff Chuck Korzenborn (front) and Circuit Judge Gregory Bartlett judge student artwork submitted for a calendar.|
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The 13 winning entries will be printed in the 2002 calendar, to be released in December. Proceeds will be sent to families of the firefighters and police officers who died Sept. 11.
The seven judges, including Crittenden Survivor celebrity Rodger Bingham and Kenton County Sheriff Chuck Korzenborn, chose 13 winners and 13 honorable mentions.
Mr. Edmondson said that he got the idea for the contest after talking to his daughter, Kelly Middendorf, a kindergarten teacher at St. Agnes School in Fort Wright. She told him that some children were having trouble coping with the attacks.
I had heard that children do well when they can express themselves with art work, Mr. Edmondson said.
Fifty Kenton County schools, including two home schools, were invited to participate, and 2,047 children responded.
A homemade American flag with Band-aids glued to it that said Bandage up the nation.
A picture of a guitar player in front of the flag that said America Rocks.
A portrait of President Bush.
The calendars will be paid for through the Pre-Arraignment Check Enforcement Session, which collects $25 per bad check given to a merchant in Kenton County. The calendars will sell for $5.
Each of the 2,047 entrants and 176 participating teachers will get a calendar before Christmas. The public can order them from the Kenton County Attorney's office, or through its Web site at www.kentoncoatty.com/ starting in December.
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Clean-air efforts in area rated weak
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Board ponders action on anonymous mailing
Fiber-optic work begins
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DeWine proposes tough law on anthrax hoaxes
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Stealth means 'low observable'. The very basic idea of Stealth Technology in the military is to 'blend' in with the background. The quest for a stealthy plane actually began more than 50 years ago during World War II when RADAR was first used as an early warning system against fleets of bombers. As a result of that quest, the Stealth Technology evolved.
Stealth Technology is used in the construction of mobile military systems such as aircrafts and ships to significantly reduce their detection by enemy, primarily by an enemy RADAR. The way most airplane identification works is by constantly bombarding airspace with a RADAR signal.
When a plane flies into the path of the RADAR, a signal bounces back to a sensor that determines the size and location of the plane. Other methods focus on measuring acoustic (sound) disturbances, visual contact, and infrared (heat) signatures. Stealth technologies work by reducing or eliminating these telltale signals. Panels on planes are angled so that radar is scattered and no signal returns. Planes are also covered in a layer of absorbent materials that reduce any other signature the plane might leave. Shape also has a lot to do with the `invisibility' of stealth planes. Extreme aerodynamics keeps air turbulence to a minimum and cut down on flying noise. Special low-noise engines are contained inside the body of the plane. Hot fumes are then capable of being mixed with cool air before leaving the plane. This fools heat sensors on the ground. This also keeps heat seeking missiles from getting any sort of a lock on their targets.
Stealth properties give it the unique ability to penetrate an enemy's most sophisticated defenses and threaten its most valued and heavily defended targets. At a cost of $2 billion each, stealth bombers are not yet available worldwide, but military forces around the world will soon begin to attempt to mimic some of the key features of stealth planes, making the skies much more dangerous.
With the increasing use of early warning detection devices such as radar by militaries around the world in the 1930's the United States began to research and develop aircraft that would be undetectable to radar detection systems. The first documented stealth prototype was built out of two layers of plywood glued together with a core of glue and sawdust. This prototype's surface was coated with charcoal to absorb radar signals from being reflected back to the source, which is how radar detection systems detect items in the air.
Jack Northrop built a flying wing in the 1940's. His plane was the first wave of stealth aircraft that actually flew. The aircraft proved to be highly unstable and hard to fly due to design flaws. The United States initially orders 170 of these aircraft from Northrop but cancelled the order after finding that the plane had stability Flaws. Then in 1964, SR-71 the first Stealth airplane launched. It is well known as 'black bird'. It is a jet black bomber with slanted surfaces. This aircraft was built to fly high and fast to be able to bypass radar by its altitude and speed.
The idea is for the radar antenna to send out a burst of radio energy, which is then reflected back by any object it happens to encounter. The radar antenna measures the time it takes for the reflection to arrive, and with that information can tell how far away the object is. The metal body of an airplane is very good at reflecting radar signals, and this makes it easy to find and track airplanes with radar equipment.
The goal of stealth technology is to make an airplane invisible to radar. There are two different ways to create invisibility: The airplane can be shaped so that any radar signals it reflects are reflected away from the radar equipment. The airplane can be covered in materials that absorb radar signals.
To make a stealthy aircraft, designers had to consider six key in gradients:
1. They need to reduce the imprint on the radar screen.
2. Turn down the heat of its infrared picture.
3. They need to reduce muffling noise.
4. They need to reduce the turbulence.
5. Making the plane less visible.
6. Stifle radio emissions.
5.1 RADAR ECHO REDUCTION
The airplane can be shaped so that any RADAR signals it reflects are deflected away from the RADAR equipment. Most conventional aircraft (fig2.3.1) have a rounded shape. This shape makes them aerodynamic, but it also creates a very efficient radar reflector. The round shape means that no matter where the radar signal hits the plane, some of the signal gets reflected back:
Fig 220.127.116.11.Conventional Aircraft-Very efficient radar reflector
A stealth aircraft (fig.2.3.2), on the other hand, is made up of completely flat surfaces and very sharp edges. When a radar signal hits a stealth plane, the signal reflects away at an angle, like this:
In addition, surfaces on a stealth aircraft can be treated so they absorb radar energy as well. The overall result is that a stealth aircraft like an F-117A can have the radar signature of a small bird rather than an airplane. The only exception is when the plane banks — there will often be a moment when one of the panels of the plane will perfectly reflect a burst of radar energy back to the antenna.
A second way of stopping RADAR reflections is by coating the plane with material that soaks up Radar energy. Radar absorbing coatings can be applied to the surface of the body, which effectively drain the energy of the radar signal. For example, Radar Absorbent Material (RAM), coatings designed to suck in and dissipate the electromagnetic energy of radar wave instead of reflecting it back to the source.
As its name implies, RAM is intended to reduce the scattered signal by absorbing some part of the incident radiation. Microwave energy is converted into heat energy with hardly any noticeable temperature rise because the energies involved are extremely small. Various kinds of materials can be made to absorb microwave energy by impregnating them with conducting materials such as carbon and iron.
In the main, there are two currently used kinds of absorbers, called di-electric RAM and magnetic RAM. Addition of carbon products in an insulating material introduces electric resistance and changes the electrical properties. Hence carbon-based absorbers are called dielectric RAM. The most familiar examples are pyramidal absorbers found in anechoic chambers. Dielectric RAM is usually too bulky and fragile and not attractive where space is limited and severe mechanical vibrations exist. Magnetic RAM uses iron products such as carbonyl iron and iron oxides called ferrites. Iron effectively dissipates radar waves and has been used in aircraft paint. It is quite effective against the high frequency radars used in modern fighters. Unlike dielectric RAM, magnetic RAM is compact, thin and of adequate strength to withstand loads and an abrasive environment. Nevertheless, its thickness does rob volume from volume limited aircraft. Some important RAM's used today are,
Its construction consists of a conductive carbon coated "lossy" fabric, separated from a conductive ground plane by a low dielectric foam core.
Different foam materials are,
a) single layer foam
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The magnetic absorbers are elastomeric moulded sheets loaded with magnetic filler. The use of the magnetic filler provides the best performance at the minimum thickness. Different magnetic absorbers are,
a) tuned frequency magnetic absorbers
b) surface wave absorbers
c) multiband absorbers
Core material is a broadband microwave absorbing honeycomb core. Normally uses either aramid or fiberglass honeycomb core and applies a lossy coating to it
It is the only electromagnetic Radar Absorbing Material that may be retrofitted to existing material because of its low weight and very low thickness.
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RUSH: Mike, go back, grab audio sound bite number nine. This is important, folks, as Kathryn says to me quite often when talking about me, “It’s important, babe,” this is important. Here’s Obama again at the Facebook seminar.
OBAMA: Their basic view is that no matter how successful I am, no matter how much I’ve taken from this country… I wasn’t born wealthy. I was raised by a single mom and my grandparents. I went to college on scholarships. There was a time when my mom was trying to get her Ph.D. where, for a short time, she had to take food stamps. My grandparents relied on Medicare and Social Security. Their notion is: Despite the fact that I’ve benefited from all these investments, somehow I now have no obligation to people who are less fortunate than me.
All right, okay, so never had an entrepreneur in his family, never had an individualist, been through all that. But why bring up Medicare and Social Security? Who is suggesting we cut them? Who is suggesting we eliminate them? Why talk about this? This is yesterday in Palo Alto. Nobody! Nobody! Ryan’s plan doesn’t eliminate Social Security. It doesn’t eliminate Medicare. It doesn’t eliminate food stamps. No. Obama did. Obama did. TheHill.com, Fox News had it. It was in August of 2010. It was the second stimulus bill of $26 billion. The number one target was teachers in the various states. This was the bill where we chronicled, the LA county school district got their share of it and they didn’t spend it hiring teachers. They used it for pension and health care for current teachers, but they didn’t hire any new teachers. Just to remind you here. The bill requires $12 billion be stripped from the supplemental nutritional assistance program. That’s food stamps. It was the Obama regime and the Democrats, in order to pay for this second stimulus, who cut food stamps.
When it comes to Medicare, it was Obama, in Obamacare, who proposed cutting $500 billion out of Medicare to pay for it. And they double counted that. So here he is out there in Palo Alto making the case for the welfare state. His family benefited. (imitating Obama) “I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for those programs.” Not one word of thanks to the people whose work and taxes made it possible. No, he holds them in contempt. No, no, no, no. Those people are the cowards. He’s the guy with the courage. He said Ryan’s budget, there’s no courage there. Nah, the real courage, the real courage is Obama, spending the tax revenue of people not yet conceived, people not yet even thought about being conceived, when they have no stake in the game and no ability to stop it or oppose it. That’s courage. So it was Obama who slashed food stamps. He wasn’t talking about it. He and the Democrats did it. Ditto Medicare. He did not slash food stamps or Medicare to reform the programs. He did it to spend them on even more government programs, new government programs, Obamacare and Moochella’s program. He wasn’t reforming anything. He was expanding. And yet he dares go out to Palo Alto and tell those young skulls full of mush at Facebook that it’s you and I who want to cut food stamps, so important to his being where he is.
Paul Ryan is trying to save Medicare, make it sustainable. We all know this. This is just more courage. But that’s why it is important that you know the truth about this. And remember those Medicare cuts. The Democrats, there was friction in the ranks when the Medicare cuts, $500 billion, that was not insignificant. And there was a lot of anger on the Democrat side when these food stamp cuts were proposed. But again, who is it left to, to remind you? It’s us. You think the Drive-Bys are gonna remember? The Drive-Bys, when they report this, they’ve had their chance. Obama made the remarks yesterday. They’ve published what they have to say about it.
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