Birmingham City Council spent almost £50,000 sending a ten strong official delegation to the Commonwealth Games in Australia.
Among those on the trip for the ten days of competition were the Lord Mayor Anne Underwood and her consort and the new chief executive Dawn Baxendale.
This is on top of delegations from West Midlands Police , West Midlands Mayor Andy Street and the University of Birmingham who also went to observe the Gold Coast games in April.
Now Birmingham council leader Ian Ward, who did not fly out, has promised to ensure the city gets maximum value for money as it develops plans for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The delegation stayed at the luxury Watermark Hotel and Spa in the Surfers Paradise area of Gold Coast. The hotel was assigned by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).
Hotel accommodation: £20,468.96 - hotel allocated by CGF.
The length of stay varied. Two officials flew out on March 29 to attend a Commonwealth Assembly ahead of the Games. Four more went from April 4 and finally the Lord Mayor's civic group travelled on April 8. They returned on April 16/17.
The Lord Mayor and chief executive attended formal events as the next hosts, including the handover ceremony at which cllr Underwood delivered a speech in the Carrera Stadium. The Lord Mayor also visited schools during the trip.
Others viewed the sports venues, athletes village, security and media arrangements.
The Commonwealth Games is expected to cost in the region of £750 million, with three-quarters of the funding coming from the Government.
Cllr Ward said: "We've got to make sure we get full value out of that £50,000 we've spent by using the learning from the trip."
He said that the delegation was the minimum possible number and that the CGF requested more.
"We only sent ten people, two of which were the Lord Mayor and consort who had to collect the flag. We kept this to the absolute minimum, .
"We had to go the hotel designated by the Commonwealth Games Federation and the delegation flew out economy, apart from the Lord Mayor and consort."
"People from Gold Coast are also coming over here to talk to us. The mayor has been very transparent about what they did that worked and what they did that didn't work.
"This Games will support 4,500 jobs in the West Midlands and generate more than £500 million for the regional economy, it is important we get it right."
Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Anne Underwood makes a speech as part of the handover ceremony during the Closing Ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium in the Gold Coast, Australia. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday April 15, 2018. See PA story COMMONWEALTH Ceremony. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Editorial use only. No commercial use. No video emulation.
He said that one major issue was found transport in Gold Coast.
"They told people to avoid the city to reduce congestion and that was a mistake that London made in 2012.
"As result lots of businesses were complaining. So I think if we don't learn that lesson that would be disappointing. We will have to see the city is open for business and the buses, trains and trams are all running."
He stressed that the Observer programme is a standard part of any major global sporting event and at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in March Birmingham welcomed a delegation from the next hosts, Nanjing.
Last month it was revealed that the police had spent £10,000 sending five staff, including Chief Constable Dave Thompson, to Australia, on the fact-finding trip.
Mayor Andy Street combined his visit with business meetings, including talks with the Australia based owner of the M6 Toll road.


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It's back to school Wednesday for five Central Indiana school districts
It's back to school Wednesday for five Central Indiana school districts | 13 WTHR Indianapolis
Matt McCutcheon
Updated: Jul 29th, 2016 - 6:10pm (EDT)
INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Summer vacation is over for more than 37,000 students in Central Indiana.
Wednesday marks the first day of the 2016-2017 school year for four Central Indiana school districts, thanks to the balanced calendar.
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More than 9,000 students start school at the Avon Community School Corporation.
The district includes seven elementary schools, two intermediate schools, two middle schools, and one high school.
New this year, the district is offering a free bus tracking program for families, called Here Comes the Bus, allowing a real-time location of the bus during the route.
Learn more about Here Comes the Bus
More than 6,300 students return to Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation, which includes five elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, an academy and a preschool.
Find transportation info for the Clark-Pleasant district
In the MSD of Decatur Township, more than 6,200 students start a new school year Wednesday.
Police investigating body found near city park as a homicide
You had me at bacon: 6th annual Baconfest returns Saturday
Sports radio duo Query and Schultz off the air after company-wide layoffs
2 escape injury when driver fleeing traffic stop collides with minivan
District leaders have put together a back-to-school guide.
See the guide here
Nearly 15,000 students also head back to class Wednesday in the Perry Township School District.
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8,700 students at Franklin Township Schools also return to class Wednesday.
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If you didn't know it already, E3 is the biggest date in the video game industry calendar and it's now just a few weeks away... Will we be there? Yes we will! Behind some secret closed-off doors,we'll be showing off all the exciting projects we've been working on (which we'll announce these soon enough). But away from nDreams, what is our team most looking forward to seeing at the event? We've cornered some of them in the office and asked them what exciting VR news they hope to hear from the world's largest games show. In short: It's all going to be about new tech and amazing, interactive VR content!
"VR at E3 will be about the growth in interaction, embodiment and storytelling, with so many talented teams pushing the boundaries. The strides being made in console and PC VR from untethered, frictionless headsets to the continuing growth in the home user install base will result in longer experiences with even more interactivity, immersion and innovation. Then there's the explosion of VR Arcades and the location-based experiences that are coming through which will be unavoidable. I haven't even touched on social VR, future technologies such as higher screen resolutions, gaze tracking & foveated rendering... I can't wait!


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Venezuela: Yacht boarded by armed pirates whilst en-route from Trinidad to Puerto La Cruz
On passage from Trinidad, yacht Explorer was boarded by pirates 5nm from the Venezuelan coastline on Wednesday 13 November. Yachts planning a similar passage should be very cautious about entering the waters off the Paria Peninsula where this attack took place, which is a well known pirate haven and should be avoided at all costs.
Last Update - November 16, 2013
Details so far about this attack are scant, noonsite will hopefully have more details from the victims Bob and Hella of SY Explorer about what actually happened to them in due course.
Two Yachts, "Explorer" and "Joana", left Trinidad Wednesday, Nov 13th as agreed "buddy boats" for Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
Approx. 25 miles later SY Explorer was 5 miles offshore Venezuela, 10 miles west of the eastern tip of the Paria Peninsula, VZ (near Cabo San Francisco). SY Joana was 2 miles west of SY Explorer and had lost sight of their buddy boat and was unable to reach them on the VHF.
At this position at 11:00 SY Explorer was boarded and attacked by armed pirates. Money and valuable items were demanded and surrendered and the Skipper was beaten. We currently have no information about further possible injuries to either crew member. Other items may have been taken as well.
SY Explorer's radio communication was disabled by the pirates who cut all the radio mike cords.
Seven hours into their passage, having lost sight of SY Explorer and slowed down to wait for them to catch up, SY Joana was hailed by Trinidad Coast Patrol on the VHF, who informed them that Explorer had had a "pirate incident" and had returned to Chaguaramas.
SY Joana continued safely on to Puerto La Cruz arriving at midday on Thursday 14th November.
SY Explorer returned to Trinidad and was assisted by the Trinidad Coast Guard when they reached the Boca. The injured crew received medical assistance on reaching Chaguaramas, Trinidad. SY Explorer remains in Trinidad, badly shaken and without radio communications.
Wade Alarie of SY Joana sent this report to noonsite:
We had made an agreement with SV Explorer to sail as buddy boats from Chaguaramas to PLC. We delayed our departure for nearly a month to meet the required departure date of Explorer. Explorer was behind Joana as we left the Boca and over the next hour, was at what appeared to be a constant, and comfortable distance. In time, the distance started to increase. We could see Explorer (with the naked eye) setting the whisker pole, changing course and trying to get the best speed. We tried to raise Explorer on the radio but got no response. After 3 hours, they had slowly fallen back and we couldn't even see them with our binoculars – so we slowed down to 5 knots for the next 4 hours. 7 hours into the trip, we were hailed by Trinidad Coast Patrol radio, who informed us that Explorer had a "pirate incident" and had returned to Chaguaramas. Unfortunately, we could garner no more info. We were completely unaware of any threat.
We continued our passage, and ramped up the speed as best we could. We had a completely uneventful trip. We had to use our searchlights a few times and warned fishermen to stay away – and were completely attentive at all times. We have not been able to contact Explorer yet, but feel terribly for what has happened.
It would seem that Buddy boating for security reasons is very difficult to maintain, and may offer little other than an illusion of safety.
Wade Alarie / SV Joana / www.joana.ca
Editor's Note: If planning a passage through a high-risk area with another yacht/s (i.e. buddy boating), careful planning and procedures that all boats agree to adhere to should be agreed before departure: such as communication, route and waypoints, distance apart, response to threat or armed attack, procedure to get help if required etc. A useful noonsite report on travelling in convoy, which has useful pointers for those planning a buddy boat passage, can be found here.
Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela,
November 16, 2013 - 10:40 AM


Stop crying for these teams, instead cry for your national team and ask why cant they compete in any tournament. If Netherlands, Chile and Italy did their best, they would have easily qualified. Don't try taking other people chances because you wasted your chance.
Plus, this is a friendly match and it proves nothing. Lucky KSA they will be in the world cup and others can only watch!
That is the dumbest comment I have ever seen. Arabs all share the same blood, history and religion so they find some common stuff. It is like being British and cheering for Wales when they face any another team.
Plus, if you have no clue of what they are saying, how did you reach that conclusion?


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(806) 771-7900	1210 Avenue R.
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Texas Tech University School of Law
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DayZ is still plugging right along, according to director Dean Hall, but it sure has been quiet on the post-apocalyptic zombie front these past several months. Fans expected to see the game on consoles at this point but, according to Hall, there's a very good reason why that hasn't happened yet.
Dean "Rocket" Hall made waves as a big dog in the gaming industry with the Arma 2 mod, DayZ. The mod later evolved into a standalone game, and then Hall left to work on new projects. Well, he's keeping his newest game close to the chest due to what happened with DayZ.
Bohemia Interactive sent out word that DayZ's forums have been hacked. Not only that but usernames, e-mail addresses and passwords have been stolen by hackers. Bohemia Interactive has suggested for users to change their passwords ASAP as they switch to an all new board system to better protect users.
Bohemia Interactive is experimenting with a new monetization method for DayZ, where players can run their own monetized private servers. Of course, there's a catch: Your server has to be approved by Bohemia and if you attempt to make the server a pay-to-win server they can shut it down and even enact legal actions against you.
Dean "Rocket" Hall made a name for himself working on the DayZ mod for Arma II that eventually evolved into the standalone release of DayZ. Well, his next game is called Ion and it's for everyone, even though it is classified as an MMO.
According to some Steam stats it appears as if DayZ has dropped from 23,000 average players in January, 2014 all the way down to 6,000 average players as of June. It's safe to say that the drop has been rather significant and the game has a lost a ton of its player-base over the course of just a year.
So many different dumb ways to die in DayZ. The question is: how many ways have you died in DayZ? If you haven't played the game the following music video will be very enlightening. If you have played the game then it's basically just a visual history lesson for you.
RocketWerkz.... it only makes sense. That's the name of Dean "Rocket" Hall's newest game studio... RocketWerkz. It's a nice play on his nickname and has the 'Z' and everything to make it hip and cool. A bunch of young people will see the name and have their eyes filled with glittery stars and their heart filled with ceaseless ambition.
We now have an official developmental roadmap for DayZ's standalone release. We know what Bohemia has planned within the upcoming months and just how much it's going to cost in the end.
In a recent interview, DayZ creator Dean "Rocket" Hall discussed the possibilities of the game arriving on Sony and Microsoft's home consoles, and exactly how soon and in what state games can expect the game. The news comes on the heels of Bohemia Interactive's previous announcement that the PS4 would be getting a special edition of the popular open-world zombie title.
It's a long, hard road toward the goal of claiming "completion" but Dean "Rocket" Hall and the rest of Bohemia Interactive are still moving forward. Through this process, however, the team has had to assuage the concerns of fans and address the roadmap of the game's current development direction.
We've been hearing and reading about the possibility of a port for quite a time, but it always seemed like something that was so far away and far off that it seemed more like a pipe dream than a possible reality. Well, it turns out that DayZ on the PlayStation 4 is a much larger reality than a lot of gamers may have anticipated.
Unlike PC gamers, console owners can't buy games while they're still in alpha or beta. That may change on the PS4 in the future, though.
Dean "Rocket" Hall and the rest of the crew at Bohemia Interactive working on DayZ managed to get a full team upgrade back in March. While we thought this was just a complimentary thing to help speed along development, it was actually done so that they could quickly overhaul and upgrade the core engine that powers the game.
It's no where near as good as the Call of Duty versus Battlefield rap battle, but the video showdown between the hero and bandit from Bohemia Interactive's DayZ is pretty darn cool.
Another milestone has been reached for DayZ's standalone release. Dean "Rocket" Hall took to the social media sphere to make it known that the open-world, zombie-survival game has managed to sell more than 2 million copies.


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Economist Accused Of Stalking Citi Executive, Sending 55 Sexually Explicit Emails In 2 Weeks
Dutch economist Heleen Mees accused of cyber stalking Citigroup big Willem Buiter donned a floral print dress for her outing to the nail salon just days after her release from jail. Brooklyn plumber Leon Alfonso, the man who paid $5,000 to bailed out ex-NYU professor Mees from jail, said he had not heard from Mees, but did not expect her to contact him. (Photo By: Joe Marino/NY Daily News via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A Dutch economist faces additional criminal charges in New York for allegedly stalking Citigroup Inc's global chief economist, Willem Buiter.
Heleen Mees, 44, was arraigned in New York City Criminal Court on Monday on an amended criminal complaint that contained further details of the alleged harassment.
She had previously been charged in connection with the case in July, but prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney's office added more charges on Monday.
According to the amended complaint, Buiter told police Mees used a fake name to try to meet him at a hotel in Amsterdam in January, after trying to catch up with him at a Beijing hotel in 2010.
All together, the revised complaint said, Mees sent Buiter more than 3,000 emails between Nov. 7, 2009, and July 1, 2013.
The emails ranged from the obscene to the threatening, Buiter told police.
"I hope you die," read one email sent last September, according to the complaint. Another email allegedly contained pictures of dead birds.
In a two-week stretch in May, Mees sent Buiter 55 sexually explicit emails, and between late May and late June Mees emailed him 68 times asking to meet for a drink, the complaint said.
Mees now faces one count of menacing, two counts of stalking, four counts of aggravated harassment and one count of harassment, all misdemeanors. The most serious charges carry up to one year in prison.
Mees' attorney, Ira London, was not immediately available to comment. Her previous court-appointed lawyer said at an earlier court appearance that Mees and Buiter had a "longstanding relationship," according to news reports.
Mees' 2012 doctoral thesis, "Changing Fortunes: How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis," included the dedication, "For Willem." In the acknowledgements, Mees thanked Buiter for meeting with her in 2008 to discuss the paper.
Buiter, 63, is married to Anne Sibert, an economics professor at the University of London, and has two children. He lives in New York.
Mees is due back in court on Oct. 24.
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The Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP) is a Non Profit, Non-Governmental Organisation located in the Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra State in India. The organization works with rural communities to provide community-based primary healthcare and improve the general standard of living through a variety of community-led development programs, including Women's Self-Help Groups, Farmers' Clubs, Adolescent Programs, and Sanitation and Watershed Development Programs. CRHP was founded in 1970 by Dr.Raj and Dr.Mabelle Arole, who conceived the Organisation's model while on a Fulbright Scholarship in Maharashtra. The work of CRHP has been recognized by the Government of Maharashtra and UNICEF, as well as being introduced to 178 countries across the world. The purpose of CRHP is to help provide healthcare to the poor.

History

Founders: Dr.Raj and Dr.Mabelle Arole
Dr.Raj and Dr.Mabelle Arole came from very different backgrounds but found unity in common purpose. Raj Arole, born in 1935, was raised in the village of Rahuri in Ahmadnagar District. In contrast, Mabelle Immanuel, born in 1935, led a secluded and secure life at the college campus where her father was a professor. Mabelle & Raj met during their studies at Jabalpur, Vellore and graduated in 1959, with Mabelle topping her class and Raj coming second. They found each other in their common purpose of serving the poor and marginalized and were married in April 1960, vowing to each other to devote their lives to this cause. Before founding CRHP in 1970, the couple worked in the Marathi Mission Hospital in Vadala from 1962-1966 and spent time in the US completing their medicine & surgery residencies, well obtaining MPH degrees at Johns Hopkins University. The idea of CRHP was born during the Aroles' time at Johns Hopkins and was based on their prior experiences with the rural poor. they realized that they were repeatedly treating similar problems, without producing a solution to the root cause of the ailments they were seeing. With this in mind, the Aroles realized the narrow scope of curative medicine was not enough to improve the lives of their patients in a meaningful way. They decided that they needed to provide holistic care and create empowering framework that galvanized communities to come together to solve their problems sustainably. Over 40 years later, their Jamkhed Model lives on and has been regarded as the most successful template for community-based health and development the world has seen.

The Beginning
To understand the link between poverty and health, the Aroles decided to live on the same amount of money that an average village family earned, which was approximately US $7.00 per month [5]. By doing this, they realized that securing food and water was much more important for the people of Jamkhed, than the practice of good public health [6].

The Aroles reached out to donor agencies that funded food-for work programs. Citizens were employed as daily wage laborers to build dams and were paid one bag of grain per week [7]. Health and wellness lessons, and discussions of home-based, low cost prevention and care programs to enhance children's nutrition, prevent diarrhea, and control pneumonia were provided in conjunction with these construction projects [7]. By providing basic medical care to workers and their children, the Aroles established an initial trust with the residents of Jamkhed. From there, the Aroles were able to start their mission of instituting trained health workers in the villages [1][7].

CRHP Model
CRHP's model, known in the development community as the "Jamkhed Model", is centered around mobilizing and building the capacity of the community, empowering the people to bring about their own improvements in health and poverty-alleviation. The model has three, mutually supportive components:

1. Village Health Workers and Community Groups

The Village Health Worker (VHW), usually illiterate and of low caste, is the key change agent for CRHP's comprehensive approach to health improvement. Selected by the communities themselves and trained by CRHP, VHWs not only act as health workers and midwives but they also mobilize their communities to achieve better sanitation, hygiene, family planning, and maternal and infant health. When a village agrees to work with CRHP, the whole village comes together to choose a woman to be trained as their VHW. VHWs initially receive extensive training on CRHP's campus. Over half of the training time is dedicated to personal development in order to build self-esteem, confidence, and skills necessary for community organization and effective communication. The rest of the training is spent developing clinical knowledge and skills that equip the women to function as primary health care workers. The VHWs come together weekly for CRHP-based training to review skills, share stories, and update statistics.

VHWs provide basic preventive healthcare and knowledge to their villages and help organize and facilitate Women's Groups and the Adolescent Girls Programs. VHWs also provide a great deal of care to pregnant women and new mothers. They educate women on nutrition during pregnancy and proper breastfeeding practices. In addition, they examine the pregnant women and monitor the progress of the fetus. VHWs are fully equipped to perform home deliveries and will also accompany women to a hospital delivery if they chose to do so or it is medically necessary.

2. Mobile Health Team

The Mobile Health Team (MHT) found its beginnings in the outreach efforts of founders, Mabelle and Raj Arole, and today serves as the bridge between the community and CRHP's on-campus medical and development staff. Historically, villagers have had neither the time, nor the resources to travel all the way to the hospital in Jamkhed for care, and as a result, healthcare was brought to them. In order to build trust and confidence, the original outreach team provided curative services via weekly clinics in the villages, and as rapport was built, the original team developed into the MHT. Today the team possesses a broad array of capacities including health promotion, preventive health services, social work, development projects, and community organization.

The Mobile Health Team consists of a driver, social workers, a paramedic, and on certain occasions, a physician. However, these distinctions tend to be in name only, and all team members are trained as fully as possible in all jobs and tasks. All team members address patients' clinical and social questions and are considered equals with each member given respect and importance. The integration of the team and skill sharing allows for flexibility and creates resiliency in our system in the face of unpredictable absences and personnel shortages. The Mobile Health Team helps train Village Health Workers and works side by side with them to provide health services to project villages. MHT members help lead and provide support for the Adolescent Boys and Girls Programs, Women's Self-Help Groups, and Farmers' Clubs. In addition, the MHT members work with trainees and researchers from all over the world to collect village data and educate others about the Jamkhed Model.

3. Julia Hospital

The first hospital at CRHP was created in the 1970s by Drs. Raj and Mabelle Arole to meet the need for medical services in Jamkhed and to build trust in the surrounding communities. When the Aroles first arrived in Jamkhed, they planned to stay a few years, set up a mobile hospital, remedy the health situation, and move on to another area. As the need for medical care surpassed their expectations and the number of patients increased, the need for a permanent hospital did as well. The Old Hospital, built in 1970, served Jamkhed block for 35 years. As CRHP became more involved in secondary care and conducted more surgeries, the need for an even more advanced hospital increased, and in 2009, with the help of a donor, the Julia Hospital was built for USD $1.7 million, including all equipment. The Julia Hospital has 50 beds, three operating theaters, a lab, a maternity ward, an Intensive Care Unit, an X-ray lab, a labor room, and a pharmacy. It serves a rural, underserved population of roughly 500,000 individuals.

Impact and Outcomes
In the Villages:

The health workers were not accepted quickly. It took months or years for a village to start listening, and it was the dramatic decrease in both infant and child mortality rates that helped to cement the role of the village health worker. The women were also supported by a mobile team, established by CRHP. The team was composed of a nurse, paramedic, social worker, and sometimes a doctor. They would visit each village every week in the beginning, then less and less often, only treating the hardest cases. This team was created to not only tackle the most severe illnesses of the villagers, but to reinforce the authority of the Village Health Worker [2][10][11].

Village Health Workers receive intensive training from CRHP in primary health care and health promotion, including family planning, women's and children's health and home-birth delivery. Training is also provided in personal and community development, organization and communication skills. These workers share knowledge about health in their respective communities through discussion groups and household visits. During discussions with community members, Village Health Workers address issues such as child care, family planning (contraception use increased from less than 0.5% in 1970, to nearly 60% as on 1999), adequate birth spacing, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation and safe drinking water [9]. They are given a small medical kit and a birthing kit [7]. These women are capable of administering basic remedies and medications, performing safe deliveries, and detecting and referring high-risk pregnancies and deliveries to the CRHP hospital [12].

With the institution of these workers, there has been a significant reduction in child malnutrition, diarrhea, pneumonia, leprosy, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, along with other common diseases associated with standing water from the lack of sanitation and liquid waste disposal systems [6].

Despite these improvement in health care, come problems with this health care worker model were encountered in the villages. Husbands would refuse to allow their wives to become a Village Health Worker or to receive treatment from one. Some women took their new-found sense of freedom and abandoned their husbands and families. In some cases, the Village Health Worker would illegally sell the drugs to the highest bidder or refuse to give treatment without payment. While women were chosen to be health workers through a town consensus, some villages refused to decide and would not accept the new model. In addition, not all women were able to travel to the Jamkhed facility for training. Often, the young woman's town would be too far away and there would be no bus available. During the monsoon season, very few women could reach the facility at all [7].

Maternal and Child care:

Superstition was one of the first obstacles the Village Health Workers had to face. Infant and maternal mortality, along with many other diseases, increased because of such beliefs. To villagers in the Jamkhed area, disease came from the gods [2].

If a new mother died in childbirth, the child was then killed. Villagers saw the mother as unclean, and the child, therefore, unclean. Many cases of maternal death resulted from infections by dirty instruments during the delivery. CRHP trained the Village Health Workers particularly in the methods pregnancy care, such as monitoring blood-pressure and checking for anemia, and in safe and hygienic childbirth. There were other widely accepted superstitions surrounding basic nutrition for pregnant women. They were told not to eat very much, and new mothers would wait several days before starting to breastfeed [2].

The effect of CRHP on childhood mortality, measured from September 1992 to December 2007, showed a 30% reduction in the hazard of child death after the neonatal period for CRHP villages, as compared with villages in the control area. The reduction was significant at the 5% level [12]. Since its conception, CRHP reduced the infant mortality rate from over 200/1000 to approximately 20/1000 (less than half of the figure for the rural area of the state of Maharashtra), with 95% being "safe deliveries" out of the 79% (data for 1999-2003) of home deliveries [2][6][13].
A research project to measure malnutrition and illness among children under five in fifteen CRHP villages, conducted from October to December 2002, showed that malnutrition was less than 15%, while the average for India is greater than 50%. Immunization rates were 99% for measles, DPT, and OPV vaccinations in CRHP villages [14].

Empowering Women:

The Aroles believed that preventative medicine begins by identifying the root of the problem. Gender inequality was one of the first major targets CRHP wanted to attack [7]. Most female villagers were married before the age of 10, started having children before 14, were beaten by their husbands (according to a 1996 UNICEF survey, up to 45% of men in India acknowledged physically abusing their wives), and eventually abandoned by them [2][11].

In each village, the Aroles asked the Village Health Worker to form an Adolescent Girls Program. The program teaches girls, ages 12–18, health education and personal development, and self-defense, and fosters discussion and creative activities in order to promote self-esteem and a sense of empowerment [15]. As a result, more women are postponing marriage until 18, the use of contraception and voluntary hysterectomies have reduced family size, and more girls are attending school [2].

Additionally, CRHP helps village women to receive micro-credit loans from local banks and provides them a means to become economically independent. The loans allow the women to earn their own living, generally by selling vegetables or raising farm animals [9].

The Aroles chose young women as Village Health Workers to begin the process of breaking down gender inequality, but contributing factors are still heavily present—socioeconomic class, son preference, early marriage and pregnancy, and violence. Qualitative research of Jamkhed's surrounding area has supported the success of these programs. Adolescent Girl Program members are seen to have more knowledge about nutrition, reproductive health, maternal health, hygiene, and sanitation, and are found to have healthier weights and other health indicators, as compared to non-members [3][8][15].

A 2010 study used qualitative methods and surveyed 18 Village Health Workers and found 6 themes consistent with a successful approach to empowering women. These included trusted sources of knowledge, effective learning methods and environment(s), qualities of effective Village Health Workers, defeating stigma, empowerment through critical assessment and community organizing, and motivation to serve [16].

Awards
2011 Times of India Social Impact Award, Category: Health- NGO

2010 Gordon-Wyon Award for Excellence in Community-Oriented Public Health, Epidemiology and Practice

2005 Mother Teresa Memorial National Award for Social Justice

2004 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Dalit Mitra Award for work among marginalized classes

2003 Diwaliben Mehta Award for Tribal Work

2001 Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur Award

2001 National Award for Work among Tribal People

2000 R.B. Hiwargaonkar Award for rural health service using Grassroots workers as Change Agents

1990 Padma Bhushan Award for Social Service

1988 National Council of International Health (now known as the Global Health Council) Award

1979 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership

1966 Paul Harrison Award for outstanding work in rural areas

Publications
In 1989, the Aroles received a grant for two years to write a book about their experiences. Jamkhed, published in 1994, chronicles the work of CRHP from its inception. It has become a classic read for students and practitioners in the field of public health.

References

Further reading
 Singhal, A., & Chitnis, K. (2005) Community Organizing for Health: A People-Centered Vision of Health. Mica Review, 2(1), 47-55.

 Rosenberg, T. (2008). Necessary angels. Natl Geogr Mag, 12, 66-85.

 Antoniello, P., Kothari, P., Thakkar, P., & Kaysin, A. Sustainability and human rights: Village health workers training and practice. In Annual Meeting.

 Pincock, S. (2011). Rajanikant Arole. The Lancet, 378(9785), 24.

 Arole, M., & Arole, R. (2002). Jamkhed: the evolution of a world training center. Eds. D. Taylor-Ide & C.E. Taylor. Just and lasting change: When communities own their futures. The Johns Hopkins University Press.150-160.

 Gates, C., Arole, R. S., & Arole, S. (2004, November). Sustainability and significant impact through equity, integration and empowerment: Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), Jamkhed, India. In The 132nd Annual Meeting.

 Arole, M., & Arole, R. (1994). Jamkhed: a comprehensive rural health project. Macmillan Press Ltd

 Gates, C. Addressing human rights through community-based primary health care: Expanding the Jamkhed model to indigenous communities in India. In Annual Meeting.

 Chitnis, K.S. (2005 August). Communication for empowerment and participatory development: A social model of health in Jamkhed, India. In College of Communication of Ohio University.

 Chitnis, K. S. Overcoming caste barriers, mobilizing communities and achieving integrated development: Community-based primary health care experience in Jamkhed, India. In Annual Meeting.

 Thakkar, P., Kothari, P., Kaysin, A., & Antoniello, P. Community-based primary healthcare the Jamkhed Model: Overcoming domestic violence and traditional gender roles. In Annual Meeting.
 Mann, V., Eble, A., Frost, C., Premkumar, R., & Boone, P. (2010). Retrospective comparative evaluation of the lasting impact of a community-based primary health care programme on under-5 mortality in villages around Jamkhed, India. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88(10), 727-736.

 Arole, S., Premkumar, R., Gates, C., & Pandit, Y. (2003, November). Improving reproductive and infant health through community-based primary health care: The Jamkhed, India, experience. In The 131st Annual Meeting.

 Crandall, A. (2003, November). Morbidity and mortality among children under five in Jamkhed, India. In The 131st Annual Meeting.

 Ramsey, N. J. Empowering adolescent girls: Study based at Comprehensive Rural Health Project in Jamkhed, India. In Annual Meeting.

 Kaysin, A. (2010). Treat them with love: Empowerment of community health workers as agents of change. (Vol. 1). Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

External links
http://www.jamkhed.org/

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Awards Presented at the 2019 APMA House of Delegates
Each year, APMA's House of Delegates recognizes outstanding podiatrists and advocates for the profession for their involvement, accomplishments, and commitment to podiatric medicine and surgery. We are proud to present to you this year's award winners. Awards were presented on Saturday, March 16, at the 99th annual House of Delegates meeting in Washington, DC.
Glenn B. Gastwirth, DPM, Leadership Award
Jon A. Hultman, DPM, MBA, is the winner of the Glenn B. Gastwirth, DPM, Leadership Award. Dr. Hultman is executive director of the California Podiatric Medical Association and the author of Reengineering the Medical Practice and The Medical Practitioner's Survival Guide. Dr. Hultman is a nationally recognized health management consultant and has led CPMA on historic advocacy initiatives.
Paul J. Liswood, DPM, is the winner of the President's Award. As president of New York State Podiatric Medical Association, APMA's largest component, Dr. Liswood spearheaded a significant population health initiative in New York, successfully demonstrating the value of care by a podiatrist to policymakers. These legislative efforts have helped refine New York's scope of practice and enhanced podiatric physicians' access to collaborative care models. In 2016, Dr. Liswood received APMA's Meritorious Service Award.
Distinguished Service Citation
APMA Past President Christian Robertozzi, DPM, is the winner of the Distinguished Service Citation. APMA approved a resolution to award Dr. Robertozzi the Distinguished Service Citation on Saturday for his pioneering leadership in advocating for hospital privileges for DPMs. He became the first podiatrist to serve as chief of the medical staff at Newton Medical Center in Newton, NJ. He is past president of the New Jersey Podiatric Medical Society, longtime delegate to the APMA House of Delegates, and consultant to the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners, and he served as a captain in the US Army Reserve. His advocacy will continue to play an essential role in the future of the profession.
Thomas Mancini, DPM, is the winner of the Humanitarian Award. Dr. Mancini was recognized for his medical missionary work, notably, for founding Clinics of Hope, a nonprofit organization that to date has opened seven clinics in West Africa. He also has served as a medical team leader for the Haiti Charity Hope Foundation and has volunteered with the Rhode Island Free Clinic. Dr. Mancini has visited Togo more than 30 times since 1998 to treat patients and help establish new clinics. He is planning a Clinics of Hope Foot Health Center to be opened in the capital of Togo. The foot center will focus primarily on diabetic foot care, limb salvage, and tropical ulcers.
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Apple releasing first public beta of iOS 13.3.1 today [U]
Filipe Espósito
- Dec. 18th 2019 10:03 am PT
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Apple today will release the first public beta of iOS 13.3.1. This comes after yesterday's release of the first developer beta. iOS 13.3.1 focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Update: iOS 13.3.1 public beta is now available. Apple has also released the first public beta of macOS Catalina 10.15.3 and tvOS 13.3.1.
Although Apple has not mentioned anything, it is very likely that this update has fixed some issues related to Screen Time. Apple confirmed last week that it was working on a fix for an iOS bug that lets kids easily bypass Screen Time Communication Limits.
We'll have to dive deeper to learn more, and it's likely that further improvements will come with subsequent iOS 13.3.1 betas.
Spot any major changes in the first public beta of iOS 13.3.1? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter, @9to5Mac.
iOS 13 was announced at WWDC 2019. It was released on September 19th, 2019.
Filipe Espósito is a Brazilian tech Journalist who started covering Apple news on iHelp BR with some exclusive scoops — including the reveal of the new Apple Watch Series 5 models in titanium and ceramic. He joined 9to5Mac to share even more tech news around the world.


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We are satisfied that Andrew Sells has the professional competence and personal independence required for the post of Chairman of Natural England and that he will be well placed to lead the organisation. We therefore welcome his nomination and encourage the Secretary of State to make the appointment. We wish Mr Sells every success in his new post.
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Six graduate from drug treatment court
Graduate Chris stands with Superior Court Judge Jason Deal during the treatment court graduation on May 17. - photo by Allie Dean Dawson County News
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"I found love in a Cuban drug dealer. We had lots of money and lots of cocaine," said Teri Spurill, guest speaker at last Wednesday's Dawson County Treatment Court graduation.
Six graduated from the program that, as part of the Superior Court of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit, helps those who have been charged with drug related crimes avoid jail time, get sober and potentially have their charges dropped.
Spurill was invited to share her story of redemption and recovery, and said the trouble started when she was growing up an only child with parents who showed their affection through gifts and money.
A series of rocky marriages, pregnancies and multiple stints in rehab brought Spurill to a place where she stayed sober for nearly six years. Spurill said that despite being sober, she was miserable and thought she was crazy, defective despite having "normal" parents.
When she relapsed that last time, she knew something needed to change.
"My drug use started out pretty glamorous but my drug use ended in a shack in the woods, with no running water and no toilet," Spurill said. "But I knew that my life was meant for more than than that, I just didn't know how to get out of it."
Eventually Spurill came to the Perry location of Abba House, a women's Christian residential program for abuse and addiction recovery.
Spurill graduated from the Abba House program in 2013 after 15 months and now works as an assistant public relations director, caseworker and volunteer coordinator at the Cumming location.
"I never really knew what I wanted to do... I didn't know who I was supposed to be. But God gives everyone a gift...and when you're not walking in that and you're not acting on that, it's like you missed the whole thing. That's what I was so miserable about," Spurill said. "To be able to work with these girls every day, to see them when they come in and when they leave, see their families restored and their hope restored, that's what it's all about."
Spurill's story was heard by a packed room of District Attorney's office staff, drug court facilitators, graduates and their friends and families, current drug court participants and current inmates.
Though everyone's circumstances differed greatly, the six graduates also had much in common with Spurill's journey. All had addiction issues from a young age, and all found a second, and sometimes third, chance to change their lives around through the program.
Superior Court Judge Jason Deal described one of the graduates, Shane, as "hardheaded and stubborn and rebellious."
Shane said he first tried drugs when he was 16, and started the program when he was 47. But for a few bouts of sobriety, he was addicted for over half his life.
"I had accepted that that was the way my life was going to be, that's the way I was going to end up, that's how I was going to die," he said. "I was happy living the same groundhog day every day. When I got arrested I was offered drug court, and had people in jail tell me not to do it....that I was set up to fail."
Shane said he started treatment court with a lot of reluctance, and that it took him three or four months to relinquish control and let others help.
"Once I hit phase two everything clicked and I realized what I had to do," Shane said. "I didn't receive a sanction since then, and it's been two years."
"I want to thank Judge Deal," Shane said. "I couldn't imagine a better person for this job. I believe he truly understands what all we have to go through...but he will also throw you in jail real quick."
Another graduate, Janette, was arrested in September 2013 and subsequently started her journey with treatment court.
"Before I got with my husband I was not an addict, but my husband was," Janette said. "In the 10 years we've been together we went through addiction together, got arrested together, but he went to prison and I came to drug court. Drug court in the beginning was hard for me because I was living with an addict. But when he went to prison, my recovery began."
Deal said that Janette had to learn to fend for herself at a young age, and said Janette was in the ninth grade when she met her husband and started using.
"She left school, had a child and lived that lifestyle for a while," Deal said. "But man what a change. She's got her kids back living with her now, she's been sober for over 27 months. She went back and got her GED. She got her driver's license back. She doesn't have just one car, she has two cars.
"If Janette can do it, anybody can, it just takes determination."
The treatment court program was started in 2006 under Deal's direction. Those with felony possession and felony with intent charges can be considered for the voluntary program. If the program is completed successfully after a minimum of 24 months, charges will be dropped.


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4 OSTs that redefined the gaming experience
Ashwin Ramesh February 9, 2016	Music Leave a comment 2,128 Views
If you are a gamer you probably have been exposed to some really crazy pieces of music which you probably missed amongst the action and the adrenaline rushes. On the other hand, the songs that we come across in games add to the feel of it and are actually tailored to fit the scenario or situation that you find yourself in. Songs and soundtracks in games are as important as music is to a movie, as the tunes actually help in weaving the storyline as well as the overall feel of the game. They are meticulously designed and composed in intricate ways so as to compliment each battle, slash, huddle, chase, kill or whatever other situation you may find yourself in. The music also gives you an overall feel of what the game is about, building upon the overall face value of the game itself. One wisp of the soundtrack can give you a glimpse of the intensity of the gameplay that awaits you, be it an industrial metal song for the suburbs of a futuristic city, or an Arabian melody for the sand dunes of a desert, or the haunting tunes of a dark electronic tune interspersed with vocal samples for the frozen terrains of a FPS multiplayer.
Here are some of my favorite game soundtracks which deserve recognition owing to the immense amount of musicianship and level of composition and detail that has gone into their creation. We ought to listen to the musicians behind the graphics and acknowledge their part in creating a wholesome gaming experience.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within- Stuart Chatwood, Inon Zur and Godsmack
This is one game that got me interested in the insanely subtle and beautiful sport of Parkour. Other than the fact that you have the reins of a prince who is a traceur (an individual who practices Parkour) of the superhuman level, blasting deadly combos with dual swords and tearing enemies to pieces, your storyline is dotted with some excellent pieces of music. This is the kind of stuff that makes you hold on to your console or keyboard in anticipation, as the drum roll starts, the distortion kicks in and your enemies surround you from all sides. Consisting of a teeth-grinding combo of metal music interspersed with traditional percussion instruments from the Middle East at some crucial parts, while the haunting echoes of Arabian chants flow ceaselessly over the musical chaos created by the distorted tones of the guitar and the rhythmic patterns of the drums. Stuart Chatwood and Inon Zur are to be credited for the in-your-face intensity as well as the subtle poetry that the music weaves around the bloody battles and chases in the game. Moreover, the band Godsmack has also contributed two songs for the game, namely "I Stand Alone" and "Straight Out of Line", making it a game fit for a metalhead looking to travel back in time and reclaim his fate.
Doom 3- Tweaker
Imagine yourself in a high-tech facility on Mars which has been overrun by forces from hell, resulting in everyone but you being transformed into zombies that are looking to tear a piece out of you as soon as they eye you from the corner of a dark corridor. Now what kind of music would go with this kind of scenario, where the player runs through hordes of creatures as they wait to jump out of nowhere to give you the scare of your life. Due to the jumpscare factor as well as the oodles of suspense that are a part of the build up in the game, there is no soundtrack during the gameplay as the developers wanted to create an eerie atmosphere that is designed to make you shit your pants in the pitch black darkness as you hear someone, or something, breathing close to you. On the other hand, the game has one of the most intense theme songs of its time, created by the dark-ambient, shoegaze, progressive rock band known as Tweaker. For this game, they decided to create a piece that would exude the atmosphere and intensity of the game and thus, they came up with a raw, trash metalish instrumental that gave rise to rumors that Tool was responsible for the theme song. Give it a hear, here:
Crysis 2: Hans Zimmer
The choir of angels sing through the violins as the bass takes form in torrents of intense rhythmic pulses as Hans Zimmer thrusts us into the world of Crysis 2. Unlike our above examples, this one exudes epicness in the form of atmosphere and feel, as you can see the build up evolve into a crescendo of melodic synchronicity, which is then replaced by a suspenseful start from scratch as the violins take over and begin their ascent into a place where the tune and tones merge into a synesthesia of ebb and flow of notes, until the echoes at the end are all that remain. The music composer who blew us away with hits from movies like The Dark Knight and Inception, curates us a trip through the overgrown wilderness of a city overrun by enemies, as you stealthily creep up behind an adversary and break his neck while having your invisibility cloak momentarily distorted while you place the body to the ground. Welcome to Crysis!
Halo 1, 2, 3- Michael O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori
As the coir of angels starts, and the drums in heaven start to roll in their welcome, amidst the stars and the darkness of space you see a large circle floating, suspended as if by invisible strings. Suddenly, a large spaceship emerges through the top of the screen, right in time for the crescendo as it builds up amidst the sounds of female vocalizations, which guide the drums and the symphony to a level of intensity where the voices and the music become one. The hypnotic tribal touch which the drums bring to the haunting chorus ascends into the dark of space, as you are carried away for a moment before you click the "New Campaign" button in the menu, afraid that if you do, you will miss out on the journey that the drums, the symphonies and the vocalizations have started to take you away. Michael O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori are the names who have been associated with one of the most renowned musical scores for a game, a fitting one at that.
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