According to Positive Psychology research findings, you are happiest when you are living consistently with your virtues and utilizing your signature strengths to successfully craft your life. Conversely, when you are experiencing unpleasant emotions (about yourself), you are most likely behaving inconsistently with your virtues or (about others) someone else is behaving in ways that are inconsistent your virtues. After you have completed the VIA Survey of Signature Strengths assessment at www.authentichappiness.com , review your top 5 strengths and utilize the reflection worksheets at the end of this packet of information to begin to re-craft your life in a way that will promote authentic happiness.
Social intelligence You are aware of the motives and feelings of other people. You know what to do to fit in to different social situations, and you know what to do to put others at ease.
I bring both feelings and rationality into decisions.
I realize larger patterns of meaning or relationships.
I have a wider perspective.
I have a strong need to contribute to others and society.
I take into consideration the needs of others.
I understand the limits of what I know and do.
I am able to see the heart of important problems.
I behave in a manner consistent with my own personal standards.
Perspective and wisdom strengths are often developed over the life-span and are enhanced by specific career tasks that provide structured training, continued/varied/staged experience, and interpersonal experiences, particularly mentoring relationships.
Thinking of new ways to do things is a crucial part of who you are. You are never content with doing something the conventional way if a better way is possible. Creative individuals generate ideas or behaviors that are novel, surprising, unusual, and adaptive. Your originality makes a positive contribution to your life and to the lives of others. Highly creative persons tend to be independent, nonconformist, unconventional, even bohemian, and they are likely to have wide interests, greater openness to new experiences, and a more conspicuous behavioral and cognitive flexibility and risk-taking boldness.
The ten year rule: It is widely believed that no personal can make a creative contribution to a particular domain without first devoting a full decade to the mastery of necessary knowledge and skills. Creative productivity first increases to reach a maximum output rate somewhere in the late 30s through the early 40s and thereafter gradually declines. Practical/pragmatic forms of everyday creativity – problem solving devoted to issues arising in life and work – peak much later in life and is often associated with the wisdom of old age.
Brainstorming activities and the use of heuristics, like SCAMPER: substitution, combination, adaptation, modification, putting to other uses, elimination, and rearrangement are useful techniques that nurture creativity.
Curiosity is inextricably bound to anxiety and approach-avoidance conflicts as it involves a fear of the unknown as dangerous. Individuals with a strong endowment of curiosity also profit because attention is more fluid, and novel ideas, objects, and relationships can be found, enjoyed, explored, and integrated into an expanding sense of self. Curiosity aids survival. Knowledge fuels rather than quells curiosity.
Optimal stimulation/dual process theory posits that the pursuit of optimal subjective experiences entails curiosity and anxiety. When curiosity is stronger, individuals explore their environment (diverse curiosity). When anxiety is stronger, individuals tend to disengage from goals to reduce stimulation to a more manageable level. Optimal stimulation consists of subjective pleasantness and challenge, accentuated with mild anxiety. Information seeking behaviors (specific curiosity) are activated to reduce some of the initial uncertainty arising from novel activities, sustaining more moderate, optimal levels of stimulation.
Spiritual practices, particularly Zen, Taoism, and other approaches entailing meditation, reflection and enlightenment contribute to enhancing/better utilization of this virtue. Involves an integration of thought, feeling, and action through shared experiences (reciprocal learning).
Bravery can be promoted through practice (moral habit), by example (modeling) and by developing certain attributes of the individual (self-confidence) or group (cohesion) through secure attachments (mutual responsibility) and activities that promote self-awareness (cognitions/emotions/behaviors). The Buddhist practice of Tonglen involves becoming aware of thought patterns by breathing in fear and breathing out bravery and kindness. It promotes physiological awareness, positive habitual thought, and appropriate emotional regulation.
The benefits of persistence are widely recognized. Persistence increases one's chances of attaining difficult goals, enhances the person's enjoyment of subsequent success, improves skill development and resourcefulness, and enhances self-efficacy as success is actualized. Persistence can be improved through practice and by attributing failure to lack of effort rather than lack of ability.
Others are just as important as me.
All human beings are of equal worth.
Having a warm and generous affect seems to bring reassurance and joy to others.
Giving is more important than receiving.
Doing good for others with love and kindness is the best way to live.
I am not the center of the universe but part of a common humanity.
People who are suffering need compassion.
People in need require care.
Individuals who value the greater good of humanity as a whole often are attentive to the emotional state of those they come into contact with. Their moral agenda is best suited towards activities that promote prosocial interactions based on one's personal ethical responsibility to care for the welfare of others.
There is someone with whom I feel free to be myself.
There is someone I trust to help and support me.
There is someone I hate to be away from for very long.
There is someone for whom I would do almost anything for.
There is someone whose happiness matters as much to me as my own.
There is someone whose welfare I am committed to.
There is someone with whom I am physically affectionate.
There is someone in whose company I feel deep contentment.
There is someone I am passionate about.
I have a responsibility to improve the world in which I live.
Everyone should give their time for the good of their town or country.
Working to correct social or economic inequalities is important for me.
I wish to help others overcome difficulties.
Taking care of our environment is important to me.
Good citizens exercise informed judgment in the interest of the whole. Loyalty connotes an unwavering commitment, a bond of trust- whether in friendship or in fidelity to a group, it principles, and cause. You are at your best when you are cooperating and collaborating with others in a group, working for a common purpose.
Everyone should get her fair share.
It's wrong to use people.
I wouldn't want to cheat anyone, any more than I would want to be cheated.
I try to be kind to everyone.
I won't do something that doesn't match my personal sense of what's right, even if society says it's all right to do.
Perspective taking – the ability to have empathic understanding (walk in another's shoes). This requires a melding of cognitive(aware) and affective (moved) sources of knowledge to broaden one's awareness involving moral contexts, deliberation, action and likely consequences.
Self-reflection – coming to see oneself as this kind or that kind of person; as a person who is committed to this standard and that cause; as a person who is or is not likely to do certain things.
Relational problem solving – involves being sensitive to the fact that a relational problem exists; assembling relevant facts; making a determination regarding the moral demands of the situation; and deciding on the appropriate action to take.
I prefer to take on the leadership role in the group.
I am often able to plan a course of action for my group.
I am often able to motivate others to act in a certain way.
I am often able to help others do a task better.
I am often able to organize others so that they can work together more effectively.
People generally look to me to help solve complex problems.
People generally look to me to resolve conflicts and keep the group together.
I am often the spokesperson for the group.
I generally take the initiative in social situations.
I usually take charge in emergencies.
Leadership reflects an orientation to promote, direct, and manage social action. This orientation is grounded in a need for dominance and constructive power. The effective engagement of leadership processes follows form high self-confidence and from significant cognitive and social capabilities.
You self-consciously regulate what you feel and what you do. You are a disciplined person. You are in control of your appetites and your emotions, not vice versa. Self-regulation involves directing one's thoughts beyond where the mind naturally wanders, changing emotional responses away from how they initially feel, and restraining themselves from carrying out impulses and desires.
An accurate sense of one's abilities and achievements.
The ability to acknowledge one's mistakes, imperfections, gaps in knowledge, and limitations.
Openness to new ideas, contradictory information and advice.
Keeping one's abilities and accomplishments in perspective.
Relatively low focus on the self or an ability to ―forget the self‖.
Appreciation of the value of all things, as well as the many different ways that people and things can contribute to our world.
You are a careful person, and your choices are consistently prudent ones. You do not say or do things that you might later regret. Prudence is a cognitive orientation to the personal future, a form of practical reasoning and self-management that helps to achieve the individual's long-term goals effectively. Prudent individuals show a farsighted and deliberate concern for the consequences of their actions and decisions, successfully resist impulses and other choices that satisfy shorter term goals at the expense of longer term ones, have a flexible and moderate approach to life, and strive for balance among their goals and ends.
Everyday prudence involves: saving for the future, planning for the unexpected, avoiding situations known to have previously led to impulsive decisions, consideration of distant and immediate benefits and costs when making life decisions, paying heed to probable consistency and conflict with one's plans, and deliberation about one's personal goals.
Flexible, moderate self-management rather than self-denying inhibition or radical compliance.
Goals and interests relate to establishment of positive relationships and the well-being of others.
A whole life orientation rather than narrowly conceived achievements related to money, work, etc.
Moderate, flexible, proactive and goal directed reasoning involving a harmonization of multiple goals within the context of a long-term orientation.
Hope, optimism and future-mindedness: You expect the best in the future, and you work to achieve it. You believe that the future is something that you can control. *Hope involves goal-directed determination, and pathways, or planning ways to meet goals. Developing hope involves clarification of goals, simplifying the goals into smaller steps, developing alternative plans, taking pleasure in the process, and being strategic in overcoming obstacles.
You are aware of the good things that happen to you, and you never take them for granted. Your friends and family members know that you are a grateful person because you always take the time to express your thanks. Personal gratitude involves thankfulness to a specific person for the benefits they have provided. Transpersonal gratitude involves the belief in a higher power, typically experienced during periods of ―peak performance‖, evidenced by an ―I don't deserve this‖ reaction. I feel lucky, fortunate, graced. Comfort with receiving other's generosity.
Whenever my friends are in a gloomy mood, I try to tease them out of it.
I welcome the opportunity to brighten someone's day with laughter.
People consider me fun to be around.
I try to add humor to whatever I do.
I never allow a gloomy situation to take away my sense of humor.
I can usually find something to laugh or joke about even in tying situations.
I feel alive and vital.
I have energy and spirit.
I nearly always feel awake and alert.
I am full of pep.
I rarely feel worn out.
Concepts of organismic energy and vitality are central topics in a variety of Eastern philosophies and healing traditions (acupuncture, reiki and Yoga). Vitality is a preferred human state, and people often seek out restorative contexts in which to recover vitality and energy.
Seligman, Martin (2002) Authentic Happiness, Simon and Schuster Publishing, NY.
Practice Resilience: Transforming your life to reenergize and reconnect to daily living.
What do I have in my life that I want more of?
What is something that I don't have that I would like added to my life?
What do I have or do that I would like to eliminate?
What do I always dream about that I have not yet taken steps towards doing?
What kind of person am I and what do I truly value in my life?
What could I do to be different in my life?
Now that you have taken some time to think about your life, see if you can come up with some ideas as to how to transform your life, improve your motivation, feel more satisfaction and prevent burnout.
Creativity, ingenuity, and originality Thinking of new ways to do things is a crucial part of who you are. You are never content with doing something the conventional way if a better way is possible. Creative individuals generate ideas or behaviors that are novel, surprising, unusual, and adaptive. Your originality makes a positive contribution to your life and to the lives of others. Highly creative persons tend to be independent, nonconformist, unconventional, even bohemian, and they are likely to have wide interests, greater openness to new experiences, and a more conspicuous behavioral and cognitive flexibility and risk-taking boldness.
Self-control and self-regulation You self-consciously regulate what you feel and what you do. You are a disciplined person. You are in control of your appetites and your emotions, not vice versa. Self-regulation involves directing one's thoughts beyond where the mind naturally wanders, changing emotional responses away from how they initially feel, and restraining themselves from carrying out impulses and desires.
Caution, prudence, and discretion You are a careful person, and your choices are consistently prudent ones. You do not say or do things that you might later regret. Prudence is a cognitive orientation to the personal future, a form of practical reasoning and self-management that helps to achieve the individual's long-term goals effectively. Prudent individuals show a farsighted and deliberate concern for the consequences of their actions and decisions, successfully resist impulses and other choices that satisfy shorter term goals at the expense of longer term ones, have a flexible and moderate approach to life, and strive for balance among their goals and ends.
Hope, optimism, and future-mindedness You expect the best in the future, and you work to achieve it. You believe that the future is something that you can control. *Hope involves goal-directed determination, and pathways, or planning ways to meet goals. Developing hope involves clarification of goals, simplifying the goals into smaller steps, developing alternative plans, taking pleasure in the process, and being strategic in overcoming obstacles.
Gratitude You are aware of the good things that happen to you, and you never take them for granted. Your friends and family members know that you are a grateful person because you always take the time to express your thanks. Personal gratitude involves thankfulness to a specific person for the benefits they have provided. Transpersonal gratitude involves the belief in a higher power, typically experienced during periods of ―peak performance‖, evidenced by an ―I don't deserve this‖ reaction. I feel lucky, fortunate, graced. Comfort with receiving other's generosity.
Appreciation of beauty and excellence You notice and appreciate beauty, excellence, and/or skilled performance in all domains of life, from nature to art to mathematics to science to everyday experience.
Forgiveness and mercy You forgive those who have done you wrong. You always give people a second chance. Your guiding principle is mercy and not revenge.
Spirituality, sense of purpose, and faith You have strong and coherent beliefs about the higher purpose and meaning of the universe. You know where you fit in the larger scheme. Your beliefs shape your actions and are a source of comfort to you.


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 Premiership (1): 2009-10
 Finals Series Appearances (4): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009-10,
 W-League: Premiers (1): 2009
 Champions (1): 2009
 National Youth League Championship: Premiers (1): 2008–09
 Champions (1): 2008–09
 Oceania Club Championship: 1 2005 — Champions
 Liga Campionilor Asiei Appearances: 2 2007 — Group Stage
 2011 — (To Be Determined)
 Cupa Intercontinentală Appearances: 1 2005 — 5th
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 2008 — 4th

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If you want a monster, you have to let all the little monsters go. There are adrenaline-fueled moments when a bird with a 9-inch beard looks colossal, so every time your attention is getting sucked in by Mr. 2-year-old, slap yourself across the face and remind yourself of what a true biggey looks like. Never let greed lower your standards, especially when hunting.
In my 30 years of turkey hunting, I have only seen a couple of dominant gobblers roost right over their strutting zones. They just don't do it. If you are not aware, these zones are where the boss tom sets up shop during the daytime and services visiting hens. If you can find a good ambush site on his morning route between his roost and his strutting zone, it should be automatic.
Rutting toms stink up their zones by being in contact with the ground all day long and smart birds know that predators like easy meals. So, old thunder chickens with big brains like to sneak up on their own strutting zones to gain a danger detection advantage. Nothing goes unnoticed by a traveling tom when his head is up and alert, his ear holes are dilated and his eyes focused like laser beams. They actually have an advantage over most living things while walking around in this perpetual state of vigilance. Set yourself up in the right spot and you've created an ambush.
I always like to share my favorite tactic for killing the oldest and wisest toms because so-called experts say that my method is not viable. My big secret is not really secret. I stumbled upon this technique in the early 1990's during a very frustrating day in the turkey woods. I know all of the big boys were zoned up but one reckless gobbler kept answering every hen that was looking for him. This was his mistake. With every excited gobble, he let me pinpoint his location and I began a long sneak on him.
Everyone knows that sneaking up on a turkey is next to impossible, but when they are in their zones and while strutting and breeding, a child could put together a successful stalk. For starters, he is relaxed because he imagines that all of these visiting hens have his back and will alert him to danger. He is wrong. Although hens will spook if you are in their face, they mostly don't care about anything but getting serviced and getting back to their nest. Also, their fanned tails make great site barriers that you can use as a shield to keep his eyes from your movements when his back is turned.
Noise doesn't bother a gobbler in the zone because he is expecting approaching hens to make noise. Unless you get within 20 feet of a hen set on breeding, she won't pay attention to you as long as you stop moving when she looks at you. Good luck and keep those standards high.


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Dysautonomia, POTS Syndrome affects many people. This books aims to provide the information sought out by those people who suffer. Frederick Earlstein has written this medical education guide to provide an understanding of Dysautonomia, POTS Syndrome including POTS and Associated Disorders, signs and symptoms, causes and treatment, living with POTS, research and resources, and medical definitions. Diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, causes, doctors, nervous disorders, prognosis, research, history, diet, physical therapy, medication, environment, and more all covered! The book is written in an easy to read and understandable style. In a straight forward, no nonsense fashion, Frederick Earlstein covers all aspects of Dysautonomia, POTS Syndrome. The book is full of informative content and answers to your questions - including some you didn't know you had!
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Remember when your child was first diagnosed with autism? Do you remember staring blankly at the doctor? Do you remember feeling helpless, guilty, angry, in denial and overwhelmed all at the same time? Everything was a blur and you felt lost and alone.
Listed below are a number of books, articles and websites that Chloe recommends that may assist you in making sense of it all and taking that first positive step forward for the benefit of your child.
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"If only I'd known - Things nobody told me when my child was diagnosed with autism". — By Jene Aviram. Jan-Feb 2009. Autism Digest.
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Henrietta Szold was born in 1860, one of eight daughters of a Baltimore rabbi and his wife. She became a passionate student of Judaism, and was even allowed to study at the Jewish Theological Seminary, only open to men at that time. She became an early Jewish voice for women's rights.
Szold founded Hadassah Women, the largest Jewish organization in the U.S. As a Zionist organization Hadassah was involved in the 1930s in saving Jewish youth from Germany and then later from across Europe. About 22,000 Jewish children and youth were rescued from the Nazis through Hadassah's work, a legacy built upon the foundation of Szold's advocacy and activism.
From Hadassah's inception, Szold opposed discrimination and she voiced this important value in a prophetic way. This became a complex issue as Hadassah began to engage in healthcare in Palestine.
During and following World War I, American Jews organized the American Zionist Medical Unit to deal with some of the suffering of Jews in Palestine. The huge problems and organizational chaos led Szold to come to Palestine in 1920 to take over the organization. She established the Hadassah Medical Organization to care for women and children. She insisted that the organization work with Arabs, Muslim and Christian, as well as Jews, providing the same care to all people with the best medical technology possible.
Following her model, the organization served people of all origins and religions equally and cooperatively. The Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, which grew out of the original organization that Szold headed, is now the premier medical institution in Israel and the entire Middle East.
Szold envisioned nondiscriminatory health care as providing a bond between Jews and Arabs for building common community – but this has not been easy amid the volatile politics and frequent violence in the region. In 1948, before the state of Israel was established, 77 Jewish doctors and nurses from the hospital were killed by Arab soldiers.
chapter eleven violence than any other medical center. Szold's work has continued beyond her death through the staff of Hadassah, resulting in a nomination of the Hadassah Medical Organization for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
Through the most difficult times, the cooperative context of Hadassah's healthcare has provided opportunities for creating bridges of communication and initiatives for peace.


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On Monday afternoons, the newly-formed Koala Bells can be heard rehearsing in the music room with teacher Doug Boldt.
"Instruments up," Boldt tells his students. In response, students pick up the one or two handbells they have been assigned. They have expanded their repertoire to two songs – "Morning Song" and "Silent Night" – and run through each song measure by measure, with Boldt conducting and clapping along. The group has been practicing since September but will make their public debut at the school's holiday performance.
Boldt discovered the cases of handbells in the music room closet after he was hired at the school last summer. They hadn't been played in at least a decade and he decided to revive the tradition and recruited interested fourth and fifth graders to form the Koala Bells.
Handbells are sometimes associated only with Christmas or church music, but Boldt says that's not the case. And though it may look easy, learning to play the bells has been a lesson in precision, concentration, and teamwork for the students and teacher.
The question looms large on the classroom wall – how do you get to Carnegie Hall? The answer is practice, something the Koala Bells can attest to as they are accustomed to repeating measures until they are all on the same page.
That's music to his ears.


MoneySupermarket has launched an end to end service for consumers looking to remortgage.
The platform, powered by MoneySupermarket's joint venture with the founders of HD Decisions, Podium, allows those looking to remortgage to enter their details, compare different products on the market, and complete the transaction digitally.
The site, which is undergoing further development, allows clients to compare policies from the whole market but can so far only offer the end to end service for policies provided by lenders who have integrated with the platform.
Consumers will also be able to get regulated financial advice as MoneySuperMarket has partnered with L&C Mortgages and Fluent Mortgages to provide the service.
More than 100,000 users have used the site since January but MoneySupermarket announced the official launch today (April 11).
Nick Wadlow, managing director at Podium, said the firm wanted to help customers by providing information beyond which policy had the cheapest monthly payment.
He said: "Comparison sites have previously focused on the lowest monthly payment. We're trying to make sure that customers can compare on a variety of different aspects.
"For example, we reflect back to the customer the valuation fees and other extra fees that may apply and we let the customer plan by adding this to the monthly payment."
Mr Wadlow added the platform aimed to give a well-rounded view of each lender by comparing them on their customer service and, in the future, would also compare the length of the mortgage process and how much of the process could be done online.
The site will also show product transfer options — a mortgage 'switch' with a current provider rather than a remortgage — in case these options are more suitable.
Jameel Lalani, commercial director of mortgages at MoneySupermarket, said MoneySuperMarket saw 16m people visit their site for mortgage information over the last year.
He added: "The FCA said they thought their regulation had halted innovation in the mortgage market and too many people were getting advice.
"I think this platform will help consumers in the industry, who already have a mortgage and are confident, to pursue execution-only routes."
Mr Wadlow told FTAdviser there was an ambition to push the platform beyond just the remortgage market.
He said: "First-time buyers will need an increased level of support and go down the advice journey but there's still more we can do to provide them with the information during the research phase."
Andy Hancock, managing director of money at the MoneySupermarket Group, said: "Mortgages are one of the last areas of financial services to truly digitise.
"Customers are crying out for greater clarity on the product options available to them, and a simpler and more efficient way to apply. Millions of customers look to us for help with mortgages every year and this new platform will give them a new level of choice, control and transparency in their remortgage journey."


Remove some of the excess parchment-like skin from the outside of the garlic head. Slice off the top of the head, exposing the individual garlic cloves. Drizzle 1/2 teaspoon oil over the garlic cloves and replace the top. Wrap head in aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour. Open foil, exposing the garlic head, and bake for another 30 minutes. Squeeze cloves out of garlic head and set aside.
In a large saucepan, heat remaining 2 teaspoons oil. Add onion, carrot, and celery and sauté until tender. Add roasted garlic pulp, potato and vegetable stock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes.
Chill in refrigerator until cool.
Once cooled, add sorrel and purée the soup in a blender. Add salt and white pepper to taste. Serve cold.


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We have decided to take this holiday week off at EatDrinkFilms.com.It will allow you to catch up on some of the recent articles you may have missed. And we can do some advance planning for exciting offerings in September and October.
October 24 is National Food Day. EatDrinkFilms will present a day of movies in San Francisco as part of the celebration. There will be a wide range of interesting activities and we hope that you will join us for an afternoon and evening of great cinematic gastronomy.
"Food Day/Film Day" will present four wonderful feature films at the Roxie Theatre.
Photo courtesy of Isaac Hernández.
In Defense of Food, tackles a question more and more people around the world have been asking: "What should I eat to be healthy?" Based on award-winning journalist Michael Pollan's best-selling book, director Michael Schwarz (The Botany of Desire) explores how a combination of uncertain and incomplete science, weak-kneed politicians, and clever marketing campaigns have shaped America's eating habits in ways that have made us less and less healthy. Meet scientists who are offering a tantalizing new paradigm for nutrition research and people who have succeeded in transforming their lives by eating real food.
A renowned Bay Area chef will introduce the revival screening of Babette's Feast (1987). At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, this Oscar-winner about one exquisite meal is adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen. Babette's Feast combines earthiness and reverence in an indescribably moving depiction of sensual pleasure that goes to your head like fine champagne.
The day will start with a program of new food themed short films headlined by Food For Thought, Food for Life. Director Susan Rockefeller explains the downsides of current agribusiness practices, and also introduces us to farmers, chefs, researchers, educators, and advocates who are providing solutions in a film that is both poetic and practical.
This 90-minute program will include a variety of entertaining, thoughtful, and funny short works to be announced soon. This program will be at San Francisco's Exploratorium starting at 11am, conveniently located near the Ferry Building Farmer's Market. Admission is Free.
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The last 24 hours have kept the Station 22 Crew busy. At approximately 00:46, Ladder 22 responded for an assist to St90 for a residential Structure Fire in Patterson Twp. Again at 04:56 Ladder 22 responded to assist at a Structure Fire, this time for a large commercial structure in Big Beaver St14 area. Crews battled the fire and the bitterly cold temperatures. These calls, along with an Accident Call, Fire Alarm activation and a few QRS Calls has made for a full day. Everyone please be safe with this cold weather, Station 22 is ready to assist our community as well as our Mutual Aid Departments. Thank you to Beaver Falls Fire Dept for the pictures below.


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Welcome to Actor Surya Blog
Surya cancels Anjaan shoot and flies out
Actor Surya, who is currently busy shooting in Mumbai for Thirrupathy Brothers' Anjaan directed by Lingusamy, after hearing the demise of the veteran Telugu superstar Akkineni Nageswara Rao, cancelled his schedule and flew to Hyderabad and met actor Nagarjuna and family. He conveyed his condolences to the family and spent some time with them.
Akkineni Nageswara Rao breathed his last on 22nd January 2014. In honour of him the entire Telugu industry was shut down on the day of his funeral. He was laid to rest with full state honours in Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad.
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Anjaan's Second Lap Starts Today
Expectations are sky-rocketing for Anjaan , especially after the stylish first look stills of the film. Now the latest is that the film's second schedule is all set to start from today in Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra locales.
Lingusamy has planned it as a 30 days long schedule so that he can finish the film on time.
Anjaan has Surya, Samantha, Vidyut Jamwal and many to its star cast. Sources say for the first time director Lingusamy might also play an important role in the film. Produced by Thirupathi brothers and UTV the film has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by Santhosh Sivan. Anjaan is slated for August release.
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Surya's Anjaan Movie Stills - First Look
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Surya's new look : The Hindu Article
Surya plays a 'stylish' ruffian in Lingusamy's next Anjaan
As soon as the title of Surya's next film with N. Lingusamy was announced as Anjaan, fans were hoping that the makers would provide the first glimpse of how the actor would appear in it. In line with the spirit of the title, the first photograph released has Surya sporting a look that one would associate with a 'stylish' ruffian, an archetypal character commonly seen in contemporary Tamil Cinema, against the backdrop of what looks like a minaret of a mosque.
Reportedly, Anjaan's director Lingusamy came up with a lot of references based on which Surya worked his look. A member of the team confirmed that the decision to go with this get-up was eventually taken by the director. According to a press release from the producer's desk, UTV Productions will co-produce Anjaan with Lingusamy's Thirrupathi Brothers. They have managed to put together an exciting team which includes cinematographer Santosh Sivan, music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and art director Rajeevan.
The cast and crew have already shot for over a month in Mumbai and are expected to arrive in Goa by the end of January before moving to other parts of Maharashtra.
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Surya with Jyothika & Dev @ KidZania in Mumbai
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Surya's new look makes waves
Surya is one guy who has been reinventing himself consistently and successfully. The actor has a knack for changing his appearance quite radically for new roles and he has now transformed himself completely for the film 'Anjaan'.
Surya's funky look is making waves on social networks and the actor is looking quite cool in his new avatar. The movie is currently under production and it is expected to hit the screens in August 2014. Samantha is the heroine in this movie and Linguswamy is the director.
'Anjaan' will be released in Telugu and Tamil. UTV will be co-producing this movie along with the Thirupathi Brothers.
Surya New Movie 'Anjaan' First Look!
Surya in Anjaan first look on the cover page of Ananda Vikatan
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'Anjaan' is the title of Surya's next film
It is official Surya's Lingusamy directed Film is titled Anjaan.
It is a very catchy title that glorifies the hero. Anjaan means 'One who has no fear" or "One who is daring"
The official announcement will be made on Pongal day (Jan 14). The film produced and directed by Lingusamy under his Thirrupathi Brothers banner is an out and out action entertainer.
The first schedule of the film is over in Mumbai and second schedule will start in Goa shortly. Samantha is the heroine and powerful Hindi actors like Manoj Bajpai, Vidyut Jamwal, Rajpal Yadav and Dilip Tahil. Sonakshi Sinha is doing an item number.
Camera is by Santhosh Sivan and music is by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Anjaan is getting ready for a 2014 Summer release.
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I would love to act with Surya: Maryam Zakaria
Swedish-Iranian actress Maryam Zakaria, who's most remembered for her dance number Dil Mera with Kareena Kapoor in Agent Vinod, is excited to be back in Kollywood. She shot for an intro number with Surya and Vidyut Jamwal in Lingusamy's film in Mumbai last month.
She says, "The first special appearance I did was for a Tamil film, Nagaram. When I was approached to do a song with Surya for Lingusamy's film, I happily agreed as I know the respect and popularity the two enjoy in the south.
Surya was very sweet with every one on the set and it didn't feel like work at all. Vidyut was also part of the song. I'd earlier worked with Prabhu Dheva (in Aa Re Pritam number), and I'm happy I got to work with his brother Raju Sundaram in this song."
Maryam adds, "I'm an actress and dancing is my passion. While I enjoyed dancing with Surya, I would love to act with him in a film."
Menawhile sources close to the Surya-Lingu film's unit have confirmed that Bollywood's hot and happening heroine Sonakshi Sinha has been approached to shake a leg for another song in the film.
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Surya New Look Photos
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Stuart Anderson MP urges places of worship in Wolverhampton South West to apply for protective security fund
Thursday, 9 July, 2020
The Government is providing £3.2 million to improve security at places of worship at risk from hate crime attacks
Stuart Anderson MP has written to many places of worship in Wolverhampton South West to urge them to apply
Stuart Anderson MP has written to many places of worship in the local community, setting out details of the Government's £3.2 million Places of Worship Protective Security Fund.
The fund, which was established in 2016, is now open for the latest round of applications. It helps place of worship such as churches, mosques, gurdwaras, temples and associated faith community centres with funding to improve physical security. This can include more secure gates, locks, alarms and CCTV in order to deter and prevent hate crime attacks.
The fund was simplified and expanded following the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, last year, with the total funding doubled to £3.2 million. Since its introduction more than 180 grants have been awarded helping 76 churches,75 mosques, 23 gurdwaras and nine Hindu temples.
In his letter, Stuart Anderson MP thanked local faith leaders for all that they have been doing to support the local community throughout the Coronavirus outbreak. Places of worship have been closed in order to protect public health, and can now start to open again.
Commenting, Stuart Anderson MP said: "Everybody in Wolverhampton South West has the right to worship without fear of attack or hateful discrimination. If any place of worship in our community feels at risk from hate crimes or attack, I would urge them to apply for this important funding to improve security measures.
"The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has reminded us all of the importance of faith to so many people, and this Government is determined to keep our places of worship, which give so much back to our community, safe."
Also commenting, Minister for Countering Extremism Baroness Williams said: "During this global pandemic, personal faith has been a source of comfort and strength for many. I would urge all places of worship who feel they are vulnerable to hate crime to apply for the fund, and as a government we will do all we can to make your congregations feel safe and protected."
You can apply and find further details online via the Government's dedicated webpage, https://www.gov.uk/guidance/places-of-worship-security-funding-scheme
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Senate GOP torn over convicting Trump: 'There's no love lost' – CNN
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(CNN) To many Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, there's no question in their minds: President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses.
But getting McConnell and at least 16 other Republicans to convict Trump after he's left office is another question entirely.
"There is no love lost within the Senate Republican Conference for Trump," said one GOP source familiar with internal discussions. "Everybody is ready for this to end. But there is a really open question about how many people will vote to convict him after his term will have expired."
Several senior GOP sources told CNN on Thursday that many Republicans are torn over whether Trump's actions warrant the unprecedented step of prohibiting him from ever serving in office again after he leaves the White House next week.
Republicans say it will ultimately be up to a combination of factors — the case built by House impeachment managers, whether new information comes out about Trump and the deadly Capitol riot and whether emotions are still raw when it comes time to vote — to determine whether Republicans will break ranks and end Trump's political career for good.
Privately, Republicans have reviewed internal polling showing Trump's support cratering among GOP voters since Election Day — especially since last week when he incited a violent mob of his supporters to riot in the Capitol leading to the deaths of five people, two sources said. But even after he leaves office, he is bound to still maintain significant sway with the GOP base, something Republicans facing reelection — and potential primary challengers — will be forced to confront.
Republicans are by and large split into several camps. Some, like Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, oppose the proceedings because, they argue, it's constitutionally dubious to convict a President once he leaves office, a position many Republicans are bound to take.
"I doubt we can even have a trial for a former President, which is what we are dealing with here," GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota told CNN on Thursday.
Others, such as Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, are likely to align with many House Republicans who said that the impeachment proceedings will further divide the country.
"An impeachment vote will only lead to more hate and a deeply fractured nation," Scott, who is facing voters in 2022, said this week.
Yet, some Republicans say that it's critical to lay down a marker to make clear that Congress will not stand for future presidents who may follow Trump's path — and that the President's actions crossed a clear line that must never be replicated again.
"I believe that this President has committed an impeachable offense," Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski told Alaska television station KTUU on Wednesday, adding that it would be "appropriate" for the Senate to bar him from holding office again.
"I think that is one of the most consequential actions that we should take, and I think that would be appropriate."
In a statement Thursday, Murkowski said she would "listen carefully" to the arguments before making a decision on her vote, but said the House acted "swiftly, and I believe, appropriately with impeachment."
McConnell, for one, has privately told his colleagues he is genuinely undecided and will keep an open mind when listening to the arguments presented by House Democratic impeachment managers, according to people familiar with the matter. He wants to let the passions of the moment cool down and let the trial play out before taking a position that many view will be the key in swaying Senate GOP votes — and determining whether Trump is convicted.
"There is no difference in the (GOP) conference that there are potentially impeachable offenses here," the first Republican source said. "I think almost everybody believes that."
Indeed, many remain sharply critical of Trump's remarks to his supporters at the rally last week that preceded the Capitol riot.
"If anything, he urged in a very emotional situation, very inappropriate action by people that appear to be his supporters," said Sen. Mike Rounds, a South Dakota Republican, after the rioters stormed the Capitol.
Republican senators, who are out of Washington until next week, are mostly keeping quiet ahead of the trial. More than a dozen Senate GOP offices either declined or did not respond to requests for comment Thursday on the House's approval of an article of impeachment, which charged Trump with inciting an insurrection and was backed by 10 House Republicans.
Democrats weigh whether to bring witnesses, plan to argue constitutional merits
House Democrats, recognizing that they have to convince at least 17 Republicans to go along with conviction, are beginning to build their case internally. Among the questions they're trying to resolve: Whether to bring in outside witnesses, including Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, whose interaction with Trump was cited in the impeachment article after the President pressured the Republican election official to "find" the votes necessary to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the state.
"We'll get you answers as we get some answers," Raskin said Wednesday night when asked if he would seek witnesses in the impeachment trial as he walked into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's suite.
Walter Jones, a spokesman for the Georgia secretary of state, wouldn't say Thursday if Raffensperger or another top election official, Gabriel Sterling, would be willing to testify at the trial.
"Our team is fully focused on the current session of the Georgia General Assembly at the moment," Jones told CNN.
Raskin, a constitutional scholar, is expected to argue that there is ample precedent for the Senate to convict a federal official after leaving office — a case central to convincing some fence-sitting GOP senators since Trump's defense team is expected to argue such an action is unconstitutional.
"Whether or not the Senate has the constitutional authority to hold an impeachment trial for a President that is no longer in office is debatable," said Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican who emerged as a leading GOP critic of Trump's post-election rhetoric. "Should the Senate conduct a trial, I will again fulfill my responsibility to consider arguments from both the House managers and President Trump's lawyers."
There's never been an impeachment trial for a former president, and Trump's allies have argued the Senate doesn't have the constitutional authority to hold a trial for the President once he's left office. The Senate has only convicted eight officials in history.
"The Constitution specifically says the President shall be removed from office upon impeachment. It doesn't say the former president," Alan Dershowitz, a member of Trump's first impeachment legal team, told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo. "Congress has no power to impeach or try a private citizen."
But several constitutional scholars say that's not true. Stephen Vladeck, a CNN analyst and University of Texas law professor, noted in a New York Times op-ed Congress impeached and tried a secretary of war in 1876 after he had resigned, and the Senate concluded it had the power to try former officers.
The Constitution, Vladeck noted, says the Senate's judgment in impeachment cases includes removal from office as well as "disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States."
"That latter clause is the key, because it drives home that the Senate has two decisions to make in impeachment cases: First, it must decide whether an officer should be removed," Vladeck wrote. "Then it must decide whether this person should be disqualified from holding any future federal office. Indeed, of the eight officers the Senate has ever voted to remove, it subsequently voted to disqualify only three of them — reinforcing that removal and disqualification are separate inquiries."
McConnell, in his statements about the upcoming trial, has not suggested that he thinks it would be unconstitutional or that he would make any effort to stop the trial on those grounds. Still, Republicans, including McConnell, may ultimately be swayed by the arguments and could point to Trump's status as a former president as a reason not to vote to convict him.
In a memo obtained by CNN laying out the timeline for impeachment, McConnell did not question whether the trial should happen. But he did raise a question that doesn't yet have a clear answer: Whether Chief Justice John Roberts would preside like he did for Trump's first impeachment trial.
"When a sitting President is tried by the Senate, the Constitution requires that the Chief Justice preside over the trial. The Senate Impeachment Rules require that the Senate invite the Chief Justice to attend the Senate and preside over the trial," McConnell wrote. "Ordinarily, that invitation would issue on January 19. Whether the Chief Justice would actually preside over the trial after President Trump ceases to be President on January 20, however, is unclear."
Trump sees GOP support erode as Republicans eye primaries
Even as GOP support for Trump has begun to deteriorate, many Republicans have to worry about political ramifications back home. One GOP source said an internal poll since Election Day has seen Trump slide more than double digits among Republican voters nationally.
Still, Trump supporters are bound to be a force in GOP primaries — and how they vote on conviction is likely to set the tone for the election cycle.
The landscape is challenging for Senate Republicans, when they must defend 20 seats compared to 14 for Democrats. Senate Republicans up for reelection who find Trump guilty could easily be facing Trump-backed primary challengers. Before the riots, Trump was already demanding a primary challenge to the Senate's No. 2 Republican, John Thune of South Dakota, for saying the President's efforts to overturn the election would fail.
"You just got to take things in stride," Thune said, leaving the Capitol the night of the riots, when asked if he were worried about a primary challenge. "It's a free country. I suspect that we'll see a lot of that activity in the next couple of years for some of our members — myself included perhaps. You just got to play the hand you're dealt."
While Trump has been significantly weakened politically in the fallout from the riots he incited, there's still likely to be a loyal pro-Trump base in the Republican Party after he leaves office. Among those in cycle being watched closely: Roy Blunt of Missouri, Rob Portman of Ohio and Todd Young of Indiana.
Many are staying mum on how they might come down.
"I believe we need to wait and hear the evidence," said Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, the 86-year-old veteran Republican who could retire rather than seek reelection in 2022. "And as a juror, I would carefully consider the evidence presented."
CNN's Alex Rogers contributed to this report.
Can The Senate Try President Trump Once He Leaves Office? – NPR
Senate impeachment trial likely after Biden sworn in; McConnell undecided on vote – USA TODAY
This Photo Of Senate Chamber Assistants Carrying Ballots Has Gone Viral But In A Misleading Way – BuzzFeed News
Democratic-controlled Senate could reinstate extra $600 weekly unemployment, and federal regulators want to overhaul home appraisals — here's how that could hurt both buyers and sellers – MarketWatch


Say hello to summer with VIE's top picks of the season—whether you're spending your days at the beach, sightseeing on vacation, or sipping coffee in your garden, these items will have you staying cool and chic all summer long.
This summer is all about feminine flair with tassels, fringe, and vibrant pops of color. Mix up your nudes and blush hues with a bold shade of hemlock green, hibiscus pink, or poppy orange. From fashion and technology to home and garden, the summer 2016 season is full of high-impact trends with a retro twist.
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P4P entrant and WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko will return to the ring on April 28th according to his promoter Bob Arum. The venue and opponent has yet to be determined.
Earlier this week Manny Pacquiao took to the media saying that him and his team were negotiating with Lomachenko's team about a possible fight for April. Lomachenko's manager Egis Klimas almost immediately came out to set the record straight by saying there is no negotiations.
While Pacquiao is expected to return in April and we know that Lomachenko will be back in April there is no likelihood of them facing each other according to Arum. However Arum did say that the fight is being looked at for later in the year.
"We're going to try to get Lomachenko's next fight at 135 maybe and then he can move up to 140 and fight Pacquiao, maybe in the fall. That's if his dad will agree to it." said Arum.
Lomachenko's manager is on record saying that they don't feel like a Pacquiao fight proves anything or helps them in any way. Well does it? Probably not for the real die-hard fans no but for the casual fans it does.
This fight gives Lomachenko a chance to be seen by a whole new set of fans. You know the ones that only watch when the "big names" are fighting, ala' Pacquiao. A win over Pacquiao in front of that many people earns Lomachenko immediate star power almost.
So for the people sitting back laughing at this whole ordeal, I understand but be warned we just may see this fight after all. Oh yeah before you ask "why not Crawford instead of Lomachenko?" Well it's simple, team Pacquiao does not want that fight at all.
Dude. Manny offered crawfish the fight at 147 and he pouted and said 140 or no deal. Crawfish is the one that ducked, you bozo. Its on record. Manny doesn't duck anyone.


An RPG deck building game with roguelike elements. The dead arise and only you can stand against them. Travel the lands to slay monsters, acquire new cards, survive harrowing encounters and claim powerful equipment to enhance your deck. A final showdown with The Lost awaits you at...The Last Hex!
Players will be able to obtain hundreds of different cards to add to their arsenal. Each card different than the next, with each card being affected by different stats and each with their own effect. Equipment cards will help players boost their stats and give them various special effects to help them out during battles.
Players will have the chance to pick a class to start their journey with. Each class has their own stats their own starting deck and their own starting play style.
Every time you play a game you will be casted into a new world with new terrain, new events and cities. With each city having their own unique stores, each event possibly playing out differently than the last. And the Lost taking different paths to engulf your world.
The cards in your deck are affected by your stats. Each card has its own formula which uses your stats to determine how powerful the effect is. To raise your stats you must equip yourself with items and you will also have chances to gain stats via events. Some cards are stronger at the start of a run but fall off in effect later on, while others grow exponentially through your run. How will you build your deck?
Every time a new run is started a random map is procedurally generated, containing random terrain types, enemy camps, random events and cities with their own exhaustible shops. Monsters will level as you progress through the map. However, as you explor, The Lost will slowly take over the map destroying cities and events in its wake. Exploration makes you stronger, but as the dead spreads it serves to empower your foe. What path will you take to destroy The Lost?
We want to give players the best chance of survival, so we gave them access to quite a bit of information. Including: Each unique monster has a set custom deck. Learn what effects and cards a monster has to figure out the best strategy to defeat them. Players can see the entire map from the start. See all terrain types, all cities and even all the events to optimize your route to ensure your success. Each event presents a series of choices, each with set outcomes. Learn when certain choices make sense, and when they should be avoided through experience. A codex of all the items, events and cards you have come across.
If you are interested or have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us. We love to hear from people. Also please join us on our discord to have instant access to the devs.
We are That Indie Studio. A small game development studio based in Rochester, NY. We are currently working on our first title, The Last Hex.


I'm admittedly not the biggest baseball fan. I don't hate the sport, I just get bored really easy, however I do enjoy the whole baseball game experience. The hotdogs, popcorn, hats and attempts made to get on the big screen. When you're surrounded by the right group of people anything can become fun.
My World Race family is definitely the right group of people, so even though the Atlanta Braves aren't my team (go Mariners!) I decided to join everyone at a Braves games over Project Searchlight, and, between the rain, dancing, second inning power outage, big screen attempts and the Braves victory over the Mets, it was an exciting game indeed!
Enjoying the game with friends, old and new! Erb, Ricks and Anne!
We may have been in the nosebleed section, but they definitely weren't a bad seat.
The experience is all in the details. I love these seats!
Stay tuned, tomorrow I'm posting a blog on how Project Searchlight went, and most importantly, what I got out of it!


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Q: Python json.dumps converting empty string to null I have a Python module with a Person object that I'm initialising like this
person = {
    'name': "",
    'city': "",
    'phone1': "",
    'emailaddress': "",
    }

I then try to populate the fields, counting on falling back to the default empty string if I can't get the values I'm after.  I then post the object:
req = urllib2.Request('API_LOCATION')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
response = urllib2.urlopen(req, json.dumps(person))

On the other side I'm using an ASP.NET web api which collects the person, and I'm finding that the items that should be empty strings are null
[System.Web.Http.HttpPost]
[System.Web.Http.Route("api/postperson")]
public JsonResult PostPerson(Person item)
{
    ... Items that I expect to be empty strings are actually null
}

What am I doing wrong?  I'd like to send empty strings in the python module, not nulls.  I've tested using an ASP.NET client to post to the same api, and empty string are coming across correctly in that instance.

A: json is working fine.  It's just that urllib has a very confusing, verbose, and completely unintuitive interface.  Here's how you would submit those data parameters using urllib:
import urllib
import urllib2

data = urllib.urlencode(person)
req = urllib2.Request(url, data)
response = urllib2.urlopen(req)

But really, you should immediately get rid of urllib and start using requests
reponse = requests.get(url, data=person)

or
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Jane Muir co-presented a webinar for the American Bar Association, entitled What You Need to Know: Threats Your Technology Poses to Confidentiality and Attorney-Client Privilege, which is authorized for ethics continuing legal education credits.
Technology poses an ever-increasing threat to the attorney-client privilege as well as confidentiality. Emails and social media profiles are usually the culprits when clients or attorneys waive their privilege and inadvertently disclose sensitive information. Additionally, utilizing an employer's technology to communicate can serve as a breach for documents and communication.
The ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct should be referenced by attorneys who need guidance on protecting the privilege. This webinar will highlight the pitfalls that should be taken into consideration when using mobile devices, emails, social media, and cloud storage.


End Stage Renal Disease is one of the most complicated health states, both in economic and medical terms. This paper presents a review of article written by J.D. Sullivan (2010) and titled "End Stage Renal Disease economics and the balance of treatment modalities." The paper answers a number of questions related to the economics and ethics of the existing treatment modalities for patients with ESRD. Reimbursement mechanisms for the most common treatment modalities are described.
Keywords: ERSD, kidney disease, reimbursement, treatment modality.
Renal disease remains one of the most complicated, destructive, and expensive health problems. Urine production is a very complicated process, and kidneys fulfill the role of the body's chemists (Sullivan, 2010). This is why any problem with kidneys necessarily results in serious health complications and increases the burden of financial costs on the health care system. At least 26 million patients in the U.S. are impacted by chronic kidney disease (CKD), while millions of others face the risks of developing it (Sullivan, 2010). Not surprisingly, the diagnosis raises numerous economic questions and ethical concerns. The existing reimbursement mechanisms have many advantages and weaknesses. Yet, it is the conflict between the cost-effectiveness of treatment modalities and providers' profitability strivings that adds to the burden of health care costs and does not allow reducing the scope and incidence of kidney problems.
Sullivan (2010) describes the existing reimbursement mechanisms for various kidney therapies. In terms of hemodialysis, the reimbursement structure is based on the assumption that patients attend the outpatient center three times a week, to spend between 3.5 and 4.5 hours connected to medical equipment (Sullivan, 2010). The same amount of money is paid for the seven-day therapy to patients on peritoneal dialysis. The reimbursement system for both types of therapy includes the basic treatment and additional payments for testing and ancillary drugs (Sullivan, 2010). Prescriptions for peritoneal dialysis are paid in the same way and amount as the prescriptions for hemodialysis, but certain non-government payers may treat PD and hemodialysis as two separate payment structures (Sullivan, 2010). The difference in costs between PD and hemodialysis is attributed to the cost of ancillary drugs: patients assigned to PD usually face fewer medical complications and, for this reason, do not need as many drugs as patients on hemodialysis to achieve the desired level of wellbeing (Sullivan, 2010).
The economics of the End Stage Renal Disease program deserves special attention. The history of the program dates back to 1973, when the amount of health care services available to patients with renal disease changed dramatically (Sullivan, 2010). Under the new program, almost every citizen would be entitled for tax dollars' coverage for renal disease, regardless of age (Sullivan, 2010). The basic argument behind the program was that transplants would help keep the costs of renal disease low; simultaneously, hemodialysis would become a role model of universal health care for individuals with ESRD (Sullivan, 2010). Unfortunately, the program failed its mission to become a universal health model. On the contrary, it drove the costs of health care and became a real problem for American taxpayers. As a result, less than 1% of Medicare population consumes more than 6% of its total budget, raising the question of economic feasibility in the context of ESRD.
Today's patients with renal disease face several treatment options. These options are called 'treatment', because renal disease cannot be cured. The best treatment option both in terms of economics and health outcomes is kidney transplantation (Sullivan, 2010). Even when an ideal match of the patient and transplant has been achieved, this patient will have to take immunosuppressive drugs to avoid kidney rejection (Sullivan, 2010). However, the lack of available organs keeps the rates of kidney transplantation in the U.S. very low, although the remarkable cost-effectiveness of transplantation can hardly be disregarded.
Those who are unlucky to get a kidney transplant have to choose between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. The former is the most common life-supporting treatment for patients with ESRD. Hemodialysis is performed in an outpatient center, which most patients visit three times a week (Sullivan, 2010). The effectiveness of this treatment modality is offset by the amount of time patients must spend on hemodialysis. It is due to hemodialysis that many patients cannot afford working full-time or drop entirely out of the workforce (Sullivan, 2010). Peritoneal dialysis differs greatly from hemodialysis in that it involves the use of the patient's peritoneal cavity, does not require visiting the outpatient center, and takes place seven days a week (Sullivan, 2010). The most common types of peritoneal dialysis are Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis and Continuous Cycling Peritoneal Dialysis (Sullivan, 2010). The former requires multiple exchanges of dialysate during one day, whereas the latter presupposes using the "cycling" machine connected to the patient during the night sleep (Sullivan, 2010). Although the risks of inflammation are high, PD is a better alternative to hemodialysis.
The economics of ESRD is associated with numerous ethical controversies. While providers are struggling to enhance their profitability, patients suffer the lack of transplantation opportunities and are not given any treatment choice. Dialysis companies face increased fixed asset investments, and they are willing to send more patients to hemodialysis, working as a joint venture with nephrologists (Sullivan, 2010). As a result, not health but economics becomes the primary criterion of decision making in medicine. This is also why few patients are assigned to peritoneal dialysis. It carries the lowest costs from the payers' perspective, but it is not very profitable for health providers (Sullivan, 2010). Consequently, medical care provided to patients with ESRD does not fulfill the promise of improved health and wellbeing and operates merely as a factor of increased profitability for care providers.
Millions of Americans suffer from chronic kidney diseases. Despite the dramatic advancements in medicine, the country has been mostly unsuccessful in its struggle against ESRD. The main problems facing patients with ESRD are associated with an ongoing conflict between providers' profitability goals and the overall cost-effectiveness of the existing treatment modalities. At present, kidney transplantation is the most promising treatment method for patients with ESRD, but the availability of transplants is low. Peritoneal dialysis leads to improved health outcomes and is more cost-effective than traditional hemodialysis, but dialysis providers are not willing to lose their share of profits and have patients switched to PD. As a result, care provided to ERSD patients does not fulfill its treatment promise and simply serves an effective source of material profits for medical service providers.


PRIMET and ECOMET convened a session with the same title at last year's event in Budapest which was chaired by Louis Ucellini the Director of the USA National Weather Service. It was very well received and we have been invited to run another session in 2019 to continue the development of this theme.
The WMO Congress in June will have a particular focus on the public-private partnership which is a key element in the Global Weather Enterprise and we will have keynote speakers to report in this forum.
These two keynote presentations will be followed by some specific examples of collaboration between National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and the private sector, in particular in the field of observations.


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