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Greater Than Love
Still of Mahlon Hamilton and Louise Glaum
Fred Niblo
C. Gardner Sullivan
Louise Glaum
Patricia Palmer
Charles J. Stumar
Associated Producers
July 17, 1921 (1921-07-17)
Silent (English intertitles)
Greater Than Love is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. [1] An incomplete print of the film exists in the Library of Congress. [2] [3]
Louise Glaum as Grace Merrill
Patricia Palmer as Elsie Brown
Rose Cade as Maizie
Eve Southern as Clairice
Willie Mae Carson as Pinkie
Betty Francisco as Helen Wellington
Mahlon Hamilton as Bruce Wellington
Donald MacDonald as Elliott
Edward Martindel as Frank Norwood
Gertrude Claire as "Mother" Brown
Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd Charisse. It offers a lighthearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s, with the three stars portraying performers caught up in the transition from silent films to "talkies".
Herbert Banemann Rawlinson was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound films.
The Woman in the Suitcase is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. A print of the film is held by the Library of Congress.
The False Road is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. A copy of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress.
Her Husband's Friend is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo starring Enid Bennett. A copy of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress.
Silk Hosiery is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Enid Bennett. A print listed as being in nitrate exists in the Library of Congress and another in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Mother o' Mine is a 1921 American silent drama film that was directed by Fred Niblo. It written by C. Gardner Sullivan based on the short story "The Octopus" by Charles Belmont Davis. A complete print of the film exists in the Library of Congress as well as its trailer.
Rogues and Romance is a surviving 1920 American silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz. The film was a feature-length version of the serial Pirate Gold, also directed by Seitz, and was shot in Europe. The film survives incomplete in the Library of Congress collection and George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.
Great Mail Robbery is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz. This film survives in the Library of Congress collection incomplete.
Beware of Blondes is a 1928 American Silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz. With no copies listed in any film archives, Beware of Blondes is now lost with a trailer surviving in the Library of Congress collection.
Darkened Rooms is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Evelyn Brent. It was an early talking picture. This film is preserved at the Library of Congress. The film tried to cash in on the interest in spiritualism caused by the then-popular Harry Houdini, but critics felt the film couldn't quite decide whether it was debunking the supernatural, or embracing it.
Why Smith Left Home is a 1919 American silent film farce directed by Donald Crisp and starring Bryant Washburn. Famous Players-Lasky produced the film with distribution through Paramount Pictures. This film is based on the turn of the century play, Why Smith Left Home, by George Broadhurst. The play starred Maclyn Arbuckle in the Washburn role.
The New Zealand Film Archive was established in 1981. On 1 August 2014 the archive was amalgamated with Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero and the Television New Zealand Archive to form Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
Each Pearl a Tear is a surviving 1916 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Beatrice DeMille and Leighton Osmun. The film stars Fannie Ward, Charles Clary, Jack Dean, Paul Weigel, Jane Wolfe and Ben Alexander. The film was released on August 31, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
The Road to Love is a surviving 1916 American drama silent film directed by Scott Sidney and written by Blanche Dougan Cole and Gardner Hunting. The film stars Lenore Ulric, Colin Chase, Lucille Ward, Estelle Allen, Gayne Whitman and Herschel Mayall. The film was released on December 7, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
Happiness of Three Women is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Adele Harris and Albert Payson Terhune. The film stars House Peters, Sr., Myrtle Stedman, Larry Steers, Daisy Jefferson, William Hutchinson and Lucille Ward. The film was released on January 18, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.
The Family Skeleton is a surviving 1918 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and Jerome Storm and written by Thomas H. Ince and Bert Lennon. The film stars Charles Ray, Sylvia Breamer, Andrew Arbuckle, William Elmer, Otto Hoffman, and Jack Dyer. The film was released on March 31, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.
John Petticoats is a 1919 American silent action film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by C. Gardner Sullivan. The film stars William S. Hart, Walt Whitman, George Webb, Winifred Westover, Ethel Shannon, and Andrew Arbuckle. The film was released on November 2, 1919, by Paramount Pictures.
The Whistle is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by May Wilmoth, Olin Lyman and Lambert Hillyer. The film stars William S. Hart, Frank Brownlee, Myrtle Stedman, Georgie Stone, Will Jim Hatton, and Richard Headrick. The film was released in April 1921, by Paramount Pictures. A print of the film is in the Library of Congress.
Phil for Short is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Evelyn Greeley. It was produced and distributed by World Film Company.
↑ Janiss Garza (2011). "New York Times: Greater Than Love". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
↑ "Greater Than Love". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 72 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
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A nice idea in theory that's nonetheless super unsafe.
Worker satisfaction is important, and keeping workers motivated is a smart-sounding managerial strategy. It's especially smart if the employee you're trying to motivate has the lives of 40 or 50 people in his or her hands. So it's both heartening and disheartening to see a potentially dangerous new effort coming out of Dubai to motivate bus drivers.
First the heartening part: Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority has begun sending motivational messages to their bus drivers, written in each driver's native language, according to this article from Gulf News.
Now the disheartening part: they're sending these motivational messages to the drivers via text message while they're driving the bus.
"The system will send two text messages to drivers in each shift via RTA Bus Control Centre in a bid to encourage drivers and uplift their morale, reduce traffic accidents and accordingly achieve higher levels of safety and security for passengers and road users," Eisa Abdul Rahman Al Dossary, CEO of RTA's Public Transport Agency told Gulf News.
Uplifting driver morale sounds like a great idea. But there's something about pulling your phone out of your pocket to read a text message while you're driving a 10-ton bus that doesn't seem to mesh with the idea of reducing traffic accidents.
In fact, it may lead to more accidents. According to research [PDF] from the U.S. Department of Transportation, drivers are 23 times more likely to crash when they are reading or sending text messages. Crashing into a telephone pole is one surefire way to lower driver morale. And with car ownership steadily rising in Dubai to more than 56 percent this year, there will be more cars on the road that bus drivers will have to both see and avoid.
This idea needs to go back to the drawing board. There's got to be other ways to make drivers more motivated to do their jobs. How about a raise?


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The Best Books to Read in January 2023
The month's 12 hot titles include the latest from Brett Easton Ellis, a new Rachael Hawkins and a supernatural horror story from Jessica Johns / BY Nathalie Atkinson / January 2nd, 2023
Literary Brat Packer Bret Easton Ellis is back with a gripping autobiographical thriller in our picks of the best fiction to read in January. Many of the novels are deeply personal, and inspired by history and true events, from the rise of fascism in Europe and an engrossing story about the fate of inhabitants of an isolated island (one of the first racially integrated communities in the northeastern U.S.) to the stylish world of post-war Paris couture and an unassuming heroine inspired by Olivia Colman.
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1Age of Viceby Deepti Kapoor
There's a touch of Crazy Rich Asian in this dark crime saga of the ultra-rich Wadia family (a book so buzzy it has its own teaser trailer) by way of The Godfather. The tale of a powerful New Delhi clan is also a portrait of contemporary India, with split timelines and plots about the innocent onlookers sucked into the family's violent vortex. Greed, corruption and revenge are a great way to start the New Year. (Jan. 3)
2The Villaby Rachel Hawkins
For her latest suspense tale, the Alabama-based author of The Wife Upstairs was influenced by Fleetwood Mac, the Manson murders and – unexpectedly – the Lake Geneva summer holiday of 1816 that inspired Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein. It all unfolds at a high-end Italian villa in Orvieto that once served as the 1970s refuge of a rock star, where, in the present day, two friends stumble across something sinister as they're reconnecting on a girls' trip. I can't get enough of novels like this that are animated by the cultural zeitgeist of the past. (Jan. 3)
3The New Lifeby Tom Crewe
The London Review of Books editor makes his debut with this "visceral novel about love, sex and the struggle for a better world," with Crewe being likened to Allan Hollinghurst and Colm Toibin. Two men in late-Victorian England collaborate on a book defending inversion (a.k.a homosexuality, which at the time was a crime) — risking their well-ordered marriages and lives in the process. The insightful story begins around the time of Oscar Wilde's arrest for gross indecency, and the characters are based on real-life figures John Addington Symonds and Havelock Ellis, who published the 1911 essay, "Love and the New Morality." (Jan. 3)
4The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierreby Natasha Lester
A Second World War spy becomes a doyenne in the glam world of Paris couture when she joins the House of Dior just as it launches. Insider knowledge of the Parisian post-war fashion landscape comes across on the page in this intriguing historical novel, in part because the international bestselling Australian author (The Paris Orphan) was a marketing executive with cosmetics giant L'Oreal before she became a writer. (Jan. 10)
5Bad Creeby Jessica Johns
Johns is a Nehiyaw aunty with English-Irish ancestry and a member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta. Her debut novel about a Vancouver millennial that discovers she has the ability to take items to and from the dream world is expanded from her short story by the same name, which won the 2020 Writers' Trust Journey Prize. It's a mystical story about the relationship between memory and grief, and the urban Indigenous experience, that the jury called "the kind of story that wakes you up in the middle of the night, purposefully and uncomfortably. Not with a question, but with an answer." (Jan. 10)
6The Night Travelersby Armando Lucas Correa
With Correa's historical fiction – such as his first novel, the international hit The German Girl – the Cuban-born, New York-based journalist (and, until recently, longtime editor-in-chief of People en Español) likes to uncover untold stories that ring true across borders and cultures. This stunning saga about motherhood, racism and what shapes identity and memory charts the fortunes of four generations of women from the rise of fascism in Germany and the Cuban Revolution to the present. (Jan. 10)
7The Shardsby Bret Easton Ellis
The provocative American Psycho author's first novel in 13 years, initially serialized on his podcast, revisits the Los Angeles terrain covered in his 1985 breakout, Less Than Zero, with a group of drug-fuelled rich kids behaving badly. Set in 1981, it's more than a little autobiographical: "everyone is real and everything happened," Ellis claimed on the podcast. The 17-year-old hero, named Bret, attends the same exclusive prep school as the literary Brat Packer, now 58. Add to that his trademark immersive descriptions and the tinge of horror as a serial killer strikes across the city. The coming-of-age tale Ellis says he's been trying to write for most of his career is an eerie and gripping read. (Jan. 17)
8Better the Bloodby Michael Bennett
Hana, an Auckland detective and single parent, is investigating a grisly homicide that she eventually links to a historic crime 160 years prior, when a group of soldiers executed a Maori chief during the British colonization of New Zealand. Bennett, a Maori filmmaker, makes his fiction debut in a compulsively readable procedural that probes the systemic injustices faced by the Indigenous people of New Zealand. (Jan. 20)
9Burial of Ghostsby Ann Cleeves
This stand-alone psychological thriller from the creator of the popular Vera, Shetland and Two Rivers series was published in the U.K. more than a decade ago, but is only now being released in Canada. It's about a 20-something woman who has a holiday affair with a charismatic fellow tourist in Morocco; later, and unexpectedly, he leaves her a legacy in his will. Naturally, it comes with a few unusual conditions. (Jan. 24)
10This Other Edenby Paul Harding
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Long Island writer (Tinkers) reimagines the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated communities in the northeast (it lasted for a century). As white people arrive in the early 20th century to clear the area, the Black inhabitants are about to be evicted and forcibly resettled by the state. Harding fleshes out a character that appears in his previous novel, and the story is shaped through a Black painter (based on Charles Ethan Porter) who can pass as white and struggles with his sense of displacement. (Jan. 24)
11The Keeper of Storiesby Sally Page
Olivia Colman's 2019 Oscar acceptance speech, where she recalled her days as a cleaner, inspired Page, a former English floral shop owner, to write this novel. Janice, a 40-something house cleaner in a quiet British village, collects the tales she overhears throughout the day, and when she starts working for inquisitive nonagenarian Mrs. B., she begins to share them. Like her protagonist, Page began soliciting stories from friends, family and customers to shape into this realistic and heartwarming character-driven tale about the foibles of human nature (think: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine). (Jan. 24)
12Maameby Jessica George
A young British Ghanaian woman, known to her family as Maame, narrates this tender but gut-punching debut about the challenges of straddling two cultures. The Londoner is the primary caregiver to her father, who has advanced Parkinson's, while juggling her job in the theatre world (where she's the only Black person in every meeting). Maame is dealing with an absent mother, until she eventually has a bittersweet chance at some freedom. The debut author, an English book editor born to Ghanaian parents, used her own diary entries following the death of her father to write this compelling contemporary novel that was hotly pursued by several publishers. (Jan. 31)
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The Best Books to Read in December'Tis the season to give, and this month's 11 top titles include new work from Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley, a South African bestseller and a new Tom Clancy adventure
The Best Books to Read in November 2022Our roundup of buzz-worthy books includes the latest from Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka, Russell Banks, Anthony Horowitz, Louise Penny and a posthumous novel by Katherine Dunn
The Best Books to Read in OctoberWe give thanks for a cornucopia of literary riches, including 12 titles from celebrated authors Ofhan Pamuk, Celeste Ng, Cormac McCarthy and Barbara Kingsolver.
The Best Books to Read in September 2022As we turn the corner into fall, heavyweights Ian McEwan, Fredrik Backman and Kate Atkinson are back, and we welcome the return of a perennial favourite, Miss Marple.
Summer's Last Stand: 12 Books to Read in AugustA new Julian Barnes, more thrills from Lisa Jewell and the latest from Taylor Jenkins Reid round out our list of the month's best fiction

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The private sector is already reaping these benefits. A recent report shows that businesses see collaboration through the cloud as an essential driver of growth, critical to staying competitive. Additionally, 95 percent of organizations said using cloud for collaboration is a priority over the next year.
How data moves is vitally important. The ability to send and manipulate information across teams can be the difference between mission success and failure. But taking advantage of these benefits isn't as simple as picking any vendor and moving to the cloud. Agencies need to consider each individual workload and enable interoperability between any environment.
Every agency takes a different journey to accomplish its mission. In many cases the value cloud brings to those missions is clear, but the path differs. Some workloads are appropriate for the cloud, while others require greater security. Some applications work best in hosted environments, while in other situations on-prem is easier to manage. This decision needs to be made for each workload and just as importantly, needs the agility to change as the agency does. If one public cloud isn't providing the desired benefits, an agency needs the ability to move to a different provider or even to a private cloud.
With this in mind, interoperability is critical. Federal agencies and even individual departments have different approaches to the cloud, but they still need to share information and applications. Data management must be seamless in connecting these disparate IT environments so users maintain control and choice over the option that works for them, without prohibiting data sharing or collaboration.
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You have finally entered your ninth month of pregnancy. Your baby is about the length of a head of romaine lettuce but weighs almost 6 pounds.
Congratulations! You've made it to your 9th month of pregnancy! What has been a long and arduous journey, will soon be coming to an end. Very soon now, you will be holding the efforts of your labor, literally, in your arms.
Your baby is completely formed and almost fully developed. He or she has developed enough of an immune system to be protected from infections once born. During pregnancy, you are able to pass on to your baby through the placenta, disease-fighting antibodies.
Up until your baby is born, they rely on the umbilical cord for nutrition. While the digestive system is fully formed, it hasn't yet been used. It will take almost a whole year for it to fully develop.
Even though you're feeling pretty uncomfortable now days, try to enjoy these last few weeks of pregnancy. Even if you plan on having more children, each pregnancy you'll have is unique.
Something you may soon notice though, your baby may "drop" into your pelvis, also called lightening. This process can happen up to a few weeks before labor, while other women don't experience it until labor starts. While it may mean less heartburn, it may apply more pressure your lower abdomen, which means more trips to the bathroom and an increasing uncomfortable feeling on your pelvic floor.
Have you noticed that your baby's movements are slowing? Not to worry, the larger your baby gets the more cramped they are in your uterus. However, you should still feel your baby move at least 10 times a day. Be sure to contact your doctor or midwife if you are concerned or movements slow down considerably or seem to stop.
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Michael Sheridan understands a lot more about Chinese intent than George Osborne or the hapless Boris Johnson ("Hinkley Point could split us from America. That's what China wants", Comment, last week). The exorbitant cost of Hinkley Point C would be better directed towards tidal power, which is completely predictable, free at the point of use, lasts for ever and is not subject to terrorist attack or Chinese interference. Every independent observer advocates conservation and renewables, but the latter will soon reach capacity in the UK and we are then faced with the problem of intermittency.
The solution is a pan-European high voltage DC super-grid so that Spanish sunshine can power the cooking of Scottish porridge on a windless day, and Scottish wind can power the cooking of Spanish paella on a cloudy day. The money saved from scrapping HS2, for example, could also be put to better use by forging links with our continental partners and ensuring we remain part of the European project.
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A better way for the EU to spend a spare €10bn
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I for one would be delighted if the UK were locked out of the EU-funded Galileo Satellite Navigation system ("Space sector brought back down to earth", August 15). It is headquartered in Prague with ground operations in Munich and Fucino, so the UK is only a bit player in the project anyway, and our membership of the European Space Agency is not affected by Brexit one way or the other.
In any event, the whole Galileo concept is a European vanity project designed to make us independent of the current US-controlled Global Positioning System that is free at the point of use for people using their iPhones. The US system also offers enhanced capabilities for those who possess the necessary commercial or military codes. This is why the French decided to reinvent the wheel, but they also wanted French to be the lingua franca and that didn't work out too well either.
If the EU has €10bn to spare it would be better spent on a pan-European high-voltage DC supergrid that can iron out supplies from different sources of renewable energy across the continent. As the UK has 40 per cent of Europe's available wind resource, plus most of the tidal power, there is no way that we will be excluded from that!
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Health systems are among the biggest producers of data. In fact, approximately 30% of the world's stored data is generated within the health care industry.1 Capturing a large amount of data and putting it to use in health care initiatives can enhance quality, help predict outcomes, and improve operational efficiency.2 Technological advancements have exponentially increased the amount of data routinely generated, as well as the ability to analyze it. Machine readable data can be translated into formats ranging from daily reports to detailed annual summaries.
However, the value of massive amounts of information, also referred to as big data, can only be realized when it is analyzed to help improve or validate performance. While a health system may have access to a significant amount of information, the act of simply collecting it is insufficient; this data must be leveraged to provide actionable insights that help maximize safety and operational benefits.
Data Analytics in Pharmacy Operations
In pharmacy, data can be collected from a multitude of sources, including EHRs, smart pumps, ADCs, and software platforms.1 With the advent of big data, pharmacy managers can forecast product demand to plan and optimize inventory. For example, big data collected from cloud-based inventory management software using a bi-directional interface can provide just-in-time inventory replenishment models for the entire health system, which ensures that medications are stocked and available when needed, thus improving the efficiency of daily operations.
University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care is a non-profit, integrated health system comprising UNC Medical Center (UNCMC) and 10 other hospitals across the state of North Carolina. UNCMC is a 950+ bed facility in Chapel Hill, with an 83-bed community hospital in Hillsborough. UNC's Pharmacy Analytics and Outcomes team provides analytics support at the system level and delivers strategically aligned, actionable data to pharmacy employees and administration in order to drive greater insights, a better patient experience, and meaningful value in pharmacy services.
By providing pharmacy end-users with more than 150 recurring reports and dashboards on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, the Pharmacy Analytics and Outcomes team promotes a culture of data-driven decision-making and metric-based strategic planning. Since its establishment in 2013 with just a 0.5 pharmacist full-time equivalent (FTE), the Pharmacy Analytics and Outcomes team at UNCMC has since grown to support three pharmacists, six business analysts, a biostatistician, a pharmacy intern, and a
pharmacy manager.
Continuous Quality Improvement
In support of continuous quality improvement, the UNCMC pharmacy department worked with the Pharmacy Analytics and Outcomes team to analyze several key value streams. The goal is to evaluate value streams that comprise the activities and processes necessary to deliver care and services to meet a patient's needs.3
The Central Inpatient Pharmacy (CIP) and Sterile Products Area (SPA) value stream, for example, is responsible for the ongoing procurement, preparation, and delivery of medications for UNCMC patients. To analyze this value stream, members of CIP/SPA mapped out existing processes to identify opportunities for improvement. This event identified a significant need for additional data collection. Following subsequent value stream analyses and a concerted effort to obtain data, the UNCMC CIP/SPA team began putting the data into action through the development of dashboards and other quality improvement initiatives.
Value Stream Dashboard
Creating dashboards that provide a visual representation of key metrics is one method of organizing and maximizing use of big data. The Pharmacy Analytics and Outcomes team developed a value stream dashboard for CIP/SPA as a visual representation of the key performance indicators identified during value stream analyses events (see FIGURE 1). This dashboard is used to assess a variety of operational metrics, such as:
Medication turnaround times (TATs). The TAT is defined as the amount of time from when the drug order label prints (ie, the dispense time) to the time the drug leaves the pharmacy (ie, the send time)
Average TAT for first doses
TAT for STAT medications
Missing doses
Re-dispenses (eg, a medication must be re-dispensed when it is lost during patient transfer, when a PRN dose is required, or when the first dose was not dispensed, etc)
Responses to in-basket messages
Corrected and verified orders
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Each day, the top 10 medications with a TAT greater than 30 minutes are recorded on the dashboard to identify which drugs require the most time to prepare. The dashboard also shows a list of the top five missing medication doses from the CIP; this feature tracks the frequency of notifications that an expected dose is not on the nursing unit.
The value stream dashboard is an important tool to assess operational productivity and efficacy. Missing doses are automatically sent to CIP/SPA management on a daily and monthly basis, and are also printed for display on a huddle board in the CIP/SPA, which increases staff awareness. During daily huddles, targeted measures are reviewed to facilitate discussion about performance goals, analysis of why performance measures are not met, and strategies to improve.
Individual Operations Performance Summary Dashboards
While the value stream dashboard provides a broad overview of operational efficiency in the CIP/SPA, dashboards that focus on the performance of each individual pharmacist have also been implemented. Individual operations performance summary dashboards assess the work of each first- and second-shift SPA pharmacist (see FIGURE 2). These dashboards are designed to enhance accountability, identify trends, and foster conversations with staff regarding process-based improvements.
These dashboards detail key metrics from the prior 2-week period. One of the metrics included is a list of the top 10 orders with the longest TAT for each individual pharmacist, compared with the average TAT for those same medications among their peers. This metric increases awareness of any workflow disruptions the pharmacist is experiencing, which creates an opportunity to discuss the variances and implement steps to improve existing processes.
A list of all orders changed by the pharmacist is also included on the dashboard because within the practice model at UNCMC, CIP/SPA pharmacists do not complete order verification as part of their routine responsibilities. After a decentralized clinical pharmacist verifies an order, this order is routed to CIP/SPA to be dispensed. Occasionally, there may be issues with these orders (eg, incorrect dispense code), prompting a CIP/SPA pharmacist to make the necessary changes to ensure the correct product is dispensed from the right location (eg, medication carousel or automated dispensing cabinet). These changed orders identify when orders are sent to CIP/SPA improperly and help resolve various problems, such as EHR dispense logic issues, order build concerns, and improper ordering practices.
The individual operations performance summary dashboards are sent to each pharmacist's manager, who reviews them with the pharmacist individually to identify and discuss potential system issues. This creates a level of accountability for the pharmacists, which helps improve overall operational performance. Note that it is important to review the dashboards one-on-one with the pharmacist, rather than display them in the pharmacy department. This allows for the identification of root causes to any workflow disruptions and supports a focus on opportunities for individual process improvement as well as overall system-level improvement.
Current Limitations and Future Directions
While the UNCMC pharmacy department has reaped significant benefits by collecting and analyzing data, challenges and limitations exist. With the exponential growth in the amount of data captured, there is concern that we may not be able to evaluate the data quickly enough to meet real-time needs. To navigate this challenge, the Pharmacy Analytics and Outcomes team has been extremely supportive in providing dashboards on a regular and timely basis. Assessing and discussing the dashboard results with team members during huddles soon after receiving the data allows us to act on issues more quickly than we were previously able to. However, we are still investigating strategies to increase our access to real-time data.
Introducing a workplace culture where data is collected to promote accountability can be challenging, as some SPA pharmacists were apprehensive with the introduction of the operations performance summary dashboards. We have begun to gain buy-in from these pharmacists through strategic conversations focused on explaining the rationale and primary intent behind capturing this data, which is to address system issues and eliminate potential medication errors. Framing discussions in this manner has proven to be effective, as staff members are actively involved with creating solutions to identified issues to improve patient care.
Key metrics gleaned from our dashboards are currently documented and tracked with the goal of later assessing the impact of data transparency on operational performance. We hypothesize that the use of broad, team-based dashboards, in combination with individualized performance dashboards, will improve key metrics over time. Additionally, the UNC Pharmacy Analytics and Outcomes team plans to make the dashboards more interactive by adding drill-down capabilities. The ultimate objective is to increase our use of metrics and display real-time data on screens in the CIP and within the EHR for UNCMC pharmacy department use.
Utilizing dashboards with data analytics within the pharmacy department has been essential to assessing operational efficiency, improving acute care operations, and promoting a culture of continuous quality improvement. Looking to the future, pharmacy leaders will continue to leverage data to improve decision-making, optimize workflow, allocate resources, and improve outcomes.
Huesh MD, Mosher TJ. Using It or Losing It? The Case for Data Scientists Inside Health Care. NEJM Catalyst. https://catalyst.nejm.org/case-data-scientists-inside-health-care/. Accessed November 12, 2019.
Marr B. How Big Data is Changing Healthcare. Forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2015/04/21/how-big-data-is-changing-healthcare/#1c6e7d6f2873. Accessed November 12, 2019.
Wendland D. Value Stream Mapping Made Easy. Forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2019/07/25/value-stream-mapping-made-easy/. Accessed November 21, 2019.
The authors would like to acknowledge Emily Torgerson, MPH, business analytics specialist on the UNC Pharmacy Analytics and Outcomes team, for her contributions in the development of these dashboards.
Charles Summerlin, PharmD, is a PGY1 health-system pharmacy administration and leadership resident at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Medical Center and an MS degree candidate at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. Charles's professional interests include ambulatory care, specialty pharmacy, clinical management, and practice advancement.
Judith Lovince, PharmD, is a PGY1 health-system pharmacy administration and leadership resident at the UNC Medical Center and an MS degree candidate at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Judith's professional interests include 340B, pharmacy operations, continuous quality improvement, and transitions of care.
Mary-Haston Vest, PharmD, MS, BCPS, is the clinical manager, analytics, outcomes, and impact, at UNC Health Care and assistant professor of clinical education with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She received her PharmD from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, and completed her PGY1/PGY2/MS with UNC Hospitals and the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Mary-Haston's professional interests include practice advancement through analytics and data-driven decision-making, as well as practice-based outcomes research.
Samuel M. Eberwein, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCSCP, is the clinical manager of pharmacy for the sterile products area, perioperative services, and special formulations at the UNC Medical Center. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Campbell University and his Master of Science degree with an emphasis in Health-System Pharmacy Administration from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy while completing his 2-year Health System Pharmacy Administration residency at UNC Hospitals. Sam is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and board-certified sterile compounding pharmacist.
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Since upgrading my solar installation in the summer of 2017 the inverter had been omitted due to time constraints \ other priorities. It was always going to go back in as this is the missing component to a fully off grid solution, providing a means of converting the leisure battery's DC power to AC via a three pin (UK) socket. Obvious uses are for laptop charging or Mandy's hair drier, so brownie points are gained for making the effort to fit.
Neatly tucked away behind the small cupboard door.
After deciding on a position for my batteries during the solar install, it pretty much meant that the inverter had to go in the same location. Its all very snug, and will be even more so when I get the second leisure battery in place. I'm pretty pleased that I have managed to get so much equipment in such a confined space. We have lost a cupboard, but it's much neater in this configuration.
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David Vulcano is a well-known leader in the clinical research industry through numerous publications, presentations and contributions. Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, he earned Masters' degrees in both Social Work and Business Administration. Additional credentials include obtaining the status of Certified IRB Professional (CIP) and Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC). His current primary employment is as the Responsible Executive for Clinical Research for Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), overseeing the research efforts of over 160 hospitals, over 100 Surgery Centers, various physician practices and affiliated programs across the United States and in London. David is a Past Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) assisting their mission in providing global leadership to promote integrity and excellence in the clinical research profession.
His contributions to the research industry are numerous, with the most recent recognitions including the 2012 Special Recognition Award by the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society, the 2012 Best Practice in Human Subject Protection by the Health Improvement Institute and named one of the Top 100 leaders in the Health IT Community in 2012 by the HealthTech Council (through his leadership to assure the ethical conduct of clinical research with "big data" in healthcare). David has been called to be an expert witness for matters in the clinical trials industry, a judge in the Health Improvement Institute's Annual Award for Excellence in Human Research Protections and a former Human Subject Protection Program accreditation surveyor for both the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and Partners for Human Research Protection (PHRP). His role as Guest Editor for the December 2010 Issue of The Monitor helped earn the 2010 Gold Circle Award for Peer-Reviewed Journal by the American Society Of Association Executives (ASAE). David has been a speaker for most major research-related and other healthcare related associations and organizations on topics related to the clinical trials industry.
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WALKER: Ottawa writer, and a team of swimming pigs, helping The Bahamas recover from Hurricane Dorian
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Jeffrey Todd, who goes by the pen name T.R. Todd, is a local author would has helped raise money for the Bahamas with his book Pigs of Paradise and a documentary featuring the pigs. Todd was photographed at his Ottawa home Saturday November 2, 2019. Ashley Fraser/PostmediaAshley Fraser / Postmedia
It's not every day that pigs raise money. But, that's happening in The Bahamas thanks to the Ottawa author who wrote the award-winning book, Pigs of Paradise. T.R Todd also produced and wrote the screenplay for a documentary featuring the precocious pigs.
And while they would say there would be "fundraising pigs" when, well, pigs fly, it's actually made possible because they swim.
The pigs are an attraction — and were spared from Hurricane Dorian. Thousands of people on other islands were not. Many of those rebuilding rely on the pig business.
So Todd's book is helping. Recently, the Ottawa screening of his documentary at 50 Sussex helped raise $23,000. Many businesses donated resources, from the venue to the food.
It all started decades ago, when a small island in Exuma, known as Staniel Cay, had a problem. With the tourism industry growing, the pigs had become a nuisance. They smelled and sometimes escaped their pens. So they were moved to an uninhabited island. They taught themselves to swim to greet those who cared for them.
What started as a farm changed over time.
Today, tourists head to the beach to see how the pigs have adapted to their island retreat.
"When we launched our campaign to bring these animals to the world, I thought it would be popular. I had no idea the swimming pigs would become the global sensation they are today. There are now nine pig colonies in The Bahamas. Millions of people see them each year. It contributes millions to the country's economy," he says.
Todd partnered with well-known Ottawa business leader Peter Nicholson, the president and founder of the foundation WCPD, a financial services firm specializing in philanthropy. Using the tax code, the company assists large donors in giving more to charity. Since 2006, it has generated more than $125 million in donations for its clients across Canada.
Nicholson, who is also the largest owner of Grand Isle Resort in Exuma, was looking for a way to bring more attention to the area. That was when Todd suggested a marketing campaign about the pigs.
"In many respects, that image of the pigs swimming in crystal-clear water has become a symbol of The Bahamas itself," Todd says. "The swimming pig is the country's Mickey Mouse."
At the documentary screening, The Bahamas High Commissioner to Canada Alvin Smith spoke about what the country needs. Fundraising is one part. The second part is tourism. Many people believe all of the islands were damaged. They weren't. On the day of the hurricane, it was sunny on the pigs' island, which is 300 km away from the devastation. Grand Isle Resort was completely untouched.
"Peter and I felt we had to do something here in Ottawa. The Bahamas has been a huge part of my life for about 10 years now. And for Peter, he has been investing in the country for more than 14 years. The Bahamas is our adopted home. Many Bahamians are our friends. Hurricane Dorian was unprecedented. The Bahamas has been hit by hurricanes before. This storm was especially ruthless," he says.
And this week, Todd released his fourth book. The Sandbox Diary is fiction and based on his Middle East experiences, specifically in the United Arab Emirates. That was where he helped launch the country's largest English language newspaper. While satire, it delves into some serious issues, like the clash between so-called "western culture" and the more conservative Islamic state.
Philanthropy is second nature for both Todd and Nicholson.
In addition to the work done by WCPD they are the founders of the Exuma Marathon, taking place this Saturday. The race, now entering its 5th year, promotes tourism and provides a scholarship to one student on the island each year, so he or she can attend university.
And in the spirit of philanthropy, on Nov. 13, WCPD will once again serve as the presenting sponsor of the Ottawa Philanthropy Awards.
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The second Tuesday of every month is Update Tuesday. It's the day Microsoft releases its regular security and performance updates for Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and other Microsoft programs.
For the March Update Tuesday, Microsoft has released 13 updates and five of them are rated as "Critical." They fix security flaws in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Windows Media, Windows PDF Library, and how Windows handles graphic fonts. Using these flaws a hacker could run malicious code on your computer, and you can expect to see attacks using these flaws very soon.
The other 8 updates, rated "Important," fix problems in Windows, Microsoft Office and .NET that could lead to remote code execution, elevation of privilege and security feature bypassing. While they'll be harder for hackers to use, you'll still want to make sure the updates are installed.
If you have Windows set to automatically update, or you're running Windows 10, it should have updated all ready, or told you that you need to restart to update. Find out how to turn on automatic updating to make sure you don't miss anything important.
If you want to verify that the updates are installed, go to Control Panel>>System & Security and in the Windows Update section click "View installed updates." Look for the date March 8, and the update numbers KB3142015, KB3142019, KB3140709, KB3143148, KB3143146, KB3143081, KB3141806, KB3143136, KB3140410, KB3143141, KB3143142, KB3143145, KB3141780. Just note that you might not have all of these updates, depending on your version of Windows and which features are installed.
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Reds just spent $2M on Great American Ball Park: Here's what's new
3/8/2013 | Business Courier | by Steve Watkins
All eyes will be down on the field this season at Great American Ball Park, as the Cincinnati Reds enter 2013 with higher hopes than at any time in decades.
But with even a quick glance around the rest of the park, it'll be clear the team has been working just as hard off the field: While the owners can't completely control the team's destiny on the field, they're taking no chances off it.
The Reds spent $2 million on Great American Ball Park this offseason, to boost revenue and appeal to a broader segment of fans.
The team is giving its Machine Room restaurant a facelift, upgrading many of its suites, renovating its gift shop and building a plaza for concerts and other events.
The most obvious addition, though, is the new Budweiser Bow Tie Bar, above the visitors' bullpen in right field. Complete with a 30-foot sign, the 90-seat bar, named for Bud's iconic logo, is part of a new multiyear sponsorship deal as the team's "official beer." It has additional space for fans to stand. Budweiser also gets a 45-foot long, seven-foot high new sign in right field.
'Very entrepreneurial'
Phil Castellini, Reds' chief operating officer and son of owner Bob Castellini, said the Bow Tie Bar should create new revenue.
"And it gives Budweiser another place to connect with fans," he said.
There are other reasons the Reds spent big on amenities: Great American Ball Park is 10 years old, and many suite-holders' leases are up for renewal. Then there's the 2015 All-Star game, which will put the Reds and GABP in the national spotlight.
Teams throughout Major League Baseball are working hard to appeal to casual fans, who may not even watch much of the game itself.
"The Reds are trying to create more ways to entertain," said Joe Cobbs, a sports business professor at Northern Kentucky University. "And broaden the experience."
"The Reds are very entrepreneurial. They really understand their fan base," said Jackie Reau, CEO of marketing firm Game Day Communications. "They know they're competing for fans' time, dollars and hearts."
Seattle opened a plaza in 2011 that holds 3,000 people, and immediately boosted food and beverage sales by 67 percent in that area.
The San Diego Padres last year opened a Budweiser Patio at Petco Park that has drawn up to 1,000 people at a time. Stadiums in Baltimore, Kansas City and Philadelphia have opened similar areas.
Here in Cincinnati, the Reds have added a tier above the bullpen that will include a patio. It'll sell that space to groups game-by-game.
The team is also converting half of the outdoor patio seating for the Machine Room in left field to make it available for group sales. And it's remaking the restaurant's wall facing the field into one that can be completely opened up on nice days.
The added patio areas give the Reds more spaces to sell. They increase the standing room capacity of the ballpark, too.
The gift shop – closed for renovations from December until later this month – will have an entrance that will face the bars and restaurants at the Banks riverfront development, improving visibility, particularly on nongame days.
The Reds are also flattening and expanding the space beyond the gift shop, on the first-base side of Crosley Terrace, to make it usable for events before and after games. Fans will be able to get to that area without a ticket.
"We want to make the Crosley Terrace experience more of a happening," Castellini said.
Suites up for renewal
Half of the Reds suites – 27 of the 54 – will be renovated this year. Those changes are mostly cosmetic, Castellini said, involving updated decor and painting. The team will redo the rest next year.
Ballparks of the same age are making similar updates, said Pat Tangen, a principal at Kansas City, Mo.-based sports architecture firm Populous, which has designed renovations at the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners and Anaheim Angels ballparks.
Populous, formerly HOK, was the architect on GABP. Additions like the Bow Tie Bar create a party atmosphere that caters to 20-somethings, Tangen said.
"It becomes new and lively," he said. "Like getting a new car."


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Capone: From amateur night at the Apollo to Shaq All-Star
Capone only had a few minutes to talk to The Comic's Comic on Wednesday night, fitting me in between rehearsals and showtime for Amateur Night at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Capone, born Derrick Lee, has hosted the infamous Apollo amateur showcases for nine years now, and says he'll continue making time for it even though he's about to embark on another leg of Shaquille O'Neal's All-Star Comedy Jam — it kicks off tonight in New York City with two shows at the Best Buy Theater. Gary Owens hosts, with performances from Finesse Mitchell, Tony Roberts and Capone, plus DJ Spinderella.
You can see Capone and Shaq hamming it up in the photo above this week while promoting the tour.
How did you get the gig hosting Showtime at the Apollo? "I went to perform at amateur night as a special guest. The producer or the show saw me, asked if I'd be interested in being a rotating host. The rest is history."
And you're still hosting despite constant touring with Shaq and other road gigs? "Yeah, I still come and do it," Capone says. "I've been flying in just for the Apollo just because they've been so dear to me."
How is touring with a group — like you do for Shaq's All-Stars — different from your regular road gigs? "The beginning of the tour was the preliminaries to see who fits in. The new DVD ("Live From Orlando") is launched with it, along with the whole thing with Showtime, the deal with Lionsgate…
But what makes a group tour different for you? "In all honesty, you have to learn patience. Each one of the guys are headliners, so when you've got four headliners or five headliners, it's different. With me, I've just learned to be humble and know that someone else could be doing it. I'm happy that I'm one of the guys that's doing it. Any one of us could be replaced."
"The thing is we really come together when we're about to do the show. Most of the time when we come to a new city, everybody goes off into their own direction. But then, some of us are off doing press…others are doing their own thing."
How is it touring with and performing for Shaq? Does he actually tour with you the whole time? "No, he comes to some of the shows. He doesn't come to all of them but he comes to some of them. I guess as a comedian, and you're performing for your boss, you want to stay on your A game. It can be nerve-wracking when you're performing for someone as big as Shaq. You want to change it up. You don't want to be seen as someone who does the same thing night after night."
I know Shaq was in the audience for one of Kevin Hart's specials, and he just laid into him. Do you do that, too? "You have to pick on him. He's there. And he's a comedian, too. Talking trash about the comedians, too, so it's a bit of a revenge thing, when we get the mic."
A 2010 bio of you online said that you also were a local businessman, owning a barber and beauty shop plus a computer store, all in the Bronx? Is that correct? "No, that's not true any longer. I kind of let anything go for stress reasons. I wanted to focus on my comedy career. When you open up a business, it's kind of hard when you can't be there, to find someone you can trust to run things for you. So I decided to invest in myself. It's been great so far."
Some comedians, such as Carrot Top or Larry the Cable Guy, use a stage name because it's part of their shtick as a character comedian? Why did you choose to perform as Capone, "the gangster of comedy," and not under your birth name? "Well, the name was from the streets. I used to be a hustler back in the day. It just followed me." So Capone was a nickname you got tagged with as a kid, then? "Nah, I can say early 20s, that's when it started."
Plenty of comedians have joked about Cinemax "after dark" programming, but I cannot think of any other comedian who actually has been in a "Skinemax" series, playing a comedian. How did you get involved with Zane's Sex Chronicles? "It's definitly a blessing. My manager at the time was the producer, Suzanne de Passe, and she was the one who discovered The Jackson 5. She was also the one who put me on Showtime at the Apollo. It was in my contract that I could be myseff and be the voice of reason (on Zane's). I didn't partake in any sex scenes. I'm kind of glad, but then again, I could have been mad. But yeah, that was in my contract." What kind of feedback did you get from appearing on that series? "To this day, I get 'When is that coming back on?' So it's kind of a good thing."
Since that show ended in 2010, Capone has gone on to making Russell Simmons laugh again as part of last year's Russell Simmons Presents: The Ruckus, on Comedy Central. Roll the clip.
How was doing The Ruckus on TV different for you from performing on Russell Simmons' earlier stand-up comedy showcase, Def Comedy Jam? "Def Jam was something that was probably a dream of mine for years to come. So I gave it everything I got. I became a nurtured comedian when I did The Ruckus." Why do you say nurtured? "When you're hungry for something you kind of give it your all. I was seasoned when I did The Ruckus. It was a great opportunity. But it wasn't the same. Def Jam was a big break. Ruckus was more keeping yourself relevant."
"And now doing the Shaq (tour) is, you're aiming for stardom. The exposure I'm getting now is unbelievable."
How long this tour? "This one we'll do it til January, and do new contracts. As long as I'm doing good."
I saw Shaq just Tweeted something about a contest for the next "all-star" to join the tour as an opening act — what do you know about that? "They're always looking for new comedians, because the brand is strong and it's only getting stronger. If everybody had any sense, they'd take part in anything that goes on with that."
What does your 2013 look like so far? "I'm getting a lot of calls now, but I'm turning a couple of gigs down, because…the filming part of this tour is drumming up movies and other stuff. I dont' want to spread myself too thin and miss out on opportunities in-house."
When you're not seeing Capone live, you can follow him @ComedianCapone on Twitter, or @TeamCapone on Twitter and Facebook.
One of those in-house opportunities is the new DVD, Shaq's All-Star Comedy Jam: Live From Orlando, featuring Capone, Gary Owen, Lil' Duval, Tony Roberts and Jay Pharoah. Here's a clip!
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Q: Nginx - Redirect any Subdomain to File without Rewriting Recently I have switched from Apache to Nginx to increase performance on a web server running Ubuntu 11.10. I have been having issues trying to figure out how certain things work in Nginx compared to Apache, but one issue has been stumping me and I have not been able to find the answer online. My problem is that I need to be able to redirect (not rewrite) any sub-domain to a file, but that file needs to be able to get the sub-domain part of the URL in order to do a database look-up of that sub-domain. So far, I have been able to get any sub-domain to rewrite to that file, but then it loses the text of the sub-domain I need.
So, for example, I would like test.server.com to redirect to server.com/resolve.php, but still remain as test.server.com. If this is not possible, the thing that I would need at the very least would be something such as going to test.server.com would go to server.com/resolve.php?=test . One of these options must be possible in Nginx.
My config as it stands right now looks something like this:
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As I said before, I am very new to Nginx, so I have a feeling the answer is pretty simple, but no examples online seem to deal with just redirects without rewrites or rewriting with the sub-domain section included. Any help on what to do would be most appreciated and if any one has a better idea to accomplish what I need, I am also open to ideas. Thank you very much.

A: Capturing the subdomain and passing it as query argument is fairly easy.
test.server.com --> server.com/resolve.php?sub=test
server {
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}

Essentially, use a named regex capture to assign the subdomain to a variable, and then pass that variable as a query parameter to the your redirect.
To redirect and keep the same server_name would essentially entail overriding the default assignment of SERVER_NAME $server_name that nginx does (in your fastcgi_params). The difficulty would be in passing your subdomain name between the server blocks.


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Fifth grade is called Grade 5 in some states, is a year of education in numerous countries. The fifth grade is the fifth school year following kindergarten. Learners are typically about the age of 9 to 12 years old. The age limit is depending on the school district in certain regions of the United States, it is considered the last year of elementary school or in some areas of the United States the fifth grade is the first year of middle school. Formation of the sketch of the lesson plan for the fifth grade students might be the challenging for the teacher in such a way that it is the last year of the students in elementary school and the students in this stage are in such a stage that they can master all the concepts and thought and in some cases they can argue on different topics according to their knowledge. Before the teacher design the lesson plan for the fifth grade students the teacher should make himself/herself completely sure and must have a clear idea of the objectives and milestones which are useful for a fifth grader and also those objectives should be clear too which a teacher require to achieve by the fifth grader at the end of the educational year.
The lesson plan for the fifth grade should be activity based lesson plan because the children learn more by the means of activities. Homeschooling parents should also include such study schedule in which the activities are the focused part of the lesson plan. It is not necessary that the teacher is planning a science or math plan always make sure that the lesson plan is covering all the aspects of the topic in the question or not. Formulate a method of evaluating that how well fifth grade student have understood the lesson by adding an assignment at the end of each class. Just keep in mind that the lesson plan is interactive and engaging as possible and see fifth graders grasp each concept with ease and enjoy learning. The teacher should make math lessons lots of fun by using such strategies that the students pay full attention on the subject. The teacher could use the activity worksheet named "How Many?" it makes enable the teacher to know about the child that whether the child can count the number of objects in each section and then write the correct number in the box or not. In math a little practice on regular basis goes a long way.
An excellent science lesson plan for fifth grade students allow them for plenty of carrying out tests and practical learning. Science lesson plans for fifth grade classes should engage more student activities because the young students learn more by activities. Science lessons of fifth grade students typically rotate around the tangible things by which the students are familiar with and general incidences they come across. This is because the fifth grader children normally have a difficulty towards thinking abstractly. Science lesson plans for fifth graders introduce young students to the science at the back of ordinary happenings.


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This World AIDS Day, remember HIV hasn't gone away
by Chris Williams, Posted on November 27, 2020 December 2, 2020
World AIDS Day is held on December 1 each year. This year's theme in Australia is 'Now More Than Ever'. It encourages people to educate themselves and others about HIV, to take action to prevent the spread of the virus, and to ensure that people living with HIV can participate fully in the life of the community, free from stigma and discrimination.
2020's been a challenging year for everyone. While COVID-19 has dominated much of the attention, HIV and AIDS haven't gone away.
Organisations born out of Australia's HIV/AIDS epidemic found themselves in the unprecedented position of advising communities to stop having casual sex. Many same-sex attracted men are well accustomed to sexual safety messaging, which often celebrates sex and sexuality. Nevertheless, this was the first time people were asked to stop hooking up altogether.
Despite almost 40 years of knowledge, systems and tools to help prevent the spread of HIV, we've had to rely on using hygiene, masks, physical distancing and self-isolation for preventing the spread of COVID-19 instead. But just like the HIV/AIDS epidemic, communities rose to the challenge to protect themselves and each other.
"Living through HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 has taught us to remain vigilant about protecting our health. And it's also taught us that tremendous change is possible when we all work together."
A study from the Kirby Institute found that gay and bisexual men in Australia dramatically changed their behaviours during COVID-19. Researchers identified an 84 per cent drop in casual sex following the introduction of physical distancing measures.
Commending the community's response
With these physical distancing measures in place, the drop in casual sex has been great for stopping the spread of COVID-19.
In a Star Observer article, ACON CEO Nicolas Parkhill said: "…the way communities, including gay and bisexual men, have adapted to change has been nothing short of amazing. Because of this collective action, we have seen COVID-19 infections decline significantly in Australia…"
What's yet to be seen is whether there's been a decline in HIV cases too. Sex didn't stop altogether during this new pandemic and restrictions have impacted routine sexual health testing and PrEP usage.
A time for reflection and action
Now more than ever, this World AIDS Day is an opportunity to reflect on the past as well as how far we've come in almost 40 years.
It's a day to commemorate those we've lost and a reminder to support all people living with HIV. Many have offered their time and their bodies to scientific research. As a result, millions of people around the world are able to benefit from remarkable advances in biomedical HIV prevention and treatment.
HIV by numbers: towards zero | Emen8
In keeping with this year's theme for World AIDS Day, now is the time to take action. If it's been more than three months since your last sexual health test, book in with a doctor or sexual health centre for a check-up.
Remember, with incredible scientific advances, HIV isn't what it used to be. Getting tested and knowing your status puts you in control of your long-term health. You can find testing services near you with our interactive map.
And if you didn't know, starting HIV treatment as soon as possible after diagnosis helps safeguard someone's health and prevents onward transmission of the virus, halting the spread of HIV in its tracks.
"Remember, with incredible scientific advances, HIV isn't what it used to be."
For anyone who's stopped using PrEP or is thinking about using it, now's the time to get back on it or see a doctor about starting. There are different ways to use PrEP that offer increased convenience and the confidence of knowing you're protected against HIV.
Supporting the science
Advances in the ways we prevent and manage HIV have taken years of dedicated scientific research in response to a global health challenge.
Perhaps one of the key lessons to emerge from the HIV/AIDS epidemic and reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic is to trust the science and the robust processes that deliver reliable results.
It's this scientific approach that's enabled the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) to release updated guidance for healthcare providers about the 'U=U' message, otherwise known as Undetectable=Untransmittable.
The message is simple and indisputable: maintaining an undetectable viral load eliminates the risk of sexual transmission of HIV. And it makes Australia the first country in the world to adopt a national framework that unequivocally supports the science behind the 'U=U' message.
Undetectable = Safe | Emen8
Positive perspectives
The value of the 'U=U' message cannot be underestimated. It breaks down long-held beliefs that people living with HIV are somehow dangerous. In an interview with DNA Magazine, three guys share their stories about living with HIV.
Steve Spencer offers a perspective on what makes a good ally: "Good allies listen, learn and, once they're confident enough with that information, use it to educate and support others. People are very receptive to learn new information about HIV. Their faces light up when you tell them how incredible U=U is and they're genuinely thankful to be taught about it. It's heartening to see negative people show support and love for positive people,"
Over in New Zealand, Charlie Tredway sensed a shift in attitudes towards people living with HIV, saying: "It felt like there was a bit of a paradigm shift in the community or that people living with HIV could do anything that their HIV-negative counterparts could, and that having HIV didn't make someone dangerous, unworthy of consideration or unable to have a life of dignity and respect,"
"It's heartening to see negative people show support and love for positive people,"
This World AIDS Day, let's look towards a future where HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 no longer impact the ways we live and the ways we connect. Perhaps then, we can look back and feel proud knowing we did our bit to protect each other and ourselves.
Show your support for people living with HIV on World AIDS Day by wearing a red ribbon, the international symbol of HIV awareness and support.
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