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A Conversation with Quantitative UX Researcher Randy Au
Quantitative UX researcher Randy Au "analyzes all the things." He is part researcher, part educator, and part therapist philosopher. And he loves cats.
Vince Kosek
When Randy Au, Quantitative UX Researcher at Google, was a kid, it wasn't like he went around saying, "When I grow up, I'm gonna be a UX Researcher!" Because, who says that? And what exactly is a Quantitative UX Researcher, anyway?
"I work with a lot of UX Designers and Qualitative Researchers now who come from straight up industrial design backgrounds," says Au, "but they're some of the top consumers of analytic content, along with Product Managers. Which makes sense. They're building an interface, they need to know, 'Where should the buttons go, and is anyone using the buttons I already made?', right?"
Adding a quant element to UX Research takes a range of skills, which Au has honed in past engineering and analyst roles at Meetup, Bitly, and Primary.com. "I've been doing this kind of stuff for over 10 years now, but I'm fairly new to UX," Au shares. "I came to analytics essentially from the engineering side."
Today, in his work with Google, Au plays the roles of researcher, educator, engineer, analyst, philosopher, and seemingly sometimes even therapist.
Amplitude's John Cutler sat down with Randy to ask him about changes he's seen in the analytics, how he copes with uncertainty, and his take on successfully collaborating with product development teams.
John Cutler: Talk to me about changes you've seen in your career. Have there been any perceptible shifts in the landscape that you've been occupying?
Randy Au: Well the big one was when the world went to mobile. That was a big one, right? A lot of places went from having one development team to suddenly needing three because you need web, Android and iPhone. Period.
Another one is the shift to self-service. That one comes up quite a bit, over and over. It's becoming more and more prominent with advances in visualization tools and so forth. I see a lot of people trying to push the boundaries of self-service.
You've gone from a data analyst person, telling the team what the results are, to now having this situation where the data person has to somehow put up guardrails so that the self-service environment can function.
That said, there's still a lot of ad-hoc type stuff that analysts need to provide expertise on, which is a dynamic that doesn't really change. The difference is in the role of the analyst. You've gone from a data analyst person, telling the team what the results are, to now having this situation where the data person has to somehow put up guardrails so that the self-service environment can function. It creates this really weird tension of, 'I can let people have all the data that they want, but then what guarantees that their conclusions are valid?'.
JC: Right. Sometimes I see this tension between having guardrails and enabling self-service as central to defining the role of analytics. Has that been your experience? Have you had to personally transition in your career or did you latch on to certain models early on?
RA: Usually, quantitative research teams are resource constrained by the fact that there's only so many quants around. I'm usually on small teams of one or two qualitative researchers. So from that perspective, we are usually an insights kind of team.
The issue is that we just can't handhold everyone all the time. If things get really constrained and we don't have a lot of time, we have to rely on a lot of self-service. Then, we become more like your tutors. We teach kids who are willing to learn. Every team always has one or two people that are very interested in data and want to use it.
Every team always has one or two people that are very interested in data and want to use it.
We train those willing learners as much as they're willing to take. It's always been amazing that you can always find one or two people willing to do that. What would happen if there were teams that just don't have that kind of person around? That kind of makes me worry sometimes. But we've been lucky so far. So, yeah. That's how we do it.
The ideal would be to have a quant embedded within each product team and they just live and breathe that one thing. But you know, that's hard to do.
JC: It's interesting because part of educating people is breaking down preconceived notions of what analytics is, and what it's capable of. A lot of people think that it's all A/B tests that cough up a definitive answer.
RA: Exactly! That's the nice part about that part (the A/B testing part) of analytics. It gives you a theoretically right and wrong answer.
But there's also this blurry part where, the more stats you know, the more you're like, "Oh, that's actually some hand-wavy bullshit!". Because at 95% confidence it just means that there is a one in 20 chance you're actually getting something totally wrong. I'm sure we've done all sorts of tests that totally yielded false positives. We've run so many experiments, it almost has to be the case.
At least in theory, there's a correct answer. We can just say, "Okay, we're satisfied and we have confidence.'' But then when you get away from that, you start going into the area of, "Here's the stuff that's just indicative."
There's conditions that lead to increasing uncertainty. Sometimes we don't have enough data points and we're working on a very hard problem, or the causality isn't particularly clear. But the reality is, we have to launch next quarter and this is the closest thing we've got. We're going to just have to take it on faith because that's all we have.
Yes, all the science and knowledge and analytics we have and we still have something where we're kind of taking a bet! We're not left 100% in the dark, but we're still making a bet.
And when you lay it out on the table like that, it sounds really sketchy. I mean, at the end of the day, I think we all do it to varying degrees. But it's a scary thing. It's like, "Yes, all the science and knowledge and analytics we have and we still have something where we're kind of taking a bet! We're not left 100% in the dark, but we're still making a bet." And that's the nature of business; you take the risk because that's where the rewards are.
JC: Some people seem more open to that degree of uncertainty than others. When you find people that you're working with that just have that sort of extremely utopian view of yes/no things, how do you talk them off the ledge? Do you have any go-to strategies?
RA: Sometimes…but it depends. Sometimes I frame it as like, "This is a bet, given all the things we know. It's a bet, but it's the most likely bet."
Plus, we have some qualitative research and our own personal experiences of what products and humans and things are. It seems reasonable. It's not totally outlandish.
This appeals to humanity because we're not particularly good at placing the most likely bets. If you ran down the numbers, you would actually prove that we're wrong more than we're not. That's why we need to use data.
But at the same time, it's not like you pick between two things and it's 50/50. The ways to fail probably outnumber the ways to succeed. And so you're just shaving off those chances to make your odds a little bit better.
And then some people are just not temperamentally down with it. In that situation, if that person is running the show, then the product will move slower. It's going to be a little bit more methodical, and it might actually be the right call! It depends on what the circumstances are. But you can't fight human nature in that way.
JC: When you work with less experienced analysts, how do you calibrate their business sense to help them focus on techniques or analyses that are going to have the highest impact?
RA: That's really tricky because you build business sense from working with business people. You'll get it when you're with the PM who's under the gun to increase revenue this quarter, not next quarter. I learned that, essentially, I have to ask myself, "Is this insight good enough to help them make this decision, because they have to make a decision today?"
With or without me it's happening, so I better do what I can in the next three hours and get it in. Without that pressure, you can very easily just go wander off.
And that sense of "good enough" is just something you have to develop over time.
JC: It seems like you'd need to have some familiarity with the decisions that are being made if the idea is balancing reasonable decision quality with reasonable decision velocity.
RA: I always recommend that people work closely with the teams. When they're too far removed and you lose the squishy context, it gets tough. People start latching onto artifacts that may or may not actually matter at the end of the day. It's especially true for the business as you go higher up.
I always recommend that people work as closely with the PM as possible. Make them your best friend.
I always recommend that people work as closely with the PM as possible. Make them your best friend. Because some of the best things I've ever done came about when we had a skilled analyst who was familiar with the tooling in a paired situation. We'd have the PM, or tech lead, or whoever sitting next to them. And they're just pair driving, looking through the product.
JC: Let's say you had a team that's been newly unleashed. They have a self-service tool, all their events are instrumented, they've developed a bunch of properties. If you could do a three hour class with them to try to make sure they don't fall into some common pitfalls, what would that look like?
RA: Yeah, if I had a three hour session with a new team, almost 95% of it would be "get to know your world".
You get in there and it's like, "Okay, first let's understand". It's kind of like we just dropped into this island full of goodies, right? So now let's figure out what the heck is going on here. Okay, where are our users? What can we do with them?
But then we peel it back one more level and ask, "Where's this data coming from? What is this? What does this user mean? What does unique user mean here?". Making sure we understand those foundations is critical because everything else rests on that.
So I would probably spend almost all my time on the fundamentals of just understanding.
If that's screwed up in the beginning, then everything you think about later on will just fall apart. So I would probably spend almost all my time on the fundamentals of just understanding.
I'd explain that, "You're allowed to say this because of these reasons". And then hopefully they kind of pick up on that. So later, as they build more familiarity they can form those statements on their own. It's like, "Okay, very good…but there's that one caveat up there!"
Teaching them that process of figuring out what they're able to do, would probably be what I'd focus on. I mean, I'm sure it would take me weeks of plinking around. But in a couple of hours I'd want to, as best as I could, impress upon them the fact that all this stuff looks magical (and it is to some degree) but you can do some very, very incorrect things with it very easily.
JC: Right. So it's not just like, oh, here's the end day retention chart. Okay, let me make our next quarters strategy off of that chart that I just saw.
RA: Right. Because a retention chart can be misleading very easily. You can have a dull, "Oh, this happens all the time." But then you have a one week sale or you do a giveaway and suddenly that entire diagonal band of your retention chart is just all screwed up. But people wouldn't necessarily know to look for that.
JC: In an ideal world, what would you regard as bread and butter questions, that if you could set teams up in a self-service environment, they could be really good at answering?
RA: I mean, the bread and butter things usually are simple in concept. They're usually just the, "How many people do a thing". They usually fit this pattern. The problem is that the "do a thing" part is very fickle and it becomes all about the instrumentation.
That bread and butter thing can easily turn into some multi-step funnel or some bizarre combination of things. The actual counting part is very tricky and finicky. So the easier that gets, the more people can self-serve.
If they're confident that they're counting the correct thing, then usually the ratios that they come up with are fairly accurate. They make sense in general because they're not obviously crazy. So, you can kind of trust them.
People in general are kind of hesitant to do very fancy things because they're like, "Oh, I'm not the expert. I'm just a user of this tool." So they're not going to go for anything outlandish. But they do have to be familiar enough that they're willing to take the chance.
If I could teach them those things, it would open up a lot of the more difficult cases, like the causality ones. Causality is extremely hard.
Published: 09/19/19
Vince Kosek is a product analytics consultant based in Santa Barbara, CA. Vince's career spans financial services, manufacturing, medical devices, and most recently vertical B2B SaaS products in construction and property management. He is passionate about helping cross-functional product teams make better product decisions.
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A: Problem is solved. Apparently GoDaddy had the site default to using ASP.NET 2.0/3.0. Had to change it to using ASP.NET 4.0/4.5. My computer was running ASP.NET 4.5. This explains why it was looking so different between loads. Now it looks the same whether I load it locally or online. Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

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The Justice Department asks a federal appeals court to strike down the Affordable Care Act, then, hours later, House Democrats unveil proposals to bolster the law.	(Julie Rovner, 3/26)
Good morning! There's lots of California health news for you today, from the opioid crisis to lead in candy to police shootings. You can get the full roundup below, but here are some of the top stories to start your day.
Proposed Bill Would Crack Down On Bogus Medical Exemptions: Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) introduced the legislation that looks to close what has become a loophole created by the state's already-strict vaccination laws. "Some schools are reporting that more than 20 percent of their students have a medical exemption," Pan said. "It is clear that a small number of physicians are monetizing their exemption-granting authority and profiting from the sale of medical exemptions." A study published in the journal Pediatrics last fall reported one case in which an unnamed physician issued medical exemptions after charging parents to watch a vaccine safety video, and another in which an unnamed specialist who did not practice family medicine was providing exemptions over the phone for $100. The bill would remove doctors from the equation completely—parents would have to petition the California Department of Public Health to allow their kids to attend school without the shots. It would also create a state vaccine medical exemption database, and grant state and county health officials the authority to revoke exemptions "if they are found to be fraudulent or inconsistent" with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination guidelines. "We cannot allow a small number of unethical physicians to put our children back at risk," Pan said. "Children and their families demand that we act to keep them safe."
Read more on the proposed law and other news on the measles outbreaks from The Sacramento Bee, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Mercury News, and Politico Pro.
Dignity Health To Launch Its Own Program To Distribute Specialty Medications: The California-based health system joins a growing trend of hospitals forming their own specialty pharmacies in an effort to cut down on high drug costs. "It's a topic that's become top of mind for pretty much every hospital that we speak to," said Matt Conway, executive vice president of client operations at Shields, a company that helps hospitals set up the pharmacies. Dignity said it won't be expanding the scope of the program into nonspecialty drugs. The health system has recently joined forces with Catholic Health Initiatives to form CommonSpirit Health. Read more from Modern Healthcare.
Public Health Officials, Clinics Broaden Efforts To Get Undocumented Immigrants The Medical Care They Need: Beyond California's Medi-Cal coverage for undocumented children, and emergency and pregnancy-related services, primary care coverage has remained limited for undocumented adults. Sonoma's new Path to Health project aims to change that. Patients eligible under the new program will have access to primary care doctors at the clinics, including specialists, and will be able to schedule to physicals, immunizations, lab tests and cancer screenings, as well as procure drug prescriptions starting at a $5 copay, according to the program description. "This gives people more legitimacy to take care of themselves and is a huge relief for people who have not sought care due to fear of being undocumented in this climate," said Kari Brownstein, administrative officer for the Sacramento-based County Medical Services Program, a 35-county entity that oversees the new initiative. Read more from the Press Democrat.
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Enforcement of California's Proposition 65 toxic chemical labeling law has resulted in a significant decrease in the amount of lead found in certain candies and colorful purses, according to a new report. Lead levels in tamarind and chili candies sold in California declined dramatically following 2004 litigation brought against several manufacturers of the treats, researchers at the Oakland-based Center for Environmental Health found. In 2004, almost half of the candies tested contained hazardous levels of lead. That dropped to just 3 percent five years later, following litigation brought against manufacturers by CEH and California's Department of Justice, the report found. (Boyd-Barrett, 3/26)
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The Board of Supervisors updated the county's legal definition of "smoke" and "smoking" on Tuesday, expanding an existing ban on using tobacco products at beaches, parks and government buildings to include electronic cigarettes and pot. The supervisors also clamped down with new restrictions on smoking at beach parking lots, bus stops, outdoor bars and some common areas of county-owned golf courses in unincorporated areas. (Stiles, 3/26)
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Smokers, beware. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted today to expand the smoking ban that passed last October. Smoking will be banned within 25 feet of restaurants and bars in unincorporated areas of the county. That includes e-cigarettes and cannabis. (Dugdale, 3/26)
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Experts say the nation's deadliest drug — fentanyl — is increasingly coming in from Mexico, through ports of entry like San Ysidro. The synthetic drug is transported into San Diego mostly in vehicles and pedestrian lanes at the ports by U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents known as "couriers," according to Sherri Walker Hobson of the U.S. Attorney's office. (Guerrero, 3/26)
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Deaths from a synthetic opioid called fentanyl have been on the rise nationally, and last week's findings from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show this could be the third wave of the nation's opioid epidemic. Though the spike in death rates has largely affected the Northeast, the trend is starting to worry health experts in California, who are already taking precautions to reduce overdoses. (Caiola, 3/26)
East Bay Times: South Bay Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Opioids
A South Bay doctor faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced in July for unlawfully prescribing painkillers, authorities said. On Tuesday, 52-year-old Venkat Aachi, of Saratoga, pleaded guilty to distributing hydrocodone outside the scope of his professional practice and without a legitimate medical need, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Hydrocodone is one of the most common drugs involved in prescription opioid deaths in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 700,000 people died from an overdose between 1999 and 2017. (Green, 3/26)
Orange County Register: Orange County To Increase Triage Services For People Experiencing Psychiatric Emergencies
Orange County is moving to add another 24-hour crisis stabilization unit to help the mentally ill, another vital piece to a mental health care system it hopes to build over the next few years. Supervisors on Tuesday authorized a three-year, $13.3 million contract with College Hospital to develop and operate at its Costa Mesa campus the county's second such mental health emergency center for individuals suffering acute behavioral or psychiatric episodes. Though health care officials could not say exactly when the unit will open, the contract begins in July. (Walker, 3/26)
Capital Public Radio: A Year After Stephon Clark's Death, Sacramento Communities Still Want More Safe Black Spaces And Mental Health Resources
The meeting offered a public venue for the city's black residents to talk about a tumultuous month that marked one-year since Clark's death. But Haggins and other mental health professionals say they need more places to talk about the emotional impact of these events as the Clark story continues to unfold. (Caiola, 3/26)
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Sacramento Bee: Legionnaire's Disease Confirmed In Dead Prison Inmate
State corrections officials are investigating a Legionnaire's disease outbreak at a prison in Stockon after an inmate from there died at an outside hospital. The California Health Care Facility inmate tested positive in a post-death analysis for legionella, the bacteria that causes the disease, according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation news release issued Tuesday. The disease is a type of pneumonia. (Venteicher, 3/26)
KPBS: San Diego Food Bank Expanding Program To Improve Services
The San Diego Food Bank is expanding a program that aims to get rid of long lines for food assistance. The program uses a personalized ID card that allows people to sign up for appointments ahead of time. (Hoffman, 3/26)
Homeless Crisis
Capital Public Radio: Three New Sites For Homeless Shelters Under Consideration At Sacramento City Hall
City Council members have proposed three new sites for homeless shelters. Councilman Jay Schenirer says one shelter site would be near Alhambra Boulevard and Highway 50, where several homeless campers has been moving from underpass to underpass for more than a year. (Moffitt, 3/26)
The New York Times: Democrats Pivot Hard To Health Care After Trump Moves To Strike Down Affordable Care Act
The Trump administration's decision to ask a federal appeals court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act has given House Democrats a new opening to pursue what they see as a winning political strategy: moving past talk of impeachment to put kitchen-table issues like health care front and center. The notice to the court, filed late Monday by the Justice Department, could not have come at a more opportune time for Democrats. The finding by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, that there was no evidence of a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, dashed the hopes of the most partisan Democrats that the House would impeach the president. (Stolberg and Pear, 3/26)
The Washington Post: Trump Surprises Republicans — And Pleases Democrats — With Push To Revive Health-Care Battle
In a new court filing, the Justice Department argued that the ACA, also known as Obamacare, should be thrown out in its entirety, including provisions protecting millions of Americans with preexisting health conditions and allowing young adults to stay on their parents' health-care plans. President Trump praised the move during a lunch with Senate Republicans, and suggested the GOP should embrace a new congressional battle over health-care policy ahead of the 2020 elections. "Let me tell you exactly what my message is: The Republican Party will soon be known as the party of health care," he told reporters before the lunch. "You watch." (Olorunnipa and Kim, 3/26)
The Wall Street Journal: Democrats Signal Renewed Focus On Health Care After Mueller Findings
"We've never taken our focus off the for-the-people agenda," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) told reporters on Tuesday after meeting with the Democratic caucus. She said the party would push to lower the cost of health care, build infrastructure and clean up government. Rep. James Clyburn (D., S.C.), the House majority whip, appeared to go a step further. "I believe that the Mueller report has been done. It's a chapter that's closed," Mr. Clyburn said. Pointing to a filing by the Justice Department late Monday that asked a court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act, Mr. Clyburn said health care is "the No. 1 thing on people's minds." (Hughes and Peterson, 3/26)
Reuters: Trump Administration Steps Up Obamacare Attack, Asks Court To Overturn Law
Democrats said the move to overturn Obamacare would overshadow Republican President Donald Trump's claim of victory following the conclusion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The legal filing gave Democrats a natural opening to focus on an issue they say is more important to voters than the Mueller investigation. "We always felt that the issues that affect average Americans - healthcare, climate change, jobs - (are) far more important to them, and to us, than what happens in an investigation," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters. (3/26)
The Associated Press: Trump's Attack On 'Obamacare' Gives Democrats A Fresh Issue
"This is something that Americans care deeply about," said Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, a White House hopeful. "I may not have been asked about the Mueller report at town hall meetings, but I was sure asked about health care." Other Democrats appeared to relish the chance to shift to health care. Asked if the Trump administration's court filing allowed Democrats to turn the page on Mueller, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would have been talking about health care no matter what. "We have been dealing with health care constantly," the California Democrat said. "The public attention has been on the Mueller report, but we have been focused on health care." (3/26)
Los Angeles Times: Trump Reopens Obamacare Repeal Debate, And Democrats Are Thrilled
In a closed-door lunch with the senators, the president issued a vague call to them to address healthcare to lower costs, according to several lawmakers in the room. "He led off on that and he spent a good bit of time on it. It's clearly on his mind, and it's clear to me he wants us to take another run on it," said Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana. "I thought that he'd immediately start talking about the Mueller report or China," the country at the center of Trump's trade agenda. (Bierman, Haberkorn and Levey, 3/26)
San Franciso Chronicle: The Trump Administration Is Attacking The Affordable Care Act Yet Again
California, along with more than a dozen other states, has intervened in court to defend the ACA. As important as that fight is, it'll take place against the backdrop of a much larger war in this country over the extent to which Americans want government support for health care.In 2020, the Democrats are betting that the country wants far more support than we have now. The Trump administration is betting — against all available evidence — that we want none at all. The final decision will be made by the voters, not by the courts. (3/26)
Politico: White House Obamacare Reversal Made Over Cabinet Objections
The Trump administration's surprising move to invalidate Obamacare on Monday came despite the opposition of two key cabinet secretaries: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Attorney General Bill Barr. Driving the dramatic action were the administration's domestic policy chief, Joe Grogan, and the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russ Vought, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the decision. Both are close allies of White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who helped to engineer the move. (Johnson and Everett, 3/26)
The New York Times: What Happens If Obamacare Is Struck Down?
The Affordable Care Act was already in peril after a federal judge in Texas invalidated the entire law late last year. But the stakes ramped up again this week, when President Trump's Justice Department announced it had changed its position and agreed with the judge that the entire law, not just three pieces of it, should be scrapped. A coalition of states is appealing the ruling. If it is upheld, tens of millions more people would be affected than those who already rely on the nine-year-old law for health insurance. Also known as Obamacare, the law touches the lives of most Americans, from nursing mothers to people eating at chain restaurants. (Abelson, Goodnough and Pear, 3/26)
Reuters: Purdue Pharma Agrees To $270 Million Settlement In Oklahoma Opioid Case
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and members of the wealthy Sackler family that own the company reached a $270 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit brought by the state of Oklahoma accusing the drugmaker of fueling an opioid abuse epidemic. The settlement unveiled by Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter on Tuesday was the first to result from a wave of lawsuits accusing Purdue of deceptively marketing painkillers, helping create a deadly crisis sweeping the United States. (3/26)
The New York Times: Purdue Pharma And Sacklers Reach $270 Million Settlement In Opioid Lawsuit
The payment, negotiated to settle a case brought by the state of Oklahoma, was far larger than two previous settlements Purdue Pharma had reached with other states. It could jolt other settlement talks with the company, including those in a consolidated collection of 1600 cases overseen by a federal judge in Cleveland. "Purdue appears to have concluded that it was less risky to settle the Oklahoma case than have the allegations publicly aired against it during a televised trial and face exposure to what could have been an astronomical jury verdict," said Abbe R. Gluck, a professor at Yale Law School who directs the Solomon Center for Health Policy and Law. (Hoffmank, 3/26)
The Washington Post: Purdue Pharma, State Of Oklahoma Reach Settlement In Landmark Opioid Lawsuit
Under the terms of the Oklahoma settlement, Purdue will immediately contribute $102.5 million to establish a new foundation for addiction treatment and research at Oklahoma State University. Members of the Sackler family, who own the company but were not defendants in the case, will pay an additional $75 million in personal funds over five years. Purdue also will provide $20 million worth of treatment drugs, pay $12 million to cities and towns and cover about $60 million in litigation costs. (Bernstein and Zezima, 3/26)
Politico: Purdue Pharma Agrees To $270M Opioid Settlement With Oklahoma
The $275 million for 6,700 Oklahoma deaths comes out to roughly $41,000 per death — which would mean Purdue and the Sacklers could end up paying a staggering $16 billion if these numbers were spread across the nation, although the settlements aren't likely to follow a precise pattern. Purdue agreed to spend $102.5 million to create the center, located in the university's wellness and recovery department, and to donate $20 million worth of medicines to support treatment over the next five years. Purdue will also give $72.5 million to state and local governments combating the opioid crisis. Of that, $12.5 million is for local government and up to $60 million will be for costs and fees related to the litigation. (Goldberg, 3/26)
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Politico: White House, Pelosi In Talks On Drug Pricing Legislation
The Trump administration has held early-stage conversations with Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staff about drug-pricing legislation that could provide each side with a domestic policy victory, according to White House and congressional sources. Democrats and the Trump administration have made reducing drug costs a priority, but accomplishing anything could be difficult, especially since the administration has taken an aggressive stance to overturn Obamacare in federal court. (Karlin-Smith and Cancryn, 3/26)
The Wall Street Journal: Senate Panel Considers 'Red Flag' Gun Laws In Aftermath Of Mass Shootings
A GOP-led Senate committee held a rare gun-control hearing Tuesday on measures aimed at temporarily blocking dangerous people from accessing firearms, following a wave of states' decisions to allow such curbs. The Senate Judiciary Committee focused Tuesday on extreme-risk protection orders, also known as red-flag laws, aimed at allowing courts to temporarily take guns from people deemed dangerous. Extreme-risk protection orders are designed to generally let family members or law-enforcement officials petition a court for an order that would temporarily block that person from being able to buy a firearm, or enable officials to remove his or her weapons. (Peterson, 3/26)
The Washington Post: Gilead Profits From Tuvada HIV Treatment Funded By Taxpayers And Patented By The U.S. Government
Thomas Folks spent years in his U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab developing a treatment to block deadly HIV in monkeys. Then San Francisco AIDS researcher Robert Grant, using $50 million in federal grants, proved the treatment worked in people who engaged in risky sex. Their work — almost fully funded by U.S. taxpayers — created a new use for an older prescription drug called Truvada: preventing HIV infection. But the U.S. government, which patented the treatment in 2015, is not receiving a penny for that use of the drug from Gilead Sciences, Truvada's maker, which earned $3 billion in Truvada sales last year. (Rowland, 3/26)
The Associated Press: Panel To Review Indian Health System's Treatment Of Children
The Trump administration is creating a task force to investigate how an Indian Health Service doctor was able to sexually assault children in his care. The White House announced Tuesday that the Presidential Task Force on Protecting Native American Children in the Indian Health Service System will be co-chaired by President Donald Trump's domestic policy adviser and the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. (3/26)
Reuters: U.S. Expands Abortion 'Gag Rule,' Cuts Funding To Regional Bloc: Pompeo
The Trump administration on Tuesday expanded its anti-abortion policies, cutting funding to the Organization of American States (OAS) and prohibiting the use of U.S. tax dollars to lobby for or against abortion rights. Trump in 2017 reinstated a policy known as the "Mexico City Policy," requiring foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive U.S. family planning funds to certify they do not provide abortions or give abortion advice. (3/26)
The New York Times: New York Suburb Declares Measles Emergency, Barring Unvaccinated Children From Public
An executive order pulled close to 6,000 unvaccinated children out of schools. Nearly 17,000 doses of the measles-mumps-rubella (M.M.R.) vaccine were given in 26 weeks. There was a public health campaign in which community officials, doctors and rabbis testified to the importance of immunizations. None of those efforts stemmed the severe measles outbreak that has been plaguing Rockland County in New York since October. (Gold and Pager, 3/26)
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EEIP is a Texas Education Agency (TEA) grant program that funds innovation in teacher supports and leadership opportunities. This report summarizes the four-year implementation of EEIP schools and provides valuable lessons learned from the program.
This report summarizes Fall 2017 Texas Kindergarten Early Assessment (TX-KEA) results for Austin Independent School District (AISD) kindergarten students, examining those with or without prior AISD prekindergarten experience. Test domains summarized in the report include vocabulary, listening comprehension, blending, letter names, letter sounds, math, and socioemotional.
This report summarizes 2008-2009 program evaluation results for a state grant to improve students' grades in science courses, to increase students' chances of graduating, and to increase 10th- and 11th-grade students' scores on the state science test.
This evaluation report presents a baseline description of outcomes for the 2017-2018 school year, the first year of GEAR UP Austin implementation in AISD. Specifically, the report describes program implementation, students' participation in GEAR UP Austin, and baseline student academic and college preparation outcomes.
To gather information about student perspectives of the GEAR UP program, the AISD evaluation team conducted students focus groups with students at six GEAR UP campuses in the fall of 2018. This report presents summary of findings related to students' feedback in the following areas: (a) understanding of the GEAR UP program, (b) GEAR UP facilitators, (c) GEAR UP activities, (d) intention to attend college, (e) teacher expectations, and (f) any other information students wanted to know about college.
This report summarizes the 2005-2006 program evaluation results of AISD's Texas Accelerated Science Achievement Program.


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Regarding BIM system, I would like to know how to measure the works already done during the construction.
It always happens when you are going to measure (for example) columns not all are completed. One of them has formwork but not concrete, the other one has completed and the last one has only the steel but not concrete.
I´ve seen some cases that they create phases in the model to know what is completed each month. But, how can I know the real measure of the works already done each month? I know that I could define the percentage of progress of each element. In a small construction is that ok, but not in a big one. And make a percentage of all columns it wouldn't be real.
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2. Piva SR, Fitzgerald GK, Irrgang JJ, et al. Associates of Physical Function and Pain in Patients with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2009;90(2):285-295. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2008.08.214.
3. Rabin A, et al. Measures of Range of Motion and Strength Among Healthy Women With Differing Quality of Lower Extremity Movement During the Lateral Step Down Test. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. 2010; 40(12): 792–800.
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Sub Title: The tent of meeting.
BOLD Christian outreach promises from the book of Psalm.
How can unholy people come into the presence of a Holy and Righteous God without being consumed by fire?
David asks, "Who may stay in Your tent?"
He answers, "Only the pure and righteous."
So how can we sinners stand in the presence of a Holy God?
At the time of David in the Jewish tradition the priest prepared themselves for entering into the presence of God by ceremonial washing and through the offering of sacrifices. They sprinkled blood on the altar and on their garments, and then they sprinkled blood on the people to remove the guilt of their sin. This was to make them righteous in the sight and presence of a Holy God. But this ceremonial cleansing was only symbolic and it had to be repeated over and over again. However, when Jesus, who was without sin, died on the cross He became THE sacrifice that paid the price for the sins of all people for all time, past, present, and future. By allowing Himself to be beaten and crucified on a cross He satisfied the demand that was placed on all people as a result of their inborn sinful nature. He made it possible for sinners to come into the presence of God by covering them with a robe of righteousness. This robe is a covering of blood (Jesus Christ's blood); the blood He shed in payment for our sin. It is given to those who believe in Jesus Christ.
Those who trust in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins are given just that, complete forgiveness of their sins. They become the adopted children of God. Their sins are covered by Jesus' blood and they are brought into the presence of God as forgiven and redeemed children.
To answer David's question, only those who have had their sins forgiven will be able to stand before God in His tent of meeting and to come into His presence on His holy mountain. This privilege came to those who believed in the promise of a Messiah and now comes through faith in Jesus Christ, who is the promised Messiah. Because Jesus has paid the price for our disobedience, we are now able to stand before God with our sins forgiven.
When we come to worship God do we take this privilege for granted?
Do we still stand in awe of Jesus Christ and what He has done for us?
Do we come out of reverence for God and all things sacred?
Do we have a healthy sense of fear, love, and respect for God and for what He has done for us?
Are we going through the motions of worship out of duty or obligation?
Are we putting on a show for others?
Are we living the life of piety on the outside, but rebellious and unrepentant on the inside?
Are we taking God's love for granted?
Now that we have God's approval by faith, we have peace with God because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done. Through Christ we can approach God and stand in his favor. Romans 5:1-2 (God's Word).
Since Christ's blood has now given us God's approval, we are even more certain that Christ will save us from God's anger. If the death of his Son restored our relationship with God while we were still his enemies, we are even more certain that, because of this restored relationship, the life of his Son will save us. In addition, our Lord Jesus Christ lets us continue to brag about God. After all, it is through Christ that we now have this restored relationship with God. Romans 5:9-11 (God's Word).
God said, "You will be holy!"
Jesus said, "You must be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect."
We are made holy not by what we do or how we act or think. This is not about having good morals or having a set of rules that we follow. It comes as we acknowledge our sinfulness and our need for forgiveness of our sins. It comes as a gift from God as He gives us the faith to believe that Jesus Christ has the power to forgive our sins. We are given God's righteousness and are made holy though faith in Jesus Christ!
"Who may stay in your tent?"
Is this an invitation to come into the presence of God?
Is this a question based on LAW or GOSPEL?
To understand the outreach promise of this Psalm one has to understand God's desire to have all people live with Him on His holy mountain. This is not meant for the select few who are morally good (no one except Christ fits in that group.), but for all who come to realize that they are unworthy of God's grace and in need of God's mercy. The promise is carried out and given to everyone who humbly places themselves at the mercy of God. The promise is made on the basis of the one who will settle the account of our sin with God. This one is the only one worthy to stand before God. This one is none other than Jesus Christ.
The promise is fulfilled in Jesus Christ!
In Christ we have redemption and forgiveness of sins and will be able to come into the presence of our holy God on His Mountain. As we BOLDly proclaim this good news to others we can be confident that those who by the work of the Holy Spirit humble themselves before Christ will be lifted up and set on high with God.


…now a museum. Discover the Old Court Room including the dock as it was used until 1886, with the prison cells, exercise yard & Tudor window on the ground floor below.
There has been a court house and gaol in Pevensey since Tudor times, although the origin of this building is uncertain. It also came to serve as the town hall.
The timber ceiling is mainly 17th century. The entrance porch, exercise yard and prison cells, including the adjacent robing room, were added circa 1830 when the building was in urgent need of upgrading.
The court furniture including the dock remain in place as they were last used in 1886, when the Corporation ceased to exist.
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CDDF announces new leadership – 22 June 2020
by Cancer Drug Development Forum | Aug 27, 2020 | CDDF News
CDDF is excited to announce newly elected board members and officers appointed at its first General Assembly since its establishment as a non-profit association in Belgium that took place on 9 June 2020.
The CDDF wishes to thank its outgoing board members, Prof. Leif Hakansson and Prof. Max Scheulen, for their tireless efforts and dedication to CDDF over the last few years.
Prof. John Smyth has replaced Prof. Leif Hakansson as chair of the Board of Directors for a three-year term. We warmly welcome Prof. John Smyth in his new role.
We also warmly welcome incoming board member, Prof. Eva Skovlund; incoming deputy chair, Prof. Ruth Plummer, replacing Prof. John Smyth; and incoming Director of the Board, Dr. Catarina Edfjäll.
Eva Skovlund, Professor of medical statistics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, has ten years of regulatory experience in drug licencing at the Norwegian and European Medicines Agencies.
Ruth Plummer, Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine at Newcastle University, specialises in treating patients with melanoma and directs the Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre in the UK.
Dr. Catarina Edfjäll looks back on 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry with a strong focus on regulatory affairs and is motivated by a deep commitment to deliver effective medicine to patients with serious diseases.
The diverse experience and backgrounds of our board members enable the CDDF to represent a range of viewpoints and concerns to best achieve its mission to advance cancer care treatment and delivery.
We recognise the hard work and commitment of CDDF leadership in supporting its mission and are confident of the excellence and knowledge these new leaders will bring to CDDF to further its objectives.
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Subcutaneous Formulation of Celltrion's Biosimilar Infliximab Authorized by European Commission
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Celltrion Healthcare announced that the European Commission has authorized Remsima SC, a subcutaneously administered formulation of its biosimilar infliximab, CT-P13, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The product is the first subcutaneous infliximab option to be approved in any regulatory territory.
Celltrion Healthcare announced that the European Commission has authorized Remsima SC, a subcutaneously administered formulation of its biosimilar infliximab, CT-P13, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The product is the first subcutaneous infliximab option to be approved in any regulatory territory.
The drug is authorized to treat RA in patients who are also taking methotrexate, those who have had an inadequate response to conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, and treatment-naïve patients.
Authorization was based on data that included those from a randomized phase 1 and phase 3 study among 348 patients with RA that showed the effectiveness and tolerability of the subcutaneous formulation at 1 year. The data also showed that patients can be safely switched to the subcutaneous formulation of CT-P13 from the intravenous formulation.1
"The development of Remsima SC demonstrates that Celltrion Healthcare is not just a biosimilar company, it is also an innovative company that strives for novel solutions such as the SC formulation of biosimilar infliximab," said Hyoung-Ki Kim, vice chairman at Celltrion Healthcare, in a statement announcing the authorization. "We develop cost-effective and patient-centered treatments to enable more patients to gain access to biologics that have proven efficacy and safety profiles."
He added that Celltrion Healthcare has expanded its business operations in European markets ahead of an expected first quarter 2020 launch for the product. Speaking to The Center for Biosimilars® earlier this month, Sang Joon Lee, PhD, senior executive vice president of Celltrion, said that although a price has not yet been set for the drug, it could help reduce costs related to infliximab therapy.
The drug maker has also applied for patents on subcutaneous infliximab in approximately 100 countries worldwide, including the United States, and says that the patents will protect the drug until 2038.
In addition to its indication in RA, the subcutaneous formulation has also been studied in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), for which Celltrion is also seeking an indication from the European Medicines Agency. In a phase 1 pivotal study, the subcutaneous formulation and the intravenous formulation of CT-P13 were comparable in terms of clinical remission rates for patients with IBD at week 30 of treatment.2
A European decision on the drug in IBD is expected, says the company, by mid-2020. The drug maker is also enrolling a phase 3 study in the United States in patients with IBD to support an application to the FDA. In the US context, Celltrion has indicated, the subcutaneous product will be treated as a new product, rather than submitted under the biosimilar approval pathway.
1. Westhovens R, Wiland P, Zawadzki M, et al. Efficacy and safety of a novel subcutaneous formulation of CT-P13 over the 1-year treatment period and after switching from intravenous CT-P13 in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: results from part 2 of phase I/III randomized controlled trial. Presented at: The American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting; November 8-13, 2019; Atlanta, GA. Abstract 548.
2. Schreiber S, Leszczyszyn J, Dudkowiak R, et al. Noninferiority of novel subcutaneous infliximab (CT-P13) to intravenous infliximab (CT-P13) in patients with active Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: week 30 results from a multicenter, randomized controlled pivotal trial. Presented at: United European Gastroenterology Week 2019; October 29-23, 2019; Barcelona, Spain.
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The muscular dystrophies are known to target various muscle groups differentially. In addition to making limb muscles weak, muscular dystrophy (MD) can also lead to decreased function of specific muscles involved in respiration causing breathing difficulties as well as leading to cardiac problems.
Using mouse models, researchers found that abdominal muscles may be severely involved in the muscular dystrophy process. The abdominal muscles are important to provide respiratory support when the diaphragm muscle has been damaged by the disease, so that additional abdominal muscle involvement can worsen the respiratory situation considerably. They further demonstrated that abdominal muscles are useful and accessible muscles to study in preclinical models as they reflect cardiopulmonary pathology. These findings are of great importance for understanding the progression of cardio-respiratory failure in the human disease. This report appears in the current issue of the Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases.
In heart failure respiratory function is critically important. In MD where both breathing muscles and cardiac muscles are affected, this interdependence can lead to accelerated pathology. Normally, the diaphragm muscle drives about 50% of respiratory force, but other muscles provide the remainder. In MD, that balance is changed once the diaphragm becomes damaged. As the disease progresses, the abdominal muscles take over more of the respiratory function, but little is known about how the abdominal muscles themselves are affected by the progression of the disease, and whether these changes in abdominal muscle function correlate to underlying cardiopulmonary pathology.
Two mouse models helped researchers study the effects of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies (LGMD): the mdx mouse and the Sgcg mouse, respectively. The Sgcg mouse has a genetic mutation that results in similar pathology as observed in humans including significant diaphragm muscle damage. Using Sgcg mice, researchers performed echocardiography to determine cardiac function and then analyzed different muscle groups histologically in a comparative manner to determine disease progression and the correlation among these distinct features of MD.
This study is openly available at http://iospress.metapress.com/content/d11315k6172w06p0/fulltext.pdf.
"Cardiac function in muscular dystrophy associates with abdominal muscle pathology,"by Brandon B. Gardner, Kayleigh A. Swaggart, Gene Kim, Sydeaka Watson, and Elizabeth M. McNally (DOI 10.3233/JND-140062), Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, Volume 2, Issue 1 (February 2015) published by IOS Press. The study is openly available at http://iospress.metapress.com/content/d11315k6172w06p0/fulltext.pdf.
Contact Daphne Watrin, IOS Press, +31 20 688 3355, d.watrin@iospress.nl for additional information. Journalists may contact Dr. Elizabeth M. McNally directly at 312-503-6258 or elizabeth.mcnally@northwestern.edu.


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We believe that safety and enjoyment are equally important when studying with Cambridge Education Group. By choosing to study with us you are making a major investment in your education and your future. this will be a fulfilling and exciting experience for you and it is vital that you are safe and secure during your studies.
It's essential for International Students to take out adequate insurance whilst studying. 'Student Cover' has been created in partnership with Engsleigh, the UK's largest student insurance provider. With both Standard and Standard Travel plus private Medical options, 'Student Cover' is specifically designed to meet your needs whilst studying with us - from the time you set off to the moment you arrive back home.
It is important that you understand the key components of your Student Cover policy while you're studying in the UK. In the event that you need to make a claim, it is important to understand exactly what you're covered for and to what extent you are covered under your Student Cover policy.
Please note: All premiums shown are inclusive of Insurance Premium Tax at the current rate. The beneficiary MUST be aged under 66 years old at the time of departure. Cover under Personal Accident (other and death benefit) are not available to anyone over 65 or over.
1. Why do I need insurance?
Your safety is our primary concern. Furthermore, having insurance will offer peace-of-mind to both students and families before starting out on their studies.
2. What does insurance cover?
For full details of what is covered by the insurance policy, please refer to the policy document. The insurance will cover many unforeseen events and conditions that would affect the beneficiaries health, finances or long term well-being.
3. Is there anything the insurance does not cover?
Yes, as with all insurance policies there are a number of general exclusions listed in the group policy under 'General Exclusions' which should be read carefully in addition to the 'What is not covered' sections of the group policy. Please also note that under most sections of the group policy the beneficiary will be responsible for paying the first £50 of each and every claim. It is the responsibility of the beneficiary to read and ensure that they understand the group policy.
5. If I need to make a claim, when should I make it?
Claims should be made as soon as possible after the date of the incident for which the beneficiary is claiming. Claims must be made within 31 days of the incident.
6. What should I do if my baggage, money, passport or travel documents are lost, stolen or damaged?
The beneficiary must report to the local Police in the country where the incident occurred within 24 hours of discovery, or as soon as possible after that and obtain (at their own expense) a written report of the loss, theft or attempted theft of all baggage.
The beneficiary must provide (at their own expense) an original receipt or proof of ownership for items lost, stolen or damaged to help the beneficiary to substantiate their claim.
7. Who will deal with an insurance claim once it has been reported?
We realise that when a claim is made it is a very stressful time. A dedicated team of travel claim handlers will make the claim as stress free as possible and help to answer any questions there may be.
8. Can the school staff assist me with making claims and in emergencies?
All claims must be made by telephoning either of the numbers above in section entitled 'how to make a claim' online, or via email, depending upon the nature of the claim, staff can help make this call if required.
9. Is there a refund if I have travelled but do not make a claim within the period of insurance?
There is no refund due even if no claims are made during the period of insurance.
10. What is the period of cover?
Cancellation cover is operative from the time you are accepted for cover and shall terminate when you leave your home to commence your trip. For all other sections of the group policy, the insurance commences when you leave your home to commence the trip and terminates at the time of your return to your home in your home country on completion of the trip.
11. What type of activities would I be covered for while I am abroad?
Over 100 sports and activities are automatically included for no additional charge and most are covered in full however often they are undertaken during the trip. Please see the group policy document for further information.
Unless otherwise stated in the group policy documentation, cover is available for amateur sports competitions.
13. If I no longer want cover under the group policy, will I get a refund?
14. What is an adjustment and when is it required?
An adjustment is when the beneficiary requires details of their cover to be changed. This could include changing the departure date, duration or increasing the cover levels.
15. Am I covered if I have a medical condition?
Please refer to Eligibility Information for details on pre-existing medical conditions.
16. Why does Cambridge Education Group use this policy over other insurance policies?
Endsleigh, the provider of the group policy, has been insuring students for over 50 years. They have a reputation in the UK as being one of the permier providers of insurance for students which comes from being able to draw on that wealth experience.
17. Can I take any leisure trips under this policy whilst they are in the UK studying?
If you, the student, have purchased the policy, you can take leisure trips to Europe for a maximum of 21 days. This is the maximum number of days allowed during the period of insurance.
18. How long a time period constitures a break?
A student is studying on an English programme from September to December, they then go home (ie. abroad for 3 weeks over Christmas, return to the UK to start a Foundation course in January, they then return home (ie. abroad for the Easter period). This student has returned home for a recognised holiday period and would only require a single policy.
A student studies an English programme from January to June, returns home for the summer (ie. 3 months) and returns in September to commence a Foundation programme. This student would require two policies. One from January to June for the English programme and one from September to June for the Foundation programme.
A student studies a programme from September to June but goes home (ie. abroad) at Christmas (3 weeks, and Easter 2 weeks). This student has returned home for a recognised holiday period and would only require a single policy.
A student studies from September to December and then has a break for 3 months and goes home (ie. abroad) and returns in April. This student would require two policies.
Please note: Where a single policy is issued, it needs to cover the initial arrival date and the FINAL departure date. The cover does extend to allow up to 21 days European travel during the period of insurance.
Important note: Listed above are some of the most frequently asked questions about the student insurance policy. This only covers some sections of your students cover and it is the responsibility of the student to read the policy carefully to ensure that they are entirely satisfied with the cover.
This Policy is administered by Endsleigh Insurance Services ltd and underwritten by Zurich Insurance plc.Endsleigh will share the personal details the group policy holder and beneficiaries provide with Zurich Insurance plc. To administer this group policy Zurich Insurance plc will hold and use information about the group policyholder and beneficiaries supplied by them and by medical providers. Zurich Insurance plc may send it in confidence for processing in the Zurich Insurance plc group (or to other companies acting on Zurich Insurance plc instructions) including those located outside the European Economic Area, however, Zurich Insurance plc has taken appropriate steps to ensure the same (or equivalent) level of protection of information in other countries as there is in the EU. Applications for further information should be addressed to the Group Data Protection Officer at Zurich Insurance plc.
We aim to provide a high level of service and pay claims fairly and promptly under the terms of the group policy. If the beneficiary is unhappy with any aspect of our service, please contact, in the first instance the person who originally dealt with the enquiry. Alternatively we can be contacted by: Telephone: 0800 085 8698 Post: Customer Liaison Department, Endsleigh Insurance Services Limited, Shurdington Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 4UE.
If the beneficiary remains dissatisfied they have the right to ask the Financial Ombudsman to review their case. The Ombudsman can be contacted at the following address:- The Financial Ombudsman Service, Exchange Tower, Harbour Exchange Square, London E14 9SR.
The beneficiary may withdraw from participation in the group policy at any time by giving notice of that intention to the group policyholder. Any return of premium will be calculated from the date such participation ceases, provided the beneficiary has not travelled or been the subject of a claim during any period for which cover was provided, in which case no refund will be due. We reserve the right to charge a reasonable administration fee.
You and anyone accepted for cover under this group policy (the beneficiary) is an international student (or their immediate family) studying for a degree or other recognised qualification at a College or University in the United Kingdom or studying a language course at an Accredited Language School in the United Kingdom.
You and anyone accepted for cover under this group policy (the beneficiary) MUST comply with the following conditions to have full protection of this group policy. If they do not comply this group policy may be cancelled or a claim may be refused or the amount of any claim payment reduced.
b) There has been a change in treatment (including medication, dosage, surgery, tests, investigations or diet) in the last 12 months.
a) Are waiting for an operation, hospital consultation (other than for regular checkups), or other hospital treatment or investigation.
b) Have within the last 6 months, been seen by a specialist (other than for regular checkups), had an operation or other hospital treatment or investigation.
c) Have received a terminal prognosis.
d) Have not had a diagnosis.
3. Any circumstances the beneficiary is aware of that could reasonably be expected to give rise to a claim on this group policy.
1. Any medical condition the beneficiary has in respect of which they are travelling against medical advice or for which they are travelling to obtain medical treatment abroad.
2. Any medical condition for which the beneficiary is not taking the recommended treatment or prescribed medication as directed by a medical practitioner.
3. The beneficiary travelling against any health requirements stipulated by the carrier, their handling agents or other public transport provider.
* Close relative – means mother, father, sister, brother, wife, husband, daughter, son, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in -law, son-in-law, daughter -in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in law, step parent, step child, step sister, step brother, foster child, legal guardian, partner, civil partner or fiancé fiancée.
** Close business associate -means any person whose absence from business for one or more complete days at the same time as the beneficiary's absence prevents the proper continuation of that business.
The beneficiary MUST give full and true answers to all questions. If they do not do so, this insurance cover may not protect them in the event of a claim.


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Q: nested attributes wont update rails This has stumped me for most of the day. I am trying to create a nested form for a join table.

*

*a job has_many job locations

*a job has_many locations through job locations

*a job location belongs to a job and a location

*a job location has many

*a location has many job locations

*a location has many jobs through locations

I want the user to select from a possible 5 locations, which I have in an array with their respective id's. The user selects these locations from the edit action of the job page, so I grab the job id by doing this:
@job.job_locations.build

This is where I am stuck.
I have added to my job model,   accepts_nested_attributes_for :job_locations which is below in order of the associations.
and then my form
     =simple_form_for edit_admin_job_path(@job) do |f|
      =f.simple_fields_for :job_locations do |p|
        =p.input :location_id, collection: @common_locations_array
        =f.submit

What am I missing?
I am using Rails 4, haml, and simple form.
Update
Could it be my collection in the nested form. the collection contains all the information of the location, not just the id. Shouldnt i be setting the input value? How would I do that?
added controller actions
def edit
    unless @job = Job.find_by(id: params[:id])
      flash[:error] = "Job could not be found"

      if @job_subject
        redirect_to(admin_polymorphic_jobs_path(@job_subject))
      else
        redirect_to root_path # points to /admin/searches/new
      end
    end
    @job.job_locations.build
    @location = Location.new
    @client = @job.client
    @locations_grouped_hash = JobLocation.group(:location_id).distinct.count(:id)
    @common_locations_hash = @locations_grouped_hash.sort_by { |k, v| v }.reverse.first(5).to_h
    @common_locations_array = []
    @common_locations_hash.each do |k, v|
      @common_locations_array << Location.find(k)
    end

    @job_types = JobType.get_all_job_types
  end

  # PUT-PATCH /admin/jobs/:id                        admin_job_path
  # PUT-PATCH /admin/clients/:client_id/jobs/:id     admin_client_job_path
  # PUT-PATCH /admin/contacts/:contact_id/jobs/:id   admin_contact_job_path
  def update
    @job = Job.find_by(id: params[:id])
      was_frozen = @job.workflow_frozen?

      @job.assign_attributes(job_params)
      job_changes = @job.changes
      will_be_frozen = @job.workflow_frozen?
      # this MUST be atomic!
      ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
        @job.freeze_stock! if (will_be_frozen && !was_frozen)
        if @job.save
          flash[:success] = "attributes updated"
        else
          flash[:error] = "Couldn't update the job. Please check for errors."
          @job_types = JobType.get_all_job_types
          render('admin/jobs/edit') and return
        end
        @job.unfreeze_stock! if (!will_be_frozen && was_frozen)
      end

      # We clear the associations before proceeding, because even
      # if params[:locations] is missing, it just means that the
      # user has deselected all of them before submitting
      @job.locations.clear

      # ...and here we re-add only the selecred ones
      if params[:locations]
        params[:locations].each do |loc_id|
          this_location = Location.find_by(id: loc_id)
          @job.locations << this_location if this_location
          # we can safely assume that all of these locations already belong to the client
        end
      end

      # OLD - replaced by NEW, below:
      #    We clear the associations before proceeding, because even
      #    if params[:contacts] is missing, it just means that the
      #    user has deselected all of them before submitting
      # @job.contacts.clear
      if params[:contacts]
        # NEW
        # first we need to remove the "not selected" contacts
        new_contact_ids = params[:contacts].map { |item| item.to_i }
        @job.contacts.each do |associated_contact|
          unless new_contact_ids.include?(associated_contact.id)
            @job.contacts.delete(associated_contact)
          end
        end

        # and now we add the selected ones
        # (we assume that all of these contacts already belong to the client)
        new_contact_ids.each do |new_contact_id|
          this_contact = Contact.find_by(id: new_contact_id)
          begin
            @job.contacts << this_contact if this_contact
          rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
            # the contact was already assigned
          end
        end
      else
        # all unchecked, let's remove them all
        @job.contacts.clear
      end
      AdminActivity.job_details_updated!(current_admin, @job, job_changes)
      redirect_to edit_admin_job_path(@job)

  end

Thanks

A: I believe you want = p.input :location_id, collection: @common_locations_array instead of =f.input since you're updating the location_id for job_location.
UPDATE:
After a chat with @user3868832, he had to update:
=simple_form_for edit_admin_job_path(@job) do |f|
to =simple_form_for :job do |f|
which allowed his form to actually hit the update action.


My name is Pinar Aksu, I was born in Turkey but when I was 8 years old my family needed to seek asylum in the UK. The year was 2001 and my family was one of the many who got moved from London to Scotland as part of the dispersal programme. As asylum seekers, life was not easy for us. You were not allowed to work, receiving just £36 per week to try to live on.
There were many other barriers: you can only go to school, when it comes to college you can study to certain levels and cannot get higher qualification. You cannot attend university because you will be counted as an international student and charged very high fees.
Every day was a struggle during these years, but then things got worse.
The UK Home Office started detaining a lot of families – including mine. My parents, my 2 siblings and I were detained for over 2 months in an immigration removal centre called Dungavel in rural Scotland and then in Yarlswood in England. I describe Yarlswood and Dungavel as a prison – I don't see any difference between a detention centre and a prison.
We were treated as criminals. Governments may use different words to make these policies sound acceptable, however it is the same as I was being deprived of my liberty without cause. Our rights as citizens were taken away. As a child at the time, I saw many things that no child should see.
I saw violence as families resisted being returned to the dangers of their homeland against their wishes. I even saw people committing suicide as they gave up hope and felt that was the only option left for them to escape. The UK has no time limit on detention, so no one knew when they would be out which made it difficult to have hope. We were not criminals, we did nothing wrong, but even criminals in prison know when they will get out.
It was challenging times for myself and for my family.
My family was one of the lucky few who were released from the detention centre. And soon after received our Leave to Remain papers which is the refugee status. This was due to our friends and activists by organising grassroots campaigning, support from politicians and support from the community which allowed us to come out from detention. The hard work of local campaigning groups such as Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees, The Unity Centre, Right to Remain and many more were able to save many children, families and individuals from detention and removal centres across Scotland and England.
Now I live in Scotland and I have completed my masters in Human Rights and International Politics. I continue to work with and for the people who seek safety in Scotland. There are still 13 immigration detention and removal centres across the UK which are controlled by prison services and private sector companies – such as Serco and G4S. I campaign for the closure of Dungavel removal centre in Scotland, and provided evidence to end child detention for campaigning groups and for the Scottish government.
In Scotland in 2010, it was announced that the detention of children at Dungavel would be ended. This was a remarkable success as it showed what a single-issue campaign can achieve – here we saw a united community, with trade unions, politicians and the broader public working to make things better for children.
When I look back at my experience, it is clear that our first experience of seeking asylum was far better than the time I spent in detention. I have now learnt that the first program I was involved in is the kind that many experts call an 'alternative to detention' – allowing for people to live in the community while they wait for their migration status to be clarified. The work that you are doing here at the council to make alternatives to detention available across Europe is important, especially as even short periods in detention can have horrible, long lasting impacts on child health and development.
Sadly, child detention still occurs across the UK despite this promise in 2010 when an alternative centre was built, called Cedars. Unfortunately it is expected that child detention will rise in the UK in 2018, with the recent closure of Cedars, and children being transferred to Tinsley House Adult detention centre. No child should be in detention – but if they are being detained, it is obviously better that significant efforts are put in place to make a facility safe for children, rather than putting them in a prison for adults.
One important strategy to help end child detention is to engage with the local people, building connections and organising meetings, multicultural and community events and marches to welcome refugees such as the annual UN Anti-Racism Day which helps to create a platform to understand one another. These types of events help to educate and connect people so they know there is no 'them and us', there is only us humans – one human race. Engagement relies on dialogue and understanding, and campaigns at local and national level must have elements that dispel myths about migrants and refugees, and work equally to empower refugees and migrants and show the positive role that we play in the community.
Alternatives to detention – were children can live in house with their family, has been shown to enable people to meet their basic needs, it costs less, allows them to get support and it is more humane. We must ensure that alternatives to detention are exactly this, and not alternative forms of detention. For me, and many of the worlds leading UN Experts, a person should not be detained for seeking safety and refuge in another country, let alone a child. It is a very basic human right not to be tortured or treated inhumanely and not be discriminated based on race, colour, religion and birth place.
Firstly, it is important to create local and national campaigns and networks of support which provide true stories to reflect the human side of the process of seeking asylum. I was involved with the "living library" Event at the Council of Europe, coordinated by The Global Campaign to End Child detention. Parliamentarians could "borrow" me or other experts in the living library for a 10 minute conversation. It added a human face to the situation, beyond dry statistics and reports. It created discussion, dialogue and understanding, which was a great way to start the 3 year Parliamentary Campaign to End Child Immigration Detention.
Secondly, it is important to have a strategy to engage politicians and all of the arms of a government system. It is important to show the human cost of policies, but it is also important that political will is built. Sometimes these two can be challenging to do at the same time, with politicians defending the ethics of their current position. We must understand how we can use the current political environment to build government engagement.
Thirdly, child rights organisations need to do more by consistently using evidence and international instruments such as the Human Rights treaties, the CRC, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) and the refugee convention. It is important to use the legal instruments as a tool for the country to change its policy. The Global Compacts present an opportunity for us to hold our governments to account. The commitments they have made in the NY Declaration to work towards ending child detention could be nothing more if we do not find a way to motivate them implement international legal standards.
Finally, more research needs to be done by NGOs – while there is a lot of research showing how detention is not working and its extremely harmful impacts on child development, more needs to be done to show if alternatives to detention is successful or not.
In my opinion, no child no person should ever be detained. Using methods such as age assessment, and detention will only traumatise the child. Especially in the UK, the immigration and the asylum system needs to go through major reforms starting with a 28 day time limit and working towards essentially ending detention.
Thanks to all organisers for listening to my voice and experience and to The Global Campaign to End Child Detention for inviting me over from Scotland.


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Q: How do you create a three part conditional render using react? I am trying to create a conditional render and seem to be messing up somehow. Is this possible?
location: `${props.off_campus_location ? ( `${props.off_campus_location}` ) : ( `${props.campus_location.name}` ) : ( `${props.location_type}` )}`,
Error I am getting:

Unexpected token, expected "}" (15:118)

A: You're trying to use ternary operators with invalid syntax. The MDN docs have a great explanation for how this construct should be used.
You could use a sequence of || operators to render the first truthy value in the sequence, like this:
location: `${props.off_campus_location ? ( `${props.off_campus_location}` ) : ( `${props.campus_location.name}` || `${props.location_type}` )}`

Although I think what you're trying to accomplish would be much cleaner if you just used an if statement, but of course, that's personal preference.

A: For whatever it is worth I usually just move these out to a helper method
class SomeComponent extends React.Component {
   render() {
     const someProp = this.state.someProps

     const someComplexStatement = () => {
       if(someProp === 1) {
         return (1)
       } else if (someProp === 2) {
         return (2)
       }
     }
     return (

         { someComplexStatement() }

     )
   }
}

You can move this to a class method, some other component, whatever makes sense. The ternary operators are a bit hard to read for my tastes so I try to clean it up a bit. There's no "right" answer here, but if I'm going more than a simple if/else I try to avoid them.


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London Cycling Campaign designs Safer Urban Lorry (+ video)
by Simon MacMichael March 20 2013
Group urges construction industry to adopt similar designs to reduce risk of death and injury among cyclists and pedestrians
The London Cycling Campaign has designed a 'Safer Urban Lorry' and is urging the construction industry to adopt similar designs for vehicles to reduce the number of cyclists killed or injured following collisions with HGVs. The design sees the driver sit lower in the cab, which itself has more glass to enable them to see more of what is going on around the vehicle.
Lorries account for 5 per cent of the capital's traffic, but are involved in around half of cyclist fatalities, with construction vehicles proving particularly dangerous, so features such as better driver visibility is an obvious starting point for attempts to improve safety.
They are also involved in a significant number of pedestrian injuries and deaths, and LCC says that the most common explanation given by a driver after an incident is that they simply did not see the victim in the moments before it happened.
Earlier this year, a report from the Transport Research Laboratory commissioned by Transport for London highlighted a number of safety concerns surrounding constuction lorries operating in the city.
LCC, which is continuing to run its Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling campaign, has produced a video showing the design, based on that of refuse lorries already deployed on the streets of London and other cities throughout Britain.
LCC's haulage expert Charlie Lloyd, himself a former lorry driver, said: "Our Safer Urban Lorry design is a challenge to the construction industry to use vehicles that help reduce the terrible number of people on bikes and on foot who are killed by lorries.
"The restricted view from the cab of many of today's construction lorries means the driver often has little or no idea who or what is in their immediate vicinity, which is totally unacceptable."
Geoff Lee, who lost his wife Hilary when she was killed by a lorry while cycling in Barnet last October, added: "The construction industry has a duty to do everything it can to prevent more people being killed by its vehicles. Perhaps if more lorries were designed like this lorry, then fewer innocent people would die on our streets."
LCC says that "Current construction lorry design prioritises off-road convenience and site cost saving over safety. The high driving position encourages drivers to go faster and closer to other traffic; it doesn't reduce danger.
"The Safer Urban Lorry features can be adopted without significant risk to the driver or the lorry because (1) new lorries don't need such a high ground clearance because site roads are becoming better graded for all vehicles and (2) low-entry cabs reduce falls and injuries to drivers, and encourage more cautious driving."
It has also summarised the design features of its Safer Urban Lorries as follows:
1. Lower driving position: The seating position in our lorry is approximately 60cm lower than in a conventional construction lorry, which provides the driver with a much improved view of what's happening around the vehicle, significantly reducing risk to anyone in the immediate area. Inside a traditionally designed lorry a cyclist in a normal riding position is invisible, yet the driver of our Safer Urban Lorry can see them clearly. [Pictures 3 & 4]
2. High-visibility glass panels: The windscreen and side windows are much larger in our design than those found in today's construction lorries, which means enhanced visibility to the front and the side, The area to the front-left of the lorry, where the vast majority of lorry-cyclist collisions occur, is clearly visible. [Picture 6]
3. Lower bumper clearance: Reducing clearance between the underside of the lorry and the ground helps lower the height of the cab and the seating position. It also increases the chance of a cyclist being pushed to the side in the event of a collision, rather than being dragged underneath the wheels. [Picture 7]
4. Sideguards: The sideguards work in the same way as the low bumper, increasing the likelihood of a cyclist being knocked away from the lorry in the event of a collision, rather than being dragged under its rear wheels and suffering much more serious harm. [Picture 8]
5. Early-warning cameras: The best of today's early-warning camera systems provide a 360-degree view around the lorry, ensuring the driver is aware of pedestrians and cyclists at the sides and rear of the lorry, even if they're not directly visible. [Picture 2a - interior of cab; Picture 9 - closeup of exterior camera]
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The National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing will take place November 4-6 in Florida International University's Biscayne Bay campus. Since the deadline is right around the corner (April 25), I wanted to know if anyone is planning on attending. If so, what are you thinking about presenting?


A social media sensation, the Chinese rover lasted for more than two years and deepened our understanding of lunar science.
Goodnight, moon bunny. The "Jade Rabbit" lunar rover adored by millions on social media has died, Chinese officials announced on August 3.
According to China's State Administration for Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense, the Yutu rover that piggybacked on the Chang'e-3 lunar lander has stopped operating after more than two years on the moon's surface.
During its lunar residency, the rover became a social media sensation in China: Its farewell post on Weibo received nearly a hundred thousand shares, likes, and comments, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The lander and rover, named for the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e and her pet rabbit, touched down on the northern basin known as Mare Imbrium in December 2013. Their safe arrival made China the third country ever to perform a soft landing on the lunar surface, after the Soviet Union and the United States.
Yutu's moon mission had its share of hiccups. The rover had previously been declared dead in February 2014, when it seemed to stop functioning after a cold lunar night. The rover came back to life a few weeks later, but while it could send data to Earth, it could no longer move.
Still, with communications up and running, Yutu was able to claim the record for longest operating rover on the moon in October 2015, New Scientist's Jacob Aron reports.
Meanwhile, instruments on Chang'e-3—including the only moon-based telescope—are still working more than two years after touchdown. And Chang'e-3 will soon have company: In 2017, China plans to send another lander to the moon that will return samples to Earth, if all goes well.
"China is trying to reach the top tier and show that they're a major space power," said Kevin Pollpeter, a Defense Group, Inc., analyst affiliated with the University of California, San Diego, in a previous interview. "They're also contributing real knowledge about the moon that we haven't been able to get before."


Nikola Karasová is a Ph.D. candidate in Contemporary History at the Institute of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. She specializes in modern Greek politics with an emphasis on post-conflict transition, extremism, and populism and published several articles related to these issues. She is interested in studying conspiracy theories that emerged in the public discourse of Greek political parties and of the Orthodox Church of Greece in the time of the economic crisis. In this respect, she co-authored a book chapter entitled "Greek Crisis and Foreign Intervention" (2015, with Kateřina Králová, in Czech) about the history of foreign interventionism into Greek politics and the use of "neo-colonialist" discourse during the Greek crisis, and is about to publish an article on conspiracy theories related to the Orthodox Church of Greece.


Using comprehensive data on bank lending and establishment-level outcomes from 1997-2011, this paper fails to find evidence in favor of the hypothesis that the small business lending channel is an important determinant of small business or overall economic activity. The shift-share style research design predicts county-level lending shocks using variation in pre-existing bank market shares and estimated bank supply-shifts. The results indicate that counties with negative predicted supply shocks experienced declines in small business loan originations throughout the entire period, indicating that it is costly for these businesses to find new lenders. However, we find that the predicted lending shocks only led to economically small declines in both small firm and overall employment during the Great Recession, and did not affect employment during the 1997-2007 period.