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Digital Health Transformation and the Healthcare Workforce
by Dana Trampas, MFHA, Senior Digital Health Specialist, HIMSS Analytics
A complex, evolving relationship, and the need to create a supportive environment
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the healthcare space and its livelihoods by forcing an industry-wide switch to digital care delivery models. This notion that care can be delivered remotely by moving some tasks from healthcare professionals to patients and caregivers is a seismic shift in the culture of the healthcare sector and its workforce.
This latest trend in healthcare of using information technology will only accelerate by consumer expectations and rapid technologic advancements such as robotics and artificial intelligence. In this new era of digital health transformation, healthcare employees are expected to work better and deliver more. Given this dynamic transformation of healthcare delivery, healthcare professionals are confronted with continuing changes in psychosocial working conditions of skills absence, increasing workload and complexity of task.
Current State of the Healthcare Environment
September 2022 marked the largest strike of private-sector nurses in U.S. history when 15,000 nurses walked out in Minnesota to protest understaffing and overworking (Gurley, 2022). According to the American Hospital Association (AHA), there will be a loss of 500,000 clinical professionals by the end of the year. One in five health care workers have left medicine since the COVID-19 pandemic began (Durbin, 2022).
Along with staffing shortages, the sheer stress and mental anguish of the caring profession was punctuated by the suicide of Dr. Lorne Breen, Dr. Radhika Lal Snyder, Michael Odell, RN, and countless others, including clinicians in residency.
What's more, healthcare workers are four times more likely to experience workplace violence. Nearly 50% of emergency physicians say they've been assaulted and 70% of emergency nurses report being hit or kicked on the job (Budd, 2020). A recent study by WELL Health of clinical support staff, who are primarily responsible for communicating and coordinating with patients, found 88% moderate to extreme burn out, and concluded that patient care quality is directly linked to how clinical support staff experience their job (Well Health, 2021).
Environment, Work Stressors and Digital Stress
The health effects of work stressors contribute directly to whether any human can sustain a healthy sense of well-being. Research indicates that stress alone accounts for a variety of health issues including high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, depression, acute injuries, substance abuse and more. All this impacts the workplace, resulting in increasing turnover, absenteeism, burnout, lower performance, and workers' compensation injuries.
The arduous training and professional commitment required of healthcare workers put them at higher risk of mental disorders, especially anxiety, depression, and burnout, as noted in overwhelming research findings from the pre-pandemic era. It is estimated that 30% of front-line health workers develop behavioral health conditions including, but not limited to, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as compared with 20% in the general population (Abbot et al., 2015). Brooks et al. found that long work hours in demanding circumstances, and not taking a day off each week, lead to fatigue, mental distress, job dissatisfaction and subjective health complaints.
The pandemic, disasters or public health emergencies have longstanding implications on healthcare professionals. Dealing with serious injuries or bodies of the dead results in a higher probability of developing PTSD, depression, alcohol problems, anxiety, stress, and fatigue symptoms as further evidenced by Brooks et al. Low perceived safety was associated with increased levels of depression, anxiety and other psychiatric symptoms (Brooks et al., 2016).
With the growing use of digital technology in care settings, the roles and responsibilities of the health workforce are transforming in an unprecedented manner. Health professionals are recognized as a key factor in the digital transformation of the health care sector. As digital technologies are embedded into everyday routines and environments, we must confront the concern of "technostress." This digital stress as defined by Bondanini, et al. is a "negative psychological state related to current or future use (or abuse) of technology and commonly associated with an individual's role in the workplace." This stress includes the tasks the individual is assigned to perform with technology as part of that role. The consequences of digital stress are physiological, psychosocial, organizational, and societal (Bondanini et al., 2020). Workers can develop physical health problems and psychosocial problems like anxiety, job dissatisfaction, decreased work engagement. And this can lead to mental exhaustion or self-belief of incompetence (Bondanini et al., 2020). It is important to note that poor digital health literacy is the most common barrier to the digital reform of healthcare on both the clinical and patient sides.
A Call to Action: What Can We Do Now?
A cooperative effort between organizational leadership and healthcare professionals is needed to foster an environment that protects the wellbeing of healthcare professionals. A healthy workplace would provide appropriate training and ensures the resiliency of its workforce by shielding them from overwork and excessive stress and supporting them to seek help when needed.
Healthcare professionals can carry the weight of their own safety and well-being as well as those they serve. Making programmatic changes to educate, offer support and protect their health and well-being would reduce the risk of burnout, fatigue, or other behavioral health issues associated with being overworked, uncertain, or stressed. By better identifying who's at higher risk, leaders can make better decisions in creating a safe, supportive workplace.
Evaluate: Develop and conduct a survey to identify what health risks need to be addressed. What does your workforce need? What are the daily struggles they face? Effective intervention must operate across multiple levels, bottom-up (as opposed to top-down) approach. Interventions should be theoretically informed and involve experts.
Examine the workplace environment: Does your work environment support a healthy workforce? Work upstream on the issues.
View job/role design: Control over-work, overtime, number of hours worked, and access to social support, etc.
What are the barriers or challenges that make it difficult for employees to practice healthy behaviors? Again, work upstream on issues pushing beyond physical fitness realms.
Educate: Bring in external experts from psychology, racial inequality, well-being, diversity, equity and inclusion. And discuss issues like the impact of racial trauma and injustice, emotional labor, violence and more to help the healthcare workforce better understand emotional trauma. Invest in taking care of employees' technical skills to avoid technostress. All staff must be educated on methods for coping with technology overload. Help them learn new skills as tech evolves.
What skills do we value as an organization?
What skills does the workforce need to thrive in their role now?
What skills does the workforce need to thrive in their role in the future?
Build: Establish community partnerships with state and local government agencies, colleges and universities, national nonprofit organizations, counseling centers, churches, youth groups, social service agencies, and advocacy organizations. Leadership must also build community by creating a climate of tolerance that allows employees to speak up. It's important for workplace culture to encourage peers to engage in respectful conversations and respectful disagreements when needed. Leadership must talk openly about safety, well-being and healthy behaviors.
Do workers let you know about mistakes, upsets or when things go wrong?
Follow: On October 20, 2022, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, released five components of a healthy workplace stating that, "Organizational leaders, managers, supervisors, and workers alike have an unprecedented opportunity to examine the role of work in our lives and explore ways to better enable all workers to thrive within the workplace and beyond." As the USA's top doctor, his message serves as a national call to action for the public health issue of workplace stress. This framework provides a guidelines to creating a supportive environment so that healthcare professionals can experiences physical and psychological safety. By following these steps – while digital transformation rapidly alters the healthcare atmosphere – the workforce can be provided the chance to thrive in a healthier environment.
Source: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/workplace-mental-health-well-being.pdf
Aiken, L., Sloane, D., Clarke, S., Poghosyan, L., Cho, E., You, L., Aungsuroch, Y. (2011, May 11). Importance of work environments on hospital outcomes in nine countries. Retrieved October 22, 2022, from https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/article/23/4/357/1802967
Bondanini, G., Giorgi, G., Ariza-Montes, A., Vega-Muñoz, A., & Andreucci-Annunziata, P. (2020, October 30). Technostress dark side of technology in the workplace: A scientometric analysis. Retrieved October 22, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7662498/#B46-ijerph-17-080…
Brooks, S. K., Dunn, R., Amlôt, R., Greenberg, N., & Rubin, G. J. (2016). Social and occupational factors associated with psychological distress and disorder among disaster responders: A systematic review. BMC Psychology, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-016-0120-9
Budd, K. (2020, February 24). Rising violence in the emergency department. Retrieved October 22, 2022, from https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/rising-violence-emergency-department
Cord, A., Barber, E., Burke, B., & Harvey, J. (2015, April 21). What's killing our medics? Retrieved October 22, 2022, from http://www.revivingresponders.com/originalpaper
Durbin, R. (2022, September 16). The Medical Crisis We Can Fix. Retrieved October 22, 2022, from https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3646473-the-medical-crisis-we…
Gurley, L. (2022, September 12). Largest private-sector nurses strike in U.S. history begins in Minnesota. Retrieved October 22, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/09/12/minnesota-nurses-str…
Longhini, J., Rossettini, G., & Palese, A. (2022, August 18). Digital Health Competencies among health care professionals: Systematic review. Retrieved October 22, 2022, from https://www.jmir.org/2022/8/e36414
Well Health. (2021, October 14). Study: 88% of Clinical Support Staff Experiencing Significant Burnout. Retrieved October 22, 2022, from https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/study-88-of-clinical-support-s…
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Il formaggio di capra siciliana (in siciliano: formaggiu ri capra), è un formaggio di latte caprino ed anche un prodotto tipico siciliano.
È una produzione tipica siciliana, come tale è stata ufficialmente riconosciuta e inserita nella lista dei prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali italiani (P.A.T) del Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali (Mipaaf).

Storia
Le origini di questo formaggio sono molto antiche e risalgono addirittura all'XI secolo a.C., Omero narra di una bevanda a base di formaggio caprino grattato. Aristotele, nel IV secolo a.C. soffermandosi sulle tradizioni casearie siciliane cita il gusto del latte caprino. Nel periodo Romano, II secolo a.C., Varrone esalta le qualità del latte di capra e dei formaggi caprini. Un accenno alla bontà del formaggio caprino appare nel Corso compiuto di agricoltura teorica pratica ed economica dell'abate Rozier verso la fine del XVIII secolo.

Caratteristiche
Il formaggio di capra siciliana formaggio a pasta dura e cruda. La forma è cilindrica a facce piane o solo lievemente concave. La crosta, oleosa dopo la cappatura con l'olio, è bianco-giallognola e sulla sua superficie si vedono i solchi lasciati dal canestro in cui viene formata. All'interno la pasta è compatta scarsamente occhiata, ha un colore bianco tenue tendente al giallo paglierino. Il sapore è piccante.

Produzione
È prodotto con tecniche tradizionali. Il latte viene fatto coagulare in una tina di legno a 35 °C con caglio in pasta di agnello o capretto o un misto dei due per 45 minuti. La cagliata viene fatta spurgare con le mani dopo essere stata posta in canestri di giunco detti fascedde. Queste lasciano sulla superficie della forma una particolare modellatura. In questa fase può essere aggiunto pepe nero in grani o peperoncino in fiocchi. Nella fase successiva la forma viene scottata per 4 ore con la scotta calda e infine posta su un tavoliere di legno ad asciugare. Il giorno seguente viene eseguita la salatura, eseguita una o due volte ancora ad intervalli di dieci giorni. La stagionatura arriva fino a tre o quattro mesi.

Denominazione e differenze con il Padduni
La denominazione "formaggio di capra siciliana" insieme alla locale dicitura formaggiu ri capra è stata riconosciuta dalla Regione Siciliana con decreto del 28 dicembre 1998 ed inserito ai sensi del D.M. n° 350 dell'8 settembre 1999 nell'elenco dei P.A.T costituito presso il Mipaaf.
Il formaggio di capra siciliana differisce dal Padduni, altro P.A.T. siciliano, sia per la sua forma cilindrica, mentre il padduni è sferico, sia per il suo peso di tre chili che è dieci volte maggiore di quello del padduni. I due formaggi differiscono anche per la salatura e per la stagionatura: il formaggio di capra siciliana è stagionato almeno tre mesi mentre il padduni si consuma fresco.

Note

Bibliografia
 Elenco e descrizione dei prodotti derivati dal latte riconosciuti come tradizionali dalla Regione siciliana e allegato alla Gazzetta Ufficiale della Regione Siciliana, Palermo, Sabato 6 febbraio 1999, N. 6
 Carmelo Campisi: Pecore e pecorino della Sicilia Francesco Battiato Editore, Catania, 1933.
 Istituto nazionale sociologia rurale: Atlante dei prodotti tipici: I formaggi, Franco Angeli, Milano, 1990.

Voci correlate
 Prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali siciliani
 Padduni (P.A.T)
 Caprino (formaggio)
 Canestrato (P.A.T)
 Ragusano (D.O.P)
 Piacentino ennese (D.O.P)

Collegamenti esterni

Formaggi siciliani
Cucina siciliana

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The opening reception for Dan Colen's "Help!" boasted big names.
On Sunday, The Brant Foundation held a preview and party for "Help!", a survey of work by Dan Colen, which includes the site-specific installation At Least They Died Together (after Dash), in remembrance of Dash Snow. Predictably, the hotly anticipated event was as glamorous and star-studded as in previous years, with Larry Gagosian, actresses Natasha Lyonne and Leelee Sobieski, Simon de Pury, and the Brant family in attendance.
Derek Blasberg, Peter Brant Jr.
Ryan McGinley and his mother.


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Class 12 English, Unit-4 HOPE, COURAGE AND DETERMINATION
by Zubair Khan | Aug 22, 2022 | Class 12 English
Unit-4 Hope , Courage and Determination
This Unit contains THREE readings.
1. Determination (Story)
2. The Mon who Planted Trees (Story)
3. It Couldn't be Done (Poem)
Pre Reading:
Determination:
This real life story is about the determination and courage of two engineers, father and son {the father died in on occident on site and the son was confined to bed due to injuries, unable to move) to build the Brooklyn Bridge, a bridge in New York City which is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It is considered a feat of engineering, even by today's standards. Do a project on Brooklyn Bridge and collect as much information as possible.
The Man who Planted Trees:
This story is about a man who planted trees on a mountain site and converted hundreds of acres of wasteland into a rich forest single-handed. The land did not belong to him. Why did he do it? And how do you think he managed it-all alone?
It Couldn't be Done:
People ore usually discouraging in their attitude towards those who try to achieve something great. All great people of the world hove faced opposition Whal do you think the poet is trying to tell you in this poem? Do you expect him to be discouraging or encouraging?


Wild Stallion Vineyards is located in Spring, TX. They have a few acres of Blanc du Bois vines on their property. While they aren't open for regular tours and tastings, they host a lot of events including concerts featuring local bands throughout the year. We had the opportunity to help with their harvest this year. We got to harvest clusters of Blanc du Bois through several rows of vines over the course of a few hours. They had a great showing of volunteers and completed their harvest in record time. Getting some hands on time with the grapes makes you really appreciate the amount of work and challenges that go with growing grapes in Texas.
Great pictures, thanks for sharing. It is good to see wineries growing their own grapes instead of importing all their juice. Growing grapes in the Texas gulf coast is a challenge.
We're thinking about trying to grow some Blanc du Bois in our backyard next year, mostly just to tinker around. We're going to go to Haak soon. Their one of the pioneers of Blanc du Bois in the Texas gulf coast.


Two Whitworth teams took first place in their respective categories in the 2012 Inland Northwest Business Plan Competition, winning a total of $10,000 in prize money.
Nine teams of students, from Whitworth University, Eastern Washington University, and Spokane Community College captured a total of $22,500 in cash awards for proposals they submitted for the competition, which is open to graduate and undergraduate students from throughout the region.
This year, more than 40 teams submitted plans in three project categories: social-enterprise, community-based, and student-generated. Fifteen teams were chosen to present their plans during the finals, on Thursday, April 19, in Whitworth's Weyerhaeuser Hall; the presentation was followed by an awards ceremony and reception.
Whitworth senior Kyle Jordan took home $5,000 for placing first in the student-generated category. His business plan, "Whitworth Lawn Boys," details the expansion of Jordan's current lawn care business through a franchise concept similar to that of College Pro Painters. Jordan also won $2,000 for taking second place in the social-enterprise category for his "Hoop Dreams" plan.
Whitworth graduate students Tara Lambert, Kimberlee Betts and Mandell Campbell won $5,000 for taking first place in the community-based category. The team's business plan, "MaidNaturally," outlines a management and growth strategy for the Spokane-based cleaning business, which started in 2006 and has since expanded nationally.
Whitworth senior Jeffrey Aly took second place in the student-generated category for his plan, Up & Down Golf Apparel, and Whitworth senior Jacob Klein took third in the social-enterprise category for his plan, Inland Mobility Services.
Faculty members from the Whitworth School of Global Commerce & Management assisted the Whitworth teams by providing academic and practical insight in areas including marketing, finance, e-commerce, legal issues and patents.
Major funding for the competition was provided by the Herbert B. Jones Foundation, Avista, STCU, Sterling Bank, and Paul Wham.
Mike Allen, business plan competition program coordinator, Whitworth University, (509) 280-2516 or mallen@whitworth.edu.
Tate White, assistant director, graduate studies in business, Whitworth University, (509) 777-4606 or twhite@whitworth.edu.


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Temp agency's dual role in contracting raises questions
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Ronald L. Hay, CEO of All Temps 1 Personnel, says staffing NCTRCA doesn't give his firm an edge over others seeking government jobs.
( alltemps1.com - All Temps 1 Personnel web photo)
Albert Titus, who replaced Sheena Morgan as executive director of the North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency, talked to business owners last year at a certification workshop in Fort Worth about how to obtain NCTRCA minority certification. Some business owners complained in the past that the agency was not responsive and slow.
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An obscure agency funded chiefly with taxpayer money has qualified thousands of companies as minority and women-run businesses.
Getting certified gives those vendors a big edge in competing for government contracts worth many millions.
But one is the ultimate insider.
All Temps 1 Personnel, a private workforce supplier, has for more than a decade provided the North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency's entire staff, from the executive director to the receptionist, at its Arlington office.
The Dallas Morning News found that All Temps staffers repeatedly have approved their own company as a minority-operated business and passed judgment on its potential rivals. The head of All Temps defended its work and said its longstanding ties to the agency pose no conflict of interest.
But the arrangement has surprised and concerned other North Texas contractors, including some who have given up trying to win certification.
All Temps employees at the agency have access to sensitive financial information other applicants submit for certification. They also have certified businesses All Temps hired as subcontractors on government jobs.
In the last 10 years, All Temps has won at least $30 million in contracts from some of the same local governments that created the agency, finance it and select nearly all of its board members.
And All Temps was paid more than $2.7 million since 2002 to run the NCTRCA. The agency focuses on verifying that companies are owned by a minority or a woman — and little else.
Some companies that were certified by the agency have had troubled histories and even featured prominently in federal criminal investigations.
Some applicants have complained that the agency, directed for most of its existence by a father and daughter — who both were All Temps employees — has been sluggish and unhelpful.
The only audit the agency provided after an open records request from The News was more than a decade old. In it, examiners identified several serious problems.
Traditionally, much of the agency's supervision has been left to an executive director, who is employed by All Temps. Local government officials said they do not get involved in the day-to-day operations.
That's in contrast with Austin and Houston, which handle such certifications in-house, instead of relying on an outside firm.
Agency records don't make clear how All Temps was first hired. The agency's outgoing board chairwoman said she didn't know.
The agency's attorney said The News' questions about its practices raised some issues new to the board and that he would discuss possible changes.
The News began looking into the agency after asking for details about three businesses the agency had certified. Those businesses were named in an ongoing federal corruption investigation involving longtime Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, which has produced no criminal charges or indictments.
The agency declined to release any information about companies it evaluated, prompting a yearlong legal battle with The News. Its executive director announced her resignation last summer, a day after a Dallas judge wrote that records should be released.
Contracting experts said companies should be carefully monitored to avoid fraud and abuse.
Eric Feldman, a former longtime federal inspector general, was not familiar with how contracting was handled in the Dallas area. But he said that in general "the political gamesmanship that goes on in day-to-day contracting decisions is so much greater at the local level than it is at the federal level."
"You need more oversight, not less," Feldman said. He now is managing director of corporate ethics and compliance programs for a California-based firm that works with private companies and governments.
NCTRCA is an important link in local government efforts to give contracts to businesses that historically have been shut out.
Dallas County, for instance, accepts minority certifications by the NCTRCA only, even though other agencies provide similar services.
Disgruntled vendors
But some contractors say they've given up trying to work with the agency.
Among them is Johnny Smith, an executive with Annexus Personnel and Business Services, a woman-owned staffing company in Mesquite. He said the agency asked for personal information that he considered irrelevant. He said he was even more upset to learn from The News that employees of All Temps, the firm that beat Annexus out for a lucrative Dallas County contract, also run the certification agency.
"You might as well just hang it up. That just seems wrong," said Smith, whose company has been certified by the state comptroller's office.
The owner of a Lancaster flooring business complained in a 2013 letter to the agency that she decided not to get recertified "based on multiple failures by your office to complete tasks in a timely manner."
The agency's website says the process can take from 60 to 90 days. Jenny Jeter, owner of Bill Jeter Inc., said she experienced a five-month delay.
Its "one of the most poorly run outfits I've come across," Jeter later told The News.
Commercial real estate businessman Edward Opka decided not to seek recertification, calling the process too cumbersome and too lengthy.
"It's easier to get certified through the state," Opka, a former Dallas candidate for mayor, said in an interview.
He said he doesn't understand why Dallas County accepts minority certifications from that agency only.
Commissioners took no action when top administrator Darryl Martin proposed in 2011 that "agencies other than the North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency" be permitted to certify companies. Dallas County has paid All Temps about $13 million since 2002, county records show.
Martin recently told The News that the county relies on the agency because of its "stringent, detail-oriented" certification process. Such organizations, he said, "exist to prevent fraudulent and/or parasitic business practices, and help eliminate the presence of 'front companies.'''
Dallas lawyer Marcos Ronquillo, who represents the agency, said in an interview that the agency certifies only whether a company is owned and operated by a minority or a woman "in a particular industry or category." It is not set up to ferret out possible criminal violators, he said.
He said agency employees should get credit for the good work that they've done. "Like any other government, like any other company, you are going to see glitches," he said.
All Temps chief executive officer Ronald L. Hay defended his company, saying that staffing the agency does not it give it any advantage over others when seeking government jobs. "There are no conflicts of interest," he said in an email exchange with The News.
Hay said All Temps employees at the agency have no knowledge "of the contracts that we bid or who the other bidders are." All Temps employees outside the agency do not interfere or interact "in any way" with those "on NCTRCA business," he said.
Besides the NCTRCA, All Temps has been certified by others.
Ronquillo said he would consult with the board about All Temps employees certifying their employer to determine whether changes are needed to avoid "even a perception of a conflict."
There are other certification agencies in town or in the state if that helps to alleviate any perception that All Temps "somehow got a break," he said.
He said he would not comment on specific companies that sought certification.
Austin used a similar agency but restarted doing its own certifications after critical reviews and complaints that the agency was nonresponsive.
To win certification from Houston's Office of Business Opportunity, companies must "demonstrate their expertise," including providing a work history and references, said Carlecia D. Wright, the director.
The Houston office also is responsible for contract compliance. "We can catch fraud more easily because we have the dual functionality," she said.
Created to stop abuse
In the mid-1980s, local governments came under repeated fire for their handling of minority contracts.
Efforts to verify minority businesses were sometimes lax. Bogus operators avoided background checks. Few were penalized for cheating.
Dallas County and the city of Dallas were among nine local governments that formed the nonprofit certification agency, incorporated in 1992 to provide "more efficient regional certification," according to its website.
A 2006 memo from Dallas County, obtained by The News, indicated that many years earlier the city of Dallas had discontinued its certification process "due to open records liabilities."
More than 22,000 companies have applied to the agency over the years. About 3,400 currently are certified. Many local governments give preference in the bidding process to certified companies or companies that hire certified subcontractors.
The News' found:
A 20-member board oversees the agency but doesn't get involved in the actual certification process because it may be required to hear appeals, its attorney said. The board is made up of representatives from the city of Dallas, Dallas County and other local governments, along with three representatives of private entities.
The only audit the agency provided in response to a request from The News was dated 2001. It reported "significant deficiencies" that could "adversely affect the organization's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data." Auditors noted that the executive director approved and signed his own reimbursements. The agreement with All Temps to staff the agency's office was signed in 1996 but not reviewed "in the ensuing years."
Two family members have been in charge for much of the agency's history. John Kelly served as executive director from 1997 to 2006. His daughter, Sheena Morgan, took over in 2008.
She turned in a letter of resignation last June — a day after Dallas County State District Judge Eric Moyé issued "findings of fact" concluding that the certification agency was subject to open records law.
Albert Titus, her replacement, declined to be interviewed.
Kelly had a company called JPK Consulting after leaving the agency. It repeatedly was re-certified when Morgan was the agency's director.
She has since taken a job involving minority contracting with a multinational construction firm. Her new employer bids on government contracts and has a representative on NCTRCA's board.
Kelly served as the executive director of the Black Contractors Association in recent years. He died in August.
Morgan would not comment. But she and the agency's board chairwoman last year, Perfecta Gallegos, a manager in Dallas office of business development and procurement services, gave legal depositions in the records dispute with The News.
Morgan testified that she didn't know who originally certified All Temps. But renewals would have been reviewed by All Temps employees at the certification agency, she said.
She would not speculate on whether having All Temps staffers certify their employer was a conflict. To her knowledge, that topic hadn't been discussed.
All Temps hired Morgan in the late 1990s as a front desk clerk at the agency. She got promoted into jobs with more responsibility. She testified that she graduated in 2005 from the University of Phoenix with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
A university spokesman said Morgan had once been enrolled but has not received a degree.
Morgan became executive director of the South Central Texas Regional Certification Agency in 2006. The San Antonio-based nonprofit is modeled after the North Texas agency.
A city of Austin audit during the time she was in charge of the San Antonio agency slammed its performance.
The agency accepted documents "at face value without any type of follow-up or verification to ensure that the information submitted is true and correct," the audit said.
"Proof of ethnicity or gender," a key issue in judging applications, was missing from almost half of the files examined.
Former Austin assistant city manager Rudy Garza recalled significant delays in processing applications and "no response" from agency leaders to simple questions.
Morgan was the city's only point of contact. "And when we could not get the issues resolved there really was nowhere else for us to go," Garza said.
Austin paid the agency $50,000 a year to handle certifications. The city dropped its contract in January 2007. City employees began certifying companies again.
Morgan became the North Texas agency's executive director in August 2008.
Hay, the All Temps CEO, said he was not sure when he found out Morgan was Kelly's daughter. But that relationship played no role in her hire as the North Texas agency's director, he said.
Morgan "had an exemplary work history" with All Temps, he said. "She was the most qualified candidate due to her experience as director at the SCTRCA."
Morgan's father routinely conducted her evaluations and gave her top marks before she left for San Antonio.
Kelly wrote that his daughter had all the skills he'd want in a full-time employee when she was working part-time for the agency in 1999. "Sheena is an excellent employee," her father wrote in 2000. He recommended a pay raise.
Ronquillo, the attorney, said some board members knew of the Morgan-Kelly relationship and some didn't.
He said did not know about Morgan's academic background or what happened in Austin.
Criminal inquiries
Companies provide the North Texas agency information such as proof of ownership, financial data and tax records when applying for certification. The agency's website says that site visits may be conducted.
Ronquillo said the certification process "does not say that you are a good business."
It's up to governments that award the contracts or the private firms that hire them as subcontractors to apply more scrutiny, he said. And if a company gets in trouble after being certified, he said, that's "way past the point" of the agency's involvement.
The city of Dallas, in a written response to The News, said the agency's performance was "satisfactory." Officials declined an interview request.
Over the past two decades, several of the agency-certified companies have surfaced during criminal investigations.
The agency certified a cleaning supply company co-owned by longtime Dallas City Council member Al Lipscomb and a white partner in the early 1990s. The company reportedly had no warehouse or delivery trucks at the time. It relied on other companies to produce, store and deliver what it sold.
A federal prosecutor described the firm as one of several "minority fronts" used by former council member Paul Fielding. Fielding later was convicted on federal corruption charges.
"We have to set up a company for him … and have the damn thing certified," Fielding said of Lipscomb on a recording played at Fielding's 1997 trial.
An agency-certified contractor for the Dallas Independent School District, convicted on federal charges in the late 1990s, got more than $3 million in contracts and was paid almost $400,000 for roofing work that wasn't done. That was despite the owner's two theft convictions, a lack of liability insurance and little roofing experience.
Several players in the corruption scandal that led to former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill's 2009 conviction operated agency-certified companies.
Among them was the owner of a paving company who admitted telling a developer he would get Hill's help on a zoning application if he was awarded concrete subcontracts. Federal officials said the paver provided no services to the developer.
The paver later was sentenced to prison and was released in March 2012. Last June, his company still was on a list of certified companies the agency provided to The News. The NCTRCA's website states that certification is indefinite but firms "must provide an annual update form with documentation to the agency."
The agency also approved three companies later linked to Price, the county commissioner, in an ongoing FBI investigation of his finances. Price has denied any wrongdoing.
Gallegos, the board's former chief, said neither the board nor its government members get notified if a certified vendor has a criminal record.
Morgan said in her deposition that the agency didn't have any mechanism to inform officials that a certified firm was under criminal investigation or indictment.
"If you knew that, would you tell them?" she was asked.
"No," she replied.
etimms@dallasnews.com; kkrause@dallasnews.com


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When the original version of the modern-era Washington Senators announced its intention to relocate to Minneapolis-St. Paul in 1960 to become the Twins the following season, Major League Baseball moved up part of its planned 1962 expansion by a year to help stave off dual competitive threats of both a new challenger Continental League and the potential loss of its longstanding federal antitrust exemption.
To placate regulators, the American League reworked its plans and replaced the departing DC franchise with an entirely new expansion club – to also be known as the Senators – to commence immediately in its wake for 1961. After an "inaugural" season at old Griffith Stadium, the new Senators moved to the new District of Columbia Stadium under a 10-year lease.
For most of their second incarnation, the "new" Senators were just as woeful as their predecessors, losing an average of 90 games a season and perennially finishing below .500 – helping preserve the traditional lamentation to which DC area fans had become accustomed: "Washington: First in War, First in Peace and Still Last in the American League."
But in 1969, when new owner Bob Short successfully coaxed Hall of Fame batting legend Ted Williams out of retirement to become the club's rookie manager, things immediately changed. Williams' maniacal approach to hitting helped ignite the moribund Senators to its one and only winning season during its 11-year run – winning 86 games (21 more than in 1968) – and vaulting from last in the previous year's ten-team American League to just one game out of third in the new divisional AL East.
Attendance at the newly renamed RFK Stadium zoomed above 900,000 for the season (not to mention a Senators-hosted MLB All-Star Game featuring a booming 2nd inning HR by hometown hero Frank Howard), and Williams was voted AL Manager of the Year. For the first time in decades, it seemed baseball in Washington was "back."
But, as 1969 Senators chronicler Steve Walker ("A Whole New Ballgame: The 1969 Washington Senators") tells us, the excitement was not to last; the club soon reverted back to its forlorn ways – exacerbated by an increasingly impatient and already-conspiring Short – who relocated the franchise to the Dallas Metroplex after the 1971 season, to become today's Texas Rangers.
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Anita Pachner ist eine deutsche Erziehungswissenschaftlerin.

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Nach dem Studium von 1997 bis 2003 der Diplom-Pädagogik mit Schwerpunkt Erwachsenenbildung und Arbeitswissenschaft/Betriebspädagogik an der Universität Eichstätt und der Universität zu Köln war sie von 2008 bis 2014 wissenschaftliche Assistentin an der TU Kaiserslautern, Fachgebiet Pädagogik, insbesondere Berufs- und Erwachsenenpädagogik bei Rolf Arnold. Nach der Promotion 2008 zur Dr. phil. an der LMU München bei Rudolf Tippelt, Frank Fischer und Hartmut Ditton war sie von 2019 bis 2021 Professorin für Erziehungswissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Erwachsenenbildung/Weiterbildung an der Universität Tübingen. Seit dem 1. April 2021 ist sie Professorin für Lebenslanges Lernen an der Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Begleitung lebenslangen Lernens, Kompetenzforschung: Validierung non-formal und informell erworbener Kompetenzen, Rekonstruktion von Selbstreflexionskompetenz, pädagogische Professionsforschung: erwachsenenpädagogische Professionalität, Lehrerfortbildung, Lehr-Lernforschung: selbstreguliertes und selbstgesteuertes Lernen, E-Learning, Blended-Learning, Digital unterstützte Lehr-Lernprozesse und internationale Bildungszusammenarbeit.

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 Entwicklung und Förderung von selbst gesteuertem Lernen in Blended-Learning-Umgebungen. Eine Interventionsstudie zum Vergleich von Lernstrategietraining und Lerntagebuch. Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-8309-2231-5.
 mit Hans-Joachim Müller und Thomas Prescher (Hg.): Wissenschaft praktizieren – praktizierte Wissenschaft. Baltmannsweiler 2012, ISBN 3-8340-1142-8.

Weblinks
 Seite an der Universität Eichstätt
 researchgate.net

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Hochschullehrer (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Campus Eichstätt)
Hochschullehrer (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)
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News News | Jan 22, 2004
Basalt native Jason Smith used home-hill advantage to post a strong showing in the boardercross last year at the ESPN Winter X Games and earn an automatic return invitation.
He plans to do even better this year " possibly using the X Games as a springboard to success on the FIS World Cup circuit.
Smith, 22, Basalt High School class of 2000, posted the third-fastest qualifying time then finished ninth overall in boardercross at last year's X Games.
He said he definitely knows the hill well, having gone through the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club and growing up riding at Buttermilk. But that familiarity will have limited value once the course is set and the competition starts Friday.
Smith said he hopes for a course that will complement his strengths and provide more of a challenge for the racers crossing over from slalom and giant slalom racing.
"I definitely prefer something that's straighter, less turns, bigger jumps," he said. "Sometimes with the racers in the World Cup that throws them off a little bit, having to catch the air. Their big advantage is a course with a lot of banked turns. They can go through that course a lot faster."
Smith picked up snowboarding when he was 7, following in the footsteps of an older brother. He started competing in giant slalom and slalom races with the ski club and eventually entered freestyle competitions. He's been racing boardercross professionally " and exclusively " for four years.
He is one of 12 racers vying for what will likely be four to six positions on the U.S. team in the boardercross competition. (He said seven of those 12 riders are competing in the X Games.) The discipline was added to the Olympics for the 2006 games in Italy. That's added urgency to performances over the next two seasons.
"Right now it's kind of in a big transition. A lot of the racers from the FIS, the slalom and GS guys, are transferring over to boardercross," said Smith.
He concentrates on boardercross rather than alpine racing, where the courses are essentially the same " weaving in and out of gates.
"Boardercross adds a whole new element to it, especially with jumping. I like jumping, catching a lot of air. It adds the new element of having to turn and also having to jump at the same time."
In the boardercross at the X Games, the riders take an individual, qualifying run down the course. Their times are used to seed them. Then they run in heats of six racers to determine the winner. The top three finishers in each heat advance until it gets down to the final six.
Smith said his key to success will be duplicating his strong qualifying run of last year.
"I'd definitely like to repeat that " top five," he said. "It makes it easier. You don't have to take a second run and you've got a good seeding coming into the finals. Be as fast as you can, stick to your line and stay on your feet."
In the head-to-head competition, the strategy is to keep advancing by placing in the top three until the finals. A second- or third-place finish is just as good as victory until that final round. Smith said it's sometimes best not to take chances if you're assured of advancing.
Placing strong in the heats requires a quick start.
"At this level a big part of it is getting the hole shot for sure, being out front," Smith said. "It's rare that people are going to make mistakes. Definitely knowing the course and where you can pass people is a big part of it."
The X Games will provide a brief reprieve on home turf from the World Cup circuit. Smith has raced in recent weeks in Austria, California and Switzerland. His season hasn't matched his expectations so far. A 14th was his best finish. A back injury has slowed him but shouldn't prevent him from racing throughout the season.
Smith is awaiting word from the U.S. on whether he will head to World Cup races next week in Japan. The circuit then goes to Mount Bachelor in Oregon, then Italy.
He would like nothing more than to catch fire at Buttermilk and turn in a string of performances that land him in the Olympics. On the other hand, he's got a good attitude if he doesn't do as well as planned.
"Last week [in Switzerland] I didn't do as well as I was hoping, but I was living the dream, you know. It was such a good time even though I wasn't performing as well as I would've liked."


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Theodore Justice
Grand Cleric Theodore "Teddy" Justice is a human priest of Nimic, one of the 16 highest ranking priests in the Church of Harmony, and the leader of the Grand Temple of Nimic in the Archonate. Known for his expertise in ritualistic magic, leadership abilities, and extreme wanderlust, he has been appointed by the Archon to lead the Cadenar Expedition.
Justice was born in Birden Bay in the Duchy of Geraham, Gardelinden, on the 11th of Evenfall, 2086 PGE. His parents being devout followers of the Church of Harmony took it as a holy sign that he was born on the offering day to Nimic, and started arranging for a theological education even before he could speak.
Starting his priestly education in 2100 PGE at The Archon's University of Theology, Teddy was mostly alone in his class, as Nimicism isn't all too popular. This did however mean that he always had the full attention of his teachers at all times. He powered through his lectures in a mere three years before gaining a lucrative apprenticeship in the Grand Temple of Nimic. Further specializing in the practical use of necromancy and rituals, he gained the title of magister in 2106.
Seeing little action in the temple due to a lack of worshipers, Teddy started wandering around in the Archonate, visiting people and other temples, not to preach but to listen. Learning a great deal about the world around him, he holds an opinion to this day that you learn more about yourself and your own faith by learning about others and their faith. Wandering further away from his temple, he would eventually leave the city once per year to go to places he had never been before.
Theodore traveled far and wide in his 30's. He went to experience every faith and culture found on Gardemoor. He wandered the Desert of Kalir with the Mazi-Sadina, had a short career as a war-priest for the Reavers in Gorlovoye, and experienced every dwarven trade in Ortal. Later on he left the continent too and observed the chaotic pirate free-havens on Lowe, the halfling cultures of Aso, and the ancient religious practices of Hua Yan Spiritism in Lao-Hua.
Nimicism teaches you that the Void awaits all who dies. There may be a proxy afterlife, but sooner or later you'll end up in the Void. As Teddy saw more of the joys the world had to offer, he concluded that nimicism was wrong. There had to be more to both life and death. His faith was tested. Having seen all the good life had to offer, it was time to explore the bad.
Justice went to Puchov in 2127, a town on Cravv that was known to be a cursed ghost town after an "incident" in 2120. The "incident" had left the town in partial ruin, and the people there were left on their own to fight off alleged monsters appearing at nightfall. The source of the monsters was Anath, the ghost of a drenov slaver that had been killed by Scab Grimsaw. Too angry to move on to the afterlife, Anath started haunting Puchov, and aided by the Avatar of Misery he was able to summon forth aberrations that would to terrorize the town for seven years. Theodore at this point being a master of ritualistic magic managed to seal away the ghost in a dream, but not before learning of a much greater danger: An entire empire of Misery-worshiping-drenovi living in the underdark of Cravv.
Underdark hardships
Overwhelmed with curiosity, and maybe a bit of fear, the thought of exploring a civilization built on Misery worship could perhaps bring him the insights to life and death he felt was missing, as all other places he had explored were centered around Harmony. Feeling up for a one-man-crusade, Teddy located an underdark entrance in the Puchov mountains, and started his descent into the unknown.
The descending tunnel, unbeknownst to Theodore, was filled with psychological horrors meant to tear down the mental defenses of potential slaves. Being alone on his journey, no one could point out his changing mindset to him, and a sense of doom and hopelessness fell upon him. Upon reaching the first settlement, Ereb Cesciyb, his mind was already in such disarray that he could not bare the thought of exploring any more, and promptly hid in the sewers for what must have been several days.
Following behind the footsteps of Justice, being only a week behind by the time they arrived in Puchov, the unfortunately named Shitstains-Party were also looking into the Drenovi settlement. Eventually they found Teddy in the sewers, nudging him back into a manageable mental state. The Shitstains and Justice ended up thrashing the settlement together, believing Misery to be a blight upon the world. Still feeling like his faith was failing him, Teddy regained his beliefs when he observed the Shitstains using a holy relic, the Needle of Nimic, to banish a priestess of Cesciyb to the Void.
With his spirits restored, he returned to the Archonate for some peace and quiet.
Upon his return, Teddy learnt of the Grand Cleric of Nimic's death, and that he had been named his successor. Now being known as Grand Cleric, and having proven that he is capable of fighting Misery directly, the Archon suggested him to lead the Cadenar Expedition, putting his adventurous nature to good use.
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The Archonate
11th of Evenfall, 2086 PGE
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14 Aug, 2022 02:33
I really enjoyed everything about this. His story's compelling, the art is super cool, and I liked (I'm not sure if you did it intentionally) only realizing he was a D&D NPC like halfway through; it made me laugh and reminded me of my own D&D group.
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Thank you, glad to have invoked some good feelings! I like to make characters that exist whether I have player characters in my world or not, it makes them feel more real when I eventually use them as an NPC in my games!
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The Elms Hotel and Spa
The Elms Hotel, located in Excelsior Springs, is not often thought of as a Truman location, as it is outside of Independence and Kansas City; however, Truman stayed at the hotel on the night of the election in 1948. He felt the need to get away from his home and chose to sleep at the Elms.
The Elms, today
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the idea of a "first-class", health resort became very popular in the United States. Individuals wanted to travel to locations were they could relax and unwind. The Elms Hotel was one of these locations as it lured in both the rich and famous, as well as the more common citizen, to use their healing mineral water.[1]
The Elms Hotel and Spa was built at 401 Regent Street in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. In 1912, the architecture firm, Jackson and McIlvain, worked to complete a building which continued to provide the feeling of a health resort after the first two buildings had burned. The first Elms was built in 1888 as a wooden structure and was destroyed by fire in 1898. The second building was erected by 1909, but was also suffered the same fate in 1910.
The current Elms hotel is made of limestone and was championed as the place to visit to experience the healing mineral waters. People from all over the nation visited the resort. Throughout its existence, the Elms has hosted numerous famous people, such as Al Capone, "Pretty Boy" Floyd and Jack Dempsey.
However, one of the most notable visits was from President Harry S. Truman, who checked into the hotel on November 2, 1948: election night. Truman felt the need to get away from the high level of stress that he endured while at his campaign headquarters and at his home at 219 N. Delaware in Independence. He checked into room 300 and went to bed at 9 pm. He informed the Secret Service agents that were with him to wake him up if anything important happened.[2] Early the next morning the agents awakened a sleeping Truman and encouraged him to listen to the news on the radio, as it was reported that he had won the 1948 presidential election.
[1]National Register of Historic Places, Elms Hotel, Excelsior Springs, Clay, Missouri, National Register #85000648.
[2] Harry S Truman Library and Museum, Truman Places Pamphlet
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Denamarin is a nutritional supplement for dogs and cats that supports liver health and function. Denamarin comes in tasty chewable tablets and contains two active ingredients: S-Adenosylmethionine (SAMe) and silybin which help maintain oxidative balance and protect liver cells from cell death.
Help your pet keep a healthy and well functioning liver with Nutramax Denamarin Supplemental Tablets for Dogs and Cats. This nutritional supplement for cats and dogs contains S-Adenosylmethionine (SAMe) and silybin and is made to help protect liver cells, and support the organ with silybin. Chewable and easy to administer, Nutramax Denamarin Supplemental Tablets for Dogs and Cats is recommended by veterianrians and has no know serious side effects.
Denamarin is a liver supplement for cats and dogs, containing S-Adenosylmethionine (SAMe) and silybin, SAMe has been shown to markedly increase liver levels of glutathione, an important compound for liver health. The SAMe in Denamarin has also been shown to help protect liver cells from cell death and may help cell repair and regeneration. Denamarin also helps support your pet's liver through the administration of silybin, extracted from milk thistle, which has been shown to support liver function by helping maintain a healthy oxidative balance. Denamarin also has a place in supporting brain health by elevating cerebrospinal fluid levels of SAMe. Suggested daily dosage: Suggested daily dosage: up to 12#: 1 enteric-coated tab per day. The dosage can be gradually reduced or increased at any time, depending on the pet's needs. Many pets are maintained long-term on every-other-day or every-third-day administration.
Supports healthy levels of glutathione, a powerful antioxidant, and the liver's first line of defense. Use in dogs and cats to help support and maintain healthy liver function. Ideal for aging pets and for providing additional liver support to pets taking NSAIDs for arthritis management. Storage: Store in a cool, dry place. Keep tablets in original blister pack until used. Tablets are sensitive to moisture and extreme heat and should not be split or crumbled.
Marin Plus Liver Health Supplement support liver health in dogs of all breeds, these tasty soft chews are loaded with key ingredients known for their hepatoprotective properties?including silybin, vitamin E and curcumin?plus MCT oil, zinc and green tea extract for more goodness in every bite. Silybin is a more potent form of silymarin?a natural compound from milk thistle that provides liver support?and comes in a phosphatidylcholine complex for better bioavailability, which means more of it gets absorbed. Plus, since it?s in the form of a tasty soft chew, it?s easy to give just as you would a treat! Provides liver support with silybin, vitamin E and curcumin in a tasty, easy-to-give soft chew. Silybin is a more potent form of silymarin from milk thistle, which can be more effective and have higher bioavailability. Helps support digestion, normal bile production and healthy nutrient absorption, and is recommended for use along with Denosyl or Denamarin to help maintain liver health. With added zinc, green tea extract and MCT?medium chain triglycerides?oil for more nutrition per bite. Convenient administration in a tasty soft chew and is great for dogs of all breeds and sizes; comes in a resealable package for optimum freshness.
Denamarin combines a pure and stabilized S-Adenosylmethionine with Silybin to provide a multi-faceted approach to liver support, as well brain health.


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Lobsters and Oysters and Clams: A Short History of Seafood in Connecticut
May 24, 2019 • Everyday Life, Food and Drink, Greenwich, Milford, Popular Culture, Westport, Wethersfield
The Clam Box, postcard by Cliff Scofield, ca. 1950s. The Clam Box restaurant had three locations shown on the map. This image is from the Westport location - Connecticut Historical Society
By Emily Dunnack for Your Public Media
As the weather warms up, so does the lure of the open road and all that comes with it—scenic views, the ocean breeze along the coast, and everyone's favorite: road food! While it may not be warm enough to go for a swim in Long Island Sound, it is perfect weather for a stop at one of the popular seafood restaurants that dot the Connecticut coast.
Seafood has been popular on the New England coast for as long as this land has been inhabited. Native Americans in what is now Connecticut harvested clams and oysters, and the colonists who came later also enjoyed these salt water treats. Seafood shacks began to pop up in the early part of the 20th century and continue to thrive today. The Clam Box, opened Memorial Day in 1939 as a small seafood stand on the Boston Post Road in Cos Cob. As it grew in popularity the restaurant expanded and opened two other locations—Westport and Wethersfield. The restaurants were favorites around the state until they closed in 1980.
Lobster Rolls and Clam Chowder with a Connecticut Accent
The lobster roll is a New England classic and though today we often think of Maine as lobster central, Connecticut waters have long been a source for the prized meat. We can thank Harry Perry, the owner of a Milford fish shop for first serving the now-classic hot-buttered lobster roll in 1934. The roll features hot lobster dressed with lemon and butter served on a grilled, split-top roll. Another Connecticut seafood specialty is clam chowder. Though sometimes called Rhode Island Chowder or Southern New England chowder, this style of chowder was often referred to as Connecticut clam chowder in early cookbooks and menus. Connecticut chowder distinguishes itself from creamy New England and tomato-based Manhattan styles with its salt pork and a water-based broth thickened with potato. Chowder purists claim this stripped-down version lets the true clam taste shine through.
Emily Dunnack is the Head of Education Programs at the Connecticut Historical Society.
© Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network and Connecticut Historical Society. All rights reserved. This article originally appeared on Your Public Media
Lehman, Eric D., and Amy Nawrocki. A History of Connecticut Food: A Proud Tradition of Puddings, Clambakes and Steamed Cheeseburgers. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2012.
Johnson, Ellen Wadsworth. Hartford Election Cake and Other Receipts: Chiefly from Manuscript Sources. Hartford, CT: Fowler & Miller, 1889. Link.
Anderson, Will. Over 100 of the Northeast's Old-Time Best Lost Diners and Roadside Restaurants of New England and New York. Bath, ME: Anderson & Sons' Publishing, Company, 2001.
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Best Supplements for Anxiety
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Everyone experiences anxiety at some point in their life. However, anxiety can become a debilitating condition if it's frequent or chronic. If you're looking for ways to ease the physical effects of anxiety, the article below may help.
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is our body's natural response to stress. When we are anxious, it activates hormones such as adrenaline which causes physiological changes to our heart rate and blood pressure. However, anxiety can also be characterized by worrying thoughts and feelings of tension. While most people return to a normal state after a period of stress or danger, those with clinical anxiety can remain in this state and find it difficult to live a normal life.
While anxiety is a complicated condition that can require a combination of psychotherapy and/or medication, there are some supplements that may help.
Valerian is a pink flowering plant that is native to Europe and Asia, and it can be taken as a tincture, tea, or capsule. This herb has quite a strong odor (some liken it to smelly feet), but it may ease anxiety in some individuals. Research is mixed in terms of its efficacy, but reported effects include drowsiness, headaches, and dizziness.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the newest supplements to enter the market. Derived from the cannabis plant, CBD oil may have relaxing or anti-anxiety effects on some individuals. The reason is it is thought to interact with the body's CB1 and CB2 receptors, which are located in the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. CBD oil is also apparently safe on pets, although it's a good idea to contact a vet from the likes of easyvet.com first before you use it.
Passionflower is a climbing vine that is native to the U.S. and Central and South America. Some of the reported uses for passionflower include stress, insomnia, pain, and anxiety relief. Passionflower can be taken as a tea, extract, or as a tablet or capsule. Reported effects include drowsiness and dizziness.
Perhaps one of the most well-known herbs on this list is chamomile. Popular as a calming tea, chamomile flowers may also help with anxiety. Like other herbs, chamomile is available as a tincture, tea, tablet, or capsule. However, because it is a dried flower, some people can also have allergies to it.
Known as 'kava kava', this herb is native to the Pacific Islands. It is found in various forms, including powders, capsules, and liquid extracts. Kava kava is sometimes used as a sleep aid and for stress and anxiety. Some compare its sedating effects to alcohol.
Lavender is an aromatic plant known for its beautiful purple flowers. As a remedy, lavender can be taken as capsules or inhaled as a vapor for issues such as headaches, anxiety, depression, and insomnia.
Magnesium is a common supplement that helps support bone health, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels. However, it can also have a relaxing effect on the muscles and is sometimes used as an aid for anxiety.
The use of lemon balm dates back more than 2,000 years, and it is said to help relieve stress and boost relaxation. Its mild, lemon aroma makes it ideal as a supplement in teas; however, it can also be taken as a tincture or cream.


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Foi descrita cientificamente por Obenberger, 1933.

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EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Cuomo to appoint George Pataki, Carl McCall to lead tax-cut task force
By Kenneth Lovett
Former Gov. George Pataki will lead a group seeking ways to cut taxes. (Allan Tannenbaum/Polaris Images.)
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo is turning to the Republican who defeated his father to come up with ways to cut taxes, the Daily News has learned.
In a surprising announcement scheduled for Wednesday morning, Cuomo will appoint former Gov. George Pataki and former Democratic state Controller Carl McCall to head a task force charged with finding ways to cut between $2 billion and $3 billion in taxes next year, a source with ties to McCall said Tuesday night.
Cuomo wants to announce an aggressive tax-cutting plan as he heads into his reelection run next year.
Having a Republican like Pataki on board could help him upstate, where polls show he is weakest, said one insider.
Pataki — who left office in 2006 after three terms — was a little-known state senator when he beat then Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1994.
McCall, who lost to Pataki in the 2002 race for governor, was appointed by Cuomo to chair the State University Of New York Board of Trustees.


The theory is that heavy dramas find it challenging to attract an audience during times when real life and newscasts are filled with daily downers. One need only tune in to the local news to see that we are in just such a "downer" period right now, and it would be difficult to argue that Life Itself, the latest from writer/director Dan Fogelman ("This is Us") is anything but the weightiest of heavy dramas – with an emphasis on the preciousness of time and life.
It's highly likely that this film will fall into the love it or hate it category. It's a sure bet that many critics will bash it as pretentious and overly melodramatic. It will be labeled a manipulative tear-jerker with outlandish coincidences. I won't debate the merits of that criticism, but instead will remind all that creative fictional storytelling can often seem fantastical and improbable, but that doesn't mean it can't also be entertaining, thought-provoking and carry a worthwhile message.
Because of the overlapping and intertwining stories, characters and timelines, filmmaker Fogelman breaks the film into 5 chapters. This should allow most viewers to keep track. Chapter 1 is entitled "The Hero" and features Samuel L. Jackson as the unreliable narrator – a recurring theme throughout. It's also in this chapter that we meet Will and Abby. Will (Oscar Isaac) is an emotionally unstable man who has been in a mental institute for the 6 months since his wife Abby (Olivia Wilde) left him. He is despondent and attending required sessions with a therapist played by Annette Bening, and we get cutesy flashbacks to the Will and Abby courtship. See, Abby and Will are the kind of couple who see themselves as Tarantino characters, argue about the merits of Bob Dylan (poet or Chewbacca noises?), and come up with the worst dog name in cinematic history.
Chapter 2 is where we meet Dylan Dempster, daughter of Will and Abby, and granddaughter of Mandy Patinkin and Jean Smart. She is named after the poet songwriter, not the Star Wars character. There is a cool effect that evolves Dylan's face from a child surrounded by death and tragedy to a just-turned-21 year old played by Olivia Cooke (Thoroughbreds), who also happens to front an atrocious punk rock band and flashes quite the temper. Chapter 3 shifts from New York City to Carmona, Spain where we are introduced to "The Gonzalez Family" of Javier (an outstanding Sergio Peris-Mencheta), his wife Isabel (another excellent performance from Laia Costa, Victoria), and Javier's boss Saccione (Antonio Banderas). Javier works Saccione's olive orchard, as he and Isabel start a family. Chapter 4 focuses on their son Rodrigo (Alex Monner) as he grows into a talented young man, while his beloved mother suffers with a debilitating disease. Finally, in Chapter 5 we meet Elena Dempsey-Gonzalez (Lorenza Izzo) and the story comes full circle…or all the dots are connected. Even the identity of the narrator who took Samuel L. Jackson's place after Chapter 1 is revealed.
Filmmaker Fogelman seems to be better suited as a writer (Crazy, Stupid, Love) than as a director (Danny Collins), and his script here is extraordinary in its ambition. While there may be some developments that seem contrived, there are also some terrific moments throughout. We see a cross-continent ripple effect that makes this the Crash of family dramas. Who is a hero and who is a villain is one of the key elements here. Fogelman seems intent on making the point that traumatic events and tragedy shape who we are as people. The message is that our ability to bounce back – to "stand up" after being knocked down, is really what defines the human experience. For those who keep an open mind, the emotional jolts provided here will likely resonate.


The Gulf chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators, the world's largest association of communication professionals, has elected a new board for 2019. Following its first-ever annual general meeting on January 3, a new board slate was voted in by IABC's Gulf membership.
The following people are elected to serve on the IABC GCC 2019 board.


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Q: Should i use Mysql or Firebase with big data? i will make a project with big data for the first time. In the project i'd like to get data from electrical energy analysers of different customers every 10 seconds. So for 10.000 device for 10 years there will be 315 billion rows. I may have to scale up if the business idea goes better than i expect.
Can i use Mysql or firebase db to handle this kind of big data? What about the hosting service? Do i have to consider some parameters of the hosting service?

A: Generally, as database for Big Data solution, Google is proposing Cloud Bigtable. This database was designed for such projects. If you need SQL it can be easily connected to BigQuery engine. You can easily connect it to Apache ecosystem.
If you want or have to use SQL database Google has Spanner which has unlimited scaling.
Both solution are not cheep, but only those can give enough scaling possibilities and can handle large workloads.
You can try other solutions like SQL instances or Firestore, or even Realtime Database (not sure what you mean by Firebase db), however if it appears that you need to scale up you will have lot more work to do.
Looking into short use case description Bigtable should be first thing to consider.

A: Do you need every 10 seconds' worth of data from 10 years ago?  I doubt it.
Do you need a graph of the data for last month?  Maybe.  But there aren't enough pixels to show all the datapoints at that granularity.
I would seriously look at summarizing the data promptly, then consider tossing the raw data.
315B rows will occupy more terabytes than can conveniently be housed on an off-the-shelf system today.  And think about how many hours it would take to scan all the data.  "Big data" often means "scan the data".  RDBMS often means "structure the data" for efficiency.
More on summary tables in MySQL:  http://mysql.rjweb.org/doc.php/summarytables
(And look around this site; I have advised several people on 'scientific' data like this.  Or give us more details and I will tailor my advice to you.)

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Thomson, James (1822–92), engineer and inventor, was born 16 February 1822 at 17 College Square, east Belfast, third child and eldest son among four daughters and three sons of James Thomson (qv), of a presbyterian tenant-farming family of Annaghmore, Ballinahinch, Co. Down, and his wife Margaret, eldest daughter of William Gardiner of Glasgow. His father, intrigued by sundials at an early age, became a self-taught mathematician before attending university at Glasgow, which he funded by teaching in the local school during the summer months. He was appointed professor of mathematics in the collegiate section of the Belfast Academical Institution, which existed prior to the foundation of QCB. Despite the early death of his wife (1830), he educated the children at home while carrying out his teaching duties and writing numerous mathematical textbooks.
In 1832, when James junior was 10, his father was appointed professor of mathematics at Glasgow University. The family moved to Scotland and he began attending some classes in the university with his younger brother William (Lord Kelvin, qv). He was noted for his sensitivity and cautiousness, while his brother showed greater quickness and impulsiveness. He matriculated in 1834, winning a class prize, and received his MA (1839) in mathematics and natural philosophy. Rather than continue his mathematical studies he decided to follow practical engineering. He joined (1840) the civil engineering office of John Macneill (qv) in Dublin, but returned to Glasgow unwell. Between bouts of ill health he spent further time training at the engineering department of the Lancefield spinning mill, Glasgow, the Horsley Ironworks, Staffordshire, and in the works of Messrs Fairbairn & Co., one of the first engine-makers in Britain. He returned home in 1844 with a suspected heart condition and spent the following number of years working on his inventions. In 1851 he returned to Belfast to set up as a civil engineer and develop his vortex water-wheel, which he had patented in 1850. The Belfast water commissioners appointed him engineer in 1853; however, he continued his own business on the side. He was appointed professor of civil engineering in QCB (1857), where he remained until offered the professorship of civil engineering in Glasgow university (1873). While in Belfast he got the credit for being the cleverer of the two brothers, although afterwards William became more eminent.
His talents as an inventor were apparent early in his life: at 16 years of age he devised a mechanism for feathering the floats of steamboat paddles. He went on to design and patent water-wheels, as well as invent and improve a variety of pumps and turbines, which were developed commercially. From 1848 he began publishing scientific papers, contributing to the Royal Society, the British Association, the Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal, and the Irish Builder, among others. Topics included the plasticity of ice, crystallisation, and the properties of whirling fluids; the latter led to his improvements in the design of blowing fans, turbines, and centrifugal pumps. His broad interest in natural phenomena led to the publication of theories on the geological formations of the parallel roads of Lochaber in Scotland, the origin of the prismatic structure of basalt of the Giant's Causeway, and the flow of water in rivers. Two papers read before the Royal Society (March, July 1884), on the law of inertia and 'a problem of point motions', contained propositions of ultimate motion and rest that were suggestive of some theories of Einstein (Deane, 1924). During his life he received several honours: LLD Glasgow (1870), D.Sc. Belfast (1875), LLD Dublin (1878), and FRS (1877). He was vice-president (1877) and president (1884) of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Scotland.
He married (December 1853) Elizabeth, only daughter of William John Hancock of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, and sister of William Neilson Hancock (qv), professor of jurisprudence and political economy in QCB; they had one son and two daughters. In both science and religion he was never satisfied with formula or creed, and always questioned and explored the underlying principles of natural phenomena. He was said by Professor John Purser (1835–1903) of QCB to 'most fullfill the idea of a philosopher' (Deane, 1924). Despite a modest and retiring personality, he engaged in the social life of Belfast and Glasgow. He took an interest in both scientific and social development; he advocated the acquisition of land for public parks (which led to the purchase of Ormeau Park in Belfast) and the state purchase of railways. He was an active member of the Belfast Natural History Society and the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. Due to failing eyesight he resigned his university position in 1889. He continued his study of 'grand currents of atmospheric circulation', which he had worked on for many years and finally presented his results in the Bekerian lecture before the Royal Society in March 1892. Two months later he was dead from pneumonia (8 May 1892), followed by his invalid wife and second daughter a few days later.
Proceedings of the Philosphical Society of Glasgow, xxiv (1892–3), 220–36; Ir. Builder, xli, no. 951 (1 Sept. 1899), 116; DNB (also articles on James Thomson (1786–1849) and William Thomson (1824–1907); Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society centenary volume 1821–1921 (1924), 107–9; Proceedings of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, 'Lord Kelvin' (1924–5), 1–9; T. W. Moody and J. C. Beckett, Queen's, Belfast 1845–1949 (2 vols, 1959), 584
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Sir – The special administration of four traditional owner corporations based in Alice Springs — Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (LAAC), Antulye Aboriginal Corporation, Mparntwe Aboriginal Corporation and Irlpme Aboriginal Corporation has ended.
The corporations were put into special administration on December 9, 2013 after a request to do so was received by the Registrar from the directors of the four corporations.
There was a lot of frustration among traditional owners with the complexity of how the corporations were structured and the lack of transparency in how some businesses were being conducted in their name.
A very positive outcome has been achieved for the traditional owners of Alice Springs. In just six months the focus has moved from discussions about how to keep the doors open to what the future holds for traditional owners and how they want to manage their land and culture.
There is still a long way to go but my office will continue to work closely with the four traditional owner corporations as they settle into their respective roles in the new structure.
Details of the new directors of LAAC can be found on the Registrar's website. : www.oric.gov.au.