I'll never forget the first time I lied to my daughter. As I tucked her into bed on November 9, 2016, I told her that before she woke up, a woman would be elected president for the first time in the history of the United States. I thought about how she'd never know what it was like to live in a country that had only elected men to its most powerful office. She would become aware of the presidency as a woman sat in the Oval Office. For her generation, becoming president would seem more possible to a wider swath of people than ever before.
Instead, reality hit. I cried that night, and I cried again in the morning when I woke her up for school. My heart sunk when I tucked her into bed the night after the election. I remembered how hopeful I'd been just 24 hours earlier.
We're a few days shy of seven months into the Trump presidency, an era that has been marked by bizarre tweets, outright racism, xenophobia, and not-so-subtle misogyny. His presidency has underwritten intolerance, allowing it to rise up like one of his buildings. It's blocking the light, just like his buildings.
It's true that this isn't a new problem. Just as mushrooms are only a small visible part of the mycelium they spring up from, hate was there before Trump used his presidential campaign announcement as an opportunity to stoke unfounded fears about immigrants from Mexico.
If you've kept reading up to this point, I don't need to go on. You and I agree that intolerance is wrong and on the rise in this country. We agree that this isn't something we want our children to grow up with. So, what are we going to do about it?
My daughter and I went to a rally in our Connecticut town. Where we live, people are kind to one another. People drive fuel-efficient cars, pay for strangers' coffee, and say hello in passing on the freshly-paved bike trail. In our town, it's easy to believe Big Peace is possible because we have regular, direct experience with peace.
Our experience might not be the reality in communities just miles away, over a mountain that separates our town from the rest of the world. At the rally, a deacon from the local Catholic Church elicited applause when he told us we need to "go over the mountain." Wherever you live and whoever you are, there is a mountain in your life. There's a "them" to your "us." Go make real friendships over the mountain. Go listen to people whose life experience is unlike yours. Some might have benefitted from the status quo more than you, others less.
As parents, we're largely in control of how much our child sees the mountain. Is it possible to raise our children not to see the mountain? We can try.
The youngest of our children still dwell in the understanding we were all born with: we're all one. Your fate is my fate. As we grow, we're socialized out of this understanding. To adults, it might seem like an idealistic dream. Through working to regain this understanding for ourselves, can we keep it alive in our children?
Listening to NPR one spring morning, I heard an interview with a man who had served the US Army as an interpreter in Afghanistan. Because his work put him in danger in his home country, he moved to the United States. When he arrived here, he thought he would be met with gratitude. He said he thought there might be a special tea to welcome him. Instead, he was treated like a criminal. His body was searched and he was interrogated.
Not long after I heard this interview, I saw a post in one of the local moms groups asking whether anyone had job leads for the father in a refugee family. I messaged the woman in the group to say I didn't have any job leads, but I'd like to have the family over to my house or meet them at a playground. That turned into a playgroup for refugee families to meet families who have lived in the area for a longer time. I can't take credit for the life this idea took; a few other parents in the community joined together to make it happen.
Social connections are so critical to our well-being and give us greater access to opportunity. Newcomers to this country aren't going to get ahead nearly as quickly if they aren't integrated into existing communities. I understand the sad truth is many are afraid of being "replaced" by newcomers. Fear-based thinking isn't based in truth. The truth is, there's plenty for all of us, especially when we live collaboratively.
Moms need community more than anyone. We need to trade stories and baby gear. We need to feel like we're part of a community that will benefit our children. There are refugees in nearly every area in the country. There are immigrants everywhere. Develop real friendships with people who are new here. The play group worked out really well in our area; look into starting one near you.
I've benefitted from white privilege in more ways than I'm consciously aware of. I've internalized societal hatred for women and thoughtlessly used it as a sword to cut other women down. I've used it to cut myself down.
Here's an ongoing practice for anyone who wants to transform themselves and the world: monitor your thoughts. Even if you've taken a stance against hate in all of its forms, you learned how to think in a culture that didn't. When a fear-based thought comes up, acknowledge it. Acknowledge that fear still exists inside you, inside the world. Choose a love-based thought to replace it.
The fear-based thought came from the part of you that's been conditioned to think that way. That's not the real you. The real you is love. Love will transform you into the person you want to be. Love will turn our world into one we want to live in.
Love will change the world by inspiring us to action. Some of us will take actions that are bigger and bolder than the fear-based versions of ourselves ever could have imagined. In becoming the people we want to be, we'll teach our kids it's possible to be the people they want to be. Collectively, we'll transform the world.
I know this list is incomplete. Please share your ideas in the comments and social media. If you have an idea for a guest post sharing your own perspective let's talk!


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Tottenham teenager Terry Dixon played his first game for a year last night as a young Spurs team beat Crawley 3-2.
The Academy prospect, ranked as a real prospect for the future, played 30 minutes without any adverse reaction before being withdrawn as planned.
Jamie O'Hara, also highly thought of at White Hart Lane, scored from a free-kick and Andy Barcham was on target twice in the victory.


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The Omega Power Ministry (OPM) have joined millions of Nigerians in praying for the safe return of the remaining Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu.
Sharibu was abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents alongside 109 others. While five of the school girls lost their lives during the ordeal, others have been returned safely to their families, Sharibu is yet to be reunited with her family due to what sources have said is as a result of her refusal to renounce her Christian faith.
Omega Power Ministry (OPM) which has championed educational development in the society and the growth of the Christian faith said the abduction of the girl is painful and Christians all over the world must pray to God for intervention. The ministry hailed the courage of the fifteen year old Leah Sharibu describing it as worthy of emulation. It urged Christians around the world to pray for her, "Christians around the world let's spend two hours to pray for our dear sister Leah Sharibu that refused to deny our Lord Jesus Christ".


It's an old fashioned sales line.
Focus on what excites people NOT the product, NOT the thing.
I love the smell of open air BBQs in the summer.
The smell and smoke makes me salivate and want to eat sausages!
What makes your prospects salivate?
It ain't your products, it's how it makes them feel.
Market that! Go on make them salivate!
It's an element that is mostly forgotten, how can you get your customer to react appropriately to your product? In other words, how to do action that reaction? Step into your customer's shoes (especially if you are selling shoes), and really get to understand exactly what's going on inside their heads (or feet), and the only way to find out is to ask questions. Lots and lots of questions - and then react to them!


The global nature of antibiotic resistance calls for a global response, both in the geographic sense and across the whole range of sectors involved. In line with a One Health approach, healthcare plays a central role in preventing the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.
We all have to participate in this challenge!
Antibiotic resistance (ABR) has emerged as one of the principal public health problems of the 21st century. This has resulted in a public health crisis of international concern, which threatens the practice of modern medicine, animal health and food security.
New mechanisms of resistance continue to emerge and spread globally, threatening our ability to treat common infections. Antibacterial use in animal and agricultural industries aggravates selective pressure on microbes. The burden of ABR is difficult to quantify in some regions of the world because enhanced surveillance requires personnel, equipment and financial resources that are not always available. However, the worldwide impact of ABR is significant in terms of economic and patient outcomes.
Although most physicians are aware of the problem of antimicrobial resistance, most underestimate this problem in their own hospital and prescribe inappropriately antibiotics.
The global nature of antibiotic resistance calls for a global response, both in the geographic sense and across the whole range of sectors involved. In line with a One Health approach, healthcare plays a central role in preventing the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance.
In line with the WHO Global Action Plan, raising awareness of ABR by education and dissemination of information to stakeholders is an important factor in changing behaviors. An effective and cost-effective strategy to reduce ABR should involve a multi-faceted approach aimed at optimizing antibiotic use, strengthening surveillance and infection prevention and control, and improving education regarding the appropriate use of antibiotics. Making antimicrobial resistance a core component of professional education, training, certification, continuing education and development in the health practice may help to ensure proper understanding and awareness among professionals.
From 2015, each November, the World Health Organization organizes an annual campaign raising awareness of the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use. World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) aims to increase global awareness of antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. All should be encouraged to join this campaign and help raise awareness of antibiotic resistance worldwide.
This activity should include the promotion of universal hand hygiene and all infection prevention and control interventions that have been proven to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs).
HCAIs are infections that occur while receiving health care. Patients with medical devices (central lines, urinary catheters, ventilators) or who undergo surgical procedures are at risk of acquiring HCAIs.
HCAIs remain a major clinical problem in terms of morbidity, mortality, length of hospital stay and overall direct and not-direct costs in all regions of the world. HCAIs show higher resistance rates to antibiotics than community-acquired infections.
The prevention and management of HCAIs has advanced greatly over the last decade due to legislative, regulatory and organizational incentives. However, these changes have not resolved the gap between evidence base and clinical practice, particularly in healthcare workers' behavioral change.
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common HCAIs among surgical patients. It is obviously important to improve patient safety by reducing the occurrence of surgical site infections. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recently published guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infections. Despite clear evidence and guidelines to direct SSIs prevention strategies, compliance is uniformly poor and major difficulties arise when introducing evidence and clinical guidelines into routine daily practice.
In a health-care facility, the sources of infection, and of the preceding contamination, may be the personnel, the patients, or the inanimate environment.
cut off any route of transmission.
The separation of the source has to be interpreted in a broad sense. It includes not only the isolation of infected patients but also all "aseptic techniques"—the measures that are intended to act as a barrier between infected or potentially contaminated tissue and the environment, including other patients and personnel. As the hands of health-care workers are the most frequent vehicle of nosocomial infections, hand hygiene is the primary preventive measure.
Proper hand hygiene is the most important, simplest, and least expensive means of reducing the prevalence of HCAIs and the spread of ABR. Cleaning hands healthcare workers can prevent the spread of microorganisms, including those that are resistant to antibiotics and are becoming difficult, if not impossible, to treat.
Despite acknowledgement of the critically important role of hand hygiene in reducing the transmission of pathogenic microorganisms, overall compliance with hand hygiene is less than optimal in many healthcare settings worldwide. In most healthcare institutions, adherence to recommended hand-washing practices remains unacceptably low. Hand hygiene reflects awareness, attitudes and behaviors towards infection prevention and control.
Isolation or cohorting of colonized/infected patients is a cornerstone of infection prevention and control. Its purpose is to prevent the transmission of microorganisms from infected or colonized patients to other patients, hospital visitors, and healthcare workers, who may subsequently transmit them to other patients or become infected or colonized themselves. Isolating a patient with highly resistant bacteria is beneficial in stopping patient-to-patient spread. Isolation measures should be an integral part of any infection prevention and control program, however they are often not applied consistently and rigorously, because they are expensive, time-consuming and often uncomfortable for patients.
Environmental cleaning is another fundamental principle of infection prevention in healthcare settings. Contaminated hospital surfaces play an important role in the transmission of micro-organisms, including Clostridium difficile, and multidrug-resistant organisms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Therefore, appropriate cleaning and disinfection of surfaces and equipment which patients and healthcare personnel touch are necessary to reduce exposure.
It is widely acknowledged that surveillance systems allow the evaluation of the local burden of HCAIs and ABR and contribute to the early detection of HAIs including the identification of clusters and outbreaks.Surveillance of HCAIs is important because studies, have demonstrated that many infections can be prevented through having infection and control surveillance programs in place.
Surveillance systems are vital for effective prevention and control of HCAIs and are a cost-effective approach to reducing disease.
Surveillance also allows hospitals and clinicians to measure the effectiveness of strategies that are implemented to decrease infection rates. Infection rate data should be used in a positive way to improve the quality and safety of healthcare.
The HCAI surveillance is conventionally conducted by two methods.
Passive surveillance (self-reporting of suspected HAI by the treating physicians) is a very poor and inefficient method to track HCAIs as there is a risk of bias and underreporting.
Active surveillance, on the other hand, is the systematic collection of data by a designated unbiased surveillance team. This is the method recommended by the main surveillance networks. Following the data extraction, analysis of the collected information should be done. Feedback and reports after analysis should be disseminated by infection control committees, keeping the confidentiality of individuals.
The importance of surveillance systems for HCAI control has been accepted globally and some countries have established national surveillance systems with the aim to prevent HAIs. However, the incidence of healthcare-associated infections in many countries is not known due to the lack of a surveillance system.
It was demonstrated that hospitals without surveillance systems had increased HCAI rates. A decrease in the incidence of HCAIs was found in the countries that established surveillance systems.
A change management strategy should be implemented to inculcate and motivate healthcare workers across all levels to consistently collect reliable data that can be used to measure and reduce the burden of HCAIs.
Important considerations when prescribing antibiotic therapy include obtaining an accurate diagnosis of infection; understanding the difference between prophylaxis, empiric and targeted therapy; prescribing antibiotics for the shortest duration; understanding antibiotics characteristics (such as pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics); accounting for host characteristics that influence antimicrobial activity; and in turn, recognizing the adverse effects of antibiotic agents on the host.
Hospital based programs dedicated to improving antibiotic use, commonly referred to as "Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs" (ASPs), can both optimize the treatment of infections and reduce adverse events associated with antibiotic use. Every hospital worldwide should utilize existing resources to create an effective multi-disciplinary team. The preferred means of improving antibiotic stewardship should involve a comprehensive program that incorporates collaboration between various specialties within an healthcare institution including, infectious disease specialists, hospital pharmacists, clinical pharmacologists, administrators, epidemiologists, IPC specialists, microbiologists, surgeons, anaesthesiologists, intensivists, and underutilized but pivotal stewardship team members, the surgical, anaesthetic and intensive care nurses in our hospitals.
ASP policies should be based on both international/national antibiotic guidelines, and tailored to local microbiology and resistance patterns. Facility-specific treatment recommendations, based on guidelines and local formulary options promoted by the APS team, can guide clinicians in antibiotics selection and duration for the most common indications for antibiotic use. Standardizing a shared protocol of antibiotic prophylaxis should represent the first step of any ASP.
Education is a fundamental action to combat ABR. On an individual level, healthcare workers should have the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to implement effective infection prevention and control practices and antibiotics prescribing practices. Increasing the knowledge may influence their perceptions and motivate them to change behavior. Education and training represent an important component for accurate implementation of recommendations.
It is also crucial to incorporate fundamental ASP and infection prevention and control principles in under- and post graduate training at medical faculties to equip young doctors and other healthcare professionals with the required confidence, skills and expertise in the field of antibiotic management.
Hospitals are responsible for educating clinical staff about infection prevention and control and Antimicrobial stewardship programs. Active education techniques, such as academic detailing, consensus building sessions and educational workshops, should be implemented in each hospital worldwide according to its own resources. However, increasing knowledge alone may not be sufficient for effective infection control and may be insufficient to effect sustained change especially considering the multi-factorial nature of the problem of ABR.
Peer-to-peer role modeling, and champions on an interpersonal level have been shown to positively influence implementation of infection control practices. Many practitioners use educational materials or didactic continuing medical education sessions to keep up-to-date. However, these strategies might not be very effective in changing practice, unless education is interactive and continuous, and includes discussion of evidence, local consensus, feedback on performance (by peers), making personal and group learning plans, etc. Identifying a local opinion leader to serve as a champion may be important because the "champion" may integrate best clinical practices and drive the colleagues in changing behaviors, working on a day to day basis, and promoting a culture in which infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship is of high importance.


Right up front I feel like I should let you all know that I didn't know which way to type this one - thankFULL or thanksFULL. It didn't quite fit the pattern as easily as most of the others, and the perfectionist in me has to let. it. go.
I feel like it has to be first because a life without thanks is an empty life.
Thanksgiving does not come naturally to me. I long to be thankful, but complaining and comparing is much easier. I never even realized how much my negativity drained me until, after finding Ann Voskamp's blog, I started counting gifts on Mondays. Then I read her book, and it changed my life.
My natural response is still inclined to the woe is me. Even today I was cleaning up mac and cheese noodles, Cheerios, and peas from my kitchen floor thinking how humiliating it is that I with my master's degree am cleaning up after toddlers and babies. Halfway through my internal complaints, the thought hit me that the One I want most to be like came to serve, came in the most humble way, even though He was entitled to so much more - He was entitled to everything. A few months ago, I would have continued in my pity-party, and my afternoon would have been robbed of contentment. But instead I remembered to fill my heart, my mind, my mouth with thanks, and the rest of my day was much fuller than I believe it otherwise would have been.
It is not always easy, but it is necessary. To get the most out of life, to enjoy it to the fullest, every day, every moment, I must be noticing the gifts and thanking the Giver. A life will never be full unless it is first thankful.
oh yes. I can totally relate. Not a day goes by when I don't wonder why I'm paying on student loans for my bachelor's degree that I'm NOT using. And contentment? One of my biggest sins to struggle with. You're RIGHT though- Jesus came to serve...He became totally humbled to save us...from the throne of God to a life of humanity and suffering and death...and then resurrection!
One thing that has helped me with comparing myself to others who have more/easier (which I used to do constantly) is to compare myself with others who have LESS. That brings about thankfulness in my heart.
Yes, yes, yes... Been there. The stay at home life is very humbling in a world that values achievement... and in my own heart that values people's good opinion. Yet, despite the painful process of learning about contentment (and the results are anything but painful), I would rather go through it than for God to leave me with my idol of self and approval. Reading Ann's book helped change my heart from restless and irritable to viewing myself as ones of the luckiest women alive to be doing what I am doing. Amen to this post.


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Growing A Garden In Davis: Ideas I Am So Stealing!
Ideas I Am So Stealing!
This darling little garden in a box was seen on Lancaster Street. The owner called it her "touching garden" and enjoys having children rearrange the scene. It is furnished with little benches, tiles and tiny succulents in equally tiny pots and even a miniature arbor with a tiny plant growing up its sides. I am most definitely stealing this idea.
As a matter of fact, the Sweet Granddaughter and I have begun a tiny version here. I am now on the lookout for a tiny arbor and some patio furniture. We're hoping to move up to a larger garden when we find more things to use in decorating.
These post top pots were great and I am also stealing this idea very soon. I'm not sure what style of pot I will find/use but I think there are a gazillion possibilities here.
I know some gardeners in certain areas think of wax begonias the way I do gazanias or impatiens, finding them overused and boring, but I happen to like the reliable color they bring to my garden. And although they die back pretty pathetically in the winter they come back up every spring, making them perfect container plants in that they can be hidden when they are at that awkward stage. This garden had several strawberry pots that provided me with one of those "why haven't I ever thought of that" moments. Impatiens here, but begonias in other strawberry pots, were nestled about.
I love that touching garden! I missed it, but I'm going to steal it too.
Leslie, What a great idea for children and adults. I love to go to the petting zoo with my young family members so I can pet the animals, so having a little children's play garden is perfect! Frances bought some of the wire items Jean mentioned.
stealing ideas is OK. It is nice to be so clever and creative that people want to copy your garden style.
I just might go on line and order those...I've looked at a few places here and online with no luck. I'll check Lockwood!
It's always fun to come home with good ideas you can put to work for your own use. You and your little one are going to have fun gathering the items and incorporating them in the garden.
Little gardens for little gardeners. Luv that idea.
I would probably be one of the biggest players in this garden. A great idea.


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Danquah Institute is a political think tank based in Accra, Ghana. It was named after Dr. Joseph Boakye Danquah, a member of the Big Six and one of the founding fathers of Ghana. It aligns and promote the  Danquah-Busia-Dombo ideology.

History and operations
It was founded by Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko in 2008, who served as the first executive director. He was succeeded by Dr. Kingsley Nyarko, a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana  in 2017. Mr. Richard Ahiagbah in 2019, was appointed as the acting executive director.

The think tank operations are centered on  researching and publishing research papers on issues of governance, economy and media. It organizes  memorial lectures to commemorate the birthday of J. B. Danquah.

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External links

Think tanks based in Ghana
Non-profit organisations based in Ghana
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Former Ohio State Wide Receiver Devin Jordan Returning to Buckeyes As Offensive Assistant
By Dan Hope on January 31, 2022 at 9:28 am @dan_hope
Twitter/@CoachJordan82
OSU Football
Another former Ohio State wide receiver is returning to the Buckeyes as a coach.
Devin Jordan, who played wide receiver and worked as a student coach at Ohio State, announced Monday that he is back with the Buckeyes as an offensive assistant.
Im honored to have the opportunity to go back to THE University that gave so much to me and serve the student-athletes through the game of football. #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/kgtRjE3VOk
— Devin Jordan (@CoachJordan82) January 31, 2022
Jordan will not be one of the Buckeyes' 10 full-time assistant coaches.
A member of Ohio State's recruiting class of 2003 out of Massillon Washington High School, Jordan's own playing career was derailed by an injury he suffered in practice in 2004. But as Jordan documented in an interview with the Columbus Dispatch last year, Jim Tressel encouraged Jordan to stay in the sport, and Jordan ended up becoming a student coach for the Buckeyes.
Jordan has since coached at Wittenberg, Otterbein, Malone and Youngstown State and was most recently an offensive quality control coach at Akron, where he spent the past two seasons.
Now, Jordan will have the opportunity to work alongside fellow former Ohio State wide receiver Brian Hartline, who he helped coach when he was a student coach and who he told the Dispatch he considers to be "the best wide receivers coach in America."
Jordan is also the founder and president of Beyond the Game, a nonprofit designed "to help kids understand that sports is a platform to achieving a higher education and reaching their potential as adults." The organization has previously held free summer camps for children, provided youth mentoring programs and donated school supplies to local schools in Stark County, Ohio.

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Golden Globes 2021: Where to Stream the Winners
Snations Reporter Mar 1, 2021
During a normal year, when many of the awards-contending movies are released late in the season, home viewers often have to…
Schitt's Creek, star Catherine O'Hara win Golden Globes
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Golden Globes 2021: What to Expect and Highlights
Here's what you need to know:"Mank," David Fincher's black-and-white tale of Old Hollywood, is nominated for six trophies at…
2021 Golden Globes Predictions: Will 'Borat' Be the Big Winner?
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When it comes to predicting winners at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, you have to imagine an array of conflicting agendas.…
How to Watch the Golden Globes 2021: Date, Time and Streaming
Will there be a red carpet?No. But, on television, E!'s preshow coverage will feature nominee interviews and red-carpet…
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been widely viewed as colorful, generally harmless, perhaps venal and not…
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Bánsági Magyar Közművelődési Egyesület konzervatív irányzatú társaság, mely 1926-1940 között működött Temesvárott az irodalom és tudomány népszerűsítésére, a bánsági műkedvelő mozgalom összefogására és fellendítésére.

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A Temesvári Magyar Dalárda alosztályaként kezdte meg tevékenységét, 1928-ban önálló szervezetté vált. Fiókegyesületei működtek Nagyszentmiklóson, Perjámoson és Zsombolyán. Számos irodalmi jellegű előadást és estélyt rendeztek. Műkedvelő együttesei színműveket és operetteket mutattak be. Az egyesület rendezte két helyi szerző, Győri Emil és Kálmán Andor Meghalok utánad c. nagyoperettjének bemutató előadását. Működésében értékesebbek azok az emlékünnepélyek, amelyek a magyar irodalomtörténet kimagasló alakjait idézték. Rudas Jenő elnök irányításával rendeztek Petőfi-, Arany-, Vörösmarty-, Kiss József-, Kisfaludy-, Katona-, Madách- és Szabolcska-emlékműsort. Irodalmi, esztétikai, tudományos előadások tartásával támogatták az egyesület tevékenységét Bechnitz Sándor, Hajdu Frigyes, Kalotai Gábor, Páll György, Pogány László, Puhala Sándor, Szabolcska László írók, Gallas Nándor, Kristóf-Krausz Albert, Litteczky Endre képzőművészek, Braun Dezső és Pogatschnigg Guido zenészek. Az egyesület 1940-ig tevékenykedett.

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Fungal Molecule Discovery Could Lead to the Development of a Revolutionary Drug for Brain and Spine Injury Victims
Of all the injuries that one can experience in an accident, those involving the brain and spine are often the most devastating. even more concerning is that there is a lack of viable treatment options for individuals with serious brain or spinal injuries. For some, this can equate a loss in quality of life, perhaps permanently, and the possibility of long-term or lifelong disability. A new discovery could change all of that, or may at least mitigate some of the damage. The following explains further.
Fungus Molecule May Stimulate Regeneration
When a brain or spinal injury occurs, axons are damaged. These microscopic nerve fibers are critical to the central nervous system because they are responsible for carrying transmissions from the brain to the rest of the body. Unfortunately, they are also fragile. They struggle to regenerate once they have been damaged, and in some cases, may continue to deteriorate long after the injury has occurred.
Researchers now believe that a small fungal molecule, fusicoccin-A, may help to regenerate these damaged axons. As a result of that regeneration, spinal and brain injury victims could recover at least some of their lost functions.
Development of the Drug
Although the researchers have only just passed the preliminary testing phase of their discovery, they are optimistic that the fungal molecule could be used to create a drug. More than that, they believe the drug would be far more effective than any other treatment already available. In fact, the researchers stated that use of fusiccocin-A on damaged axons led to substantial growth and regeneration, to the point that axons were "growing like weeds."
The ultimate goal is to determine exactly how and why the fusiccocin-A molecule worked, and to discover any underlying mechanisms that may have been behind the regeneration of axons. Further, they hope to find a bond that could be used for other therapies for other types of injuries that involve the central nervous system. For example, Alzheimer's often causes degeneration of axons. It is possible that the drug could also help with this condition as well.
Injury Victims Will Continue to Need Compensation
Even if the new drug is developed and successful, victims will continue to need legal assistance and compensation for injuries caused by negligence. Not only will they have medical costs for the treatment, they may still be unable to work or provide for their families. This is because no one really knows yet how greatly the regeneration will impact healing, or if there will be limitations for those who suffer the most severe types of injuries, such as cervical spinal injuries.
This is why Corsiglia, McMahon & Allard, LLP will continue to fight for victims. Our San Jose spine and brain injury lawyers understand that life changes after a catastrophic injury, and we believe that negligent parties should be held accountable. If you or someone you love has suffered a serious brain or spinal injury, call (408) 289-1417 and schedule your free consultation today.
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Jab-a-jab-jab. Are fetuses in the firing line?
This is from the Australian Government's "COVID-19 vaccination decision guide for people [men get preggers too, don't you know] who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning pregnancy," dated 19 August 2021. Of the key points, this is central: "Real-world evidence has shown that Comirnaty [Pfizer] is safe for those who are pregnant and breastfeeding."
The "real-world evidence," mainly relied upon, is the preliminary findings of a study published on the website of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on 21 April 2021. This is the conclusion:
"Preliminary findings did not show obvious safety signals among pregnant persons who received mRNA Covid-19 vaccines. However, more longitudinal follow-up, including follow-up of large numbers of women vaccinated earlier in pregnancy, is necessary to inform maternal, pregnancy, and infant outcomes."
Notice the word "preliminary" and the need for follow-up longitudinal studies. But anyway, back to the Government's decision guide, where it is noted: "This [NEJM] study also reported the pregnancy outcomes for 827 people whose pregnancies were completed. They did not identify any safety concerns for those who received an mRNA COVID19 vaccine in pregnancy."
Hold on here, subsequently (September 8), the NEJM published a letter on its website validly questioning the statistical methodology of the study. To wit: "As stated in the article [the study], among the 827 participants with a completed pregnancy, 700 received their first eligible vaccine dose in the third trimester. These participants should be excluded from the calculation [of spontaneous abortions] because they had already passed week 20 when they received the vaccination." In other words, the conclusions of the study are worthless. The study relied upon in the Government's decision guide for pregnant women.
Now, true, the authors of the study cobbled together additional research (also referenced on the NEJM website on September 8) before reaffirming their conclusion. But, I suspect, there might be more to play out. In any event, are (provisional and qualified) preliminary findings compelling enough evidence to advise pregnant women that the vaccines are safe?
I'm not a doctor. I'm not saying that pregnant women should not get vaccinated. Apparently getting Covid-19 presents distinct risks for pregnant women and their babies. What I'm querying is whether the headlong rush to have everyone vaccinated, is taking away from the abundance of caution which is normally applied when prescribing medicine to pregnant women (and I should add to children).
(PS: For clarification, I am not the Peter Smith, who as a guest of doverObeach, wrote that excellent preceding piece.)
Author Peter SmithPosted on September 20, 2021 September 20, 2021
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Sorry Peter, and sorry Peter.
Muddy says:
These are the type of posts I appreciate.
Do we need a medical negligence-by-proxy-by-ommision offence?
O.K., that title doesn't make sense, but what I -obviously medically illiterate – mean is: Should there be an onus on the Federal Government (and other entities regarded as authoritative in a specific field) to provide the most up-to-date information available in such potential risky circumstances, failing which, and if damage results, they might be charged with negligence-by-proxy-by-omission? I write 'proxy' because their role is advisory.
Does this make any sense?
The consequences for governmental mismanagement (not otherwise defined as criminal or coming under WH & S legislation) seem to be confined only to the politicians being potentially voted out at the next election, a consequence which may frequently result in material gain, rather than loss.
Miss Anthropist says:
From January onwards we will find out about that advice.
They said thalidomide was a great drug too.
We used to be a high trust country once.
Now there are just sheep.
Glad I'm a coffin dodger. This place will not be liveable the way it's going.
Timothy Neilson says:
Thanks the other Peter Smith.
Preliminary data indicates posts by Peter Smiths are well worth reading.
A family friend is a nurse and has recently become pregnant after 10 years of trying.
She has understandably erred on the side of caution and decided not to get vaccinated.
She has been told by Queensland Health to exhaust her annual leave and then take leave without pay until such time as she is vaccianted, whereupon she can return to work.
Where is the nurses' union? Toeing the state government line, that's where.
That's my predicament at the moment, Roger, except without the nursing role or pregnancy. Except I've been told (verbally) the sequence is: exhaust leave (you won't be paid out), followed by dismissal on disciplinary grounds (refusal to follow a lawful directive). Sunshine Coast.
Australia's longest locked down state has also recorded the sharpest drop in births, data reveals.
Victoria recorded 69,931 births in the year to March 31, down 10 per cent or 7980 on the previous corresponding period, Australian Bureau of Statistics population figures show.
If you tell people there's no future, don't be surprised if they start behaving like there is no future.
Old Lefty says:
'Follow da science' from governments that think men can get pregnant and give birth!
In the regnant ideology in Yarragrad, Barry, mere breeders are suspect of being fascist bigot cretins unless they bend over backwards (or is that forwards) to prove that they are woke.
HD says:
Do these vaccine pushers give a fuck at all anymore about the unborn and children? Isn't it pretty standard when, for example in a situation where a driver causes the loss of a pregnancy, do not charges to the effect of manslaughter/ dangerous driving occasioning death eventuate?
What about GBH? Anybody else seen the videos of vaccinated babies ( or whose mothers were prior to birth) with abnormal tremor/ having seizures?
https://www.bitchute.com/video/fyhnm7t2X4dY/
https://www.bitchute.com/video/FNqOELkY1hnl/
The US VAERS report shows that were 1.862 miscarriages so far.
https://openvaers.com/covid-data
The DiL was breastfeeding when she got the jab. Bub(4mo) would take milk expressed before the shot. Has refused the breast and any milk expressed after the shot.
DiL had to get vaxxed as she needs it in order to do her paramedic prac.
Delta says:
I'm not surprised from everything that I've read and come to learn about the so called vaccines.
And now there's this insight into on hospital in the US by Project Veritas. Federal Govt Whistleblower Goes Public with Secret Recordings: 'Government Doesn't Want to Show the [COVID] Vaccine is Full of Sh*t'; 'Shove' Adverse Effect Reporting 'Under the Mat'
The truth will out eventually and it's not pretty.
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True, but there was no evidence they needed the vaccines ab initio either. https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1483556120178397185
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McGee was born in East Kilbride on 29 September 1960.[1] He grew up in Glasgow and attended King's Park Secondary School, where he met future Primal Scream founder Bobby Gillespie. McGee left school at 16 with one O Grade. McGee and Gillespie were heavily into punk rock, and they joined a local punk band, The Drains, in 1978. The band's guitarist was Andrew Innes.
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Private enforcement officers are moving into Keighley to crack down on litter louts.They will issue £80 fines to people caught littering, including spitting and dropping chewing gum in the streets. Their powers also extend to handing out fixed penalty notices to dog owners who don't clean-up after their pooches. To date, the 3GS officers have worked only in Bradford city centre.
But following their success there – 1,920 fines have been handed out since the contract with the environmental enforcement company began in July – they are being rolled out to Keighley to work alongside council wardens in the town.
They will also speak to shoppers about the importance of keeping Keighley tidy and liaise with business owners.
Councillor Sarah Ferriby, Bradford Council's executive member for environment, sport and culture, said: "The council is working very hard, despite decreasing resources, to keep on top of the litter problem in all areas of the district.
"We hope that the enforcement officers working with council wardens will have a significant impact on the problem.
"However, the council can only do so much.
"People need to be aware of their own responsibilities to make sure they bin their litter instead of just dropping it on the floor."
The move has been welcomed by traders and community leaders.
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A CALL TO ACTION FOR IT LEADERS
Following the failed launch of HealthCare.gov, President Obama stated, "The way the federal government does procurement and does IT is just generally not very efficient. In fact, there's probably no bigger gap between the private sector and the public sector than IT."
The problems associated with HealthCare.gov made headlines and brought government IT to the forefront of politics. In spite of an agenda loaded with significant public policy and national security issues, Congress has spent substantial time debating legislation to reshape federal IT governance and procurement. Last week, the House passed the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and lawmakers' ongoing attempts to legislate the management of government IT are certain to continue in 2014. At CEB, we are watching these developments closely and believe changes to federal IT governance and procurement practices are inevitable, regardless of the changing outlook for a particular piece of legislation. We also believe that IT leaders need to assume responsibility for stewarding change for government IT, rather than waiting for change to be forced upon them.
The current legislation doesn't fully address the funding model for federal technology, which is at the core of the challenge for IT departments. Unlike private corporations, federal IT budgets, decisions and authorities are so distributed that standards and shared services are often impossible to implement, even within a single agency. The oversight of an agency's IT programs, applications and operations is generally fragmented, with budgeting authority and funding mechanisms often an obstacle to effective enterprise IT portfolio management. The annual appropriations cycle and the inability to take a multi-year approach to finance IT investments through depreciation and amortization make long-term planning a challenge. Investments that require near-term spending to achieve long-term savings can be incredibly difficult to justify and budget, including critical efforts to retire and replace legacy applications and infrastructures. It is for all of these reasons that we believe change is coming for government IT; the status quo cannot withstand increasing pressures and expectations from business partners, citizens and the media.
Extensive CEB research on the future of government IT predicts that significant shifts will occur in the next three to five years in the essential competencies of federal IT organizations, including how technology is acquired and how talent is sourced. Despite honest intentions to ensure integrity and fairness, federal acquisition regulations have become a counter-force to innovation and evolution in technology. For instance, regulations that may work well for commodity hardware purchases often break down when applied to procurement of services based on human capital. Today, there are more opportunities to leverage technology across government than ever before. Because of this, the need for change is most critical in the capacity of federal agencies to apply more effective portfolio management discipline to IT programs, applications and operations.
Federal IT leaders know the issues with governance and procurement of IT better than anyone. For that reason, they should not acquiesce to historical precedence, nor should they allow events to play out without their influence. While the outlook for the FITARA legislation is still uncertain, it is certain that changing stakeholder expectations will dramatically change the landscape for IT leaders. Federal IT leaders need to be as focused on shaping policy and reform as they are committed to their departmental missions. While changing mandates for IT governance and acquisition processes is an extraordinary challenge, the steady influence and significant expertise of experienced IT leaders are essential to ensure positive progress.
Kris van Riper is a managing director and Lon Zanetta is a senior executive advisor at CEB.
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7th February 2016, 09:04 AM
When the seventh edition of the Karachi Literature Festival – KLF – was launched on Friday forenoon, the proceedings were dominated by an individual who was not there. And it is this magical relationship between a festival, inspiring joy and festivity, and the passing of the most distinguished writer of Urdu fiction in our times that truly validates the significance of the KLF that is continuing this weekend.
My reference, of course, is to Intizar Husain who died in Lahore on Tuesday, just three days before the KLF was to begin. In the first place, the death of a writer of this stature would be a major event not just for Pakistan but for all Urdu-speaking communities across the world. In fact, he is also recognised in the literary world as such, having been nominated for the International Booker Prize. The English translation of his novel 'Basti' has won wide critical appreciation.
In addition, he has had a close relationship with the KLF. He would be there year after year, having been a keynote speaker more than once. I remember that in 2013 Nadeem Aslam, a prominent English novelist of Pakistani origin, had passionately applauded the writings of Intizar Husain in his keynote address and had judged him the best writer in the world.
Intizar Husain's name figures in the present KLF programme as a panellist in some sessions. In particular, he had to offer his comments as the chief adjudicator of the UBL Literary Awards to be announced on today. As one of the judges for this award in different categories, I can vouch for the great value that he brought to this exercise. He was as exceptional a human being as he was a writer.
There may have been some thoughts in some minds that the death of a great writer almost on the eve of a major literary festival should have prompted the organisers to postpone the celebrations. This, obviously, would be very difficult to do considering the extent of the arrangements that were in the works. After all, the KLF has brought together international and Pakistani writers, intellectuals and artists in these difficult times, also in a logistical sense.
This event, spread across three days, is composed of about 100 sessions and 28 book launches with the involvement of more than 250 authors, moderators and speakers. In any case, after sitting through the inaugural session in which co-founder of the festival Asif Farrukhi spoke about Intizar Husain in such a touching manner, I felt that the proximity of the KLF with the death of a great writer has a story-book dimension in the sense that it allows the celebration of the life and work of Intizar Husain on a grand scale. Fehmida Riaz, one of the keynote speakers, reminisced about Intizar Husain in her poetic style and a special session on him has been scheduled.
Now, a critical appreciation of the life and work of Intizar Husain as well as a review of the star-studded sessions of the festival would seem to be in order. But that is not what I intend to do, particularly because these assignments are beyond the capacity of this column. Intizar Husain lived for over ninety years and was writing his columns to the end. His four novels and many short-stories will always stand out in the annals of Urdu literature.
As for the many splendours of the KLF, I do not have the space to even list the names of the participants or refer to various sessions on issues that cover the entire spectrum of literature and arts. Besides, the festival is to continue until this evening and an impressionistic summing up would be possible only after that.
Hence, I can only share some of my thoughts on what the KLF means to Karachi and to the overall intellectual and cultural environment of the country. Once again, it is encouraging to see the great excitement that the KLF has generated in the educated circles of the city. It is expected that more than 100,000 visitors will visit the venue – the Beach Luxury Hotel – in three days. This, though, does not mean that all these people are lovers of books. For many, it would be a social event in which a number of celebrities can be spotted. Still, the very exposure of this kind is gratifying and may be restorative in a spiritual context.
Reading habits, we know, are very poor in our society and this may be one of the many reasons why it is so deeply infected with primitive urges. A literary festival inherently encourages reading and highlights its pleasures. Literature encourages acceptance of diversity and the variations that exist in human experience and feelings. There is no dispute that books can change lives in a positive sense and enhance the creativity of individuals as well as societies. Literature and the arts teach us to be human – something we desperately need to discover.
In some ways, the KLF provides a kind of refuge, for a short period, from the chaos of our lives in this city. The ambience it creates and the hectic activity it generates is unique. It is intoxicating for your senses. Casual encounters between writers, critics, artists and lovers of books foster creativity and build fruitful relationships. It is a platform for discussion and exchange of ideas. Essentially, a literary festival should manifest freedom of thought and expression.
When we look around us – in this country and beyond – we realise the urgency for building defences against extremism and intolerance. Literature and the arts would serve as a weapon in this war between the forces of enlightenment and of obscurantism. Education and culture go together. With reference to what is prescribed under the National Action Plan, our leaders tell us that we are in a state of war. We somehow feel a bit more insecure in the wake of the terrorist attack on Bacha Khan University last month and the social disquiet that was created on the issue of the security of our educational institutions
Last week, I had commented on Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan's statement that while we are winning our war against terrorism militarily, we are losing it on the psychological front. He should try to understand the meaning and the value of events like the KLF to be able to wage and win the psychological war. Our young people should be inspired to read, and to participate in cultural activities. It is fine to have motorways and bridges but where are the libraries?
The writer is a staff member.


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