Skeletal muscles have tone and strength. The two are often confused because in normal parlance we say that someone who has built their muscle strength, by say, weight lifting or physical activity, is 'toned'. This is not what we are referring to when pointing to muscle function.
'Muscle tone' refers to the work the muscle is doing when it is at rest, while the work that muscles do while working, or exerting force, is called 'strength'.
All muscles maintain some working fibers, even while at rest. This reflects a certain amount of electrical and chemical communication that constantly happens in order to maintain basic functions such as proprioception, balance or just structure. Those muscles that have some responsibility for posture have more slow-twitch fibers and will have greater resting tone. Slow-twitch fibers are the "white meat" of muscle. Like birds who must fly hundreds of miles to migrate, they are working much of the time to keep up some tone for endurance. The need for postural and structural support never sleeps. When some fibers need to rest, others jump in to take over. The pelvic floor is postural and is prone to hypertonicity. Hypertonic fibers are those that do too much work while at rest. A muscle that doesn't rest can't work as well and can produce pain. Most patients who show up at American pelvic pain clinics or complain of urinary symptoms present with hypertonic pelvic floors.
Muscles at work are characterised as strong or weak. Both can be hypertonic (or hypotonic, for that matter--meaning too flaccid at rest). When women are given a vaginal digital exam by a urologist in order to assess for strength, it can be difficult to accurately assess the strength of a hypertonic pelvic floor. If the muscle contracts but doesn't adequately relax afterwards, the physician will feel little difference in tension and proclaim the muscle group to be weak. What the practitioner actually felt was the result of hypertonicity and the jury is still out on the strength or weakness.
A female urologist (one who is trained on female anatomy & physiology) is more likely to be aware of this issue than the more traditional male urologist. Nearly all urologists are male urologists.
I have had patients who become concerned that exercise will worsen hypertonicity. This could not be further from the truth. When we work a muscle, we contract and relax it, over and over. In working the muscle we train the relaxation part of the cycle as much as the contraction. In fact, working the muscle is one way of treating hypertonicity.
For the pelvic floor, there are two more ways that we can aid relaxation of the muscles. One is to give a slight push out, like giving a little push to get a tampon out. It should never be a forceful or strained push; use very little effort and don't expect to feel anything different from doing it. The other way to relax the pelvic floor is to lie in rest pose--on one's back, with knees bent and soles of the feet touching each other. This minimizes the electrical activity from the large muscles of the thighs and buttocks that tends to spill into the pelvic floor. This electrical activity is normal, but too much of it promotes hypertonicity.
Since sensory awareness drives motor control, promotes sensory integration and helps to develop relationship with one's body, I've been adding sensory awareness exercises to my Core & Pelvic Floor Workout classes these past couple weeks. It is a trend I will continue.
This past week my participants and I were noticing how very minute shifts in our position--pointing a foot or leaning--can elicit profound changes in sensory perception. When one has increased awareness one enhances one's ability to control those muscles and the surrounding structures. As Janet Hulme, PT, avers, "Even muscles you are not aware of being able to control, like the bladder, are affected when you change muscles you can control." Perhaps this can be one definition of the subconscious life, connecting the unconscious and supposedly uncontrollable with the conscious and controllable. In politics the Chinese call this approach 'using the back door'. In biology it's sometimes called neuroplasticity.
Move ever so slowly to a sitting position, paying particular attention to how your sitz bones (ischia) are moving. You should notice that as you sit, your sitz bones are spreading, moving away from each other, until the moment before sitting. As you release the tension to let yourself give your weight to the chair, the sitz bones move toward each other slightly. Do it several times in attemp to feel it.
Squat down and perform a slow, side to side swing of your buttocks. Notice the pull you feel on your opposign sitz bone. In other words, when you are swinging to your right, you should feel a slight pull on your left sitz bone. When you swing to your left, you feel that pull on your right sitz bone.
These simple exercises, and others like them, can aid in restoring normal sensation and function, when practiced over time.
I'm always stressing the central role of the nervous system in the functioning of our bladders and pelvic floors.
Eric Franklin, PT: "In the opening stages of training, the building up of strength is almost wholly neurogenic. An actual change in muscle substance is called a myogenic change, and this only happens after a relatively long period of training."
Janet Hulme, PT: "Even muscles you are not aware of being able to control, like the bladder, are affected when you change muscles you can control."
Diane Lee, PT: "Exercises for PFM are not intended to improve strength! Coordination and endurance is key!!!"
Dumoulin & Hay-Smith (2010) found in randomized trials "support for the widespread recommendation that PFMT be included in first-line conservative management programmes for women with stress, urge, or mixed, urinary incontinence." as compared to no treatment, sham treatment and placebo.
Neuromuscular coordination is the goal of pelvic floor or pelvi core rehabilitation.


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The 2014-15 Namibia Premier League is the 26th season of top-tier football in Namibia. The season started on 11 October 2014. Black Africa S.C. are the defending champions, coming off their fourth consecutive title.

Teams
A total of 16 teams will contest the league, which expanded from 12 clubs in the 2013-14 season. Rundu Chiefs and Blue Boys F.C. were both relegated to First Division after finishing 11th and 12th, respectively, the previous season while Ramblers F.C. also dropped out from the previous year's league. Benfica F.C., Citizens F.C., Julinho Sporting F.C., Mighty Gunners F.C., Rebels F.C., Touch & Go F.C. and University of Namibia are all new additions to the competition this year.

Stadiums and locations

League table

References

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Seasons in Namibian football leagues

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After staging a closed alpha test in the aftermath of E3, EA and developer DICE have started directing attention to the confirmed Battlefield 1 beta. It's due to take place at some point in the summer across consoles and PC, and according to a post by the official Battlefield Twitter, an announcement appears to be imminent.
In all likelihood, the beta build will act as a tweaked version of the Battlefield 1 alpha, as DICE begins to implement player feedback and balancing now that the shooter is barreling down on its October release date. As such, it's expected that players will once again be duking it out across the St. Quentin Scar map and, potentially, an additional battleground that hasn't been showcased to the public.
To keep pace with the Battlefield 1 beta, the studio directed fans to the Insider newsletter, and you can find details of that very thing through the link below.
Battlefield 1 will ship players off to the frontlines of The Great War when DICE's shooter deploys for PS4, Xbox One and PC on October 21. We'll keep you up-to-date as more information regarding that beta test becomes available.


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https://www.thehour.com/business/article/EBay-to-buy-GSI-Commerce-for-2-4-billion-8124738.php
EBay to buy GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion
Published 8:00 pm EDT, Sunday, March 27, 2011
By RACHEL METZ
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO -- Online marketplace operator EBay said Monday that it will pay $2.4 billion for GSI Commerce, which operates websites for retailers like Toys R Us and Bath & Body Works.
EBay Inc., which runs its namesake site where users buy and sell items through auctions and fixed-price "Buy it Now" formats as well as online payments service PayPal, hopes the acquisition will bolster its ability to connect buyers and sellers around the world. It could also help it become more of a threat to Amazon.com Inc.
GSI runs websites, packs and ships products and offers interactive marketing services to a variety of retailers. It has long-term contracts with 180 retailers, including Radio Shack, Ace Hardware and American Eagle Outfitters.
Shares of GSI, which is based in King of Prussia, Pa., surged 50.1 percent, or $9.71, to $29.09 in afternoon trading.
EBay has been working on improving its eBay.com website by doing things such as revamping its home page, cutting upfront listing fees it charges sellers and bolstering its search engine. In an interview, eBay CEO John Donahoe said the GSI deal fits in with his company's efforts to help retailers grow.
"Commerce is at an inflection point where the lines between online and offline commerce are blurring," he said. "We see retailers of all sizes, merchants of all sizes, looking for partners that can help them grow their businesses."
Lots of businesses need help doing things like generating demand for products, running their websites, delivering goods to customers, and growing their mobile sales, Donahoe said. GSI does this for large companies, and eBay and PayPal do this for small- and medium-sized companies, he said, which makes the acquisition a natural fit.
The purchase might also help eBay compete with Seattle-based Amazon, which, in addition to selling many items directly, allows merchants to sell their products through its site and offers product fulfillment services, too.
EBay is already involved with GSI through PayPal, which was integrated with GSI customers' sites last year, Donahoe said. He hopes that the purchase will also result in some of the companies GSI works with selling their goods on eBay.com.
Forrester Research analyst Brian Walker said the acquisition is a good move for eBay since it adds diversity to its business and gives the company access to larger merchants and merchant services that have traditionally shied away from selling on its site.
"It makes them a solution for large, regular-price retailers and consumer brands who would not see eBay or PayPal as solutions," he said.
The price seems high, he said, but it reflects the growing importance of the Web and mobile commerce.
San Jose-based eBay said it will pay $29.25 per share, a 51 percent premium to GSI's closing stock price on Friday. The $2.4 billion total is the second-largest amount eBay has paid for another company thus far -- in 2005 eBay paid at least $2.6 billion for Internet calling and messaging service Skype, which it has since sold.
As part of the acquisition, eBay plans to sell GSI's licensed sports merchandise business and 70 percent of shopping sites RueLaLa.com and ShopRunner.com.
EBay hopes to complete the deal in the third quarter. It says its 2011 net income per share will be 30 cents to 34 cents lower than its earlier outlook. In January, it had forecast earnings of $1.56 to $1.61 per share. Its adjusted earnings won't be affected. The company had forecast adjusted earnings of $1.90 to $1.95 per share in January.
The company expects the acquisition of GSI to add to its earnings per share in 2012.
Shares of eBay fell 86 cents, or 2.7 percent, to $30.84 in afternoon trading.
AP Technology Writer Barbara Ortutay in New York contributed to this report.

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Q: How to capture n groups in regex so i can substitute them in js I have following string:

[{par1}, {par2}, ..., {parN}]

And I am capturing this with following regex:
(\{\S*\})

This works fine, and captures in groups my params: $1 = par1, $2 = par2... etc
My question is, I want to do some operation in javascript with all those groups.
I know how to do it for 1 group.
str.replace(new RegExp((\{\S*\}),g),'whatever'+$1) //Probably need to add more escape characters

My question is how to replace $1 to 'whatever+'$1, $2 to 'whatever'+$2... etc
i.e

[{par1},{par2}] ==> [mypar1,mypar2]

EDIT
To explain what i want to do more detailed with parameters:
From [{par1},{par2}] I need to extract par1 and par2, so i can call a function with them, which will return different values:
function translate(par) {
  //return different things for every parameter
}
//so finally will be like:
str.replace(new RegExp((\{\S*\}),g),translate($1))

A: Use callback function as a second argument of String.replace function:
var str = '[{par1}, {par2}, ..., {parN}]',
    prefix = 'whatever',
    replaced = str.replace(/\{(\S+)\}/g, function (p0, p1) {
        // ... some other logic
        return prefix + p1;
    });

console.log(replaced);  // "[whateverpar1, whateverpar2, ..., whateverparN]"

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Media Spotlight on China's Organ Harvesting Crimes Upon Conclusion of Tribunal in London
An independent people's tribunal in London, established to inquire into forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China, announced its findings on June 17, 2019. The panel concluded that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners in China for many years, and that this brutality still continues today.
Many news agencies covered the tribunal's final judgement on June 17, including Reuters, The Guardian, Newsweek, Forbes, ABC Radio Australia, and The Globe and Mail.
Reuters: China is harvesting organs from Falun Gong members
"China is murdering members of the Falun Gong spiritual group and harvesting their organs for transplant, a panel of lawyers and experts said on Monday as they invited further investigations into a potential genocide," Sonia Elks of Reuters wrote in her article that was published on June 17.
The article explained that the conclusion was based on the final judgment from the China Tribunal whose investigations confirmed forced organ harvesting has been going on for at least 20 years in China.
Elks wrote that although Beijing repeatedly denied these accusations, the tribunal's panel of experts had found evidence that these crimes still continued and that Falun Gong practitioners are likely the main source of the organs.
"The conclusion shows that very many people have died indescribably hideous deaths for no reason," tribunal chairman Sir Geoffrey Nice was quoted as saying in the Reuters' report.
The China Tribunal was set up by the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ICETA). The seven-member panel in their final judgement on June 17 said these malpractices have occurred on a large scale, and are indicative of genocide. "Crimes against humanity and torture have been committed against both the Falun Gong and the Uighurs," Elk wrote in her report for Reuters.
Jennifer Zeng, a Falun Gong practitioner testified at the tribunal that she had been subjected to blood tests and medical examinations while held in detention. She hoped the tribunal's findings would trigger action to stop the killing.
Newsweek: Chinese prisoners killed for their organs
Newsweek reported on June 17: "Prisoners in China are still being killed for their organs, an independent tribunal concluded Monday." The author of the article, Katherine Hignett, wrote that Falun Gong practitioners are likely the principal source of organs. In addition, there is no evidence that the practice has ceased.
"Based on multiple sources of information, it has been alleged that prisoners of conscience have been killed 'to order' for the purposes of extracting and using their organs for profitable transplantation surgery," the report stated, quoting the tribunal's website.
The Newsweek article also quoted Jennifer Zeng who told the tribunal that while she was detained she and other practitioners received extensive physical examinations, including X-rays and blood tests.
"When anyone disappeared from the camp, I would assume that she was released and had gone home … But in reality that cannot be confirmed, as I had no way to trace others after my release and I now fear they might have been taken to a hospital and had their organs removed without consent and thus killed in the process."
Reenactment in 2018 in Vienna, Austria, to demonstrate the Chinese Communist Party's forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China.
The Guardian: China is harvesting organs from detainees
The Guardian reported that the China Tribunal was chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, a prosecutor at the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
In a unanimous determination, the panel announced it was "certain that Falun Gong was a source – probably the principal source – of organs for forced organ harvesting."
"The conclusion shows that very many people have died indescribably hideous deaths for no reason, that more may suffer in similar ways and that all of us live on a planet where extreme wickedness may be found in the power of those, for the time being, running a country with one of the oldest civilisations known to modern man," said Nice, according to the report.
The article stated that the tribunal had collected evidence from medical experts, human rights investigators and others, and that waiting times for transplant in China are only several weeks. When investigators called hospitals in China, they were told that the sources for some organs were Falun Gong practitioners.
Forbes: Verdict on organ harvesting in China
Forbes reported that a 60-page summary was released as final judgment by the Independent Tribunal Into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners Of Conscience in China (the China Tribunal).
"When analyzing the crime of genocide, the China Tribunal recognised that Falun Gong and Uyghurs were specifically targeted groups and that the atrocities perpetrated fall within the scope of Article II of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Convention)," the Forbes report stated.
In addition, the article said that the China Tribunal had found that crimes against humanity had been committed as defined in Article 7 of the Rome Statute.
This included, "murder; extermination; imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law; torture; rape or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity; persecution on racial, national, ethnic, cultural or religious grounds that are universally recognised as impermissible under international law; and enforced disappearance."
During a discussion at the UK House of Commons, MP Fiona Bruce had urged action from the UK government. The Forbes article said she called on the UN Human Rights Council to enact resolutions to establish, "first, a UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in China and, secondly, a commission of inquiry to investigate the systematic, widespread and grave violations of human rights in China."
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Q: Hibernate search creating unnecessary threads to index data on server startup.With default "hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners" configuration We have upgraded our system hibernate to 5.4.12 and hibernate search orm to 5.11.5. Websphere 8.5.5.16.
As I saw on the official hibernate documentation the below line:

The good news is that Hibernate Search is enabled out of the box when
  detected on the classpath by Hibernate ORM. If for some reason you
  need to disable it set hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners to
  false. Note that there is no performance penalty when the listeners
  are enabled but no entities are annotated as indexed.

I would like to bring your attention to the bold text above. Even though the documentation says it will not give us any performance issue and entities will not be indexed.
This is not working as designed. On server start up we are seeing multiple threads being executed to index the entities marked with @Indexed annotation. And due to which the server sometimes throws out of memory exception for heap.
This does not happens if I go with overriding the default config as below:
<property name="hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners">false</property>

But again I face an issue, which I've reported below.
Hibernate config file
 <property name="hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners">true</property>
 <property name="hibernate.search.default.indexmanager">elasticsearch</property>
 <property name="hibernate.search.default.elasticsearch.host">http://ip:9400</property>
 <property name="hibernate.search.default.elasticsearch.index_schema_management_strategy">none</property>
 <property name="hibernate.search.default.elasticsearch.required_index_status">yellow</property>
 <property name="hibernate.search.default.indexwriter.infostream">true</property>

Above is the issue with new upgrade.
I do have one more issue, what if I setup my hibernate config file with below
<property name="hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners">false</property>

I do not face the above mentioned issue any longer, but again I am not able to recreate my indexes(by using hibernate.search.default.elasticsearch.index_schema_management_strategy=drop-and-create) with this configuration as "false".
To overcome this I'll first have to set "hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners" to true and then start my server again, but I may again face the thread/out of memory issue.
Also, while creating the initial indexes, I thought to override the hibernate config property(with org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration class) "hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners" to true, and it may work at that point in time(did not try though).
I'm curious to understand the new configuration(hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners=true) and why its not working as designed or is it working as designed. Because this unnecessary(please pardon this word if not appropriate) threads are killing my application performance.
Is this hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners default enabled functionality working as designed?

A: hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners controls whether Hibernate Search is enabled. That's confusing, I know, but it's a legacy setting. It will be renamed to just hibernate.search.enabled in Hibernate Search 6.

Note that there is no performance penalty when the listeners are enabled but no entities are annotated as indexed.

I would like to bring your attention to the bold text above. Even though the documentation says it will not give us any performance issue and entities will not be indexed. This is not working as designed. On server start up we are seeing multiple threads being executed to index the entities marked with @Indexed annotation. And due to which the server sometimes throws out of memory exception for heap.

The documentation states that if no entities are annotated as indexed, there is no performance penalty to leaving this setting to the default (true). You said there are entities marked with @Indexed. Therefore there is a performance penalty.
Regardless... I'd stay away from this setting. It probably doesn't do what you think it does.
If you want to enable Hibernate Search, but prevent automatic indexing, see here instead. You just have to set this:
hibernate.search.indexing_strategy = manual

Hibernate Search will still start up, but entity persisting events will be ignored. You will have to use the mass indexer in order to index your data, or explicit index commands. See here for more information.
EDIT: To answer your (many) comments.

but am curious why did we introduce this setting? As this was working as expected under the older version of hibernate.

I'll need to know which setting you're talking about. Both autoregister_listeners and indexing_strategy were introduced before version 5.6, so long before Elasticsearch support was event introduced.

My concern is, we do have an option of create-and-drop of indexes at sever startup, are we going to remove this option?

No.

If not, we can not leverage its benefits with current scenario.

You cannot leverage Hibernate Search if your disable Hibernate Search. That's true.

Also, by mass indexer do you mean using the JSR-352 mass indexing job? or we are talking about .startAndWait process

MassIndexer.startAndWait is easier to get working. JSR-352 may not work in Websphere, I've never tried it.

if yes does it drops and recreates the indexes

No. It just removes all documents, but it preserves the same schema.
The option to drop and recreate indexes in the mass indexer was introduced in Search 6.0.0.Beta6 (HSEARCH-3751); see the dropAndCreateSchemaOnStart parameter here.

"Hibernate Search will still start up, but entity persisting events will be ignored. " will keeping this setting to false also stop automatic update on elastic side post hibernate operations of save/update/delete

Yes that is the point.

If yes then the whole purpose of using hibernate search ORM is gone

No, that's useful to trigger mass indexing, reindex your data while taking your application offline. After that, you can restart your application and re-enable automatic indexing.
Some people also don't use automatic indexing at all and just reindex their whole database periodically. That's not for everyone, though.

hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners settings as false then while executing fullTextEntityManager.createIndexer().startAndWait() am receiving org.hibernate.search.exception.SearchException: HSEARCH000222: The SearchFactory was not initialized

As I already explained, setting hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners to false will just disable Hibernate Search. So yes, that's expected.

Why do I suspect the whole meaning of hibernate search ORM usage under a hibernate project is lost with this new version

I honestly don't know. The settings you're mentioning did not change for ages.

I can not use the hibernate search at all and if its true than I've the performance issue at startup

That's what you should focus on.
Where do the problems seem to happen? Just when booting? Or when the application handles HTTP requests that result in write operations on the database?
Did you change anything at all?

*

*Changes in your model and Search mapping could lead to dramatic performance problems if they trigger a lot of reindexing (@ContainedIn). I'm talking about indexing one entity leading to loading half the database. You need to be very careful about what you do with @ContainedIn.

*Switching from Lucene to Elasticsearch can also represent a high cost if your application is very write-intensive. In particular, you should not enable hibernate.search.default.elasticsearch.refresh_after_write. This setting will lead to terrible performance in write-intensive applications.

As due to this flag(hibernate.search.autoregister_listeners) being false this drop-and-create functionality does not have a significance any more

As I explained above, with autoregister_listeners set to false, Hibernate Search is disabled. So of course all Hibernate Search features are disabled as well.

A: To summarize, this was not an issue with Hibernate Search and was related to some other part of my application, which was creating the out of memory issues. This we found out after disabling the Hibernate Search and analyzing the thread dumps, as we were facing issue of Out of Memory even without Hibernate Search.
Plus, we did increase/then decreased the memory allocation for our application in order to perform an iterative analysis of the application performance.
Will also put the same information on Hibernate forum.


A few weeks ago I attended a conference where Judy Russell (the Legal Genealogist) was the guest speaker. She gave several wonderful talks, but the one I was most looking forward to was the one about using court records to learn more about your ancestors and social history. I was not disappointed. She showed many examples of how court records can tell much about our ancestors even if our ancestors never appear by name. Probate records can give a sense of the wealth of the town, criminal records can show the most likely punishment for common offenses such as stealing, adultery or fornication in colonial times, etc., for a given locale and time period. She even showed cases where people in the town were reimbursed for caring for the poor, giving us a sense of what the going rate was for various services. My favorite example was one which highlighted the medical theories of the time in a homicide case.
Diane Rapaport is another professional genealogist with a law background. Her "Tales from the Courthouse", a popular column which ran for several years in the the American Ancestors magazine, provided a humorous way to look at court records and gain insight into the society in which they were produced. Her book, The Naked Quaker, uses court records from colonial New England to examine societal norms and common (or uncommon relationships) between parents and children, neighbors, and society and slaves and servants.
I haven't used court records yet, but will add them to my list of resources. What sorts of social history information have you found in court records?


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While having various cultures in one workplace can present communication problems and conflicts, the benefits of such a variety in the workplace outweigh it. The workplace can present challenges to management in terms of handling the different generations present. As older workers delay retiring and younger workers are entering the workforce, the work environment has become a patchwork of varying perspectives and experiences, all valuable to say the least.
What This Means In Our Workplace?


Dave Saunders: Keeping abreast of these changes requires dedicated monitoring of the ever-changing ecosystem of modern hospital IT infrastructure. Generally speaking, these include hospital security for the patient; analytics to measure doctor performance, training, and simulation; claims analysis; and development of best practices.
Christie Blakely: I don't think these challenges affect our mission: RTI Surgical promotes a higher standard of patient care and creates value by leveraging employee talents to develop the highest quality surgical solutions. No matter what environment we operate within, our company will stand true to this mission as we all firmly believe in the value of excellent patient care and encouraging employees to understand and utilize their talents for growth.
Eric Halvorson: Focusing the team and then being prepared to pivot when new opportunities present themselves. We're able to adapt to customer needs quickly.
Having a flatter organization allows us to make decisions quickly.
Eric Shapiro: We highly leverage a stage gate process as we take our products from ideation through evaluation to feasibility, and development. Getting the information needed to make the best-informed decisions at each gate is critical. Every gate increases the cost by factors. We delve into the questions. Is there really an unmet need? How big is it? If we came up with a solution could we make a difference in a customer's life? By the time we launch it 2-3 years later, will it still be relevant? The stage gate process applies to both devices and diagnostics. Diagnostics, however, requires expertise about a wider swath of diseases, so our team has to have a wider breadth and greater depth.
Christie Blakely: Going forward I think companies really need to figure out a way to be heard given all the "noise" of social media and the internet. Technology is such that companies know every item we've browsed on Amazon yet the personal connection, human to human, is lost. Medical device is moving toward a more nonpersonal connection but I truly believe the company that maintains solid personal relationships with our customers (while leveraging the benefits of technology) will realize sustainable growth in their space. So while we're all more connected than we've ever been, we also are losing one of the most important connections of all, and that is the human relationship.
Dave Saunders: In a heavily regulated industry, technology often moves faster than the code of federal regulations it adheres to. This affects IT integration, cyber-security issues, and the application of new artificial intelligence and neural net technologies. Collectively, these may greatly impact medical device usage and application as well as research on new medical treatments and disease causes. We will continue to seek innovative ways of applying new technologies to our platform while at the same time managing the risk of having to push too hard for regulatory approval.


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Ashgabat to host events of UN Special Programme for Economies of Central Asia
ASHGABAT. KAZINFORM The Days of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) will be held in Ashgabat on Nov. 18-21, Trend reports referring to the Turkmen Government.
High-level international events will be held as part of Turkmenistan's chairmanship in SPECA. Among them are the forum on trade policy of the SPECA countries, meetings of the working groups of the SPECA on sustainable transport and trade and the SPECA-2019 Economic Forum.
Following the forum, adoption of the «Ashgabat Initiative» document is planned.
In order to implement the documents that are envisaged to be adopted at the above-mentioned events, a corresponding joint work is being carried out with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
SPECA was established in 1998 in accordance with the Tashkent Declaration signed by presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as executive secretaries of UNECE and ESCAP.
Later, the SPECA was joined by Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.
Matters regarding the improvement of communication capacities in the SPECA region, including those between Afghanistan and the countries of Central Asia, are subject of regular discussions during the sessions.
It is known that the creation of quality infrastructure positively influences economic growth, promotes the expansion of trade, optimizes the use of natural resources and reduces production and logistics costs.
At the same time, the growing importance of regional cooperation also affects the increase in the competitiveness of countries in conditions of rapidly changing global processes, according to SPECA.
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The posters for Irwin Allen's 1972 disaster epic screamed "Hell Upside Down!" – in other words, the perfect movie for 2019. The canny Allen brought in A list actors like Gene Hackman and Shelley Winters and made sure all the thriller buttons were pushed in this waterlogged saga about the spectacular upending of a leaky luxury liner. British director Ronald Neame tries to keep a tight lid on the histrionics and is occasionally successful.
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About Robert Weide
Robert Weide's documentary films include The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell; the Emmy-winning W.C. Fields Straight Up; Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition; Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (which won an Emmy Award and was Oscar-nominated); and Woody Allen: A Documentary. He has worked in narrative features as Producer and Writer of Mother Night, Director of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People and Co-Writer of the 2014 adaptation of The Giver. Weide was Executive Producer and principal Director of the HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and created, wrote and directed the 2014 British comedy/drama series Mr. Sloane for Sky Atlantic. He is currently in post-production on a documentary, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time, which he commenced filming in 1988. Weide is the recipient of three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe and a DGA Award.


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IACHR Urges States to Take Immediate, Effective Steps to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Washington, D.C. - On the occasion of the World Day against Child Labor, commemorated on June 12, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urges the Member States of the Organization of American States (OAS) to adopt appropriate measures to immediately eliminate types of exploitation known as the "worst forms of child labor."
Convention 182 of the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes that the "worst forms of child labour" include all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom, and forced or compulsory labor, including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict; the use of children for prostitution, for the production of pornography, or for pornographic performances; the use of children for other illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs; and work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm children's health, safety, or morals. Under the terms of the convention, the worst forms of child labor in this latter category shall be determined by national laws or regulations, after a process of consultation.
"We recognize the efforts States have made in this area," said Commissioner Rosa María Ortiz, the IACHR Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child. "Civil society organizations that work with children and adolescents and participate in the consultations to determine the list of the worst forms of child labor should be taken into account. The voice of children, especially those who are at risk of child labor, should also be considered in order to better understand their vulnerabilities," she added. "We call on the States to listen to their opinions concerning the preparation of a national list of the worst forms of child labor that should be prohibited, as well as in the consideration of measures to be adopted to protect children and adolescents from the types of work that impair their rights and to provide the necessary direct assistance to ensure the rehabilitation and social integration of children who are victims of exploitation."
The IACHR provides ongoing support to the process of protecting and defending the rights of children in the Americas, and takes note of the challenges that remain in translating into reality the principles in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. "The unmet challenges are many and complex, and the Commission is prepared to work with the States to address these challenges, within the scope of its mandate and functions," the Rapporteur said. She also emphasized that the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child established the need to distinguish between the type of child labor that must be abolished and acceptable work done by children, including such activities that allow indigenous children to understand their identity and culture.
On another matter, the Inter-American Commission has noted that poverty and hunger place children at greater risk for all types of exploitation. The Commission recognizes the efforts that have been carried out and the progress made in the region with respect to poverty and in the area of social protection, but it notes that challenges remain. "When the State has a sturdy safety net that ensures assistance to cover the basic needs of low-income families, the risk that children will be exploited decreases," said Commissioner Paulo Vannuchi, who is in charge of the IACHR Unit on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
In addition, the Inter-American Commission urges the Member States to adopt measures to widely publicize the rights of children, especially among children, parents, those who defend children's rights, teachers, justice operators, police, members of the military, and groups of professionals who work with or for children. Along the same lines, the Commission urgently asks States to ensure that children who are not receiving a formal education are integrated into a high-quality educational system, and that the education they receive is culturally appropriate and responds to their needs. The Commission urges States to adopt measures to ensure that all children in the region can complete at least a primary education and have training opportunities that will prepare them for decent work, and to free children from all forms of harmful labor so as to ensure their social integration while also addressing the needs of their families.


Puerto Moreles is located on the north east tip of Mexico in the Yucatan Peninsula. As with most Mexican destinations on the Caribbean coast, Puerto Moreles boasts a spectacular white sandy beach to laze the days away on. If you want something more active, however, there are a number of tours to take part in.
Visiting the 150 acre Botanical Gardens 2km south is an enjoyable day out as you work your way along the 3km of winding paths in the beautiful grounds. Make sure you bring the mosquito repellent, however and watch out for the inquisitive monkeys.
Crococun Zoo is a little more exciting. Located along the highway it is an ecological crocodile farm and interactive zoo. Take a one hour guide from one of the zoo's experts and you will be able to feed, touch and hold a variety of species from snakes, deer, spider monkeys and real life crocodiles. The park opens daily at 9am and it is advisable to get there early to avoid walking around in the midday heat. Prices are 276 pesos for adults and 168 pesos for children.
The nightlife in Puerto Moreles centres on many of the local restaurants who host live jazz music. Some of the picks of the town include David Lau's, an oriental restaurant that is strangely famous in the area for its pizzas! Dona Triny is a small restaurant offering traditional Mexican food and is a must if you are interested in the local cuisine. The restaurant is open daily from 7am through to 11pm so why not grab yourself a Mexican breakfast whilst there. One for the view is the Hotel Ojo de Agua located on the beach next to the Villa Playa Sol. The food is not as recommended as the view is but it still serves a healthy choice of cuisine and drinks. A great spot for lunch.
For all those with a picky palate there is always L'Oazis, a restaurant specialising in grilled international food. This place is located in the town square so is easy to find but note that it is shut all day Monday. For dessert pop over to The Ice Cream Bar next to David Lau's. It serves more varieties than you could imagine.
Flights land at Cancun International Airport for Puerto Moreles so you are left with a choice of how to get there. There are regular bus routes that leave from the airport bus terminal. Another option is to book an airport transfer. This is the recommended option if you are travelling in a larger party. For a party of up to eight you can book a round trip for $110 in your own private air conditioned vehicle. Parties of two cost $50 one way or $90 for the round trip, very reasonable as taxis cost $70 each way.
Another option is to rent a car and arrange for it to be dropped off at Cancun International. Prices start from $55 per day including tax and insurance and you have the added benefit of being able to explore the larger area.
Puerto Moreles is a delightful Mexican holiday away from the hustle and bustle of the major tourist spots. It offers a variety for any holiday maker and is a great location to get away to.


Senior Jamila Wood has spent the past eight years attending Darlington and reflects on the time spent here. Wood feels her transition to Darlington was one of her toughest challenges.
While Wood feels her transition was a challenge, it was also an opportunity for her to grow and find her voice.
"At the same time I was really optimistic about my time being here. Even though it was so tough, I was like 'it's going to get better, I want to stay here.' I didn't want to leave again, I didn't want to let people run me out of a place that I felt could be great for me. That's what kept me here for so long," Wood said.
When it comes to leadership, Wood feels as if she is more of a team player.
Being a part of the Darlington Diamonds has had an impact throughout Wood's years of highschool.
"My freshman year, I was part of the Darlington Diamonds and it was great. I made friends with five people that I still keep in contact with today, even when they are moving into their adult life it's nice seeing them grow up and doing successful things with themselves. I couldn't have met a more amazing group of people," Wood said.
Theater has also played a big role in Wood's high school career and has given Wood a safe space to learn and be herself.
While in theater, Wood has learned life lessons from Shelly Daniel that she will keep as she moves on from Darlington.
"She emphasizes the importance of authenticity, and made me realize what authenticity truly is. Being yourself at all times without apologizing. It's something I will definitely take, and will stick with me for a really long time cause I feel like it was something that I needed to hear," Wood said.
Throughout Wood's time at Darlington, Mr. Murray's English three class had the most impact on her.
"It was just the combination of people in the class, you had cheerleaders, softball players, three baseball players, soccer academy, and also some kids from the arts. It was a giant mixture, and I enjoyed the different perspectives even though sometimes they were very disruptive. Mr. Murray took it and rolled with it, and he didn't let him stop his teaching. He embraced every single one of us and our personalities when honestly he didn't have to," Wood said.
Wood feels all of her teachers in highschool have taught her something useful.
"I can't decide on one person cause every teacher that I've had, if they were terrible or great, they gave me a new perspective and outlook on my education process. They showed me things I needed to work on and that I always have room for improvement," Wood said.
Throughout her years at Darlington, Wood has had the chance to learn valuable lessons from her peers.
Every year Wood has looked forward to RUMPUS, not just because of fun but making memories with her house (Regester).
"This year I looked back at all the past RUMPUS events, freshman year to now, and I love to see people proud of the teams that they're apart of. Forget winning, they're proud of being in a team, proud of being on this campus, and they're proud of their dorm and the people in it. RUMPUS has done that for people, and bridged people together. Day or dorm, students feel a rare excitement that any other event cannot match," Wood said.
Wood realizes the limited time she has left at Darlington and will miss the people the most.
"I'll miss being on this campus and being apart of the events like RUMPUS, and chorus and newsroom but honestly I think the thing I'll miss the most [are] the people I've had an impact on. Sometimes we don't realize the impact we have on people, until they tell us and I think that is a big deal," Wood said.
While Wood is applying and waiting for colleges she realizes just how little time she has left.
"My first choice is Howard university in D.C and right now I've gotten accepted to Clark Atlanta University and Morgan State University, I'm waiting on two others. I can honestly say I don't want to rush it. I don't want to rush anything. I want to say that I've enjoyed every single bit of everything I have," Wood said.
Moving on to her college years, Wood gives her advice to the underclassmen.
I am so happy for you.you brought tears to my eyes.My model,cuz you are Beautiful.congrat on what ever college you choose.


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I am a theatre director.
I direct plays and musicals.
Old and new. Adapted and devised.
so my parents decided to name me Will.
Just Will. Believe it or not, I'm not a William.
My last name is Danish.
det-lef-sen (accent on the first syllable).
Like every normal young boy, I grew up acting, singing and dancing. I caught the theatre bug at the age of nine.
After high school I moved to NYC to study at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. There I received interdisciplinary training at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School. My incredible teachers and mentors included Rachel Chavkin, Robert Moss, Mary Robinson, Fritz Ertl, Michael Krass, Theresa McCarthy, Elizabeth Hess, Ruben Polendo, Jessica Almasy, Dan Safer and Peter Bass.
I graduated a year early and formed a theatre company called MultiPurposeRoom.
For three years we devised and developed three full-length productions and multiple short works.
In 2013 I was awarded the Drama League Fellowship and spent my summer in Ithaca swimming in the gorgeous gorges, directing at the historic Hangar Theatre under Interim Artistic Director, Stephanie Yankwitt.
In 2014 I was accepted at UC San Diego's M.F.A Directing program. In 2017 I graduated with a masters degree in directing and received the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society Inaugural MFA Graduate Student Initiative Award.
My incredible teachers and mentors at UC San Diego included Gábor Tompa, Kim Rubinstein, Robert Castro, Judith Dolan, Shahrokh Yadegari, Naomi Iizuka, Deborah Stein, Gregory Wallace, Kyle Donnelly, Robert Brill, Alan Burrett, Julie Burelle, Ursula Meyer, Eva Barnes and Tara Knight.
I currently live in New York City and see and make as much theatre as I can.