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Australian Aboriginal population
'Long regarded as Australia's Indigenous capital, Sydney has been surpassed by Brisbane as host to the greatest number of Indigenous Australians.' The Redfern Aboriginal tent embassy is seen below the city skyline in Sydney, 2015. Photograph: Paul Miller/AAP
There was a time, far more recently than many Australians would care to admit, that this country's policymakers and anthropologists believed they were witnessing the vanishment of the continent's Indigenous people.
To describe as unedifying what happened elsewhere in the early to mid-20th century in the haste to document the assumed "passing of the race", is a dramatic understatement.
Anthropologists from Australia and elsewhere embarked on a race to document those that autodidact researcher, Charles Mountford, called the "last of the stone age men". Little was off limits: the sexual habits of Indigenous people were charted in painstaking detail; hair and blood samples, and facial moulds, taken; their art – its value becoming apparent on the international market – was "traded" for pennies' worth of tobacco while ancestral human remains were stolen by the crate-load and shipped to institutions here and abroad; secret and sacred rituals were intruded and trampled upon.
It was all largely justified in the name of scientific charting.
Well, as it turned out, the philosophy (assimilation) and premise ("extinction") behind this extraordinary intrusion, was fallacious.
As today's census will once again eventually illustrate, after a dramatic post-1788 invasion decline in Australia's Indigenous population that was most pronounced in the early to mid-20th century, this country is now experiencing a significant resurgence in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The centre based its projection on Australian Bureau of Statistics and other valid data, to conclude that by 2031 Indigenous people will comprise 3.8% of the population compared with 3% in 2011.
The centre's Nicholas Biddle wrote:
... if rates of fertility, paternity and mortality continue as they have been, then the Indigenous population is projected to grow from around 670, 000 in 2011 to around 1, 060, 000 by 2031. While this population growth isn't as fast as was observed between 2006 and 2011 (because no identification or enumeration change was incorporated into the projections), it is still projected that the Indigenous population will grow from around 3.0 per cent of the total population in 2011 to 3.8 per cent by 2031.
Among the possible reasons for such a dramatic five-year increase, Biddle said Indigenous population was concentrated in the main childbearing years; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women tended to have more children; there is a high partnering rate in urban Australia between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males and non-Indigenous females, with their children tending to be identified as Indigenous; and there "may have been a non-negligible number of people who previously did not identify as being Indigenous in the census but now feel more comfortable in doing so".
The statistics also show that Australia's Indigenous population is ageing and becoming increasingly concentrated in urban centres on the eastern coastal plains.
Source: www.theguardian.com
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Inside Broadmoor High-Security Psychiatric Hospital : How are prisoners admitted?
If you are a fan of American Horror Story, you may be familiar with the arbitrary basis on which prisoners are admitted to the asylum in season two. Thankfully, outside the parameters of horror television, things are much more regulated.
Tonight ITV will air the first part series showing the inner workings of Broadmoor, a high-security psychiatric hospital, which houses over 200 men- many of which are the UK's most mentally-ill and disturbed criminals.
ITV have petitioned for five years to allow camera's inside the institute which is often confused with a prison. ITV filmed the lives of patients and staff over the course of a year.
Broadmoor has housed many high profile patients including Charles Bronson, Ronnie Kray, Peter Sutcliffe and Kenneth Erskine. Staff at the hospital are required to wear attack alarms and body cameras at all times as patients are extremely violent and unpredictable.
Understandably, the nature of mental illness and the violence displayed by some criminals may make prison unsuitable or unable to house them. However, here at Unlock the Law we are curious: when will a criminal be admitted to a psychiatric hospital, rather than kept in prison?
When will a prisoner be admitted to a psychiatric hospital?
A prisoner will be moved to a psychiatric hospital for their own safety, however this can only happen if they meet certain requirements under the Mental Health Act.
The Mental health Act is the law which is used to admit you to hospital for treatment or assessment of mental illness.
In order to be detained or 'sectioned' the prisoner must suffer from a mental illness which requires assessment or treatment. Furthermore, the person must require assessment or treatment in a hospital – for their own safety or to protect other people.
If a prisoner has a mental illness, although they are detained in prison, the prison may not be able to manage the mental illness of prisoner.
In this situation, the prison will apply to the Secretary of State for Justice to transfer the individual to a psychiatric hospital under section 47/49 of the Mental Health Act.
If the person's condition improves, they could be moved back into prison to serve the rest of their sentence.
However, if the end of the sentence is reached and treatment in hospital is still required, the individual may be moved to a different section. This is known at a section 37 'notional'.
If the individual disagrees with this decision, they can appeal to the Hospital Managers and the Mental Health Review Tribunal (MHRT). The hospital is however able to treat the individual without their permission.
If however the prisoner is discharged from hospital at the end of their sentence, they may receive free aftercare services which can include things such as supported housing.
When you are discharged, you are entitled to free aftercare services under section 117 of the Mental Health Act. This can include things such as supported housing.
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Daniel was onto a donkey of a fish, until a local resident staked its claim.
The Northern Territory's buffalo industry has launched a new Code of Practice as it works towards becoming a $30 million industry.
Cyclone Marcus caused a lot of damage when it crossed over Darwin last year. Now the timber from some of the fallen trees are being put to good use.
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It's quite possibly the best way to spend your smoko.
He's one of Darwin's favourite fisho's, having amassed over 1000 land based barra, and is often seen heading out for a fish on his trusty scooter.
The High Court has ordered the Northern Territory Government to pay native title holders in the remote town of Timber Creek $2.5 million in compensation for the loss of their rights.
A foreign company has made a takeover bid for the Northern Territory-based Verdant Minerals, which owns the Ammaroo Phosphate project in Central Australia.
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"It wasn't fighting like a barra. Then saw one hook, and yep - it was straight up the clacker."
Boss charters helicopter to find workers, stuck in tree over crocodile-infested South Alligator river.
Stuck in a tree for two days and hallucinating from mozzie bites.
Rambutan growers were forced to pump-up the irrigation this year to produce a crop.
The engine room of the NT's cattle industry is in drought, with thousands of cattle running low on feed and water.
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The Northern Territory's Coastal Line Fishery has received export approval.
The Tiwi Islands are on track to export several shipments of woodchips and pine logs this year.
The earth is smouldering at Mt Denison Station in the Northern Territory and it's not something Terry Martin has seen before.
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The stakes were high out at Shady Camp, NT over the weekend. Kevin had a cunning plan, if his girlfriend Harn landed her first barra, she was a keeper!
Today is an important anniversary in the history of Darwin as we see it today - a hundred and fifty years ago George Woodroffe Goyder arrived with his team to survey the land.
In his first interview since becoming the NT's new Minister for Primary Industry and Resources, Paul Kirby spoke to the Country Hour on a range of topics, including live exports, fracking, pastoral diversification, Blue Mud Bay and cotton.
After more than five years and $26 million, the Northern Territory has been declared free of banana freckle.
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Global oil discoveries fell to a record low in 2016, highlighted the International Energy Agency (IEA) as companies continued to cut spending, and conventional oil projects sanctioned were at the lowest level in more than 70 years.
The IEA warned that both trends could continue this year, which could lead to a tightening in supplies in the years ahead.
Oil discoveries declined to 2.4 bn barrels in 2016, compared with an average of 9 bn barrels per year over the past 15 years. The volume of conventional resources sanctioned for development in 2016 fell to 4.7 bn barrels – 30 percent lower than in 2015 – as the number of projects that received a final investment decision dropped to the lowest level since the 1940s.
The slowdown in conventional exploration activities is the result of low oil prices. The IEA says an additional cause of concern for global energy security is heightened geopolitical risks in some major producer countries, such as Venezuela.
The slump in the conventional oil sector contrasts with the resilience of the US shale industry. There, investment rebounded sharply and output rose, on the back of production costs being reduced by 50 percent since 2014.
With global demand expected to grow by 1.2 mn bpd per year in the next five years, the IEA has warned that an extended period of sharply lower oil investment could lead to a tightening in supplies. Exploration spending is expected to fall again in 2017 for the third year in a row to less than half 2014 levels, resulting in another year of low discoveries. The level of new sanctioned projects so far in 2017 remains depressed.
The US shale industry has lowered its costs to such an extent that in many cases it is now more competitive than conventional projects. The average break-even price in the Permian Basin in Texas, for example, is now at USD40-45 per barrel. Liquids production from US shale plays is expected to expand by 2.3 mn bpd by 2022 at current prices, and expand even more if prices rise further.
The offshore sector, which accounts for almost a third of crude oil production and is a crucial component of future global supplies, has been particularly hard hit by the industry's slowdown. In 2016, only 13 percent of all conventional resources sanctioned were offshore, compared with more than 40 percent on average between 2000 and 2015.


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Is Google's Secret Floating Data Center Hiding In Plain Sight?
Colleen Nika
This news seems culled from the plot of a dystopian flick starring Harrison Ford, but is likely just technology's forward march toward actualizing a previously imagined future. According to CNET, Google is building a secret, massive, floating data center right smack in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. Near a former naval base on Treasure Island, something "big and mysterious" lurks in the water, and it's already being referred to by locals as "the secret project." CNET reports, "After going through lease agreements, tracking a contact tied to the project on LinkedIn, talking to locals on Treasure Island, and consulting with experts, it's all but certain that Google is the entity that is building the massive structure that's in plain sight, but behind tight security."
The origin and purpose of the structure (previously linked to another mysterious entity called Hangar 3) are still officially unknown, but if CNET's report is on-target, it correlates perfectly with Google's original plans to, indeed, build a large floating data center. Its initial patent was so well-regarded that Time even named it one of the best inventions of the year. Now it seems likely the watery compound will come to fruition.
Being the Internet's most powerful database, it's not surprising Google would create even more innovative locations to store that information. What are the benefits of doing so in San Francisco waters? According to Quartz, proximity to Google's other core California facilities is key, as is temperature control. "Ocean water provides a natural source of coolant for a data center, and cooling is such a critical issue in data centers that companies like Facebook have started building them above the Arctic Circle." This all feels very much like life imitating art, don't you think? (CNET and Quartz)
Google Building Floating Data Center In San Francisco
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Tonight my parents came over for some training before their babysitting debut next Wednesday. We practised the evening routine, complete with bath, bottle and 'shush and pat' transfer to the cot.
It was an excellent Team Blake effort. Dad excelled at keeping Minnie occupied in her bouncer chair between five and six, while Mum did brilliantly at settling her - Minnie grumbled when she was first put down but, after a few trips upstairs to rub her tummy and do more shushing, she went to sleep. Meanwhile, I cooked dinner and we all sat down to eat together as Minnie cooed upstairs.
The evenings are definitely getting easier and, if next Wednesday goes well, I'm hopeful that James and I will soon be able to go out for an evening without worrying that she's too much of a handful for whoever is sitting her. Oh dear, I spoke too soon – she has just started crying!
I've just read the story on this website written by an ex-NHS midwife, saying that the country's labour wards are in meltdown. It must be a terrifying read for any pregnant mums and I just wanted to say that while I am sure some labour wards are struggling to cope with the volume of births, that is surely not the case across the country and my experience at Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire could not have been more positive. The ward was clean and, from the minute I arrived and requested an epidural, I was looked after by a team of two midwives (one experienced pro and one midwife in training) who stayed in my delivery room throughout and came with me to the operating theatre for my emergency C-section. Yes, I had three or four changes of shift because I was in labour for 24 hours, but the level of care was incredible. The midwives who looked after us took real pride and pleasure in their work and it must be terribly demotivating for them to read such a damning piece. Minnie, James and I are very grateful for their support and kindness, which definitely went above and beyond basic patient care.
Firstly I wanted to answer Anna, who wondered if my life post-baby was boring. It is a good question and I am going to try and answer it honestly. Being a mum is a huge culture shock when you've been used to working and pleasing yourself for years, but I was at the stage where I was ready for a change of pace and priorities.
I certainly miss the buzz of working on a daily newspaper, the office banter and the social aspect of going to the pub after work. Right now I am desperate to go to the cinema and see the new Twilight film (I know it's meant for teenagers but I fancy a bit of vampire escapism), and I'm yearning for my old disposable income as I have quite a hankering for a TopShop spending spree – a regular guilty pleasure a year ago. Now I'm on a roll, a night out with the girls in a fancy cocktail bar wouldn't go amiss, either.
But having said all that, my life has probably never been more fulfilling. Looking after Minnie is very repetitive – I am in a constant cycle of feeding, nappy changing, bathing, bottle washing and sterilising – but when she clearly enjoys her bath so much, watches me move around the room or smiles at me, it makes it all worthwhile.
Plus, now that she's seven weeks old I am slowly getting more adventurous – I can still go shopping, I just have the pram with me, and I can still get together with the girls but it's over a roast lunch and a bottle of wine at my house rather than in a bar.
Plans are also afoot for some baby-free socialising. On 21st December James is going to look after Minnie while I go to a friend's birthday and, on 23rd December, James and I are going on a date and my parents are babysitting.
Plus, come January, when everyone else has the back-to-work-blues, I'll be looking forward to spending a few more months of quality time with Minnie.
So, Anna, don't put it off any longer – you'll be amazed how exciting life in mummy world is.
Secondy, to Lou, thanks for your concern and for spotting poor Minnie's dry and scaley cheeks. I have indeed taken her to the doctor and she prescribed a thick moisturiser which I've been slapping on. The health visitor came this afternoon and I was quite surprised when she warned me that infection was a risk – just as you say - and that if it hadn't cleared up in a few days I should go back to the GP. In the meantime she recommends that I apply the cream as often as possible and start slicking her up with aqueous cream in the bath. I've also got to buy a baby toothbrush and give the lady baby a scalp massage with olive oil as she has dry skin under her hair (known as cradle cap). I fear that Minnie as inherited my sensitive skin.
This weekend I've been experimenting with the Baby Whisperer book and, so far, I am impressed. While I still can't decipher Minnie's cries (author Tracy Hogg claims that hungry cries sound different to 'change my nappy' cries) I did find it useful when it came to her daytime naps. I kept a close eye on her when she was on her playmat and, when she gave a yawn, I responded to her 'tiredness cue' and took her to her Moses basket where she could nod off – and she promptly did. Apparently if I was to miss her sleep window she could get over tired and then not sleep at all.
For the past two nights I've also tried the book's 'shush pat' technique. It sounds ridiculous I know but the theory is that babies can't process more than two thoughts so, if she is crying and you pat her back and make shushing noises in her ear, she can't concentrate on wailing anymore so she calms down.
On Saturday I did it for an hour to no avail but I persevered with it this evening when she woke up at 8.30pm having been asleep for 30 mins and, after about half an hour of shushing and patting, she nodded off again and is still asleep now.
The aim is that this will become part of her sleep routine and soon I will only need to do it for a few minutes to get her to nod off. Good news, because all that shushing and patting is surprisingly tiring.
Minnie is still not happy about going to bed at seven o'clock (maybe she is cross that she's missing EastEnders). I've been trying for about two weeks now to get her into a routine of breastfeeding her for an hour at five, a bath at around six and then a bottle and bed. But, as the days go by, there's no change and she remains unsettled from 7 til about 10pm.
The frustrating thing is that we just don't understand what she wants. When she chews her hand we presume she is hungry so give her more food, but then this sometimes reappears as fast as it has gone down, leading us to think that she wasn't hungry at all, but was just sucking her hand for comfort. To this end we've tried a dummy but she can't keep it in so, while this pacifies her for a few minutes, she keeps spitting out and then crying. So, we are none the wiser.
In a bid to understand her better I am now reading The Baby Whisperer, by Tracy Hogg, which promises to help you to read your baby's 'cues and cries'. Apparently a hungry cry sounds different to an 'I want my nappy changed' cry.
I feel slightly like I have jumped on to a new bandwagon (and Amazon is making a fortune out of me) but, if it means that Minnie will be able to communicate with me better, I'm happy to give it a go.
The building work will finally be finished on Saturday. I've been counting down to this day for months but it occurred to me today that I might actually miss the succession of builders traipsing through the house. My NCT teacher said that new mums should try and speak to at least five different people a day so they don't feel isolated from the real world and at the moment I can do that without even walking through the front door. Minnie and I are going to have to get more intrepid.
A few weeks ago Minnie was constipated but, since we've upped her formula, it has been quite the opposite. Today she did four poohs, two of which were in quick succession shortly after my friend Nicki arrived to meet Minnie for the first time. She certainly made an impression – Nicki was astounded that a tiny baby could pass wind so loudly.
Luckily Nicki had left before things got even messier and Minnie did a pooh in the bath. I panicked and lifted her out, then realised I didn't have the towel ready. I am not sure what the protocol is in such a situation, but I decided that she'd get cold if I drained the water and then refilled it to give her a second bath. Luckily the expulsion was so forceful that most of it shot away from her, so the best option seemed to be just to take her out ASAP.
Two marvellous things have happened today. Firstly, Minnie was weighed and has put on 9 ounces in a week so is now 8lb 9. Hurrah! She's in the 9th percentile for her age (meaning that if she was in a room of 100 babies her age, she'd be among the smallest nine) but the health visitor said that she's clearly playing catch up and that this should soon change.
Secondly, Minnie started smiling this afternoon. She's done some inadvertant lip curling when she was half asleep, which we'd put down to wind, but this seemed to be a geuine emotional response when she saw me on waking up from her lunchtime nap. I couldn't get her to repeat it, so was starting to think I'd imagined it, but when she saw James she did the same thing. Needless to say, she looks ridiculously cute and I have a feeling she may be able to get away with murder with that smile – with us, at least.
I vaguely recall my friend Sarah telling me that there was some sort of hormone spike around six weeks post-birth and that certainly seems to be the case with me. After my Ikea meltdown at the weekend, this morning Arnie the tiler moved me to tears.
He and his crew of three arrived at 7.30am and immediately set about demolishing what remained of our galley kitchen. The dishwasher and washing machine have been disconnected and put in the middle of the floor space (meaning you can barely squeeze past them to reach the sink), the worktops are covered in rubbish and the fridge is only just about reachable.
I knew that we could expect some upheaval but I assumed that things could be back to normal within a day but when Arnie informed me that I'd be without a kitchen for a week I had to rush upstairs so he didn't see my cry.
It has been a rather exhausting weekend of child rearing and DIY – not a great mix. The tiler is coming on Monday to lay the slate flooring so we have been desperately trying to get conservatory and kitchen painted, while it doesn't matter if we drip paint on the bare concrete.
Luckily Minnie was too young to be embarrassed by me. James, on the other hand, was not.


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T he world of the Texas-Mexico bor der has always been inscrutable to outsiders. Consider the pageant presented by Laredo's Society of Martha Washington-part of a month-long celebration of George Washington's birthday, held since 1898. The notion of honor ing our founding father and his kindly wife a stone's throw from Mexico seems almost com ical. It's hard to associate that particular George W. with the dry, dusty scrub of South Texas. Laredo's blocky Civic Center, where local debu tantes are presented in an annual and very lav ish tribute to Mrs. Washington, is a far cry from the serene repose of Mount Vernon. Yet the abil ity to take a leap of faith into another world is what the border has always been about. Those who make the place their home know how to live in at least two worlds, accepting both and judging neither. So on a blustery Friday night in February, a stage has been transformed into a replica of the Washingtons' drawing room, right down to the twinkling crystal sconces and the pale green, period-hued walls. Seventeen local belles make their debuts, teetering across the stage in elab orate gowns while a narrator praises Martha Washington's simple virtues with a solemnity that would satisfy the finickiest member of a First Family of Virginia. But because this is the border, the first First Lady is extolled bilingually: Martha was "la primera dama de nuestra naci6n," who "put her country and the General above herself." And, also because this is the border, there is some thing just a bit zany about the celebration. When you combine the psyche of wealthy Mexico with that of wealthy Texas, more is always going to be more. Debs in New York might display their well-practiced curtsies in spare white gowns and gloves, but these girls make their bows in dresses of gleaming satin and thick velvet, so encrusted with ruffles, beads, and lace that they elicit gasps from the audience. Two notable Laredoans have been chosen to portray George and Martha, and TEXAS on this, supposedly the President's last night in Austin office, the First Couple's life is reenacted, with the debutantes and their escorts all playing roles. Laredo As each young woman is introduced, violins or the U.S. Army fife and drum corps playing, it is LAREDO 95


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Posted on January 21, 2008 December 26, 2015 by Nicholos Wethington
Using GPS Could Better Tsunami Warning System
When there is a tsunami coming towards your home, you want to know about it as far in advance as possible. An early warning about such a disaster could save countless lives, and using Global Positioning System information may just be the way to speed up our reaction time in the future.
The traditional tsunami warning system relies on measuring the magnitude of the earthquake that causes the tsunami. This method is not always reliable, though, as calculating accurately the power of the resulting ocean waves takes hours or days.
For example, 2005 Nias quake near Indonesia was estimated to cause about the same size of tsunami as the powerful 2004 Indian Ocean quake, which destroyed cities in portions of Indonesia, India and Thailand and killed more than 225,000 people. The 2005 tsunami did not nearly meet the same proportions as the earlier quake. There have been five false tsunami alarms between 2005 and 2007, which can reduce the effectiveness of the warnings in the eye of the public.
In a study published in the December Geophysical Research Letters, researcher Y. Tony Song of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, showed that using GPS from coastal areas near the epicenter of the quake could help more accurately and quickly determine the scale of a tsunami.
Here's how it would potentially work: data from seismometers near the earthquake's epicenter is first registered, as in the traditional system. After that, GPS data of the seafloor displacement is factored in, which gives a more complete picture of the extent and power of the earthquake. The size of the predicted tsunami is then quickly calculated and given a number between 1 and 10 – 1 being the lowest – much like the Richter scale. This information could then be passed through the tsunami warning system to evacuate people to safety.
GPS data helps create a 3-dimensional model of the tsunami by giving details about the horizontal and vertical displacement of the seafloor, and this data can be sent and analyzed in minutes from coastal GPS stations. Song's methods have accurately modeled three previous tsunamis: one in Alaska in 1964, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and the 2005 Nias tsunami.
Source: JPL Press Release
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2 Replies to "Using GPS Could Better Tsunami Warning System"
Timothy Eby says:
Your figure (apparently a model of the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004) indicates a modeled positive tsunami sea level response of between 1 and 16 metres occurring in the Gulf of Thailand from an event centred off the north west coast of Sumatra. An event of this magnitude would have had serious effects on both Bangkok and on Pattayya beach. Am I correct in assuming that the model does not take local topography into account or were there been reports of tsunami activity in that gulf that did not get public attention?
Nicholos Wethington says:
The picture is from this link: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2365.htm
You are right that it's the Indian Ocean Tsunami, but it's two hours after the quake. If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you'll notice that the scale is in centimeters and not meters. Thanks for your comment, and hope this helps!
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Tonight very well could be the night that Mike Piazza returns to the Mets' lineup. Piazza has missed the past five games.
Piazza felt better Sunday and might have been able to play if it weren't such a rainy, slippery day. With the comforts of Arizona and a retractable roof on the BOB, that won't be a factor tonight.
Reliever Saturo Komiyama, who will replace Pete Walker on the roster for tonight's game, said he plans on staying away from garage doors.
Komiyama spent his time on the DL after cutting his right middle finger on a garage door.
Roberto Alomar is hitting .237. His career average is .306.
"I don't think I've played the way maybe I'm capable of playing," Alomar said.
Jeromy Burnitz thinks his eighth-inning two-run homer off lefty Luis Vizcaino is a good sign.
Pitching matchups against Arizona: Tonight, Al Leiter (2-1, 1.13) vs. Rick Helling (3-2, 5.59); Tomorrow, Steve Trachsel (1-3, 3.55) vs. Randy Johnson (6-0, 1.37); Thursday, Shawn Estes (1-2, 3.66) vs. Todd Stottlemyre (0-1, 5.63). Originally, Stottlemyre was to start tonight and Helling Thursday.


Top 10 reasons we love working at KaBOOM!
Today, The NonProfit Times named KaBOOM! one of the 50 best nonprofits to work for in the United States! We couldn't agree more.
At KaBOOM!, our motto is "serious fun." Playgrounds don't build themselves, and we have our work cut out for us to realize our ambitious vision of a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America. But in our offices, "work" and "fun" go hand in hand.
Cool gear – All new Boomers are given a purple polo, a sweatshirt, a T-shirt and a backpack. Whether we're building playground, going on a weekend hike or just heading to the office, we wear our gear with pride!
Office space – Forget the drab grays and browns that define most office spaces. Our offices are painted in our signature colors—orange and purple—and the walls themselves are enough to brighten even the gloomiest of days. We adorn our workspaces with colorful name tags that we draw ourselves on chalkboards, and we hold meetings in conference rooms with names like "Sunny," "Babble On" and "Play Pen." Click here for an office tour.
Play equipment – The first things to greet Washington, DC Boomers when they walk in the door each morning are a slide and a tire swing. Between our three offices, we also have Imagination Playground blocks, a foosball table, a ping pong table, kazoos and an abundance of arts and crafts materials. We all know children need to play, but that doesn't mean that adults can't play, too!
Culture Captain – Just having play equipment doesn't mean it always gets utilized, so each month, two Boomers in each office are designated as Culture Captains. The Culture Captains are charged with planning a fun team-building activity or event that everyone can participate in. Past events have included musical chairs, pumpkin decorating contests, scavenger hunts and costume contests. Click here for more Culture Captain photos.
PB&J days – Because eating well and playing well are both essential to good health, each month, Boomers get a chance to take a break from their busy schedules and enjoy lunch together. The kitchen is turned into an a-la-carte deli with cheeses, meats, veggies, chips, salads and beverages set up for an elementary-school cafeteria feast! And of course, we don't skimp on the PB&J—because there's nothing like a good old-fashioned peanut butter and jelly sandwich to reawaken your inner child.
Play Academy -- Each year all KaBOOM! staff from all three offices get together for a multi-day retreat, where we do a lot of learning, a lot of planning and a lot of playing! Past Play Academy activities have included creating our own board games, acting in "Boomerpiece Theater" and singing karaoke. Click here for more photos from our 2010 Play Academy!
Sand – We not only take the time to appreciate and recognize other Boomers for a job well done—we do it playfully! When Boomers start at KaBOOM!, they get a sandbox bucket and a shovel notepad. The notepad is to write notes of appreciation for coworkers (called "giving sand") and the sandbox is to collect notes from others. In 2006, an incredible 65% of Americans received no recognition in the workplace. Our deliberate sandbox practice ensures that 100% of Boomers are given credit where credit is due.
Amazing coworkers – Not everyone has what it takes to be a Boomer. Our extensive, selective hiring process helps ensure that all Boomers have a "can do, will do" spirit and are always willing to go above and beyond the call of duty. While Boomers are an incredibly diverse bunch, we all share a commitment to service; a passion for children and communities; and an uncanny zest for life, work and play.
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Social Welfare History Project Are We Checking the Great Plague?
Are We Checking the Great Plague?
Editor's Note: R. A. VONDERLEHR, MD. was an Assistant Surgeon General of the U.S Public Health Service who was later appointed Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1942-1951).
A LITTLE LESS THAN FOUR YEARS AGO SURGEON GENERAL Thomas Parran launched the present campaign against syphilis. The knowledge and prestige of the United States Public Health Service were pitted against the pallid spirochete. The battle has since been waged continuously with the cooperation of the medical profession, health officers, and voluntary agencies all over the country. It is of interest to pause briefly and take stock.
In 1936, slightly more than 500,000 people infected with syphilis sought treatment. Another half million were infected but failed to take treatment. It was also estimated that syphilis struck one out of ten adults at some time in life.
With the acute communicable diseases, information as to the trend of an epidemic is accumulated rapidly. Not so with insidious syphilis. Keeping live and accurate records for all the syphilitic patients of the nation is a big problem. But the most modern mechanical accounting system is being applied to the task.
Reports obtained from this system during the last year and a half show that the percentage of patients with early syphilis seeking treatment increased by about 25 percent. And these reports are from representative parts of the country.
From this meager information it appears that we are beginning to learn the facts. In every other country which has been successful in controlling syphilis there has been an increase in the number of patients with early syphilis under treatment during the first few years of the campaign before a decline in the attack rate began. Paradoxically, the increase in patients with early syphilis in the United States during the last few years is good evidence that the disease is beginning to be controlled. It shows that we are getting treatment into the large syphilitic patient load which formerly did not seek treatment at once.
There is more concrete evidence of progress in another form. Facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of syphilis are being increased and expanded all over the country. Blood tests constitute the most important diagnostic measure in syphilis. The number of blood tests performed in state owned or subsidized laboratories rose from 2,400,000 in 1936 to 4,500,000 in 1938, and to 6,200,000 in 1939. While some of these blood tests were done to determine the patient's progress under treatment, such a phenomenal increase shows that hundreds of thousands more people are now being examined for syphilis than formerly.
The reader may be totally unfamiliar with the technical details of syphilis control, but he must be aware by now of the importance of treatment. It is in the application of control measures that the most striking advance has been made. Almost 40 percent more doses of the arsenical preparations used for syphilis were sold in 1938, the last calendar year for which figures are available, than in 1936. There is a record of about 800 free, pay, or part-pay venereal disease clinics in the United States three years ago. but today there are more than 2400 treatment centers. In 1936, there were 3,350,000 treatments given in these centers, and 64,000 patients were discharged as arrested or cured. In 1939, clinic treatments numbered 8,000,000, and 103,000 patients were discharged as arrested or cured.
I do not wish to give the impression that present day diagnostic and treatment facilities are adequate. Indeed. they arc only about one fourth to one third effective, and there is no uniformly high level of efficiency. There are many excellent treatment centers operated by governmental and private agencies, such as the municipal clinics in New York and Chicago, and the Slossfield Community Center at Birmingham, Ala. Far too many poor ones exist, however, such as the municipal clinic in a southeastern town of 15,000 population, the main entrance to which can be gained only by waiting half a block through an alley. Perhaps it is more than a coincidence that this southeastern town also tolerates a proportionately large segregated area in its suburbs. The fronts of some of the houses in this district have electrical signs advertising the "profession" of the occupants. For the less imaginative prospective customers, one or two of these signs are definitely pornographic.
Transform money to service and get service down into the diggings The program has now reached a significant point in terms of the development of service. Every executive knows that an effective administrative organization is necessary to govern a comprehensive business or scientific project. Yet the venereal disease control administrative costs within the Public Health Service have not exceeded 2 percent of the funds available. And administrative work within the states costs only slightly in excess of 1.5 percent more.
I discuss this detail only because I wish to emphasize that today a solid administrative foundation exists upon which an economic and effective control program may be built. Because of these carefully laid plans it is logical to believe that the venereal disease control power of the dollar will expand as the program gains momentum. For instance, in one area which was surveyed recently, it was found that $3 spent during the second year of the campaign purchased treatment services which would have cost $5 during the first year. Similar economy is possible throughout the nation.
One of the important problems is the development of a uniform, nationwide program embracing all of the generally accepted and fundamental principles. In developing this uniform program, the diverse social and economic conditions within the states must be kept in mind. The Public Health Service has no authority within the state, and even federal funds under the law become state money when the disbursement is made to the state treasury. The national program, therefore, is being adroitly developed on a persuasive and advisory basis.
1. Demonstrated efficiency in the performance of blood tests by all subsidized laboratories.
2. Laboratory services made available as freely for the venereal diseases as for all other communicable diseases.
4. Free anti-syphilitic drugs to all physicians authorized by law to treat syphilis.
5. Treatment available to all infected people on an equal basis, whether residents of the governmental unit or not.
6. Due consideration by state health departments to the reallotment of funds to ban areas, where the venereal disease problem is usually more serious.
7. A full time venereal disease control medical officer to head the campaign in all states or cities with a population in excess half a million.
Practically all of these standards have been adopted by every state. These requirements, however, represent only the framework of a complete control program. In consequence, demonstrations have been set up in selected areas where the problem is acute and where there more than average interest in the work. Federal financial and technical assistance is provided for a limited number of years in these demonstration areas with the understanding that the local and state authorities will take over the model program when federal assistance stops.
One of the first such demonstrations was launched in Camden, Glynn and McIntosh Counties, Georgia. Special aid was given by the Public Health Service for a local campaign embracing the most modern principles of venereal disease control, and the project was developed with the assistance and cooperation of the Georgia State Department of Health, and aided and directed by the local earth department. It is in this region that the "bad blood was wagon," so vividly and interestingly described by Walter Davenport in Collier's recently, was given its initial trial.
Experience WITH THIS MOBILE TREATMENT UNIT IN Southeast Georgia has led to the adoption of similar units in seven other southern states. It has been proven that such unit doubles or trebles the number of patients to whom clinic team can administer treatment in rural areas where the prevalence of syphilis is high. And this greater am efficiency is accomplished at a cost of only one fourth of the total salaries of the personnel serving on the unit.
Among a dozen or more demonstrations, two or three are noteworthy. In Albuquerque and Bernalillo County New Mexico, a public spirited citizen, aided with money raised by the Junior League through subscription dances and card parties, donated a sufficient sum to start a syphilis clinic. The local health officer, a serious-minded young physician, was deeply interested in the control of the venereal diseases and convinced the county commissioners that real economy was to be found in this kind of health work. The Public Health Service, in searching the Rocky Mountain states for a spot where a field study might be fruitfully conducted, learned of the work in Albuquerque. With relatively nominal aid from the state and from the federal government, it was possible to establish a complete modern program in this part of New Mexico.
Coal mining districts and oil fields are areas where syphilis is an unusually serious problem. The coal fields of West Virginia proved to be no exception. Logan County was interested in syphilis control and a model program was organized there. The West Virginia State Department of Health aided. Previous to setting up the demonstration, search for the germ of syphilis in the primary sore had not been done because the special microscope necessary was not available, nor was case finding carried out. Both of these procedures are of basic importance in the finding of patients with early infectious syphilis. Their application in Logan County resulted in the detection of a serious epidemic, which for a short while was of alarming proportions and involved dozens of the young men and young women in the community.
In Chicago an intensive system of finding and treating syphilis has been set up by that veteran, O. C. Wenger, a hero of Paul de Kruif's "The Fight for Life." Under the direction of this energetic officer of the Public Health Service, hundreds of thousands of Chicago's citizens have had blood tests, and treatment of those found to be infected has been arranged. The private physicians in Chicago have profited by this work, for many syphilitic patients have been sent to them for thorough examination and treatment, if necessary, after the routine blood testing. Infected people who cannot pay for private treatment have been referred to an enlarged and greatly improved municipal clinic.
Clinical research has been intensified and extended Such experts in syphilology as Cole, Moore, O'Leary and Stokes have combined the talents of the workers in the excellent clinics at Western Reserve, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, and the University of Pennsylvania with federal assistance and administrative guidance. Exhaustive studies are under way to find more practical methods of treatment, to solve the complex problems of the communicability of syphilis and its conjugal transmission, and to determine the significance of negative findings for syphilis in infants born of syphilitic parents.
Parenthetically, prominent urologists are also engaged in a group study of gonorrhea. Barnes of the College of Medical Evangelists, Clark of Oklahoma City, Cox of Boston, Deakin of Washington University Medical School, and Pelouze of the University of Pennsylvania are diligently working together to discover the true value of the new sulfanilamide compounds for the treatment of gonococcal infections in male patients. Indeed, it may even be that control of gonorrhea through the use of these newer chemotherapeutic preparations will be attained before the more insidious syphilis is checked.
Laboratory work carried on under the direct auspices of Public Health Service workers should also be mentioned. In this field are studies of a new group of anti-syphilitic drugs known as the arsenoxides, improvements in serologic blood test technique, investigations of the efficacy of numerous prophylactic agents, and researches in the course of the sulfanilamide's action on gonorrhea in women.
ESPECIALLY PRAISEWORTHY IS THE EDUCATIONAL work which has been done to acquaint the public with the facts about the venereal diseases. Recognition was recently given to the diligent workers in this field in the magazine Time. New educational material has been prepared and old revised with utility and economy uppermost in mind. More than a million popular Public Health Service penny folders have been sold by the Government Printing Office and distributed by health departments and private physicians. The American Social Hygiene Association and other unofficial agencies have aided greatly in educational work.
A small monthly medical journal published by the Public Health Service has been improved and revised. This periodical, known as Venereal Disease Information, has an established reputation. For many years it has had the largest paid subscription list of any of the publications of the national government.
Federal assistance has been available to the states only when the social security law was enacted, except for a short period toward the end of and just after the World War. The most helpful law for the control of syphilis up the present time is the LaFollette-Bulwinkle act of May 24, 1938. This law amended the basic act of July 9, 1918, and provided special funds for support of the program in the states. Five million dollars was appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and $7,000,000 is authorized for the year beginning July 1, 1940 These funds are allotted on the basis of: extent of the venereal ease problem; the financial need; and the population. he first two allotment methods permit the utilization the appropriation as an equalization fund in the poorer states and where the syphilis problem is greatest.
Specific appropriations by the states and by local governments have been most encouraging. Very reasonable etching requirements must be met to obtain federal money. To get this year's share ($4,350,000) of the federal appropriation, the states must raise a total of $3,450,000, either from old or new state or local appropriations. But re state and local health departments have actually budgeted for this fiscal year a total of slightly more than $7,000,000 as matching credits against the total allotments from the Public Health Service of $4,350,000, or more an twice as much as is required.
A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF SOME OF THE STATE AND LOCAL appropriations is interesting. Most areas are meeting their responsibilities in a reasonable way, as would be assumed from the total sums just cited. State and local funds made available in some instances are liberal indeed when the fund-raising potentialities of the respective governmental nits are considered. In a few instances there is definite evidence that the state legislature, the city fathers, or the young commissioner prefer not to accept their responsibility . Thus, Mississippi makes available $126,000, while comparatively wealthy central state of twice the population has raised only $102,000, of which about $75,000 comes from one of its two big cities. South Carolina has put up $102,000 as its share, including a new $30,000 state appropriation, but a very affluent eastern state with five times the number of people barely reaches the $1)0,000 ark. Wealthy California has raised $375,000 by appropriating $200,000 new money, but one of the wealthiest and equally large southern states with a high incidence of syphilis appropriated only $185,000.
Nineteen states have passed a law in the past three years requiring a premarital examination, including a blood test on prospective bride and groom. Connecticut was the first state to adopt a premarital law based on modern principles of control. In 1936, the year the law was placed on the statute books, thirty-eight patients with congenital syphilis were reported. In 1937, there were twenty-four reported cases; in 1938, sixteen; and, in the first six months of 1939, seven patients. Thus, in three years there was a education of more than 50 percent in the number of reported patients with congenital syphilis.
I know of no tragedy so great as the transmission of syphilis to the innocent, and particularly to the unborn child. We have had the means necessary to prevent congenital syphilis for thirty years; but because they have not been used, this stage of syphilis is still ten times as common as infantile paralysis. We know little or nothing of the transmission of infantile paralysis. We do know how syphilis is transmitted from expectant mother to unborn child. In spite of this, we, as human beings, have not had the common decency to do more than make a beginning in our attack against syphilis in the unborn. If premarital laws will prevent only a small fraction of this plague—and it is my opinion that they will prevent the greater portion—they would be well worth a trial.
Since 1936, seventeen states have enacted laws requiring a blood test for syphilis as part of the expectant mother's prenatal examination. Such legislation constitutes a sound line of defense and insures proper treatment which, if begun before the fifth month of gestation, will secure a healthy baby for ten syphilitic women out of eleven. Unfortunately, there are still obstetricians who insist that their patients are in such an exclusive class that routine blood tests are unnecessary. Such assumptions imply an unjustifiable blind trust which is one of the greatest arguments for compulsory prenatal blood tests.
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE venereal diseases began to be manifested. War came, and mobilization began. Thousands of the young men examined in the selective draft had syphilis and gonorrhea. Indeed, these two diseases were the most frequent causes of rejection, even though modern techniques for their detection were not then available.
The Congress and the President perceived the importance of stamping out the venereal diseases, for on July 9, 1918 the Chamberlain-Kahn act was signed. This act created the Division of Venereal Diseases within the Public Health Service, and set up an Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board, since dissolved in peace time by executive order. Mobilization went forward; the navy was strengthened; the Public Health Service began the job of controlling syphilis.
Peace came. The troops were demobilized and a large part of the navy was scrapped. Public indifference even sanctioned an attempt at peacemaking with the pallid spirochete. But you can't make peace with germs.
Then in 1936, Surgeon General Parran suddenly re-awakened public opinion. "Stop Syphilis" became a maxim after we realized the shortsightedness of the false economy of the 1920's. The equivalent of the cost of just one battleship distributed over the last twenty years would have made syphilis a disappearing disease today.
The grave international situation may make it a necessity at present to go on building battleships and to adopt as many other national defense measures as may be required to maintain our democratic principles of government. But let's not forget that the control of the venereal diseases is a very important step in national preparedness. And by all means let us be certain that past lessons are not forgotten. When the 1960's roll around we may find that the military and naval precautions we were impelled to take in the 1940's were unnecessary. But funds spent in the next two decades for the best syphilis control service will have eliminated that disease as an important public health problem twenty years hence. Thus may we adapt a preparedness measure to a humanitarian end.


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: Gig workers who kept working during the pandemic were rewarded with higher earnings
Median monthly incomes for rideshare drivers, dog walkers and online sellers held steady during the pandemic, even as fewer people worked these jobs, according to a new JPMorgan Chase Institute report. Read More...
When lockdowns began to stop the spread of COVID-19 last year, many rideshare drivers, delivery people and other gig workers stopped working.
But the ones that took on the most risk and continued to work — in some cases to transport essential workers and deliver food to people quarantined with COVID-19 —- were rewarded.
"In the months leading up to the pandemic, some 2.5% of American families earned income from doing gig work"
These workers earned more during the pandemic than they did from gig jobs prior to the pandemic, according to a report published by the JPMorgan Chase Institute JPM, +1.35%.
In the months leading up to the pandemic, some 2.5% of American families earned income from doing gig work, according to the report, which drew upon data from 38 million Chase personal checking accounts; identifying details had been removed from the accounts.
But at the onset of the pandemic, that figure dropped to 1.9% of families each month earning money from doing gig work, a 25% decline from pre-pandemic levels.
At the same time, median monthly income for drivers, non-transport workers such as dog walkers, and online sellers for the most part hovered at their pre-pandemic levels of $500 a month for transport and non-transport work, and $100 a month for online sellers.
That implies "an increase in overall income among platform participants during the pandemic," the authors of the report, Fiona Greig, co-president of JPMorgan Chase Institute, and Daniel M. Sullivan, consumer research lead there, wrote.
In contrast, people who worked in the gig economy by renting out their homes or cars saw a large jump in median monthly earnings during the pandemic compared to before it.
That's either because fewer people rented homes or cars during the pandemic and the ones who continued to had more inventory to offload — resulting in an uptick in revenue. Or, "It could reflect an increase in prices or longer-term rentals as families adjusted to pandemic lifestyle," Greig and Sullivan wrote.
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Headaches when changing the weather are felt, as a rule, by people with chronic diseases of the blood vessels, heart and blood, nervous system, as well as pregnant women. The reason for this reaction is the change in oxygen pressure in air, temperature, and atmospheric pressure. Magnetic storms affect the blood system and the movement of red blood cells through vessels. Weather sensitivity is a condition in which people feel headache and dizziness, weakness, nausea, pain in the joints, places of old injuries when the weather changes.
Oxygen starvation of the central nervous system.
Pasting of uniform elements of blood, especially erythrocytes.
Effect on arterial and intracranial pressure.
The change in vascular tone.
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Why does the head ache when the weather changes? The brain is very sensitive to reducing the partial pressure of oxygen in the atmosphere. If the circulatory system is not satisfactory, the weather sensitivity of the person is aggravated, since the blood is not pumped well and delivers this element to the tissues. Hypoxia, that is, oxygen deprivation, leads to energy deficiency in the nerve cells, which is manifested by headache, irritability. The arrival of a cyclone can cause changes in blood pressure and increased intracranial pressure, dizziness, nausea and vomiting.
When a magnetic storm occurs, the body's iron-containing cells are affected. These are mainly blood cells – red blood cells. Hemoglobin and lactoferrin contain iron, which is influenced by a magnetic storm, as a result of which red blood cells can stick together in a vessel and blood clots can form. In this case, blood clots disrupt circulation, lead to dyscirculatory hypoxia, headaches. Some drugs, such as oral contraceptives, steroid hormones, aggravate meteorological dependence.
A sharp change in temperature during the day can cause headache and weakness due to the effect on vascular tone. At high temperatures, the capillaries and arteries dilate, at low temperatures they narrow. If a person has impaired functioning of the autonomic nervous system or there is an atherosclerotic process in the arteries, then the adaptation is incorrect. At the same time, headaches, dizziness, loss of consciousness are possible due to the weather.
Interesting! When the weather changes in the direction of warming in people with meteosensitivity headache occurs due to an increase in hypoxia.
The work of the heart also changes with temperature. With an expanded capillary bed, the heart needs more effort to pump blood. People with hypertension are sensitive to changes in temperature and heat. In hot weather, hypertensive patients often feel a pulsation in the crown, combined with a headache, and sometimes vomiting occurs, which does not bring relief. Sometimes a headache foreshadows an impending vascular catastrophe – ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. This disease often occurs when the weather changes.
With high air temperature increases the likelihood of migraine. A cold snap is also a stress for the vascular and nervous systems. At the same time, as a rule, atmospheric pressure also varies, which cannot but affect the activity of the cardiovascular system.
With regular cephalalgia for changing weather conditions, especially in combination with hypertension, it is useful to have a blood pressure monitor at home. The headache specialist – a neuropathologist will prescribe all the necessary research. The program of examinations usually include rheoencephalography, echo and electrocardiography.
Headache from the weather: what to do? When prescribing treatment by a doctor, chronic diseases of the patient are taken into account that can lead to increased meteosensitivity in the form of headaches.
In the case of cephalgia caused by hypertension or symptomatic hypertension, pressure reducing drugs are used. With constant use of antihypertensive drugs, the dose of one of the drugs can be increased. If the pains when the weather changes are caused by essential and symptomatic hypertension, then help: beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, diuretics (furosemide, indapamide).
My head hurts when the weather changes: what to do when hypertension is complicated by the atherosclerotic process? Enrichment of nutrition with omega-3 fatty acids, vegetables and fruits is recommended. If when the weather changes, a migraine moves, help Amigrenin, Sandomigran, painkillers (Analgin, Pentalgin). Coffee helps some people with hemicrania. Provocateurs of migraine attacks, such as red wine and brandy, cheeses, seafood, it is better to exclude from the menu. For spasmodic pains in the head, vasodilators are used – Drotaverine, Papaverine.
If there are vegetative-vascular disorders, then a contrast shower, breathing exercises will be suitable for training the neurohumoral system. To improve the body's adaptive abilities with neurocirculatory dysfunction, such drugs as ladasten, Rhodiola rosea, ginseng, lemongrass, and Leuzea will help. They help regulate vascular tone, preventing headaches.
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Osteochondrosis can be the cause of meteosensitivity and hypoxia of the brain. If cephalgia is caused by this disease, then effective methods such as manual massage, the use of an applicator Kuznetsov. Physiotherapy and spa treatments are also recommended.
If the headache on the weather hurts, what to do in case of a sudden attack of meteorological dependence, when headaches lead to nausea and vomiting? To eliminate these symptoms use prokinetics: Passagex, Motilium, Zerukal. It is also necessary to remove the cause of nausea – hypertension or migraine. Sleep is the best cure for weakness.
If you are worried about headaches when changing the weather, the treatment is prescribed by a neurologist. In the presence of cardiovascular pathology leading to cephalgia, therapy is prescribed by a cardiologist.


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/**-1-12Copyright (c) 2011-2014 The ticoin developers
/**-1-12Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
/**-1-12file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

#ifndef PAYMENTSERVER_H
#define PAYMENTSERVER_H
/**-1-12This class handles payment requests from clicking on
/**-1-12ticoin: URIs
//
/**-1-12This is somewhat tricky, because we have to deal with
/**-1-12the situation where the user clicks on a link during
/**-1-12startup/initialization, when the splash-screen is up
/**-1-12but the main window (and the Send Coins tab) is not.
//
/**-1-12So, the strategy is:
//
/**-1-12Create the server, and register the event handler,
/**-1-12when the application is created. Save any URIs
/**-1-12received at or during startup in a list.
//
/**-1-12When startup is finished and the main window is
/**-1-12shown, a signal is sent to slot uiReady(), which
/**-1-12emits a receivedURL() signal for any payment
/**-1-12requests that happened during startup.
//
/**-1-12After startup, receivedURL() happens as usual.
//
/**-1-12This class has one more feature: a static
/**-1-12method that finds URIs passed in the command line
/**-1-12and, if a server is running in another process,
/**-1-12sends them to the server.
//

#include "paymentrequestplus.h"
#include "walletmodel.h"

#include <QObject>
#include <QString>

class OptionsModel;

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
class QApplication;
class QByteArray;
class QLocalServer;
class QNetworkAccessManager;
class QNetworkReply;
class QSslError;
class QUrl;
QT_END_NAMESPACE

class CWallet;

class PaymentServer : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    /**-1-12Parse URIs on command line
    /**-1-12Returns false on error
    static bool ipcParseCommandLine(int argc, char *argv[]);

    /**-1-12Returns true if there were URIs on the command line
    /**-1-12which were successfully sent to an already-running
    /**-1-12process.
    /**-1-12Note: if a payment request is given, SelectParams(MAIN/TESTNET)
    /**-1-12will be called so we startup in the right mode.
    static bool ipcSendCommandLine();

    /**-1-12parent should be QApplication object
    PaymentServer(QObject* parent, bool startLocalServer = true);
    ~PaymentServer();

    /**-1-12Load root certificate authorities. Pass NULL (default)
    /**-1-12to read from the file specified in the -rootcertificates setting,
    /**-1-12or, if that's not set, to use the system default root certificates.
    /**-1-12If you pass in a store, you should not X509_STORE_free it: it will be
    /**-1-12freed either at exit or when another set of CAs are loaded.
    static void LoadRootCAs(X509_STORE* store = NULL);

    /**-1-12Return certificate store
    static X509_STORE* getCertStore() { return certStore; }

    /**-1-12OptionsModel is used for getting proxy settings and display unit
    void setOptionsModel(OptionsModel *optionsModel);

signals:
    /**-1-12Fired when a valid payment request is received
    void receivedPaymentRequest(SendCoinsRecipient);

    /**-1-12Fired when a valid PaymentACK is received
    void receivedPaymentACK(const QString &paymentACKMsg);

    /**-1-12Fired when a message should be reported to the user
    void message(const QString &title, const QString &message, unsigned int style);

public slots:
    /**-1-12Signal this when the main window's UI is ready
    /**-1-12to display payment requests to the user
    void uiReady();

    /**-1-12Submit Payment message to a merchant, get back PaymentACK:
    void fetchPaymentACK(CWallet* wallet, SendCoinsRecipient recipient, QByteArray transaction);

    /**-1-12Handle an incoming URI, URI with local file scheme or file
    void handleURIOrFile(const QString& s);

private slots:
    void handleURIConnection();
    void netRequestFinished(QNetworkReply*);
    void reportSslErrors(QNetworkReply*, const QList<QSslError> &);
    void handlePaymentACK(const QString& paymentACKMsg);

protected:
    /**-1-12Constructor registers this on the parent QApplication to
    /**-1-12receive QEvent::FileOpen and QEvent:Drop events
    bool eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event);

private:
    static bool readPaymentRequest(const QString& filename, PaymentRequestPlus& request);
    bool processPaymentRequest(PaymentRequestPlus& request, SendCoinsRecipient& recipient);
    void fetchRequest(const QUrl& url);

    /**-1-12Setup networking
    void initNetManager();

    bool saveURIs;                      /**-1-12true during startup
    QLocalServer* uriServer;

    static X509_STORE* certStore;       /**-1-12Trusted root certificates
    static void freeCertStore();

    QNetworkAccessManager* netManager;  /**-1-12Used to fetch payment requests

    OptionsModel *optionsModel;
};

#endif /**-1-12PAYMENTSERVER_H

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Girls' Generation: Pretty in pink
Noor Ashikin Abdul Rahman
Nothing screams "girl power" quite like the colour pink.
So it was only fitting that Girls' Generation took to the stage on Saturday evening dressed in striking outfits of that hue.
Beautiful and sassy in glitzy pink togs, the girls of the top South Korean sensation showed why they continue to reign supreme by delivering a breath-taking and spectacular show.
They were not the only ones looking pretty in pink.
Most of the 8,000 fans - both female and male - went to the Singapore Indoor Stadium wearing tops in varying shades of pink.
It was an extra show of support for their idols at their Girls & Peace concert. Nanyang Technological University mechanical engineering undergraduate Khairul Azman, 24, had seen the girls thrice in Singapore previously.
This time, he was there with four friends.
"I like their interaction... and their music is very different live," he said.
Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun, aged 22 to 24, were in Singapore as part of their 2013 Girls' Generation World Tour Girls & Peace.
It was their second solo concert here after performing at sold-out shows in 2011.
Their show on Saturday, which was also sold out, lasted three hours and saw impressive concert theatrics like elaborate videos, laser lights, "explosions", sprays of confetti and even holograms.
The girls kicked off the night with Hoot followed by Animal. They also sang their hits like Gee, I Got A Boy, Oh! and The Boys, which were clearly a sampling of the crowd favourites, prompting sing-a-longs.
In between songs, the nine members would go to the corners of the big stage to wave to and blow kisses at fans, occasionally sneaking in a playful wink or two.
As they sailed through the 27-song setlist while flawlessly executing wellchoreographed routines, the girls also squeezed in an impressive number of wardrobe changes.
Their seven stage outfits, each shinier than the one before, included pink and black micro shorts, tulle skirts and sequin- embellished dresses and tops, and the girls wore both knee-high and thighhigh boots.
Throughout the show, they made it a point to interact with their fans and individually address the excited crowd, thanking them and declaring how happy they were to be in Singapore.
Said Tiffany to the fans: "From beginning to the end, it only gets hotter and hotter. Today is the best. Most of the time, fans thank us, but we want to thank you for getting us so pumped up and giving us a great show."
ashikinr@sph.com.sg
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The first State conventions in Pennsylvania and Delaware are called to debate the proposed Constitution. While Pennsylvania will actually debate, and question the wisdom of proceeding sans Bill of Rights, Delaware's internal issues and her external debates with the other States, have put her in a unique position. Of the thirty delegates who will be elected to her Convention, all thirty will favor ratification, even those men from Sussex County, which polls show is adamantly against ratification.
For years, Delaware had led the fight for equal representation. Both in the Congress under the Articles of Confederation, and in the new Senate. And it is at Delaware's insistence and with her support that the proposed Constitution offers that equal representation in the new Senate.
Internally, Delaware is racked by violence and constant bickering between the the Whigs and the Tories, but unlike her neighbor, Pennsylvania, both of Delaware's political movements want the Constitution ratified. It's more an argument of who will get credit for it, than it is whether or not they should ratify the Constitution.
As Pennsylvania hesitates, Delaware ratifies the Constitution and become "The First State" of the new Federal Republic.
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The following article was posted on November 16th, 2016, in the Santa Maria Sun - Volume 17, Issue 37 [ Submit a Story ]
No place like ommm: Schools are incorporating mindfulness as a way to help children develop better
By SHELLY CONE
Close your eyes and picture yourself by the bank of a river. Next to you is a tall tree with branches stretching out across the sky. A slight breeze begins to blow loosening the leaves from the branches. The breeze begins to swirl the leaves around, blowing them away. Now imagine all of those leaves are your problems, just floating away from you on the breeze.
This is the type of mental picture fourth- and fifth-grade kids at Robert Bruce Elementary School create when they participate in the guided meditation that's a part of their Monday afterschool program. The program is under the auspices of the Student Nutrition Advisory Council (SNAC) and focuses on nutrition, education, and physical activity. This year the curriculum includes yoga and meditation.
FINDING FOCUS
Most of the students at McKenzie Jr. High School in Guadalupe easily fall into the mindfulness exercises they practice twice each day, however, five minutes can seem like a long time to a middle school student. Some of them struggle to calm themselves, but most appreciate the focus they achieve afterward.
PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM
The goal of SNAC, a division of UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program, is to get the students learning about wellness. To do that, program administrators teamed up with 4-H Yoga for Kids, a program created by the University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture Research and Extension, which was recently adopted by the University of California Agriculture and National Resources. The idea of incorporating yoga and meditation is to teach the students how to be present in the now and to gain greater control over their feelings, emotions, and behavior. It's part of a growing mindfulness movement that includes any number of activities, like yoga, coloring, or meditation, that requires the person to focus the mind in the present. It's become a trend with adults, and is increasingly showing up in schools.
Rosalba Torres is a community education specialist with UC CalFresh's SNAC program. She began incorporating meditation and yoga this year to a group of about 40 students. She wasn't sure if they'd embrace the practice, but about half of them really took to it.
"Yoga is not for everyone. I'm surprised they liked it. Not all of them, but most of them," Torres said.
The students struggle with the poses, trying to hold them without tumbling. The goal isn't to achieve perfect form, but rather concentrate on developing patience to hold the poses, which forces their minds to focus. The kids like the yoga, and a group of them are planning to begin a leadership group to teach other students the practice, but surprisingly, the majority of the group prefers the quiet peacefulness of meditation.
"I think what they enjoy most is the meditation part. They need to discover a way of calming themselves and catching up with the day, and getting rid of the pressures of school, homework, and from friends," she said. "When they are doing the meditation part, some of them even have a hard time getting back up from a sitting position afterward because they are so relaxed."
Torres, who practices yoga and meditation herself, said she knows the benefits firsthand and was excited to bring the activities to the students. She took a training program that teaches how to present mindfulness specifically to students, and now she's looking forward to seeing them reap the benefits of better focus and an increased ability to relax and rid themselves of anxiety.
She said that a lot of the attitude issues and behavioral problems the students have can be helped by practicing yoga and meditation, and according to research, she may be right.
Studies show that mindfulness activities produce benefits in the practitioner.
In a 2014 study appearing in the Journal of Applied School Psychology that analyzed the effectiveness of a yoga-based wellness program, researchers found that students who participated in the program experienced "significant reductions in anxiety, depression, and global psychological distress."
And, in a 2015 study of the effects of yoga in preventing depression, anxiety, and aggression among students in a low-socioeconomic school, research published in Educational Research and Evaluation, "suggested a potential of the program to reduce children's anxiety problems, in particular."
Mindfulness is a much more intense practice traditionally. Following Buddhist practice it's a way to reach a deeper spirituality. For many practitioners, however, like Torres and the many other schools and companies that encourage the practice for their students and employees, it's not about reaching deeper realms of personal enlightenment, it's an effective way to alter thinking patterns and to provide people with a tool to better soothe the mind. Call it mindfulness lite, but it has a profound effect on relaxation, focus, and coping skills, practitioners say.
Dr. Pedro Guimares of Central Coast Behavioral Health said that even though practicing mindfulness is much more than just a way to get rid of the rigors of the day, it has become a popular way for people to simply deal with stress and relax. He added that no matter what approach is used, especially for children, the final product of mindfulness is awareness.
He said that's what is leading the popularity of such activities that condition the mind to be present, like yoga, which requires breathing and concentration when holding poses.
"For children I believe it's great. It will start teaching them to start paying attention, not just in body but also their mind," he said.
And like Torres said, it does have a positive effect on behavior. Guimares said that behaviorally children benefit as well because it tends to help them make better choices.
GAINING AWARENESS
Students at Kermit McKenzie Jr. High School spend five minutes in the morning and another five minutes after lunch meditating or just focusing on their breathing. The mindfulness activity helps the students to get ready for learning.
"As you are more aware of your feelings and environment, that gives you a skill. That means when a child is going to act, they are going to be more in touch with reality. Being more in touch with the present gives them the opportunity to make a better choice in terms of their actions," he said.
He said that teaching students mindfulness provides them with a lifelong skill that they can develop into adulthood.
Adults in Lompoc and Santa Maria have discovered the importance of that skill as many of them are getting involved in regular mindfulness activities. The libraries in both cities offer adult coloring programs, which have become a popular addition to the selection of community classes offered.
Librarian Joyce Fischer said she began offering adult coloring classes at the Santa Maria library once a month, and the program quickly found an audience, attracting 20 and 30 people per class. She said the classes attract all walks of life. Some come to make friends in a relaxing atmosphere of music and creativity, others simply find a quiet place and focus on their activity in solitude. No matter the approach, all of them find the peace they are looking for in the class.
"You can just see it in their faces," Fischer said. "The tension just starts to melt away as they color."
She said the coloring classes will be held twice a month, starting in January to accommodate demand.
Fischer said she actually implemented the program after learning about a similar class at the Lompoc library.
Lompoc Library Director Sarah Bleyl said the program has enjoyed success from the start, however when she first pitched the idea to city department heads, most of them weren't sure what to think about the concept.
"I got a few chuckles," Bleyl said. "But then someone said, 'You know, there's a set of markers and a coloring book in our break room, and people use them during their breaks.'"
While Central Coast adults are picking up on the benefits of a traditional childhood activity, a practice seen as more of an adult activity delivers benefits to students.
Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade classes at Guadalupe's Kermit McKenzie Jr. High School have been practicing mindfulness for nearly three years. Each day the students spend five minutes in the morning and five minutes directly after lunch quieting their minds in preparation for learning. At the designated time, a school official announces over the intercom that it's time to get calm, alert, and ready to learn, or CARL as they refer to it. Students rush to take their desks, and they are asked to close their eyes.
Over the intercom a counselor tells them to get comfortable in their chairs, place their hands in their laps, and then instructs them to "now let your mind settle into your body by feeling yourself breathe." The room goes silent, minus the occasional shuffling of feet or throat clearing.
PERFECTING PATIENCE
The concentration and patience needed in order to hold the poses in yoga help students to practice focusing their minds on the present.
Five minutes may sound like a short amount of time, but for a classroom of active middle schoolers five minutes can seem like forever. Some students calmly focus on their breathing, seeming to appreciate the chance to slow down. Others fidget uncomfortably, struggling to keep their eyes closed. The voice over the intercom intermittently reminds them to focus on their inhalations and exhalations.
Principal Gabriel Solorio said he's seen a difference in the students' behavior since they started implementing the mindfulness exercise. They seem to transition much better from playing outside to getting back to work after they've had their five minutes of downtime.
He got the idea from his wife who is a nurse. Along with help from the doctor his wife works for, they developed a regular routine, and decided to incorporate it at school.
"I thought, it's good for your well-being, good for your soul. What could it hurt?" Solorio said. "It gets them to focus. When the lesson is being presented we need them to be in the moment, to focus on paying attention to the teacher," he said.
Despite its growing popularity and studies supporting its effectiveness, mindfulness is still a strange concept to some. Guimares said he explained to the students that this was something that is done at big corporations like Google, and that celebrities like Oprah Winfrey do it. Classrooms also display posters about why they practice mindfulness.
"We had to explain to them that this isn't just some crazy, whacked-out idea we decided to do out here with you guys, there's some research behind it," he said.
Some McKenzie students, like seventh-grade student Victor Castillo, 13, admitted the practice sounded a little different to him at first, but that it only took him a couple of days to accept the idea. He said he doesn't know how the mindfulness activity will translate into the rest of his life, but he knows it helps him in school.
"It makes you relax your brain. It helps you focus in your class," he said.
Sixth-grade student Jennifer Cabrera, 11, said the activity took her a week or two to get used to but that she enjoys taking the short breaks during the day.
"I think it just focuses you more on class, and I feel like it's a good idea to do that before we even start class," she said.
Solorio said he doesn't have statistics but he's seen an overall general improvement in student behavior.
Torres, of the SNAC program at Robert Bruce School, said she believes she'll see the same.
She thinks the more important aspect of the students' mindfulness practice is improvement to their overall well-being. She said that she has so much confidence in the program that she hopes to reach more students.
"My hope is to be able to expand the wonderful practice of yoga to all elementary school children in Santa Maria, and in a more ambitious plan, to all schools in Santa Barbara County."
Editor Shelly Cone can be reached at scone@santamariasun.com.


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Reported Bristol City goalkeeper target released by Hibs - reports
Could this man be heading to Ashton Gate as a replacement for Luke Steele?
Edward Waddell
It's been confirmed that Luke Steele is leaving and Bristol City are now searching for a new man between the sticks.
One man who has been linked with the Robins is Scottish goalkeeper Cammy Bell and according to the Scottish Sun, he has today been released by Hibs.
The 31-year-old stopper joined Hibs on a short-term deal in January and he has impressed, making a string of saves in their recent 2-0 win over Partick Thistle.
Bristol City retained list LIVE Robins release four players; Lee Johnson gives reaction
Bell started his career at Kilmarnock and will know Bristol City boss Lee Johnson due to their time together there. He went on to play 100 times for Killlie before joining Rangers.
He has since spent time with Dundee United and back at Kilmarnock before joining Hibs this year.
Bell has one international cap for Scotland. He made his debut coming on as a second half substitute against the Faroe Islands in 2010.
The two goalkeepers linked to Bristol City and one they have missed out on
League Two side Oldham Athletic are also thought to be interested in signing the ex-Rangers keeper.
Bell would be a good replacement for Steele to battle for the number one jersey with Frank Fielding.
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