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April Wiechmann public CV
April Wiechmann, PhD
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine & Geriatrics
EmailApril.Wiechmann@unthsc.edu
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Dr. April Wiechmann is a neuropsychologist primarily conducting clinical work through the Geriatric Service Line. Her teaching contributions include first- and second-year medical students in clinical applications. She also mentors fourth-year medical students during their geriatric rotation and supervises master's level and fourth-year doctoral students from UNT and UT Southwestern.
Dr. Wiechmann's primary research interests are in the area of neuropsychology and geriatrics. She is the recipient of a federal grant through the National Institutes of Health. Recent publications have focused on neuropsychiatric symptoms and the impact of cholesterol and gender, testosterone and neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia, measures of intellectual stability in dementia, and test development for assessing knowledge and behavior in emergency situations for patients with cognitive impairment.
PhD in in Clinical Health Psychology and Behavior Med, UNT Health Science Center
MS in Clinical Health Psychology and Behavior Med, University of North Texas
BA in Psychology, California State University Fresno
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Alzheimer Disease Medicine & Life Sciences
Vascular Dementia Medicine & Life Sciences
Blood Vessels Medicine & Life Sciences
Biomarkers Medicine & Life Sciences
Dementia Medicine & Life Sciences
Interleukin-7 Medicine & Life Sciences
Cholesterol Medicine & Life Sciences
Inflammation Medicine & Life Sciences
Consortium of Alzheimer's Disease Centers
Fairchild, T., Knebl, J., Harty, B., Wiechmann, A. & Ross, S.
Alzheimer's Disease Program
Characteristics of cognitively normal Mexican-Americans with cognitive complaints
Hall, J., Wiechmann, A. R., Johnson, L. A., Edwards, M. & O'Bryant, S., 1 Jan 2018, In : Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 61, 4, p. 1485-1492 8 p.
Affective Symptoms
IL-7 and Depression: The importance of gender and blood fraction
Hall, J., Wiechmann, A. R., Edwards, M., Johnson, L. A. & O'Bryant, S., 15 Dec 2016, In : Behavioural Brain Research. 315, p. 147-149 3 p.
Test of executive functioning in an emergency (TEFE): A performance-based assessment of safety for geriatric patients with dementia
Wiechmann, A. R., Hall, J. & Azimipour, S., 1 Dec 2015, In : Psychology and Neuroscience. 8, 4, p. 488-494 7 p.
Geriatric Assessment
Total testosterone and neuropsychiatric symptoms in elderly men with Alzheimer's disease
Texas Alzheimer's Research Care Consortium, 1 Dec 2015, In : Alzheimer's Research and Therapy. 7, 1, 107.
The impact of APOE status on relationship of biomarkers of vascular risk and systemic inflammation to neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease
Hall, J., Wiechmann, A. R., Johnson, L. A., Edwards, M., Barber, R. C., Cunningham, R. L., Singh, M. & O'Bryant, S., 1 Jan 2014, In : Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 40, 4, p. 887-896 10 p.
Interleukin-15
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CLICK HERE for a list of resources on various learning challenges that families can read, learn, and share with their students at home as well! McKenzie staff is very excited to demonstrate our unity and acceptance of all learning differences, and to provide our students with a meaningful experience.
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Thank you to Kelly Warner and Sarah Black for yet another amazing bulletin board!
Girls on the Run: We've reached our 15-girl maximum registration for our team. However, if one other parent can join us in coaching, we can add 5 more girls to the team. If you'd still like to register, please do so, as Girls on the Run will keep a wait list for us. To find out more info or to register click here.
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Girls on the Run: We currently have enough space for 15 girls. If we can get an additional parent to volunteer to coach, we can expand the team to 20 girls. If you are interested in volunteering, please let us know!
D39 Educational Foundation: Attention science lovers! Come learn about an exciting Science enrichment opportunity for 5th-8th graders in our community! The D39 Educational Foundation invites you to attend the Science Olympiad Open House on Saturday, February 23rd in the WJHS cafeteria from 9-10 am. Students and instructors from courses like Disease Detectives, Mystery Architecture, Circuit Lab and Roller Coasters will be there to showcase their creations and talk about the program.
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Family Action Network (FAN) hosts two speakers, W. Thomas Boyce, MD on February 19 & 20 and Dr. Zhao on February 21st at New Trier Cornog Auditorium. Free CEUs for educators and open to the public.
Wilmette Public Library hosts Maker Fest on February 23rd, 10:30-2:30.
New Trier's Student Dance Company presents "Kinesis Kids Dance Concert". An interactive show for children ages 3-11 on February 9th.
Wilmette Baseball Association has opened registration for spring leagues.
Wilmette Historical Museum hosts "Meet the Lincolns" February 17th and "Design Your Dream Home" on March 17th.
The Center Fitness Club schedule and various park district classes for children ages 3-14 are posted.
Trevian Girls Softball Association hosts fastpitch softball clinics/evaluations for girls ages 9-10.
If you would like your child to submit their artwork to Google, a parent/guardian signature is required in order for McKenzie to submit it on your child's behalf. Please note, only one entry per child is allowed. Parents are able to submit their own child's work online or students may return them to Mrs. Garry or Ms. Lawniczak on or before March 8th.
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For more information please visit Google's How it Works page.
RED Week - Wear Red!
Student drop off will begin at 8:20am, and the first bell will ring at 8:30am. Please refer to McKenzie's calendar for important dates/holidays.


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TRENTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mr. Alvin Odom Murrell, age 86, will be held Monday, February 3, 2014 at 2:00 pm at Bland Funeral Home, Johnston, SC with burial to follow in Mt of Olives Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday prior to the service from 1-2 at the Funeral Home.
Mr. Murrell, a native of Edgefield Co., died Saturday, February 1, 2014. He was a son of the late Horace and Pearl Duncan Murrell. He was retired from Star Fibers and was a member of Eureka Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife: Daphne Murrell; Sons: Danny (Donna), Tommy (Lois Ann), and Kelvin Murrell. Daughter: Theresa Lynn; Stepsons: Woody and Tim Bush, Barry (Dana) Jones; Stepdaughter: Bonnie (Steve) Smith; and 18 grandchildren. He was predeceased by one stepson, Ricky Bush.


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Jazeera Journalists Get 7 Years Amid Egypt Freedom Fears
A court in Egypt sentenced three Al-Jazeera journalists, including an award-winning Australian reporter, to at least seven years in jail, heightening concerns national security is being used as a pretext to curb freedoms.
Authorities had accused 20 people, including four foreigners, of terrorism-related activities in support of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, arguing they sullied Egypt's image and posed a threat to its security. Australian Peter Greste and Al-Jazeera English's Cairo bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy each received seven years in prison, while Baher Mohamed received an additional three years on a weapons possession charge.
"It's an unbelievable result. It's definitely not what I was expecting," Greste's brother, Andrew Greste, said in a phone interview in Egypt's capital after Cairo Criminal Court Judge Mohamed Shahata read out the verdict. "It's going to take us a little while to regroup and weigh our options and figure out how to continue the fight."
The verdicts sparked international condemnation, led by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry who called them "chilling and draconian." During a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi yesterday, Kerry had called for jailed journalists to be freed while bidding to patch rifts between the allies with promises of more military aid. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she was "appalled" by the sentences.
Australian correspondent Peter Greste, left, Mohamed Fahmy, center, and Baher Mohamed each received seven years in prison, according to the verdict read out by Cairo Criminal Court Judge Mohamed Shahata.
The defendants were detained in December, part of the crackdown on the Brotherhood that followed the military's July overthrow of elected President Mohamed Mursi. Qatar's rulers, who finance Al-Jazeera, had supported Mursi during his yearlong tenure, and the network is perceived in Egypt as biased toward the Brotherhood, which fielded him for the presidency.
The court sentenced 11 more people in absentia to 10 years in prison and two were acquitted.
The offensive against the Brotherhood under then-Defense Minister El-Sisi, during which hundreds of its supporters were killed in clashes with security forces and thousands more, including the deposed president, arrested on charges including murder, brought into question the military-backed government's commitment to democracy.
"It's a black day for press freedom in Egypt," Ahmed Ezzat, director of the legal unit at the Cairo-based Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression, said by phone. Even under Hosni Mubarak, the autocratic leader deposed in 2011, "there were some lines the authorities wouldn't cross when it came to freedom of journalists. Now, it's much worse."
At a press conference in Baghdad today, Kerry said it was "critical for Sisi to move quickly to address the international concerns about this case." Relations with the U.S. were strained by Mursi's overthrow and the subsequent steps against his supporters.
Bishop, in comments aired on Sky News, said "We are deeply concerned that this verdict is part of a broader attempt to muzzle the media freedom that upholds democracies around the world." Al-Jazeera said on its website that the verdict "defies logic, sense and any semblance of justice."
Egyptian authorities have branded the Brotherhood a terrorist organization, marginalizing what had been the main opposition movement under Mubarak. Al-Jazeera, which has been accused of bias at one point or another by most Arab governments, has been a repeated target since Mubarak's 2011 ouster.
The satellite network's coverage of the dispersal of pro-Mursi encampments in Cairo last year that left hundreds dead cemented a perception in Egypt that it sided with the Brotherhood.
Its Qatari government sponsors had injected billions of dollars in aid and grants to help prop up Egypt's moribund economy during Mursi's first and only year in office. His ouster left a rift between the two nations and activists say Al-Jazeera's journalists were dragged into the fray as pawns.
"The trial clearly sends a message to foreign, as well as local, journalists covering Egypt that they must be biased toward to the government or they can be persecuted and easily have fabricated charges filed against them," Ezzat, the activist, said.
Sherif Mansour, Middle East and North Africa Program coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists, said in a phone interview that the court had delivered a "shocking, politicized and an unprecedented verdict," and called for those jailed to be immediately released.
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Sharetribe Review: Why You Should Use Sharetribe for Your Business
Maryna Z.
Today, there's nothing surprising about taking a ride with Uber or carpooling with your neighbours; people prefer Couchsurfing and Airbnb to traditional hotels; developers collaborate on open-source software and, as a rule, distribute it for free. These are just a few examples of the amazing things that have become possible thanks to the sharing economy – a market model for exchanging and selling goods and services.
The sharing economy, or collaborative economy, has created new opportunities – even for non-tech people – with expertise in many different fields, from cooking to playing musical instruments. Many entrepreneurs are now building their own marketplaces where people can sell and exchange specialized goods and services.
If you've ever wondered how to build a web marketplace, we're glad to inform you that there are various platforms that can help you build one quickly. You don't need to do everything from scratch. In this article, we're going to talk about one of the most advanced and popular web marketplace platforms available – Sharetribe.
What is Sharetribe?
Sharetribe is a marketplace platform developed by two Finnish university friends, Juho Makkonen and Antti Virolainen. Initially, their idea was to help other students sell old textbooks, find a tutor, or get help moving out. But after five years of development, Sharetribe now delivers most features you would want from a marketplace platform right out of the box. Sharetribe's solution:
supports all types of marketplaces
provides a built-in payment system
includes tools for generating, categorizing, and filtering content
allows custom branding
works perfectly on mobile devices
includes an advanced payment system that supports 25+ currencies and 190+ countries
You can read about Sharetribe's features in more detail on the platform's site, but the idea here is that Sharetribe has everything our clients typically ask for.
Sharetribe can also be seen as a successful startup: since its founding in 2011, the company was funded three times amounting to $1.2 million.
What marketplaces work on ShareTribe?
Sharetribe became a platform for many other successful startups. For example, Studiotime, which calls itself Airbnb for music studios, is a marketplace that allows you to rent a recording studio anywhere in the world. Interestingly, Studiotime's creator, Mike Williams, came up with the idea and implemented it literally in one night thanks to Sharetribe. Over the next 24 hours, the project gained more than one thousand users on Product Hunt: it was obviously a success. Now, according to Williams, Studiotime offers about one thousand studios, which makes it one of the largest and most recognizable marketplace for music studio rentals.
AMusicPlace is another music marketplace that's built on Sharetribe. With AMusicPlace, you can rent musical instruments and equipment and even arrange music lessons on their marketplace. AMusicalPlace is an Italian startup which has been introduced in the competitive New York market. Today, AMusicalPlace shows positive growth and is expanding their offerings.
Besides music marketplaces, Sharetribe has also become the platform of choice for surfboard rental service The Quiver, second-hand goods for children's store Second Cry, and the pre-owned wedding dresses and accessories store Häätorii. And, of course, many more.
If you're still doubting about using Sharetribe, learn more about main issues related to building a custom marketplace.
How much does it cost to build a marketplace with ShareTribe?
Sharetribe offers two versions: one paid and one free.
For the paid option, Sharetribe is distributed as Software as a Service (SaaS). How does it work? All you need to do is fill out a form and install your marketplace on Sharetribe's servers. The pros: you don't need developers and you can set up a marketplace on your own relatively easy and quickly. The cons: you need to pay $40–$240 per month, and you are also constrained to the functionality Sharetribe offers; you can't extend the platform.
For the free option, you can use the open source version. Sharetribe's open source version is available for download on GitHub. RubyGarage's team can install Sharetribe on your server, set it up, and customize it however you want. The pros: it's completely free, you have endless possibilities to add additional functionality, and you only need to pay developers once to implement it. The cons: building a customized marketplace takes more time and requires more initial investment in development.
The bottom line: If your marketplace is going to be your core business, your best choice is to use an open source solution running on your server that you can customize however you want. We'll now explain the top 5 reasons why we use and recommend the open source version of Sharetribe to build online marketplaces.
5 Reasons to Use Open Source Sharetribe for Your Marketplace
1. It's Ruby on Rails!
Sharetribe is written in Ruby on Rails, the most popular programming framework for rapid and reliable development. We're Ruby experts, so we understand how Sharetribe is built and can efficiently customize the core code to suit your needs.
Additionally, the Ruby on Rails community has developed lots of plugins and solutions that can add functionality to your marketplace such as blogging platforms or forums.
What is under the hood of famous marketplaces built on RoR? Consider the Fiverr example.
2. It's Testable
Sharetribe follows a behavior-driven development approach. This means that when we change any code in the platform, we can immediately test it and see that it doesn't break any existing functionality.
Moreover, such testing is already supported: Sharetribe comes with built-in Cucumber and Rspec support. These are excellent tools for running automated acceptance and unit tests respectively. We know they're great because we also use Cucumber and Rspec in most other our projects.
3. It's Developing Fast
Sharetribe gets updated every month to provide the latest security measures for your marketplace and to support the latest versions of the tools and technologies it runs on, allowing developers to implement cutting-edge functionality.
The current version of Sharetribe is 6.1.0. The next version will probably support Google Tag Manager instead of Google Analytics and Kissmetrics to provide even more flexibility in analyzing your site performance and effectiveness.
4. It's Promising
The technical roadmap provided by Sharetribe contributors reveals that soon Sharetribe will boast Elasticsearch-based search functionality, which will directly affect how easily your visitors can find products they're looking for, how quickly your marketplace can show relevant items, provide similar positions and so on.
Sharetribe's contributors learn from user feedback and plan to simplify purchasing processes, increase the number of payment options, and even add an API for mobile devices to help access your marketplace data more efficiently.
5. It's Supported!
We like open source solutions with strong communities built around them. Should we have any questions about the architectural or other tech-related aspects of such a platform, we can always ask its contributors and fellow developers for advice. And Sharetribe's community forum is alive and well. This also suggests that Sharetribe will continue to be supported and evolve in future.
Why we recommend Sharetribe for your project
Naturally, Sharetribe isn't perfect. Since the platform is monolithic, it takes time to test it, investigate bugs, and scale. Fortunately, the creators of Sharetribe already know about these shortcomings, however, and are constantly working to update the service and fix or prevent any possible issues.
If you decide to create your marketplace with Sharetribe, we highly recommend opting for the open-source version.
Drop us a line, if you need a custom solution that ideally fits your business model. Contact Us
Our RubyGarage team can help you out with this, as we have extensive experience building large-scale marketplace platforms using Sharetribe. We work with Sharetribe from the very start of projects, add all the functionality you need, carry out quality assurance testing, and then provide ongoing support.
Feel free to contact us if you have an idea for a marketplace and want our experienced experts to help you develop it from the ground up.
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Iran (former Persia) is a fascinating country, known to be the cradle of civilization; the country went through the twentieth century by first, having one of the most dynamic intellectual society, and then, since 1979, a closed and authoritarian religious society. Very slowly, the country opens again, offering us the opportunity to rediscover it.
Davide Palmisano and Manuela Marchetti offer us a song for two voices. Two photographers who travel Iran in 2015 and who deliver their vision of the country. Each of their books is written in the thickness of time. Together, they revisit the history of Persia.
Davide's book is entitled « Timeless Persia » and, following his traces, we discover Iran as a palimpsest. He looks at the successive layers that have shaped the country. He stops on materials, on networks that accumulate and become entangled. We discover a country on the move, a country that never stops. It is built and rebuilt continuously, keeping the scars of the past. It rubs constantly to the past and it becomes difficult to date the photographs, archival images come mix with contemporary views. We keep this feeling that everything has always been where it should be: a kind of cultural resilience, a resilience of shapes.
One begins to dream of Scheherazade, each page is a snippet of a tale that holds us in suspense until the next page. Large black-and-white photos on double pages take us across the country, they chant the rhythm. This is a slow time between the faster sequences, the time of the passing with the feeling of these landscapes already known. The book is completed with texts that remain ununderstandable to me, as written in Italian and Farsi, but that is part of the « journey », these unknown sounds, like the multitude of signs that are piling up on some images which we pictorially read. We are captives and when the book ends, we have to start it again… and again.
Manuela's book is entitled « Sokut » meaning « silence », in Farsi. As « Timeless Persia » was noisy, or to better say sonorous with a design that varied rhythms as a traditional song, as « Sokut » is silent like these harmonics that we do not hear but create depth in melodies. Time seems to have stopped and we discover a long poem. We stop on details, private moments and places that each image slowly inscribed in us. Frames are tightened, we are looking our way in a quiet place. The persons are faceless, the only faces we see are only representations (photos, paintings, statues…). We wander anonymously in the town, a quiet town, soothed. No matter that we no longer find our way, we loose ourselves with relish, looking for freshness or a moment in the shade, to settle in calm.
Texts come punctuate the book, alternating with images. These are poems of two of the greatest Iranian poetess: Simin Behbahani and Forugh Farrokhzad. Two women who have their whole lives claimed women's voices. And the book ends with an excerpt from « It is only sound that remains », the voice of women finally out of the silence, full of sorrows but also of hope. In that way, this book is decidedly feminist, it is a tribute to all those women who have built the country in silence.
I've never really asked myself about the difference between male or female representation through the use of photography, but it is so clearly evident here with these two books. Maybe it is partially due to the fact that we are focusing on a society that is cleaved between men and women. But anyway, the combination of the two works is very interesting, Manuela and Davide evolve within a country, they can work side by side but look at things differently, tell words (or silence) differently. Although claimed as two separate and independent works, it remains true that there is a real added value to associate them to better succumb to the charm of Sheherazade and be guided in this tale of the « Thousand and One Nights ».
Timeless Persia, by Davide Palmisano. Softcover self published in 2016, 16,5 x 24 cm, 76 photos , 96 pages. Limited print run : 150 copies signed and numbered.
Sokut, by Manuela Marchetti. Softcover self published in 2016, 21,5 x 15 cm, 35 photos, 96 pages. Limited print run : 150 copies signed and numbered.
Forugh Farrokhzad was one of the most renowned Persian contemporary artist. Famous for her poetry, in a conservative male society, she fought all her life for the emancipation of women, matter always to the heart of her work. She had hard times, especially after her divorce when she was disallowed the right to custody of her son. Her poetry is fulfilled with her own loneliness and her difficulties to find a serene place in Iran of the 50's and 60's. She has also been widely acclaimed for her wonderful documentary film, in 1963, about a leprosy colony : « The house is black ». Forugh Farrokhzad died prematurely in a car accident in 1967, at the age of 32.
my rose will adorn the garden of poetry.
The metaphor of her death is her access to freedom and now, « she » was planted to adorn the garden of poetry.
On the other side, Yahya Dehghanpour, a young photographer in 1967, already involved in the cultural life of Tehran. He will leave Iran a few years later to study photography at the San Francisco Art Institute during the 70's and will come back in Iran where he will teach photography in various Universities, and influence numerous generations of Iranian photographers. He appears to be a major figure of Iranian photography, even if it is almost impossible to find any information about him. One of the only references is an exhibition of the series from this book, at the Silk Road Art Gallery in Tehran in 2009.
So this book is made of an early work rediscovered recently by its author. A series made at a time when the death of Forugh Farrokhzad was a tragedy for the cultural society of Tehran, and when Yahya Dehghanpour, 25 years old, decided to document the funeral. The book shows the funeral ceremony, and the sequencing seems to show a complete series which build a particular atmosphere with various moments of tension. We follow the body through the city with emotion, a white hearse, flowers and people coming from everywhere. We are in the crowd, to share grief and sadness. Our sight becomes blurry and so are some photographs, which emphasize the dark and sad ambiance. All photographs are square with white margins, one per page with some alternating white pages, and there are three main chapters, each one introduced by a double page detail of a photo. The first part is the funeral procession in town, the second one is the arrival of the body at the cemetery and the third part is the burial and people around the grave.
The book comes with a small accordion booklet which is the reproduction of an installation of large prints in order to identify people who wrote their names by hand in the margin. This piece of work becomes a wonderful documentation with the entire intellectual elite from Tehran, who came to pay their last tribute!
Hardcover book, 23 x 23,5 cm, with a very sober and elegant black cover with a negative white square, and the title, the date and the name of the photographer. 95 pages with 57 black and white photos. Persian and English text by Mehran Mohajer.


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Africa Link pays tribute to Dr. Ada Igonoh, the young female medical doctor who came into brief contact with Dr. Patrick Sawyer, the index case of Ebola virus disease in Nigeria, contracted the deadly virus and survived to give us a rare insight into her harrowing experience of Ebola. Dr. Sawyer succumbed to the infection at the First Consultants Medical Centre in Obalende, Lagos where Dr. Igonoh had attended to him. We salute Dr. Igonoh for sharing with us her extraordinary story of faith and courage as death stared her in the face and threatened to overwhelm her as it had done to some of her colleagues. Her story, told simply without embellishment or undue emotion, emphasizes once again the extraordinary power of ordinary people in influencing and sometimes determining the very course of history.
The professionalism of the medical personnel of the First Consultants Medical Centre and the steps they took to shield others from the virus is highly commendable. Nigeria owes a debt of unlimited gratitude to Dr. Amevo Adadevo, the Senior Consultant who unfortunately did not survive the virus for the valiant effort she and her colleagues put up in keeping Ebola from getting into the Nigerian population. She deserves not just posthumous recognition but a memorial and a substantial and lasting compensation to her family.
Through Dr. Igonoh's narrative, we have also been reminded of the valiant and sacrificial role that personnel of the World Health Organization (WHO) and some NGOs play in the face of challenges like Ebola, where they may also be battling with several unknowns, thus putting themselves at risk at the cutting edge of the fight against deadly diseases.
Nurse Justina Ejelonu did not survive. She lost both her pregnancy and her life.
Africa Link pays tribute to her and condolences to her family for this unforgettable loss.
As the world celebrates with Nigeria for being declared Ebola-free, the country, indeed the world needs to give more than a passing nod to the brave staff of the First Consultants medical Centre Obalende, who braved and survived the terrible virus. We also need to recognize particularly, those who paid the price for keeping the virus from taking hold in Nigeria with their lives.


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Mifumi Mission
To strengthen community and civil society responses to violence against women and children in Africa.
MIFUMI core values
At MIFUMI we take our values and principles seriously. As a growing community of grassroots activists and human rights defenders committed to ending gender-based violence it is our utmost interest to; maintain a woman-centred approach to ending abuse, protect and ensure women and children's safety, empower survivors to resist violence and demand the rights of women.
Woman centered approach
MIFUMI believes that violence against women is a result of historically unequal power relations between men and women that are reflected in existing gender relationships in society. We realise these unequal displays of power often place women in a position of societal disadvantage.
MIFUMI's main responsibility is to women because they are disproportionately subjected to violence and abuse compared with men therefore we prioritise and focus on services for women and children experiencing violence and abuse.
Protection and safety as priority issues
Issues of safety and protection are emphasized and are fundamental in MIFUMI's services and we aim to act quickly and professionally when dealing with our cases. This is especially important at our advice centers and refuge centers.
At our advice centers we provide a supportive, safe and confidential service alongside emergency accommodation to women
Many women and children who come to our advice centers have experienced trauma and therefore to assure our women safety and protection from physical harm and also psychological harm we offer:
A purpose-built refuge that offers safe and secure accommodation in a women-only space where women and their children can begin the process of healing. Refuges also enable workers to support women in a safe environment without the risk of backlash from offenders
Women only spaces at our advice centers as this makes it difficult for offenders to have the confidence or ability to access the premises.
Nearby law enforcement such as our local police station where we are in close contact with police, local councilors and the sub-county chief.
Privacy, for example if a woman is being protected at an address that becomes known to the offender she is immediately transferred to another secret location while the matter is being investigated.
Mobile numbers of domestic violence advisors that are kept confidential and restricted to staff or clients.
A national toll-free violence and abuse helpline offering support and advice to women.
Empower survivors to resist violence and demand their rights
We aim to empower women on a personal and psychological level so that they have the strength and emotional resources to counter violent relationships if they choose to. This empowerment involves equipping women with the awareness and skills needed for them to take control of their own lives in hope of a violence-free future.
Women supporting women
Survivors of violence suffer greatly from being abused and dominated by men and we understand the benefits a woman can have when others can relate to her experience and she is heard and understood. That is why we aim to instill the importance of women supporting other women. This is further passed on to our women by our women counselors.
Furthermore, violence and abuse usually involve injuries that are inflicted in places that are difficult to disclose, so a female counselor offers more confidence to survivors in disclosing their injuries.
Offering alternative role models
MIFUMI's services aim to equip women with the necessary skills so that they can be independent and are capable of managing services without needing to rely on men, this is further encouraged through our role models and champions. We also offer support in becoming economically independent through our women's economic movement programs.
To read more about our champions and gender sensitive men
To read more about our women's economic empowerment
At MIFUMI we aim to equip women with strategies on how to stay safe as this prevents them from being harassed by men and protects the refuge and advice centers from being threatened.
Anti-discrimination and equal opportunities
At MIFUMI we have come to understand that gender-based violence exists because of women's disadvantaged status in society, as described by a United Nations Declaration in 1994.
Within this framework, it is important to recognize differences between women experiencing violence and the impact of other oppressions. These include discrimination on the grounds of education, economic status, sexuality, ability or disability.
At MIFUMI we aim to recognize and respect each woman as an individual and accommodate for their needs as we understand not every woman is the same. .
Right to self-determination
At MIFUMI we see self-determination as a key principle, we teach women that it is their right to make decisions about their lives. We understand that many women are put under pressure by relatives, friends, and caseworkers to follow a particular route in a situation. For example in more conservative regions people are more likely to believe that the woman should return to an abusive husband, others may think otherwise and decide to insult the woman if she does not do what they say.
We deem such an attitude neither professional nor helpful to a woman and instead help her to identify her choices along with the benefits and drawbacks of each one, and then allow her to make her own decision.
At MIFUMI we recognize that many women do not want their relationship to end but do want the violence to stop and this is the aim of our intervention – to end the violence.
Self-help principle
MIFUMI' services aim to encourage women to be economically independent without having to rely on their partner or aid agencies like MIFUMI for prolonged help. This is further encouraged through our role models, champions and women's economic movement programmes.
Believing women and children's experience of abuse
At MIFUMI we make sure to listen to a woman's account of her experience and believe her. We are aware that talking about intimate partner violence can be traumatic and hard to disclose or prove. We also understand stigma and victim-blaming culture can stop a woman from coming forward. That is why we aim to believe what a woman narrates as true.
Supporting the needs of children affected by violence and abuse
MIFUMI works with mothers alongside their children therefore our services are also children's services.
At MIFUMI there is growing expertise in working with children who reside with their mothers at the refuge. A children's officer is assigned to work with them to restore their emotional balance and confidence. While the needs of children has been a concern at MIFUMI, increased work and training has been done over the last few years particularly through the SURE START project to meet the needs of children at our centers.
MIFUMI has a full Children's Rights Policy which governs work with children in schools and in the community.
There are also MIFUMI publications and resources such as the Feel Free resource pack, that Children's Officers can use to work with young people to enable them to resist violence and abuse.
MIFUMI's Key Principles
To ensure effective action for survivors
One of MIFUMI's strengths is that it offers a diverse range of services to women and children experiencing violence and abuse. This includes support at our advice centers and refuges, joining our champions groups and women's economic movement programmes. This holistic and complete range of support for women ensures their immediate protection, and long term security and empowers them to transition from victims to survivors to Champions in the Community.
MIFUMI believes that violence and abuse is a matter of choice and people can choose to use it or not. Therefore we believe all offenders should be held accountable for their actions and behaviour.
To empower communities to ensure a protective environment for women and to take responsibility for gender-based violence
MIFUMI works with communities to help create a protective environment for women where women have the confidence to resist violence and demand their rights. We believe that the responsibility of gender-based violence should be borne by the community and not by the survivor experiencing the abuse. This means that the community must take a clear stand against violence in all its forms. At MIFUMI we understand that there is sometimes shame around talking about intimate partner violence. Through a community impact we can help to remove the stigma and shame from the woman and transfer the responsibility of ending the abuse to the community.
Hold offenders accountable for their actions and behaviour
MIFUMI works symbiotically with the police, the probation community service, local councilors and the judiciary to protect women and secure their justice. We also work in close partnership with law enforcement officers and power holders to strengthen women's capacity to report abuse and counter societal shame.


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Issue 047 - January, 2017
Why I Love Vinyl Records - Part 2.
Music Trivia - Twist & Shout, Sugar Shack, Satisfaction
The Honky Tonk Story.
Meet the Wife of The Year!
The Original Country Doo-Wop show.
60s Girl Group - The Angels.
"My Boyfriends Back" is online for your review.
The early 60's was still somewhat a time of innocence. The Angels sang of true love, dreamy boys, heartbreak, crying, and vengeance. They sang that vengeful song "My boyfriends back" with a passion. Read more here.
Why I Love Vinyl Records, Part 2. Streaming music vs owning the actual vinyl record.
Holding a piece of vinyl is like holding a painting.
Well, let me put it like this. Some people collect art. They collect originals to enjoy the beauty of the actual canvas and brush strokes of the artist there in front of them. See photo of painting located above to the right. No, I didn't paint it but I could live there.
The art collector can hold it and appreciate it. Why not just take a picture of the art and keep the picture? Same thing, right? No, it's much different.
Streaming music is like taking a picture of the art. In the end you're not left with anything tangible. Not really. And CD's are sterile and identical. There's nothing to a CD. Someone converted music into digits.
I have a vinyl collection of the both 45's and LP's. Pressed into the vinyl is a copy of the actual sound wave from the original recording. I can hold it, I can see it, listen to it and appreciate it.
I know my records sound like my records. I clean them and take care of them. I enjoy them.
Sure, you can stream a song but after it's done you don't have the song. I guess you can stream it again. But I can benefit from owning the music with beautiful cover art that surrounds the vinyl record like the Bobby Gentry LP cover above.
I've been told CD's are indestructible. Not in my experience. They scratch if sneezed on! I have 50 year old vinyl with not a single scratch. Love that vinyl.
Twist & Shout - Who Does the Best Cover?
"Twist and Shout" (1961), sometimes known as "Shake It Up Good" was written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns (later cited as Bert Russell) and covered by many artists.
It was recorded by The Top Notes in 1961 but this version was not a hit as the energy of delivery that was apparent in the group's live versions did not appear in the recorded version.
Songwriter Russell did not like how record producer Phil Spector had treated his song with The Top Notes, so he actually produced the song himself for The Isley Brothers.
The result was the group's first hit since "Shout"(1959) and "Twist and Shout" reached number 17 on the Billboard Top 100.
The Beatles' version was one of six cover songs recorded on the "Please, Please Me" vinyl album (shown above).
Ten songs were recorded for the album in ten hours in a single day with "Twist and Shout" left for last as producer George Martin knew it would affect John Lennon's voice (as he had a cold at the time).
The result was a raw vocal sound which befitted the song. A second take was attempted but abandoned as Lennon's voice was "gone". The song hit number two in the US (The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" (1963) was number one).
It was their only cover song that made the top ten of any national chart. Because of its high energy, it was often used to close out their shows.
Sugar Shack - Music Trivia
"Sugar Shack" was written by Keith McCormack & Jimmy Torres. It was number one for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs in 1963. It peaked at number 45 on the UK singles chart the same year.
As an instrumental group without Jimmy Gilmer, The Fireballs had a number of minor hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the late '50s and early '60s.
They also recorded a number of new backing tracks for posthumous Buddy Holly releases with their producer Norman Petty, who was also Holly's producer.
Three of the group members quit the group in the early '60s leaving George Tomsco (lead guitar) and Stan Lark (bass).
They recruited new members including Norman Petty's Clovis, studio singer-pianist Jimmy Gilmer and they were then billed as Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs.
After "Sugar Shack" they had one more Top 20 hit with "Daisy Petal Pickin" which peaked at number 15. In 1968 without Jimmy Gilmer, The Fireballs reached number nine with "Bottle Of Wine".
The Rolling Stones & The Gibson Maestro fuzzbox.
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It was number one for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Rolling Stones in 1965.
It was number one for two weeks on the UK singles chart the same year.
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was first recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Brian Jones on harmonica.
Two days later they recorded the version that we all know and love at the RCA Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA, using the Gibson Maestro fuzzbox. This is that unique sound you hear with the guitar riffs.
Because of the songs success sales of the Gibson Maestro fuzzbox were so, that all available stock was sold out by the end of 1965.
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was not released in the UK until after it had been knocked off the top in the US by "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am" by Herman's Hermits in August.
The Rolling Stones b-side to "Satisfaction" was about a representative of Decca Records who was escorting the Stones on an American tour.
Writing credits for the song were attributed to Nanker Phelge. This was a code used by the Stones to indicate that all members of the band would receive royalty payments for the song.
Or maybe Mick and Keith just wanted to spread the blame around a little!
Bill Doggett & The Honky Tonk Story.
Bill Doggett will forever be remembered for what is perhaps the instrumental hit of the 1950s, "Honky Tonk."
While keyboard player Bill Doggett and his combo were performing one night at the Scene, a nightclub in Lima, Ohio, they started jamming for the fun of it.
They refined the same riffs over the next few weeks until they came up with an instrumental called "Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2)."
Featuring Clifford Scott on sax, Doggett's group recorded the song for King Records in Cincinnati. It turned into an unlikely monster hit and ended up at #2 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1956. The song continued to chart for a total of 29 weeks.
"Honky Tonk" became Doggett's signature piece and an R&B standard recorded by many over the years. Climb aboard the Honky Tonk Express and listen to this R&B classic from the fifties. Article source; The Cincinnati Sound, Randy McNutt.
Wife of The Year!!!
It was just a few short weeks ago that many were snowed in watching the football playoffs on our Big Screen TV's. With everyone glued to the TV and the refreshments going fast, who was gonna make that BEER run.
This #1 wife gave it her all.
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Pre-packaged, all-natural cocktail Jelly Shots. No refrigeration required and ready-to-serve. Your party just got that much sweeter.
147 backers pledged $35,142 to help bring this project to life.
But, what if you could have the "grown-up" version of a jello shot? You know, made with natural ingredients, real juices, and premium spirits like 2-year barrel aged bourbon and 100% agave tequila? Because now, we actually care about what we eat and drink.
And what if it was already made for you and ready-to-eat? Forget the sticky kitchen, the space they take up in your fridge, and the time wasted waiting for them to jellify. We want them instantaneously. We want them on-demand. We want them now!
We bring you Ludlows Jelly Shots - the first pre-packaged, all-natural, and already jellified 30-proof Jelly Shots made with actual premium spirits and real juices. And forget flavors like blue raspberry or lemon-lime. Our shots are inspired by well-loved craft cocktails - Fresh Lime Margarita, Moscow Mule, Planter's Punch, Meyer Lemon Drop, & Old Fashioned.
Ditch the mediocre bottle of wine and bring Jelly Shots to a dinner party. Be the hero at your boss' birthday celebration. Kick off the bachelor(ette) festivities with a couple of Jelly Shots in your swag bag. It really could be that easy!
We need your help to make on-demand Jelly Shots a reality. We've worked hard the last year on recipe development, sourcing, packaging, and getting the word out with Jelly Shot catering and special events. We now need $35,000 more to secure a big enough production run to get Ludlows Jelly Shots all over the United States!!!
All funds raised will be spent on production - more juice, more spirits, more packaging and equipment. So go on, spread the good word if you want Ludlows Jelly Shots at a store near you. Join our community of adult jello shot drinkers. Jello shots will never be the same, and we're damn happy about it. Cheers!
We've already raised some money through the generosity of friends and family, but have also hit the usual snags of product development - ingredient cost overruns, packaging delays, going back to the recipe drawing board, and distribution disruption. These extra funds ensure that we can get through these hurdles, produce the best product for all of you out there, and make sure it's stocked at a store near you!
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VIP LUNCH - All VIP perks PLUS we're buying lunch for you and a friend in either Los Angeles or New York. Join co-founders Freya Estreller and Natasha Case for some "spirited" conversation and fun times.
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Amazon Business launches in the UK
Amazon has laid out its plans to enter the business-to-business marketplace in its latest retail development.
Dubbed Amazon Business, the online service will provide industry supplies to small companies, hospitals, universities, not-for-profit organisations and multi-nationals from today.
One hundred million products will be available on the marketplace, accompanied by new business features like analytics, spending limits and purchasing workflow approvals.
READ MORE: Amazon acquires Dubai-based ecommerce site Souq
The Brexit-hit pound has boosted demand for British specialist goods.
Amazon Business will offer many businesses with no international selling capabilities the opportunity to capitalise on its global distribution network.
Retail sales in the business-to-business market topped £96.5 billion in the UK in 2015.
Amazon launched its business offering in the same year in the US and racked up £801 million of sales.
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Paul Arnold Haacke (* 1. Dezember 1832 in Roßla; † 11. August 1899 in Blankenburg (Harz)) war ein deutscher Reichsgerichtsrat und Mitglied des preußischen Abgeordnetenhauses.

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Der Sohn eines Gerichtsrats studierte an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen und der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Rechtswissenschaft. In Heidelberg wurde er 1852 Mitglied des Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg. Haacke wurde 1854 auf den preußischen Landesherrn vereidigt. Erst 1865 ernannte man ihn zum Kreisrichter. 1873 wurde er Kreisgerichtsrat. Kreisgerichtsdirektor wurde er 1876. Ein Jahr später wurde er Konsistorialrat. Im nächsten Jahr war er wieder Kreisgerichtsdirektor. 1879 wurde er Landgerichtsdirektor und 1887 Landgerichtspräsident. 1891 kam er vom Landgericht Hirschberg an das Reichsgericht. Er war als Richter im IV. Zivilsenat tätig. Er trat 1892 in den Ruhestand. Von 1894 bis 1898 war er Mitglied des preußischen Abgeordnetenhauses für den Wahlbezirk Merseburg 6 (Sangerhausen–Eckartsberga). Er gehörte der nationalliberalen Fraktion an.

Literatur
 Adolf Lobe: Fünfzig Jahre Reichsgericht. Am 1. Oktober 1929. De Gruyter Verlag, Berlin 1929, S. 361.

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Aging is currently the fastest-growing segment of our population. There are many evidence and researches clearly indicates that participation in a regular exercise program is an effective way to reduce and/or prevent a number of the functional declines associated with aging. Older adults have the ability to adapt and respond to both endurance and strength training which will greatly improve their daily functional capacity therefore improving their quality of life and extend independent living.
Loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) with age is well documented. A primary factor in sarcopenia is disuse of skeletal muscle, resulting in atrophy. Inactivity may also play a role, contributing to other factors affecting aging muscle mass. The consequences of sarcopenia can be extensive; individuals are more susceptible to falls and fractures, and may suffer an overall loss in the ability to perform everyday tasks.
Given an adequate training stimulus, older adults can make significant gains in strength. A two- to threefold increase in strength can be accomplished in three to four months of training in older adults. With increasing muscle strength come increased levels of spontaneous activity in both healthy, independent older adults and very old and frail men and women. Strength training, in addition to its possible effects on insulin action, bone density, energy metabolism, and functional status, is also an important way to increase levels of physical activity in the older adult.
Over the years, we have learned that older persons can adapt to a program of regular aerobic training as well as their younger counterparts. Older adults can achieve the same 10 to 30 percent increase in VO2max (maximal oxygen consumption) response to endurance exercise training as young adults. The increase in VO2max in older adults is a result of improvements in both maximal cardiac output and a-v O2 (maximal arteriovenous oxygen) difference. In addition, improvements in submaximal endurance capacity and the greater ability to tolerate higher levels of physical activity are important training adaptations. Aerobic exercise could also help reduces resting blood pressure and cholesterol level therefore decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Aging is a multi-faceted process in which a variety of factors interact (genetics, lifestyle, disease) and frequently is associated with reduced functional capacity and chronic illness. Older adults can safely participate in regular exercise programs (aerobic and strength). Regular physical activity has been shown to elicit a number of favorable adaptations that contribute to healthy aging. Additional benefits include improved bone health and thus reductions in risk for osteoporosis; improved postural stability, reducing the risk of falling; and increased flexibility and range of motion. Together, these benefits associated with regular exercise and physical activity will contribute to a healthier, more independent lifestyle, greatly improving functional capacity and quality of life for the fastest-growing segment of our population.


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Warren E. Agin
Warren E. Agin is Elevate Services' managing director for digital strategy and solutions. Previously he was part of Elevate's LexPredict group, which provides uniquely qualified services in legal analytics, legal data science and training, risk management, and legal data strategy consulting. Mr. Agin also founded and currently chairs the ABA's Legal Analytics Committee, which helps business lawyers understand how to use artificial intelligence and other analytic techniques. A practicing lawyer for almost thirty years, Mr. Agin has taught legal analytics as an adjunct professor at Boston College Law School and serves on the Governing Council for the ABA's Center for Innovation.
Mr. Agin authored the books "Bankruptcy and Secured Lending in Cyberspace, 3rd Ed." (West, 2007)(the first book to discuss the use of technology in consumer bankruptcy practice), and the "Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property Deskbook" (ABA, 2016), and has frequently lectured on using machine learning and data in legal practice for groups such as the American Bar Association, the National Conference of Lawyers and CPAs, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Thomson Publishing, and the Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques.
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Barcelona's Argentinian striker Lionel Messi, who recently extended his contract with the Catalan club, is "the best paid player in the world," club president Josep Maria Bartomeu said Friday.
Barcelona announced Wednesday that Messi had agreed to extend his contract until 2021, in a deal that will keep the five times winner of the Ballon D'Or at the club until he is 34.
No financial terms were disclosed but Bartomeu told the Barcelona sports daily Mundo Deportivo: "He is the best player in the world and he is paid like the best in the world and in the history of football.
"He is the best paid sports player, because no one brings as much to his club as Leo Messi."
Prior to his contract extension, Messi was the third highest paid sportsman in the world with an income of $80, million of which 53 million was in salary and bonuses, according the ranking published by Forbes magazine in June.
His great rival, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, topped the ranking with $93 million, of which 58 million was in salary and bonuses, ahead of American basketball player LeBron James ($86,2 million of which 31,2 million in salary and bonuses).


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Malos, "Connect with Me" on hiatus at Ventura Broadcasting
There's some uncertainty on the local political TV scene: John Malos' daily one-hour show on Fresno and regional government affairs is temporarily off the air.
Whether the absence is permanent remains to be seen, Malos told me Friday morning.
"I'm on a hiatus," Malos said by phone.
Malos is host/producer of "Connect With Me," which runs from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday. The show is part of Ventura Broadcast Company. "Connect With Me" is televised live from a set at the Ventura TV-Video-Appliance Center on Ventura Avenue in Southeast Fresno.
I was slated to be on Monday's show along with GVWire editor/reporter David Taub. The big topic was to be Taub's recent reporting on state and national water legislation.
Such lawmaking inevitably affects Fresno City Hall and the Valley.
Malos told me that he has few details on the decision behind the "hiatus." He said there probably would be reruns for a week or two. He said he would get back to Taub and myself.
Malos has more than 40 years experience in broadcast journalism. His "Connect With Me" program has attracted some of the region's most powerful public officials. Fresno Mayor Lee Brand recently appeared on the show.
I've been on "Connect With Me" several times. Malos is a gracious host. When he asks tough questions, he does so in a professional and respectful manner.
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I sit here tonight in a quiet little log home, and I will tell you I did not believe debt-freedom or financial freedom was possible. I prided myself on being a realist when it came to money. I remember clearly an empty fridge as a child and a house with almost no furniture. I thought it just meant more room to play and I didn't mind bologna every night.
Maybe you have a similar story. Raised in a home that was broken multiple times, I knew there was something deeply wrong with the world, and I suspected it had something to do with money.
The "wrong" has to do with the human soul. And choices. When people are discarded and money and "stuff" is hoarded, the whole world crumbles in a heap of plain bad choices. Those kind of choices leave scars.
Perhaps you had a similar, typical childhood. That childhood deeply impacts the mindset on money and material items.
Here are a few thoughts to bring healing and change in your money mindset.
1. People are more important than stuff. If you have a family member you are fighting with over stuff or money, today is the day to bring healing to that relationship. Call them. Value them over the dispute and beyond the money. Building that bridge of trust will bring healing in your own view of money.
2. Share. We all want children to learn this, but sometimes even as adults it's hard. I can honestly say I had a hard time sharing 550+ bags to charity. A few items truly had tears shed over them (it was the cloth diapers that got me, I didn't want to share those because we needed them), until those items were gone! The healing and relief in sharing even when we don't want to is unbelievable. Those we love are watching, learning by our example when we don't even say a word. Donating all those items to charity made me recalculate how I estimated value. Useful? Yes. Vital? No. Gone.
3. Curate an inspired life. Money is a useful tool. It's like a chainsaw. It's neither good nor evil in it's existence. It's all in how we use it. Money that is used for good by good people does good things. Pure and simple. Once I realized that I had the power and right to choose how I spent money for good, my whole money mindset changed. I was no longer an ignorant victim just tossed around by economic events. I was in charge and empowered to make wise choices.
4. Stay in unity with your loved ones. Money mindsets differ wildly. I hear it all the time as a professional financial coach. Among spouses, adult children and aging parents, and between friends, each relationship has a different angle on money. The hard work is coming into unity about that money. When I was able to let down my guard and talk through money issues with my beloved husband, I found healing and grace beyond what I could've hoped. Always choose respectful and loving conversations around money, but have those conversations! Don't wait! There's healing in honoring each other above material possessions but having a healthy view of money as a tool.
As you seek truth and healing around money and material items, you will find the answers you are looking for.
If you were here on my porch swing this evening, you may remind me that money doesn't grow on trees. Maybe your business has crumbled or medical needs have drained your savings. Perhaps a job ended abruptly with no possibilities in sight. We've had all of those happen more than once. I understand it takes courage to change, to see abundance where others would see only lack. Yet, I know that you have that courage all ready. As you seek truth and healing around money and material items, you will find the answers you are looking for. With truth, comes true wealth and abundance, both in a grateful heart and ideas to create more provision for those you love. You're answers are coming! Keep going, my dear friend, one step at a time.


A Johannesburg based Software House, developing Enterprise (nTier) Application Software is currently looking for C#, ASP.NET/MVC developers that will be a good culture fit and focus on areas like Enterprise, Web, Mobile, Thick Client, Web/REST Services, Relational Databases, Messaging Queues etc.
Development extends to Front-end, Middle Tier and Databases and includes Presentation Layer, Business Logic, Data, Services, Databases and Scripting.
Maintenance, debugging and problem-solving of existing software products and / or custom client solutions.
Review product requirements in order to give development estimates and product feedback.
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Technical documentation that shares knowledge effectively.
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Operating System (O/S) – WINDOWS.
Exposure to any of the popular Testing Tools preferable.
Delivery focused – Be deadline driven and adheres to Sprint deadlines.
Self-Starter – Be able to work independently and contribute effectively to the team.
Minimum requirement is Matric with at least 3+ years solid .Net on the job work related development experience. Remuneration package will be tailored according to relevant technical experience.
Exposure to Jenkins continuous integration an advantage.
Good Object orientation is a must.
Experience working in an Agile development environment preferred but not essential.
Basic understanding of design patterns and their application.


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Q: How to perform item assignment in a tensor in tensorflow? Let a tensor be a = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] and another tensor be b = [1,3,0,5], here I want a tensorflow operation to put 1 in the tensor a taking the position values from the tensor b. Hence the output tensor will be, [1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0].
How to solve this problem?

A: What about this ?
a = tf.Variable([0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0])
b = tf.Variable([1,3,0,5])

with tf.Session() as sess:

    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())

    update = tf.scatter_update(a,
                               b,
                               tf.tile(tf.constant([1],
                                       tf.int32),
                               b.shape))

    print(update.eval(session=sess))

The output is

[1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0]

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