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Oncologists appoint and carry out chemotherapy in the Oncology Department at Anadolu Medical Center.
Chemotherapy is a course of medicine aimed to eradicate cancerous cells or to prepare a patient for surgery. It reduces the size of metastases, making surgery more effective.
Doctors arrange the course basing on patient's health state and type of cancer. There are mono- and polychemotherapies developed to effectively treat even the most complicated cases.
Anadolu Medical Center offers to perform chemotherapy from $800 to $4200. The hospital's ranking is 4.5 according to 116 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Istanbul, Turkey. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Ukraine, Russian Federation and Kazakhstan. The travel arrangement takes 3 days. The medical center provides a patient with free airport-clinic transfer, free clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Turkey and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
Chemotherapy at Sourasky Medical Center is performed in the Oncological Department by professional oncologists.
Chemotherapy (chemo) is a course procedure during which a patient receives injections of chemical solutions aimed to eliminate cancerous cells.
Physicians arrange chemotherapy regimen in accordance with international cancer treatment protocols. To determine if the tumor is sensitive to particular agents, doctors perform FoundationOne genetic tests.
The efficiency of chemotherapy for cancer treatment is up to 90% at Sourasky Medical Center.
Sourasky Medical Center offers to perform chemotherapy from $300. The hospital's ranking is 4.4 according to 82 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus. The travel arrangement takes 2 days. The medical center provides a patient with free airport-clinic transfer, paid clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Israel and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
The hospital's ranking is 4.5 according to 21 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Vienna, Austria. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Ukraine, Slovakia and Australia. The travel arrangement takes 5 days. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Austria and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
Oncologists prescribe chemotherapy for cancer treatment in the Teknon Oncological Department.
Chemotherapy is a set of chemical solution intakes aimed to treat cancer development. A single chemo course can take up to 6 months to complete. In some cases, a patient may undergo the procedure at their home.
Oncologists are convinced that brief chemotherapy cycles are more effective and less harmful than the continuous intake of medicaments.
Centro Médico Teknon offers to perform chemotherapy from $2300 to $3400. The hospital's ranking is 4.6 according to 86 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Barcelona, Spain. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from United Kingdom, Portugal and Ukraine. The travel arrangement takes 8 days. The medical center provides a patient with paid airport-clinic transfer, paid clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Spain and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
Medipol Mega Hastaneler Kompleksi offers to perform chemotherapy from $600 to $1500. The hospital's ranking is 4.5 according to 90 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Istanbul, Turkey. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Ukraine and Georgia. The travel arrangement takes 4 days. The medical center provides a patient with free airport-clinic transfer, free clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Turkey and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
How much does chemotherapy cost ?
Doctors calculate the cost of the chemotherapy individually for each patient. The price may depend on the hospital's reputation and doctor's experience. You may get the final chemotherapy cost only after the consultation with a doctor.
The average cost is $2350. The lowest price is $190 and the highest — $9650.
Oncologists provide chemotherapy at Asklepios Oncological Center.
Chemotherapy is a course of procedures where a patient is treated with chemical agents. Depending on the case, chemo is used to cure cancer or to prepare a patient for the surgery. It reduces the size of the metastases, and surgeons are able to remove them easier.
Sometimes chemo is assigned as a part of palliative treatment, aimed to increase the quality of patient's life.
Physicians put together medicine intake regimen after reviewing patient's case carefully.
Asklepios Hospital Barmbek offers to perform chemotherapy from $3100 to $5100. The hospital's ranking is 4.6 according to 49 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Hamburg, Germany. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Ukraine, Russian Federation and Moldova. The travel arrangement takes 6 days. The medical center provides a patient with paid airport-clinic transfer, paid clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Germany and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
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Nordwest Сlinic has its own Cancer Center, where oncologists conduct scientific research to invent innovative treatment options.They implement their discoveries to treat patients and provide examinations. Doctors at the Center also perform oncosurgeries and chemotherapy.
Physicians from Nordwest Clinic develop new chemotherapy approaches. They work on the new advanced targeted chemo regimen that causes significantly fewer side-effects and is more effective against malignant cells.
Nordwest Clinic specializes in treating various types of cancer. Specialists' priority is minimization of side effects and complications.
Nordwest Clinic (Krankenhaus) offers to perform chemotherapy from $2850 to $4900. The hospital's ranking is 4.4 according to 33 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Russian Federation, Germany and United States of America. The travel arrangement takes 3 days. The medical center provides a patient with free airport-clinic transfer, free clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Germany and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
The hospital's ranking is 5 according to 2 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Barcelona, Spain. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Russian Federation and Ukraine. The travel arrangement takes 5 days. The medical center provides a patient with paid airport-clinic transfer, paid clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Spain and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
Sant Joan de Déu – Barcelona Children's Hospital offers to perform chemotherapy from $4000 to $4550. The hospital's ranking is 4.9 according to 8 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Barcelona, Spain. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Kazakhstan. The travel arrangement takes 5 days. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Spain and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
Memorial Şişli Hospital offers to perform chemotherapy from $3000. The hospital's ranking is 4.5 according to 28 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Istanbul, Turkey. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Ukraine and Kazakhstan. The travel arrangement takes 5 days. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Turkey and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
Assuta Medical Center offers to perform chemotherapy from $620. The hospital's ranking is 4.7 according to 28 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Russian Federation and Ukraine. The travel arrangement takes 2 days. The medical center provides a patient with free airport-clinic transfer, paid clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Israel and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
Helios Berlin Buch offers to perform chemotherapy from $2850 to $3400. The hospital's ranking is 4.4 according to 35 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Berlin, Germany. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Ukraine and Russian Federation. The travel arrangement takes 5 days. The medical center provides a patient with paid airport-clinic transfer, paid clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Germany and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
Medical Center in Solingen offers to perform chemotherapy from $1700 to $2300. The hospital's ranking is 4.4 according to 50 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Solingen, Germany. The travel arrangement takes 5 days. The medical center provides a patient with paid airport-clinic transfer, paid clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Germany and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
The hospital's ranking is 4.3 according to 6 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Vienna, Austria. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Belarus and Macedonia. The travel arrangement takes 5 days. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Austria and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
Global Hospital Chennai offers to perform chemotherapy from $1000 to $1500. The hospital's ranking is 4.7 according to 7 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Chennai, India. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Russian Federation and Ukraine. The travel arrangement takes 5 days. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in India and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong (KUIMS) offers to perform chemotherapy from $1000. The hospital's ranking is 4.4 according to 22 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Seoul, Republic of Korea. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Russian Federation. The travel arrangement takes 5 days. The medical center provides a patient with paid airport-clinic transfer, paid clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Republic of Korea and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
The European Health Center Otwock (Europejskie Centrum Zdrowia Otwock) is Poland's first private hospital that specializes in oncology and cardiology. The Сlinic has the only one in the country Interdisciplinary Cardio-oncology Department for cancer treatment in patients with heart disease. The Otwock Health Center is located 25 km from the center of Warsaw.
The hospital's ranking is 4.3 according to 4 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Otwock, Poland. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Ukraine. The travel arrangement takes 5 days. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Poland and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
Medicana Hospitals Group offers to perform chemotherapy from $600 to $1800. The hospital's ranking is 4.6 according to 23 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Istanbul, Turkey. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Uzbekistan. The travel arrangement takes 3 days. The medical center provides a patient with free airport-clinic transfer, free clinic-airport transfer and translator. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Turkey and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.
The hospital's ranking is 5 according to 5 patient reviews. The medical center is located in Pamplona, Spain. This hospital is typically chosen by patients from Ukraine. The travel arrangement takes 5 days. The medical center provides a patient with paid airport-clinic transfer and paid clinic-airport transfer. Feel free to request Bookimed to compare the prices and costs of chemotherapy in Spain and make a shortlist of the most suitable clinics.


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ERC report: Old wine in new bottle
The Governments latest Economic Review Committee (ERC) report is nothing more than old wine in a new bottle.
The ERC was set up soon after the 2001 general election. It has taken more than a year for the Committee to come up with its recommendations. Unfortunately, but not unexpectedly, the recommendations are not very much different from the policies of the past.
For example, the Government continues to believe that GLCs should spearhead the domestic sector of our economy. This is in spite of the extensive evidence that the state-owned enterprises are, and have been, performing poorly. The Government has shown no inclination to allow the private sector to take the lead in Singapores economic development.
Worryingly, such a decision is based more on political than economic considerations. The PAP knows that as long as it controls the economy, it also ensures its political control. Unfortunately, such thinking is ruinous for Singapores economy, as signs are already indicating.
The ERC report also touches on nurturing private entrepreneurs. Singapore seems to be the only country where entrepreneurs need to be nurtured through a ministry of entrepreneurship. Would it not make more sense if the Government just left enterprising Singaporeans to do what all good entrepreneurs do best generate ideas and wealth in an innovative society? Instead the Government insists on keeping the citizens in a political straight-jacket just so that it can satisfy its obsession to control society, and then sets up a ministry to encourage creativity!
The report also mentions housing and CPF without offering solutions to tackle the issue of the shortage of CPF funds for retirees which is in a state of crisis.
The recommendations talk about what Singapore would be like in 10 to 15 years from now. Present reality is that the average Singaporean is facing an uncertain future with unemployment and retrenchment at an all time high. Instead of alleviating the sufferings of the people, the PAP increases prices of essentials so that it can achieve a surplus budget at a time of a crippling economic recession.
The report also talks about, among others, competition from China and India. Whatever happened to the PAPs promise of a Swiss standard of living? What about the promise of more good years? What about the vaunted second wing of our economy?
Whats the use of setting up committees in which the same set of people with the same fossilized views express the same ideas that do not tackle the root cause of the present economic malaise? In truth, the PAP has no answers. All it can do is to wait for the U.S. economy to recover. And yet, the Government claims that its ministers are the best, deserving the highest salaries in the world.
What we need in Singapore is a government that is transparent and accountable, a system that is receptive to input from all sections of society, including the opposition. No amount of re-packaging of old policies from so-called high-powered committees will extricate Singapore from its current economic problems.
Chee Soon Juan

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'Georgian snipers are attacking us' – Ossetian official
6 Aug, 2008 06:44
There are reports of gunfire in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia. Officials from the separatist republic say Georgian troops have been using sniper and machine-gun fire to target a key road and two South Osset
They have also accused the Georgians of trying to occupy a strategic hill in the region to be able to take control of the area.
The South Ossetians have vowed to re-take the heights in response to what they say is Georgian aggression.
Since the beginning of August, the situation in the conflict zone has intensified.
Around three thousand people have been evacuated from villages following last week's artillery exchanges.
Six people have been killed and thirteen injured in sniper and mortar fire between the two sides.
Irina Glagoleva from the South Ossetian Press and Information Committee told RT that "Georgian snipers have started firing on a road in the Znaur region and villages alongside", she said.
"The Ossetian side has decided to counter-attack. We are planning to take some drastic measures too suppress the snipers who are threatening the safety of the residents," Glagoleva said by phone.
The Georgian side has yet to respond to the accusation.
Yesterday, the Co-chairman of Joint Control Commission for Georgian-Ossetian Conflict Resolution (JCC), Yury Popov, said the key task is "to find ways of preventing what happened on August 1, and on July 4 – when Tskhinvali came under a mortar attack – from happening again".
He also said diplomatic steps were needed to settle the dispute. According to Popov, "The sides have agreed with our mediation to hold a high-level meeting in Tskhinvali on Thursday, August 7".
Georgia and South Ossetia have traded accusations claiming their police posts were shelled overnight. There are no reports of any casualties.
According to the president of the unrecognized republic, Eduard Kokoyti, Georgia is acting provocatively to drive Russia out of peace talks aimed at easing tensions between Tbilisi and Tskhinvali.
"It is sad but Georgia, under the instruction of its western partners, is doing all it can to disrupt the current diplomatic talks but also the peacekeeping efforts. Georgian terror groups have infiltrated South Ossetia to spread fear and chaos," he said.
"This all shows that Saakashvili's regime has chosen to go down the path of state terror towards its breakaway republics," Kokoity added.
At a news conference in Moscow, the South Ossetian envoy to Russia, Dmitry Medoyev, said the situation had significantly worsened since last month's visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
"Georgian troops that took part in NATO exercises in the region launched artillery fire on the South Ossetian capital on August 1, killing six people. There is a direct connection between the exercises of NATO troops and the latest attacks on us. And there can't be two opinions about it," he said.


I'm making a slide show of pictures for my friend's birthday, what are some meaningful songs that I could use in it.
If you are trying to make a birthday slideshow or going to attend a birthday party. Birthday songs are necessary. No matter your birthday, or your friend's birthday is coming, a birthday slideshow with music and pictures will be a meaningful gift. Here I list some popular birthday theme songs for slideshows. Also all these songs are available for playing on a birthday party to boost the atmosphere of celebration.
To make an eye-catching birthday musical slideshow, you may need to use a professional slideshow software. Here I recommend 2 different kinds of slideshow app according to your device: DVD Photo Slideshow(for Windows) and Photo Slideshow Director HD(for iPad and iPhone). You can use DVD Photo Slideshow to make a birthday slideshow DVD or video on your Windows PC. With Photo Slideshow Director HD, you can use your iPad to create a wonderful birthday slideshow for watching on TV, and sharing to Facebook / YouTube / Dropbox.
Enjoy these birthday songs and happy birthday!
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HomeNewsNola Leach: UK tax system is biased against the traditional family
Nola Leach: UK tax system is biased against the traditional family
By Nola Leach
CARE's latest tax report again looks at the way different family models are currently treated in the UK tax system in comparison to other OECD countries. Like previous years, it demonstrates that the UK is an extremely cold place for one-earner families with two children on the OECD average UK wage. In fact, if you compare how a traditional family model is treated compared to a single earner with no family responsibilities, it quickly becomes apparent there is a deeply entrenched bias in our tax system against family responsibilities. Using the latest OECD figures, our analysis makes the case for the government to expand the transferable allowance for married couples as a means of addressing this unfair tax burden.
For nearly a decade now we have been producing reports demonstrating the problems faced by one-earner families. In 2007 we argued that the best way to address this problem would be through the introduction of a transferable allowance for married couples. We were delighted when the Conservative Party embraced this but very disappointed that when it came to it all that was offered was a provision allowing a non-working spouse to transfer 10 per cent of his/her tax allowance to the working spouse, leaving 90 per cent of their personal allowance, unused and unrecognised. While we were very pleased when the provision finally came through last April, we are concerned that what is a good idea has been reduced to a symbolic gesture because it offers too small an incentive to married couples. So small, in fact, only 330,000 couples out of an eligible 4 million have actually signed up. While the recent advertising blitz by the government to persuade more couples to take advantage was welcome, the real problem is it is simply not big enough.
Our new report shows traditional families with two children on the average UK OECD wage face a tax burden that is 25 per cent higher than the OECD average. For single parents with two children on the average wage, the burden is 17 per cent higher.
Even more staggering are the eye-wateringly high marginal tax rates traditional families face at key income points. At 75 per cent and 50 per cent of the average wage, key earning points where aspiration should be encouraged, the marginal tax rate is a shocking 73 per cent. We already know that under Universal Credit, this is set to rise to 76 per cent. This will completely stifle aspiration. It will crush those who wish to get on and better themselves.
Much of the Prime Minister's social justice rhetoric has been heavy on recognising the importance of the family. Now we need proactive, bold, conservative policies from this One Nation government. Marriage brings with it public policy benefits. The evidence suggests communities and children especially benefit from stable marriages. Yet in the UK, we make marriage less fiscally accessible than is the case across the OECD on average. There needs to be a cultural shift away from focusing so exclusively on the individual to re-recognising family responsibilities in the tax system.
The Prime Minister made it clear during the general election campaign that he wanted the tax break to be expanded. He has said this more than once. But now words need actions. Social justice is a key part of the Prime Minister's legacy, but a truly strong society is one where families are supported by family-friendly policies. The announcement of a family test was a step in the right direction. Expanding the marriage tax break would send an even better message that this Conservative government recognises the public policy benefits of stable marriages. We urgently need the Prime Minister to rediscover his reformist zeal and to make good his commitment to increase the marriage tax allowance. Freed from the shackles of coalition government the only question is how much worse the situation must become for traditional, one-earner families before action is taken?
Nola Leach is Chief Executive of CARE
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Okay, so that title is a little misleading. Family is always worth flying to the other side of the earth for, of course. It's just sometimes you're a little more anxious to get there than others.
If you subscribe to my monthly newsletter (No? Form is in the sidebar if you want to sign up!), you already know that my sister who we visited back in June gave birth to her first baby a full two months early. This little 4lb 11oz miracle (whose birth finally made me an aunt!) had to spend his first five weeks in the NICU, and as badly as I wanted to be on the next plane as soon as I heard the words 'in labor', we knew it would be for the best if I waited until he was released from his little cooker and allowed to go home. And so I waited…and waited some more…and eventually I just couldn't go another day without at least having a flight booked for the future, so we made plans for me to arrive the last week of August because surely, surely he'd be home by then. And he was, at least for a few days, until he wasn't, which was the situation when I arrived. But I'll get to that in a second.
So, like many people, I suffer from a fear of flying. Or I guess more accurately, a fear of crashing. (I much prefer it when the plane is still flying!) Oddly, this particular irrational fear seems to be fairly common among my fellow travel bloggers and yet we all still continue to travel. The reward is worth the risk, I suppose. Even so, this did not stop me from agonizing for two weeks prior to my flight over the fact that if I were to die, I would have to die with strangers, because I would be making the 28-hour journey solo this time. (Yes, I am a terribly selfish person for preferring to die with people I know. No, I can't help it.) So anyway, this fear makes me do various unhelpful things like google 'crash records for Boeing 747' and 'how to survive an airplane crash in water' until I'm sufficiently certain that a) my plane will crash and b) I will probably be the sole person not to survive because there is no way I'm going to be able to remember to secure my oxygen mask before assisting others, find my life vest and inflate it by pulling on the straps, and locate my nearest exit all while the plane is going down, you guys!
The night before my flight to Denver, Cory and I were laying on the couch watching something mindless on television when I turned to him and said, 'Since I'm 50% sure I'm going to die on this flight, I just want you to know I'm 100% glad I married you.' (I casually spout movie-worthy one-liners like I'm Nicolas Sparks when facing imminent death, fyi.) Ignoring the affectionate part of my speech, Cory rolled his eyes and said if I really thought I was going to die, I wouldn't go. But what he didn't understand was just how badly I wanted to meet this baby.
When I arrived in Denver, where I was relieved to discover the worst part of the journey had been self-inflicted (I hadn't slept in 50 hours, nor eaten in almost as much), we left from the arrivals gate and drove straight to the hospital. Jude – have I mentioned his name yet? – went home a week or so prior to my visit, but after being very sick for a couple of days, landed himself back in the NICU again where he had a small surgery to correct something I understand very little about. And that's where I came in.
He'd just come out of surgery a few hours earlier and probably remembers about as much from our first meeting as I do. After traveling so far and being anxious for so long, relief I was on the ground had kicked in and all I could think about was sleeping, anywhere. I do remember displaying for everyone my complete ignorance of babies, and especially babies covered in wires and tubes, when I refused to touch him anywhere other than the bottom of his foot. My mom caught this pretty hilarious moment on her phone, and I'm so grateful for these memorable, if not exactly high quality, images.
Luckily, about 24 hours after our first meeting (and a drive home to Fort Collins), Jude and I finally got a proper introduction to each other when my new little nephew was placed in my arms for the first time. You guys, I hope you all get to experience this feeling of holding your sibling's first baby for the first time. I hadn't felt an immediate rush of love like that since my own tiny human was born 15 years ago. It was intense. And instead of sleeping through the whole encounter, Jude made sure I'd never forget our moment together by studying my face so intently that it felt like far more than just my face was being scrutinized. I'm pretty sure my soul was being examined. No word yet on whether I passed.
There were a lot of firsts for me on this trip. Some may find it surprising how little I know about babies considering I had one myself at one point, but that was 15 years ago. And if you still remember everything you did a decade and a half ago and then never did again, then, well, good for you, because I certainly don't. Even holding a baby was new. Factor in more difficult tasks like changing diapers, feeding and burping, and comforting a crying baby, and I was completely out of my element. And so I spent much of the week doing what comes more naturally – taking pictures.
And man, is this baby a beautiful one to photograph. With his wise forehead wrinkles and quiet stare, I felt like I was photographing an old soul in a new body – a new body that's already been through much more than should have been expected of it. He's still on oxygen for now, but mostly just as a precaution. Hopefully that'll come off soon (because he super loves having that taped to his face, wouldn't you?) and all of his NICU visits will be a thing of the past. Both him and his parents deserve a bit of normalcy after enduring such a rocky start.
Complete change in topic – see those blue knitted booties? I made them. From scratch. Not impressed? Well you should be, because I am very likely the world's least crafty person ever. The only reason I keep scissors in the house is in case we experience a home invasion and all the knives are in the dishwasher. But my sister, she knows how to do everything and is the sort of person who decorates her house so she can throw you a birthday party on FaceTime, so store-bought baby outfits just weren't going to cut it. I wanted to give something Laura-worthy, and so I taught myself to knit. On YouTube.
It was an incredibly frustrating affair with heaps of failed attempts, but on the day Jude was born, I spent hours completing the pair of booties pictured above. They weren't perfect, and they needed the addition of a shoestring to stay on for longer than .012 seconds, but I felt pretty proud of myself. And despite being 10,000 miles away, making these booties while Jude was making his entrance into the world made me feel, in a small way, like I was still a part of it all.
The day I left Fort Collins, the sun was shining and Jude had just had a bath, so we took the opportunity while his oxygen was off to attempt a quick family photoshoot. Now, I'm no professional photographer, obviously, but I'm still thrilled with how nicely these turned out. There were 50 more I would have liked to share here, but I know you've got more important things to do than scroll through pictures of my beautiful family.
Gosh, it was a good trip. Getting to spend an uninterrupted week with my mom and sister for the first time since we were kids still living at home was such a gift. Normally our trips to the US are spent frantically trying to pack a year's worth of doctor visits, shopping, friend get-togethers, and family time into a very short amount of time, so getting to slow down and do very little on a trip "home" was a real treat. But even though I was leaving Colorado, I wasn't quite ready to head back to Singapore just yet. I had one more stop to make first.
When we took our annual trip back to Tennessee this summer, I had to say goodbye to the last remaining home from my childhood – my grandmother's house. Due to health and memory issues, living on her own was becoming too much of a risk and she needed to be moved into a facility where she could be safe and cared for. While I know perfectly well this was for the best, it didn't stop my heart from breaking this summer when I watched my grandmother put on her brave face when we visited the new place she'd be living. I knew right then that when I came back to visit Laura and the baby, I'd be making a pit stop in Tennessee to see her before I headed home. And that is how I ended up spending half a week living in a nursing home.
Let me first say, if the nursing home where my grandmother lives is representative of all nursing homes, then I have no idea why people complain about moving into them. People clean your house every day, serve you breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and there is a cord in your bathroom that brings people running, even if there really is no emergency and all you want is a chat. Between the multiple course meals and the many activities available every day, a nursing home is like a cross between a cruise ship and summer camp for the over 80's. Like, why don't we have these for 30-year-olds?
The remnants of Hurricane Harvey were coming through while I was visiting, so from the time I walked into the complex until I left for the airport, I only walked outside once, which was sort of nerve-wracking. But being trapped indoors left plenty of time for seated exercise class (fyi: chair pose is a heck of a lot easier when you're already sitting), glass art crafting class, and watching 3-hour Princess Diana documentaries on TV. I think my grandmother would have been perfectly content to stay in her room and play Chinese checkers with me all day (speaking of that, I'm beginning to think this whole dementia thing is a ruse, seeing as she beat me every single time), but I was determined to help her make new friends, so we attended classes and talked to every single person we met. On the evening before I flew out, I was the recipient of hugs and safe travel wishes from nearly half the residents (which, not surprisingly, were 98% female – sorry, guys) and it kind of made me feel like the coolest girl in the world, or at least the nursing home, anyway.
Side note: I found myself with plenty of time on my own while I was staying there since apparently old people like to nap a lot. I had to be quiet, so I soon discovered one of the best ways to silently pass the time was to slowly make my way through all of the old photo albums on her shelves. That beautiful lady above is my mom, around age 18-19. People say we look alike, but I've always had a hard time seeing myself in her gentle, feminine beauty. I'm more of a bull in a china shop kind of girl, and I've always felt like my facial features reflected that. But I don't know, what do you think?
Speaking of family photos, my grandmother was very amused at my many ill-fated attempts to capture a photo of us together. This feat involved propping my camera on top of a stack of encyclopedias that were balanced on top of her walker, and using the camera's self-timer to take the photo. Which is 10-seconds long, by the way. Trying to click the shutter, move from behind the book tower without knocking everything over, and get into position on the couch before the shutter closed was near impossible. Both of us were cracking up by the time we finally got a good one on like the 10th try. She may be so forgetful she'll ask me the same thing three times in five minutes, but she's still her. And I'll forever be grateful for these days together, of that I'm sure.
The irony of beginning this trip celebrating new life and ending it in a nursing home was not lost on me. Two completely different stages of life, yet in both places, life moved at a noticeably slower pace. I like to think it's like this so the first and last moments of life can be cherished, but it probably has more to do with routine and predictability than my romanticized version of it. All I know for sure is, I have never felt younger in recent history than I did while staying in a nursing home. Forget face creams and Botox, find some geriatric friends if you really want to feel young again!
After 12 nights away, I was more than ready to be back on the same side of the globe as my two favorite people. Of course, to get there meant another 28-hour solo journey through the skies, but I was so ready to be home that this time fear took a backseat and let an overwhelming desire to give bone-crushing bear hugs take the pilot seat. Flying will probably never be an easy thing for me, especially flying alone, but I'd do it again tomorrow if my family needed me. They are definitely worth risking a terrifying Lost-like scenario for flying to the other side of the earth for.
What a blessing that you could be there! Way to push through your fears for the sake of treasured moments. Love the photos and so proud of your knitting skills!
Jude is adorable, and I'm so proud of you for making those booties! I could never do this. Your grandma is also so cute with her lil bow shirt.
I don't know if this was on purpose but I laughed at your brother-in-laws shirt during the family photos. "Life Outside" … like baby is now on the outside. I'm probably the only one who thinks that's funny lol Also, Jude is super adorable and I hope he's still doing well!
How funny! I never would have noticed that! You're so clever!
Thanks, Angelique! I do have a ridiculous amount of love for these people!
Sounds like a great trip home and to my two favorite states. Tennessee and Colorado! Happy travels!
Ohhhh I love how you wrote this post so much – was awesome to read. What an amazing trip… and you made it! I have very similar issues with flying so I feel ya big time. But… of the seven flights I took this summer, only one of them had a bit of turbulence (which I was biting my fingernails through the whole time… and I don't bite my fingernails). So that seems pretty okay.
Also: LOVE the little booties you knitted and that you learned to knit just for this occasion, as well as knitted during the birth <3 You do look just slightly different from your mother, but every bit as beautiful!
One out of seven is definitely good odds! I don't bite my nails when we get turbulence, but I do brace myself as if we're going to crash, which is a little hilarious.
I used to do that as well (brace myself)… but turns out it sort of just spread the anxiety around (seatmates usually take notice, haha) which in turn makes me even more nervous. So discreetly biting nails like no tomorrow it is.


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Description: 60 bed all male homeless facility that provides supportive services, housing, mental health and substance abuse, health care, aftercare and more.
The Giltinan Center (GC) is a 60-bed emergency homeless facility for adult men. With the guidance and assistance of case managers, residential coordinators, peer counselors, and direct service staff, clients strive to establish personal goals, find employment, save money, and find suitable. safe and stable permanent housing.
SHAPE is a SAMHSA grant in which RSLC partners with Prestera Center for Mental Health Services. This program provides supportive services to individuals and families in Charleston and Huntington who are chronically homeless. A team of four support staff in each city offers supportive housing services to assist individuals served with obtaining and maintaining safe affordable housing. Additional services consist of case management, in home therapy, housing support services, peer support, transportation, employment assistance and help with activities of daily living.
RSLC's Healthcare Program employees Nursing Staff on-site to assist individuals with medication monitoring, health education, basic health screenings, health promotion and maintenance to hundreds of individuals a year. This project not only serves individuals within RSLC facilities, but also serves individuals through extensive street and community outreach to other areas in which individuals experiencing homelessness are known to frequent.
This project uses peer specialists who are formerly homeless individuals in recovery from substance abuse and/or mental health issues and have gone through intensive training to engage residents to face their own obstacles. This project is a huge success, as the specialists can truly say "I understand" and assist those that the RSLC provides services for in an approach that other staff may not be able to deliver given their own experience.
The PATH Project supports individuals with a mental illness and/or substance abuse issues gain access to treatment, achieve psychiatric stabilization and acquire housing. This project supports individuals by offering supportive counseling to those living in all RSLC programs and those receiving aftercare services. This program provides for a more specialized focus for individuals in need of specific mental health and substance services.
RSLC maintains a coordinated outreach effort in the Kanawha Valley. Outreach occurs on a routine basis with teams of staff frequenting local soup kitchens, bridges and other areas where individuals are known to reside that have no permanent residence. Information is given to individuals as well as food, beverages, etc. Given the weather (hot or cold), other items of need may be handed out. Individuals are offered shelter and transported if necessary.
Many individuals that are served by RSLC are Veterans that are experiencing homelessness. The RSLC Veterans Program provides a Service Center component that focuses on Veteran specific issues. The Veterans Administration is on-site providing benefit assistance, eligibility, etc. to any Veteran in the community in need of services. Many other services are available to Veterans such as: individual and group sessions, case management, transportation, mental health and substance abuse support services and on-site therapy provided by a Clinical Therapist, as well as, a variety of community organizations that provide additional on-site services to our Veterans.
This program supports individuals with a mental illness and/or substance abuse issues as they gain independence in the community. As individuals move out of our programs into the community, an Aftercare Specialist assists individuals with budgeting, medication monitoring, grocery shopping, transportation and maintaining social connections and resources to prevent isolation. This program has proven successful year after year in reducing the recidivism rate of individuals returning back to the shelter.
RSLC, across all programs, understands the importance of not only just providing a safe place to lay your head at night and a warm meal, but the importance of providing quality classes geared to assist individuals to move to self-sufficiency and into the community. A central part of RSLC programming is life skills groups that are offered at all sites. These are groups that occur throughout the week during the day and evening that assist individuals in the following areas: Money Management, Employment Education, Addiction and Recovery Issues, Healthcare 101, IMR (Illness Management and Recovery Groups), Community Supports and Veterans Computer Classes.
The Supportive Services Project is a collaborative program with three other local providers of homeless services in the area. This project provides comprehensive case management and supportive services to those living on the streets and in the shelters. This project is aimed to work with individuals where they are and provide services that will support them as they become self-sufficient.
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Q: Bot Framework speech-to-text integration issue using React I need to integrate Azure bot framework, that I did and made some style also using styleOptions parameter,
But when I try passing webSpeechPonyFillFactory param , I am not getting Microphone icon or any changes.
here is my code:
import { DirectLine } from 'botframework-directlinejs';
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import ReactWebChat,{ Components, createDirectLine, createCognitiveServicesSpeechServicesPonyfillFactory } from 'botframework-webchat';
import './chat.css'

class Chat extends Component {

  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      options: {},
      webSpeechPonyfillFactory: {
        region: 'westus',
        subscriptionKey: "242a*88**************a70b2",
        textNormalization: 'lexical'
      }
    };

    this.directLine = new DirectLine({ token: 'hyyw*********************c' });
  }
  async componentDidMount(){
    this.setState({webSpeechPonyfillFactory : await createCognitiveServicesSpeechServicesPonyfillFactory( { region: 'westus', subscriptionKey: '242a**************0b2',textNormalization: 'lexical' })});
  }

  render() {

    return (

      <ReactWebChat directLine={this.directLine} userID="" webSpeechPonyFillFactory={this.state.webSpeechPonyfillFactory}
        styleOptions={{
          backgroundColor: '#fff',
          bubbleBackground: '#FFFFFF',
          bubbleBorder: 'solid 0px #fff',
          bubbleBorderRadius: 20
        }} />

    );

  }
}export default Chat;

When I implement in JS, It was working, but When I tried to integrate with React :(

A: You should add the DirectLine Connection and the Web Speech Ponyfill to the component's state and set the default value to null. Then in the componentDidMount method, create the DirectLine and Web Speech Ponyfill objects and update their state values. Finally, in the render method, check to make sure the DirectLine and Web Speech Ponyfill objects are not null before you render ReactWebChat. Web Chat will not render as expected if either value is not defined properly. Take a look at the code snippets below.
import React from 'react';

import ReactWebChat, { createDirectLine } from 'botframework-webchat';

export default class extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.state = {
      directLine: null,
      webSpeechPonyfill: null
    };
  }

  componentDidMount() {
    this.fetchToken();
    this.fetchSpeechPonyfill();
  }

  async fetchSpeechPonyfill() {
    this.setState({ webSpeechPonyfill: await window.WebChat.createCognitiveServicesSpeechServicesPonyfillFactory({
      subscriptionKey: '<SPEECH_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY>', region: 'westus', textNormalization: 'lexical' }) });
  }

  async fetchToken() {
    const res = await fetch('https://webchat-mockbot.azurewebsites.net/directline/token', { method: 'POST' });
    const { token } = await res.json();

    this.setState(() => ({
      directLine: createDirectLine({ token })
    }));
  }

  render() {
    return (
      this.state.directLine && this.state.webSpeechPonyfill?
        <ReactWebChat
          className="chat"
          directLine={ this.state.directLine }
          webSpeechPonyfillFactory={ this.state.webSpeechPonyfill }
          { ...this.props }
        />
      :

Connecting to bot…

    );
  }
}

Hope this helps!

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With last year's release of SQL Server, those of us who trade in the reporting and analytics space got a big gift: A brand new version of SQL Server Reporting Services. Unlike prior versions, SSRS 2016 brought many new much-needed improvements that immediately improved the usability and relevance of Reporting Services as a reporting and analytics tool. For the first time in many years, SQL Server Reporting Services is exciting again!
I am happy to announce that Tyleris Data Solutions is partnering with Straight Path Solutions to assist our clients with data needs that extend beyond business intelligence and data warehousing. Straight Path will be our go-to resource for solutions that require deep expertise in database tuning and high availability in addition to data warehousing, ETL, and reporting needs that Tyleris already services.
Data challenges are rarely singularly faceted; very often solutions are needed across multiple architecture realms. Because Tyleris has always strived to remain a deep-and-narrow focus in data warehousing and closely related topics, we have chosen to partner with Straight Path to help us help our clients who need unmatched expertise in SQL Server database engine management. This partnership enables Tyleris to help with a broader set of problems without sacrificing depth of knowledge or focus of our core offerings.
Straight Path is the right partner for us for a couple of different reasons. Personally, I have worked with Mike Walsh at Straight Path for years, and his integrity, workmanship, and attention to client needs have always greatly impressed me. Like Tyleris, Straight Path doesn't try to be a "do-everything" data provider, instead focusing on those areas where they have deep expertise and can add a tremendous amount of business value.
Mike also posted an announcement of this new partnership on the Straight Path blog earlier today sharing some of his perspective on this. I am very excited about this partnership with Straight Path Solutions, and I look forward to working with Mike and the team.


I was born in Brescia in 1972. I got a high school scientific degree on june 1991, after that I changed my way following my own passion for drawings and arts and I got my degree of illustrator by I.E.D.( Istituto Europeo di Design) on 1996. I worked as freelance for several years starting cooperation with Rai, Mondadori and others Editors, journals and multi-media and authoring studios; in 2002 I was teacher of computer-graphic and illustration at L.A.B.A. a free Academy of Arts in Brescia and since 1999 I'm working at Ubisoft Entertainment as senior concept artist ,character designer, 2D and 3D artist supervisor. During these years I haven't abandoned my passion for games, literature and movies. On the contrary, I've cultivated them thanks to my job, since I spend my days in the company of colors, sculptures and... graphic tablets!


A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.
A fighter confronts a rogue master armed with weapons capable of severing a head from 100 feet away.
Director Chang Cheh reunites the Five Venoms in his second biggest cult hit in the West. It's Lo Meng's most memorable performances whose showdown with fellow Venom Kuo Chue is artistically violent while being graphically artsy.
A survivor of an attack on a rebel group opposing the Manchu invasion of China creates the Goose Fist fighting technique and tries for revenge on a traitor.
As for the reviews here, jmmjg's review belongs in The Silver Spear (1980) area because when he stated "a contest of 5 warriors fighting for the right to marry a princess and it ends with an immortal vampire seeking revenge"... That's a description of that movie. I can see how he was mislead to post it here, although if he looked at the cast on his movie he wouldn't see Yu Wang but instead, Peng Tien, Ho Tien and Chung-Erh Lung.
squelcho has the right review and sums it up pretty decent so there's not a lot I would change there.
This movie "The Deadly Silver Spear" (1977) aka "Shaolin's Silver Spear" and U.S. re-title "Deadly Kung Fu Lady" is a decent flick I enjoyed.


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Global Licensing Group to Appear at NRF Big Show
The Global Licensing Group, the licensing industry's leading trade show organizer and media partner, today announced an exclusive collaboration with the National Retail Federation for the NRF 2019: Retail's Big Show, which is set to take place Jan. 13-15 in New York City.
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Together, the Global Licensing Group and NRF will showcase the value licensing offers the retail industry and educate retailers on ways to forge strategic relationships to reach a wider audience and engage their consumers.
"NRF's Retail's Big Show is a dynamic event that we are extremely proud to be a part of," says Jessica Blue, senior vice president, Global Licensing Group, UBM. "Retailers have always been a vital pillar within the licensing ecosystem. Every year, we are fortunate to see growth in our industry, which is made possible by the strategic partnerships and unique products shaped by retailers. We're thrilled to work alongside NRF to promote licensing amongst a wider retail audience and help retailers drive both in-store and online traffic by delivering experiences consumers seek."
Global retail sales from licensed goods and services in 2017 grew to $271.6 billion, a 3.3 percent increase over 2016, according to the 2018 LIMA Annual Global Licensing Industry Survey.
Consumers are looking to connect with products in more engaging ways. Brand licensing has proven to be a lucrative strategy for retailers by meeting their customers' need for exclusive product and experiential offerings.
The Global Licensing Group's presence at NRF 2019 will help promote licensing as a valuable business strategy in the evolving retail landscape, one that is central to consumers' increasing expectations around unique selection and experience.
To demonstrate the power of licensing, the Global Licensing Group will be joined by Licensing Expo exhibitors "Sesame Street" and Build-A-Bear Workshop, where each will hold an experiential activation showcasing licensed products.
"We are excited to collaborate with the Global Licensing Group, who have established themselves as the foremost authority in brand licensing worldwide and have made a huge impact on the retail industry," says Susan Newman, senior vice president, conferences, NRF. "The Global Licensing Group's commitment to the education and promotion of strategic licensing programs for retailers embodies our mission to support retailers and help them cater to their consumer's evolving expectations."
NRF 2019: Retail's Big Show sets the tone and focus in retail for the next year. Retailers can evaluate best-in-class experiences and services, learn from the biggest players transforming the industry and develop nontraditional strategies.
As consumers seek to connect with brands and products in more immersive ways, the timely collaboration between NRF and the Global Licensing Group will showcase how licensing programs can drive the consumer experience and inject an emotional connection with brands and products.
The showcase will be held inside the NRF 2019 Expo Hall and will be open to all retail attendees of the event. For more information about NRF 2019: Retail's Big Show, please visit https://www.nrfbigshow.nrf.com.
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Who is Brian van de Graaff's Wife? Details of His Married Life!
Heisenberg Published On Wed Jun 17 2020 Modified On Wed Jun 17 2020
Grab all the details on the wife and married life of the meteorologist Brian van de Graaff.
Brian van de Graaff is a reputed American meteorologist, well known for reporting weather for ABC 7 News. As a member of the Storm Watch 7 team, he works on the Washington D.C. area's ABC television affiliate. As one of the reputed meteorologists of the Storm Watch 7 team for over 19 years, Brian carries the American Meteorological Society's prestigious Seal of Approval.
For the daily audiences of Brian van de Graaff's weather forecasts, people only know about his job as a meteorologist. But many viewers wish to learn more about him than his work. They are curious to learn about his personal life, his marriage, and his family. Below we compiled some essential details about Brian's wife and married life, so you get to know him better.
Who is Brian van de Graaff's Wife?
Brian van de Graaff is a married man, and the love of his life is wife Kristen. The two currently lives with their two children in Fairfax, Virginia. Not much is known about Brian's wife and kids, as he likes to keep his personal life out of the limelight.
Brian van de Graaff is currently married to his wife Kristen.
As a homeowner, Brian loves to work in the yard at his house whenever he gets some free time. During his leisure time, he spends a lot of time working long hours in the yard, maintaining and managing it. He seems to have developed a hobby out of such an activity. Additionally, he also spends time playing tennis with his wife or playing his Wii.
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Another thing Brian van de Graaff enjoys doing anytime he gets some days off his work is traveling. He always looks for a new travel destination to visit and often enjoys lavish vacations in some famous tourist locations around the world. His recent trips took him to the Canary Islands, France, Italy, and Australia.
Early Life of Brian van de Graaff
Brian was born in Arlington, but he was raised in the rural communities of Culpeper and Madison in Virginia. Even during his early years, Brian - who underwent significant weight loss - carried a deep passion for weather and meteorology. Additionally, as he grew up older, he also developed an interest in broadcasting and media, which exactly co-relates to what he is doing right now. He attended George Mason University, from where he graduated with a degree in Communications.
Brian was born in Arlington, but he was raised in the rural communities of Culpeper and Madison in Virginia.
'I have always been interested in the weather,' Brian said in an interview. 'When I realized that I could make a career out of a hobby and a passion, it clicked.' And he did follow his childhood passion, as he is one of the reputed weather reporters on television.
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David Kovach has released three eBooks; two are novels and one is a nonfiction work that addresses the accuracy of the Book of Daniel. Dave's first book, Five Days of Fear, is an FBI suspense novel that begins in San Francisco, but leads its readers in a chase across country in search of the suspect. His second book, A Reluctant Truce, is a romantic comedy that takes place in New York City. but ends on a college campus far from NYC. The nonfiction work is entitled Daniel and The Tribulation: Three Kings, Three Edicts, One Week Still to Come. Details on each book are shown below. All three books are available on Amazon.com as eBooks.
Janel Langley wanted to go to college. She wanted a university that was affordable, far away from her family in Manhattan and highly rated by the media industry for its Graphic Design Department. She also needed a school that was the last place on earth that Justin Sanders would attend.
Justin Sanders wanted to go to college. He wanted a university that was affordable, far away from his family in Manhattan and highly rated by the architectural industry for its Architecture Department. He also wanted a school that was the last place on earth that Janel Langley would attend.
With a little help, fate found their school. Read A Reluctant Truce and watch as Janel and Justin are rudely introduced to fate and forgiveness.
Targeted audience: Romantic comedy fans.
Age appropriateness: 12 to 92.
Daniel 9:24-27 has intrigued author David Kovach for several years. The usual explanation of combining the 7 and 62 weeks in verse 25 to make a single 69-week period seemed contrived. Thus, Dave investigated both Scripture and other evidences for a more natural explanation. The result is the book Daniel and The Tribulation which looks at the fulfillment of these two time periods as well as examining Scripture for the coming fulfillment of Daniel's 70th week.
Which King gave the command to rebuild Jerusalem.
How the 7 'weeks' (49 years) were precisely fulfilled.
How the 62 'weeks' (434 years) were precisely fulfilled.
What a likely scenario for the coming last 'week' (7 years) will look like.
Historical and celestial data, as well as the works of the historian Josephus, are involved in determining the fulfillment of Scripture.
During a family picnic, Jessica Britton's well-ordered world is slammed against a brutal reality and her faith is tested when her mom is kidnapped, her dad is shot, and authorities can find no clues to begin their investigation. Jessica's own anxiety and fear for her mother's life compels her to help FBI Agent Dan Hamilton look for motives and clues that would lead to the finding of her mom. By chance, clues begin to emerge, and the once floundering investigation speeds to a hectic race against time and criminal minds in a desperate attempt to save Jessica's mom and the lives of many in San Francisco's business district.
Age appropriateness: 14 to 94.
Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iBooks, and Books a Million.


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Between the first and top stories, the building has a simple fenestration in a central bay four windows wide and slightly projecting corner bays which are continued as towers above a frieze-like string course. Above the frieze there is a wealth of decoration: balconies, spandrels, mullions, window surrounds, and cornices in cast stone and terra-cotta. John Eberson designed this theater, built in 1925. Eberson invented the so-called atmospheric theater, and this one has, in addition to lavish interior decorations, a make-believe open-air auditorium: the plaster ceiling hung from metal trusses has holes with lights behind (to simulate a starry sky) and is surrounded by tiled roof edges and "exterior" walls with blind windows and balconies to give the audience the sense of being in a Mediterranean piazza. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a detail of the southwest tower.


The Connected and Committed Leader: Do you feel guilty?
I have never considered guilt to be of any positive value.
Harvard Business Report summarized a recent study by Professor Francis Flynn which has linked guilt with strong work performance. The study's findings state: "People who are prone to guilt tend to work harder and perform better than people who are not guilt-prone, and are perceived to be more capable leaders."
As much as I hate to admit it, for me, this finding did ring true. Having been a guilt-ridden person for most of my early adult life, my devotion and commitment to my former company was in many ways fueled by guilt...needing always to do an outstanding job and showing loyalty above all else, including myself.
I certainly did advance in my corporate career, but at what cost?
In my opinion, there are many costs of guilt; the greatest one being that guilt-ridden people are often disconnected from their own, authentic motivators. In fact, over the course of my life I have seen the damage of guilt, my own guilt.
Guilt leads to the inability to know intrinsically what drives you. Guilt-induced action is not a genuine or authentic action. It is an action that may serve external forces but does not serve you.
Guilt brings to question the character of the person with judgment rather than objectively focusing on the behavior of that person.
I believe that guilt creates a win/lose situation.
While guilt might drive short term results from people,as it did for me, these results are not sustainable for the long term. Ultimately, I believe that guilt-prone people burn out and feel resentment. Clearly, these are not good results that leaders would want to inspire in others.
· "good girl" or "good boy" but used "good job" instead since it focuses on the behavior, not the person.
· "I am proud of you" but used "You must be so proud of yourself" instead since it reinforces self-validation not external validation.
· "you disappoint me" but used "you must feel disappointed?" instead since it reinforces self-assessment not external assessment.
Guilt causes us to look out to the world to validate ourselves; instead of having a sense of validation already built-in.
Education research supports that internal motivators, not guilt-induced motivators, generate long-term learning performance. And so, I believe that this translates into the work-place as well as at home.
As leaders, or as parents, if you want to build followers that are self-empowered, self-starters and self-initiators, you need to equip the internal drivers of those around you without guilt or fear. Given the state of business today, we certainly can see that the ways of the past won't serve us going forward. We must eliminate guilt and fear as primary motivators.
So if you are a manager or leader that uses guilt or fear as a way to motivate people, you are not building a long-term learning culture with self-empowered associates. Chances are if you are doing this to others, guilt has been your driver and motivator. And if you are guilt-prone, how do you escape this grip of guilt for yourself?
1. Don't pass it on. Watch your communication with others. Guilt is about command and control, an antiquated view of leadership.
2. Develop more well-defined boundaries. Don't take on the emotional baggage of others and solve problems that aren't yours to solve. Firm up your accountability and insist on accountability from others. Guilt often blurs the lines between people.
3. Look beyond the short term. Developing others requires a long-term view. Guilt focuses on immediate impact and control.
4. Encourage moderation in yourself and others. Extremes are often the result of guilt. Guilt perpetuates work/life balance struggles.
5. Develop a stronger internal barometer by looking inside of yourself more often. Guilt keeps us focused too much on others and not enough on ourselves.
Here's to a guilt-free work-place where you can bring your best because you, and others around you, are internally driven and motivated to do so!


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The Myth of Original Sin
Wednesday, 29 November 2000 - 12:00AM
Christianity as Myth
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Professor Richard Sorabji FBA
Wednesday, 25 October 2000 - 12:00AM
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PETE WILLIAMS (3/25/2014): The government has to take Hobby Lobby's religious views as they come. So off the table is any question about the accuracy of how Hobby Lobby and another company, Conestoga, would view these contraceptives as agents of causing abortion.
STEWART: So let me get this straight. Corporations aren't just people, they're ill-informed people whose factually incorrect beliefs must be upheld because they sincerely believe them anyway? I guess it's why at Hobby Lobby, they feed their 16,000 employees with but five loaves and two fish. What? The employees are still hungry? They believe you aren't.
The case: At the root of this case is the concept of religious freedom. Hobby Lobby and co-plaintiff Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. are suing the federal government over a section of the Affordable Care Act that requires large employers to cover contraception costs as part of a comprehensive health care plan or pay a sizeable fine as penalty. Hobby Lobby co-owners David and Barbara Green of Oklahoma and the Mennonite Hahn family of Conestoga Wood Specialties both claim that their strong religious objections to birth control preclude them from complying with the government mandate and are seeking protection under the First Amendment.
The conservative Christian Becket Fund's senior council Lori Windham, who is representing Hobby Lobby, told CBS News that "This case will decide whether a family gives up their religious freedom when they open a family business. The question here is whether the Green family can be forced to do something that violates their deeply held religious conviction as a consequence of the new health care law."
"So let me get this straight, corporations aren't just people, they're ill-informed people, whose factually incorrect beliefs must be upheld because they sincerely believe them ... What would a biblically based insurance plan even cover?"
Klepper answered: "stoning-related injury, flood damage. It's a great pre-modern medicine, first-century, biblically based health plan that covers you from birth through your elderly years, which I believe is up to 36 years on this plan."
Yeah, kind of crazy. In the modern world, contraception is "integral with our economic security and our ability to hold jobs for our lifetime," said NARAL Pro Choice America's Ilyse Hogue. "We've had enough of this idea our reproductive health is somehow separate from our economic well being ... Our bodies are not our bosses' business."
They fear, as Stewart does, that once the scope of religious freedom is equated with a corporation's right to justify any of its actions through religious belief, ramifications could be felt across the country — regardless of how silly, archaic, discriminatory or unjustifiable those beliefs are. The U.S. solicitor general went so far as saying a decision in favor of Hobby Lobby "would entitle commercial employers with religious objections to opt out of virtually every statute protecting their employees." If the Supreme Court rules broadly affirming Hobby Lobby's right of religious freedom — essentially, expanding the definition of corporate personhood — then it's possible companies could claim religious objections to bans on gender discrimination, labor laws, overtime and minimum wage laws or vaccinations. The Supreme Court didn't seem to share that view.
But even a more limited victory could be have big impacts on the way employees' health care coverage is controlled by employers in America. ThinkProgress fears that a Hobby Lobby victory could even lead to impositions on what a doctor is allowed to discuss with their patient. Hobby Lobby could refuse to pay for doctor's visits that include a discussion of contraception.
"This is telling you that you can't use your compensation — your own benefits that you have earned — in a way that your boss objects to. And that is a frightening road for us to be going down, as a society," says Adam Sonfield, a senior public policy associate at the Guttmacher Institute.
There are a number of ways the Supreme Court could reach a narrower ruling. SCOTUS could rule that the Affordable Care Act puts no significant burden on Hobby Lobby, since paying noncompliance fines is actually cheaper than paying for health care coverage. Or it could take the suggestion of Chief Justice John Roberts that small corporations tightly held by a group of religious owners are quite unlike larger, publicly owned companies. Almost no matter what is decided, the ruling is likely to be a controversial and crucial one that will make deep ripples in American society.


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Home News Hoover council restores funding to several community groups
Hoover council restores funding to several community groups
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Hoover Helps 2017
Members of the Hoover community rallied at the Hoover vs. Spain Park football game Sept. 15 — both on and off the field — to raise money for Hoover Helps. Together, they raised $10,573 to put towards feeding programs for the Hoover school system.
The Hoover City Council on Monday night restored funding that had been cut from several community groups when the council passed the 2020 budget in September.
The council in September cut funding for the Hoover Helps nonprofit that helps feed hungry children from $30,000 to $15,000, funding for the Hoover Arts Alliance from $4,000 to $2,500, and funding for the Hoover Belles service group from $5,000 to $4,000.
Those decisions were reversed Monday night.
Councilman Casey Middlebrooks, who made the motion to restore all the funding for Hoover Helps, noted that Hoover Helps provides an important service and is run 100 percent by volunteers. Also, the group anticipated getting the same $30,000 it received from the city last year and did not have time to plan for a reduction in funding, Middlebrooks said.
Now, the group can be put on notice that a reduction in funding may be coming in the future, he said.
Linda Chastain of the Hoover Arts Alliance said she appreciated the funding for her group being restored as well because that group's fiscal year began in July and they did not know to expect a funding cut from the city and that they might need to seek money from elsewhere.
There also was much discussion about the Hoover City Schools Foundation, which saw its city funding cut from $50,000 to $10,000 this year.
Foundation leaders and teachers who received grants from the foundation on Monday night talked to the council about the importance of the work the foundation does in enhancing the educational offerings for Hoover children.
Katie Thompson, a special education teacher from Riverchase Elementary School, said a grant she received from the foundation allowed her to develop a sensory garden for students with special sensory needs. The garden has allowed for engaging opportunities for visual, auditory and tactile learning, she said.
"The amount of joy it has brought to my students and others has been amazing," Thompson said. "It's done a world of good."
Councilman Curt Posey said council members were concerned about the amount of money the foundation was spending on administrative costs. The salary for the foundation's executive director, who just resigned, was more than $53,000, said Susanne Russell, the treasurer for the foundation. Total revenues for 2018 were $143,990, she said.
Posey said the council wants to make sure its donation is earmarked for grants and does not go toward administrative costs.
The council ended up postponing a vote on an agreement with the foundation to give the foundation more time to figure out how it will close out 2019 and handle administrative costs in the future.
As the council debated funding restoration for Hoover Helps, Councilman John Lyda said he did not appreciate having to reconsider budgeted amounts for these groups after council members put so much work into developing the original budget.
"It's really easy for members to come in here and make a speech about doing good that none of us would ever disagree with, but we had a process that we followed, and it made me more proud to be in this group than any process I've been a part of," Lyda said. "Then to come in here and be put in a position to have to vote no on these things, it's really disappointing. … It's unfair to the membership of this body."
Lyda abstained from the vote to restore funding for Hoover Helps to $30,000, and Councilman John Greene voted against the motion, but the other five council members — Middlebrooks, Posey, Mike Shaw, Gene Smith and Derrick Murphy — voted in favor of restoring the $30,000 contribution.
Shaw did, however, note that there are many great organizations providing valuable services to people and he didn't want to get into a footrace to see who can fund the most worthy causes.
Murphy said that during budget discussions, it was understood the council would come back and revisit some of the contributions to community service groups at a later date. There was still some disagreement about the contributions at that time, and some council members were eager to pass a budget prior to the Oct. 1 start of the fiscal year.
In other business Monday night, the council:
Rescinded its moratorium against pawn shops, short-term loan shops, vape stores and tobacco stores after passing new restrictions about where such businesses can locate in the city. Read more about the new restrictions here.
Created an "improvement district" on the Stadium Trace Village property being developed by Broad Metro LLC at the corner of John Hawkins Parkway and Stadium Trace Parkway so the developer can finance public improvements on the property at below-market interest rates by selling tax-exempt bonds.
Reappointed Colleen Eikmeier to the Hoover Library Board for four years.
Gave approval for The Seafood King restaurant in The Plaza at Riverchase at 1843 Montgomery Highway and Walk-On's Bistreaux and Bar in Tattersall Park at 6401 Tattersall Park Drive to sell alcoholic beverages.
Authorized the mayor to enter an agreement with the KultureCity nonprofit for that agency to train city personnel at several city facilities how to assist people with special sensory needs. Those facilities include Hoover City Hall, the Hoover Recreation Center, Hoover Public Library, Hoover Senior Center, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium and the Finley Center. Staff at Aldridge Gardens already have been trained.
Agreed to pay for grass and weeds to be cut at two vacant houses at 2335 Deerwood Road and 3555 Atdoann Drive and to bill the property owners for the work.
Announced there will be no Hoover City Council work session on Nov. 28 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Announced a meeting of the council's Public Works Committee following the Dec. 2 council meeting.
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