As an Integral Technology Solutions founder and CEO, Cameron Tuesley is an innovative entrepreneur, with strong business management acumen combined with extensive IT experience. Over the past 18 years, under his leadership, Integral has become a market leader when it comes to delivering innovative and complex IT solutions for large corporates.
While Cameron still works on select complex technical projects with clients, he is passionate about mentoring young people in IT and exploring sustainable engineering. These passions collide in the TeamArrow project. Creating a solar car that raced in the World Solar Challenge in the Northern Territory, and being the first Australian car to cross the finish line, was an outstanding feat for the small team.
His focus at Integral is to continue growing the strong and skilled team nationally opening further opportunities to deliver complex IT solutions while fostering sustainability and young talent in the industry.
Prior to forming Integral, Cameron was the Asia Pacific integration product Ambassador for BEA Systems, responsible for leading solution delivery and providing technical guidance to some of BEA's largest integration customers in Asia Pacific.
As a People Culture & Capability Manager, Kate develops and manages client relationships through effective account management and is an initial point of contact for our clients. She invests significant time in account management, business development, proposal and tender preparation and managing our client service contracts. Kate also manages our human resources, from contractors to permanent staff sourcing and recruitment.
Throughout her career, Kate has built a reputation of delivering exceptional customer service to her clients. She believes that good Account Management begins and ends with building a level of trust with her clients, adding value to the relationship and most importantly, being willing to take responsibility if things go wrong…and then find someone who can fix it. At Integral, she is an essential part of the business, she keeps the business humming.
Prior to joining Integral, Kate spent 12 years in the IT recruitment industry, working in the UK and Australia for PwC, Accenture and Manpower. While in recruitment Kate worked in diverse roles from Consultant to State Manager, and in her final role with Manpower, as National Operations Manager of their Professional division, encompassing IT, Accounting, Engineering and HR Recruitment. This broad range of roles and responsibilities has given her an in-depth understanding of both business operations and sales management.
Michael Croker is Director Southern Region at Integral. Michael is a responsible for Integral operations in our Southern States, particularly our people, our clients and our engagements. Michael is adept at establishing long term relationships with clients, ensuring they receive the highest quality outcomes from the Integral team.
Prior to joining Integral Michael has 25 years' experience in the IT and consulting sector working in regions across Australia, the UK, Hong Kong, USA and Europe.
Michael is passionate about empowering people and building teams through strong culture and a total focus on delivering high quality client outcomes.
In his role as the Chief Technology Officer and National Practice Manager for Technical Services, Warwick Sweeney manages a large team of IT professionals dispersed across Australia. His scope of work is demanding but also incredibly rewarding. Working closely with his team, Warwick delivers complex IT outcomes and solutions to major private and public sector clients.
With over 20 years' experience, Warwick has worked in diverse roles ranging from operations management, project and program management, organisational restructures and strategic planning. Warwick's natural leadership skills come to the fore on multifaceted projects. He doesn't shy away from responsibility but always involves his team in creating collaborative and innovative solutions. By taking business problems and providing IT solutions via Integral's full application life cycle delivery, Warwick's team provides enterprise and solution architecture, software application and development and system integration works. They are also heavily involved with Integral's information management practice, providing full lifecycle information management capabilities. As such, Warwick and his team are behind many of our award-winning projects and are an asset to each client.
His recent work includes the award winning Griffith University's Improving the Student Experience program and the delivery of the National ITS Architecture for Austroads.
As the National Practice Manager for Project Management Practice, Vicki Daniel brings to the team over 30 years' experience in business and change management. Having worked across a variety of sectors including finance, energy, mining oil and gas, healthcare and retail, Vicki relishes the opportunity to work in diverse business environments. Her pragmatic attitude allows her to bring focus and solution to complex programs that are under pressure or operating in challenging business environments.
Over her extensive career, she has partnered with executives to plan and deliver critical programs, major technology investments and business reform programs. Some of her successful projects include new ventures, regulatory and workplace changes and new product launches. Additionally, Vicki also provides support for executives during strategic and operational planning, allowing for business growth in a steady and sustainable manner.
As the practice manager, Vicki leads a team of highly experienced professionals that achieve successful outcomes for complex initiatives. PMP delivers programs that have been established through rigorous business analysis and are then delivered through structured yet practical program and project management.
Elliott Caldwell is an IT professional with over 15 years of Technology Testing and Project Management Practice experience. He has worked in both government and private sectors across a broad range of industries, applications and development methodologies.
Elliott has very strong management and leadership skills, and has extensive experience in Service Delivery, Test Management, Test Strategy, Test Process Improvement, Non-Functional Test Strategy and Test Tool Evaluation, as well as Training and Auditing. Elliott's strong business background and experience help him to liaise between the client's business and test divisions and deliver quality solutions.
Cameron Locke is one of our Principal Consultants who has a proven track record in the design, delivery and support of large scale, technically challenged integration initiatives. He has 10+ years in various industry sectors ranging from Higher Education, Financial Services, Travel, Utilities and Transport.
He specialises in helping organisations develop technology architectures and technical solutions that support their business goals. He operates between the business and technology areas in an organisation to achieve this.
Cameron has proven experience in the design and development of scalable, customer focused, JEE applications. He has extensive enterprise integration and object oriented design/development experience using iterative style methodologies. Cameron thrives at working as part of a team and has proven leadership skills, including managing and motivating other staff to achieve project objectives. He is an effective communicator at all levels within an organisation, with good problem solving and analytical skills. His customer skills enable him to clearly articulate specific issues and potential solutions that comply with customer need.
David Mason is a versatile and successful delivery manager with a depth of program and project management experience across a number of sectors, including manufacturing and finance. He is recognised for his comprehensive expertise in project delivery and project management methodology, and a 'safe pair of hands' reputation who works closely with team members to achieve controlled business outcomes.
David has seasoned project management skills across both technology and business projects and a strong exposure to business processes and operating models. He is a natural people leader who develops excellent relationships through empathy, understanding, trust and exceptional communication skills. He is recognised as a calming influence in times of stress with a considered reflective approach to problem solving that resolves issues in a non-confrontational manner, thereby further deepening trust and cohesion.
Over the past few years, David has been working closely with the Suncorp Group on a variety of complex projects, the latest being a project that transitioned a large and intricate part of the commercial claims from multiple business processes and systems to a centralised platform. In addition to Suncorp, and amongst other projects, David has worked on the Queensland Government's Department of Transport and Main Roads 131940 website issues resolution.
Bernadette Greenock is experienced in Project Management Practice including use of Agile and Waterfall Methodologies to deliver successful projects on time and within budget. She has 20+ years demonstrated experience in delivering small, medium and large complex projects.
Bernadette has nearly 10 year's experience in delivering projects with an emphasis on Infrastructure components covering Citrix, Middleware, Midrange, Microsoft, Data Networks, Storage, Database and Telephony initiatives, for many lines of business within a variety of sectors, though recently, the Insurance and Banking industries. She has a proven ability to deliver quality project outcomes. Bernadette has a successful record of developing and maintaining sound customer and stakeholder relationships.
As an experienced IT professional with over 15 years' experience, Shane Hughes has a proven track record in delivering technically challenging, high-profile projects. He has played a key role in numerous architecture, development and consultancy roles across large government organisations, banking and finance, tourism, travel and transport, education, telecommunications and health and human services sectors.
Shane has a passion for end-to-end project delivery and a well-regarded, cross-functional, multi-discipline skill set to match. He has proven experience in the design and development of scalable, customer focused applications built on a variety of enterprise class platforms. Having spent significant time on-site leading large enterprise projects, he's utilised a range of implementation frameworks including JEE and Spring in the Java space, and MVC4 and WebApi in the C# arena. Projects have included the UX design, development, deployment and ongoing management of both mobile and web application platforms.
Most recently and amongst other projects, Shane has worked on the award winning Griffith University Online Enrolment experience and the Department of Transport and Main Roads 131940 website delivering an easy to navigate source of traffic and road event information for road users.
Nicholas Xecanas is Chief Operating Officer at Integral. He works closely with his management team to ensure smooth operations, providing leadership and resources as required. Implementing and guiding the strategic plan, Nicholas builds and maintains Integral's reputation in the national marketplace. He continuously seeks opportunities to evolve the business, ensuring it remains current with customer needs and market trends. His experience spans 25+ years in delivering outcomes and solutions to major private and public sector clients across a number of industry sectors including EPCM, banking and finance, transport, healthcare and utilities sectors.
Prior to joining Integral, Nicholas worked in diverse roles ranging from operations management, project/program management, organisational restructures and strategic planning. As an energetic, business-focused IT professional, his special interests are general management and emerging technologies.
His recent work includes infrastructure project management for Bechtel and consulting to Queensland Government's Department of Transport and Main Roads.


High Mercenaries is a 'casual' World of Warcraft guild for adults (18+).
The guild was formed in 2009 on the Nagrand-EU server. (Now Nagrand, Kilrogg & Runetotem).
The guild has evolved along with the game and has been home to many raid teams over the years.
guild perks and the social aspects of the game, such as group scenarios' and traiding.
The guild's aim is to help people to progress through the latest end game content.
If you would like to join High Mercenaries guild, contact one of our members within the game for an invite.
The guild has a Discord voice server for voice communications.
The forum and the voice server are for guild members and friends only.
People who are not guild members will be removed/kicked/banned, without warning.
to find out who they are. There is a link to the guild roster in the navigation bar of this page.


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Brenau Alum Heads 'O.K. Corral' Group at March 3 'Doc Holliday' Program
Brenau Staff
When Thad "T.B." Burton returns to his alma mater in full regalia on Tuesday, March 3, instead of the academic cap and gown of a Brenau University graduate he will wear a Stetson and a sixgun. Those are part of his normal attire in his portrayal of the legendary 1880s era Old West gunfighter-gambler Doc Holliday.
Burton, a U.S. Marines Vietnam veteran, earned a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice at Brenau on the G.I. Bill in 1979. He will lend an air of authenticity to the special program about the life and legend of the Georgia-born dentist who went West to notoriety as Wyatt Earp's wingman in the infamous 1881 "Gunfight at O.K. Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona.
T.B. Burton, who has portrayed Doc Holliday for almost 20 years in re-enactments of the Gunfight at O.K. Corral, is a 1979 Brenau University graduate.
The program in Pearce Auditorium, which was built during Holliday-Earp era, features Georgia Author of the Year Victoria Wilcox, who has produced a trilogy of novels based on the life of Holliday titled Southern Son: The Saga of Doc Holliday.
Starting at 7 p.m. with pre-show activities at 6:30 p.m., the program is free and open to the public. Those who attend are encouraged to wear their own interpretation of Wild West apparel.
Before and after the program, Burton and two associates, decked out in full attire as O.K. Corral adversaries, the lawman Wyatt Earp and the outlaw Ike Clanton, will be on hand to answer questions and pose for souvenir photos with members of the audience. There will also be opportunities for students and other audience members to participate in a "selfie" contest, posting photos they take of themselves at the event with specific event hashtag. Those attending can dress in costume if they chose to do so, but the university's theater department will also have some props and accessories on hand.
Burton, who has been performing as Doc Holliday for close to two decades, is part of the organization Doc Holliday's Shadows of the Past, a group of dedicated historians/re-enactors that specializes in recreations of famous events in western history, particularly the gunfights of the 1870-80s.
For the Brenau event, Ronnie Moore, a retired civil service employee who is also a U.S. Marines Vietnam veteran, will appear as Wyatt Earp. Allen Clark, who works for Kimberly-Clark Corporation and a regular actor and director in local theater productions, appears as Ike Clanton.
The real Doc Holliday in 1880, a year before the big fight in Tombstone, Arizona.
Although there will be no gunplay at Brenau, that was not the case when those two got together in October 1881. Earp and his two brothers, lawmen in Tombstone, deputized Holliday for a face-off, with Clanton's clan on the street outside of the O.K. Corral livery. The ensuing gun battle lasted only 30 seconds. However, those were, indeed, shots that have been heard around the world for the past 134 years in books, movies, TV dramas (there's even a bizarre episode of Star Trek in which members of the Starship Enterprise face the Earps and Holliday at O.K. Corral), books and other media.
Veteran Atlanta film critic Eleanor Ringel will appear with Wilcox at the Brenau program, titled Doc Holliday: Man, Myth & Movies.
Burton, a retired construction maintenance manager, since 2009 has written Western novels with co-writer Cindy Smith: the Time in Contention series, a trilogy of Western love stories set in Arizona in 1880-81. Smith had done some re-enacting with the Shadows from the Past group, most notably as the infamous Dodge City and Sweetwater madam Elizabeth "Libby" Thompson, also known "Squirrel Tooth Alice."
Burton says he fell into the Holliday re-enactment business when he was involved in hobby shooting organizations that employed only the types of firearms used in the 19th century – the kind of single-action pistols (you have to cock the hammer before you pull the trigger) that Holliday and Earp really used. A friend from one of those groups asked Burton to appear with him at a Doc Holliday festival in Griffin, Georgia, where Holliday was born.
Shadows of the Past emerged from that and, among other things, has led to re-enactments of the Gunfight at O.K. Corral. One of those was for the 2003 Turner South Network's Liars and Legends television program, which won a Southeastern regional Emmy award. The group has also shot it out every October since 2003 at the Booth Museum of Western Art program in Cartersville, Georgia.
Burton remains active in shooting organizations, and in 2005 won the Classical Fast Draw Society World Championship in the Cowboy Action Class.
"My wife says I forgot to grow up," he told one interviewer, explaining why he followed the cowboy path.
He was initially supposed to portray Wyatt Earp in that first Griffin re-enactment, but before rehearsals began, his friend asked if he would do Holliday instead.
"I thought Doc was a very interesting character," he said, "and I liked the fact that he was from Georgia."
For more information see the preview video at https://vimeo.com/120099780 or visit the event webpage at https://www.brenau.edu/doc-holliday/.

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Visit the Rest of the 3DJoes Family!
GI Joe is a toy with a strong legacy! It all began with the great action figures you'll find here on Vintage3DJoes, but the line has had some other incarnations that deserve your time too. Steve Stovall has launched 3DSuperJoes.com, the site dedicated to Joe's eight-inch successor from 1977 and 1978. You also can't miss the 3D site that started it all, the original 3DJoes, Carson Mataxis' site dedicated to the classic 3.75" GI Joe line from 1982-1994. Check them out and be sure to tell your friends about the 3DJoes family!


The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company Limited has announced its partnership with the Road Safety Unit in its defensive driving campaign, dubbed: 'Drive for Life'.
This move is part of a thrust to help reduce the effects of motor vehicle accidents on the services of the JPS.
Speaking with JIS News, Corporate Communications Manager, Winsome Callum revealed that last year the JPS had close to 107 interruptions on the power delivery system as a result of motor vehicle accidents. Each of these interruptions, she pointed out, lasted for a minimum of four hours. This, she noted, is the average time it takes to replace a damaged pole and repair the affected lines that are attached to the pole.
"It is really costly to us in terms of the service we offer to our customers and also in terms of the costs to repair the damaged parts of the line," she said.
"The average cost to repair a pole is about $80,000 and that includes labour and material. If there are other equipment, such as a transformer, involved in the accident, then the cost could go up by another $200,000, so it's really very costly," she continued.
She said that the importance of safety on the roads cannot be overemphasized. "The JPS, like all other corporate entities in Jamaica, would like to see the number of motor vehicle accidents decreased," she stressed, while pointing out that in addition to the lives that are lost, motor vehicle accidents involving power lines greatly affect the quality of service that the company provides and impacts on its costs.
The defensive driving campaign is a behaviour change thrust that seeks to instill knowledge, awareness and discipline in drivers, so as to foster and promote safety on the roads.
Defensive driving workshops are currently underway with one scheduled for Wednesday, January 30 at the Old Marina, West Palm Avenue in Port Antonio, to which all drivers are invited.


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In Norse mythology, Gandalf is a dwarvish name referenced in the "Catalogue of Dwarves" section of the poem Voluspa contained within the Elder Edda. The name means "cane-elf".
Gandalf, king tried to compete with Harald I of Norway to get power over Norway.
Gandalf is also an airline company.
For information about the 1997 trial of supporters of the Animal Liberation Front and editors of the magazine Green Anarchist, see GANDALF trial.
Gandalf is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe, Middle-earth.
Gandalf is the best-known of the Maiar of the people of Manwë and Varda. He is said to be one of the wisest of that order, rivaling Saruman. He came to Middle-earth in the Third Age as a wizard in order to counsel and assist all those in Middle-earth who opposed Sauron.
In The Hobbit, he arranges and partially accompanies the adventurous quest of Bilbo Baggins and the thirteen Dwarves to regain the treasure of the Lonely Mountain. It is on this quest that he finds his sword, Glamdring.
In The Lord of the Rings, he urges Bilbo to give his magic ring to Frodo, whom he motivates to take the ring and destroy it in Mount Doom. Gandalf is initially unable to accompany Frodo and his servant Sam, but rejoins them in Rivendell as the second half of The Fellowship of the Ring begins. Taking leadership of the fellowship (nine good people "set against the Nine Riders"), he and Aragorn lead the hobbits and their companions on an unsuccessful effort to cross Mount Caradhras in winter. Then they take the "dark and secret way" through the mines of Moria which leads to Gandalf's apparent demise. Gandalf reappears as if born anew in the Ents' forest, when he encounters the Three Walkers (Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas) who were tracking Merry and Pippin.
Gandalf initially appears as an old man with a gray beard, a gray cloak and a large gray hat. Although some of the Wise know his true nature, others mistake him for a simple conjurer. After fighting the Balrog in the Mines of Moria, he reappears as a more imposing figure clad all in white. The change of color is significant, for he has come to replace the corrupted Saruman as the chief of the Wizards. In a sense he has become Saruman, or rather what Saruman should have been.
C�rdan the Shipwright seemed to have foreseen this, for he entrusted to Gandalf rather than Saruman the care of Narya, the ring of Fire, one of the Three Rings of the Elves.
Olórin, his name in Valinor and in very ancient times. It is Quenya, and means "dreamer" or "of dreams", from the root olor-.
Mithrandir, his Sindarin name, used in Gondor, and meaning Grey Pilgrim.
Gandalf the Grey
Gandalf the White
The White Rider
Stormcrow
Incánus (in the south)
Tharkûn (to the Dwarves)
John Huston provided the voice of Gandalf in two animated television features. Heron Carvic played him in the BBC radio version of The Hobbit; also on BBC radio, Sir Michael Hordern played him in The Lord of the Rings. Sir Ian McKellen was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.


In July of 2018, a new policy for catechist formation was promulgated impacting all the parishes, missions, and schools across the Upper Peninsula.
In order to assist our parishes in forming their catechists a dedicated website has been created. It not only provides classes but also a catechist management system making it easier for the parishes and diocesan office as they implement the policy.
Annual distributions provided by the Lay Ministry Endowment Fund of the U.P. Catholic Foundation are being used to cover some of the costs for the website.
Click here to make a gift to the Lay Ministry Endowment Fund and help support the development of lay ministers and lay spirituality in our diocese.
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Antoine Serlom Semenyo (born 7 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League side AFC Bournemouth and the Ghana national team.

Club career

Bristol City
In 2017, Semenyo signed for Bristol City, after impressing for South Gloucestershire and Stroud College's football academy. Semenyo made his Bristol City debut on the final day of the 2017–18 season coming on as a second-half substitute for Lloyd Kelly in the 3–2 loss to Sheffield United at Ashton Gate. Semenyo was allocated shirt number 18 for Bristol City and he was named as a substitute for the Championship away match against Blackburn Rovers on 9 February 2019. On 27 April 2019, Semenyo controversially received his first career red card against Derby County for a challenge on Tom Huddlestone. In June 2019, he signed a new four-year contract with the club. On 5 September 2020 he scored his first goal for Bristol City in an EFL Cup tie against Exeter City.
Semenyo played consistently for Bristol City in the 2020–21 season playing fifty competitive games also scoring five and assisting seven goals.

Semenyo won the EFL Championship Player of the Month award for January 2022 after scoring three goals and getting three assists. He finished the season with 8 goals and 12 assists in 32 games in all competitions, the best season of his career so far.

Newport County (loan)
On 18 July 2018, Semenyo joined Newport County on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. He made his Newport debut in a 3–0 defeat against Mansfield Town on 4 August 2018 as a second-half substitute. On 14 August 2018, he scored his first goal for Newport in a 4–1 win over Cambridge United in the EFL Cup.

He was recalled by Bristol City on 28 January 2019.

Sunderland (loan)
On January deadline day 2020, Semenyo joined League One side Sunderland on a sixth-month loan deal until the end of the 2019–20 season.

AFC Bournemouth
On 27 January 2023, AFC Bournemouth completed a deal worth £10 million for Semenyo on a four-and-a-half-year deal.

International career
Born in England, Semenyo is of Ghanaian descent. He debuted with the Ghana national team in a 3–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Madagascar on 1 June 2022. On 14 November 2022, Semenyo was included in Ghana's 26-man squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Personal life
Semenyo's father, Larry, is a former footballer, having played as a midfielder for Okwawu United in the Ghana Premier League.

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Semenyo goal.

Honours
Individual

 EFL Championship Player of the Month: January 2022
 Bristol City Young Player of the Year: 2021–22

References

External links
Profile at the AFC Bournemouth website

2000 births
Living people
Footballers from Greater London
Citizens of Ghana through descent
Ghanaian footballers
Ghana international footballers
English footballers
English sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
Association football defenders
Bristol City F.C. players
Bath City F.C. players
Newport County A.F.C. players
Sunderland A.F.C. players
Black British sportspeople
National League (English football) players
English Football League players
2022 FIFA World Cup players

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The Indian Journal of Community & Family Medicine (IJCFM) is owned by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, an Institute of National Importance (INI), a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament in September 2012. The institute was established to bridge the gap in provision of state-of-the-art healthcare services in the eastern part of India. It also had a mandate of promoting quality research and excellence in medical education and training. AIIMS, Bhubaneswar is under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), which is under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India (GOI). During the conclave for Community Medicine and Family Medicine in December 2013, conducted by PMSSY, MoHFW, one of the decisions was to start a journal of community and family medicine (http://pmssy-mohfw.nic.in/files/pmssyevents/Conclave_on_CFM_Report_09Jun2014.pdf). It was to enable the INIs to conduct quality research, generate evidence and improve population health. The MoHFW, GOI, through AIIMS Bhubaneswar is committed to this endeavor (https://aiimsbhubaneswar.nic.in/aboutAIIMS.aspx).
Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine (IJCFM) envisaged during the Community and Family Medicine Conclave held in the National Institute of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi in December 2013. Approved by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, it reflects the commitment to promote research and improve health care.
Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region, Indian Science Abstracts
The journal will endeavour to encompass all fields of community medicine and family medicine. It will include original research relevant to the practice of medicine at primary care level and public health. There will be case reports that will be relevant to medical officers in general practice. It will also cover the latest diagnostic and treatment guidelines for communicable and noncommunicable diseases. The section on health policy initiatives can be a forum for disseminating programmatic policies. It will include interviews with doyens of community and family medicine for them to share their vision for healthy nations. It will also strive to share the success stories from various parts of the country and the world, which will serve as inspiration for the readers. The aim will be to range from empowering medical officers at a primary health centre to enrich and inspire the accomplished researchers in academic institutions.
1. Editorial (by invitation)
2. Review articles
3. Original research
4. Short Communication
5. Case reports
6. Perspective
7. Current Updates
8. Continuing Medical Education
9. Book Review
10. Interviews (by invitation)
11. Health policy initiatives (by invitation)
12. Correspondence/ Letter to editor
13. News and events
14. Public Health Success stories
15. Student/Medical Residents corner
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More info on Full stop
Full stop: Map
A full stop or period (.) (sometimes stop, full point, or dot) is the punctuation mark commonly placed at the end of several different types of sentence in English and many other languages. A full stop consists of a small dot placed at the end of a line of text, such as at the end of a sentence.
Period is the preferred term in North America. The term full stop is rarely used by speakers in Canada , and virtually never in the United States , but it is the only term in British English.
If it is used in Canada, it may be generally differentiated from period in contexts where both might be used: a full stop is specifically a delimiting piece of punctuation that represents the end of a sentence. When a distinction is made, a period is then any appropriately sized and placed dot in English language text, including use in abbreviations (such as U.S.) and at the ends of sentences, but excluding certain special uses of dots at the bottom of a line of text, such as ellipses.
The term STOP was used in telegrams in place of the period. The end of a sentence would be marked by STOP, as punctuation cost extra. The end of the entire telegram would be noted by FULL STOP.
A full stop is used after some abbreviations.
At ends of sentences: haplography
If the abbreviation ends a declaratory sentence there is no additional full stop immediately following the full stop that ends the abbreviation (e.g., My name is Gabriel Gama, Jr.) This is called haplography. Logically there should be two full stops (one for the abbreviation, one for the sentence ending), but only one is conventionally written. In the case of an interrogative or exclamatory sentence ending with an abbreviation, a question or exclamation mark is still added. (e.g., Are you Gabriel Gama, Jr.?)
In British English, abbreviations of titles often omit a full stop, as in Mr, Dr, Prof, which in American English would be given as Mr., Dr., Prof.The rule 'If the abbreviation includes both the first and last letter of the abbreviated word, as in mister and doctor, a full stop is not used.' is sometimes given, though this does not include Professor.
In this use, the full stop is also occasionally known as a suspension mark. This originates from the old practice of marking the end of an abbreviation with the final letter superscript and a dot beneath it (though still 'suspended' above where a full stop (period) would go. Another use of the suspension mark is still seen on occasion regarding the c in Mc in logos such as Rand McNally's.
Acronyms and Initialisms
In initialisms, full stops are somewhat more often placed after each initial in American English (e.g., U.S., U.S.S.R.) than in British English (e.g., US, USSR); however, for acronyms that are pronounced like words (e.g., NATO), full stops are omitted in American English.
Mathematical usage
The same glyph has two separate uses with regard to numbers, the one applied being determined by the country it is used in: as a decimal separator and in presenting large numbers in a more readable form. In most English-speaking countries, the full stop has the former usage while a comma or a space is used for the latter usage
* 1,000,000 (One million)
* 1,000.000 (One thousand and zero thousandths)
In much of Europe and Latin America, however, a comma is used as a decimal separator, while a full stop or a space is used for the presentation of large numbers:
* 1.000.000 (One million)
* 1.000,000 or 1 000,000 (One thousand and zero thousandths)
In countries that use the comma as a decimal separator, the full stop is sometimes found as a multiplication sign, for example: 5,2 . 2 = 10,4. This usage is impossible in countries that use the full stop as a decimal separator, hence the use of the interpunct: 5.2 · 2 = 10.4. . It is still fairly common to use this notation when multiplying units in science, for example 50 km/h could be written as 50 km·h-1.
Differences between languages
British English and American English
The traditional convention in American English is for full stops to be included inside the quotation marks, even if they are not part of the quoted sentence, while the British style shows clearly whether or not the punctuation is part of the quoted phrase. The American rule is derived from typesetting while the British rule is grammatical (see below for more explanation). Although the terms "American style" and "British style" are used, it is not as clear cut as that, because at least one major British newspaper prefers typesetters' quotation (punctuation inside) and BBC News uses both styles. Scientific and technical publications, even in the U.S., almost universally use logical quotation (punctuation outside unless part of the source material), due to its precision.
As with many such differences, the American rule follows an older British standard. The typesetter's rule was standard in early 19th century Britain; the grammatical rule was advocated by the extremely influential book The King's English, by Fowler and Fowler.
"Carefree" means "free from care or anxiety." (American style)
"Carefree" means "free from care or anxiety". (British style)
In British style, both single and double quotation marks are possible, but more modern style guides like the BBC's tend to prefer the latter.
Before the advent of mechanical type, the order of quotation marks with full stops and commas was not given much consideration. The printing press required that the easily damaged smallest pieces of type for the comma and full stop be protected behind the more robust quotation marks. The U.S. style still adheres to this older tradition in formal writing but usually not in everyday use. Today, most areas of publication conform to one of the two standards above. However, in subjects such as chemistry and software documentation it is conventional to include only the precise quoted text within the quotation marks. This avoids ambiguity with regard to whether a punctuation mark belongs to the quotation:
Enter the URL as "www.wikipedia.org", the name as "Wikipedia", and click "OK".
The URL starts with "www.wikipedia.". This is followed by "org" or "com".
References: Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition; Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford.
Spacing after full stop
There are three main conventions relating to the number of spaces used to separate sentences within the same paragraph:
One widened space, typically one-and-a-third to slightly less than two times wider than an inter-word space (traditional typography)
One space (French Spacing)
Double space (English Spacing). The two spaces convention was brought about by the use of monospaced font on typewriters to approximate an em space, and carried on by tradition. However, this more closely approximates traditional typography, as even in proportional fonts an inter-word space is nearly always much narrower than an em space.
Note that the term double spacing can also refer to a style of leading: the insertion of a full additional empty line between lines of text. This is commonly used for text which may incorporate later markup or modifications, such as proof-readers' copies or legal documents.
Asian full stop
In some Asian languages, notably Chinese and Japanese, a small circle is used instead of a solid dot: "。" (U+3002 "Ideographic Full Stop").
In the Devanagari script used to write Hindi, Sanskrit and some other Indian languages a vertical line ("।") (U+0964 "Devanagari Danda") is used to mark the end of a sentence. In Hindi it is known as poorna viraam (full stop). Some Indian languages also use the full-stop such as Marathi.
In Thai, no symbol corresponding to full stop is used as sentence marker. A sentence is written without spaces and a space is typically used to mark the end of a clause or sentence.
Internet addresses
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Computing use
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In computer programming, the full stop corresponds to Unicode and ASCII character 46, or 0x2E. It is used in many programming languages as an important part of the syntax. C uses it as a means of accessing a member of a struct, and this syntax was inherited by C++ as a means of accessing a member of a class or object. Java and Python also follow this convention. Pascal uses it both as a means of accessing a member of a record set (the equivalent of struct in C), a member of an object and after the end construct which defines the body of the application. In a regular expression, it represents a match of any character.
In file systems, the full stop is commonly used to separate the extension of a file name from the name of the file. RISC OS uses full stops to separate levels of the hierarchical file system when writing path names - similar to / in Unix-based systems and \ in MS-DOS-based systems.
In Unix-like operating systems, some applications treat files or directories that start with a "." as hidden, meaning, they are not displayed or listed to the user by default.
In Unix-like systems and Microsoft Windows, the dot character represents the working directory of the file system. Two dots (..) represent the parent directory of the working directory.
Bourne shell-derived command-line interpreters such as sh, ksh, and Bash, use the dot as a synonym for the source command, which reads a file and executes its content in the running interpreter.
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Julian Borger in The Guardian, February 3, 2006
Oxford A–Z of Grammar and Punctuation by John Seely.
http://www.randmcnally.com/
BBC Writing Style Guidelines p. 17
AUE: FAQ excerpt: ", vs ,"
Chicago Style Q&A on one space versus two after sentences


Somebody suggested this, so I did it. It is the main character of my previous comic strip. I started Pimp Cow in June of 2000, so if the comic/domain were up and kicking, it'd be five years old. I keep thinking that I should put the archives online, and maybe even update it (*gasp*).


On this week's Supergirl Radio, your hosts Teresa Jusino and Rebecca Johnson discuss news about CBS' Supergirl (including info on Supergirl's premiere dates in the US and Canada!) while also wrapping up our discussion of Kara Zor-El on Smallville with Kara's final three appearances on the show in the Season 8 & 10 episodes "Bloodline", "Supergirl" and "Prophecy". Join in on the fun as the gang at Supergirl Radio prepare for CBS' Supergirl, starring Melissa Benoist!


Middle- and upper-middle-class students continue to outpace those from less privileged backgrounds. Most attempts to redress this inequality focus on the issue of access to financial resources, but as this book makes clear, the problem goes beyond mere economics. The book examines a typical suburban American high school to explain how some students get ahead. The book's author undertook four years of research at a Midwestern high school to examine the mercilessly competitive culture that drives students to advance. The book reveals the many ways the community's ideology of achievement plays out: students hone their work ethics and employ various strategies to succeed, from negotiating with teachers to cheating; parents relentlessly push their children while manipulating school policies to help them get ahead; and administrators aid high performers in myriad ways, even naming over forty students "valedictorians." Yet, as the book shows, this unswerving commitment to individual advancement takes its toll, leading to student stress and fatigue, incivility and vandalism, and the alienation of the less successful.
Few would deny that getting ahead is a legitimate goal of learning, but the phrase implies a cruel hierarchy: a student does not simply get ahead, but gets ahead of others. This book turns a critical eye on this paradox. Offering the voices and viewpoints of students at a "last chance" high school in California, the book tells the story of students who have, in fact, been left behind. Detailing a youth-led participatory action research project, the book uncovers deep barriers to educational success that are embedded within educational discourse itself. Struggling students internalize descriptions of themselves as "at risk," "low achieving," or "troubled"—and by adopting the very language of educators, they also adopt its constraints and presumption of failure. Showing how current educational discourse does not, ultimately, provide an adequate vision of change for students at the bottom of the educational hierarchy, the book levies a powerful argument that social justice in education is impossible today precisely because of how we talk about it.
Unsettled belonging is an ethnographic study that focuses on how young Palestinian Americans navigated and constructed belonging and citizenship across transnational fields; and it examines their encounters with an exclusionary politics of belonging that emerged from the routine practices of everyday U.S. nationalism inside their schools, in the post 9-11 decade. At the heart of this book rests a question about disjunctures of modern citizenship. Taking an anthropological perspective on citizenship as lived experiences through which people negotiate social, cultural, and political membership, the book analyzes a fundamental schism between the ways the Palestinian American youth experienced and constructed transnational citizenship and belonging, and the ways they were positioned as outsiders to the nation. Exploring the complex, flexible ways that the Palestinian American youth navigated belonging in transnational fields, the book shifts attention from a focus on youth identities to an account of how these social identities are intimately bound up with questions of belonging and citizenship. The book also deepens our understandings of the processes through which immigrant youth are racialized in the United States, focusing on the specific logics of everyday nationalism--nationalism that is bound up with this country's contemporary imperial projects. Finally, the book raises normative questions about educating for national citizenship in contemporary times when more and more people's lives are shaped within transnational social fields.


Induction into a chef's cult, figuring out the mystery behind a ghostly bride, meeting a butcher turned game designer, hearing talks from industry veterans and witnessing how diverse the gaming community is, was an unforgettable first time at IndieCade 2016.
A festival is a celebration, and IndieCade can't celebrate independent games without also celebrating their creators. The indie games festival not only exhibits games but also sets up playtests, workshops, talks, and other events to help facilitate growth for game developers.
Kriste Stull is a veteran of the game industry and worked for companies like Blizzard, EA and Sony as a hiring manager. In other words, Stull has insider knowledge of what hiring managers like to see and what types of people generally get the job.
In the end, it was always the person who worked well with others, a person who listened and kept open lines of communication. It wasn't always the talented artist that got the job, but usually the candidate that people wouldn't mind spending 10+ hours working with. Along with other incredibly helpful knowledge, Stull imparted hope for the future to many ambitious game devs.
There were also other talks being held by industry veterans like Frank Dille, current creative lead of Niantic. Also present were industry writers, animators, professors and more. IndieCade proved to be extremely educational for people who are serious about entering the game industry.
Of course IndieCade isn't just for indie developers — it's also for people that enjoy playing games. I had a tremendous amount of fun playing all sorts of games ranging from board games to VR to more regular form games. However, the most memorable experience at IndieCade was when I participated in the festival's unique Night Games event.
When I arrived at IndieCade's night games event, filled with an assortment of games that take advantage of the cooler nights and darker lights, I noticed an eerie sight.
Around the grounds of the School of Cinematic Arts walked a bride in a white dress and a thick veil. The veil obscured her face, making it difficult to see who was underneath, even if you walked up to her.
While I played other games, I made sure to keep an eye on her. It was strange to me that no one reacted to the sight. She would walk past groups of people and none of them would even acknowledge the sight. Involuntarily I shivered more than once, perhaps it was from the icy breeze from the late night or something more sinister.
As the night went on and I played more games, I felt more and more disturbed by the sight that didn't belong. I'm not one for horrific experiences, so the sight of a bride with her hands over her chest as if she were on display in an open casket was more than unsettling.
Eventually, I stood in line to experience another game. It was situated within a large tent. I scurried inside as I heard a raspy woman's voice beckoning me to hurry in. Immediately, I knew I had entered a different world.
The woman, or rather sage as she would reveal herself to be, was trapped on Earth and needed to go back home. She has become weak from being far from home and thus needs my assistance in obtaining items to help her complete a ritual of sorts to go back home.
She told me the descriptions of people to speak with. One of them matched the description of the eerie bride wandering the grounds.
I had made sure to talk to everyone else before the bride. I solved riddles, passed a puzzle and joked with some.
When it came to the bride, however, I had to make a choice of choosing one item over the other. A black rock or a candle. I needed to wait behind a queue of other players before I could make a decision. I chose the black rock.
"Sometimes fate chooses for you," said the bride.
The bride flipped the sack that held the black rocks upside down, indicated it was empty. She quickly offered me the sack that held candles in response.
Such an experience isn't profound in any way, but it felt evocative of a real adventure. It felt like something I would hear in the games I used to play as a child. An eerie figure in a mundane world is a recipe for excitement and mystery. I was presented with a question and I was able to seek out answers on an adventure with mystery.
After I completed the rest of the game, of which I will its ending a secret in case the game is exhibited again, I thought about what I had just done. I shivered not because of the chilly breeze or a sinister monster from another world, but from the excitement.
IndieCade showed to me how amazing games are. I grew up being told that games were never a positive hobby. Yet, there I was. Standing in the middle of a college devoted to the creation of film on my own adventure. Amidst other gamers and other people whose very lives were devoted to creating games. I was the main character. And I loved it.
This was just one example of many in which I just experienced pure ecstasy in playing a game. IndieCade was filled with other unique experiences that are far too numerous to mention.
The gaming community isn't perfect, but IndieCade showed me the best of what it can offer. The festival was a place to play with strangers, to meet new gamers and bond with old friends over new games. It was a place to learn and take another step forward to reach ambitions of being in the game industry. It was an inclusive space that offered an outlet to all and a voice for the player to give feedback to the designers.
IndieCade was a place to have fun and be in continuous awe like in childhood. The unique mechanics and stories that were presented at IndieCade had me nostalgic for when I first discovered the joys of games. And IndieCade made me relive that awe inspiring feeling all over again.
2016 was the first time I attended IndieCade, and it won't be the last.


Lawn Care Customers come in all shapes, personalities and ages, but who really is your ideal Customer?
Lawn Care Customers come in all shapes, personalities and ages on the residential side of the market, as well as commercially, where the local factory, retail mall, apartment complex or the school board are in need of someone to provide them with lawn care services.
They may come to you from your golfing buddy or someone that you meet at a birthday party you just never know where these customers are going to come from but who really is your ideal Lawn Care Customer?
Do you always attract the bad ones or are you lucky enough to be blessed with all the good ones? Maybe it's a little of both.
By figuring out who your ideal Lawn Care Customers are you may be more likely to hold on to and attract more of these types of customers. Conversely, identifying what comprises a poor/bad lawn care customer would also be beneficial to aid in eliminating or reducing the number of these types of clients.
Your lawn care business won't make you any money without customers. When a business is just starting out it wants all the clients it can get to sales (income) flowing in to start covering expenses. As the business grows through advertising and word of mouth referrals the number of different clients (client base) expands as well.
Eventually, by offering good dependable service at a profitable price you will have enough lawn care customers to begin to think about not taking on many new customers and concentrate more on offering expanded services to your already established client base thus reducing your advertising costs and increasing your return on investment (getting more sales out of existing lawn care customers).
It is at this point where you want to keep the good existing customers and weed out the troublesome clients that cost you undue time, money or stress. So what exactly is a good customer anyhow? To each lawn care business owner there may be differing qualifications.
Let's begin with what's most important to any business, prompt payment. For most of us in our daily lives if we buy something like fuel or food payment is on the spot, before we leave the store or gas station. This may not be the case in your lawn care business, unless it's at the end of a one time job such as, building a retaining wall (where there is a lot of upfront material cost) it is too time consuming and costly to collect payment each time you complete a repetitive service for a customer.
As a result billing on a monthly basis becomes a much better means of collecting your fees from your Lawn Care Customers. When sending out your billing be sure to include all return mailing information on your invoice such as mailing address, postal/zip code, business name that the check is to be written to as well as your contact phone number.
Providing this information will help speed up payments by your clients. Also include on your invoices that all payments are due by the 15th of the month. By doing this you are increasing the amount of cash flow back into the lawn care business earlier in the month which will allow you to pay your debts and expenses sooner as well. A good customer always pays each invoice in full by the end of each month (the best ones pay before the 15th).
A good lawn care customer is one that you never here from, except to say, you are doing a wonderful job, keep up the good work or to get a quote on additional services. Don't get me wrong if you make a mistake on their property or are not on your normal pre-arranged schedule for the customer due to unexpected circumstances, contact from them is to be expected and properly dealt with.
By giving all your Lawn Care Customers great dependable service your good clients will be referring you to all their friends. This is one of the greatest rewards for doing the best you can each and every day out there when providing your Lawn Care services.
Customer referrals is one of the best ways to get pre-sold similar minded customers, there is little time spent selling and no additional advertising costs associated in attaining these new customers. Hurray for those good customers.
Lastly, what separates the really good clients from the average ones is their acceptance of necessary price increases resulting from increased gas or insurance costs. These customers realize that you are operating a business and that your relationship with them is more than just a friendly arrangement between two people. You have to keep you profit margin the same and if outside costs go up then so must the fees for your lawn care services.
If each of your clients meets these minimum criteria then you are truly blessed. For the rest of us there are always a few "bad apples" in our bunch of customers, so do we need to keep them? Well that all depends on how many customers you already have, how terrible are the "bad apples", how much income do these clients provide and how much extra time has to be devoted to satisfying them?
Again it all starts with late payments ; the bad apples are always at least into 30 days overdue to before payment is made. You always have to phone them to ask if they have sent payment. These are the first ones to go.
Depending on whether or not this is the first time a customer has done this to you or not should dictate what the next step is. There are sometimes valid reasons, such as a customer dying and their finances become subject to an estate. It may take a few months to receive full payment once contact with the lawyer handling the estate has been notified.
As for the rest of the late paying clients, if they are late more than twice suspend your services until full payment has been collected. If this customer goes longer than 30 days overdue without any contact suspend your services until an explanation has been given.
If you have only a few of these types of customers and their sales are a small portion of your total sales then you may not notice them right away. If they are a substantial part of your total monthly sales then you must recognize and solve this problem quickly.
Always keep your accounting practices up to date in order to be able to catch any of these late payments as soon as possible. Late paying customers decrease your cash flow and cost you undue time and stress and should be eliminated from your customer base.
Our next type of "bad apple" is the client is the chronic complainer who can never be satisfied. They pay the bills on time but always find fault in your work (even though you are doing proper job) and are unwilling to fire you. This type of is the kind of customer that I give three strikes then they're out.
They are not worth the extra stress and time involved in trying to make them happy. If they bad mouth you because you quit on them don't be concerned, they are the type that complain about everything in their lives. Anyone who listens to them rant will figure out what kind of people they are and disregard them.
Another "bad apple" customer is the person who calls you at 12pm on Monday wondering why you haven't been at their property already to mow their lawn because you where there last week at 11am last Monday. This customer gets three strikes and you out. Unless you have promised them an exact schedule for their services (which I try to stay away from) they should not be calling you.
Ask yourself and them whether or not they trust you to provide the services promised. If they answer yes, they trust you ask them why they called you then. If they answer no they don't trust you then end the relationship right there.
Once your lawn care business grows large enough you will not be able to afford the time cost effort to be able to keep these types of "bad apples" in your client base. Pruning "bad apples" will allow more time to produce good Lawn Care Customers and increase your bottom line.


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Home Rock Features Headlines Dave Grohl Announces Stunning Foo Fighters Replacement
Dave Grohl Announces Stunning Foo Fighters Replacement
Dave Grohl revealed at a recent Foo Fighters show that when he retires someday, his daughters will replace him as the lead singers of Foo Fighters. Howard Stern recently revealed a bold Dave Grohl and Billy Corgan secret.
Grohl said, "Basically, when I get too old to do this, all of my daughters will be in Foo Fighters, and I'll be [fucking around]. So tonight, with the help of my family, we're going to sing a song off of the last record."
A member of Rage Against The Machine recently revealed a heartbreaking photo of Dave Grohl and deceased rock icons. A young fan recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of Dave Grohl making her dreams come true. Christina Leigh tweeted, "One year ago today I met Dave Grohl while busking @foofighters songs and it's still one of the wildest things to have ever happened to me??? 😭"
"Last time I checked the fb post of the video it was at 14k views and rn its at 64k….. Facebook didn't even tell me I went viral. 😠"
Last year, Christina tweeted at a fake Dave Grohl Twitter account that she would be busking Foo Fighters songs in the city's Byward Market. Leigh played with a sign that said, "Dave Grohl, pls notice me."
"I'm just pulling my guitar out, I had just taken a picture of my funny sign, and my boyfriend just goes, 'Christina, look,' I look up and there's Dave Grohl — his daughter had pointed out my sign and he was just sitting there, giggling."
Grohl had his daughter take a photo.
"I think I swore. I was like, 'If he does show up, he shows up,' but I didn't think he would actually do it. This is just something silly."
one year ago today i met dave grohl while busking @foofighters songs and it's still one of the wildest things to have ever happened to me??? 😭 pic.twitter.com/5oPpTLPNJo
— coop (@cooperleox) July 10, 2019
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After three flights in two days, a brief catch up with some family, a little frantic re packing as we were over weight, and a bit of duty free shopping, we finally arrived!
As we flew into the airport on Lihir I could get a view of the island – luminous green mountains surrounded by luminous blue ocean. By the time we cleared customs (they took one look at the huge pile of bags and Isobel trying to escape, and didn't open any of them) it was dark on the drive to our house. Dinner had been organised for us, so we just needed to eat, shower and then fall into bed.
The next few days were spent unpacking and checking out the house, enrolling in school, meeting people, discovering the local supermarket and exploring the townsite. Our house has a beautiful view from the deck out across the town harbour to the rest of the island beyond. The houses are all quite nice with polished wood floors, decent appliances and bathrooms, and actually reasonably big. At the moment it's very empty with only the supplied furniture and our few things from our bags.
Finn and Abigail started school yesterday, and both seem to be settling in well. So far they have spent as much time at friends houses or running around the housing loop road as they have at home. Lihir International Primary School is small, but seems really nice. Finn and Abigail are each in a class of 14, both with an expat (Aussie) teacher and full-time national (PNG) teacher assistant. Parents rave about the school and the lifestyle for the kids, with many of them saying that they have extended their time here for that reason. Jason also started work yesterday – it looks like he will be flat out for a while.
Sounds lovely. I like the size of Finn and Abigail's class at school. Glad your all settling in so well.
Like a holiday every day of the year!
Wow, it sounds like you Guys are off to "flying" start,lol…..I look forward to many, many more blogs and photos of your new adventures.


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Voting Leave: Who Needs It?
As the 2016 presidential race continues, political ads are doubling down and public discussions are ramping up. Though the polls are indicating an electorate that seems less than enthusiastic about their choices, Election Day looms none-the-less. No doubt your employees will be among the throngs of citizens going to the polls on Tuesday, November 8.
Are you required to excuse them from their regular work schedule so they can vote? If so, how much time do you have to allow? If they do request time away from work for visiting their polling place, should it be paid or unpaid time off?
The answers to these questions will not be found in any federal law, as no federal law exists that would require you to allow an employee to leave work to participate in an election. However, your state's laws may be more demanding. More than half of our 50 states have established statutes detailing certain requirements for voting leave.
Twenty-one states require varying amounts of paid voting leave. Some of these states require employers to allow as much as three hours for voting if the employee does not have sufficient non-work hours to vote. Some simply require the employer allow "reasonable time", whether paid or unpaid. Pennsylvania and Ohio are among the 20 states that have no laws governing voting leave. In these states it is up to the employer to establish its own policy regarding time off, paid or unpaid, for voting privileges.
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In addition to voting leave laws, some states require employers to allow election officials special leave to fulfill their duties on Election Day. Given all the variations and details, it is best to contact your state's labor department to determine your legal responsibility to your employees regarding voting leave. At least that is one thing you can be sure to get right on November 8.
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Thousands of Iraqi Shias defy coronavirus curfews to commemorate imam
Published: 21 March ,2020: 06:57 PM GST Updated: 20 May ,2020: 10:57 AM GST
Tens of thousands of Iraqi Shias turned out to commemorate a revered imam on Saturday, defying curfews imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
On foot, they streamed to the golden-domed mausoleum of Imam al-Kadhim in Baghdad, where authorities kept an outer gate open to allow pilgrims into the surrounding courtyard.
The inner shrine remained closed despite some pilgrims pressing authorities to let them in, a shrine official told AFP.
"There are many fewer pilgrims than in previous years," the official said, asking not to be identified.
"For the first time, there are no foreign pilgrims -- everyone comes from Iraqi provinces."
Read more: Iraqi Shia ceremonial eulogists defying ban on public gatherings
The anniversary typically draws millions of devout followers from around the world who visit and kiss the shrine housing the remains of Musa al-Kadhim, who died in 799 in the custody of Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid.
Many come from Iran, which is now battling one of the world's deadliest coronavirus outbreaks.
Iraq banned travel to and from Iran last month for fear of a potential spillover.
Last week, it expanded the measures into a total flight ban until March 24 and shut shrines across the country.
The country's top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has urged Iraqis not to gather in large numbers for prayers, where the risk of contamination could be high.
On Friday, his representative issued another rare statement urging Muslims to abide by medical advice on social distancing but did not specifically tell pilgrims to stay home.
Authorities have struggled to enforce lockdowns announced in more than half of Iraq's 18 provinces, as well as a ban on travel between provinces.
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I've always liked M.I.A, her strange mix of pop, electronic, and hip-hop was different from anything else out there. She always had this sense of reinvention and always pushing her music in new directions. All of her albums had their own feel to them and it was always refreshing. I was hoping this would continue with what she's now said could be her last album, AIM.
It's pretty much impossible to categorize the sound of AIM. Like much of her work she experiments relentlessly with a wide range of styles. One song having schizophrenic, electronic production, another borrowing influences from island/Caribbean dance music, and then another being a more traditional pop song. This isn't anything new for her as she's always borrowed from a large range of influences, but this time around her production sounds more disconnected from each other than ever. Which can make this a hard listen as you're constantly being pulled from one experience to another. Aside from a few song like "Borders" and "Ali R U OK?", which stand up to anything in her catalog, AIM had her worst production to date.
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M.I.A's lyrics have always tried to tackle tough political issues like immigration, politics, nationalism, identity, and privilege. The way she's tried to tackle these issues hasn't always been elegant, but on AIM some of the wordplay and songwriting is outright corny and at times just plain horrible. There were more than a few times where I visibly cringed at some of the lyrics. She's always been a provocative artist who went after themes and topics, few others would dare touch, but this time around she seems to be lacking much of the "bite" she had in her previous works.
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If you need vacation
Please be patient
I'm thinking generation
Coz it's my obligation"
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The Health Care Crisis
A growing threat to community hospitals
Those of us who run hospitals have a unique opportunity to see the health insurance crisis from two sides. Like all employers, we feel the impact of double-digit increases for health insurance premiums for our employees. At the same time, the rising premiums, co-pays and deductibles are linked directly to the challenges we face daily operating our health systems.
Hospitals are vital community resources. We treat complex diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. We provide essential emergency and trauma care. And we are among the community's first responders to a crisis — anything from a severe flu outbreak to a natural disaster to a terrorism attack.
Yet, the current health care crisis is threatening our ability to meet those obligations. Since January, six hospitals in Los Angeles County have closed and another in San Jose will close by year's end. More than 70 hospitals have closed statewide over the past decade. In San Diego, our hospitals are filled to capacity, and we cannot afford to lose any more. In more than 20 years in health care, I have never been more concerned for the future of our hospitals.
While most hospitals in San Diego County are tax-exempt, all of us must operate with adequate margins to meet the health care needs of a growing community and comply with government mandates. Our margins are reinvested in the community's health to develop needed services and maintain and replace our buildings and equipment.
Today we are operating on very thin margins to meet both our short-term and long-term obligations.
Health insurance costs are rising for everyone because health care costs are rising. The reasons are many, but the simple truth is that if hospitals are to continue to provide the care our communities need and expect, we must be fairly reimbursed for the services we provide.
There are a number of issues that contribute to rising health care costs. Here in San Diego, a growing and aging population is requiring hospitals to expand services and build new facilities. Patients are using hospitals more, also putting a strain on our facilities. Rapid advances in medical and pharmaceutical technology are bringing hopeful new technologies to our patients, but at a significant cost.
The supply and demand pressures of our work force — we suffer from extreme shortages of skilled medical professionals such as specialty nurses, technicians and therapists — drive up wages and thus our operating costs.
We are doing our best to address many of these. Hospitals have an ongoing responsibility to be more efficient in how we provide health care through technology and automation and through managing our operating costs as efficiently as possible while maintaining the highest standard of care.
Partnerships with local colleges to educate and aggressive programs to recruit and retain more caregivers are working to attract more professionals to health care careers. But the shortage will be with us for years.
We look to the community for help. Generous donors are stepping forward every day to help us purchase leading edge equipment and update our facilities, and we are extremely grateful for their support.
Without it, our health care crisis would be even more serious.
But perhaps the biggest factors causing rising health care costs are beyond our direct control.
Piecemeal legislation from Sacramento and Washington has created a daisy chain of unintended consequences. While often well-meaning, these fragmented solutions are forcing hospital costs to rise. When the Legislature passes laws that require hospital earthquake retrofitting and other mandates without any money to do it, somebody will have to pay for it. Unfunded mandates such as the seismic retrofit place a giant debt on all hospitals. For example, the cost to Scripps alone to meet this mandate will be more than $370 million and the cost statewide is $42 billion.
At the same time, the government is freezing or cutting reimbursement to hospitals for Medi-Cal (low-income) patients. The payments we receive simply do not keep pace with our expenses to care for these patients. When Medi-Cal doesn't provide enough payment to cover our costs to treat a Medi-Cal patient, those costs are shifted to the privately insured or absorbed by the hospital. And Medi-Cal is dead last among all states in payment to hospitals.
And then there is the issue of the uninsured. Hospitals provide care to anyone who comes to our emergency rooms. Some are insured, and we are paid for our services. But a growing number of patients are not insured. In 2003, California hospitals provided $4.8 billion in uncompensated care. Last year, Scripps provided $64 million in uncompensated care. The cost of caring for these patients must be covered by someone.
Despite all of these cost pressures, hospitals continue to provide excellent care. Patients should expect the latest treatments from us, and we are doing our best to make them available. In many cases we are leading the research to develop tomorrow's treatments.
It is not difficult to see why costs are rising. Solutions will be difficult, but there are some simple steps we can take to move us in the right direction.
Costs could be reduced if the Legislature stopped placing unfunded mandates on hospitals. Neither the government nor the private sector can afford to fund these mandates now. Relief from the earthquake retrofit requirement would provide significant help.
Cost-shifting to private insurers could be and would be reduced if government programs like Medi-Cal paid the full cost of care for the patients in that program. And if we could agree on a solution to the problem of the uninsured, health care costs would fall for everyone.
Until then, the shrinking pool of those covered by health insurance will continue to pay an ever increasing share of the costs. And we will likely see more hospitals closing.
In addition to his role as president and chief executive officer of Scripps Health, Chris Van Gorder is chair of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce's Health Care Committee and was recently appointed by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to the United States National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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These are legal determinations by which one person is appointed to by the court to make decisions for and about another person who is determined to be incapacitated. Unfortunately, guardianships are becoming more common as we live longer and many experience the effects of dementia. Advanced planning can reduce the need for guardianships however if that planning is not completed before the person's capacity is diminished a guardianship is likely necessary. Guardianship advocacy is often the appropriate option for parents of a child with special needs once that child has reached 18 years. Legally that child is an adult with all the rights of an adult. The child's developmental disabilities, however, may make it difficult, if not dangerous, for the child to be legally competent and a guardianship advocacy is one way for the parent or other other interested person to assume the decision-making for the vulnerable adult. You can call us at 352-448-4500 or contact our law firm by email to get started! We look forward to working with.


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OKLAHOMA CITY (April 23, 2019) – For the first time, Oklahoma educators and families will be able to review their students' state test results as early as May. The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) anticipates preliminary results of the Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP) for grades 3-8 will be available by the end of May, giving families access to their children's test scores before summer break begins for many districts.
Individual scores will be posted on the OSTP Student/Family Portal, linked on the new online interactive Oklahoma School Report Card dashboard at oklaschools.com. To log in to the portal, families must have their student's unique 10-digit State Testing Number, or STN, which is available through their local school or on previous OSTP parent reports. Families are limited to one account but can share a password once that account has been activated.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister said the OSDE worked to ensure the earlier results after hearing from educators and families.
Families can access the OSTP Portal on the oklaschools.com dashboard by clicking the "Your Student" tab or directly at https://okparentportal.emetric.net/login. The portal also contains OSTP results for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years.
Oklahoma's state assessments include only federally required tests plus U.S. history for high school juniors. The state administers math and English language arts (ELA) tests for grades 3-8 and science for grades 5 and 8. As juniors, students also take the SAT or ACT through their local school.
OSDE has also redesigned its OSTP Parent, Student and Teacher Guides to support the role of the state tests under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The new grade-specific guides include a section on what students are learning in core areas, ways families can support learning and examples of the kinds of questions students see on state tests. The guides are available in English and Spanish. To see the guides and access other tools and resources, visit https://sde.ok.gov/oklahoma-school-testing-program-ostp-families.


Editor's note: Jeffrey Bellin is a professor at William & Mary Law School and a former prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, D.C. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
(CNN) -- As the country searches its soul in the wake of the recent wave of questionable killings by police, Americans of all races are struggling with a distressing sense of deja vu. This is not the first time we have struggled with this anguish and it will not be the last. But there may be a new prospect for hope this time.
Perhaps more than at any point in the country's history, Americans are open to changing the way they look at police violence. If so, we can begin by enhancing the perception of fairness of the official response when police use deadly force.
Much of the anger being expressed across the country comes from the fact that after these deaths, the criminal justice system -- widely perceived as eager to prosecute young black men -- suddenly seems toothless when invoked in their defense. That perception needs to change.
Importantly, the problem is not (as many have suggested) that the prosecutors in Ferguson and Staten Island presented exculpatory evidence to the respective grand juries. True, prosecutors do not normally present the defense side when seeking an indictment. But a typical case with substantial defense evidence (for example, bystanders who support the defendant's account and corroborating physical evidence) never gets to a grand jury in the first place.
The grand jurors in Ferguson and Staten Island were doing something different from what typical grand jurors do. They were taking the place of the prosecutor, deciding, as the prosecutor would normally do, whether to bring criminal charges. While we generally trust prosecutors to make charging decisions, there is good reason not to trust them when the suspect is a police officer. Local prosecutors and police work closely together and form tight bonds.
Who is Officer Daniel Pantaleo?
The grand jury should make the charging decision in these cases, both in terms of actual fairness and public perception. If the grand jury is acting as the prosecutor, however, it must see all the evidence.
One of the worst outcomes of recent events would be if prosecutors and grand jurors internalize the notion that the public wants cases to advance to trial notwithstanding substantial doubts about guilt. There are already thousands of defendants across the country jailed pending trial, trying to choose between pleading guilty to a shaky charge or risking a much higher sentence at trial. Ask them whether prosecutors and grand jurors should be encouraged to defer objective assessments of guilt until trial.
The problem in the response of Ferguson and Staten Island criminal justice officials wasn't that they presented all the evidence to the jury -- it was who was presenting that evidence. As commentators have correctly pointed out, prosecutors wield tremendous influence over a grand jury. If we don't trust prosecutors to make the decision of whether to charge, it makes no sense to give them the task of presenting the evidence that controls that decision.
Police deadly force cases should go to grand juries, and the grand jurors should see all the relevant evidence, but the presentation should be guided not by a prosecutor, but by a "special counsel," an attorney completely independent of the local police and prosecuting authority.
There is a model for this approach.
The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division employs skilled prosecutors whose primary task is prosecuting wayward police officers. If those prosecutors determine, for example, that a police officer such as Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown while Brown stood still, arms up (as some witnesses alleged), a federal criminal civil rights prosecution can be brought and won.
Local prosecutors and police work closely together and form tight bonds.
The process will be similar to what we have already seen. The federal prosecutors will convene a grand jury, present the evidence supporting a civil rights charge (that Wilson deprived Brown of his right to trial by, in essence, executing him) and, this time, get an indictment. But the federal prosecutors may find the evidence does not support that narrative, and if so, will not proceed.
Not because there is a "high bar" to federal prosecution as some reporting suggests, but because there is not enough evidence to go to trial. And the public will likely accept the federal prosecutors' judgment because it is not clouded by affinity for the police involved.
The federal model, however, is just that, a model. As the country is witnessing, deadly force cases are all too common. The federal government does not have the resources to investigate them all.
State and local authorities must fill the gap. As they rethink their role, states should adopt a first step of providing for an independent, special counsel to investigate police deadly force cases -- stepping in for the local prosecutor and presenting evidence to the grand jury.
While this reform will not stamp out instances of unjustified deadly force, it will give the public greater confidence that the government values the life and liberty of all its citizens, not just police officers.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jeffrey Bellin.


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Min Jin Lee (Rebroadcast)
Novelist Min Jin Lee speaks on her writing craft and personal journey to publishing the best-sellers Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires.
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In this episode of The Archive Project, novelist Min Jin Lee discusses her writing craft and inspiring personal journey to become a professional writer. With warm humor, Lee honestly opens up about her struggle to succeed—as a Korean-born American immigrant battling a life-threatening chronic illness—within the publishing industry, and details her perseverance in the face of countless rejection letters. A life-long reader and lover of books, Lee shines as she speaks of the necessity of the arts as a vehicle to empower those who are disempowered.
"I had already failed for such a long time, but I still cared about writing something really beautiful. No matter who I was, and no matter the consequences, it was still within my power to write about the people who fascinated me."
"I am a great reader. It is that identity that I still cling to today."
Min Jin Lee's novel Pachinko was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and a New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017. The San Francisco Chronicle lauds it as "beautiful… Lee's sweeping four-generation saga of a Korean family is an extraordinary epic." It was on over 75 best books of the year lists, and will be translated into 27 languages. Her debut novel, 2007's Free Food for Millionaires, was also a national best seller as well as a Top 10 Books of the Year for The Times of London, NPR's Fresh Air, and USA Today. Lee is a recipient of fellowships in fiction from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard.


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Baby It's Cold Outside 1000 Piece Puzzle
Brand: New York Puzzle Company
A blanket of snow covers the park and these chilly dogs are all dressed up to fight the falling temperatures. Some seem pleased with their comfy coats while others are wholly humiliated. New York Puzzle Company's Baby It's Cold Outside 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle is taken from a New Yorker cover by Ana Juan. The covers of The New Yorker have entertained and enlightened the magazine's readers for nearly a century and are always the talk of the town.
Ana Juan is a Spanish artist, illustrator and painter. Born in Valencia, Spain, she moved to Madrid in 1995 when she began contributing to The New Yorker, for which she has designed move than 20 covers, among which "Solidarité", after the Charlie Hébdo shooting in Paris. She currently creates text and illustrations for her own books, exhibits her work all over the world and contributes to many Spanish and international magazines.
New Yorker cover originally published on February 8th, 2010
Linen style finish to reduce glare
Printed with soy inks
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Jacobus Knol (Dokkum, 30 maart 1936) is een Fries schrijver.

Knol gaf jarenlang Nederlands en Fries op de lagere school en de mulo, later op de mavo en havo, en daarna nog een kleine twintig jaar aan de pabo in Dokkum en Leeuwarden. Reeds voordat hij het lesgeven staakte, was hij begonnen met schrijven en publiceerde hij onder andere in De stim fan Fryslân. Knol was jarenlang redactielid van de Iduna- en Holder-serie en van de serie Minsken en Boeken (Mensen en Boeken) van de Fryske Akademy. Hij verzorgde de postume uitgave van de historische roman In earme swalker yn 'e wrâld (Een arme zwerver in de wereld) van Ypk fan der Fear (pseudoniem van L. Post-Beukens) over het leven van de Friese dichter J.C.P. Salverda en van de publicatie van de dichtbundel Fernijd fiergesicht (vernieuwd vergezicht) (1981) van Ella Wassenaar (ook een pseudoniem van Post-Beukens), en de bundel Ljochte nachten (Lichte Nachten) van de dichter Gerben Brouwer.

Knol is bestuurslid van de Kristlike Fryske Folks Bibleteek (Christelijke Friese Volksbibliotheek, afgekort: KFFB). In 1995 bracht de KFFB Knols eerste roman uit onder het pseudoniem Styntsje Piters.
De laatste jaren is hij bezig met het vertalen en uitgeven in het Fries van werk van de Joodse schrijver Elie Wiesel

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website Kristlik Fryske Folks Bibleteek (KFFB)

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