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1. Former Editor-In-Chief of The Buffalo News, Margaret Sullivan, has revolutionized the public editor position in the best possible way. Her passion for ethics and the future of journalism is so strong, it calls into question why she wasn't a more forceful voice while in Buffalo. Perhaps it was the culture created by the publisher which dampened her voice or she felt the audience wasn't interested in this type of journalism, but I wish Buffalo had seen more of this version of Margaret Sullivan. We'd have been a better city for it.
2. Are Americans too stupid for democracy?
3. Helicopter parent down. There have already been early signs of a backlash against overparenting, but now it's official – taking too active a role in your kids' lives can cause depression and incompetence.
4. Some of you may know that I am a part-owner of Community Beer Works and if you didn't know, now you do. Last week, our IPA (which we named "The IPA" because it's that fucking awesome) took second place in the National IPA championship conducted by The Brewing News. We finished ahead of 126 other beers from around the nation and beat some quintessential American IPAs (Founders, Racer 5, etc.) along the way. We're pretty excited about that. You should visit our website, check out our blog, pick up a growler at our brewery at 15 Lafayette, buy a pint at one of 50 or so local bars and pubs, and listen to CBW President Ethan Cox talk about our brewery on this podcast.
5. Luna The Polar Bear plays in the snow at The Buffalo Zoo. As grumpy as I am, I love me some polar bear frivolity.
6. The wealthiest Americans donate 1.3 percent of their income; the poorest, 3.2 percent.
7. This is what futurists in 1988 thought Los Angeles would look like today.
8. Wichita Falls is the largest city in Texas in danger of running out of water by the end of the year. The city of over 100,000 people could run out of water in less than 6 months and there are 24 other towns also on the list, which is likely to grow as drought worsens.
9. Mrs. Warren goes to Washington: Elizabeth Warren's credentials, support, and savvy make her almost untouchable — and she knows it.
10. The transcript of President Obama's speech in Israel. "It is not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of her own, and lives with the presence of a foreign army that controls the movements of her parents every single day". As The Economist noted in its coverage:
Her hard-nosed observation was incontrovertible. But so was the fact—as this writer ascertained in unscientific polling—that the American president's elegant, empathetic rhetoric brought tears, literally, to the eyes of many other Israelis who yearn for an end to the conflict with the Palestinians.
Just a speech, yes. But a corker of a speech.
Fact Of The Day: Chunk from "The Goonies" is now a lawyer.
Quote Of The Day: "If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you." – Louis D. Brandeis
Video Of The Day: "Atheism" – Jim Jeffries
Song Of The Day: "Roll With The Punches" – The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer
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There are at least 8 artists with the name Leo. Leo is the best Czech rapper and probably the only one that doesn't rock snapbacks. (1)Leo "La Bestia" Jim?nez (1979, Fuenlabrada), is a Spanish heavy metal singer who is currently playing for Stravaganzza and previously worked for Saratoga. Leo also plays the guitar, and has been credited as one of the best Spanish heavy metal singers. His solo band is LEO:037 (2) Noise musician singed to medusa head records. 1 album limited to 50 copies. (3) Swedish hiphop artist a former member of Mobbade Barn med Automatvapen.
Leo is the best Czech rapper and probably the only one that doesn't rock snapbacks.
(2) Noise musician singed to medusa head records. 1 album limited to 50 copies.
(3) Swedish hiphop artist a former member of Mobbade Barn med Automatvapen.
(4) Leo is performing now since he was fourteen. He sang in the Opera of Vienna with Placido Domingo. Then he changed from classical music to jazz and afterwards too R&B and Britpop. Now he is starting to create his own style. He achieves to keep his songs on an international level although he let a lot of Austrian influences come in, to his songs. His First Single succeeded immediately, and could be find in the Austrian Charts. His got Singing lessons by Mark Murpy-best Jazz singer 2003, Dave Stroud, (teacher of Ray Charles , All Jarreau), Dean Kealin-teacher of Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey. He was performing on the Stages before Rod Stewart, Rednex, Simple Minds, Right Says Fred, Papermoon, Chris Norman. He was also elected to the Poprookie, Best newcomer of Austria. He plays Guitar, Keyboard, Violin. Furthermore he is a talented songwriter and producer and is of course a trained singer.
(5)German band playing inspired 70's hard rock.
(6)Leo Zethraeus from Lund, Sweden, playing artmusic, singersongwriter, indiepop or what you want to call it. Singer in The Lovers and Hjälp & Support.
(7)Bosnian pop folk singer Amir Kazi? Leo.
(8)Alt rock group orginally from St. Louis, Missouri signed with Dreammakers. First album on the label is called "Nightmares."
(9)A Christian band based out of Kenosha, WI fronted by lead singer David Duffield. This band first went on tour January 2010 with Nineball and Sent By Ravens. Their first release was "Colors" and features songs such as "Seventeen" and "Stars & Satelites".
(11) Leo is a Japanese R&B Singer that sing with the SUGER SHACK FAMILY. His latest album is titled "One Voice".


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What tracks do DJs at Radio Guantanamo like to play?
Well the SMH has a list of tracks apparently used for torture. Music used in American military prisons on detainees during interrogation for the effect of: sleep deprivation, culture shock, and disorientation.
Now, while I can see how some things could be considered torture, the Barney Theme Song for instance. I think that there are probably better Metallica tracks for the purpose than Enter Sandman.
Of course it begs the question: Are the American military paying all the royalties due for public performances?
Swan Dive – Hed P.E.
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Following in the footsteps of Karlie Kloss and Natalia Vodianova, both international supermodels who became the face of tech companies.
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The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) released an Appointment Memorandum designating Princess Maria Amor, Foreign Affairs Minister of The Royal House of Baloi and The Royal Kingdom of Sulu, as a Special Advisor to the Director General for USA and.
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Lukasz Snopkiewicz, the founder of LimeVibe Games, is delighted to announce that Space Toads Mayhem (listed by Kotaku UK as one of notable upcoming shooters of 2017) will be coming to GEEK 2017 held at Dreamland Margate (Kent, UK).
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Axiomtek releases the ICO100-839, a ruggedized IoT gateway controller for industrial automation applications.
An Indianapolis-based deaf entrepreneur Clark Howard is pleased to announce the launch of his new business, Wine & ASL. Howard's new business venture will mix his love of wine and teach American Sign Language.
Loiacono Literary Agency takes on Ed Protzel's The Antiquities Dealer, a story of deception and intrigue. When Miriam Solomon, the love of David Greenberg's life, phones him at his antiquities gallery in St.
There Might Be A Fight At The Real MMA XIII "official weigh-in"
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Recruitment these days is a tough task. There are thousands of applications pouring in and employers wish to select the best possible candidate for the task. In this scenario, recruitment agencies must deliver outstanding results.


Gabriele Knapstein has been announced as the new director of the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin starting 1 September (German). Knapstein, who has been at the museum since 1999, will take over from Eugen Blume who is retiring after serving at the museum since its inception in 1996. Hamburger Bahnhof is part of the State-funded Nationalgalerie mueums of Berlin, headed by Udo Kittelman.
Jeremy Corbyn has promised to reverse spending cuts to UK arts made over the last six years. The opposition leader has promised to introduce an arts pupil premium for every primary school pupil in England and aim to increase the proportion of GDP the UK government spends on arts and culture to match the European average.
Gagosian Gallery will host a benefit auction to raise money for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Titled 'Art for Hillary Auction 2016' the event will take place on 12 September at the gallery's West 21st Street space in Chelsea and feature work donated by Jeff Koons, Sarah Sze, Chuck Close, Barbara Kruger and Joyce Pensato, among others.
Where's the Money in the UK Government's Museums Action Plan?
Could There Ever Be an AI Artist?
Pressured to Return the Elgin Marbles, Should the British Museum Finally Give Way?
Now That Grime Is Mainstream, Can It Still Be The Sound Of Opposition?


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Wednesday 10 November 2021 (other days)
Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor
on Wednesday of week 32 in Ordinary Time
Pope St Leo the Great (- 461)
He was born in Etruria and became Pope in 440. He was a true shepherd and father of souls. He constantly strove to keep the faith whole and strenuously defended the unity of the Church. He repelled the invasions of the barbarians or alleviated their effects, famously persuading Attila the Hun not to march on Rome in 452, and preventing the invading Vandals from massacring the population in 455.
Leo left many doctrinal and spiritual writings behind and a number of them are included in the Office of Readings to this day. He died in 461.
See the articles in the Catholic Encyclopaedia and Wikipedia.
1 Corinthians 10:24,31 ©
Nobody should be looking for his own advantage, but everybody for the other man's. Whatever you eat, whatever you drink, whatever you do at all, do it for the glory of God.
Colossians 3:17 ©
Never say or do anything except in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:23-24 ©
Whatever your work is, put your heart into it as if it were for the Lord and not for men, knowing that the Lord will repay you by making you his heirs. It is Christ the Lord that you are serving.

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It is a fact of nature and of business; in order to survive, you must be able to adapt to changes in your environment. So it is that Microsoft is reorganizing its business in an attempt to engender faster innovation and provide a sharper focus on devices and services.
Why has CEO Steve Ballmer decided to make such drastic changes, you ask? It likely has to do with the release of Windows 8 only generating a tepid response from consumers, and the fact that there is a continuing decline in the demand for PCs as more and more people look to tablets and other mobile devices for their computing needs. Moreover, as both Apple and Google are proven powerhouses in the realm of mobile gadgetry, it seems as though Microsoft has realized they must shift their business paradigm if they want to remain relevant in the future.
Ballmer has taken cues from his biggest competitors, Apple and Google, in an effort to provide Microsoft with the means to adapt to changing markets that increasingly revolve around mobile devices and internet services. He has examined the multitudinous divisions at Microsoft, and is attempting to consolidate them in the hopes that this will allow all Microsoft products to work together more seamlessly, much like Apple has done since the late 1990s, after Steve Jobs returned as their CEO.
At the same time, Ballmer seems determined to slash bureaucracy, so that Microsoft is able to operate more like a sprightly startup, able to rapidly innovate, rather than the tired giant it seems to have grown into in recent years. This goal is reminiscent of that of Google CEO Larry Page, and he was able to accomplish it in under two years.
Will Microsoft be able to re-energize their company through these changes? Will they succeed in ensuring their relevance in the future, while maintaining the personal computer franchise that has always been their goose that lays the golden eggs? Only time will tell.
What do you think about Ballmer's strategy? Will it work? Why or why not? Let us know in the comments!


Deposition Author(s): Gorelik, A., Illes, K., Superti-Furga, G., Nagar, B.
Structural Basis for Nucleotide Hydrolysis by the Acid Sphingomyelinase-like Phosphodiesterase SMPDL3A.
Gorelik, A., Illes, K., Superti-Furga, G., Nagar, B.
Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase, acid-like 3A (SMPDL3A) is a member of a small family of proteins founded by the well characterized lysosomal enzyme, acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase). ASMase converts sphingomyelin into the signaling lipid, ceramide. It was recently discovered that, in contrast to ASMase, SMPDL3A is inactive against sphingomyelin and, surprisingly, can instead hydrolyze nucleoside diphosphates and triphosphates, which may play a role in purinergic signaling. As none of the ASMase-like proteins has been structurally characterized to date, the molecular basis for their substrate preferences is unknown. Here we report crystal structures of murine SMPDL3A, which represent the first structures of an ASMase-like protein. The catalytic domain consists of a central mixed β-sandwich surrounded by α-helices. Additionally, SMPDL3A possesses a unique C-terminal domain formed from a cluster of four α-helices that appears to distinguish this protein family from other phosphoesterases. We show that SMDPL3A is a di-zinc-dependent enzyme with an active site configuration that suggests a mechanism of phosphodiester hydrolysis by a metal-activated water molecule and protonation of the leaving group by a histidine residue. Co-crystal structures of SMPDL3A with AMP and α,β-methylene ADP (AMPCP) reveal that the substrate binding site accommodates nucleotides by establishing interactions with their base, sugar, and phosphate moieties, with the latter the major contributor to binding affinity. Our study provides the structural basis for SMPDL3A substrate specificity and sheds new light on the function of ASMase-like proteins.
From the Department of Biochemistry and Groupe de Recherche Axe sur la Structure des Proteines, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada and.


"Bedforms produced by impact-generated tsunami, ~2.6Ga Hamersley basin," by Scott W. Hassler, H. F. Robey et al.
Late Archean strata in the Hamersley basin of Western Australia contain a layer of anorbital wave ripples composed largely of impact-generated melt spherules. Sedimentologic evidence indicates that these ripples formed in a deep marine shelf setting well below the effects of meteorological processes. Combined with the impact-related origin of the spherules, this suggests that the ripples were formed by an impact-generated tsunami. To test if this geologic interpretation is reasonable, we have modeled anorbital ripple formation by impact-generated tsunami waves in the Hamersley basin. We assume a deep ocean target area, and that tsunami waves traveled from the target area unhindered to the Hamersley basin. Using melt spherule radius as an indicator, we infer a bolide diameter of 4.9km. Assuming a bolide density of 2.6 and a velocity of 20km/s, this impact would produce a crater 60.4km in diameter. We modeled tsunami waves generated by the collapse of this crater, and propagated them into the Hamersley basin using shallow water wave theory. The wave models indicate tsunami waves created at impacts between 2000 and 8000km from the Hamersley basin could have generated the observed anorbital ripples.
Hassler, S.W., H.F. Robey, and B.M. Simonson. 2000. "Bedforms produced by impact-generated tsunami, ~2.6Ga Hamersley basin, Western Australia, Sedimentary Geology." 135(1-4): 283-294.


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634. Myeloproliferative Syndromes: Clinical: Poster II| December 3, 2015
Peripheral Blood JAK2V617F Quantitative Assessment in Clinical Practice: Correlations Between Allele Burden and Clinical Phenotype
Animesh Pardanani, MBBS, PhD,
Animesh Pardanani, MBBS, PhD
1Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Yoseph Elala, MD,
Yoseph Elala, MD *
2Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
Rong He, MD,
Rong He, MD
3Division of Hematopathology, Special Coagulation Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Curtis A. Hanson, MD,
Curtis A. Hanson, MD
4Division of Hematopathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Ayalew Tefferi, MD
5Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Blood (2015) 126 (23): 2819.
https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.V126.23.2819.2819
Animesh Pardanani, Yoseph Elala, Rong He, Curtis A. Hanson, Ayalew Tefferi; Peripheral Blood JAK2V617F Quantitative Assessment in Clinical Practice: Correlations Between Allele Burden and Clinical Phenotype. Blood 2015; 126 (23): 2819. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.V126.23.2819.2819
Background: Peripheral blood (PB) JAK2V617F testing is ordered in routine clinical practice in several different clinical scenarios. Interpretation of the mutation level/allele burden information is however challenging given lack of a standardized assay and lack of adequate information to permit data interpretation in a non-research setting.
Objectives: To describe: (i) disease distribution in unselected JAK2V617F-positive patients seen in routine clinical practice: (ii) disease-specific dispersion of JAK2V617F allele burden in these patients; and (iii) correlation of JAK2V617F allele burden with patient clinical characteristics both between and within specific diseases.
Methods: The current study was approved by the Mayo Clinic institutional review board. Myeloid neoplasms were classified as per World Health Organization criteria. Clinical, laboratory and pathology results were centrally reviewed to confirm the reported diagnoses. JAK2V617F testing was done as part of routine clinical care; testing included allele burden measurement by a quantitative allele-specific PCR assay (sensitivity 0.01%) that is in clinical use at our institution (http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/31155); reporting of allele-burden data started in January 2012. The current analysis was restricted to PB samples from adult patients seen at our institution who consented to use of their medical records for research use; results of consecutive samples tested from January 2012 to April 2015 were collected. The PCR assay calibrator is a mixture of DNA from a JAK2V617F-positive cell line (HEL) and a -negative cell line (HL60). The final result is reported as % JAK2 V617F of total JAK2 (ie, [mutated/(mutated + wild-type)] x 100%).
Results: We studied 349 patients (166 female; median age 65 years, range 18-92) who met eligibility criteria. The disease distribution was: polycythemia vera (PV) 146 patients (42%), primary myelofibrosis (PMF) 63 (18%), essential thrombocythemia (ET) 55 (16%) , post-PV MF 34 (10%), post-ET MF 12 (3%), myeloproliferative neoplasm-unclassified (MPN-u) 10 (3%), refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts and thrombocytosis (RARS-T) 8 (2%), post-MPN acute myeloid leukemia (AML) 6 (2%), MPN-myelodysplastic syndrome-unclassified (MPN/MDS-u) 4 (1%), no identified hematological disease 2 (0.5%), and 'other' 9 (2.5%).
The median (range) %JAK2V617F was as follows: PV 10.5% (0.5-86%), PMF 8% (0.5-88%), ET 2% (0.5-21%), post-PV MF 24% (0.8-95%), post-ET MF 14.5% (1-88%), MPN-u 4% (0.7-11%), RARS-T 2.5% (0.5-9%), post-MPN AML 31.5% (9-92%), MPN/MDS-u 14.5% (7-74%), no hematological disease 0.7% (n/a), and other 0.9% (0.5-19%) (p<0.0001).
Distribution of patients in the following 7 JAK2V617Fallele burden strata: <1%, 1-2% , 3-5%, 6-10%, 11-20%, 21-50%, and 51-100% was: 42 patients (12%), 44 (13%), 61 (17%), 61 (17%), 49 (14%), 50 (15%) and 42 (12%), respectively. PV patients were identified across the entire allele burden spectrum, namely 3%, 12%, 16%, 19%, 14%, 20% and 16% in the aforementioned strata, respectively. Disease distribution in the 42 patients with <1% allele burden was: ET 14 patients, PMF 12, PV and 'other' 5 each, RARS-T and no hematological disease 2 each, and post-PV MF and MPN-u 1 each.
JAK2V617F allele burden in ET (peak 21%) was significantly lower than PMF or PV (peak 86-88%) (p<0.0001). Mutation levels in post-ET (p<0.0001) and post-PV (p=0.004) MF were significantly higher than in ET and PV, respectively. Levels in post-PV/post-ET MF were also significantly higher than in PMF (p<0.0001). In contrast, JAK2V617F levels in ET and RARS-T were comparable (p=0.8). Finally, levels in post-MPN AML were significantly higher than in ET (p=0.0001) and PMF (p=0.007), marginally higher relative to PV (p=0.05), but not significantly higher relative to post-ET/post-PV MF.
Conclusions: The current study provides guidance for the interpretation of peripheral blood JAK2 V617F allele burden, in routine clinical practice: i) levels below 1% are not infrequently reported, even in phenotypically classic PV, and do not imply low likelihood of a myeloid neoplasm, ii) allele burden per se is not diagnostically specific, but a threshold of greater than 20% might be used to question a diagnosis of ET or RARS-T, and iii) the highest allele burdens are seen in fibrotic and/or leukemic transformation of chronic-phase myeloproliferative neoplasm.
Pardanani:Stemline: Research Funding.
alleles, dna, hematological diseases, interpretation of findings, leukemia, myelocytic, acute, myelodysplastic syndrome, myelofibrosis, idiopathic, chronic, myeloproliferative disease, neoplasms, phenotype
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Category: Quality Of Life
Lending a helping car
In honor of Veterans Day, Progressive Insurance donated two vehicles to support the local veteran community during a special event at Liberty House in Manchester on Thursday, Nov. 10. According to a press release, one of the vehicles was donated to a local veteran, and the Continue reading "Quality of Life 22/11/17"
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More eagles in NH
Bald eagles have continued to find new places to nest in New Hampshire, according to research conducted and released by New Hampshire Audubon. Ninety-two territorial pairs of eagles have been confirmed in 2022, which is up by nearly 14 percent from 2021. Additionally, there are 72 Continue reading "Quality of Life 22/11/10"
Energy worries
President and chief executive officer of Eversource Energy Joseph R. Nolan Jr. has expressed concern about possible energy shortages in New England this coming winter, WMUR reported. In a recent letter to President Joe Biden, Nolan said the region's electricity grid operator and the federal Energy Regulatory Commission Continue reading "Quality of Life 22/11/03"
Christian Cheetham, a teacher at Alvirne High School in Hudson, has been named New Hampshire's 2023 Teacher of the Year. According to a press release from the New Hampshire Department of Education, Cheetham was presented with the award during a surprise celebration on Oct. 24. Selected Continue reading "Quality of Life 22/10/27"
100 years of diner eats
The Red Arrow Diner celebrated 100 years of serving eats in the Queen City with a party on Lowell Street on Oct. 15 with well-wishers including local politicians and other notables (a Fisher Cats mascot was spotted). The diner started in its 61 Lowell St. Continue reading "Quality of Life 22/10/20"
Phone scam
The Manchester Police Department is warning the public of a scam in which a person is calling citizens claiming to be a Manchester police officer and trying to solicit money. According to the notice, the caller leaves messages telling the recipient that they have warrants with the police Continue reading "Quality of Life 22/10/13"
Making real estate fun
Local real estate agent Tommy Bolduc and his clients looking to sell their home on Guys Lane in Weare decided to have some fun with the home listing pictures. WMUR reported that the pictures feature a man dressed as Michael Myers, the iconic masked villain from Continue reading "Quality of Life 22/10/06"
Help for NH's homeless
The Executive Council and the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee have approved $5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act funds to be given as a one-time grant to support homeless shelters across New Hampshire this coming winter, including short-term cold weather shelters. According to NHPR, homeless Continue reading "Quality of Life 22/09/29"
Celebrating recovery
Hope for New Hampshire Recovery, a Manchester-based nonprofit that connects people in recovery with people struggling with addiction, presents its Recovery Festival on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Veterans Park in downtown Manchester. According to a press release, the event will feature more Continue reading "Quality of Life 22/09/22"
Health care labor shortages
Health care workforce shortages in New Hampshire have resulted in an increased reliance on contract labor, according to a recent report released by the New Hampshire Hospital Association, which has driven expenses up and operating margins down at hospitals and health care facilities throughout the state. Continue reading "Quality of Life 22/09/15"


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Special opening rates are available for up to 45% off as a part of the Sun, Slime & Savings promotion available until Jan. 31.
The new property, located on Uvero Alto beach, will provide both non-stop family entertainment with surprise slimings and unexpected visits from Nickelodeon characters and Karisma's Gourmet Inclusive Experience.
The beachfront resort will feature 208 oversized suites in seven styles designed to cater to a variety of tastes, from intimate Jacuzzi Pads and Flats to exquisite Swim-Up Suites. Guests may also choose to book one of four exclusive, two- and three-bedroom Super Villas providing upwards of 2,200 sq. ft. of vacationing space each, including the Pineapple Villa, inspired by SpongeBob SquarePants' own home in Bikini Bottom. At the heart of the resort will be the Nickelodeon Village with areas to tickle the senses of kids and adults alike.


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FAQ: In What Type Of Industry Is A Hospice Social Worker?
1 What industry is social worker?
2 What type of business is hospice?
3 What field does social work fall under?
4 Is hospice a business?
5 Is getting a masters in social work hard?
6 Can social workers make 100k?
9 What scale is used to determine when a patient is ready for hospice?
10 What is a degree in social work called?
11 How long is a degree in social work?
12 What is the highest degree in social work?
13 How much does a hospice company make per patient?
14 How long does it take to get a hospice license?
15 Is hospice good or bad?
What industry is social worker?
Social workers work in a variety of settings, including mental health clinics, schools, child welfare and human service agencies, hospitals, settlement houses, community development corporations, and private practices. They generally work full time and may need to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
What type of business is hospice?
According to Wharton management professor John Kimberly, hospice is a business that has evolved from a purely non-profit mission into a growing healthcare business. From the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, hospital managers believed the industry's future would be in offering integrated services to patients.
What field does social work fall under?
As part of the mental health profession, social workers also take college level courses in majors such as psychology.
Is hospice a business?
Both nonprofit and for-profit hospices receive funds from multiple sources. For many, charitable donations and grants comprise a great portion of their revenue. Additionally, they're reimbursed by private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid for each terminally ill patient they care for.
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Making it through an MSW program can be equally challenging. Many students report they underestimated the academic workload, stress, and personal impacts of their work before starting their MSWs. Others find that they have very little down time; every hour is consumed with study or working in the field assignment.
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The undergraduate degree is the bachelor of social work (BSW). Graduate degrees include the master of social work (MSW), and a doctorate (DSW) or PhD in Social Work. Even if you have a bachelor's degree in another field of study, you can still pursue a graduate degree in social work.
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What is the highest degree in social work?
The highest degree in the field, doctoral social work degrees prepare graduates for high-level social work positions and for academic jobs. Most students require about five years to earn a doctorate, including the time necessary to complete a dissertation.
How much does a hospice company make per patient?
Medicare pays a hospice about $150 a day per patient for routine care, regardless of whether the company sends a nurse or any other worker out on that day. That means healthier patients, who generally need less help and live longer, yield more profits.
How long does it take to get a hospice license?
Both licensed vocational nurses and registered nurses work as hospice nurses. Most employers prefer hospice nurses who earn a certification from the National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses. It takes LVNs three years and RNs four to six years to become NBCHPN-certified hospice nurses.
Is hospice good or bad?
Hospice care offers comfort to many beneficiaries – and their families – at the end of life. Americans who die without the support of hospice care often die with needless pain and often die in emergency rooms, without the support of friends or family.
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Mughal Emperors and the Islamic Dynasties of India, Iran and Central Asia, The
Issue 27, Books, India, Iran
Ever since the 17th century, Mughal emperors have had a stronger hold on the world's imagination than any other eastern rulers – hence our modern word for a powerful, wealthy and probably dynastic person, 'mogul'. Anyone who has seen the Taj Mahal or the Red Fort – not to speak of the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daula in Agra or the Bara Imambara in Lucknow – will have felt the Mughal pull. But while there have been many books on this flamboyant empire that ruled India between the accession of Babur in 1526 and the abdication of Bahadur Shah in 1858, most of these books choose not to put the Mughals into their full historical context. Consequently few people have a clear picture of the Mughal relationship with the ancestral Mongol empire of Genghis Khan (who died in 1227) and its major successor dynasties of Iran and Central Asia: the Il Khans, the Timurids, the Safavids, the Qajars and the Delhi Sultans, dynasties which include rulers such as Timur (Tamberlane), Ulugh Beg, Shah Abbas I, Alauddin Khalji and Muhammed bin Tughluq, ruling from extraordinary cities like Samarqand, Isfahan and Delhi.
This contextualisation is what Francis Robinson, professor of the history of South Asia at the University of London, provides in his new book, through brief, chronologically arranged biographies of each ruler in these dynasties and a somewhat fuller treatment of the Great Mughals, attractively designed in the tradition of the established Thames & Hudson series of royal chronicles of ancient Egypt, Rome, China, Mexico and other dynastic societies.
The canvas is tumultuous and bloodstained, and as complex as a series of narrative Mughal miniature paintings like the Akbarnama, bursting with unfamiliar names, places and dates, made palatable by the use of copious illustrations and plentiful (not to mention essential) family trees, a fact box for each ruler and maps. Reading straight through from beginning to end is not recommended but, as an excellently illustrated reference source designed for dipping, the book performs a very useful function, although one wishes that more information had been given in the captions about the dates of the illustrations.
Robinson is aware of the increased importance of his subject since the advent of international Islamist terrorism and the wars in Iraq. His preface makes some valid points about this, stressing three themes in the lives of the dynasties he details, 'which might overturn some common preconceptions about Islam, as actually lived'.
First, 'Islam, and the range of ideas it offers, were consistently made subordinate to the requirements of power.' Thus the infidel Il Khan rulers who were direct descendants of the unreligious Genghis Khan, at a certain point (at the end of the 13th century) decided to convert to Islam because it was politically convenient. Moreover, the Mughal empire was arguably stronger when it was inclusive of all faiths (under the Emperor Akbar) than when it cleaved to exclusive Islam (under the fanatical Aurangzeb).
Secondly, 'almost all these Muslim rulers indulged seriously in mood-enhancing drugs. Opium was a favourite, but for most the drug of choice was alcohol, which was enjoyed often in large quantities by men and women. Several died from its effects.' When Babur tried to give up alcohol by smashing all his gold and silver goblets and distributing the pieces to the poor, his resolve lasted only a year or two before he went back to his drinking parties.
Thirdly, 'women often play a prominent part in affairs. They are patrons of architecture, investors in business, central figures in court politics, players in succession struggles, and at times they even came to rule, with the approval of at least some of their menfolk'. A well-known example is Nur Jahan, favourite wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, daughter of Itimad-ud-Daula and aunt of Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of the emperor Shah Jahan whose premature death inspired him to build the Taj Mahal.
Unsurprisingly, the Taj gets a double-page spread to itself, with photographs showing both the whole tomb and gardens and the exquisite details of marble inlay and calligraphy. What is surprising, though, is the flat statement that 'The architect was Ustad Ahmad of Lahore'. In fact, no architect's name is officially recorded – Shah Jahan seems to have wanted the credit all for himself – and there are at least two possibilities: Ustad Ahmad Lahauri, who laid the foundations of the Red Fort, and Mir Abdul Karim, the favourite architect of Jahangir. 'The lack of information about the identity of the architect of the Taj Mahal has led to all kinds of fanciful speculation,' Ebba Koch notes in her book, The Complete Taj Mahal, published by Thames & Hudson in autumn 2006. This definitive publication is not mentioned in the bibliography of The Mughal Emperors, despite there being an entry for William Dalrymple's equally recent, if less scholarly book about Bahadur Shah, The Last Mughal.
Review by Andrew Robinson, the author of several books on Indian culture. He is a visiting fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.
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Smart hacks to turn tagging devices into Internet-of-Things sensors
We've connected billions of devices to the Internet and in the coming years we'll connect billions more. Many of these Internet of things or IoT devices have sensors in them to detect their environment — from a room's ambient temperature and light levels to sound and motion.
Dr. Ju Wang (centre) and Professor Omid Abari demonstrate the wireless keypad clicker they invented by hacking RFID sensors with tiny push-button switches.
One of the biggest challenges is making these devices sustainable and battery free. If an IoT device can operate without a battery it lowers maintenance costs and allows the device to be placed in out-of-reach areas.
Professor Omid Abari, Postdoctoral fellow Ju Wang and Professor Srinivasan Keshav have taken a large step towards that goal. By hacking radio frequency identification tags — those ubiquitous squiggly ribbons of metal with a tiny chip found in all manner of objects — they have given these inexpensive devices the ability to sense the environment.
"It's really easy to do," Wang said. "First, you remove the plastic cover from the RFID tag, then cut out a small section of the tag's antenna with scissors, then attach a sensor across the cut bits of the antenna to complete the circuit."
An RFID tag is an identification system that uses a small radio frequency device to identify and track objects. An RFID tagging system includes the tag itself, which consists of a small antenna, chip and memory; an external device sometimes called a reader or transponder that sends wireless signals to and from the tag and provides the energy that operates the chip; and an application that collects and processes data from the reader.
RFID tags are commonly used to track inventory in warehouses and factories, to prevent theft of merchandise in stores, in libraries to keep track books and DVDs, and in debit cards to make contactless payment possible — they're even found in guitars, casino chips, and dogs and cats that have been microchipped.
But in their stock form RFID tags provide only identification and location. It's the hack Abari's team has done — cutting the tag's antenna and placing a sensing device across it — that gives the tag the ability to sense its environment.
To give a tag eyes, the research team hacked an RFID tag with a phototransistor, a tiny sensor that responds to different levels of light. "By exposing the phototransistor to light it changes the characteristics of the RFID's antenna, which in turn causes a change in the signal going to the reader," Abari explained. "We developed an algorithm on the reader side that monitors change in the tag's signal, which is how it senses light levels."
But that's just the first step towards a light-sensing application. If several tags are similarly hacked and placed in a row or grid, the devices can be used to detect motion. "We placed several RFID tags modified with light sensors on a surface," Wang explains. "The shadow cast by your hand as you sweep it across the bank of tags can be used to detect movement or to respond to hand gestures."
Similar hacks give RFID tags the ability to detect temperature. "A thermistor is a temperature-sensitive resistor, so as ambient temperature changes so does the resistance of the device, which in turn changes the characteristics of the RFID's antenna. The reader detects this change and with the algorithm we developed we can infer temperature," Abari said.
Among the simplest of hacks is adding a switch to an RFID tag so it can act as a keypad that responds to touch.
"Many classrooms have clickers that students use to answer questions or to indicate a choice," Wang said.
"These clickers need a battery to operate. We created a batteryless clicker by cutting the RFID's antenna and connecting a push-button switch across the gap. You can use several of these modified RFIDs — one for option A, another for option B, yet another for option C, and so on. When you push the B switch for example, the circuit is completed and the reader records B as your choice."
An RFID tag is modified by cutting out a small part its antenna (silver ribbon) and placing a small push-button switch on it. If several modified tags are mounted on a surface, they can act as a wireless keypad.
Light-sensing phototransistors cost 5 to 10 cents apiece, temperature-responsive resistors range from 10 to 50 cents each, and simple push-button switches are just pennies. The cost of hacking an RFID with a sensor or switch is trivial, but its practical implementation has two obstacles to overcome — accuracy and range.
"The light sensor we made by hacking a phototransistor onto an RFID tag is rather coarse-grained," Abari said, adding that light intensity would need to change by about 75 Lux, roughly the level of lighting in an office, for the luminosity change to be detectable by a reader. Similarly, thermistors, the devices that give a tag the ability to sense temperature, can only detect differences that are at least 20ºC apart.
Here, RFID tags are modified by cutting out a small part their antennae and placing a light-sensing phototransistor or temperature-responsive resistor (thermistor) on them.
"To improve resolution, we need to design a reader that has finer granularity for changing transmission power from the RFID tag," Wang said. "And we need to identify sensors that more precisely change RFID antennas when exposed to changes in the environment. We're also improving things on the software side — the algorithms we developed — so hacked tags are more accurate and robust."
A stock RFID tag has a range of 7 to 11 metres, but Abari's team found that once hacked the tag's range is cut at least in half to at most 4 metres.
"When you put a sensor on an RFID tag you have to cut a bit of its antenna. It's now smaller so the antenna doesn't receive and transmit signals as well as before, which reduces its range." Wang said. "The sensor itself also reduces the signal to the antenna. If a manufacturer were to design an RFID tag with a sensor from scratch, it would not need to reduce the size of the antenna, so its range would be better."
"We see this as a good example of a complete software–hardware system for IoT devices," Abari said. "We hacked simple hardware — we cut RFID tags and placed a sensor on them. Then we designed new algorithms and combined the software and hardware to enable new applications and capabilities. Our main contribution is showing how simple it is to hack an RFID tag to create an IoT device. It's so easy a novice could do it."
To learn more about this research, see Ju Wang, Omid Abari and Srinivasan Keshav, Challenge: RFID Hacking for Fun and Profit, MobiCom'18, Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, October 29–November 2, 2018, New Delhi, India, 461– 70.


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OPTION 3 - Eight-team divisions with semi-finals in Div 1 between the top four: This involves seven regular round games for Div 1, 2 and 3 (there are six teams in Div 4A and four in Div 4B). The six Div 1A teams in the 2013 league plus the Div 1B finalists would comprise the new eight team Div 1 in 2014. The bottom-placed team in Div 1 would play the Div 2 champions in a promotion/relegation playoff.


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WISH-TV sues AT&T over fee negotiations, claims racial discrimination
August 17, 2020 | Anthony Schoettle
Keywords Law / Lawsuits / Media & Marketing / Satellite TV / TV Stations / WISH
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Indianapolis-based Circle City Broadcasting, which owns WISH-TV Channel 8 and WNDY-TV Channel 23, has filed a lawsuit that accuses AT&T of racial discrimination as the two companies battle over retransmission fees.
The suit, filed last week in district court in Indianapolis, involves fees that Circle City is seeking for the retransmission of WISH and WNDY on AT&T's Uverse and DirecTV cable and satellite services. Circle City filed a similar lawsuit against Dish TV earlier this year.
Cable and satellite television companies typically pay station owners a fee per household to retransmit stations on their cable or satellite services.
Circle City officials said they have been attempting to negotiate with AT&T since September. When an agreement couldn't be reached, WISH and WNDY were pulled from AT&T-owned Uverse and DirecTV on Jan. 31.
In it's lawsuit, WISH claims that while AT&T was paying the stations' previous owner, Nexstar Broadcasting Inc., a retransmission fee to carry the stations on its services, it refuses to pay Circle City for the same retransmission.
Circe City is owned by DuJuan McCoy, who is Black.
"This case is a result of AT&T refusing to negotiate a contract with Circle City because the stations in question are now owned by a Black man, a Black man who has made a career out of advancing the cause of Blacks and other minorities in media ownership and leadership," Circle City's lawsuit says. "AT&T only deals fairly with historically more established broadcasters (namely, white-owned) when negotiating carriage agreements. It insists on maintaining its decades-long policies and practices of discriminating against the minority broadcaster, the broadcaster that never had the chance to become one of the historically more established broadcasters and thus remains perpetually ineligible to do business with AT&T. The effect has been to exclude minority broadcasters and deny them a seat at the table of American media ownership and management."
Circle City is suing "for retransmission fees at a fair market rate, other lost revenue, actual and punitive damages, interest, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs resulting from the intentional misconduct exhibited by AT&T." It did not specify a dollar amount.
"I am not only representing myself and my company, I am also representing all the other voices and people who want to follow in my footsteps," McCoy told IBJ. "So advocating and fighting for equal and fair treatment is part of my purpose."
AT&T vehemently denies the allegations in the lawsuit.
"These allegations are baseless and we will fight them in court," AT&T said in a written statement sent to IBJ. "This is a straightforward negotiation over retransmission fees. Circle City sued as a negotiating tactic only after we declined its demands for compensation above and beyond what similar independent stations receive."
McCoy said AT&T offered his company "zero" for the retransmission of its stations.
AT&T told IBJ the company applies "a non-discriminatory approach to these negotiations that ensures consistency and fairness while keeping fees low for our customers."
AT&T added: "Contrary to these allegations, we have recently completed more extensive agreements with other minority-owned broadcasters, including one who recently paid Circle City's owner $165 million to acquire his former stations."
In a March lawsuit, Circle City accused Dish of racial discrimination as the two sides negotiated retransmission fees for WISH and WNDY. That case is still pending. The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters joined Circle City Broadcasting in that lawsuit.
McCoy said the Dish TV lawsuit is "in the discovery process."
The two lawsuits could be heading for an intersection of sorts.
Earlier this month, Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen told investment analysts and media members during Dish's second quarter earnings call that a merger between DishTV and DirecTV is "inevitable."
7 thoughts on "WISH-TV sues AT&T over fee negotiations, claims racial discrimination"
Rhea P. says:
WishTV and WNDY are pretty much irrelevant in the Indianapolis market. They don't carry an affiliation with one of the big 4 networks and that is why he was able to purchase them at such a discount once they lost the CBS affiliation. I haven't even noticed that they have been dropped from my lineup on UVerse honestly.
CHUCK W. says:
I can't get the price I want for my product, so it must be RACISM!! As Rhea points out above, There has been a material change in the product since the last contract. Why was this ignored in the article? Oh, and let Mr, McCoy know my price offer for network TV is also $0
JEFF A. says:
AT&T as a huge company is racist? Good luck proving that and I seriously doubt that's the real issue here. The problem I have with racial discrimination or racists terms being overused is that it takes away from real racial discrimination and makes people like me more cynical and I don't want to be like that. It should not be thrown around lightly as a catch all phrase for someone or something you don't like. Having said that I don't know the merits of this case, but I have a hard time accepting that AT&T as a company systematically favors white owners over minority ones. The problem here is that this will never make it to court. It will be settled which would bolster AT&T's claim that this is a negotiating tactic. Mr. McCoy let your case go to court and don't settle so we can see your convictions.
ROD B. says:
I had similar thoughts to those of Rhea P. and Chuck W. above, plus one more question: When was the last time there was a program you "just had to" watch on either WISH or WNDY? Or even easier, when was the last time you just watched a program on one of the two channels? It is about the quality of your product Mr. McCoy. We will see what the courts say if you take this suit to the end. A long court battle will do nothing but weaken your bargaining position further, and cost you thousands in legal fees.
Dan M. says:
It does seem a little fishy the station has a new (Black) owner, and suddenly ATT wants the content for free, when they paid for it for years and years. It might be a hard case to prove, but in the light of everything else, it would not surprise me.
He says free, and ATT says they are offering fair rates. Why don't they carry all the other local stations like channel 47.1 and all the other sub channels?
JIM W. says:
This station and its sister station are non relevant and nothing like the past with the Natl affiliation and desire to provide unbiased local coverage…Now very liberal and plus we see now everything is Racist ….Sad Sad..I always thought it was about viewership and advertising $$$. Hope the new owner takes his racist BS to Portland , Seattle or Minneapolis !