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Toumani Diagouraga (born 10 June 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays for  club Rochdale as a defensive midfielder. He began his career at Watford and played for Hereford United and Peterborough United, before rising to prominence with Brentford, whom he joined in 2010. He has been described as a midfielder who "can keep the shape and pick up the second ball". He is nicknamed "Toums".

Career

Watford

2004–2006
Diagouraga was born in Paris to Malian parents and began his career in youth football in the city. He subsequently suffered a broken shoulder in a traffic accident, but returned to football and was spotted in a trial match versus an academy team from English club Watford. After a number of further trial matches, he joined the Hornets' academy in December 2003. He signed a professional contract in November 2004 at age 17 and starred in the youth team's run to the quarter finals of the 2004–05 FA Youth Cup. His performances during the run attracted transfer interest from Premier League club Chelsea.

Diagouraga received his maiden call-up to the first team for the first game of the 2005–06 season, when he was an unused substitute during a 2–1 Championship defeat at home to Preston North End. Diagouraga made his first team debut with a start in Watford's 2–1 League Cup second round victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on 20 September 2005 and he was substituted after 75 minutes by Junior Osborne. Diagouraga made three further appearances before joining League One club Swindon Town on loan on 23 March 2006. He made eight appearances and returned to Watford at the end of the season.

2006–2008
Following Watford's promotion to the Premier League, Diagouraga failed to be called into a league squad during the 2006–07 season and instead featured in two cup ties. He joined League One club Rotherham United on loan until the end of the season on 12 January 2007. The terms of the deal saw him arrive at Millmoor as a makeweight in a £1,000,000 deal that took Millers players Will Hoskins and Lee Williamson to Watford. Diagouraga made only seven appearances for the Millers.

Diagouraga spent the entire 2007–08 season away on loan and was released in June 2008, after his contract expired. He made only six appearances during his four years with the club as a professional.

Hereford United
Diagouraga joined League Two club Hereford United on 10 August 2007, on a loan that was later extended until the end of the 2007–08 season. He scored the first senior goal of his career in a 4–2 win over Bradford City on 22 September. He made 50 appearances during the 2007–08 season, scored two goals and celebrated promotion to League One at the end of the campaign, after the Bulls secured a third-place finish in League Two.

On 7 July 2008, Diagouraga transferred to Hereford United permanently and signed a three-year contract. He was a regular starter and scored his first goal of the 2008–09 season in a 2–2 draw at home to Tranmere Rovers on 26 December 2008. He was again a virtual ever-present, making 48 appearances and scoring two goals as the Bulls were relegated straight back to League Two after a bottom-place finish. He departed Edgar Street in June 2009. Across his two spells at the club, Diagouraga made 98 appearances and scored four goals.

Peterborough United
Diagouraga signed for Championship club Peterborough United on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee (believed to be in the region of £200,000) on 17 June 2009. He was an ever-present through the first half of the 2009–10 season and featured in Posh's run to the League Cup fourth round, where they were knocked out by Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Diagouraga made what would be his last Peterborough appearance in a 0–0 draw with Ipswich Town on 8 December. Following that appearance, he fell behind new loan signings Jake Livermore and Josh Simpson in the pecking order and found himself relegated to the bench, which led to his departure on loan for the rest of the season in January 2010. He departed the club on 17 July 2010, having made 23 appearances.

Brentford

2010–2012
Diagouraga joined League One club Brentford on a one-month loan on 21 January 2010 and the deal was later extended to the end of the season. He went straight into the starting lineup for Brentford's league match at Norwich City two days later and was substituted for Carl Cort after 59 minutes of the 1–0 defeat. Diagouraga quickly established himself as a regular starter and laid on goals for Charlie MacDonald and Myles Weston in a 4–0 drubbing of Gillingham on 6 February. He made 20 appearances during the second half of the 2009–10 season as Brentford consolidated their position in League One.

Diagouraga signed for Brentford on a three-year contract in July 2010. He began the 2010–11 season as a starting central midfielder alongside Marcus Bean and featured in Brentford's run to the fourth round of the League Cup, in which he started in victories over Championship club Hull City and Premier League Everton in the second and third rounds respectively. Diagouraga scored his first Brentford goal in a 2–1 home win over Charlton Athletic on 2 October. Two games later, he found himself dropped to the bench and did not return to a regular starting role until teammate Nicky Forster replaced Andy Scott as manager in February 2011. With the Bees, Diagouraga reached the first cup final of his career, but ended up on the losing club and was sent off for two bookable offences in a 1–0 defeat to Carlisle United in the 2011 Football League Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium. He made 43 appearances during the 2010–11 season and scored one goal.

Diagouraga suffered a knee injury in a 2011–12 pre-season friendly versus Hampton & Richmond Borough in July 2011, which ruled him out for two months. He returned to the team with a fifteen-minute cameo at the end of a 2–0 away victory over Oldham Athletic on 24 September. He made his first start of the season in a Football League Trophy second round tie away to Charlton Athletic on 5 October and scored his first goal of the season in the 3–0 victory. He twice assisted four-goal hero Mike Grella in a 6–0 win over AFC Bournemouth in the following round. Diagouraga enjoyed a successful 2011–12 season, making 40 appearances and scoring a seasonal-best five goals.

2012–2014
Diagouraga was a virtual ever-present during the 2012–13 season, making 49 appearances and scoring one goal, which came in a 2–1 win over Notts County on 29 March 2013. He signed a new two-year contract in February 2013. Diagouraga was denied promotion to the Championship due to a missed penalty from Marcello Trotta in the final game of the season versus Doncaster Rovers and defeat to Yeovil Town in the 2013 League One Playoff Final.

Now behind Adam Forshaw, George Saville and Alan McCormack in the midfield pecking order, Diagouraga featured mostly from the bench during the early stages of the 2013–14 season, before making a run of starts in late September and early October, after which he returned to the bench. He received an assurance over his future from new manager Mark Warburton in January 2014, but joined League Two club Portsmouth on a one-month loan on 17 February 2014. After three appearances and receiving "good reports", Brentford manager Mark Warburton put a block on Diagouraga's loan being extended beyond 16 March. In a U-turn, it was reported on 12 March that Diagouraga's loan was expected to be extended, with a 24-hour recall clause inserted into the deal. Diagouraga was named by manager Richie Barker as captain for the final game of his initial loan, which resulted in a 3–1 defeat to Fleetwood Town on 15 March. After the match, Diagouraga reiterated his desire to stay at Fratton Park and his loan was extended until the end of the 2013–14 season on 17 March. He was recalled by Brentford on 26 March, after making eight appearances. Diagouraga made regular appearances through to the end of the season and celebrated automatic promotion to the Championship after a 1–0 victory over Preston North End on 18 April. He made 26 appearances during the 2013–14 season.

2014–2016
Diagouraga found himself behind Marcos Tébar and Alan McCormack in the midfield pecking order during the early months of the 2014–15 season, but he forced his way into the starting lineup in November after being challenged by Mark Warburton to earn a new contract. On 9 December, Diagouraga signed a new contract would keep him at Griffin Park until the end of the 2016–17 season. He celebrated his 200th Brentford appearance versus Leeds United at Elland Road on 7 February 2015 and assisted Alex Pritchard for the only goal of the game. On 3 May, Diagouraga was announced as the Brentford Supporters' Player of the Year. He made 43 appearances during the 2014–15 season, which ended after the Bees fell to Middlesbrough in the playoff semi-finals.

Despite featuring as an ever-present in league matches during the first half of the 2015–16 season, Diagouraga handed in a transfer request on 11 January 2016 and departed Griffin Park two weeks later. He made 246 appearances and scored seven goals during six years with the club.

Leeds United
On 25 January 2016, Diagouraga joined Championship club Leeds United on a -year contract for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £575,000. He made his debut versus former club Brentford on 26 January, as a substitute for Luke Murphy after an hour of the 1–1 draw. He scored his first goal for the club in the following match, with what proved to be the winner in a 2–1 FA Cup fourth round victory over Bolton Wanderers. Diagouraga scored two further goals in April and finished the 2015–16 season with 19 appearances and three goals.

Diagouraga made what would prove to be his only appearance of the 2016–17 season on the opening day, with a start in a 3–0 defeat to Queens Park Rangers. He was immediately frozen out of the squad and by mid-September 2016 he was training with the club's U23 team. After failing to win a recall, Diagouraga moved on loan to Championship club Ipswich Town for the remainder of the 2016–17 season. He made 12 appearances before his spell was cut short by a groin injury.

After surprisingly appearing as a central defender early in Leeds' 2017–18 pre-season programme, Diagouraga was left out of the squad for the club's tour of Austria and failed to win a call into a first team squad before his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 25 August 2017. Diagouraga made 20 appearances and scored three goals during just over 18 months at Elland Road.

Plymouth Argyle
On 9 October 2017, Diagouraga joined League One strugglers Plymouth Argyle as a free agent and signed a contract to run until 9 January 2018. His presence in midfield brought about an upturn in the Pilgrims' form and he was offered a new 18-month contract in late December. Diagouraga rejected the contract and remained at Home Park until his deal expired. He made 17 appearances and scored three goals for Argyle.

Fleetwood Town
Diagouraga reunited with his former Brentford manager Uwe Rösler at League One club Fleetwood Town on 10 January 2018 and signed an 18-month contract on a free transfer. Three days later, he made his debut with a start and scored the opening goal in a 2–1 victory over Southend United. Diagouraga finished the 2017–18 season with 17 appearances and one goal and was allowed to leave on a free transfer in July 2018.

Return to Swindon Town
On 18 July 2018, Diagouraga signed a two-year contract with League Two club Swindon Town on a free transfer. In an injury-affected 2018–19 season, he made just 15 appearances. Frozen out by manager Richie Wellens during the first half of the 2019–20 season, Diagouraga made just two EFL Trophy appearances before his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 2 January 2020.

Morecambe
On 2 January 2020, Diagouraga joined League Two club Morecambe on a contract running until the end of the 2019–20 season, with the option of a further year. He made 12 appearances and scored one goal before the 2019–20 season was ended early. In June 2020, the option on Diagouraga's contract was taken up for 2020–21 and he made 43 appearances and scored three goals during a season which culminated in promotion to League One for the first time in the club's history. Diagouraga signed a new one-year contract in June 2021 and he made 46 appearances, scoring one goal, during a 2021–22 season in which the Shrimps narrowly avoided relegation. He was released when his contract expired.

Rochdale
On 16 June 2022, Diagouraga signed a one-year contract with League Two club Rochdale on a free transfer, effective 1 July 2022.

Personal life
As of January 2022, Diagouraga was living in Harrogate.

Career statistics

Honours
Morecambe
 EFL League Two play-offs: 2021

Individual
Brentford Supporters' Player of the Year: 2014–15

References

External links

Toumani Diagouraga at rochdaleafc.co.uk

1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Paris
French footballers
French people of Malian descent
Association football midfielders
Watford F.C. players
Swindon Town F.C. players
Rotherham United F.C. players
Hereford United F.C. players
Peterborough United F.C. players
Brentford F.C. players
Portsmouth F.C. players
Leeds United F.C. players
Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
English Football League players
Fleetwood Town F.C. players
Ipswich Town F.C. players
French expatriate sportspeople in England
Morecambe F.C. players
French expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in England
Rochdale A.F.C. players

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Sara C. Tuesday, August 26 2021
You tell me what the right reasons are.
Someone asked me a pretty interesting question last week about this program: "Where is this all going?"
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Before you have the perfect wedding, you have to create the perfect wedding invitation. This usually means getting the colors right, choosing a beautiful yet legible font, and making sure all of the pieces fit nicely inside the envelope. For some brides, however, this isn't enough; the exterior of the envelope requires just as much attention to detail. Writer Katie Baker cared about those details when planning her own wedding, which led to her discovery of the tiny post office in Bridal Veil, Oregon. She explains:
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I really didn't mean to fall in love with my husband. Don't get me wrong – I was looking for Mr. Right. I just didn't think the random fling I had when I was 21 would be it.
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Well, it's a new day and a new study about subjective topics like moving in with your partner! The Atlantic reported a very long article called, "In Relationships, Be Deliberate." The title should be a dead giveaway that statistics aside, this is kind of common sense. Of course you should be deliberate in your relationships. I think most people would agree that it's pretty important to be deliberate in most aspects of your life. Who wants to deal with a wishy-washy person?
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Day 11,037
Dear Oprah 4,
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I've given birth to a human child. My friend Randi has given birth to TWO human children. We sat down to discuss how it affected our bodies, ourselves, and our relationships.
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March 4, 1948 ~ August 17, 2019 (age 71)
Nancy C. Woods, 71, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, August 17, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
She was born March 4, 1948, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Johnnie and Martha Weaver Nalls. She and Michael A. Woods were married February 16, 1980, at New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson, still the church of their current membership.
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naming Archives - Marketing & Brand Strategy. Steve Poppe, Founder.
So yesterday I suggested that Starbuck's misnamed its new fruit flavored iced coffee product Refreshers, jumping straight to the benefit in the name, and not necessarily an uncommon benefit at that. Starbucks missed an opportunity. Here is link to the video explaining how Refreshers are made. Green coffee extract is the secret to the new product. Three words that together don't particularly make the mouth water. No wonder they called them Refreshers.
Here are a couple ideas and words that may have been overlooked in the naming meeting. Words that don't deliver the benefit, but work to explain the new product. The Is of the Is-Does, as it were.
-Young, you get the idea.
Naming is hard. Think Apple. Brand are empty vessels into which marketers pour meaning. But consumers extract meaning from brands and the first experience in the name. Make it a good one. Peace.
Refreshers is the brand name of a clear, cool new summer drink being offered up by Starbucks. The two flavors are Cool Lime and Very Berry Hibiscus. Were I the type to leave the office mid-afternoon and drive for a cool drink I'd def try one. The drinks are colorful and contain real pieces of fruit. Since they come from Starbucks they' are "refreshers" and not at all to be confused with tea. Just like Dunkin Donut's Coolatas (am I spelling that right?).
The print ads look nice. And the energy thing makes a smart point, but the name is pretty goofy. If this product launch is an attempt to open up a new category – and I think it is – it really needs a product name that better reflects the "Is" not the "Does." Naming is an art. I'm betting this product will be a modest success, but the name will be a hindrance. Some words in advertising and marketing are radioactive in their ability to turn off consumers. Radioactive in their ability to create consumer passivity. Unless you are Coca Cola, refresh is one such. Peace.
I check out my blog analytics regularly and one of the search terms that gets me a lot of traffic is "naming." So playing to the algorithm, I post today on naming. But what to say? Names, like brands, are empty vessels into which we pour meaning. The best names are organically tied to product, feature, function or target. A good name gets you credit for what you do without you doing it. My friend's company Gotham Seafood has a great name. He sells seafood in NYC and his company has scale. He sells lots of fish.
I wanted to name a web start-up for which I was marketing director Mashpan. It was a website creation tool based on drag and drop technology that let anyone design and build a site. It put a wrapper around objects on the web and let anything, yes anything, be dragged and dropped or copied onto a page. Quite a mash-up. Of everything. A mash pan is also a place to start home brew, but that's a story for another day. The boss decides Zude sounded better. No context, not a great name. Though it did ultimately work (as a name). Our vessel-pouring was pretty good.
For those of you with kids, you know how difficult naming can be. It's even more difficult for companies. Don't make it easy. Embrace it. Find the perfect name. It's important. Peace!


WhatsApp for votes: A new way to change voter apathy?
Politicians in Spain have taken a huge step in campaigner-voter relations: Borja Gutiérrez Iglesias, mayor of Brunete, a small town near Madrid, has given his phone number to the 10,000 strong population of the town.
The people of Brunete are now able to message him at any time of day via the popular messaging service WhatsApp. So far, so good, despite Iglesias having had to give up his social life to attend to questions from his constituency. With the Spanish population embracing this method, can the UK follow suit and bring politicians closer to voters?
It is a sensible sentiment, but currently the opportunities to engage are few and far between resulting in the existing dichotomy between voters and candidates.
The electorate needs to feel included in the political process. It is easy to feel as though individual votes hold little weight and that the people elected are too far removed from local and regional communities to ever understand daily issues. Having direct contact through WhatsApp would make campaigners feel like real people again.
Saving your local MP in your phonebook suggests a level of equality and normalcy which didn't previously exist. Presently, if you want to take an issue to your local MP, your options are restricted to writing a letter or sending an email to a generic address, with little hope that you will be given the time of day.
Thanks to WhatsApp's read-receipt function, your proposals and questions are much more likely to be given full attention. Politicians would have no choice but to listen to our views and WhatsApp would make them directly accountable for their answers. As a result, every message would hold great weight; for campaigners, a disappointing response could lead to lost votes – a great risk to run during an electoral campaign.
The model currently working for the people of Brunete and mayor Iglesias is aided by the small population of 10,000 in the town. However, in places with a greater population MPs would struggle to respond to the many messages they would receive on a daily basis. Politicians should aim to engage with the public on a more social level, but we don't want them to become phone-absorbed zombies, overwhelmed with their WhatsApp queries.
This could dilute the level of real-life interaction we would have with them and possibly their ability to represent us in the House of Commons. Indeed, Prime minister's Questions would look very different if every MP sat in the Commons was engrossed in their WhatsApp conversations in a bid to keep their public happy.
To decrease apathy amongst voters, politicians need to start putting themselves directly in constituents' shoes. Having had the privilege of speaking with NHS-funded community carers, it is evident that they couldn't feel more disillusioned with politics. Their working day consists of moving between homes to help patients with day-to-day tasks, for this they are paid minimum wage and are expected to fund their own travel costs from one patient to the next. They are effectively being penalised for wanting to help others.
If MPs were to spend time working a day or two with these carers, they would soon witness the real issues currently governing the lives of real people, who are often apathetic voters. In turn, one would hope that they would start to engage with people on levels beyond anything WhatsApp could provide, and turn such apathy into voting activity.
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News » Religion » Thailand
Top Vatican official marks 350 years of Church in Siam
Cardinal Fernando Filoni highlights evangelization challenges across Asia during visit
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, is presented with a welcome garland by an attendee at the opening ceremony of the celebration of the 350th Anniversary of the Church's Mission to Siam in Sampran, Thailand on May 18. (Photo by Pinyo Tawinwat/ucanews.com)
ucanews.com reporter, Bangkok
A top Vatican official visiting Thailand to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Church's mission to Siam has highlighted the challenges evangelization efforts face across Asia.
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, addressed religious, seminarians and catechists at a ceremony in Sampran, 30km west of the Thai capital Bangkok on May 18.
The cardinal told them that the most striking feature of Asia is the variety of its people who are inheritors to ancient cultures, religions and spiritual traditions.
However, he pointed out that Christianity is the least widespread religion on the continent.
"Asia is a sector of humanity rich in cultures and organized religions but with more than 85 percent of its members un-baptised," Cardinal Filoni said.
"Asia is the missionary continent par excellence. The universal Church requests your willing cooperation for missionary activities in this vast continent," he said.
"We need to reflect that our mission as baptized persons in Asia, is indeed a true mission, especially in relation to the multiplicity of cultures and religious expressions, in addition to the secular realities of the families and jobs, when the witnessing of our faith brings us into confrontation with the multitude of non-baptised persons, with their mentality and lifestyle, if not, at times, contrasting with the Gospel and the dignity of the person.
"The Christian life, is, therefore, a sign and a challenge for the search of the true sense of existence."
Attending the event were priests from the Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris (MEP).
Since the foundation of Mission de Siam in 1669, MEP, with the support of other religious congregations, led evangelization efforts in Thailand and other parts of Asia.
Cardinal Fernando Filoni addresses priests and religious at the shrine of the Blessed Nicholas Bunkerd Kritbamrung in Sampran, Thailand on May 18. (Photo by Pinyo Tawinwat/ucanews.com)
Father Gilles Reithinger, the MEP superior-general, earlier said that to assist with evangelization efforts in Thailand there are MEP missionaries working under the direction of local bishops.
"The society recruits and trains candidates and sends them to mission territories where the MEP has contracts with the local bishops," said Father Reithinger.
"They serve the mission by engaging in apostolates proper to missio ad gentes, help promote local vocations and clergy, and help establish local churches," he said. "Twelve seminarians are following a formation in Paris and five are discerning their vocation during the propedeutic year."
Father Reithinger said MEP priests are especially praying and thanking God for the Catholic community established in Thailand on the occasion of the 350th anniversary year.
Today there are more than 300,000 Catholics spread across 12 dioceses with 436 parishes and 662 priests in Thailand.
Pope's message
The cardinal also read a celebratory message from Pope Francis addressed to Thailand's Catholics during a Mass in the Hall of Pope St. John Paul II in Sampran on May 18.
"I send you my cordial best wishes an assurance of my closeness with gratitude to God for the many graces received over these 350 years," Pope Francis said in his letter.
"I pray that you may grow in holiness and continue to work in the spread of Christ's kingdom by fostering solidarity, fraternity and the desire for goodness, truth and justice in your beloved country," the pope said.
Cardinal Filoni also visited a memorial shrine in Sampran dedicated to Blessed Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung, one of Thailand's martyrs later that day. Blessed Nicholas was a Thai priest falsely accused of espionage and arrested in 1941. Three years into his 15-year prison sentence, he died of tuberculosis. While jailed he taught catechism and managed to baptize 68 prisoners.
During his trip, Cardinal Filoni also visited the country's north which has Chiang Mai Diocese and the newly formed diocese of Chiang Rai. Again, he met with priests, religious, and catechists while also spending time with local elders and people from the region's various ethnic groups such as the Lanna, Akha, Kachin and Karen.
The cardinal's last day in Thailand will be spent in Ayutthaya — which is considered the cradle of Thai Christianity — on May 21.
For additional coverage of the celebration of the 350th Anniversary of the Church's "mission to Siam", please click here to visit our microsite for the occasion.
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Fitting Growing Kids Into Small Spaces
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By Ronda Kaysen
Despite their diminutive size, children occupy a considerable amount of space, particularly if you live in a small New York City apartment. The jigsaw puzzle that becomes your home grows only more complicated with each additional child.
If you house siblings together in a shared bedroom, you find yourself constantly reinventing the space to make room for more stuff and larger people — out go the toddler beds, in come the bunks. As the children grow, you wonder what will happen when they, say, need a desk. Or worse, what happens if they should want a room of their own?
"It's a real evolution. You get an apartment and you get your head stuck in how things should be," said Jessica Vitkus, 51, who lives with her boyfriend, Stephen Murello, 54, and her twin 4-year-old daughters in a two-bedroom condo in the Christodora House in the East Village. "Once you have kids, you really have to open up your mind about how to use space and where you put people."
When they were first born, Sadie and Matilda Vitkus slept in the master bedroom with their mother, Ms. Vitkus, a TV producer. But then, when the twins were about 10 months old, Ms. Vitkus began dating Mr. Murello, a director of photography for TV. The girls were soon shunted to the second bedroom, which had been "my groovy entertaining den and guest room," Ms. Vitkus said. "But those days are over."
Now, with their fifth birthdays looming, Sadie and Matilda have outgrown their snug toddler beds. They offer not-so-subtle hints, saying things like, "Mama, I don't fit," Ms. Vitkus said. "I say, 'Curl up and be cozy. Be like a little bug.' I try to spin it into a positive, but I know that I'm on borrowed time."
Soon, Ms. Vitkus will have to figure out how to wedge two twin-size beds into the tiny room. Bunk beds would make the most sense, but who really wants bunk beds? They're tall, towering and no fun for cuddling. Fights over who gets the top bunk are inevitable until, eventually, the kids outgrow the arrangement. At that point, stuck with an oversize and obsolete piece of furniture, you have to reorganize the room all over again.
Reorganizing is just code for purging.
"The best thing to maximize your space is to organize and declutter," said Shalena Smith, the owner of Gaga Designs, a Los Angeles interior design firm for children's spaces. Ms. Smith often encounters unnecessary chaos in the homes of her clients. "Literally, I walk in there and am like, 'Do you still use this? No. Does your kid still play with this? No.' A lot of things can leave your room."
Clear out the excess, the theory goes, and newfound space will materialize.
But space has limits, even if you acquire more of it. After living in cramped apartments with toddlers in Brooklyn and later New Jersey, my family stretched out to a house in the suburbs in 2013. With all that endless square footage, I snatched one of the three bedrooms for my office, since I work from home. My husband and I tucked the kids into the third bedroom, and they were happy little peas, chattering away at night, and decorating their walls with their finger-painted projects.
I figured I had years until they were old enough to notice that my serene office with two windows was actually a bedroom that one of them could occupy. When that time came, I'd relocate. To where, you might ask? I hadn't given that issue much thought.
But now that the kids are 7 and 10, I can feel the day of reckoning upon me — they greedily eye my airy room, arguing about who will get it. My daughter has grand visions for a canopy bed and a night table with a butterfly lamp. My son simply wants his younger sister's night light to go away.
But here's the monkey wrench to their plans: I do not want to be banished to the basement, the natural resting place for all things that have no place to go.
So we have come to another phase of the endless reshuffling equation: Does the space we have still work? Or is it time for an upheaval? After all, children all over the world and for most of time have shared rooms with each other, and often their parents, too.
"This idea that everybody gets their own bedroom is a very new idea in history if you think about it," said James J. Crist, who wrote "Siblings: You're Stuck With Each Other, So Stick Together" with Elizabeth Verdick.
The United States census does not track how many children share bedrooms, nor does New York City. However, the 2014 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey found that only 26 percent of the city's apartments had three or more bedrooms. With most New Yorkers living in smaller apartments, children clearly double up. The same survey also found that 8 percent of households with children under 18 were considered crowded, with more than two people per bedroom. But still, if there's an alternative to sharing, you start to wonder if you should indulge it.
Experts, surprisingly, say maybe not.
"When kids share a space, there is going to be conflict, but that is not something that we have to seek to avoid," said Joanna Faber, who, with Julie King, wrote "How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen." "Leaving aside all the wonderful things about sharing a room, of which I think there are a mountain, conflict is an opportunity to practice skills."
In other words, the bickering is good and so are all those late-night bedside chats. But children's needs change as they grow, even if the size of their room does not. Older children need desks for homework and privacy. The older one might need to study late, while the younger one still wakes early.
To solve these problems, Ms. Smith suggested sacrificing the dressers to reclaim square footage for a desk. Get beds with built-in drawers, she said, or reconfigure the closet to fit shelves. As for privacy, how about an Ikea curtain room divider — kind of like a hospital curtain, but for your bedroom.
A change in perspective also helps. "It's not that they have to share a room, but they get to share a room," Ms. Smith said. That settled it for me: I'm staying put, although some bedroom redecorating may be in our near future.
New Yorkers have a knack for making it work. Sky Khan, a writer whose Instagram page chronicles the adventures of a family of six living in the city, said her four children "are literally packed in like sardines" in the family's two-bedroom apartment in Chelsea.
Ms. Khan and her husband, Ben Flammang, who are both in their 40s, sleep-trained their children in a closet. Now, the three younger ones — Kiki, 7, Sander, 6, and Quinn, 1 — are tucked into a bedroom in the back. Quinn sleeps in what Ms. Khan describes as a Montessori tent, while Kiki and Sander share a tri-level bunk bed built by Mr. Flammang, who works in business development. "They love it," Ms. Khan said. "It's like a sleepover every night."
As a 10th birthday present, Nash, the oldest, graduated to a windowless room, which Mr. Flammang constructed by adding temporary walls to the hallway. Nash's recent move gave his siblings new ideas about space, even if no more exists.
"The 6-year-old just put two and two together a few days ago," Ms. Khan said, and asked for his own room. Ms. Khan dodged the request, reminding him that his older sister is next in line. As for now, "We're just kind of winging it," she said.
This piece originally appeared in the Real Estate section of The New York Times.
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The Earl of Wessex visits Cambridge
The Earl of Wessex undertook a two day visit to his old University town of Cambridge to mark the start of a yearlong programme of engagements, aimed at generating support for The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award.
Through a combination of DofE events, Real Tennis tournaments and fundraising activity, His Royal Highness, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, will enable a new generation of young people to start their DofE journey in the UK and abroad.
The Earl met young people from seven local schools who had been taking part in Real Tennis lessons from the professionals at Cambridge University Tennis Club. HRH learnt to play Real Tennis at the same club for his DofE Gold Award while at University and developed a passion for the sport, continuing to play for 30 years.
The Earl took part in Tennis games against junior club members before attending a reception for volunteers and fund raising dinner.
"I hope you have had fun and your interest has been piqued by this slightly eccentric, but thoroughly enjoyable, sport. It's a great way to keep fit – something I put to the test as the junior members of the club made me run around the court!" - HRH
The vital support attracted by The Earl will help the DofE transform the lives of young people from all backgrounds and circumstances, across the globe. The Award currently operates in 141 countries and territories worldwide, equipping young people with the skills and attributes to reach their potential while building lifelong friendships.
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Joshua LaBaer
Executive Director (FSC) & Professor
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Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center
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Joshua.Labaer@asu.edu
M.D. University of California School of Medicine 1990
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California School of Medicine 1989
Finding drug and vaccine targets for biodefense pathogens
Disease biomarker discovery
Estrogen resistance in breast cancer
Protein microarray technology and protein interaction mapping
DNA-damage checkpoint regulation
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Joshua LaBaer is one of the nation's foremost investigators in the rapidly expanding field of personalized diagnostics. His efforts focus on the discovery and validation of biomarkers — unique molecular fingerprints of disease — which can provide early warning for those at risk of major illnesses, including cancer and diabetes. Formerly founder and director of the Harvard Institute of Proteomics, LaBaer was recruited to ASU's Biodesign Institute as the first Piper Chair in Personalized Medicine in 2009. The Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics (VGPCPD) has a highly multidisciplinary staff of molecular biologists, cell biologists, biochemists, software engineers, database specialists, bioinformaticists, biostatisticians, and automation engineers. VGPCPD applies open reading frame clones to the high throughput (HT) study of protein function. In addition, his group invented a novel protein microarray technology, Nucleic Acid Programmable Protein Array, which has been used widely for biomedical research, including the recent discovery of a panel of 28 autoantibody biomarkers that may aid the early diagnosis of breast cancer. LaBaer earned his medical degree and a doctorate in biochemistry and biophysics, from the University of California, San Francisco. He completed his medical residency at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and a clinical fellowship in oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, both in Boston. He has contributed more than 140 original research publications, reviews and chapters. LaBaer is an associate editor of the Journal of Proteome Research, a recent member of the National Cancer Institute's Board of Scientific Advisors, Chair of the Early Detection Research Network Steering Committee and recent president of the U.S. Human Proteome Organization.
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Shirzad Ahmed, Ginny Dennehy, Dr. Catherine Hickson, and Margo Kane to receive honorary degrees from UFV
By Anne Russell on May 25, 2015
The University of the Fraser Valley will confer four honorary doctorates this year, recognizing Canadians who have made outstanding contributions to their field.
Shirzad Ahmed, Ginny Dennehy, Dr. Catherine Hickson, and Margo Kane will each attend one of UFV's four Convocation ceremonies to receive an honorary degree. The ceremonies will be held June 11 and 12 at the Abbotsford Centre.
Shirzad Ahmed is a Calgary-based human rights lawyer who started his post-secondary education at UFV more than 20 years ago. He went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Simon Fraser University and a law degree from the University of Calgary. A winner of UFV's Distinguished Alumni award in 2011, his tireless fight on behalf of oppressed and vulnerable people is partially inspired by his own trials and tribulations. At the age of 18 he was a political exile from Kurdistan. He knocked on the doors of 13 countries before gaining temporary refuge in Italy and a permanent home in Canada. Ahmed received the Order of Alberta in 2009 and was named one of UFV's Top 40 Alumni in 2014.
Ginny Dennehy is an advocate for mental health who started the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation with her husband Kerry after their 17-year-old son Kelty took his own life in 2001. They then suffered the unfathomable tragedy of losing their only other child, daughter Riley, in 2009. The Kelty Foundation has raised over $7 million and funded many initiatives in the area of treatment, advocacy, and education about youth mental health issues. Initiatives the foundation has supported include the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre at B.C. Children's Hospital, a research chair focused on depression at UBC, the B.C. Crisis Line for youth suicide prevention, and mental health services at Lions Gate Hospital. The Kelty Foundation is also funding online services for young people suffering from depression. This initiative will combine online learning modules with therapist-assisted cognitive behavioural therapy.
Dr. Catherine Hickson is a Canadian volcanologist and former member of the Geological Survey of Canada who has mapped and studied volcanoes in Canada, assessing their past and the potential for future eruptions. She has mapped the Canadian Cordillera as well as the Cordillera of South America, and has considerable experience in other volcanic regions. One of the few female leaders in the earth science field, Hickson is active in mentoring women and young managers and was one of the founding members of the Scientists and Innovators in the Schools program. After nearly two decades in the public sector, Hickson moved into the corporate world, most recently serving as president of the exploration service company Tuya Terra Geo Corp. She has also been VP Exploration and Chief Geologist for Alterra Power Corp, and is also an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia.
Margo Kane is an aboriginal storyteller, dancer, singer, animator, video and installation artist, producer, director, writer, and teacher. She is the founder and artistic director of Full Circle: First Nations Performance. Her one-woman show, Moonlodge, is considered a classic in the aboriginal theatre genre. Kane runs the annual Talking Stick Festival in Vancouver. As artistic director of Spirit Song Native Theatre School in Vancouver, she has developed curricula based on stories and legends of Aboriginal communities in the region. She has also used theatre as a community development tool in her role as a facilitator with the National Native Role Model program. Kane has been active on the Canadian cultural scene for more than 40 years.
"These distinguished and visionary leaders are being honoured for exemplary contributions that align well with our University's vision and values," said UFV President Mark Evered. "Each has drawn deeply on their own personal experiences, some very tragic, and a sense of responsibility and passion for bettering the lives of others."
All UFV Convocation ceremonies are held at the Abbotsford Centre adjacent to the UFV Abbotsford campus on King Road. Admission is free and everyone is welcome to attend the ceremonies as UFV convocation guests.
Shirzad Ahmed will receive his degree at the June 11 morning ceremony (10 am). Dr. Catherine Hickson will receive hers at the June 11 afternoon ceremony (3 pm). Margo Kane will receive hers at the June 12 morning ceremony (9 am). Ginny Dennehy will receive hers at the June 12 afternoon ceremony (2 pm).
For more information, please see ufv.ca/convocation.
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What is there to say about The Real World: Ex-Plosion (or just The Real World franchise in general) at this point in time? Twenty plus years ago, the show explored issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, and growing up in a way that was, well, real. Houseguests still got wild, sure, but that wasn't the focal point of the show — the interaction of diverse people was. You could make an argument that the show has actually only become more diverse over the years, in certain ways, but the houseguests it's attracted have arguably become more and more homogenous. Some are gay and some are straight and some have Bronx accents and some have lived abroad, but all of them are united in their abiding focus on HEDONISM. That's all there is here. What do I want? What can I get? How quickly can I get it? How quickly can I forget? On and on, circling the drain. Live-blogging the show feels like some awful id transcript.
Literally nothing of substance happened in tonight's episode. Almost nothing actually happened on tonight's episode, period. Jay and Jenna fought a bit about some video of him hooking up with another girl, which may actually exist as a .mov file on his computer (he's thorough!). And Jenna flirted with the idea of striking out on her own, which amounted to mentioning the idea to Jenny out at the club. No, she didn't follow through with any real effort. But she briefly thought about it!
Wait, I take it back. Drunk Jamie once again tried to insinuate herself into Jay and Jenna's "relationship," yelling at Jay for the way he disrespects Jenna. Jenna started crying, as is her wont. Jay told the camera he's not the "bad guy" he's made out to be.
Tom's twin brother Steven showed up, too, utilizing precisely the same speech patterns and mannerisms as the guy we've come to know these past six weeks. Two Toms in one house means double the befuddled looks and drunken missives directed at Hailey!
I wish so badly I could tell you we learned something from this episode, or even had a good time — one good time in 42 minutes — but this show is horrendous, on all counts, and we'd all be better people if we turned away. Maybe it would disappear if no one watched? LET'S TRY IT.


EDWIN S. MUNSON, M.D.; STUART C. CULLEN, M.D.
*Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
EDWIN S. MUNSON, STUART C. CULLEN; Endotracheal Intubation in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis of the Cervical Spine. Anesthesiology 1965;26(3):365.


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In the past three parts, we created our Xcode project and the interface for our game. Pressing the "Submit" button generates a random number, but that's not what we really want…In this part, we're going to write the logic of our game so we can know if a player made the right guess or not.
Let's change it so that when "Submit" is pressed, we can access the number that was entered. We already have an IBOutlet to our UITextField called guessTextField. Now all we need to do is get its text.
Great! So now we know which number was entered. Let's now check if it is the winning number.
Now that we are able to get the player's input from the UITextField, we want to check if the player made the right guess, or if the number was out of our bounds (1-100 inclusive). For this, we will write a function called validateGuess which will have one argument, an Int. We want to check 4 things: if the number is out of bounds, if the number is smaller than the number to guess, if the number is bigger than the number to guess, or if the number IS the number to guess.
Run your app and try it! Your console should output the proper messages based on your text field input when you press submit.
The logic of our app looks great, but we need some way to notify the player that he or she has won, or that there is something wrong with their guess. We will do this by adding some alerts in part 5.


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import React, { useState } from 'react'

import CustomDonationInput from '../components/CustomDonationInput'
import StripeTestCards from '../components/StripeTestCards'
import PrintObject from '../components/PrintObject'

import { fetchPostJSON } from '../utils/api-helpers'
import { formatAmountForDisplay } from '../utils/stripe-helpers'
import * as config from '../config'

import { CardElement, useStripe, useElements } from '@stripe/react-stripe-js'

const CARD_OPTIONS = {
  iconStyle: 'solid' as const,
  style: {
    base: {
      iconColor: '#6772e5',
      color: '#6772e5',
      fontWeight: '500',
      fontFamily: 'Roboto, Open Sans, Segoe UI, sans-serif',
      fontSize: '16px',
      fontSmoothing: 'antialiased',
      ':-webkit-autofill': {
        color: '#fce883',
      },
      '::placeholder': {
        color: '#6772e5',
      },
    },
    invalid: {
      iconColor: '#ef2961',
      color: '#ef2961',
    },
  },
}

const ElementsForm = () => {
  const [input, setInput] = useState({
    customDonation: Math.round(config.MAX_AMOUNT / config.AMOUNT_STEP),
    cardholderName: '',
  })
  const [payment, setPayment] = useState({ status: 'initial' })
  const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState('')
  const stripe = useStripe()
  const elements = useElements()

  const PaymentStatus = ({ status }: { status: string }) => {
    switch (status) {
      case 'processing':
      case 'requires_payment_method':
      case 'requires_confirmation':
        return
Processing...

      case 'requires_action':
        return
Authenticating...

      case 'succeeded':
        return
Payment Succeeded 🥳

      case 'error':
        return (
          <>

Error 😭

{errorMessage}

          </>
        )

      default:
        return null
    }
  }

  const handleInputChange: React.ChangeEventHandler<HTMLInputElement> = (e) =>
    setInput({
      ...input,
      [e.currentTarget.name]: e.currentTarget.value,
    })

  const handleSubmit: React.FormEventHandler<HTMLFormElement> = async (e) => {
    e.preventDefault()
    // Abort if form isn't valid
    if (!e.currentTarget.reportValidity()) return
    setPayment({ status: 'processing' })

    // Create a PaymentIntent with the specified amount.
    const response = await fetchPostJSON('/api/payment_intents', {
      amount: input.customDonation,
    })
    setPayment(response)

    if (response.statusCode === 500) {
      setPayment({ status: 'error' })
      setErrorMessage(response.message)
      return
    }

    // Get a reference to a mounted CardElement. Elements knows how
    // to find your CardElement because there can only ever be one of
    // each type of element.
    const cardElement = elements!.getElement(CardElement)

    // Use your card Element with other Stripe.js APIs
    const { error, paymentIntent } = await stripe!.confirmCardPayment(
      response.client_secret,
      {
        payment_method: {
          card: cardElement!,
          billing_details: { name: input.cardholderName },
        },
      }
    )

    if (error) {
      setPayment({ status: 'error' })
      setErrorMessage(error.message ?? 'An unknown error occurred')
    } else if (paymentIntent) {
      setPayment(paymentIntent)
    }
  }

  return (
    <>
      <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
        <CustomDonationInput
          className="elements-style"
          name="customDonation"
          value={input.customDonation}
          min={config.MIN_AMOUNT}
          max={config.MAX_AMOUNT}
          step={config.AMOUNT_STEP}
          currency={config.CURRENCY}
          onChange={handleInputChange}
        />
        <StripeTestCards />
        <fieldset className="elements-style">
          <legend>Your payment details:</legend>
          <input
            placeholder="Cardholder name"
            className="elements-style"
            type="Text"
            name="cardholderName"
            onChange={handleInputChange}
            required
          />

            <CardElement
              options={CARD_OPTIONS}
              onChange={(e) => {
                if (e.error) {
                  setPayment({ status: 'error' })
                  setErrorMessage(
                    e.error.message ?? 'An unknown error occurred'
                  )
                }
              }}
            />

        </fieldset>
        <button
          className="elements-style-background"
          type="submit"
          disabled={
            !['initial', 'succeeded', 'error'].includes(payment.status) ||
            !stripe
          }
        >
          Donate {formatAmountForDisplay(input.customDonation, config.CURRENCY)}
        </button>
      </form>
      <PaymentStatus status={payment.status} />
      <PrintObject content={payment} />
    </>
  )
}

export default ElementsForm


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Home International / NGO Jobs Head, Environmental Matters Department at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries...
Head, Environmental Matters Department at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) – We coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its Member Countries and ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order to secure an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consumers, a steady income to producers and a fair return on capital for those investing in the petroleum industry.
Job Title: Head, Environmental Matters Department
Job Code: 6.1.01
The Environmental Matters Department monitors, analyzes, reports and advises on developments pertaining to the international debate on energy policies, climate change and sustainable development and contributes to the close coordination of Member Country positions on these matters.
This entails: monitoring and analyzing international debates and developments on energy policies, environmental matters, climate change, and sustainable development; gathering and analysing data and information in these fields; contributing to coordination among Member Countries and participating in relevant multilateral fora and discussions; and building up OPEC's networks with national, regional and multilateral organizations.
It elaborates OPEC Long Term Strategy and monitors, analyzes and reports on relevant international, national and regional policies on environmental matters, and assessing their impacts on energy markets.
Objective of Position
To plan, organize, coordinate, manage and evaluate the work of the Environmental Matters Department in accordance with the work programmes and budget of the Department so as to optimize its support to the Secretariat in achieving its overall objectives.
The work covers studies and analyses of international debates and developments in environmental matters, climate change, sustainable development, and energy policies, including the collection of relevant data and information as well as the coordination with Member Countries.
Plans, organizes, coordinates, manages and evaluates the work in the Environmental Matters Department covering:
Studies and analyses of developments in the international debate on environmental issues related to the energy industry and in particular the activities related to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its subsidiary bodies, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement
Preparations for and attendance to UNFCCC and sustainable development meetings and reporting on these
Assessment of the impact of changes in environmental policies in consuming countries on the medium- and long-term development of the world petroleum industry
Studies relevant to the subject of environment as it affects the energy sector in general and oil in particular and contributes to the World Oil Outlook
Coordination of Member Countries' positions concerning environmental issues, climate change and sustainable development
Contribution to speeches, articles and presentations to internal meetings and various international forums
Ensures adequate development adequate simulation and modeling capabilities of the Department.
Ensures full responses to requests by the Conference, BOG, ECB and standing committees for studies and special reports relevant to the work program of the Department.
Arranges presentations at relevant OPEC meetings and international forums representing the Secretariat as required.
Develops and maintains networks with external experts and institutions in fields relating to the work of the Department.
Keeps the Director, Research Division fully informed on all aspects of the work of the Department, and draws his attention to important analyses performed by it.
Evaluates the performance of the staff of the Department, and recommends to the Director, Research Division of staff development, salary increase, promotion and separations as appropriate.
Ensures that the staff of the Department receive the supervision and guidance necessary to broaden and deepen their skills and continuously improve their performance.
Prepares the annual budget for the Department.
Carries out any other tasks assigned by the Director, Research Division.
Required Competencies and Qualifications
Advanced University Degree in Environmental Science or Economics, Engineering or other Sciences, preferably with specialization in Environment
PhD preferred
Advanced university degree: 12 years in the oil industry with a minimum of 4 years in a managerial position, preferably at large national, regional, or international institutions (PhD: 10 years)
Training Specializations:
Analysis of environmental issues related to energy
International debate on environment
Professional Management & Leadership
Strategic orientation
Customer service orientation
Initiative and integrity
Applicants must be nationals of Member Countries of OPEC and should not be older than 58 years.
Status and Benefits
Members of the Secretariat are international employees whose responsibilities are not national but exclusively international. In carrying out their functions they have to demonstrate the personal qualities expected of international employees such as integrity, independence and impartiality.
The post is at grade B reporting to the Director, Research Division. The compensation package, including expatriate benefits, is commensurate with the level of the post.
23rd January, 2023.
Interested and qualified candidates are requested to fill in an application form which can be received from their Country's Governor (PDF) (See Nigeria address below). In order for applications to be considered, the application form and resume must reach the OPEC Secretariat through the relevant Governor not later than the closing date stated above.
NIGERIA COUNTRY GOVERNOR
Dr. Adedapo Odulaja,
Governor for OPEC,
Office of the Minister of Petroleum Resources,
Block D, 11th Floor, NNPC Towers, Herbert Macauley Way,
Central Business District,
Abuja, Nigeria.
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2008 Ferrari F430. What a great car! The reason I like this car is I think it's got a lot of the Enzo Ferrari look about it. It's a really cool thing. It's interesting to drive because, when you get in, you turn the key, and you're turning the key but nothing….why won't it start? Now, this was probably the start of the era when they started with press buttons. It's got the start button on the steering wheel.
So, that was the first tricky thing I found. I thought, "I can't even start this car." Then, another thing is if you want to put the window down, you can't find the window button because it's in the centre of the dashboard. The Italians certainly like to confuse things a little bit. When you drive it, it's really remarkable to think about how far cars have actually come in the last 10 years, because when these cars came out, this F1 gear, which came out in the 355, was Formula One technology. It was amazing. The first thing I noticed was, when you change gears in it, is the delay it has compared to the modern car, for example, the GT3RS. The difference between it and the 430 was unbelievable. The gear change in the Ferrari was so delayed. Nevertheless, the sound and the sheer driving of the car I enjoyed immensely.
One thing with it is that you notice the start of the technology in the cars. Before they became more advanced, it was a given that if you went around a corner, the backend would slide out a bit. You're actually driving the car a bit, that's the one thing I found. The traction control's not as good as what the current models have, which actually made it more fun to drive. But the sound of it was just unreal. It handles really well, and the look of the car, it's just amazing. I love all of the late model stuff, but I can't help but go back to a couple of the older ones and look at how sleek they are, the design of them, and how nice and classic they are. So, I've chosen to buy this one over probably three or four other cars I could have bought. This one just meant something to me.
While driving it, the sound is amazing. Like I've said, the technology isn't as advanced as what it is today, but what great fun to go round corners! It sits nice on the road. Even for its time, it was just an awesome, awesome car. When you sit in it, it still feels like a million dollars. This one's got the full leather hood lining, the upgraded stereo, the Daytona seats, the craftsmanship, and everything in it. This car had done only 9,500 km when I found it, it had been owned by two fastidious owners. Honestly, it was like stepping into a brand new car. It still smells new. I was really, really impressed with it.
So, I guess one thing is that you don't have to have a 488 to really enjoy owning a Ferrari. You don't have to have the latest thing. I've driven a range of different Ferraris, and I'll do some bits and pieces on some older ones that I can get my hands on, but I think this is probably one of the better of those early 2000s to late 2000s. The 360 was probably the first of the drivable Ferraris; the 430 was just a lot more refined, and I find that you can drive it every day. You can work out of it, you can park it, you can get in and out of anywhere, it doesn't hit, it doesn't scrape. You can drive it as slow as you want, but you can drive it as hard as you like, too. It looks a million dollars when you park it. You drive down the road, and people still stare at it even though it's a 10 year old Ferrari.
It's a really impressive car, and I'd probably like to do a little bit up round the mountains in it to show you just how it can go and how it handles.
So, that's probably it for today. I'll be back to you soon.
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Disease Detectives: Flu detectors
Posted on 9th Jan 2020 29th Jan 2020 by swfhealthsocial
Content from Public Health Matters
Influenza (flu) kills an average of 8,000 people every year, and it can be particularly serious in older adults, very young children, and people with underlying health conditions. Our ability to accurately monitor levels of influenza throughout the winter season play an integral part in informing current and future public health decisions.
Public Health England (PHE) has one of the most advanced public health systems for influenza surveillance in the world, using multiple data sources to establish a more holistic understanding of flu activity across the season. In this latest Disease Detectives blog we take a closer look at what tools we use to monitor flu each winter, and how this information informs our public health approaches.
Each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) analyses flu strains circulating in the Northern Hemisphere winter to make recommendations about what flu strains should be included in the flu vaccine for the subsequent Northern Hemisphere winter.
This can only ever be a prediction – the vaccine needs to be prepared in advance, usually six months ahead of when flu actually starts circulating in this country. So, when the flu season does begin in England, our Virus Reference Laboratory carries out analysis of the flu samples we receive, such as genetic sequencing to determine whether the circulating flu strains are similar to the vaccine strains. Further work is also undertaken to combine these laboratory flu results with the vaccination history of the patients from whom the samples were taken to estimate how well the vaccine is working.
Real-time Syndromic Surveillance
PHE's Real-time Syndromic Surveillance Team (ReSST) collect and analyse anonymised health data from several sources across England. These health data are based on symptoms presented by patients rather than laboratory tests for particular bugs.
The team use these data each day to look for changing trends indicating higher-than-usual levels of illness in the population. These results are published in weekly bulletins to keep public health professionals up to date.
Throughout the winter, the team monitor a range of different indicators from their data sources, including: GP consultations for influenza-like illness (ILI); NHS 111 calls for 'cold and flu' symptoms; emergency department attendances for respiratory infections and ILI. Each of these indicators form an integral part of the team's work and are fed into the PHE National Influenza Report alongside other sources of flu information.
We track symptoms rather than confirmed cases of flu because it can be much more rapid than processing a sample in the laboratory. Our syndromic systems monitor patients who presented to a healthcare professional the previous day. Also, only a very small fraction of people with flu will have a sample taken for testing, and these people can be from certain sections of the population, such as the elderly or those in hospital, which doesn't give us a representative measure of what flu is doing in the general population. Therefore, ILI rates from community-based surveillance systems do give us a better measure of the proportion of the population experiencing flu-like symptoms in a given period of time.
However, it is important to remember that a variety of infections, including flu, can cause ILI symptoms, and also that our health care-based surveillance systems only pick up the more severe cases seeking medical attention in GP surgeries and hospitals. It is a useful way to compare trends in groups of people over time, place and other factors such as age and sex. However, using ILI rates to calculate an overall number of people with "flu" in the population will not provide an accurate picture. Rates do however allow comparisons to be made unlike overall numbers as they account for the differences in population sizes.
Let me Google that
We know that not everyone who gets flu will necessarily visit their GP or phone NHS 111. However, many of us that do get ill might turn to the internet to help find information and tips to speed up recovery. PHE has teamed up with researchers at University College London (UCL) to collect anonymised and aggregated search data from the Google internet search engine to build real-time estimates of ILI in the population. These data are produced based on the proportion of ILI related search queries within a 10%-15% sample of all Google queries. This system – known as the FluDetector project – has found that when appropriately modelled, online search data can be an accurate estimator of ILI rates in primary care.
This new approach has huge potential to enhance our real-time syndromic surveillance capabilities, capturing a broader segment of the population than just those who have consulted the healthcare system. And unlike GP consultations, it is not affected by weekend or holiday closures.
The FluSurvey is an on-line survey, set up during the swine flu pandemic in 2009 as an indicator of flu activity in the community. Around 7,500 people around the country are currently registered with FluSurvey and, during the winter, they voluntarily report if they have had flu-like symptoms during the previous week. While the numbers at a local level are small and should be treated with caution, it is another tool that enables PHE to monitor flu levels through winter across the country.
What happens to the data?
Evidence from these surveillance systems, along with GP ILI consultation data from the Royal College of GPs sentinel surveillance network, care home outbreak data and NHS Trusts on flu hospitalisations is used to build a comprehensive picture of the flu season in England.
The data are analysed and interpreted into key messages in the PHE National Influenza Report. The enhanced flu surveillance undertaken by PHE takes place between October and April each year, the period during which historically most seasonal flu activity occurs. In the early part of winter this enables us to monitor when the flu season 'starts', triggering advice from the Chief Medical Officer to doctors on the prescribing of flu anti-viral drugs.
As the season progresses, the data enable us to monitor the different types of flu circulating (e.g. flu A, flu B), which parts of the country are being affected, which age groups the flu is particularly affecting and in general how severe the season is. All of this intelligence helps to ensure that there is enough resilience in place within the NHS to cope with the pressure from flu. As better modelling systems develop, data from our surveillance systems may be able to provide a more accurate flu 'forecast' or detect breakouts earlier at both the national and local level.
Flu is highly infectious and affects thousands of people every season. By drawing on multiple sources of data from across NHS and non-NHS systems, PHE's world leading flu surveillance system provides a holistic picture, better informing public health decisions.
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