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National Electronic Health reforms, Aussie style.
For 14 months, Australia has had an electronic national health register. It has almost nothing in it, but the hope is that in years to come (when lots of people have registered) it will start to have all the information on someone's health that floats around in the health industry. This includes discharge summaries, the history of medicine use, databases on allergies and conditions, payment histories, dental records, childhood illnesses, vaccination history, and treatment plans.
This health register was initially championed by Tony Abbott when his party was last in power and he was the health minister, so now that he is the Prime Minister, its future looks safe for the next few years at least. Let me, as an interested but only average-informed health watcher, talk through the possibilities of this health register, the failures to have health registers in many countries, and the wondrous ways in which the Australian variety seems to have benefited and thrived from a lack of foresight, a lack of consultation, a lack of expertise, and a lack of money. It is somewhat unusual and incredible from the point of view of normal economic thinking about reform, but we seem to have a policy area here in which it seems an advantage to bumble along in the dark, rather than be well-prepared beforehand.
But let us start with what we ultimately might want out of such a register.
The long-term usefulness of a national registry is enormous. Instead of each hospital ward and each GP having their own separate 20 datasets each on patients, staff, and payments, you would have just one. Doctors and nurses would type their diagnoses and delivered treatment onto an iPad, send it to the database and the whole rigmarole of insurance, subsidies, and passing on information happens automatically. With national-wide access, health professionals everywhere would know all they need to know about each patient without having to attempt to contact the 50 other places that person has been in so far. Even within hospitals and nursing homes there would no longer be a need for staff to meet and compare notes on patients and residents. Patients wouldn't have to constantly fill out huge forms, nor worry that the allergy they forgot to mention this time leads to them being prescribed the wrong medicine. Essentially this means fewer mistakes and fewer forms.
Down the road, an electronic health register would become the logical vehicle for all monetary transactions in the health system. GPs and hospitals would be paid according to continuously updated health plans devised by diagnosticians including GPs and Artificial Intelligence diagnostic tools; inventory and usage would be deduced from this register; salary and accreditation of health workers would go via it; taxes and subsidies would flow within it. Effectively, a national electronic register could be the roadmap and marketplace used by all health professionals for all interactions with patients and others in health land.
This utopia is however far away. Many countries have tried to set up national registers and so far have little to show for it. Apart from a few small countries like Estonia that has a national system set up to record medical histories from birth to grave. This is partially due to the sheer complexity of information in the Health system: every tom-dick-and-harry has got his own software, IT specialists, specific needs, conventions, and incentives. As mentioned, your average GP has not one but twenty information systems ranging from an inventory of needles, to the salaries of the people working for her, to records of patients' visits. There are thousands of pages of information on your average patient meaning that it is not only a hell of a job getting it into an electronic format, but you then have to find ways to condense it to be useful for anyone. There are pure technical difficulties, as well as the drama of matching records that use different naming conventions. Not all records are electronic either, a big issue in the UK National Health service where handwriting is a treasured art form.
Yet, the few small countries that have a system have indeed gone towards the utopia I described. What starts out as voluntary becomes compulsory, exemplified by Finland that now mandates all health professionals to use the system. What starts with information dispersal ends up being used for money, exemplified by Estonia that now uses its health records for medical invoicing.
Bigger countries that poured money into this have seen their efforts thwarted. In the US, the system is a mess tied up in red tape. In the UK, they abandoned their efforts of a national register, just as they have in the Netherlands. New Zealand also gave up. Canada and Sweden have regional initiatives but no national system. The only countries that have something approaching a national electronic register are Denmark, Estonia, and Finland. These countries were able to use their existing population registers and national health systems as the starting base, and managed to steamroll all privacy and vested interest issues up front by giving clear parliamentary approval. These are great examples that Australia unfortunately cannot follow.
The main reason why no Anglo-Saxon country has come close to a proper national health register is the politics of change. Everyone and his dog want their complaints met beforehand. Some complaints are valid, some self-serving. What about privacy? Who will check the accreditation? Why would early adopters bother to send data to something that is only useful to them if everyone else sends data too? Who is going to go through old dental records and how should they be standardised? How are you going to compensate hospitals for the expense of adopting the new system? How would you transition from the existing systems? What about private health care providers? How can you actually tell who is who when you lack a national identification register that covers the whole population to begin with?
These problems are so formidable that they have baffled the best efforts of countries for decades. The Netherlands for instance had a dedicated organisation work on this for 30 years, only to eventually fold without much to show. The UK poured billions of dollars into this and tried to engineer a system from first principles, eventually giving up (though they might try again). Every time these countries came up with plans there would be something that wasn't to the satisfaction of some interest group who politically blocked it.
Why would Australia succeed when other, much bigger and more heavily resourced countries have failed before?
I have watched the Australian effort, concentrated in the National E-health Transition Authority (NEHTA) from the sidelines and have been amazed at the difference in the Australian approach to the European or American approach. It is a quintessentially Australian approach to change that might just work.
The key strengths of the NEHTA initiative are a lack of foresight, a lack of consultation, a lack of expertise, and a lack of money. Each of these is an enormous blessing in disguise when it comes to the problem at hand. Let me explain, for it is truly quite wondrous that these things should be strengths.
A lack of foresight in this area means that you don't try to deal with all the problems that might arise. You essentially just do your best to guess the major blocks and then you improvise as the problems hit you. And the problems are stupendous, ranging from incompatible programming code to dysfunctional organisations who don't want to play ball, emerging privacy issues, game-playing private contractors, opportunistic politicians, and high staff turnover.
The 'let's just forge ahead and adapt as we go along' strategy is in essence a much smarter strategy than trying to work it all out beforehand, simply because it can't be done. It's too hard to anticipate the millions of different scenarios that could happen to derail original plans. Indeed, the outcome we have now hardly resembles the unrealistic plans of just 3 years ago. Strange as it may seem, but a lack of foresight is proving a blessing when it comes to setting up this sort of system, for it means we have not set up internal systems (and groups protecting them!) that prove to be unworkable and that would pertain to an imagined outcome that never arose.
All NEHTA has ended up with sofar is a bare-bones framework and a vague idea of where we might end up. Its strength is the agility of experimentation versus the rigidity of planning. And one of the funny things is that NEHTA of course has continuously pretended to have planned everything that is happening whereas it in fact has just been stumbling along from one unexpected problem to the other, adapting, cutting, and axing its supposed grand plan as it went along.
A lack of consultation is proving similarly crucial in this initiative. True consultation with lobby groups would mean every stake-holder would be warned about what they actually stand to lose down the line when the register gathers pace. After all, a system that is used for the flow of money, will undoubtedly also lead to changes in the way that money flows. A fully functional register would tell a health ministry which hospital and which health specialist is doing unusually poorly or is curiously expensive. The register would thus be the natural vehicle for organising competition between institutions and professions. Imagine having to negotiate with those professions and health providers that secretly know they are inefficient, on a system that will eventually expose this and cut out their slice of the pie!
The great thing about a lack of consultation is thus that you let sleeping dogs lie. There are still plenty of dogs barking, but not half as many and not half as vicious as they would be if they fully realised what is at stake. This is for instance the main mistake that was made in the Netherlands – consultation killed the process because too many stake-holders were alerted to what they might lose so they developed and voiced one objection and political road block after another.
A lack of expertise is also proving a major blessing in disguise for this initiative. By lack of expertise I mean that the builders of the national register had almost no clue of the difficulties faced on the ground by health professionals and patients. They were a bit naive. As a result, when major fundamental problems were discovered weeks before major elements of the national register were supposed to go online, quick pragmatic solutions were put in place with almost zero consultation that should greatly increase the eventual usefulness of this thing. Consider as an example of this, the initial inability to foresee that you have to bribe individuals uploading the information in order to get them to do it. Its basic economics that you have to do this, but a lack of expertise prevented them from seeing beforehand how important incentives really are. They were instead actually counting on the benevolence of the health professionals to complete all the uploading work. Due to a lack of expertise and realism, this major design element was overlooked, and had to quickly be worked out when spotted. This then lead to a payment for doctors and other health professionals to upload information to the system. This in turn, via the backdoor, established the principle of payments via this electronic register on the basis of system usage. It is a principle that would involve years of political wrangling if you had to discuss it beforehand, because it is so obvious where it would lead once in place. Hence, a lack of expertise has effectively allowed a crucial and politically sensitive mechanism to be smuggled in at the last minute with no organised opposition!
For a completely different reason has a lack of money proven a blessing in disguise. Fully establishing and implementing a national electronic system would cost tens of billions of dollars to do properly. Instead, Australia is doing it on the cheap, pouring no more than half a billion per year into this.
Imagine if tens of billions of dollars were available on the table for this. The vultures would be circling. If health providers knew that kind of money was on the table, the negotiations about implementation and bribes would be endless. Private contractors would game everything to the max. Different ministries would be claiming ownership over part of the enterprise in order to tap into the money pot. The shoestring budget this endeavour is on has thus protected it from big players and allowed it to slip under the radar and get going.
So we now have an embryonic national register with minimal bells and whistles that is of limited use at the moment, but that has great potential. Should it now attract more funds, more expertise, more consultation, and develop greater foresight in order to realise its potential? I sincerely hope not for it would be the surest way to kill it off! In order for it to grow and gather applications, it needs to first quietly experiment, make mistakes, find the most useful and docile users first, and slip in the major elements that will make it useful down the track. It is way too early to be investing big money into it.
Only once it has been established for a decade or so, with a secure operator, full functionality, and all the important usages in place, would this be safe from political obstruction. Would we eventually need a big push for a national electronic health register? Perhaps we will if the system was used as the main conduit of money in the Health System. Though maybe that can be slipped in quietly too.
Hence it is a case of so far so good with the National electronic health system in Australia. It remains a wonderful example of the genius of Australian institutional innovation at work. With less resources, less planning, less consultation and less expertise than other countries (like the US and the UK) we seem to get more results than others. Who would have thought?
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Author paulfrijtersPosted on October 14, 2013 Categories Economics
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kme says:
The 'let's just forge ahead and adapt as we go along' strategy is in essence a much smarter strategy than trying to work it all out beforehand, simply because it can't be done. It's too hard to anticipate the millions of different scenarios that could happen to derail original plans. Indeed, the outcome we have now hardly resembles the unrealistic plans of just 3 years ago.
This has been long recognised in Startup culture – it's known as the "Minimum Viable Product" strategy.
Trevor Kerr (@b1946) says:
Brilliant, Paul, but you've left out one outstanding element that puts all the others (that you've lined up so eloquently) in the shade. The ordinary voter has Zero interest in this project. To prove the point, next time you are in a room full of peers, ask them who keeps their own up-to-date, coherent record of all their transactions with the health 'industry'.
You could, equally, ask the Controller of the NEHR – the Head of the Department – how many citizens have been quizzing Medicare for their records of billed MBS items, but not hold your breath waiting for an answer.
It was cheeky of you to ask "How can you actually tell who is who when you lack a national identification register that covers the whole population to begin with?", the obvious place to start on an NEHR. All that would have taken was six or seven Ministries actually talking to each other with common purpose – how difficult is that? Now, if I am incinerated in a freeway pile-up, how long will it take to confirm my identity? Never mind me, though, I'll wager the children of the mega-rich have had their DNA profiles stashed away in case of an unfortunate event that threatens the estate and dynasty. We've let all of our newborns have their heels pricked for tests, no questions asked, so wouldn't you think it would be a simple next step to a State-owned DNA register? Oh, yes, I forgot that would be "Orwellian".
We would be entitled to believe, according to the evidence you have presented in addition to the tales of woe coming out of the US about the registration website for Obamacare, that the whole NEHR is under a pall of doom. But, see, you have painted a little smiley face peeking out from the chaos.
Tongue in cheek Paul? The fact is that NEHTA has been a f#%ck up of gigantic proportions. The entire system is flaky, despite the millions spent.
Murk Wuite says:
The casual contempt for democratic deliberation ("political obstruction", as the author would have it) borders on the farcical. For sure, political decision making often leaves a lot to be desired, but gloating over a "crucial and politically sensitive mechanism […] smuggled in at the last minute" seems even less attractive. Sadly, this seems to be pretty much in line with current economic orthodoxy.
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Newshub's Patrick Gower wins best individual investigation prize at Voyager Media Awards
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Newshub's Patrick Gower has taken out the best individual investigation prize at this year's Voyager Media Awards.
Gower won the award for his "confronting and painstaking" investigation into white supremacy following the Christchurch terror attack.
He also won the general reporting category.
"In a high quality field, Patrick Gower's portfolio was compelling viewing," judges Jessica Cartwright and Lynda van Kempen said.
The dark truth about New Zealand's white supremacists
Emotional letter: Man asks PM if he can retrieve brother's body from White Island
"His portfolio was impressive - skilfully woven stories with universal appeal.
"It was made up of two two-part stories, one focusing on white supremacy in New Zealand and the other on White Island victims and heroes. His third story was a human-interest piece on the All Black Barrett brothers' younger sister Zara, who has Down Syndrome."
The Hui executive producer Annabelle Lee-Mather was judged editorial executive of the year, while Newshub was also runner-up for best coverage of a major news event (Christchurch terror attack).
Taking out the best news photography award for his work in the aftermath of the terror attack was George Heard - a Stuff video journalist at the time. Heard now works as a camera operator for Newshub.
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With somewhere near 20,000 RAGBRAI-affiliated visitors expected to arrive in Spencer on July 23, the Spencer RAGBRAI housing committee is looking for volunteers to provide various spaces to riders.
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What substrate is used in Western BLoT?
The Western BLoT Quant HRP Substrate is a horseradish peroxidase (HRP) substrate specially developed for CCD imaging of Western blots. The signal from Western BLoT Quant is linear with respect to protein amount over a broad range of concentrations, allowing full use of the linear range of CCD detection.
What is ECL substrate?
What is HRP substrate?
What is chemiluminescent substrate?
Why is horseradish peroxidase used in Western blot?
The ECL Western Blotting Substrate is a highly sensitive non-radioactive, enhanced luminol-based chemiluminescent substrate for the detection of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) on immunoblots.
What is ECL in western blotting?
Enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL) is the most commonly used method for routine protein detection in Western blots. ECL is based on the emission of light during the horse radish peroxides (HRP)- and hydrogen peroxide-catalyzed oxidation of luminol.
How does ECL reagent work?
The application of a chemiluminescent substrate such as luminol or acridan and a strong oxidizing agent such as hydrogen peroxide to the blot produces excited intermediates which then release a strong blue emission at 450 nm wavelength upon their decay to a lower energy level (ground state).
Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) substrates are used in the immunostaining and immunodetection of specific proteins and antigens. HRP is a widely used label, often conjugated to secondary antibodies in immunochemical applications such as immunohistochemistry, western blotting, and ELISA.
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ECL Uses an HRP Substrate for High-Sensitivity Western Blot Detection. Chemiluminescence assays are commonly used for the detection of proteins on western blots. The HRP substrate luminol emits light at 428 nm; however, luminol emits light only weakly, so enhancers are added to the reaction to increase the signal.
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The two most common enzymes conjugated to secondary antibodies are horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and alkaline phosphatase (AP). These enzymes catalyze the chemical reaction for generating a recordable signal in the form of light. Chemiluminescent western blot detection.
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Ace Wrestler Sakshi Malik stands with shooters, says they bring a lot of medals
Sakshi (62kg) made it to the Indian squad after the trials in Lucknow on Sunday along with Seema Bisla (50kg), Vinesh Phogat (53kg), Sarita Mor (57kg), Divya Kakran (68kg) and Kiran Godara (76kg).
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New Delhi: Ace wrestler Sakshi Malik said that she hopes shooting is included in the program for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She said that she was in complete support of the shooters and said that it would indeed be demotivating if they weren`t allowed to compete at the Games.
"We are a team and so if anyone is excluded it does make a difference to us," said the 2016 Olympics bronze medallist on Tuesday. "In our contingent, the shooters bring a lot of medals and so it is very demotivating if they are not allowed to participate. So I am with them completely and I hope that shooting is included."
Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra wrote to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju earlier this week seeking a meeting so as to explain the proposed boycott of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
In June, it emerged that the Commonwealth Games Federation had decided to leave out shooting from its program for Birmingham 2022. The move is a blow to the Indian contingent who had won a total of 16 medals in shooting in the previous Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.
The IOA has since protested the move by first boycotting the CGF General Assembly in Rwanda and then withdrawing candidatures of two of its officials from the September elections in the country before proposing the boycott to Rijiju.
When asked if she would support the boycott if it were to happen, Sakshi, speaking on the sidelines of the announcement of her association with sportswear and equipment brand Asics, said: "For now I am not even thinking about that. I am hoping that the boycott doesn`t happen and shooting gets included."
Sakshi has more immediate concerns though, with the 2019 World Wrestling Championships starting on September 14.
The World Championship this year carries added significance in the way that it is part of the qualifiers for the Olympics with the top six wrestlers sealing their spot for Tokyo 2020. Sakshi hopes that she manages to finish within that bracket, something that she has never managed to do before.
"First of all, our sport is such that the smallest of moves can be the difference between victory and defeat. I don`t have any real targets of finishing first or second or qualifying, I just want to give my 100 percent in the match and, God willing, manage to qualify for the Olympics," said Sakshi.
"If I manage to qualify here then I will get a lot of time to prepare for the Olympics. That will be a big load off my shoulder," she said.
However, the 26-year-old is not worried about what happens if she does not manage to reach the top six of the World Championships.
"I had qualified for the Rio Olympics only through the final qualification tournament. And yet, I won a medal. So I would not be worried about any defeat that would happen because of a small mistake. But yes, qualifying in the World Championships itself gives me a lot of time to prepare," she said.
Sakshi plans to play a friendly tournament in Belarus as part of the preparation for the World Championships.
Apart from this, she said that the Wrestling Federation of India is planning to send the athletes to Kazakhstan a few weeks in advance so they get used to weather there.
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Ipswich town centre gears up for 2017 with new pedestrian links and final preparations to Empire Cinema in Buttermarket
Published: 9:00 AM January 3, 2017
Shoppers in Ipswich town centre on January 2, 2017. - Credit: Archant
As people return to work today after the long Christmas/New Year holiday, town centre businesses will be reflecting on busy festive period – and preparing for the lean months to come.
The early months of the year are traditionally a challenging time on the High Street as potential customers pull their horns in after the Christmas excesses.
Temporary shops close their doors leaving gaps in shopping centres. Sales which used to dominate January now tend to fizzle out within the first few days of the month because shoppers rushed out in the days immediately after Christmas to grab the best bargains.
And the cold weather is often enough to persuade shoppers to stay at home.
Yesterday's fine weather was welcomed by some town centre shoppers across the region – but the numbers in Ipswich town centre were significantly down on those seen over the last week.
While the next few months are not expected to be the busiest in Ipswich shops and restaurants, there are some significant developments on the way.
Work to pedestrianise Queen Street is due to start within days and continue until Easter. This will turn the road into a much more attractive area for shoppers – and will include facilities for market stalls.
It will also complete the pedestrian link from the town centre, along St Nicholas' Street and St Peter's Street to the Waterfront.
The second major development in the town centre will be the opening of the Empire Cinema in the Buttermarket Centre in February.
The cinema has been actively recruiting staff for some time and its opening will bring life to the first floor of the centre which has been transformed over the last 18 months.
The 12-screen cinema will have 45 employees and will be the anchor tenant of the Buttermarket, using the area that has been converted from the former department store in the centre.
The next few months could also see moves accelerate towards redeveloping the Cornhill and finding new tenants for some of the empty shops in the town centre.
Revised plans for the Cornhill are still being worked on – but should be ready for public scrutiny before the spring arrives.
And it is understood that there is some interest in the former BHS unit in the Butter Market Street that has been empty since the national chain collapsed in the middle of last year.
The future of the former Post Office building and Grimwades store is unlikely to become clear until details of the new look for the Cornhill are published.
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Reading vs Fulham Prediction and Betting Tips
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Two teams battling at opposite ends of the table square off as Reading host Fulham in a midweek English Championship fixture. Both teams have different targets this season but have been on a similar run of form lately and could be set to cancel each other out.
Reading have endured a difficult campaign and the pressing concern for them at the moment will be to avoid slipping into the relegation zone. They are just two points above the bottom three and given their recent run of results, the outlook appears bleak.
The Royals' Boxing Day fixture against Peterborough United was one of those called off due to COVID-19 so their last Championship outing was a 1-0 home defeat to West Brom.
Veljko Paunovic's men head into Wednesday's clash with two wins from their last 10 matches, both of which have come on the road.
Reading have surprisingly found things difficult at home lately and are without a win in their last five matches on their own turf. They have drawn two of the last three matches in that run, including a 1-1 result against Hull City in their previous outing in front of their fans.
Fulham's last Championship outing was a 1-0 home defeat to Sheffield United. They dominated the possession but struggled to find the breakthrough with top scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic smashing their best chance against the woodwork.
The Cottagers have found things difficult lately with the defeat to Sheffield United extending their winless run to five matches, although four of those fixtures have ended in draws. Marco Silva's men remain two points clear at the top of the standings but only because Bournemouth have also looked off colour lately.
Results have been better on the road for Fulham in recent weeks as they are unbeaten in their last five away matches. They have drawn their last two matches in that run and were held 1-1 by Luton Town in their previous away fixture.
How the bookies view it
Despite their recent struggles, Fulham are still considered overwhelming favourites among the bookies at 8/15 with Unibet. A victory for Reading is valued at 11/2 with bet365 while a draw is set at 7/2 by Quinnbet.
Fulham have a 10-9 edge with five draws from 24 previous matches against Reading. However, the Royals have won the last two meetings and claimed a 2-1 victory in the reverse fixture back in September.
Reading have multiple goal threats but John Swift is their top scorer with eight Championship goals. The midfielder could be tipped to score against Fulham at 9/2 with bet365.
Fulham have the Championship's top scorer in Aleksandar Mitrovic, who has scored 22 goals already this season. Vbet has the Serbian striker at odds of 8/11 to get on the score sheet on Wednesday.
Anything else catch the eye?
There have been goals for both teams in the last three matches between Reading and Fulham and a similar outcome is priced at 19/20 with Quinnbet. All three matches have also produced over 2.5 goals and a repeat is valued at 6/7 with SBK.
There have been more goals after the break in the last two matches between both teams so the second half can be tipped as the highest scoring half at 11/10 with Skybet.
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People think there isn't a code review tool for ABAP. It turns out you can do that with abapGit.
abapGit is an open-source git client for ABAP. It serializes source code and data dictionary elements to plain text, so that they can be persisted in a git repository.
With this serialized code you can leverage Git services, such as GitHub or GitLab, to create Pull Requests. Think of a Pull Request like an SAP note, where you can see the code differences and the reason for the change.
Although abapGit connects to an online repository, in our approach we use another functionality: you can export all serialized code to a zip file (or even export a transport request contents). We use that to manually commit the differences.
The programmer has in its computer a folder with the serialized code. Then, she manually commits the change and pushes to the online repository. We do because using branches at ABAP would be confusing, since this concept does not exist.
Next you will find a detailed story on how we, at IBSO Engineering Latin America, do this.
Eliza is finishing the development of a user story in this sprint. One of her team's definition of done rules is to have a code review. This code change is not so big: some new code in a class along with its unit tests. She also did a refactoring on some parts.
She starts the GitHub Flow. She goes to the cloned repository in her PC, and runs a git pull to get the latest version from the repository. Next, she exports all project contents to a zip file. She creates a new branch and extract the files which she made the changes. She commits the changes, and push to the online GitHub project repository.
There, she opens a Pull Request and assign Daniel to review her code, which he starts right away.
The first thing Daniel notices is the Jenkins build is failing. Every new pull requests triggers an automatic job with the new source code. This time, there are abaplint warnings she should fix. Also, Daniel points out that there is a missing unit test and, in some points, the coding conventions were not followed. Daniel marks the review as "Request changes".
Eliza fixes the code review findings, and submit a new version. If Daniel had not marked "request changes", she would not need to do this. Daniel reviews the code again, and approves the Pull Request.
This practice require little effort to put in place and generates a great return. You will bring the benefits of code review to your team: knowledge sharing (both technical and functional) and code quality (make it easier to introduce new features and fix bugs). I suggest you try it and see the effects for yourself. If you have any question, leave a comment!
Good blog content, Eduardo Copat .
About the review process, how are the review comments informed back to Eliza?
This is a great idea!!! I hated having to do the code review and either – put comments in the code or print the code and mark it up.
Easier if you are not all in one location too!
What exactly do you build in Jenkins?
For the particular example in the story, we have a job that is executed for every new Pull Request – it runs abaplint on the Pull Request code. That is the Jenkins Build I refer to.
Nice blog post Eduardo, thank you very much.
This approach works nicely when the changes you are making are clustered around only a few packages. Has anyone experience if this also works for a huge amount of sources spreaded in many packages? Then also the git repository needs to be shared across team boundaries.
Yes, git repository needs to be shared across team boundaries if you have interdependencies. If dependencies flows only in one direction (they should) then you probably can keep you "core" sources in its own package and use git submodules to "update" your dependent software (you probably won't have non-core developers changing core source).
Other cases can be easily handled within the same git repository.
Thank you for sharing your experience Eduardo.
We are looking for a better way to perform ABAP code reviews in our team. We used to have transaction CI_OVERVIEW, but got deprecated for some reason(s). We also looked at this previous blog post on ABAT Git.
1- the learning curve for people to adopt this way of doing code reviews?
3- How can we push for a code review out of a transport request?
4- Any experience with conflicting changes (2 developer who want to modify the same piece of code before the code review happens. How does this process deal with this code lock?
I would like to be convinced that it overall brings us more value than overhead to use ABAP Git.
Currently we provide code review items mainly via emails where we can add screenshots if needed. Not as good as Git could offer, but overall working. If, with minimum ramp up, we could use Git, I would clearly go back to my team and test it.
1 – It is quick to learn. If you have anyone with git experience, it is even quicker.
2 – It takes a few minutes, but it is worth the effort.
3 – abapGit has an option to export the transport request contents to zip.
4 – Yes, it has happened. In that case, the developer has to manually changes the lines added/removed on the file. It is more overwork, indeed.
Another option is to create a single code review for both (in theory, if they are touching the same object they are changing a similar feature).
I suggest you go ahead and try it for a few weeks (if project is agile, it could be your iteration duration). Talk to your team and say it is a trial. Then, discuss the advantages/disadvantages.
We found it much better than CI_OVERVIEW.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but what prevents anyone from making changes in the code base, which lives in the ABAP repository, and not committing anything to git?
I don't see any option for branching either, in my company there is only one development system, there's no way of having multiple active versions of the same object.
what prevents anyone for making changes in the code base, which lives in the ABAP repository, and not committing anything to git?
Nothing… you will need to count on ethics and professionalism.
I am not familiar with GIT. But my main question how is it a better review than doing it in SE80 ?
How were you doing reviews using SE80?
I suggest you try using the approach I mentioned and check if it is worth it :).
By looking at the code (????) !!
The git repository will most definitely take ABAP programming to another level.
What about to make the process more comfortable by adding one more development server. I hope +1 system is not so much expensive.
With at least two servers, you don't need to export zip content anymore. You can either start using branches or have more forked repositories like we do.
We have a central development server where we pull changes from an official GitHub repository. You can consider the server as a build server – we try to not code there, just pulling changes via abapGit and releasing them via transports.
Then we have a share sandbox server where we code and from which we push changes to our forked repositories. It is not possible to release any transport from the sandbox server, so we can use abapGit only.
For the bravest developers, we have a Docker image which they can run to get completely private ABAP development environment – no object locks, no transport locks, complete freedome. Again, no transport are available.
BTW, Jenkins job can run ABAT unit tests and ATC checks via SUT, but I guess you know that.
It's not language specific and definitely looks worthwhile for anyone like me fumbling their way through abapGit with just enough knowledge to get by.
Also, there's the option of running a local Git repo in your very own SAP system using abapGitServer. Things like automatic nightly commits are possible too.
Fantastic blog and excellent idea Eduardo Copat !
It got me seriously thinking into how to go down this approach for our code reviews.
The comment from Thomas Hammer above really nails the problem.
A transport could have objects across multiple packages.
Which means for the this to work, the ABAP package you are cloning to GIT has to be higher, i.e. containing more objects that hopefully encompasses all the transport objects.
The save approach is to take your top package (assuming you have one).
I tried cloning our top package that contains about 8000 objects (years of development). It is quite slow as abapGit took 4 mins to open the repository everytime as it has to serialise everything.
There are plans to make this faster in the future.
The issue with cloning at the top package also poses other problems.
I've notice there is a limitation in abapGit whereby once a package is cloned, it is no longer possible to clone a subpackage to another repo, or cloning the parent package to another repo.
Assuming if you go down this path to use abapGit for code review, it might be a challenge to use abapGit for anything else.
Developers are no longer free to clone their own packages as abapGit will not allow it (maybe I'm not using it right).
I noticed there is a feature in abapGit called "Transport to branch". This is perfect for what you are suggesting.
Look forward to hearing some feedback on this.
Follow https://github.com/larshp/abapGit/issues/1714 for progress on faster serialization.
Regarding package cloning limitations, this is currently a design decision in abapGit, suggest opening an issue for it, then we can look into alternatives.
Hi Eduardo, thanks for the introduction to abapgit! Do you think abapgit is more than code review only? What kind of other advantages does it have?
Hi Enyang, definitely not! You also have all the benefits of using a source code management tool, such as regular backups and versioning.


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Johannesburg, 08 November 2012 – Today, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) celebrates 125 years of trading since it first opened its doors on 8 November 1887, a year after the gold rush in the Witwatersrand.
The exchange has come a long way since those early days. Ranked amongst the top 20 exchanges worldwide in terms of Equity Market capitalisation, the last 25 years have seen the JSE Group acquire the South African Futures and Bond Exchanges, bring innovative products to investors on all its markets and diversify its range of services.
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We Have Now 3D-Printed Human Hearts
We Now Have 3D-Printed Human Hearts
What a time to be alive.
June 17, 2019, Bruno Jacobsen
A team at the Tel Aviv University in Israel has achieved a major breakthrough by 3D-printing a heart with human tissue and vessels. In the future, this technology could be used to repair damaged hearts or to print entirely new ones, to be used for transplants.
Will 3D-Printing Be The Future of Organ Transplants?
According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for approximately 15% of all deaths. For patients suffering from end-stage cardiovascular disorders, heart transplantation is often the only available treatment. But healthy hearts are hard to come by. And scientists are looking for a new alternative, 3D-printed hearts.
3D-printed organs have made the headlines for a couple of years now. In 2013, a company called Organovo produced the first prototype of a human liver using 3D bioprinting. The process takes cells from donor organs to create a material known as "bio-ink". The recreated cells are then laid down carefully layer-by-layer to create the structures of liver tissue. Although the process is proven to be successful, it is not suitable for transplantations and has been used for drug testing. In 2018, Dr Tim Brown and a medical 3D printing firm successfully created a 3D-printed kidney to aid a complex kidney transplant operation.
Earlier this year, the scientist team led by bioengineers Jordan Miller of Rice University and Kelly Stevens of the University of Washington (UW) has created 3D-printed vascular networks that mimic the body's nature passageways for blood, air, lymph, and other vital fluids. This innovation has cleared a major hurdle of printing functional human tissue, opened the pathway to complete 3D printing replacement organs.
Now we've come one step further.
Scientists at Tel Aviv University in Israel announced that they have successfully 3D-printed a small scale heart, with blood vessels, ventricles, and chambers. Since it was printed using human cells, it makes it much less likely to be rejected by a human body than a heart made of artificial material or than an animal heart.
A long way to go
The heart, of relatively small size, isn't fit for use yet. It is the size of a rabbit's heart. And the question still remains is whether it could maintain its integrity and viability if scaling up to a human's heart-size. Though it can contract, the cells have not developed a pumping ability. "We need to develop the printed heart further. [...] The cells need to form a pumping ability; they can currently contract, but we need them to work together."
However, the researchers are optimistic. The team has planned to transplant the hearts into animals in a year time. Tal Dvir, who led the research, said "Our hope is that we will succeed and prove our method's efficacy and usefulness. [...] Maybe, in ten years, there will be organ printers in the finest hospitals around the world, and these procedures will be conducted routinely."
3D Printing Will Revolutionize the Future of Healthcare
These breakthroughs in using 3D printing for organ transplantations can transform the future of surgery as we know it. In several online forums, people are optimistic and looking forward to a future of printed organs/limbs 'on demand'. But no one actually knows for sure how it would affect our lives as a whole. Based on our own research and study, here are a couple of our guesses:
1. Organ donation will become obsolete
Organ printing is identified as a "Strengthening" Phenomenon - high impact, high probability to become a real force in the future.
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Organ printing has the potential to significantly improve treatment methods and to save human lives. In case a rapid, safe, and cost-efficient serial production of organs is possible, organ donations will become nearly or utterly unnecessary in the future.
The impacts of being able to produce spare organs are not limited to the acute treatment of disease and injury, but also enables a proactive take on improving human vitality and prolonging human life.
2. The average human life span will be longer
In Futures Platform, the phenomenon is identified as a "Strengthening" phenomenon that has a high probability to become stronger in the future
With many injuries being replaced with 3D printed parts, we will be healthier and as a matter of fact, live longer in the future.
From the viewpoint of national economies, it is an interesting question of whether these technologies should be heavily invested in because they could help achieve essential savings in comparison to traditional medicinal practices, which brings us to the next point.
3. Drastic changes in the pharmaceutical industry
With the advancement of 3D bioprinting, healthcare in the future will become more accessible, causing revolutions in healthcare.
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Because of the advances in the fields of AI, 3D-printing, gene mapping, and others, the pharmaceutical industry and pharmacy business will undergo drastic changes in the future.
If the 3D-printing of medicines reaches the consumer market or even households, it will cause a revolution in the field of healthcare.
Also, with human health become better in general, there might be diminishing needs for extensive health services for handicapped people.
4. Restore Fertility for women with reduced ovarian function
Scientists can use 3D-printing techniques to restore fertility in women whose ovarian function has suffered from diseases or abnormal hormonal activity.
In 2017, a group of scientists successfully implanted 3D-printed ovaries to infertile mice and restored their fertility. The research team behind the successful experiment believe that artificial ovaries could help women who have had reduced ovarian function since birth or whose ovarian function has suffered from, for example, cancer treatments.
Besides restoring fertility, an artificial ovary could mitigate other health issues related to abnormal hormonal activity.
5. The risks of data security breaches from the inside
After considering all the facts, we evaluate this phenomenon as a Wild Card - an under the radar phenomenon that has dramatic impacts.
We mentioned about the aspects of data security in human biometric microchipping before.
And with the technology advancements of 3D-printed human organs, there is the worry that hackers and those spreading malicious software could start targeting implanted technology and data recorded on sub-skin microchips.
For example, insurance companies, creditors, and recruiters could monitor individuals' health data from a distance, or such data could be systematically tampered with or destroyed.
We might be at the early stages of using 3D-printing in medicine. But, in one or two decades 3D-printers could indeed be found at several hospitals around the world.
From heart to lung transplants, to rebuilding bones or muscles, the potential of 3D-printing to revolutionize medical treatments is nearly unlimited. So it's with enthusiasm that we'll continue to follow developments in this area.
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The Call for Participation for the BOOKFEST 2019 is now open until 30 April 2019.
Please also note the FAQs at the bottom of the submission form.
BOOKFEST is the international festival of the Frankfurter Buchmesse for literature, stories and ideas. Events will be held in various locations on all five days of the fair: in the Frankfurt Pavilion, the Congress Center and in popular locations around Frankfurt. What's special about the festival is that it doesn't just provide the perfect stage for authors and ideas during the day, but also creates experiences in a special atmosphere in the evening. There are many different types of events, including events with bestselling authors, poetry slams, tastings, concerts, parties, discussions and many other productions, with audiences ranging from 40 to 2,000 people. The events in the city are organised by the participating Frankfurt locations, while those in the Frankfurt Pavilion and "Saal Harmonie" ("Harmonie Hall") in the Congress Center Messe Frankfurt are organised directly by the Frankfurter Buchmesse – always in cooperation with publishers and/or partners.
BOOKFEST takes place from 15 to 20 October 2019.
Why a Call for Participation?
In 2018, BOOKFEST attracted 25,000 visitors with 77 events in 21 locations. We subsequently received many requests to participate. To make sure we don't miss out on any of these great ideas, and to give everyone the opportunity to participate, we have now opened a Call for Participation (CfP).
Who can take part in the Call for Participation?
Anyone who has a suitable idea for an event can become a part of BOOKFEST.
How does the Call for Participation work?
First, please complete this form by 30 April 2019 to submit your idea for a BOOKFEST event. The BOOKFEST programme team will evaluate the proposals received and use them to curate a varied and international programme. The aim is to base roughly half of the BOOKFEST programme on the ideas submitted.
The CfP for BOOKFEST is open, starting now and continuing until 30 April 2019 (11:59 p.m. CET). The goal is to finalise the programme by late May/early June.
The programme team will evaluate all proposals relatively soon after they are received. In other words: the sooner an idea is submitted, the more flexibility there will still be in terms of planning.
How will I find out if my submission has been accepted?
The aim is to finalise the BOOKFEST programme and to get the first marketing and communications activities underway by late May/early June. So we will do our best to give you an answer regarding your submission relatively soon after we receive it. This means that you will hear back from us by no later than April/May.
What happens if I want to change or even withdraw my submission?
What happens to submissions received after the deadline?
Unfortunately, we cannot take into consideration programme ideas for BOOKFEST 2019 received after 30 April 2019 because we have planned the timing of our programme communications and advertising activities accordingly.
What formats may I submit?
We welcome unusual formats from all genres: entertainment, non-fiction/self help, literature, art, music, etc. Gender, nationality and age are irrelevant here; in designing our programme, diversity is very important to us. Traditional readings are also possible in the Frankfurt Pavilion, while more unusual events are usually held in the city locations.
Please make sure to plan complete events – in other words, amongst other things, you will also need to engage a host, for example.
In what language(s) may I submit my proposal?
The events can be held in German and/or English, so please also submit your idea in one of these two languages.
How big is the Frankfurt Pavilion?
The Frankfurt Pavilion is in the heart of the Agora, with a 290-sqm interior and, depending on the seating arrangements, room to seat 300 or standing room for 450.
How big is the hall in the Congress Center?
The "Saal Harmonie" ("Harmonie Hall") is located in the Congress Center Messe Frankfurt and is connected directly to the exhibition grounds. The hall seats 1,850.
How big are the locations in the city?
The locations in the city vary in size (40-500 people), which makes it possible to choose a suitable space for each event.
What happens if the venue I want is already fully booked?
We are very interested in finding the perfect location for your event and taking your wishes into account. However, we also know that the Frankfurt Pavilion in particular will be fully booked very quickly. In order to put your event in the spotlight, we naturally have additional stages that can be used during the day for your BOOKFEST idea.
For an event in the Frankfurt Pavilion a fee of 250 euros is due, the cost of events in the "Saal Harmonie" ("Harmonie Hall") depends on how elaborate they are, and events in the locations around the city are free of charge.
When you submit your event at the Frankfurt Pavilion, please also let us know if you want to book one of our signing boxes for a book signing session (30 minutes) afterwards. If so, please note that there will be an extra charge of 50 euros.
We do not cover the professional fees or travel and accommodation expenses for artists, authors, hosts, publishing company employees, etc. or any other costs (for example, tickets to the Book Fair).
We are currently looking for a partner for book tables at all BOOKFEST locations and will contact you directly as soon as we have news.
The FBM connects a selected location in Frankfurt with an author/artist or publisher.
The FBM promotes the event at its own expense as part of its planned communications and advertising activities for BOOKFEST.
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Codeine can be habit-forming. Do not take a larger dose, take it more often, or take it for a longer period of time than prescribed by your doctor. Do not stop taking codeine without talking to your doctor. Your doctor may decrease your dose gradually. If you suddenly stop taking codeine, you may experience withdrawal symptoms such as restlessness, widened pupils (black circles in the center of the eyes), teary eyes, irritability, anxiety, runny nose, difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, yawning, sweating, fast breathing, fast heartbeat, chills, hair on your arms standing on end, nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, muscle aches, or backache.
If you are giving codeine to a child, give the medication only as needed. Do not give codeine on a regular (around-the-clock) schedule and do not give more than six doses in 24 hours.
Shake the solution well before each use to mix the medication evenly. Do not use a household spoon to measure your dose. Use the measuring cup or spoon that came with the medication or use a spoon that is made especially for measuring medication.
tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to codeine, any other medications, or any of the ingredients in the codeine product you plan to take. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for a list of the ingredients.
tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking or plan to take. Be sure to mention any of the following: antidepressants; medications for cough, cold, or allergies; medications for anxiety, mental illness, nausea, or seizures; monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam, Zelapar), and tranylcypromine (Parnate); sedatives; sleeping pills; and tranquilizers. Your doctor may need to change the doses of your medications or monitor you carefully for side effects.
tell your doctor if you have slowed breathing, or have or have ever had asthma or paralytic ileus (condition in which digested food does not move through the intestines). Your doctor may tell you not to take codeine.
tell your doctor if you drink or have ever drunk large amounts of alcohol and if you have had recent abdominal or urinary tract surgery. Also tell your doctor if you have or have ever had a head injury; a brain tumor; any condition causing increased pressure in your brain; seizures; mental illness; lung disease such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, a group of diseases that cause gradual loss of lung function),obstructive sleep apnea, or other breathing problems; prostatic hypertrophy (enlargement of a male reproductive gland); urinary problems; low blood pressure; Addison's disease (condition in which the body does not make enough of certain natural substances); allergies; or thyroid, pancreatic, intestinal, gallbladder, liver, or kidney disease.
tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. If you become pregnant while taking codeine, call your doctor.
tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding. Some women who take codeine may have increased amounts of the medication in their breast milk, which can cause serious or life-threatening side effects in their breast-fed babies. Call your doctor immediately or get emergency medical help if you become very sleepy and have difficulty caring for your baby. You should also call your baby's doctor or get emergency help if your baby is sleepier than usual, has trouble breast-feeding or breathing, or becomes limp. If you breast-feed during your treatment and stop breast-feeding or stop taking codeine, your baby might experience withdrawal symptoms including irritability, being more active than usual, vomiting, problems sleeping, weight loss, high-pitched cry, fever, shaking, or diarrhea or more stools than usual. Call your baby's doctor if your baby has any of these symptoms.
if you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking codeine.
you should know that this medication may make you drowsy. Do not drive a car or operate machinery until you know how this medication affects you. If you are giving codeine to a child, watch the child to be sure he or she does not get hurt while riding a bike or participating in other activities that could be dangerous.
you should know that drinking alcohol during your treatment may increase the risk that you will experience serious or life-threatening side effects. Talk to your doctor about the risks of drinking alcohol during your treatment.
you should know that codeine may cause dizziness, lightheadedness, and fainting when you get up too quickly from a lying position. This is more common when you first start taking codeine. To avoid this problem, get out of bed slowly, resting your feet on the floor for a few minutes before standing up.
you should know that codeine may cause constipation. Talk to your doctor about changing your diet and using other medications to treat or prevent constipation.
Codeine is usually taken as needed. If your doctor has told you to take codeine regularly, take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.
Codeine may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while you are taking this medication.
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed. at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Keep it in a safe place where no one else can take it accidentally or on purpose. Be especially careful to keep codeine out of reach of children. If a child accidentally takes codeine, get emergency medical help right away. Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.
Before having any laboratory test, tell your doctor and the laboratory personnel that you are taking codeine.
Do not let anyone else take your medication. Selling or giving away this medication may cause death or harm to others and is illegal. Your prescription might not be refillable. Ask your pharmacist any questions you have about refilling your prescription.
¶This branded product is no longer on the market. Generic alternatives may be available.
Sneezing, sore throat, a stuffy nose, coughing — everyone knows the symptoms of the common cold. It is probably the most common illness. In the course of a year, people in the United States suffer 1 billion colds.
What can you do for your cold or cough symptoms? Besides drinking plenty of fluids and getting plenty of rest, you may want to take medicines. There are lots of different cold and cough medicines, and they do different things.
Here are some other things to keep in mind about cold and cough medicines. Read labels, because many cold and cough medicines contain the same active ingredients. Taking too much of certain pain relievers can lead to serious injury. Do not give cough medicines to children under four, and don't give aspirin to children. Finally, antibiotics won't help a cold.


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On this show we asked health & wellness expert Joanne Henson – how can individuals transform their New Year resolution from thinking about becoming more healthy, into an exciting new reality?
Statistics vary, but most estimates put the success rate for New Year Resolutions at around 10%. That's a depressing 9 in 10 chance of failure. So how can you make sure you're one of the successful 10% this year?
This show was broadcast live on Radio Horton 27th November 2014.
You can hear this enthralling interview with Joanne further down the page on podcast.
Apart from speaking with Joanne live on radio, we also asked her to send us 8 top tips towards helping you achieve your health and wellness goal.
Are you planning a fresh start in 2015? Are you going to eat more healthily, exercise regularly or lose weight?
If you have answered yes, then these top 8 tips are just perfect for your health and wellness success.
If you don't define exactly what you want, how will you know when you've got it?
Want to lose weight? How much? Want to get fitter? How much fitter? In three/six/twelve months' time, what do you want to be able to do? Run a marathon, or run in a 5k charity run? Write it down.
Then write down the date by which you want to reach your target. Without a deadline you'll drift: what's another day of not working towards your goal if there is no deadline? If you're aiming at a specific date you can plan accordingly.
Once you've got a target and a deadline you can plan the steps you need to take to get you from where you are now to where you want to be.
Without planning, things go awry. Here's an example: you know you want to fit in three workouts in a week, but you've not planned when. Monday night comes along and you've got that Monday feeling, so you say to yourself you'll go to the gym tomorrow. But you then realise you're meeting friends on Tuesday, which means no workout, and you're going away at the weekend, so opportunities to fit in your three workouts are disappearing fast. If you'd looked ahead and diarised those workouts, this wouldn't have happened.
Treat your New Year Resolution as a project and put a plan in place.
Ask yourself is your goal actually possible, with the time and resources you are able and willing to dedicate to it?
For instance, if you want to lose a stone, and you're giving yourself six weeks, that's six weeks of pretty strict eating. But do you actually want to be so strict? Would you rather give yourself eight weeks and allow yourself a few nights out and treats along the way? It's great to set ambitious goals, but not so great if you're setting yourself up to fail.
Give yourself a realistic target and you've got far more chance of achieving it.
Think about creating a journal or spreadsheet or download an app which you can use to record progress – you may only be recording small improvements, but they're improvements nonetheless, and they'll add up to one great big improvement if you stick at it.
And when your willpower is waning, looking back at the improvements you've made so far will help you stay on track.
Don't let one slip up turn into the end of your plans. If you've had one unhealthy meal it's not going to undo all the healthy eating you've done so far this year, and if you've missed a workout or two, there's always next week to get yourself back to the gym and catch up.
Don't get so angry at yourself for one lapse that you forget to congratulate yourself on the success you've had up to that moment. Remind yourself of your successes so far, and put that one bad day in proper perspective.
After a bad day, just make the next day a good one, and you'll be back on track.
Coaches often say, "Begin with the end in mind" – successful goal setting is all about visualising the end goal. But what is even more important is to progress with the end in mind.
Remind yourself daily what you are aiming at and remind yourself daily why you want it. Focus on how great it's going to feel when you get there – the smaller size jeans, the increased energy, the compliments on how great you're looking, the satisfaction of completing a race. It's these thoughts which will keep you on track.
Many resolutions are about giving things up, so it's very easy to talk about them in negative terms: "I am giving up alcohol for January", "I am not eating chocolate", or "I am going to stop procrastinating". But all of these things have a positive end – a healthier you, a leaner you, a more effective you.
If you talk only about what you are giving up, you are bound to feel deprived. Try to replace negative statements with more positive ones – for instance instead of "I'm not drinking for the whole of January" say "I'm having a healthy January to improve my energy levels". This shifts the focus from what you are missing to what you are looking forward to.
What statements do you make about your resolutions which highlight negatives and deprivation? How can you turn them into positives?
If you make the same old resolution every year, this is particularly important. If something hasn't worked for you before, it's unlikely to work this time around. For instance, if you've started the last three years by joining a slimming club, lost some weight initially and then gained it all back again, why do you think things will be different this time around?
Try a new approach. What can you do differently this year? Get advice if necessary, or ask successful people how they achieved their goals. For weight loss, ditch the quick fix diets and consider other ways of eating. If you want to get fit, but start off every year with a few runs, only to lose interest the first time it rains, what other forms of exercise could you do instead?
If you adopt these strategies in 2015 you'll have a practical and realistic strategy for success. Here's to you being in the successful 10% this year!
In this 1:53 second snippet we hear Joanne Henson explain the power of negative language. And what to do instead.
Joanne highlights in this 1:53 second snippet there are hundreds of different forms of exercise you can take part in. Find something you actually enjoy doing is the key to Health & wellness success.
You can hear the full engrossing conversation with Joanne Henson right here.
Meaningful and permanent change comes when you take ownership of your own situation and ambitions and Joanne can support you in this.
If you have any questions for Joanne, or would just like to leave a comment, please do.


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Designing the game's third level
Modelling half of all assets featured in game
Also had a bit of musical fun, creating the game's menu music
Skeleton Key is a jam game that was created for Ludum Dare 43. The theme of LD43 was "Sacrifices must be made." After some late night brainstorming amongst our group, we settled on the idea of controlling a skeleton who had to sacrifice their limbs to progress through the level.
I am most proud that the game came in at a solid 122nd out of 1750 games in the Theme category. There are definite improvements that could be made, but not bad for our first Ludum Dare, and it was definitely a motivator for future jams.
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Cranberry, thank you for being interested in our server, and striving for order. we will review your application in the near future.
ty jeff.its nice that u are fallowing.i wll have that app and let u know when he come.


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De naam van het fjord betekent het groene fjord.

Geografie
Het fjord is zuidoost-noordwest georiënteerd en heeft een lengte van ongeveer 16 kilometer. Ze mondt in het noorden uit in het Isfjord. Het fjord ligt in het noordwesten van Nordenskiöld Land.

In het fjord ligt de nederzetting Barentszburg.

Ongeveer 17 kilometer naar het oosten ligt de baai Colesbukta. Ongeveer 11 kilometer naar het westen mondt het Isfjord uit in de Groenlandzee.

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100 Rye HS students sickened, norovirus suspected
More than 100 people at Rye High School were sickened recently after dining at the Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison.
100 Rye HS students sickened, norovirus suspected More than 100 people at Rye High School were sickened recently after dining at the Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison. Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1jqsvBN
Jane Lerner, jlerner@lohud.com Published 6:34 p.m. ET May 9, 2014 | Updated 12:37 a.m. ET May 10, 2014
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Students, teachers got sick after eating at Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison
Both the school and country club have been sanitized to stop spread of norovirus
Westchester health department doesn't tell the public, only those affected, about outbreak.
More than 100 Rye High School students, parents and teachers who attended a country club dinner celebrating their academic achievement have gotten sick from a suspected norovirus.
All are expected to recover, a school spokeswoman said.
The students and teachers attended the annual Scholars Dinner, held at the Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison the evening of April 30.
Both teachers and students who were at the event fell ill just days later. Approximately 85 people were affected Friday and 25 more by the following Monday, spokeswoman Karina Stabile said.
"For about 5 hours, I wanted to die," said Jennifer Schadt, who attended the dinner with her son, who also got ill.
Willow Ridge manager Scott Garvin said the facility was cleaned and has been allowed to reopen. It appeared to be closed Friday night.
Both Rye High School and Rye Middle School were sanitized to try to stem spread of the disease, Superintendent Frank Alvarez told parents.
The Westchester Department of Health, which takes the lead investigating disease outbreaks, said its policy is not to inform the general public when there is a norovirus outbreak, only the people it believes to be affected, spokeswoman Caren Halbfinger said.
Exterior of Rye High School. (File The Journal News) (Photo: The Journal News)
The department would not say in which facility the outbreak occurred but expected the establishment to "self-identify," she said.
"There is no risk to the general public and the people who were at risk were notified," she said. "Therefore, there is no reason to publicly disclose the names of the institutions affected."
The department visited both the school and the country club, Halbfinger said.
Nanami Kanno, 17, a junior at the school, said she and her mother became sick two days after the dinner, suffering stomach pains for a couple of days before feeling better.
"It was horrible," she said. "It was suppose to be a good night for students who got awards but it turned out to be a bad night because of the food."
Norovirus is the most common cause of both acute gastroenteritis and food-borne disease outbreaks nationwide and spreads quickly through restaurants, catering halls, cruise ships and nursing homes.
Hundreds were sickened a year ago in an outbreak at the Hilton Westchster in Rye Brook. Norovirus was also the suspected cause of illness among people who attended a Burger Bash at the Kensico Dam Plaza in July.
Proper hand washing with soap and water and isolating infected people are key to stopping the spread.
There is no remedy for norovirus symptoms, though some people might require treatment for weakness and dehydration caused by severe vomiting and diarrhea.
Staff writer Hoa Nguyen contributed information for this report.
Twitter: @JaneLernerNY
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Cirujales es una localidad de España perteneciente al municipio de Riello, provincia de León, comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León. Antiguamente formaba parte del concejo de Omaña y el núcleo de Aguasmestas, en el término de Cirujales, era el lugar de reunión de Consejo General de todos los concejos omañeses.

Toponimia

El nombre de la población alude a sus en otros tiempos abundantes ciruelos, siendo 'cirujal' una denominación en leonés para este árbol frutal.

Geografía física

Cirujales se encuentra en el Valle Gordo, ubicado sobre una antigua fractura
hercínica orientada de NO a SE. en los límites orientales de la
sierra de Gistredo, y por donde fluye el río Vallegordo, un
afluente del Omaña. El núcleo de Aguasmestas, dependiente administrativamente de Cirujales, se encuentra a un kilómetro de distancia, en el punto donde el Vallegordo se una al Omaña. Otras poblaciones cercanas son Villaverde de Omaña y Villar de Omaña.

Según la clasificación climática de Köppen, el municipio se encuadra en la variante Csb, es decir clima mediterráneo de veranos suaves, siendo la media del mes más cálido no superior a 22 °C pero superándose los 10 °C durante cinco o más meses, y caracterizado por temperaturas medias anuales por debajo de los 9 °C, precipitaciones cerca de los  anuales, nevadas invernales y veranos secos.

Geografía humana

La población se encuentra en una situación de fondo de valle, caracterizada por una disposición lineal de las viviendas determinada por el relieve y la ubicación de los terrenos más fértiles cerca del Vallegordo. Se trata de un núcleo de pequeño tamaño, típico del hábitat semi-disperso común en la montaña de León.

Según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España, Cirujales contaba con 46 habitantes en 2014, 25 hombres y 21 mujeres. Según Miñano, el pueblo tenía unos 117 vecinos en el siglo XVIII. En el siglo XIX, Madoz mencionó 80 habitantes y el censo de Mourille en 1920 contabilizó 134. La baja población es consecuencia de la emigración que se produjo durante el siglo XX y del consiguiente envejecimiento de la población.

Historia

En el término de Cirujales se pueden hallar rastros de la ocupación romana. Se aprecia el trazado de una antigua calzada que parte del paraje llamado Los Cousos, cerca del núcleo de Aguasmestas, parte de las explotaciones auríferas en el Valle Gordo. La primera mención documentada a Cirujales y Aguasmestas data de fuentes de 987, donde aparecen como «Ambas-Mestas» y «Ceroliares». Desde la Edad Media formó parte del concejo histórico de Omaña, y  devino parte del señorío del Condado de Luna en el siglo XV. Durante esta época la confluencia de los ríos Omaña y Vallegordo en Aguasmestas era el lugar de reunión de todos los concejos omañeses celebrada anualmente el lunes de Pascua.

La organización territorial se mantuvo hasta el siglo XIX, cuando todas las poblaciones de Vale Gordo pasaron a ser parte del recién formado municipio de Murias de Paredes,  perteneciente a la Capitanía General de Valladolid. Pascual Madoz en su Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar (1845-1850), menciona la existencia de trece casas y la iglesia parroquial de San Pedro, y terrenos de ínfima calidad, donde el único cultivo era el centeno, dedicándose el resto del terreno a pastos, para el ganado. Cuando se conformó  el nuevo municipio de Vegarienza, Cirujales, Marzán, Villar de Omaña y Villaverde de Omaña pasaron a formar parte de él, hasta que se reincorporó a Riello en 1975.

Véase también

Riello
Omaña

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Localidades de Riello
Localidades de Omaña
Poblaciones del Viejo Camino de Santiago