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Don't Miss All Of The Fun Events Happening This Upcoming Weekend
#1 Properties
Oct 7, 2021 • 3 min read
1) PARANORMAL TOURS OF THE CFD OLD WEST MUSEUM
October 7, 2021 - October 28, 2021, recurring weekly on Thursday 6:30pm to 8:30pm / $20
Haunting Across America is working with the CFD Old West Museum to host Paranormal Tours every Thursday this October, with a special tour on Friday, October 29th for Museum Members Only. See what's lurking within the Museum walls!
2) SUCCULENT GARDEN NIGHT OUT - Dillinger's
October 7, 2021 / 7:00pm to 9:00pm / $35
Create a succulent garden with an oil diffuser to take home.
3) FLIPTURN WITH HAIVA RU - The Lincoln
October 7, 2021 / 8:00pm / $15
Join the Lincoln Cheyenne for a concert that will capture the mind and soul with Flipturn. General admission tickets are only $15 for a night that is sure to blow you away!
4) MAMMA MIA! - Mary Godfrey Playhouse
October 1, 2021- October 10th, 2021 / Tickets Required $14-24
The Cheyenne Little Theater Players are performing Mamma Mia from September 24th thru October 10th. A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget!
5) CHEYENNE TROLLEY FRIGHT-SEEING TOURS - Cheyenne Street Railway Trolley
October 1, 2021 - October 31, 2021, recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday 6:00pm to 10:00pm / $15
From gruesome murders to unexplainable phenomena, this 70-minute tour will leave you wondering what is imagined - and what is truly real. Ages 10+. Two tours depart nightly at 6pm and 8pm. Purchase tickets in advance.
6) NIGHTMARE ON 17TH STREET - Knights of Pythias Lodge
October 1, 2021 - October 30, 2021, recurring weekly on Friday, Saturday 7:00pm to 11:00pm / $10
Located in a verified haunted location, the historic Knights of Pythias building, this site brings attendees through a self-guided experience through 15 horrific rooms. The individual themes run the gamut from classic scares to modern terror.
7) AFRICA MAAFA REMEMBRANCE DAY- Laramie County Community College
October 9, 2021 / 8:30am to 12:50pm / Free
Debunk racial myths and divisive assertions that nullify community relations and hinder social development
8) BIG BAND DANCE - Little America Hotel and Resort
October 9, 2021 / 7:00pm to 10:00pm / $87 per Couple, $46.00 Singles includes Dinner and Dance
Cheyenne Dance Club is hosting a Big Band Dance in the Wyoming Room of Little America.
9) HALO 3 TOURNAMENT - The Annex Gaming Cafe
October 9, 2021 / 10:00am to 5:00pm / $15 Player, $30 Team
Duo Slayer. Registration fees are collected when you enter
10) JOHN FULLBRIGHT LIVE IN CHEYENNE - Terry Bison Ranch
October 9, 2021 / 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Grammy nominated singer John Fullbright is bringing his band for an evening of Americana music with Shawn Hess & Country Skillet plus Hunter Hicks.
11) NED LEDOUX - Outlaw Saloon
October 9, 2021 / 7:00pm to 10:00pm / $15
Hoping to carry on his dad's legacy, Ned LeDoux is back on tour singing his dads hit and new songs of his own.
12) Cheyenne's 44th Annual Toy Run - High Country Harley-Davison of Cheyenne
October 9, 2021 /9:00am to 2:00pm
Join High Country H-D for the 44th Annual Cheyenne Toy Run! The entry fee for this ride is one new, unused toy to donate to a young girl or boy in need. The Salvation Army Cheyenne Corps will be on site to collect toys and providing coffee in the morning. Food Truck (Pioneer Bar-B-Que) and Music from 45ive Entertainment after! Registration starts at 9am. KSU at 11am.
13) STRETCH AND SIP - The Metropolitan Downtown
October 9, 2021 / 11:00am to 1:30pm / $38
Come enjoy an hour long yoga class led by Theresa Hansen, followed by brunch and breakfast cocktails.
14) 2021 CHEYENNE FARMERS MARKET - B Parking Lot
Frontier Park
August 14, 2021 - October 9, 2021, recurring weekly on Saturday 7:00am to 1:00pm
Community Action of Laramie County and the Cheyenne Farmers Market, in conjunction with Cheyenne Frontiers Days, are thrilled to announce that the 2021 Cheyenne Farmers Market will return to B Lot at Frontier Park. CFD has once again generously donated their space for the 2021 Market.
15) OCTOBERFEAST - Various Restaurants
October 10, 2021 - October 16, 2021, recurring daily / 6:00am to 11:00pm
Seven days of your favorite restaurants, and the ones you've always wanted to try, offering exceptional pricing on special menu items. More info and list of participating restaurants at cheyennerestaurantweek.com.
16) 29TH ORGAN CONCERT SERIES - Cathedral of St. Mary
October10,2021 / 2:00pm
Acclaimed organist and music scholar Dr. Damin Spritzer, of the University of Oklahoma will perform on the Vissser-Rowland Tracker Organ. The doors open at 1:00pm. Spritzer, Area Chair and Associate Professer of Organ at the University of Oklahoma, will play works by Locklair, Cabanilles, Bach and Balbastre. A camera feed from the loft will enable everyone to watch Spritzer's performance on the keyboards and the pedal board.
17) WYOMING COWBOYS - October 9th at 5:00pm against Air Force Falcons
18) DENVER BRONCOS - October 10th at 11:00am against Pittsburgh Steelers
Support Local Artists, Athletes, and Museums this Weekend!
Women of Broadway - CLTP Annual Fundraiser January 27-28, 2023 / Doors open 6pm, Show at 7pm / $30 for General Admission Featuring some of Broadway's biggest hits, Live and Silent Auctions, a cash bar, a snack bar and so much MORE on both evenings! 2023 Blue and Gold Bash -
Viva Magenta - Pantone's Color Of The Year For 2023
Pantone's Color of the Year, Viva Magenta 18-1750, is brave and fearless, and a pulsating color whose exuberance promotes a joyous and optimistic celebration, writing a new narrative. This year's Color of the Year is powerful and empowering. It is a new animated red that revels in pure
Take A Look At What Is Happening This Weekend!
Symphony Underground Featuring Ten Cent Stranger - The Lincoln Cheyenne January 20, 2023/ 8:00pm / Tables for 4: $250; Individual tickets $35-$45 Cheyenne Symphony and Maestro William Intriligator hit the stage of the Lincoln with the members of Ten Cent Stranger for an exciting concert event you won't
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Despite all the troubles that you have made, I respect you of your passion in WY. What I'm waiting for is an enlightenment in the school, from the students to the management. They have been lazy under the futile leadership of Fat Tam for so long. The only way WY may revive is to admit their inadequacy and invest the extra effort they ought to have paid decades ago.
I hope 2013 is the end of abyss!
You can't force people to use your software. It's not the best, free vocab-learning software out there but I wouldn't say it's bad. Different people have different ways of learning, and them not using your software doesn't mean they're gonna do badly on tests. You have to respect others' will.
I got over 2300 on the SAT, and I believe that there are other useful ways to boost our SAT scores. Plus the SAT isn't all about vocab… I respect your intention, and I hope you will respect others' too.
I never said that vocablearning is the best option, though it may be the only viable one. Could you tell me what the best option is so that we can close the performance gap I identified even more effectively and you can get my bounty of $500,000.
I always respect free choice of the others. Just like I respect the decision of the school management insisting on not having dialog though it it against the teaching of Pope Francis.
However, free choice should be a well-informed decision.
How many people thoroughly understand the real situation ?
After they have understand the situation, the free choice is theirs.


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Running Through Wet Concrete
…many moons ago, pre-Internet, when we all lived in black and white, and in simpler times, young Barry and two of his friends where playing 'Cowboys and Indians.'
Running through the playground, Niall Keenan had a hold of the back of my jumper, and a friend's, and was racing us through the morning playground like a stage coach about to be robbed.
Being one of the horses, it wasn't my job to think, I was simply pointed in a direction and ordered to run as fast as I could.
Well, that was my excuse later, as I stood facing my teacher and looking at the handwork we'd left behind us.
The freshly laid concrete bore the footprints of our little stagecoach.
Why we ran through it, even though the grumpiest man in the world was trying to flag us down, is something I still haven't an answer to?
My excuse was that Niall was steering us.
And so it is with a lot of us on the Internet nowadays. We leave our brains behind and hitch ourselves to someone's train and leave the thinking up to them.
But what if they're not thinking?
Or even know what they're talking about?
Lately I've been watching a lot of so called experts, jumping from one thing to the next, and being an expert on them all. – If that's even possible.
I've also seen another offering a $1000 course, as a buy one, get one free, with a $20 product.
I've also seen another offering a mailing list of almost 2,500 for a fraction of the price I would.
Which makes you wonder about the people that follow them? – How many of them are asleep behind the wheel?
Are you one of them?
I'll be honest, I've made that mistake too. Like running through that wet concrete that morning, I've hitched myself to the wrong wagons, and followed the wrong people.
January 1st isn't too far away, and you'll see last year's nonsense being rolled out to dupe you into thinking that next year is going to be the one that's going to be the one you've always wanted.
If they're promoting something new, are an instant expert, offering push button software, or are still featuring the same testimonials from the same people, it's time to wake up.
If you're standing on the wrong side of wet concrete, you've got to take some responsibility for where you are.
PS – I don't claim to be an expert on many things, but there's a few courses here I'm proud of putting together.
Are You Running On The Spot?
Are You Running From Something ....Or Running Toward It?
Do The Concrete And Basic Steps Everyday...
Still Running On The Spot?
Stop Quoting Other People
People Can't Predict Your Future
Discomfort Is Where The Gold Is
How To Automate Facebook Page Posts
Something Most People Struggle With Online...Making Money.
How To Repurpose Your Blog Posts With A Twist
What Advice Do You Have For People Who Want To Be Writers?
The Less People That Buy My Course The Better
This Point Proves That Most People Are On Autopilot
How Do You Get The Right People On Your Email List?
Everybody Sucks
A Lesson You Can Learn From The 'Barcode' People
Labels Limit
Forgive Yourself
3 Things You Can Learn From Amazongate

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Q: Why does DelegateCommand not work the same for Button and MenuItem? This code shows that the Delegate Command from the Visual Studio MVVM template works differently when used with MenuItem and Button:

*

*with Button, the command method has access to changed OnPropertyChanged values on the ViewModel

*when using MenuItem, however, the command method does not have access to changed OnPropertyChanged values

Does anyone know why this is the case?
MainView.xaml:
<Window x:Class="TestCommand82828.Views.MainView"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:c="clr-namespace:TestCommand82828.Commands"
    Title="Main Window" Height="400" Width="800">

    <DockPanel>
        <Menu DockPanel.Dock="Top">
            <MenuItem Header="_File">
                <MenuItem Command="{Binding DoSomethingCommand}" Header="Do Something" />
            </MenuItem>
        </Menu>
        <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top">
            <Button Command="{Binding DoSomethingCommand}" Content="test"/>
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Output}"/>
            <TextBox Text="{Binding TheInput}"/>
        </StackPanel>

    </DockPanel>
</Window>

MainViewModel.cs:
using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Input;
using TestCommand82828.Commands;

namespace TestCommand82828.ViewModels
{
    public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
    {
        #region ViewModelProperty: TheInput
        private string _theInput;
        public string TheInput
        {
            get
            {
                return _theInput;
            }

            set
            {
                _theInput = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("TheInput");
            }
        }
        #endregion

        #region DelegateCommand: DoSomething
        private DelegateCommand doSomethingCommand;

        public ICommand DoSomethingCommand
        {
            get
            {
                if (doSomethingCommand == null)
                {
                    doSomethingCommand = new DelegateCommand(DoSomething, CanDoSomething);
                }
                return doSomethingCommand;
            }
        }

        private void DoSomething()
        {
            Output = "did something, the input was: " + _theInput;
        }

        private bool CanDoSomething()
        {
            return true;
        }
        #endregion

        #region ViewModelProperty: Output
        private string _output;
        public string Output
        {
            get
            {
                return _output;
            }

            set
            {
                _output = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Output");
            }
        }
        #endregion

    }
}

A: I think what you're seeing is because MenuItems don't take focus away from a TextBox, and by default, a TextBox only pushes changes back to its bound source when focus shifts away from it. So when you click the button, the focus shifts to the button, writing the TextBox's value back to _theInput. When you click the MenuItem, however, focus remains in the TextBox so the value is not written.
Try changing your TextBox declaration to:
<TextBox Text="{Binding TheInput,UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>

Or alternatively, try switching to DelegateCommand<t>, which can receive a parameter, and pass the TextBox's text to it:
<MenuItem Command="{Binding DoSomethingCommand}"
          CommandParameter="{Binding Text,ElementName=inputTextBox}" />
...
<TextBox x:Name="inputTextBox" Text="{Binding TheInput}" />

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Economists and the opposition party have expressed their fears that the ANC could target public pensions in order to keep Eskom alive.
A stern warning has been issued by South African financial experts, as they fear that that public pensions belonging to ordinary citizens could be used to plug Eskom's cavernous black hole of debt.
Will the ANC target pensions to save Eskom?
Mike Schussler, of economists.co.za, also shared his concerns that the ANC were "eyeing pension assets" in order to keep Eskom afloat. He referred to an article that was written 11 months ago, warning that the ruling party wouldn't be able to keep their hands out of the pot.
Eskom are certainly up a creek without a paddle, as they have been for years. The power utility is currently trying to secure a 15% tariff hike, which would come into effect by April. Their desperate attempts to generate revenue come as the company revealed they will be facing R600 billion of debt over the next few years.


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#pragma once
#include <aws/codecommit/CodeCommit_EXPORTS.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/Array.h>
#include <utility>

namespace Aws
{
template<typename RESULT_TYPE>
class AmazonWebServiceResult;

namespace Utils
{
namespace Json
{
  class JsonValue;
} // namespace Json
} // namespace Utils
namespace CodeCommit
{
namespace Model
{
  /**
   *
Represents the output of a get blob operation.

See Also:
   AWS
   * API Reference

   */
  class AWS_CODECOMMIT_API GetBlobResult
  {
  public:
    GetBlobResult();
    GetBlobResult(const AmazonWebServiceResult<Aws::Utils::Json::JsonValue>& result);
    GetBlobResult& operator=(const AmazonWebServiceResult<Aws::Utils::Json::JsonValue>& result);

    /**
     *
The content of the blob, usually a file.

     */
    inline const Aws::Utils::ByteBuffer& GetContent() const{ return m_content; }

    /**
     *
The content of the blob, usually a file.

     */
    inline void SetContent(const Aws::Utils::ByteBuffer& value) { m_content = value; }

    /**
     *
The content of the blob, usually a file.

     */
    inline void SetContent(Aws::Utils::ByteBuffer&& value) { m_content = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The content of the blob, usually a file.

     */
    inline GetBlobResult& WithContent(const Aws::Utils::ByteBuffer& value) { SetContent(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The content of the blob, usually a file.

     */
    inline GetBlobResult& WithContent(Aws::Utils::ByteBuffer&& value) { SetContent(std::move(value)); return *this;}

  private:
    Aws::Utils::ByteBuffer m_content;
  };

} // namespace Model
} // namespace CodeCommit
} // namespace Aws

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El municipio de Summit (en inglés: Summit Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Bates en el estado estadounidense de Misuri. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 312 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 3,36 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Summit se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 92.96 km², de la cual 92,54 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0,45 %) 0,42 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 312 personas residiendo en el municipio de Summit. La densidad de población era de 3,36 hab./km². De los 312 habitantes, el municipio de Summit estaba compuesto por el 98,4 % blancos, el 0,32 % eran amerindios y el 1,28 % eran de una mezcla de razas. Del total de la población el 0,32 % eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Municipios de Misuri
Localidades del condado de Bates

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Q: Generating simple AST in ANTLR I'm playing a bit around with ANTLR, and wish to create a function like this:
MOVE x y z pitch roll

That produces the following AST:
 MOVE
   |---x
   |---y
   |---z
   |---pitch
   |---roll

So far I've tried without luck, and I keep getting the AST to have the parameters as siblings, rather than children.
Code so far:
C#:
class Program
{
    const string CRLF = "\r\n";

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string filename = "Script.txt";

        var reader = new StreamReader(filename);
        var input = new ANTLRReaderStream(reader);
        var lexer = new ScorBotScriptLexer(input);
        var tokens = new CommonTokenStream(lexer);
        var parser = new ScorBotScriptParser(tokens);

        var result = parser.program();
        var tree = result.Tree as CommonTree;
        Print(tree, "");

        Console.Read();
    }

    static void Print(CommonTree tree, string indent)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(indent + tree.ToString());

        if (tree.Children != null)
        {
            indent += "\t";

            foreach (var child in tree.Children)
            {
                var childTree = child as CommonTree;

                if (childTree.Text != CRLF)
                {
                    Print(childTree, indent);
                }
            }
        }
    }

ANTLR:
grammar ScorBotScript;

options
{
    language     = 'CSharp2';
    output       = AST;
    ASTLabelType = CommonTree;
    backtrack    = true;
    memoize      = true;
}

@parser::namespace { RSD.Scripting }
@lexer::namespace { RSD.Scripting }

program
    : (robotInstruction CRLF)*
    ;

robotInstruction
    : moveCoordinatesInstruction
    ;

/**
 * MOVE X Y Z PITCH ROLL
 */
moveCoordinatesInstruction
    : 'MOVE' x=INT y=INT z=INT pitch=INT roll=INT
    ;

INT : '-'? ( '0'..'9' )*
    ;

COMMENT
    :   '//' ~( CR | LF )* CR? LF { $channel = HIDDEN; }
    ;

WS
    :   ( ' ' | TAB | CR | LF ) { $channel = HIDDEN; }
    ;

ID  :   ('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_') ('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'0'..'9'|'_')*
    ;

STRING
    :  '"' ( ESC_SEQ | ~('\\'|'"') )* '"'
    ;

fragment
ESC_SEQ
    :   '\\' ('b'|'t'|'n'|'f'|'r'|'\"'|'\''|'\\')
    ;

fragment TAB
    : '\t'
    ;

fragment CR
    : '\r'
    ;

fragment LF
    : '\n'
    ;

CRLF
    : (CR ? LF) => CR ? LF
    | CR
    ;

parse
    : ID
    | INT
    | COMMENT
    | STRING
    | WS
    ;

A: I'm a beginner with ANTLR myself, this confused me too.
I think if you want to create a tree from your grammar that has structure, you augment your grammar with hints using the ^ and ! characters. This examples page shows how.
From the linked page:

By default ANTLR creates trees as
  "sibling lists".
The grammar must be annotated to with
  tree commands to produce a parser that
  creates trees in the correct shape
  (that is, operators at the root, which
  operands as children). A somewhat more
  complicated expression parser can be
  seen here and downloaded in tar form
  here. Note that grammar terminals
  which should be at the root of a
  sub-tree are annotated with ^.


Everyone knows that when you start to really look after your skin, your beauty routine becomes so much more of a joy than a chore. I feel my best when I am able to let my skin breathe without makeup and have a natural glow shine through. I like to give my skin a break every now and again from highly concentrated beauty products consisting of all kinds of unbeknown chemicals, which is why I've started incorporating more and more natural products into my routine.
I've been researching a lot into natural beauty products, and even dedicated a whole video to it on my YouTube channel, check it out here. Being so passionate about health, fitness and overall wellbeing, it only makes sense to apply the same passion towards beauty too. It becomes an organic process, when you put so much thought into what you eat and your exercise routine, to also look for those added health benefits in your toiletry bag. In this post I'm revealing what I use when I want a natural, minimal makeup look.
So to start with in the morning, after I have washed my face and pat dried with a fresh face cloth, I use my Caudalie Vinosource Moisturising Sorbet*. This is a beautiful product, consisting of 98% natural ingredients (which I love!). I like to use it in the morning to wake up my skin and give it a fresh, awakening feeling. It contains grape water and a hint of cucumber water and mint which is so soothing and hydrating, and is perfect for sensitive skin. It has a gel-cream consistency meaning it doesn't leave your skin feeling greasy and also provides a wonderful base for makeup. I've been finding that this has been a perfect addition to my Spring / Summer skincare routine because of how light and fresh it feels.
Once the Caudalie Vinosource Moisturising Sorbet has settled nicely into my skin I clip my hair back from my face to avoid those annoying strands getting in the way. I first apply concealer using my finger to lightly dab under my eyes and around any areas that need extra attention for a natural and minimal coverage. I follow that up with a stroke of bronzer over my cheek bones. I'm really enjoying a lighter base recently, especially now the weather is warming up, and it means I can have a bit more fun with makeup when I go to an event or dinner with friends in the evening.
After I have applied my base I like to keep it really simple on my eyes and lips. I had a full set of lash extensions fitted at the end of February and so got into a lovely routine of only applying one coat of mascara. Then I apply a tinted lip balm to keep the look really fresh and simple.
And that's it! It really is that simple. This look is great for when I'm out and about but if you are having a day to yourself, the life admin days, it's lovely to be able to rely on the Caudalie Vinosource Moisturising Sorbet alone. My skin can breathe and I get that glowy natural effect that means I feel confident to go make up free. If you would like to try out the new Vinosource range, you can buy any of the products on their website, including the Moisturising Sorbet*.
I'm a low maintenance girl now that I'm listening to my body and what it needs to feel healthy and happy.


Chronic conditions such as Alzheimer's, arthritis, cancer, COPD, diabetes and hypertension are more common than you may expect, with more than three quarters of Americans aged 65 and older suffering from two or more of these long-term diseases or illnesses.
Chronic conditions come at great expense to both patients and the healthcare system alike. According to a report released earlier this year, these long-term health issues account for 71 percent of healthcare costs.
In an effort to manage these diseases and control costs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established a process for chronic care management (CCM) designed to improve patients' lives through more frequent interaction with healthcare professionals, while reimbursing providers for their efforts. CCM includes services outside the regular face-to-face appointments, such as care coordination done via email, text or phone, medication management, and 24/7 accessibility.
For healthcare practices, successfully implementing a CCM program can result in reimbursements of $42 or more per patient each month. However, CCM is not being as widely adopted by providers as CMS has hoped. Many primary care physicians see a number of barriers to entry and have even held off implementing CCM processes, including unfamiliarity about what they can bill for and how much time documentation will take, as well as fears surrounding the potential administrative burden on staff members who may already feel overwhelmed with paperwork and patient demands.
With the right plan and tools in place, however, primary care practices — and their patients suffering from chronic conditions — can start to benefit from CCM as part of the shift to value-based care.
• Set up a standard enrollment workflow. If patients are flagged as eligible in their electronic health records (EHRs), healthcare providers should confirm that the patient has two or more eligible chronic conditions, and then recommend participation in the CCM program during an office visit. A patient will only need to provide verbal consent to enroll.
• Develop processes for ongoing implementation. CCM requires providers to schedule monthly outreach outside of office visits, including 20 minutes of care via email, text or phone. This outreach can be done by staff in your office, including the doctor, midwives, nurse specialists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, as long as they are licensed in the state in which the patient is receiving care. The type of outreach can vary from medication reconciliation and overseeing a patient's self-management of medication to following up after hospital discharges or sharing care plans based on the patient's comprehensive needs. After each interaction, the provider must review and update the care plan and inform the patient of any changes.
• File claims monthly. Claims for CCM reimbursements should be filed each month. While CCM fee requirements may seem overwhelming and confusing, there are solutions available on the market that can simplify the process and ensure your practice is properly reimbursed for providing enhanced services to patients with chronic conditions.
• Don't set it and forget it. Like any other new program, it is easy to start off fast but level off or even become neglected as time progresses. Regularly check the temperature of your CCM program to ensure you are consistently enrolling new patients and engaging with your enrolled population in a valuable way.
• Check for commercial payer reimbursement opportunities. While these tips apply to CMS specifically, you should also check with commercial payers to see if they reimburse at higher rates for active management of patients with chronic conditions. Often commercial payers have less stringent requirements and provide 15 to 20 percent higher payments than Medicare.
It's important to note that CCM does work. Studies conducted by my company have shown marked improvements in patients with diabetes who received care outside in-person appointments. Over time, with more regular engagement with their healthcare providers, these patients experienced reduced glucose and blood pressure levels.
In another study conducted at a Mississippi hospital, patients taking part in CCM programs were half as likely to both be admitted to the hospital and readmitted than the average Medicare recipient. CCM patients' hospital admissions rates were 12.6 percent, compared to 25.7 percent for the overall Medicare recipient, while readmission rates were 7.7 percent versus 15.2 percent.
If your practice has considered participating in CCM before, now is the time to execute. By applying these five tips, you can significantly increase Medicare reimbursements for a majority of your patients, which will not only help them more effectively manage their conditions, but also benefit the fiscal health of your practice.
Zachary Blunt is the manager of population health at Greenway Health, a leading health information technology and services provider. He has worked in the healthcare industry for more than eight years and has been a member of the Greenway team for five years. At Greenway, Zach focuses on the company's population health and patient engagement tools — he has a passion for improving patient behavior toward their overall health goals. Zach is an MBA candidate in the University of Florida program and received his Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange Specialist Certificates at the University of Texas at Austin. He currently resides in Tampa, Florida.


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W. E. B. Du Bois's "Conservation of Races": A Metaphilosophical Text
Kimberly Ann Harris
Metaphilosophy 50 (5):670-687 (2019)
Nothing was more important for W. E. B. Du Bois than to promote the upward mobility of African Americans. This essay revisits his "The Conversation of Races" to demonstrate its general philosophical importance. Ultimately, Du Bois's three motivations for giving the address reveal his view of the nature of philosophical inquiry: to critique earlier phenotypic conceptions of race, to show the essentiality of history, and to promote a reflexive practice. Commentators have been unduly invested in the hermeneutic readings and as a result have misunderstood it as a philosophical text. Du Bois did more than introduce the concept of race into the purview of philosophy, he provided a method for philosophical inquiry into a concept that is notoriously difficult to approach with precision. My goal here is to show why no introduction to philosophy and no discussion about the nature of philosophical inquiry is complete without consideration of "Conservation." Certainly, it is a text about race, but it is also an important philosophical text in general.
Keywords Du Bois Metaphilosophy The Conservation of Races Black Philosophy
Conceptions of Race in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Racial Identity in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
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Vodacom to Buy Controlling Stake of 55% in Vodafone Egypt
by Contrivers Buzz November 12, 2021 November 12, 2021 Leave a CommentVodacom to Buy Controlling Stake of 55% in Vodafone EgyptBusiness, The Buzz
South Africa's Vodacom Group has announced an ongoing transaction towards acquiring a controlling stake of 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt. The transaction which is valued at R41 billion or (US$2.738 billion) is subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals. This move by Vodacom reverberates Vodafone Egypt as a clear market leader in a fast-growing market and the proposed transaction provides a unique opportunity to accelerate Vodacom Group's growth.
The acquisition will see Vodacom get a 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt, which is the largest mobile network operator in Egypt with a 43% revenue market share, offering a range of integrated telecommunications services including voice, data, and mobile money services to 43 million consumer and enterprise customers. Egypt's appeal as an investment destination is supported by its economic growth outlook, large, young and growing population, and structural reform agenda.
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Commenting on the proposed transaction, Shameel Joosub, Chief Executive Officer of Vodacom Group, said, "Acquiring a majority stake in Vodafone Egypt would cement Vodacom Group's position as Africa's leading technology company by advancing our strategic connectivity and financial services ambitions while increasing our total population coverage on the continent to over half a billion people and more than 40% of Africa's GDP.
According to a media release on its website, Vodacom Group appointed PWC to provide a fair opinion on the proposed transaction, which will be included in the circular that will be distributed to shareholders ahead of a General Meeting in January 2022 at which minority shareholders will vote on the matter. As this is a related-party transaction, Vodafone, which currently holds a 60.5% stake in Vodacom Group, will be precluded from voting on this at the meeting. Once all of the condition precedents pertaining to the proposed transaction are met, the acquisition is expected to conclude before 31 March 2022.
In Egypt, Vodafone Egypt holds a strong network leadership position and is the country's largest mobile wallet provider through Vodafone Cash. According to the national telecom regulatory authority, Vodafone Cash had almost 90% of mobile wallet transactions as of August 2021.
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Jason Scott-Lee: Football Pioneer
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Jason Scott-Lee, c1940
In the summer of 2002 Everton announced the signing of Li Tie and Li Weifeng, two Chinese players who arrived on the back of a shirt sponsorship deal with Chinese telecommunications company, Kejian. The pair appeared together just twice for the Blues, in a 1-0 defeat to Southampton and a League Cup victory over Wrexham (the latter notable for Wayne Rooney scoring his first senior Everton goals). Li Weifeng's spell on Merseyside was short-lived, but Li Tie would win over sceptics and become an integral member of the first eleven in his debut season. A break to his shin on international duty ruined the rest of his Everton career; his contract expired in 2006 with him having made a modest 40 appearances.
Li Tie and Li Wiefeng were not the first players with Chinese heritage to appear for Everton, however. On 10 September 1942, the Liverpool Evening Express trumpeted the news that Everton FC was on the brink of making history with 'two Chinese footballers playing for them in their derby games with Liverpool.'
The players in question, both Merseyside-raised and of mixed English-Chinese background, were Frank Soo and Jason Scott-Lee. Soo (1914-1991) had arrived at Stoke City via Liverpool Schoolboys and Prescott Cables. He became a star player for the Potters and would go on to represent England in nine wartime matches (sadly, these are not recognized in the record books as official appearances). He had been pencilled in to appear as a guest player for the Toffees (a common occurrence in wartime fixtures) but, in the event, did not play in the derby. In fact, he had already made one appearance for Everton at the tail-end of the previous season – making a very favourable impression in a 6-1 hammering of Manchester City. Soo grabbed a brace and the Daily Post recorded: 'One of the main reasons for Everton's improved display was the inclusion of Soo, the Stoke City and England half-back. Playing inside-left, Soo transferred the Everton attack. He was always well up in the van of every Everton onslaught, yet found time and energy to help the defence in time of stress. He fed Lawton and Stevenson in a way they have not enjoyed for a long time, and in continuation with Stevenson on the extreme left flank formed a brilliant wing.'
Post-war, Soo was on the books of Leicester City, Luton Town and Chelmsford. He would then embark on a peripatetic management career – much of it in Scandinavia. Soo's later life was tough and he passed away in Cheadle, Staffordshire in January 1991, aged 76, having lived for some time with dementia. His life has been documented by Susan Gardiner in 'The Wanderer' and a foundation has been set-up in his name (thefranksoofoundation.org.uk).
But what of Jason Scott-Lee, who turned out for the Everton A (third) team on 12 September in the County Combination against their Liverpool FC counterparts? Although being only the second Eurasian player to represent the club, his story has not been fully told, until now.
Chan Lee as a young man
For context, we need, first, to go back to 1911 when a ship named the SS Kitano Maru set sail for England from Hong Kong. Listed on its passenger manifest was Chan Chin Lee. He'd had a tough upbringing in the Guangdong province of China. Abandoned by his mother and orphaned when his father died, he was raised by relatives in Macao. He picked up English and French language skills as well as several Chinese dialects. With unrest in China rife, he headed for England – maybe for a better life or, perhaps, to raise funds for the political struggle back home. Docking in London his family name was inadvertently switched by British officials from Chan to Lee (due to a failure to understand Chinese naming conventions). He continued his journey by land to Liverpool to establish contact with the Chinese community there. Over time, he would establish himself as one of the most respected and influential figures in the original 'Chinatown' community which centred on Pitt Street (an area that had also been the residence of Jewish and Scandinavian communities). Many of the Chinese men were employed by the Joseph Holt Shipping Line (Blue Funnel) whilst Chan, himself, employed some compatriots in his businesses in Chinatown.
The First World War brought an influx of Chinese men to Britain to aid the war effort. They arrived, mainly from Mandarin-speaking Shandong Province, in the expectation that a defeated Germany would be obliged to return its Chinese colonies to Chinese sovereignty (in fact, the territories were handed to Japan in 1919). During the conflict, the Chinese Labour Corps/British Army Labour Corps would support the British forces by performing non-combative tasks such as digging trenches, burying the war dead, driving ambulances and servicing military vehicles. Some men never made it to the front – taken by 'Spanish Flu' before sailing for France and Belgium. In Anfield Cemetery, three graves stand dedicated to a trio of such unfortunate people, buried far from home.
Chan would purchase his tobacco from a shop where Gwenllian Ward and her sister worked as assistants. Gwenllian was from the Cotswolds but had travelled extensively in Europe with her mother and step-father, a Greek ship's carpenter, before settling in Liverpool. Chan would, go on to date Gwenllian and they would have five children together. Jason Lee, their second of five children, was born in 1921 and raised in the family home in Liverpool. A multi-talented child – he was proficient musically (guesting on violin with the Liverpool Philharmonic at one point) and possessed great rhythm and balance which were expressed in his passions of dancing and football.
Jason Scott Lee with his violin, 1933
In the 1930s, the racial prejudice experienced by the Chinese men, inflamed by concerns over some of them courting local women, was accompanied by financial hardship. Chinatown dwindled due to emigration, older men dying and children of mixed-ethnicity settling into the wider Liverpool area. Chan harboured hopes of going back to China with his family but the move never came to pass; Japan declared war on China in 1937 and returning to China became impossible. After he lost his properties, and fought Liverpool council in the courts and lost, Chan spent a month in Walton Gaol for not paying court costs. Subsequently he felt obliged to move the family to Rhyl to operate a laundry owned by a friend. With the storm clouds of war gathering, it was a prudent move but Chan detested the toil of laundry work which failed to reap the financial rewards expected. However, the outbreak of war brought a fresh influx of 20,000 Chinese men to work for Blue Funnel and Anglo-Saxon Petroleum (Shell) in the British Merchant Fleet on the treacherous Atlantic convoys (the Chinese Seamen's Pool accounted for 15% of seamen working out of Liverpool during this period). Sensing a business opportunity, Chan moved back to Liverpool, leaving the family in relative safety in North Wales. His café-cum-gambling house on Oxford Street and, subsequently, Upper Canning Street proved popular with the sailors.
Jason, meanwhile, who had appended Scott to his surname of Lee - perhaps to anglicise his name, but also because he was great admirer of Scott of the Antarctic - was emerging as a footballer of some promise. He came to the attention of Manchester United and joined the club's junior team on amateur forms during the 1940/41 season. On 6 December 1941, he was called up to the United first team in place of Charlie Mitten, for a War League match played at Maine Road (Old Trafford being unavailable due to bomb-damage). Positioned on the left wing, with future Everton manager, Johnny Carey, alongside him, Jason contributed to a 10-3 rout of Wrexham. This history-making appearance by a player with a Chinese ancestry brought scant comment in the Mancunian press. The Manchester Chronicle merely noted that Jason was a Bangor University student (in fact he was a Liverpool University medical student). He retained his place for the return fixture at the Racecourse Ground a week later, a 2-2 draw. He would also be selected for a New Year's Day draw with Bolton Wanderers.
At the beginning of the 1942/43 season, it was reported that Theo Kelly, Everton's Secretary-Manager, had secured Jason's services on loan from United ('guesting' being a common occurrence in wartime football). The Liverpool Evening Express, on reporting his capture noted that 'the lad has the makings of a tip-top centre forward.' His debut for the Blues' A (third) team came in the 1-0 defeat to Liverpool in September. He would appear on a fairly regular basis for Everton as an inside-left forward (his preferred position) for the next two seasons in the A and reserve teams. Jason did continue to turn-out for Manchester United's first team when feasible. His four United appearances in the 1942/43 season included a 2-1 defeat in October at Anfield. His seventh, and final, United outing came on 2 January 1943 in a 4-1 loss to Chester.
Jason Scott-Lee kicking a ball, c1940
Jason made his senior debut for Everton in place of the injured Gordon Watson. He lined up alongside Stan Bentham and T.G. Jones in the Toffees' half-back line on 2 October 1943. Of the 0-0 stalemate with Burnley, Pilot (Liverpool Evening Express) wrote: 'There were some delightful touches by Scott-Lee, as Everton proceeded to call the tune, but continued to keep the ball a little too close.' Meanwhile, Ranger, of the Daily Post reported, 'Scott-Lee making his senior debut, had rather too much of a handful with the Burnley right wing but struck to his task with rare determination and was well covered by Greenhalgh who played a splendid game.' He retained his place in the side for the following week's Merseyside derby. The 6-4 home defeat was a chastening experience for the Blues, and Jason in particular. Pilot wrote: 'Young Scott-Lee was out of his depth for Everton and was generally chasing shadows, while Bentham, anxious to attack, sacrificed defence, and Jack Balmer made the most of it. With the wing half-backs found wanting. Tommy Jones had an impossible task facing that deadly Balmer-Welsh-Done trio who switched positions so bewilderingly.' It should not be over-looked that Jason, a nimble forward by trade, was being asked to fulfil a largely defensive role against a Liverpool attack compromising three excellent forward players. This would be Jason's final senior outing for the Blues. He would return to appearing to the reserve and A teams with regularity until early in 1944.
From late 1944 into 1945 a 'Lee' (not first name noted) was reported to be playing for Tranmere Rovers (making 15 appearances). Although not explicitly identified as Jason, it was reported in the press that in July 1945 that, on expiration of his registration with Manchester United, Jason was one of seven new signings made by Tranmere ahead of the 1945/46 season. Although now a de-facto Rovers player he never made any senior appearances – and so his football career drew to a close. Perhaps juggling football and medical studies, along with his other passion of ballroom dancing, was proving too much of a challenge.
Scott-Lee with his siblings and parents, 1940
Meanwhile, for Jason's father, Chan, and the Chinese population of Liverpool, events were taking a sinister turn. In the months following the end of the war, the Home Office took steps to deport the Chinese seamen who had settled in the UK, mainly in Liverpool. The action began at the tail-end of 1945, initially aimed at 'undesirable' Chinese seamen (the term 'undesirable' being stretched beyond all reasonable limits). Underhand methods were used to push-through the deportation of men, most of whom were residing legitimately in England. Landing conditions, which had been set when the men had arrived in Liverpool, were retrospectively amended to set new leaving dates. When these men would could not, or would not, depart in such a short space of time, they were classed as 'over-stayers' and rounded up by the police, ready for deportation.
Blue Funnel Line, which had not forgiven the Chinese seamen for launching a short-lived industrial action in protest at unequal wages during the war, willingly laid on the transportation of the men by cargo vessel back to China – a country in a state of turmoil and civil war. By July 1946, 1,362 men were recorded as having left Liverpool by sea (some did so voluntarily but the majority left under duress). It is estimated that 300 of the sailors had partnered Liverpool women, many young children of mixed heritage saw their fathers deported – never to be seen again. All representations by members of the Chinese community and the Liverpudlian wives of the seaman were brushed aside by officialdom.
This human tragedy, which saw the sailors being sent to an uncertain future, their wives and partners left destitute and their children heartbroken, lay largely unreported until Yvonne Foley, daughter of one of the repatriated Chinese men, sought to bring it to the public's attention. Her website, halfandhalf.org.uk, makes for fascinating, and often depressing, reading. In 2005, Gregory Lee's BBC Radio 4 documentary Liverbirds and Laundrymen brought the episode to a wider audience. A memorial plaque can now be found at Pier Head. It reads:
To the Chinese Merchant Seamen who served this country well during both world wars.
For those who gave their lives for this country - thank you.
To the many Chinese Merchant Seamen, who, after both world wars, were required to leave.
For their wives and partners who were left in ignorance of what happened to their men.
For the children who never knew their fathers.
This is a small reminder of what took place. We hope nothing like it will ever happen again.
For your memory
The enforced exodus of Chinese men eliminated Chan's custom and his seamen's café business became unsustainable. Subsequent influxes of Chinese people to Liverpool have overwhelmingly consisted of Cantonese families, who arrived via Hong Kong (a British territory on lease from China until 1997).
Photo credit: Gregory Lee
Jason would never finish his medical studies but he would continue to dance. He'd win ballroom competitions with Anne Crossland (who was crowned Miss Rhyl in 1947) and, being quite the renaissance man, he designed and made Anne's ballroom gowns. The couple married in Rhyl in October 1947 and went on to have four children (one of whom died in infancy). Jason ran a taxi company and, in later life, worked in education for children with disabilities. He also helped one of his sons set-up a successful North Wales photographic business, still finding time to become an accomplished golfer. Jason was still dancing until close to his death on 29 October 2002, aged 81. Anne was laid to rest with him in Maeshyfryd Cemetery, Rhyl, four years later.
The talent for performance has passed down the family line as Jason and Anne's grandchildren include Lisa Scott-Lee and Andy Scott-Lee, who enjoyed chart success with Steps and 3SL, respectively, in the 1990s.
As for Chan, he passed away in 1963, seven years before Gwenllian. He lies in the Chinese section of Anfield Cemetery, close to the graves of the Chinese Labour Corps members who passed away during the course of First World War.
Top left: Chinese Labour Corps graves in Anfield Cemetery. Top right: Chinese Labour Corps grave plaque. Bottom: Pier head plaque and close up view
My sincere thanks go to Gregory Lee (Twitter: @GBLee) for his invaluable assistance with this article. Thanks, also, to Yvonne Foley for supplying images of the memorial plaque at Pier Head.
Sources and further reading:
The Eighth Chinese Merchant and the Disappeared Seamen – by Gregory B. Lee (available on Apple Books.)
Chinas Unlimited: Making the Imaginaries of China and Chineseness – by Gregory B. Lee (Routledge and University of Hawaii Press)
halfandhalf.org.uk website (Liverpool and its Chinese Seamen) by Yvonne Foley
The Wanderer: The Story of Frank Soo – by Susan Gardiner (Electric Blue Publishing)
Billy Smith (bluecorrespondent.co.uk)
Steve Johnson (evertonresults.com)
Kjell Hanssen (playupliverpool.com)
Manchester Chronicle
Liverpool Evening Express
Liverpool Daily Post
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The 10-year-old girl who was struck in a hit-and-run accident on Southgate Boulevard earlier this month may be leaving the hospital this month.
Fairfield police Officer Doug Day said that according to reports Mahayla Lester of Fairfield might be released from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center by the end of the month after sustaining a broken leg and fractured skull.
Investigators are trying to figure out who owns the "sporty white vehicle with dark tinted windows" and blue lights — which were either covers or aftermarket LED lights — coming off the back of the vehicle.
"The car is distinctive enough that somebody knows that car," Day said.
But nothing has panned out thus far.
Mahayla Lester and her 13-year-old brother were crossing Southgate Boulevard from Kroger around 6:15 p.m. on Feb. 4 when she was struck. Day said they were both crossing the road at the same time, and while her brother committed to crossing, Mahayla hesitated.
Mahayla's body flipped over the top of the car and landed in a gutter. They were about 500 feet from their home, police said.
Day said investigators just "want to talk" with the driver of the car. They may have thought they hit an animal, and not a 10-year-old girl, he said.
Fairfield West elementary principal Missy Muller told our news partner WCPO-TV that Mahayla's fifth-grade classmates have made stacks of get-well cards.


The Jewish Chaplaincy Council of Massachusetts (JCCM) originated in 1955 to serve the Jewish community's spiritual needs at hospital and nursing home bedsides. The agency used to be run on a denominational basis, with representation from the various branches of the Jewish community in the composition of both the board and the rabbis serving as chaplains.
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We assist a vulnerable and diverse segment of the Massachusetts Jewish community: hospital patients of all ages, hospice patients, elderly nursing home residents, their family members and attending staff.
Our chaplains provide individualized spiritual care around the clock, 7 days a week. Services include bedside and home visits, Shabbat and holiday programs, and Judaic text study sessions.
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Help us reach those in need of spiritual counseling and comfort.
Jewish chaplains are trained in the art of spiritual care, assisting people to identify meaning in their lives and experiences. We help individuals connect with their inner emotional and spiritual resources. With this new-found awareness, people find the strength and resilience to face the challenges in their lives. All JCCM chaplains are trained to be interfaith chaplains and can work with people from any religious background.
Research indicates that when we attend to the spiritual needs of hospital patients and nursing home residents, their overall health improves and their medical experience is more positive.


I am on the Simbad Regime Discord. Great group of folks who really helped me out when I first got the game and was very lost (And ready to give up; to be honest) on understanding the game, the grind, etc.
Exploration and BGS would be my intentions. I am fascinated by how BGS works, as far as controlling and expanding systems. It has become a ritual to check the tick around 10AM (EST) when systems update. On the Simbad discord, there are a handful of player factions on there, so plenty of areas to get my daily BGS fix. I recall when they were struggling for control in the Colonia region (Far Tauri), and I just so happen to be coming back from a two month exploration to Sag. A and other areas, and my data saved the day. That was my introduction to BGS. Not gonna lie, that was a badass feeling!
My latest adventure to The Zurara is what led me to the mystery of Raxxla, which in turn led me to here. I wanna be able to put my stamp in, probably, the greatest unsolved mystery of this game. There isn't much information I've come across about Raxxla, compared to other lore. The little there is, leads to dead ends, or fake post of players claiming they've found it. I know there is more to it. I figure, what better way to discover the truth, than from the source itself. I know the dedication of your player faction, and I really feel I can offer assistance in achieving that goal. Whether you're in BGS need, or have an area that may hold knowledge that needs exploring, I'd like to offer aid.
Thanks for taking the time to read my application. Even if I do not qualify to join your ranks, throw me a "o7" if you ever see me around your neck of the woods.
Thank you for taking the time to apply to The Children Of Raxxla, unfortunately we are unable to offer you the rank of Cadet at this time.


Imaginary Sunshine » Say what now?
I've been getting a lot of mail lately. Some of it was solicited (TEXTBOOKS!!#$%!) and others was not (dear playhouse that I purchased musical tickets from you 2 years ago, you'd think because I haven't bought tickets in 2 years, that would be a hint to stop wasting paper). Unfortunately, I'm still unable to intercept the mail so my dad always sees it first.
Dad: Why are you getting mail from [insert name of local community college]?
D: long pause. What program?
M: Their 4 year nursing program.
D: longer pause, I can practically see the wheels churning inside of his head. Is it the same program as at [insert name of big university/the one that I attend]?
D: hands over the envelope, finally. Okay.
Because even nearly 5 years after I graduated from high school and even after he even admitted that trades was an "appropriate" career choice, he still has a problem with smaller schools, or not internationally recognized institutions, even if they're public, government funded & approved schools.
My sister J started school this week. She graduated from said Big University in either 2006 and is just going back to school now for a trades program. Granted, it's a medical-relate program, so it's not like she's becoming a mechanic. But J is the Golden Child™ and can never do anything wrong. So because she applied (and was accepted into) a trades program, suddenly trades is the Best Thing Ever.
D: Why didn't you go into trades as well?
But really. Having my dad tell me when I'm 9 credits away from finishing my BSc that I should have gone into some sort of trades instead? Like a knife through the heart. Maybe he should have been pushing that for the first 17 years of my life instead. Or maybe he should just keep his opinions to himself.
Wow, your dad can really be a jerk sometimes and say some really idiotic and hurtful things.
Don't worry, my dad is the same way! My sister is his golden child even though she's failing middle school. Anyway, good luck with finishing school and don't let him get to you too much!
This is what I'm worried about for university – nobody seems to get a job afterwards, well, not one you need the degree for anyway. A lot of the people who I worked at Asda with were ex-uni students who couldn't find a job in their chosen field. I'm really scared that my degree might be a complete waste of money, it gives me a chance to put off being an adult though haha.
It's terrible what your Dad said, but don't take it to heart. Do whatever you want to do, it's your life, not theirs. You should be proud of how far you've come in Uni, many people would've failed long before then, so stick at it and don't worry. I'm lucky that my parents don't pressure me into choosing what they want me to do, they've always supported what me and my sister want to do fully. And strangely, my sister wants to join the circus and they're fully supportive haha. Good luck with the rest of your degree, I'm sure you'll do great.
It is moments like this that make me seriously glad that my Father ran for the hills when he discovered I was a girl…seriously, though, a part of me can understand where he is coming from. He is probably noticing all of these people who have Bachelor's Degrees in whatever having trouble finding employment and he is still in the I have to take care of my children thing. So, he is encouraging you to get a job in the Trades. 🙂 To make him feel a bit better, do the research on the growth of your chosen field and show it to him. It might make him back off a bit. Best of luck!


Dalton Police say the arrest of a prowler has led to charges in connection with at least nine burglaries.
(WRCB) – Dalton Police say the arrest of a prowler has led to charges in connection with at least nine burglaries.
DPD investigators have charged Loyal Franklin Elam, III, 47-years-old, of 807 West Crawford Street with eight counts of burglary, six counts of theft by taking, and one count of loitering/prowling in relation to at least nine incidents dating back to November 2010.
Police say further charges are possible.
Elam was arrested on Monday night, when an employee of Polystar at 408 Brook Hollow Drive spotted his gray flatbed Ford truck pulling behind an abandoned residence on Callahan Road.
The employee recognized the vehicle from surveillance video of two burglaries that occurred at Polystar in the past month, including one in the early morning hours of December 26th.
A Whitfield County Sheriff's Deputy stopped Elam as he was trying to pull out from behind the residence. Dalton officers heard the call from dispatch and recognized the vehicle description from reports of the burglaries and went to the scene. Elam was arrested for prowling.
Dalton investigators interviewed Elam and obtained search warrants for his residence. During that search, officers say numerous power tools, computers, and pieces of computing equipment were identified as stolen in recent commercial burglaries and were seized.
Investigators have been able to return many items to their rightful owners, with at least $10,000 worth of returned property.
Elam is charged in connection with nine burglaries which have occurred mostly in the past month and mostly in the area of Callahan Road.
Thermal Systems at 464 Callahan Road was burglarized three times, once in November 2010, once in November 2011, and again December 15th. In those incidents, computer equipment, thermal imaging tools and other items were taken, totaling more than $20,000 worth of stolen property.
Polystar at 408 Brook Hollow Drive was burglarized twice, December 10th and December 26th with various tools worth more than $2,000 stolen.
Fiber Tech at 432 Callahan Road was burglarized Sunday morning, December 25th, with more than $4,500 worth of computer equipment and tools stolen.
Whitfield Memorial Gardens at 710 West Cuyler Street was burglarized December 1st, with more than $1,000 worth of lawn equipment taken.
Barrett Carpet Mills at 2216 Abutment Road was burglarized December 5th with computer equipment worth more than $5,000 taken.
Custom Textile at 213 Boring Drive was burglarized August 7th with tools and equipment worth more than $2,000 taken.
Dalton Police investigators are still trying to return recovered items to their rightful owners. Investigators ask anyone that has had a commercial burglary in the past two years to please contact either Detective Ricky Long at 706-278-9085, extension 168 or Detective John Helton at 706-278-9085, extension 143.


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Iran accusations wipe US$17-billion off Standard Chartered shares
A New York bank regulator's broadside against Standard Chartered Plc for allegedly hiding US$250-billion in transactions tied to Iran left investors and the bank questioning the motive for the ambush, which wiped US$17-billion off its value
HONG KONG/LONDON – A New York bank regulator's broadside against Standard Chartered Plc for allegedly hiding US$250-billion in transactions tied to Iran left investors and the bank questioning the motive for the ambush, which wiped US$17-billion off its value.
London-based Standard Chartered hit back at the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) threat to tear up its state banking licence on Tuesday, dismissing the charge that it was a "rogue institution" that "schemed" with the Iranian government as a distortion of the facts.
Bank insiders were as shocked as investors by the ferocity of the DFS accusations over its involvement with Iran, which is subject to U.S. sanctions over its nuclear program.
Chief Executive Peter Sands scrambled back from his vacation as the bank held hastily convened conference calls to plan its defence and try to limit the damage caused to its reputation.
The U.S. agency said Standard Chartered hid 60,000 secret transactions to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in fees over nearly 10 years.
Shares in Standard Chartered closed down 16.4% at 12.28 pounds, taking their losses to 24% since the news surfaced just before Monday's close. They had earlier slumped as low as 10.92, their lowest for three years.
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"Even the so-called 'safe' banks like StanChart and HSBC seem to be crumbling, with their reputation in tatters. No one, it seems, is immune," said one institutional investor, who asked not to be named.
"Some of the language used is very disturbing. Of course, it could be that the Americans are exaggerating, but somehow that doesn't seem to be the case here," the investor said.
A fund manager for a major institutional shareholder in the bank, however, commented that "sensational language" used by the regulator "diminished" its allegations.
The bank, which has been in talks with U.S. authorities since early 2010 over the matter, had exposed the U.S. banking system to terrorists, drug traffickers and corrupt states, the DFS said.
The New York regulator described how officials at Standard Chartered, one of the banks least tarnished during the financial crisis thanks to its focus on emerging markets and a conservative approach to capital and liquidity, had debated whether to continue Iranian dealings.
In October 2006, the top official for business in the Americas, whom the regulator did not name, warned in a "panicked message" that the Iranian dealings could cause "catastrophic reputational damage" and "serious criminal liability."
Even the so-called 'safe' banks like StanChart and HSBC seem to be crumbling, with their reputation in tatters. No one, it seems, is immune
A group executive director in London shot back, according to a New York branch officer quoted in a document published by the regulator: "You f—ing Americans. Who are you to tell us, the rest of the world, that we're not going to deal with Iranians."
The reply showed "obvious contempt for U.S. banking regulations", the regulator said.
At that time the bank had five executive directors: Peter Sands, now chief executive; Richard Meddings, now finance director; Mervyn Davies, a UK Labour Party peer; Kai Nargolwala, who was poached by Credit Suisse and left the Swiss bank last year; and Mike DeNoma, who resigned as CEO of Chinatrust Financial in August.
Standard Chartered's Americas CEO was Ray Ferguson, who is now its Singapore CEO.
None of the people could be reached for comment or else declined to comment.
U.S. RULES "UNCLEAR"
Standard Chartered said the bank "does not believe the order issued by the DFS presents a full and accurate picture of the facts."
The loss of a New York banking licence would be a devastating blow for a foreign bank, effectively cutting off direct access to the U.S. bank market. Standard Chartered processes US$190-billion every day for global clients, the New York bank regulator said.
David Proctor, who worked for Standard Chartered from 1999 until 2006 and was CEO in the United Arab Emirates from March to June 2006 when he had the Iran business briefly report to him, said the rules on dealing with Iran were unclear.
"At the time (in May 2006), many international banks active in Iran were trying to adjust to increased attention from the U.S. There was a lack of clarity over what was and wasn't allowed. The key question was to try and understand exactly what counted as a U-turn transaction," he said.
The United States imposed economic sanctions on Iran in 1979, but until November 2008 U.S. banks could process some transactions for Iranian banks or individuals provided they were initiated offshore by non-Iranian foreign banks and were on the way to other non-Iranian foreign banks, known as "U-turns."
Proctor, who now provides advice for banks with BAS Consulting in Singapore, added: "I don't think it's a matter of fighting this case; Standard Chartered just has to get to the bottom of what happened. Banks these days don't have a choice. You have to be transparent."
Standard Chartered is the third British bank to be ensnared in U.S. law enforcement probes this summer. Barclays Plc agreed to pay US$453-million to settle U.S. and British probes that it rigged a global lending benchmark in June.
A month later, a U.S. Senate panel issued a scathing report that criticised HSBC Holding Plc's efforts to police suspect transactions, including Mexican drug traffickers.
STANCHART SAYS "OVERWHELMINGLY COMPLIED"
Standard Chartered said it shared with U.S. agencies an analysis that demonstrated it "acted to comply, and overwhelmingly did comply" with U.S. regulations.
Standard Chartered put the total value of Iran-related transactions which did not follow regulations at less than US$14-million, based on its review of the issue, in stark contrast to the DFS's US$250-billion estimate.
Standard Chartered said the DFS's interpretation of the U-turn exemption "is incorrect as a matter of law". It said 99.9% of its transactions relating to Iran had complied with a U.S. framework.
The figure alleged by the New York regulator would cover the equivalent of 71% of the $350-billion total Iranian oil export revenues for the seven years of 2001-2007, according to OPEC data.
"The group was … surprised to receive the order from the DFS, given that discussions with the agencies were ongoing," Standard Chartered said. "We intend to discuss these matters with the DFS and to contest their position."
The bank has to appear before the DFS on Aug. 15.
"Some people were walking around under the illusion that Standard Chartered was the world's first riskless bank, and it's not. We've discovered that Standard Chartered is a mortal bank – as they all are," said Gareth Hunt, financials analyst at Canaccord Genuity, who rates the stock a "sell."
Hugh Young, managing director in Singapore at Aberdeen Asset Management Asia, the third biggest shareholder in the bank said: "It's something to worry about, although I noticed a lot of emotive and sensational language which slightly diminishes the allegation.
"The StanChart we recognise is not the rogue bank portrayed in the allegation," he added.
Standard Chartered is the sixth foreign bank since 2008 to be implicated in dealings with sanctioned countries such as Iran in investigations led by federal and New York law enforcement officials.
Four banks — Barclays, Lloyds, Credit Suisse and ING – have agreed to fines and settlements totalling US$1.8-billion. HSBC currently is under investigation by U.S. law enforcement, according to bank regulatory filings.
The New York regulator, headed by former prosecutor Benjamin Lawsky, ordered Standard Chartered to explain why the bank should not lose its state licence and the ability to process dollar transactions. Lawsky also ordered the bank to bring in an outside consultant to monitor its transactions.
"Standard Chartered Bank operated as a rogue institution," Lawsky said in the order.
Lawsky's investigation is unusual because probes into banks' transactions tied to Iran have been primarily led by the district attorney's office in Manhattan and the U.S. Justice Department.
The cost to buy protection for five years against Standard Chartered defaulting on its debts rose to 166,000 euros for 10-million euros' worth, up from 140,000 euros on Monday, according to Markit.
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Cellular "Glue" to Regenerate Tissues, Heal Wounds, Regrow Nerves
Synthetic Molecules that Adhere Cells Could Galvanize Regenerative Medicine
By Robin Marks
Researchers at UC San Francisco have engineered molecules that act like "cellular glue," allowing them to direct in precise fashion how cells bond with each other. The discovery represents a major step toward building tissues and organs, a long-sought goal of regenerative medicine.
Adhesive molecules are found naturally throughout the body, holding its tens of trillions of cells together in highly organized patterns. They form structures, create neuronal circuits and guide immune cells to their targets. Adhesion also facilitates communication between cells to keep the body functioning as a self-regulating whole.
In a new study, published in the Dec. 12, 2022, issue of Nature, researchers engineered cells containing customized adhesion molecules that bound with specific partner cells in predictable ways to form complex multicellular ensembles.
"We were able to engineer cells in a manner that allows us to control which cells they interact with, and also to control the nature of that interaction," said senior author Wendell Lim, PhD, the Byers Distinguished Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and director of UCSF's Cell Design Institute. "This opens the door to building novel structures like tissues and organs."
Wendell Lim, PhD, director of UCSF's Cell Design Institute, holds a cellular model in his office at UCSF's Mission Bay Campus. Photo by Elena Zhukova
Regenerating Connections Between Cells
Bodily tissues and organs begin to form in utero and continue developing through childhood. By adulthood, many of the molecular instructions that guide these generative processes have disappeared, and some tissues, like nerves, cannot heal from injury or disease.
Lim hopes to overcome this by engineering adult cells to make new connections. But doing this requires an ability to precisely engineer how cells interact with one another.
"The properties of a tissue, like your skin for example, are determined in large part by how the different cells are organized within it," said Adam Stevens, PhD, the Hartz Fellow in the Cell Design Institute and the first author of the paper. "We're devising ways to control this organization of cells, which is central to being able to synthesize tissues with the properties we want them to have."
We're devising ways to control this organization of cells, which is central to being able to synthesize tissues with the properties we want them to have.
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Much of what makes a given tissue distinct is how tightly its cells are bonded together. In a solid organ, like a lung or a liver, many of the cells will be bonded quite tightly. But in the immune system, weaker bonds enable the cells to flow through blood vessels or crawl between the tightly bound cells of skin or organ tissues to reach a pathogen or a wound.
To direct that quality of cell bonding, researchers designed their adhesion molecules in two parts. One part of the molecule acts as a receptor on the outside of the cell and determines which other cells it will interact with. A second part, inside the cell, tunes the strength of the bond that forms. The two parts can be mixed and matched in a modular fashion, creating an array of customized cells that bond in different ways across the spectrum of cell types.
The Code Underlying Cellular Assembly
Stevens said these discoveries also have other applications. For example, researchers could design tissues to model disease states, to make it easier to study them in human tissue.
Cell adhesion was a key development in the evolution of animals and other multicellular organisms, and custom adhesion molecules may offer a deeper understanding of how the path from single to multicellular organisms began.
"It's very exciting that we now understand much more about how evolution may have started building bodies," he said. "Our work reveals a flexible molecular adhesion code that determines which cells will interact, and in what way. Now that we are starting to understand it, we can harness this code to direct how cells assemble into tissues and organs. These tools could be really transformative."
Authors: Other authors include Josiah Gerdts, Ki Kim, and Wesley McKeithan of the UCSF Cell Design Institute and the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Jonathan Ramirez and Faranak Fattahi of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research and the Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Coralie Tentesaux and Ophir Klein of the UCSF Program in Craniofacial Biology and Department of Orofacial Sciences, and Andrew Harris and Dan Fletcher, of UC Berkeley Dept. of Bioengineering.
Funding: This work was supported by NSF grant DBI-1548297, NIH grant U01CA265697, and a Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation postdoctoral fellowship (DRG-#2355-19).
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Mother of missing East County teen questions ex-boyfriend's role
Posted 6:57 PM, August 22, 2018, by FOX 5 Digital Team and Misha DiBono
EL CAJON, Calif. -- The mother of Kiera Bergman, a 19-year-old El Cajon native who has been missing in Arizona for nearly a month, voiced new suspicions about her daughter's ex-boyfriend in an interview with FOX 5 on Wednesday.
"From what I'm hearing, he is the last person that saw her. That's why I feel like there's more to it than what he's saying," said Kiersten Bragg. "I'm praying that she is still alive, but with how long she been missing, the thought in the back of my head is that if she's not, then where is she?"
Bergman grew up in El Cajon and graduated from Valhalla High School. She moved to the Phoenix area in March to be with her boyfriend, 23-year-old Jon Clark, but the couple later broke up and she moved in with a friend. The teen has been missing for about three weeks.
Kiera Lanae Bergman was last seen at her home on Aug. 4, according to Phoenix Police.
(Phoenix Police Department via Fox News)
"I heard they got into a fight over Facetime and then Kiera went home early and Jon picked her up. Employees said she looked distraught and they saw her leave with him," Bragg told FOX 5.
That was on Aug. 4. When Bergman didn't come home Saturday night and didn't show up to work Monday, she was reported missing by her roommate.
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Her purse, keys and car were all at the home. Her roommate said she also received a strange text. Her mother says the message didn't sound like her at all: "Anyone that knows her, knows she sends really short text messages."
Bragg said she was never a fan of Clark because her daughter had confided in her that he had some unsavory characteristics. "She let me know he scammed people. To me, that's not a good person," Bergman's mother said.
Clark has not been named a suspect in the teen's disappearance, but he was arrested on unrelated charges on Friday. He faces 22 counts of aggravated identity theft and two counts of forgery. "I really don't believe him now, after the situation he's in," Bragg said of the charges.
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In an Instagram post and in interviews with media outlets, Clark has denied keeping any information from investigators or Bergman's family. He says that after the argument on Aug. 4, the teen walked out of his apartment and stopped answering messages from him.
"I love Kiera with all my heart and would never do anything negative to her or put her in harms way," Clark's post begins.
Later, the 23-year-old addresses doubts expressed by Bergman's family: "It hurts me so deeply that I was not able to attend Kiera's Vigil of Hope because her mom did not want me there ... To all of Kiera's family that still wants to look at me negatively, you better have this same energy when (Kiera) comes home, because we will spend the rest of our lives together and I will never forget the way you're treating me."
This is to get the record staright with Kieras family. Im tired of the negative accusations and alienation of me when it comes to anything going on with her. I love Kiera deeply and you're wrong for treating me this way. #kierabergman #findkiera
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