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Bedwas skipper Alun Rees on the charge
Relegation rivals Cross Keys and Llanelli are next on the agenda at the Bridge Field and skipper Alun Rees knows that carrying on where they left off against Neath could determine whether or not they stay up.
"It is not a nice place to be, but we've just got to keep turning up and working hard in training and putting in a shift on a Saturday," said Rees.
"We will keep plugging away and we hope that by the end of the season our results will speak for themselves and we will have done enough to stay up. It is a massive dog fight down the bottom of the league.
"We know we've got to beat the teams around us. That's why the game against Neath was so important - we had to get a win.
"It's great to still be in the WRU National Cup, but our focus is very much on the league at the moment."
Bedwas ran in five tries to earn a vital bonus-point victory over the gutsy Welsh All Blacks, who kept in touch with three scores of their own. The five-point triumph lifted the Bridge Field side out of the bottom four by two clear points on a weekend when crucially both Llanelli and Cross Keys emerged pointless.
Man of the match Joe Scrivens ended the game with a 16-point haul. He notched his first three to level early on after Jordan Rees opened the scoring for Neath with a penalty.
The Bedwas skipper and hooker, Rees, powered over from close range for a converted try, before No8 Dale Rogers touched down to make it 17-6. Bedwas were threatening to run away with it before half-time when Adam Williams raced down the wing to score, but Neath scrum-half Nicky Griffiths snuck over to narrow the gap to 11 points at half-time with a try against his former club.
Ospreys and former Wales Under 20 centre Keiran Williams cut through after half-time to give the visitors hope of a comeback and another Rees penalty moved them to within three. But Scrivens scored a try of his own before converting Sion Parry's close range effort to take them clear again.
Phil Jones put the boot into Cross Keys' hopes of Premiership survival as he snatched what would have been a priceless losing bonus-point away from them with an 85th minute penalty at St Helen's.
That extended Swansea's lead to 13-5 and meant the relegation-threatened Gwent side left with nothing to show for their efforts. Keys led for 26 minutes thanks to a Leon Andrews try just before half-time, but then paid a heavy price for losing a second player to a yellow card at the death.
Steff Williams gave the Whites a 10th minute lead with a penalty before Owain Leonard was the first of the visiting players to take a 10 minute break. Andrews then gave Keys the lead with a well worked try out wide after two driving line-outs had been held short.
Swansea hit the front once again at the start of the final quarter when Jones made the break and centre Joe Thomas stole the glory with a try at the posts. Jones kicked the conversion and then added the coupe de gras at the death with Keys lock Tom Lampard in the bin.
Swansea now look safe with a 22 points cushion between themselves and the four automatic relegation places. Keys are still very much in the dog-fight, three off the bottom.
After back-to-back bonus-point wins over Carmarthen Quins and Bargoed, Llanelli lost their way after a great start at Newport and left with nothing in a 31-10 defeat.
"We've got Cardiff at home this weekend and then have to go to Bedwas. It is going to be very, very tight coming into the last few fixtures," said Llanelli's head of rugby, Paul Fisher.
"We were disappointed with our display against Newport. We scored straight off the bat, didn't take some clear cut chances and then let them in for some cheap tries.
"They brought huge intensity to their attack and two tries just before half-time were crucial as it took them from a four point lead to a 16 point advantage at the break."
Llanelli drew first blood with a third minute try from Kalum Evans, after centre Ryan Davies had made the initial burst before passing to the full-back. Wing Tom Prydie added the conversion.
Home full-back Hadyn Simons replied for Newport moments later, converted by fly-half Matt O'Brien, before a Prydie penalty edged Llanelli back in front following a deliberate knock on. Inside centre Tom Pascoe then put the hosts ahead for the first time on 20 minutes, crashing over for a try under the posts after quick ball from a line-out with O'Brien converting.
Simons touched down for a stylish third try - and second for him - after O'Brien's grubber kick on 32 minutes, superbly keeping the ball in play and touching down in the corner.
Newport then wrapped up for Newport five minutes before the break by right wing Andrew Evans, finishing off after being sent clear by outside centre Chay Smith. O'Brien added the extras for a 26-10 lead at the turnaround.
That was the way it stayed until Josh Reid touched down for a fifth Newport try in the dying moments of the second period after good work from fellow replacement Geraint Watkins. It was again converted O'Brien.
The win took Newport up to fifth in the table, while Llanelli now sit just above the automatic relegation spots.

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By Maddison Leach| 1 year ago
Four teens have been charged with an aggravated hate crime after beating and robbing two women on a London bus who refused to kiss.
Photos of the bloodied couple went viral after the attack on Melania Geymonat, 28, and her girlfriend Chris, 29, who were viciously attacked when they refused the teens' demands in May this year.
The pair had been travelling together when the teen boys, aged between 15 and 17, approached them and made sexual gestures while tossing coins at the women and demanding they kiss.
When Geymonat and her girlfriend refused the boys turned violent.
The women were sitting on the top deck of a London busy on their way home on a night out when they were viciously set upon a group of young men. (Melania Geymonat)
"The next thing I remember was Chris in the middle of them and they were beating her," Geymonat told Fox News.
"I didn't think about it and went in. I was pulling her back and trying to defend her so they started beating me up."
Both women were taken to hospital for facial injuries, Geymonat undergoing surgery on her nose to correct damage done by the teens.
The four teens have since been charged with an aggravated hate crime, with two also charged with theft and handling stolen goods, and a third is accused of possessing cannabis.
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Their names and identities have been withheld due to their status as minors.
After the May 30 attack, photos of Geymonat and her girlfriend went viral online, with many LGBTQ+ groups speaking out against the blatantly homophobic attack.
Chris has since spoken out about the online outrage, saying that though she's glad people are speaking up about attacks like hers, the reaction was "very telling of who society values and is willing to get upset about."
"I think it begs the question: why do we need this sensational, clickbait-y, graphic [image] to engage people in a story like this?" she told The Guardian.
"Because we got hit in the face. Other people get murdered or mutilated, or disabled for the rest of their lives."
Several people were attacked at Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras this year. (AAP)
In the UK homophobic crimes have been on the rise, with the number of attacks reported to police doubling in the last five years and more than 11,000 attacks recorded in the last two years alone.
Here in Australia hate crime statistics are inconclusive, as many people attacked for their sexuality don't report their assault specifically as a hate crime.
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Madeline Pidcock and Zachary Davis pose as characters in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. This family-friendly holiday show is on stage Dec. 10, 2015 through Jan. 3, 2016. This poster was created by local artist/actor Kelly Kates.
St. Augustine, FL — "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" tells the tale of the disorderly, roguish children of the Herdman family, all six of them. Their unexpected appearance at church leads to them being cast in the annual Christmas pageant — against the advice of fellow church members and local do-gooders. What follows is the lesson that is taught in this family-oriented show.
This holiday classic will be staged Dec. 10 through Jan. 3 at Limelight Theatre in uptown St. Augustine.
"The Herdmans are absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world" says Beth, the 12-year-narrator played by local middle school student Mack Hazel.
The Herdman children are played by local students Will Gooden as Leroy Herdman; Kyler Unsworth as Imogene Herdman; Ella Escamilla as Gladys Herdman; Zachary Davis as Ralph Herdman; Caragh Ziegler as Ollie Herdman; and Alexander Lawless as Claude Herdman.
Other children's roles include Hayden Owen as Charlie (Beth's brother); Ashley Herbert as the prim and proper Alice; Savannah Lawless as Maxine; Chanel Boll as Juanita; Parker Colon as Peter; Molly Farrow as Shirley; Adalynn Fowler as Doris; Madeline Pidcock as Julia; Nicholas Rodillas as Hobie; and Madison Tiller as Beverly.
Christopher Doody is the Father; Megan Morton is the Mother; Theresa Buchanan is Mrs. Armstrong; Mary Jung-Martin is Mrs. McCarthy; and Matthew Whaley is Reverend Hopkins.
Three Limelight Theatre guild members also have roles. Guild President Vivian Lampard plays Mrs. Slocum; Guild Vice President Gaye Farris plays Mrs. Clark; and Brenda Sawyer plays Mrs. Clausing.
The play is directed by Shelli Long, who also serves as the theatre's musical director and properties supervisor. Long directed the 2014 Limelight Christmas show, Miracle on 34th Street.
"I got lucky with this cast, many are veterans of the Limelight stage and know the commitment necessary. They also must have very supportive families," Long explains.


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Tri-County Christian School's 7/8th grade boys' basketball team brought home 3rd place out of eleven teams at ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International) Boys' Basketball Tournament in Shorewood, Illinois on January 22-23, 2016. Thank you to Coach Bruce in coaching the boys at the tournament and to Coach Long for your encouragement and support! Congratulations boys! Way to go, Eagles!


Although there is discrimination for the small working dog, the ADA does not allow for service dog weight restrictions whether the dog is 4 pounds or 200 pounds. In this article you will learn some of what these little super heroes are capable of!
When you think of a service dog, the first thing that may come to mind is a Labrador, Golden Retriever, German Shepherd's and other large breed dogs.
Over the years smaller breeds have proven to be just as effective as traditionally sized service animals. Not only have they proved to be invaluable to thousands of people with disabilities, there are also a great many benefits to their smaller stature.
Small service dogs can be easier to travel with. Petite service dogs can fit easier in the confined seating area available on all mass transportation. A perfect example of that is flying on an airplane, a larger service dog must be seated on the floor at your feet and must fit between you and the seat in front of you. That can be uncomfortable for not only you but also for your dog. Smaller dogs on the other hand fit more easily in that small space and may also be allowed to sit on your lap. Dogs that are smaller in size can also be crated during travel, as with all carriers it is required to be airline approved and fit under the seat in front of you.
For a person on SSD or a strict financial budget a consideration in choosing a service animal may be the cost of feeding their dog. An ASPCA study has shown smaller breed dogs on average cost $580.00 to feed annually while larger breed dogs cost $875.00 on average.
There are many big jobs for small service dogs! Listed below are just a few of the many different tasks small service animals can be trained to skillfully provide for a disabled person.
People that have no hearing or diminished hearing can benefit in many ways in having a hearing service dog. A hearing dog can be trained to alert their handler when a doorbell is rung or when a fire alarm is set off, that may not only be helpful but could also be lifesaving.
Studies have shown some dogs have an innate ability to respond and/or alert a person at the onset of a seizure providing them to take a few perhaps life saving measures, such as sitting down if walking stairs, put down a child they may be holding and if given enough time pull to the side of the road if driving. As with Hearing Dogs, Seizure Alert Dogs may not only make a disabled persons life easier they may in fact save a life.
These are just a few of the tasks small dogs can accomplish just as well as the more typical sized service dog can. People are becoming more educated now more than ever and learning that a service dog of ANY size can be of invaluable assistance to a person with a disability.


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Q: Application crashes with error "Guru Meditation Error: Core 0 panic'ed (Interrupt wdt timeout on CPU0)." I have written following app. There is a button attached to GPIO 4 and and HC-SR04 ultrasonic range finder with TRIGGER and ECHO pin on 18 and 19 respectively. The idea is simple that when I press the button, the ultrasonic range finder should find distance and dump the value to stdout. I am using esp-idf framework to write the application. This is the code
#include <stdio.h>
#include "driver/timer.h"
#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
#include "freertos/task.h"
#include "freertos/queue.h"
#include "freertos/timers.h"
#include "driver/gpio.h"
#include "esp_log.h"

#define TIMER_DIVIDER         (16)  //  Hardware timer clock divider
#define TIMER_SCALE           (TIMER_BASE_CLK / TIMER_DIVIDER)  // convert counter value to seconds
#define ESP_INTR_FLAG_DEFAULT 0

#define BUTTON_PIN 4
#define TRIGGER_PIN 18
#define ECHO_PIN 19
static const char *TAG = "my project";

static volatile uint8_t btn_history = 0;
static xQueueHandle s_queue_timer;
static xQueueHandle s_queue_trigger;
static xQueueHandle s_queue_echo;

void task_trigger_end(void *pvParameters);
static bool IRAM_ATTR isr_trigger_expiry(void *args);
void task_handle_echo(void *pvParameters);

typedef struct {
    int error;
    uint64_t timer_value;
} echo_timer_event;

static void start_timer(int group, int timer, bool auto_reload, int inter_microsecond, timer_isr_t callback_function)
{
    esp_err_t error;

    timer_config_t btn_timer = {
        .divider = 16,
        .counter_dir = TIMER_COUNT_UP,
        .counter_en = TIMER_PAUSE,
        .alarm_en = TIMER_ALARM_EN,
        .auto_reload = auto_reload,
    };
    error = timer_init(group, timer, &btn_timer);
    if (error == ESP_OK)
        ESP_LOGI(TAG,"timer initialized\n");
    error = timer_set_counter_value(group, timer, 0);
    if (error == ESP_OK)
        ESP_LOGI(TAG,"counter value set\n");
    error = timer_set_alarm_value(group, timer, inter_microsecond);
    if (error == ESP_OK)
        ESP_LOGI(TAG,"alarm value set\n");
    error = timer_enable_intr(group, timer);
    if (error == ESP_OK)
        ESP_LOGI(TAG,"interrupt enabled\n");
    error = timer_isr_callback_add(group, timer, callback_function, NULL, 0);
    if (error == ESP_OK)
        ESP_LOGI(TAG,"isr callback added\n");
    printf("group is: %d and timer is %d",group,timer);
    error = timer_start(group, timer);
    if (error == ESP_OK)
        ESP_LOGI(TAG,"timer started\n");
}

void handle_button_press( void *pvParameters)
{
    // Variable to hold the data received
    uint8_t press_flag = 0;
    while (1) {
        xQueueReceive(s_queue_timer, &press_flag, portMAX_DELAY);
        if (press_flag == 1) {
            printf(".");
            fflush(stdout);
            gpio_config_t trig_io;
            trig_io.intr_type = GPIO_INTR_DISABLE;
            trig_io.mode = GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT;
            trig_io.pin_bit_mask = 1ULL<<TRIGGER_PIN;
            trig_io.pull_down_en = GPIO_PULLDOWN_DISABLE;
            trig_io.pull_up_en = GPIO_PULLUP_DISABLE;
            gpio_config(&trig_io);

            esp_err_t error;
            error = gpio_set_level(TRIGGER_PIN, 1);
            if (error != ESP_OK)
                ESP_LOGE(TAG,"can't set gpio level\n");
            else
                ESP_LOGI(TAG,"gpio set\n");
            xTaskCreate(task_trigger_end,"Handle Trigger End", 50000, NULL, 5, NULL);
            start_timer(TIMER_GROUP_1, TIMER_0, false, 20, isr_trigger_expiry);
        }
    }
}

static bool IRAM_ATTR isr_trigger_expiry(void *args)
{
    BaseType_t high_task_awoken = pdFALSE;
    int triggered_flag = 1;
    xQueueSendFromISR(s_queue_trigger, &triggered_flag, NULL);
    return high_task_awoken == pdTRUE;
}

static bool IRAM_ATTR isr_echo_timeout(void *args)
{
    BaseType_t high_task_awoken = pdFALSE;
    echo_timer_event evt = {
        .error = 1,
        .timer_value = 76000
    };
    xQueueSendFromISR(s_queue_echo, &evt, NULL);
    return high_task_awoken == pdTRUE;
}

static bool IRAM_ATTR gpio_isr_handler(void *args)
{
    BaseType_t high_task_awoken = pdFALSE;
    // printf("isr handler\n");
    echo_timer_event evt = {
        .error = 0,
        .timer_value = timer_group_get_counter_value_in_isr(TIMER_GROUP_0, TIMER_0)
    };
    xQueueSendFromISR(s_queue_echo, &evt, NULL);
    return high_task_awoken == pdTRUE;
}

void task_trigger_end(void *pvParameters)
{
    int trigger_fired_flag = 0;
    while (1) {
        xQueueReceive(s_queue_trigger, &trigger_fired_flag, portMAX_DELAY);
        if(trigger_fired_flag == 1) {
            gpio_reset_pin(TRIGGER_PIN);

            // Configure echo pin for input
            gpio_config_t io_conf;
            io_conf.intr_type = GPIO_INTR_POSEDGE;
            io_conf.pin_bit_mask = 1ULL<<ECHO_PIN;
            io_conf.mode = GPIO_MODE_INPUT;
            io_conf.pull_down_en = 1;
            gpio_config(&io_conf);

            // Configure interrupt on rising edge
            gpio_install_isr_service(ESP_INTR_FLAG_EDGE);
            gpio_isr_handler_add(ECHO_PIN, gpio_isr_handler, NULL);

            printf("before creating task\n");
            // Create echo handling task
            xTaskCreate(task_handle_echo, "Handle Echo Timer", 50000, NULL, 5, NULL);

            // start echo timer
            start_timer(TIMER_GROUP_1, TIMER_0, false, 76000, isr_echo_timeout);
            vTaskDelete(NULL);
        }
    }
}

void task_handle_echo(void *pvParameters)
{
    echo_timer_event evt;
    printf("task cratedk\n");
    while (1) {
        xQueueReceive(s_queue_echo, &evt, portMAX_DELAY);
        if (evt.error)
            break;
        printf("value is %llu\n", evt.timer_value);
    }
    printf("killing me\n");
    vTaskDelete(NULL);
}

static bool IRAM_ATTR btn_press_isr (void *args)
{
    BaseType_t high_task_awoken = pdFALSE;
    int true_flag = 1;

    btn_history = btn_history << 1;
    btn_history |= (uint8_t) gpio_get_level(BUTTON_PIN);

    if (btn_history == 0b01111111)
        xQueueSendFromISR(s_queue_timer, &true_flag, &high_task_awoken);

    return high_task_awoken == pdTRUE;
}

void app_main(void)
{
    // Configure button pin for input
    gpio_config_t io_conf;
    io_conf.intr_type = GPIO_PIN_INTR_DISABLE;
    io_conf.pin_bit_mask = 1ULL<<BUTTON_PIN;
    io_conf.mode = GPIO_MODE_INPUT;
    io_conf.pull_up_en = GPIO_PULLUP_DISABLE;
    io_conf.pull_down_en = GPIO_PULLDOWN_ENABLE;
    gpio_config(&io_conf);

    // Queue to receive the button press events.
    s_queue_timer = xQueueCreate(10, sizeof(int));
    s_queue_trigger = xQueueCreate(10, sizeof(int));
    s_queue_echo = xQueueCreate(10, sizeof(echo_timer_event));

    // Configure and start timer to read the current status of the button all times
    start_timer(TIMER_GROUP_0, TIMER_0, true, 1000, btn_press_isr);

    // Create a task to take action on button press
    xTaskCreate(handle_button_press,"Handle Press Task", 50000, NULL, 5, NULL);
}

I have previously tested code upto the pressing of button and the timer and interrupt are working fine. The code runs up until the ECHO pin is initialised at which point it crashed with the error in post title.
Also I am using devkitc as development board and it doesn't have the JTAG port I guess so I am confined to using printfs to debug. Is there a better way to debug RTOS based apps on esp32?

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Nintendo raises Switch sales forecast to 24 million units
The company also increased its operating profit forecast by 50% to 450 billion yen ($ 4.3 billion)
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From July to September the company's operating profit more than doubled compared to the same period in 2019, to 147 billion yen;
Sony and Microsoft launch their next-generation consoles next week, which should expand the competition faced by the Switch.
Nintendo announced on Thursday that it expects to sell 24 million units of the Switch video game console in the year ending March 2021, which corresponds to an increase in the previous forecast of 19 million.
The company also increased its operating profit forecast by 50% to 450 billion yen ($ 4.3 billion), as games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons brought new users to Switch, which has been on the market for four years.
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From July to September the company's operating profit more than doubled compared to the same period in 2019, to 147 billion yen.
Nintendo said it sold 12.6 million Switch consoles in the first half of the fiscal year, including 8.4 million of the version that can be used as a home console and 4.2 million of the Switch Lite portable variant.
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Political Soapbox
No EU referendum -
March 6, 2008 in Political Soapbox
Well, as expected, this Government don't want us to have a vote on the Lisbon Treaty (alias the EU Constitution, and certainly not on whether we remain members - presumably because they know how the majority would vote. No prizes for guessing how our two Bliar's Babes voted!
I am really begining to hate living in this dictatorship.... roll on 2010
Hasn't it reached the stage where all those pro EU MPs don't want egg on their faces, if the country said NO to Europe.
Common sense plays no part in things, no matter what the price.
LocationHere and now
Originally posted by BazJ:
Do you believe that anything will change in 2010 apart from who the public will vote for? :confused:
KeithR
We may get a vote on the Lisbon Treaty, but which ever way the vote goes we will still stay in the European Union. So nothing will change.
You won't be getting a vote "on the Lisbon Treaty"; the Tories won't commit to repealing it, if they get in; and the LibDems are all over the place, couldn't even vote last night - so where do we go?
Guess we don't go anywhere.. we just stay where 'they' tell us to stay and do what 'they' tell us were doing
Thought the Lib Dems were told to 'abstain' from voting anyway
Nick Clegg completely botched this one, and has exposed the LibDems for what they really are: liberal Europhiles.
This is what happens when you let kids run things.
There's no alternative to experience and maturity.
Thought you might be interested in the following from Conservativehome.com which I think is a good summary:
"A LibDem Vote is a wasted vote after all
One further thought on the Commons votes on the European Treaty last night. For years, the two main parties have argued that a vote for the Liberals is a wasted vote. For years, the Liberals have tried to counter this by arguing that if only they had enough MPs, especially if they held the balance of power, they could make the difference. Well, last night, for the first time since probably the No Confidence Motion in the late Jim Callaghan's Government, they had the chance to make a difference, but chose to sit it out.
Hundreds of thousands of voters who actually did elect a LibDem MP in 2005 must today be saying to themselves: "So it was a wasted vote after all.""
Calamity Clegg just about sums it up....maybe he should have stayed in Brussels as an MEP....don't have to make decisions there just live the high life...at our expense.
[ 07.03.2008, 08:51: Message edited by: Paul Kennedy ]
Not sure what the voting figures were? There were some Labour abstentions too - from some make believe lefties!
little fella
It will not be long before it becomes an offence to say anything bad about Europe. If you are caught you will be sent to the gas chamber.


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Currently, less than half of states recognize pharmacists as "providers" in state law, according to the NASPA survey; this recognition usually appears in the state insurance code but sometimes can be found elsewhere, such as in general laws or the health professional practice code. Not being recognized in statute does not exclude pharmacists from receiving payment in that state. Many states and the District of Columbia pay pharmacists for at least one professional service—though many offer very limited services such as only immunization administration.
Few states pay for their Medicaid enrollees to have access to medication therapy management (MTM); even fewer states pay for other services such as smoking cessation services, and only one state pays for comprehensive pharmacists' services. For more information on the NASPA survey, contact Rebecca P. Snead, BSPharm, NASPA Executive Vice President and CEO, at rsnead@naspa.us.
Without "provider status" at the national level in Medicare Part B of the Social Security Act, state pharmacy associations and state legislators—who have seen the value of pharmacists' services for their constituencies—have provided a means for patient access to pharmacists' patient care services in a small number of states. This access was accomplished through intensive and innovative approaches and outreach efforts.
The high variability in state-level legislative provider status and state-based payment for pharmacists' services, according to the NASPA survey, has resulted in limited public access across the country to these valuable services. For pharmacists to be used effectively to improve health outcomes and lower overall health care costs, a national solution is needed for patients and the health care team to have consistent, reliable access to pharmacists' services.
The profession's vision for pharmacists is articulated in the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners (JCPP) 2015 Vision of Pharmacy Practice: "Pharmacists will be the health care professionals responsible for providing patient care that ensures optimal medication therapy outcomes." One of the barriers to achieving the JCPP vision is the lack of a widespread, viable, and sustainable business model. Recognition of pharmacists as nonphysician providers within the Social Security Act would be an important step toward access for patients and the health care team to pharmacist-provided patient care.
APhA, hand in hand with other national and state pharmacy associations, is actively working to gain recognition and coverage for pharmacists' patient care services delivered in collaboration with other health care providers. For more information, visit www.pharmacist.com/providerstatusrecognition.
Here's a look at how provider status and payment have played out in several states.
Minnesota has what is probably the most robust state-based MTM program. The Medicaid program in Minnesota includes MTM for patients taking four or more medications to treat or prevent two or more chronic medical conditions, or for patients referred by a physician. Enacted in 2005, the Minnesota MTM Care Law defines the MTM component of pharmaceutical care services and recognizes qualified pharmacists as providers, according to a 2007 final report evaluating the effectiveness of the Minnesota MTM Care Program.
Minnesota Medicaid has a statewide network of pharmacists, "so there's pharmacists around the state who have taken it up" in all types of practices—chain, independent, clinic, hospital, and so on, said former APhA President Lowell J. Anderson, DSc, FAPhA, FFIP, Professor at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. The fee schedule is "pretty reasonable," based on the CPT code system, and billed electronically on a CMS medical form.
Under the Montana PharmAssist Program, $6,000 was initially allocated this fiscal year to cover comprehensive medication management services provided by pharmacists. When that amount was exhausted within 6 months, the funding was increased to $12,000. That funding was established through a bill in a legislative session in 2005 and is paid for through tobacco tax revenue. The PharmAssist program is not through Medicaid; it is a standalone program.
Under the program, $200 per patient per year is allocated for comprehensive medication management services—a complete medication review at the initial visit and then one or two follow-up visits—and pharmacists decide how to divide that up based on a patient's needs. "That very much limits the number of patients we can actually help," said Carla Cobb, PharmD, BCPP—a psychiatric pharmacist at RiverStone Health Clinic in Billings, MT, and a cofounder of Merit Medication Consultants, a private practice—who has likely done more medication reviews through the PharmAssist program than any other pharmacist in the state.
Tennessee is an example of how to advance provider status by working within the health care marketplace to gain recognition for pharmacists as providers of patient care services. The Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA) worked collaboratively with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) to develop a process to credential pharmacists who are compensated as health care providers through the BCBST medical payment system for the provision of immunizations to eligible beneficiaries.
Tennessee pharmacists who complete the BCBST application and credentialing process can receive reimbursement for certain vaccines and administration of those vaccines; these pharmacists are compensated for these services through the same mechanisms and at rates identical to any other health care provider, including physicians, according to TPA Executive Director Baeteena M. Black, DPh, and TPA Director of Professional Affairs Micah Cost, PharmD.
Like California (see page 71 of April Today for more information), Massachusetts has introduced new legislation to recognize pharmacists as providers. Two bills, HB 2060 and SB 484, both titled "An Act Recognizing Pharmacists as Healthcare Providers," are now working their way through the 2-year legislative session that began on January 1, said David Johnson, Executive Vice President of the Massachusetts Pharmacists Association (MPhA).
HB 2060 simply would include pharmacists in the definition of a health care provider, but wouldn't require any public or private payer to compensate pharmacists. SB 484 also would add pharmacists to the definition of a health care provider but would require any blanket insurance plan to provide benefits for services of a registered pharmacist acting under the authority of a collaborative practice agreement. This bill was filed through the efforts of MPhA in the previous legislative session.
Many payers, including Medicaid and private insurers, don't necessarily default to the state status; they default to federal standards, Musselman told Today. "Federal listing, I think, will open it up." But the true objective of "provider status" recognition of pharmacists will take not just listing but also action "like us getting MTM for the state employee plan; working with the Medicaid program on payment models," he added.


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About Us | Ko wai mātou Our People Dr Phil Shoemack
Dr Phil Shoemack
Dr Phil Shoemack is one of your Medical Officers of Health. Medical Officers of Health are public health physicians (doctors) who specialise in the health of groups or whole communities rather than working on individual healthcare.
The Medical Officers of Health are designated by the Director General of Health. The purpose of the Medical Officer of Health role is to improve, protect and promote the health of the population in their districts.
They regularly publish reports that provide information, comment and opinion on current public health topics and issues.
Medical Officer of Health, Public Health Head of Service and Medical Leader for Regional Community Services
Dr Phil Shoemack is a public health physician, Medical Officer of Health and Public Health Head of Service for Toi Te Ora Public Health, and also the Medical Leader for the Bay of Plenty District Health Board Regional Community Services.
He undertook all of his under-graduate and post-graduate medical training in New Zealand, and has been working in public health in the Bay of Plenty since 1986.
His interests include reducing inequalities, how to get the whole community more physically active and the prevention of health issues at a population level through healthy public policy. "I'm passionate about helping to build environments which are supportive of good population health outcomes," says Dr Shoemack.
Qualifications and professional memberships:
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Otago
Diploma in Community Health, University of Otago
Diploma in Occupational Medicine, University of Auckland
Fellow of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine
Updated 22 Apr, 2021


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When you are an author - particularly a self published author - unless you are content to let your book languish at the bottom of the Amazon heap, there is really no alternative but to market your book.
Yet most of us have no idea where to start, once we've shared the book with our friends on facebook and twitter. We are most fortunate to have as today's guest poster, Kayelle Allen, founder of Marketing for Romance Writers and award winning Science Fiction and Romance, to give us some tips.
Educate yourself in how to be a successful writer and you will accomplish more than you ever thought possible. Today, let's look at a simple, four-part marketing plan. A plan like this is not the be-all, end-all of plans. It's the start of a bigger picture for your career, but it's as vital as the floor of a building.
In fact, marketing plans are like modular houses. You have a solid foundation and beams for support, but you can pull out one room and pop in another. Plans can change and grow, the way a family can outgrow a house.
Like anything you learn, you can't absorb the entire thing in one big gulp. Even if you could, I wouldn't be able to transfer it all to you in one big lump. I don't know of any teaching method that could - with the exception of telepathy. You must learn by steps, and those are bigger for some, smaller for others.
When you're doing a worthwhile job, don't allow the work to make you weary enough to quit. If you keep going, you will prosper and succeed. You haven't failed until you've quit. With that piece of advice out of the way, let's get started. There are four basic steps to making your first marketing plan.
What do objectives have to do with marketing? Everything. If you don't know why you're marketing your books, why do it?
An objective is a goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable). To say that in a more blunt way -- it's something you want to do, and that you believe you can do. It does you no good to set a goal you don't think you can accomplish. Do you want "USA Today Best Selling Author" beside your name? That's a great goal. Many authors have attained it -- it's doable. If you don't believe you can do it, you are not likely to achieve it. A goal must be believable by you. Could you be surprised by attaining a goal you hadn't thought you could accomplish? Certainly. But it is more likely you'll complete a goal you believe in. Positive self-talk, the act of affirming your own goals, will help you. Ban thoughts such as "I'm such a loser" or "I know this is a dumb question" or "This will never work." Replace them with belief that you can and will do the things you say you will do.
Record the goals you set for yourself, and read them daily. This is part of your affirmation process and will help you focus your energy in the right areas.
Who is your audience? Do you write Young Adult (YA) books? Romance? Science Fiction? True Crime? Or maybe you're putting together a non-fiction book. It doesn't matter what you're writing -- you still have to know who is going to buy and read it. If you write for the YA crowd, your style will be different from that of the self-help psychology book author. You will market differently as well. Let's say you write YA and you decide to join Twitter. What hashtags will you use? Do you even know what a hashtag is? Before you decide to use a particular social media, you need to know whether your readers are going to be there.
List your target audience. Learn as much about them as possible. For example, if they are young people, what is their age range? What grades does that equate to in school? Which gender is more likely to read your work? Which social media is favored by this audience? Did you know that the majority (about 70%) of Pinterest users are women? If you write for a female audience, that means your target audience is there. How do you go about reaching them? It pays to know who your audience is so that you can find out where they are. If you can find readers, you can sell books.
Who are you as an author? Do you have a recurring theme in your books? Do all your heroes tend to be cowboys, or pirates? Are your heroines usually take-charge women who don't take no for an answer? Do you write about alpha males, or do your heroes lean more toward the sensitive type? If you write non-fiction, what topics do your books cover?
This is likely your brand. I write about "unstoppable heroes, uncompromising love, and unforgettable passion." Therefore, I've branded all my material with that phrase. My blog is called Unstoppable Heroes.
Record your identity and brand, and tweak it until you come up with something you can use as a tag for your writing. Focus your attention on marketing that allows you to make the most of that phrase. If you write about passionate heroes, don't spend time marketing yourself on a site that doesn't cater to readers who want that type of book. Focus your attention on a site that does.
What steps will you take to achieve your objectives? Will you hold book signings, chats, blog frequently, create a fan page on Facebook, etc.? Make these plans short, to the point, and high level without detail. This is more of an outline for what you'll do than a detailed step-by-step instruction guide.
In a five-year plan, each year will have different goals and objectives. Each builds upon the other. What you can accomplish by year three will be more than the result of years one plus two. This is why you will want to tweak your plan each year. Take advantage of strengths you develop, and you will grow more.
As you begin to work on your plan, remember to read over your objectives. This will help you focus your time, attention, and money in the places most important to you. Keep your audience in mind, and work to reach them. Be true to yourself as a writer by clearly stating your identity and brand. All your marketing should underscore this important aspect. Stay with your plan. Have a plan and work the plan -- that is the byword for success.
Kayelle's latest book is Tales of the Chosen trilogy: Wulf, Alitus, Jawk, available on Amazon now.
Share your own author marketing successes in the comments below!
Thank you for inviting me today, Imogen. I'm happy to answer any questions your readers might have. I've subscribed to the comments. I'm a number of hours behind you, being in the US, but I will keep watch over the site.
Thank you for visiting, Kayelle – I think most of us have an issue with marketing one way or another: either we don't know where to start, or we just dread the whole complicated mix. What you've done in this article is to distil all of it into a non threatening step by step process.


You have to do this at least once in your life.
It's a lot easier than it looks. Sort of. And the nice thing is, you don't have to leave the country for full-on, multi-sport white water rafting adventure.
Most Canadian rafting companies are family-oriented, with one- to seven-day outings in a variety of vessels, with the difficulty ranging from easy to expert. If you're heading west, Kootenay River Runners (raftingtherockies.com) in Radium, B.C., has been taking people down the Kicking Horse and the Kootenay Rivers since 1976. Further up the river, Golden, B.C., is home base to the Glacier Raft Company (glacierraft.com) and Alpine Rafting (alpinerafting.com). TourismGolden.com has a full list of rafting companies in that area. On the other side of the country at Forresters Falls, ON, the Ottawa River is no slouch for thrills and chills. Two outfits of note there: Wilderness Tours (wildernesstours.com) and Owl Rafting (owl-mkc.ca). And in eastern Quebec, you have to take a float plane to the remote Magpie River, where you camp under the stars with international adventurers, Earth River Expeditions (earthriver.com). Raft safely out there, people.


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XStatus DPTI_SimpleTransfer (u32 BaseAddress, u8 Direction, u32 TransferLength)
{
	u32 txLengthEmptyFlag, rxLengthEmptyFlag, StsReg, timeout=0;

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		return XST_FAILURE; // length is not a valid number
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		txLengthEmptyFlag = (StsReg & DPTI_SR_TX_LEN_EMPTY_MASK);
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//				txLengthEmptyFlag = (StsReg & DPTI_SR_TX_LEN_EMPTY_MASK);
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Q: Dictionary keys are not coming in serial
Possible Duplicate:
How do you retrieve items from a dictionary in the order that they're inserted?

I have an issue with django view and template
After getting details related to a meeting like
        for meeting in get_meetings:
           if meeting.venue_id ==None:
                 mee_data = {}
                 mee_data['id'] = meeting.id
                 getdate = meeting.meeting_datetime
                 mee_data['date'] = getdate.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
                 mee_data['end_time'] = meeting.end_time
                 mee_data['meeting_duration'] = meeting.meeting_duration
                 mee_data['start_time'] = meeting.start_time
                 mee_data['meetingID'] = meeting.meetingID
                 mee_data['id'] = meeting.id
                 mee_data['start_time'] = meeting.start_time

                 mee_data['name'] = meeting.name

                 getall.append(mee_data)

Where getall is a list i have declared above
Now after appending the dictionary data.
I am expecting the result in my template is like
[{"id": "REG_431103567", "date": "", "end_time": "", "meeting_duration": "", "start_time": "2012-10-29", "meetingID": 192dnjd, "name": "TEsts"},...]

basically the order of keys but unfortunately the result is coming like .
[{"meetingID": "REG_431103567", "start_time": "", "meeting_duration": "", "end_time": "", "date": "2012-10-29", "id": 192, "name": "TEsts"},...]

Please suggest me what should i do here so that i could get the keys and their corresponding values in proper way .
Thanks

A: I'd suggest use an OrderedDict to get the data in the order it was inserted.
Dictionaries don't maintain the order but an OrderedDict which is a sub-class 0f dict can maintain the order.
Example:
>>> from collections import OrderedDict
>>> d=OrderedDict()
>>> d["key1"]="foo"
>>> d["key2"]="bar"
>>> d
OrderedDict([('key1', 'foo'), ('key2', 'bar')])

Note: OrderedDict was introduced in python 2.7, so will not work in previous versions.

A: Use OrderedDict instead of normal dict.
from collections import OrderedDict

for meeting in get_meetings:
           if meeting.venue_id ==None:
                 mee_data = OrderedDict()
                 ...


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Training camp opened last weekend for free agents
TORONTO – The Toronto Rock Lacrosse Club held the tryouts for rookies and free agents this Saturday and Sunday at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Ohsweken on the Six Nations Reservation.
Head coach and general manager Terry Sanderson has invited 27 players to the preliminary camp who hope to prove they deserve a shot in full training camp, which begins on Nov. 11, also at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.
Players invited to attend this weekend's camp include players from last year's practice roster including John Preece, Sean Turner and Jeff Summerfield, free-agent acquisition and defenseman J.J. Dickie and draft picks including Tyler Gibbons from Owen Sound.
A list of players invited to full training camp will be released in early November.


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Boavida Olegario (born October 24, 1994) is a football player. He is the current midfielder for the Timor-Leste national football team.

International career
He made his senior international debut for Timor-Leste national football team on 21 November 2010 coming off the bench in the second half in a friendly match against Indonesia national football team when he was aged 16 years 28 days. He made first tournament debut on 13 October 2012 coming off the bench in the second half in a match against Brunei national football team in the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification.

References

1994 births
Living people
East Timorese footballers
Association football midfielders
Timor-Leste international footballers
People from Dili
Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for East Timor

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The Incumbent: Chapter 41
It's an intricate web of murder plots, government conspiracies and rampant tanning. Oh, and the future of the entire nation.
By Phil Dobbie for Twisted Wire | July 23, 2012 -- 22:00 GMT (15:00 PDT) | Topic: Telcos
ZDNet Australia is proud to bring you a serialised version of Phil Dobbie's novel The Incumbent. A new chapter will be published here as part of his blog each week on Tuesday. You can also buy the entire book by clicking here.
The VastTel call centre was in meltdown. It seems people weren't prepared to give up on mobile technology just yet, and they were angry that those neat little smartphones they were used to weren't so smart anymore. In effect, they had become nothing more than elaborate time pieces, although some of the games downloaded from the internet still worked.
Nonetheless, people were angry. Some were locking themselves away in their houses. They only dared to venture out in public when they were using them. It was the easiest way of avoiding conversations with strangers. Most felt naked without their phones, and only a few exhibitionists walked out with their ears left exposed. Others wore burqas they had bought off the internet.
The disruption was being felt most at the VastTel call centre; the automated voice-response system had never dealt with so much traffic.
Most felt naked without their phones; only a few exhibitionists walked out with their ears exposed.
'You have been placed in a queue,' it said, over and over to nearly a quarter of the country's population, before adding, 'your estimated wait time is 24 years, 123 days, 7 hours and 24 minutes.'
Under normal circumstances, the software would play a couple of recorded announcements to try to answer questions about common problems. For example, it might say, 'if you live in Brisbane, there are some outages on our broadband network. These should be fixed by a week on Thursday', in the vain hope that the inconvenienced people of Brisbane would happily hang up, knowing that eventually VastTel would get around to fixing the issue. A common message was, 'If you have a BlackCurrant phone, living in Northern Sydney, you might need to stand on your roof to receive reception. This error will be rectified early next year, or when you get a new phone. Or when you move house.' The announcement had remained unchanged for three years already.
The list of common problems could go on for 10 minutes or so, gradually becoming more and more specific.
'If you are Mr Jones of 22 Acacia Avenue, Willoughby, your phone bill is overdue and we're sending a man round to disconnect you.'
Only after a number of these announcements had been played would the system eventually confess, 'Our entire mobile phone network has broken and we're not quite sure how to fix it. If you've got any bright ideas, please press 1.'
The announcements had been designed to give the impression that VastTel was actively fixing things. If they played enough of them and kept people waiting long enough, the assumption was that they would eventually hang up, hopefully before malnutrition set in. Instead, of course, all they did was make callers angry. They might have been upset that their phone wasn't working, but the experience of VastTel customer service was enough to tip them over the edge, much as it had done to Sydney Musson.
Hence, it was extremely rare that anyone ever got through to an agent in the call centre. The union had deemed customer contact as being too stressful, and the VastTel managers saw their point of view. Jimi Jones had been surprised that after two hours in the room, he hadn't heard a single phone ring.
'Our entire phone network has broken and we're not sure how to fix it. If you've got any bright ideas, please press 1.'
He had planned to visit the call centre as a morale-boosting exercise for the workers. It was the sort of thing good bosses did; a way of saying, 'Look, my salary might be 100 times what you earn, and you might only ever see me once every two years and, yes, there's every chance I'd sign the paperwork to sack you if budgets got tight, but I just want you to know I'm thinking of you. What's your name, by the way?'
But Jones wasn't in the call centre as any kind of morale boost. He was agent number 745, sitting at the 14th desk along from the window in the 23rd row. His promise to remain steadfastly in the top job had lasted just a few hours. The board had curiously bowed to Woodburner's pressure, and he had arrived at work to find a cardboard box on his desk, already filled with his personal possessions. Natalie was in tears. She was sad to lose a boss who had taken the time to remember her name, and, like many people, she felt uncomfortable with all the sudden changes happening around her. This was VastTel — nothing ever changed at VastTel.
'Is it the phone network?' Jones had asked her as he headed to the door. 'Do you think that's what's behind this?' If it was, he could accept his fate. He had to admit, the complete collapse of their mobile infrastructure, which now consisted of nothing more than several thousand useless phone towers (all incapable of delivering phone calls, but still able to emit radiation into nearby schoolyards), all under his watch, was certainly a sackable offence.
'I don't know if that's the reason,' Natalie had said, 'but I did see the prime minister arriving last night to talk with Mr Woodburner.'
Jones was impressed that she knew who the prime minister was. He was sure he wouldn't recognise him or her. But he was curious why the holder of the highest office in the land would be talking to a VastTel board member, particularly a little s*** like Woodburner. He wondered if their conversation had anything to do with his sudden demotion. He was determined to look into it.
In the relative quiet of the call centre, he had the time to start exploring the corporate intranet further. Even though he was at the bottom of the VastTel hierarchy, he still had the same network rights as the CEO. It would take the IT department weeks to remove his access to email accounts, documents, directories — all the entitlements of the company chief.
The fact that Jones had been the company's first computer-literate chief executive explains why he had found a plethora of documents that should have alarmed any of his predecessors. There was the Whitlam, Beevis & Hogsbreath report that Trisha Botherington had reported on. Another similar report from a year ago was called 'How to Cut Costs by Completely Removing the First 12 Tiers of Management with No Detrimental Effect Whatsoever'. Another showed how the company could reduce further occurrence of bad debt by getting rid of one customer who currently owed the company $14 billion.
One report was: 'How to Cut Costs by Completely Removing the First 12 Tiers of Management with No Detrimental Effect Whatsoever'.
But the most significant finding, as he trawled through the archives, was an official-looking document titled 'Government Telecommunications Policy Number 127'. It sounded like a particularly dry piece of text, and Jones almost skipped right past it as a favour to his brain, but, for some reason, he had second thoughts, and decided to have a look. What he found was startling.
It was an official internal government document, and he'd never seen one before, so he downloaded it and printed it out. It somehow seemed more official when he saw it on paper.
The document had the Department of Treasury logo at the top of each page, a distinctive emblem comprising a kangaroo who appeared to be smiling, with a wad of cash stuffed into her pouch. Underneath, there was something that looked Latin, but which was actually a random selection of letters selected by the design agency.
The opening sentence said it all. 'Estimates now place the proportion of the workforce employed by VastTel at close to 72 per cent. Many more are employed in support services for VastTel and its staff, in the fields of psychiatry and the production of corporate T-shirts and high-waist-banded trousers. The remaining 20 per cent of the population are gainfully employed in mining, manufacturing and a myriad of other productive causes, or in finance. Studies of the VastTel workforce have confirmed that more than three quarters of existing staff are unemployable in a competitive marketplace. It is in the national interest, therefore, that VastTel continues as an inefficient monolith. Any steps to introduce realistic competition, forcing operational improvements in VastTel, will result in widespread unemployment, and the likely collapse of the economy.'
Jones couldn't believe what he was reading. It seemed inconceivable that the government was involved in such a momentous cover-up. And was it really necessary? Surely these people would be able to find jobs elsewhere? He considered the thought for a moment, and then looked around the room.
'Stay calm, people!' screamed the supervisor, who was far from following his own advice.
'Perhaps they've got a point,' he said to himself.
He wanted to read further, but he was interrupted by a phone call. It was the first time his phone had rung that morning. In fact, it was the first time anyone's phone had rung for some time. It immediately attracted the attention of his supervisor, who was walking the floor.
'Hang on,' he yelled across to Jones. 'Don't answer it. We don't know who it is. It could be a customer.' There was panic in his voice.
Jones let it continue ringing. The supervisor looked very concerned, and a little unsure of what to do next.
'I don't know how this one got through, but perhaps we should let it ring for a while.'
Just then, another phone rang in the far side of the room. The call agents were now starting to fidget. There was definitely a nervous energy in the room.
'Stay calm, people!' screamed the supervisor, who was far from following his own advice. 'There's clearly a fault of some kind. I'll get an engineer down here to fix this.'
Several other phones started to ring. Then some more. The sound was becoming uncomfortable. The supervisor, who was also the floor's union representative, was ready to call a stop-work meeting. He wanted to yell 'Everybody out!' but he knew that nobody could leave the room. It wasn't safe. He was aware of the emerging unrest outside the building.
Not able to get any response from the call centre, thousands of angry customers had decided to take matters into their own hands, and descended on the VastTel offices. A police cordon managed to hold off some of the early arrivals, but, as larger crowds gathered, things started to turn ugly. By lunchtime, tens of thousands of people had amassed on the street outside the company, trying to force an entry. The riot squad was helicoptered in to the top of the headquarters, and scaled the outside of the building, firing warning shots over the heads of the crowd, inadvertently shooting one or two of the taller ones. Before long, there was a full-scale public insurrection, the likes of which Australia had never seen before — at least, not since they lost the Ashes.
Mounted police tried to break up the crowds who pelted the officers with their defunct mobile handsets. All the time, the mob pushed for entry through the revolving doors of the VastTel building. Eventually, they managed to break open the emergency exits, and thousands of angry customers spilled in across the concourse as VastTel employees sipping their cafe lattes at the ground-floor cafe dived for cover beneath the tables.
The riot squad helicoptered in and scaled the building, firing shots over the heads of the crowd, inadvertently shooting one or two of the taller ones.
Warning sirens, installed for precisely an occasion such as this, echoed throughout the building. Emergency lights flashed, and key entry doors to the main section of the building automatically bolted shut. The foyer was plunged into darkness, with the marauding crowd falling and treading over each other in an aimless and desperate stampede.
At the far end of the ground-floor lobby, the double doors that led through to the VastTel call centre became the focus of the horde. They pushed hard and fast, intent on bursting the doors open and confronting the customer-service team with the full ferocity of their anger.
'Quick,' yelled out the team leader. 'Everyone, to the panic room!'
The angry customers had started using coffee tables as battering rams, and it seemed unlikely that the outer doors would hold for long.
The call centre team was led down an empty corridor that took them to the depths of the VastTel complex. Few people had been down here before, but they were grateful for the foresight of the building designers. They had envisaged a day when a panic room would be needed, able to withstand a nuclear attack or the full force of a disgruntled customer base. From here, in a massive lead-lined room, protected by heavy steel doors, they could continue their call operations unheeded by contact with the outside world.
The panic room, they soon discovered, was a fully equipped call centre, with the addition of beds, so staff could stay there until it was safe to leave. The team quickly moved to their new desks, which had the same configuration as the room upstairs. They were clearly scared of what would become of them, as well as angry about the prospect of having to stay at work past 5pm.
They could hear the muffled sound of the crowd upstairs, cheering as they broke through the doors into the room where, moments before, they had been answering calls (occasionally) for their entire working life. Seeing an empty call centre seemed to heighten the anger, and the customers began throwing chairs and smashing computer screens.
Downstairs, the call-centre staff hoped and prayed that the panic room was strong enough to protect them. At least down here, the phones were quiet. When the panic room was activated, to protect the staff, the call-centre software was automatically switched to random mode. That reduced the likelihood that any menu options would relate to questions previously asked, increasing the chance that people would be lost inside the menu forever.
But first, he had to save the country — unless she offered the sex first, in which case the country might have to wait a while.
Jones was as concerned as everyone else. Just how long would they be trapped inside the panic room for? Not wanting to dwell on the circumstance, he returned to the Treasury report that he was still clutching tightly.
The more he read, the more disturbing it became. The final section dealt with what must happen if the integrity of the VastTel plan was compromised.
'It is possible,' the report said, 'that such an inefficient organisation, which, by its nature, will deliver substandard service, will come under scrutiny from the public. We must prevent this from happening, because the repercussions are dire for the population. If it becomes politically untenable for VastTel to continue in its current form, it will be necessary to swiftly, and expediently, implement the Redundancy Program.'
As Jones read on, he realised the Redundancy Program had far more sinister overtones than a simple process of mass lay-offs. It was astonishing in its brutality. He couldn't let this happen. He had to get to the press and leak the story before it was too late. And, if he was going to tell anyone, it might as well be Trisha Botherington. As well as being seen as a credible reporter, there was also the possibility that with another meeting she might agree to have sex with him, particularly if he gave her the biggest news story of a lifetime. 'But first,' he thought to himself rather melodramatically, 'I must save the country.' Unless she offered the sex first, in which case the country might have to wait a while. He'd have to wait and see how it played out.
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Putnam County Parent Support Groups
May 3, 2010 March 4, 2019 Claudia Corrigan D'Arcy Parent Support Groups for Foster and Adoptive Parents in New York
AGAPE Hudson Valley serves families in Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan and Ulster counties who have adopted a child or those that have become guardians of a relative's child. By providing supportive services and connecting families to resources such as parent trainings, support groups for both parents and youths, peer mentoring, navigation for cross-system needs, therapeutic services referrals, counseling, or other supports to help families address issues as they arise, the AGAPE program helps post-adoptive and post-guardianship families through the unique challenges they face following an adoption or guardianship.
AGAPE's services are provided free of charge. It is open for families who have adopted through foster care or private adoption whether domestically or internationally. Services are also available for those caring for a child through G docket guardianship. Whether it's a simple question, a need for more training or a more challenging problem, we are here to guide you.
Funded by the Regional Permanency Resource Centers initiative of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services' (OCFS).
AGAPE Hudson Valley
Contact Person: Ali Palmetier
Email: ali@affcny.org
Address: 108 Main Street, Suite 5, New Paltz, New York 12561
Adoptive Parents Committee – Hudson Reg
Services Provided: Adoptive Parents Committee (APC) is a not-for-profit parents support group offering support to parents at all stages of their adoption journey. Please visit website to check-in for meeting times, a locations and other events for Hudson and Connecticut chapter. APC meetings are free and open to the public. Post adoption workshops, monthly meetings with pre and post adoption topics, social activities, and annual conference.
Address: PO Box 625, Hartsdale, NY 10530
Email: hudsonct@adoptiveparents.org
Website: https://www.adoptiveparents.org/hudson-connecticut-journal/
Hudson Valley Special Education Parent Center
Services Provided: The Hudson Valley Special Education Parent Center, located at Westchester Institute for Human Development, offers information and resources about the special education process to parents of children with disabilities in the Hudson Valley region and is funded by a grant from the New York State Education Department. Services include Hear Our Voices – Self Advocacy Group Meetings and Community Support Network Family Learning Series. Do you have questions about special education or concerns about your child's program or services? Call us at 1.877.810.2422 or 914.493.7665. We can assist you in your native language.
Address: Cedarwood Hall, Valhalla, NY 10595
Phone: 887-810-2422/914-493-7665
Website: www.hvsepc.org
Taconic DDSO – OPWDD
Services Provided: Family Support Services Coordinators are available at each of OPWDD's regional Developmental Disabilities Services Offices (DDSOs) to help families access Family Support Services. Family Support Services can help in times of crisis when a family member or loved one becomes ill, or when things get difficult at home for other reasons. Find out more information about these services and supports by calling your local Family Support Services Coordinator. Support services may include: information and referral, family and individual counseling, recreation, after-school programs, support groups, transportation and specialized equipment and home modifications.
Contact Person: Gina Cassidy Comfort
Website: www.opwdd.ny.gov
To find upcoming foster and adoptive parent support group meetings, trainings, and other special events on the Coalition's event calendar cclick here.
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It's a common occurrence to not just see but also to swim with mermaids at the Downtown Aquarium. Young Dean here decided to spend his 6th birthday at the Aquarium. Since his favorite animal is sharks we arranged to take Dean and his friends behind the scenes to see them up close. All was great until this beautiful mermaid appeared then the boys became a bit distracted. Nevertheless we think Deans aquarium birthday party was a big hit!


We a looking for a Technical Support Agent to join our team of support trained installers using our products. The support agent will act as the primary point of contact between Fortin Electronic Systems and our customers for all technical inquiries. We are looking for people who have experience with customer service, have some knowledge of electrical theory, are passionate about what they do, and how they do it. Do you want to make a difference? Our clients are located all around the globe, and we need to continue to be more experienced and knowledgeable than they are to offer them the best support possible.
Responsibilities include basic technical troubleshooting and communication as well as contributing to the administrative aspect of the departement. Opportunities are available for those willing and who know their stuff.
Given the mission critical nature of our applications, you must work very well under pressure, problem solve efficiently, and keep abreast of current technology.