Just down the road from my mum's street is Library Place. When I was in the sixth form, I used to work in the library that was here - St George's Library - two nights a week after school. It was a much prized job, handed down like a sinecure, from one sixth former to another. Respectable girls only, of course. I passed it on to my cousin when I moved on.
The library was not a place of beauty. In fact, it was a pre-fabricated building, put up to replace the library that had been housed in the local Town Hall, bombed during the war. One half of the pre-fab housed a baby clinic, the other half the library. When it rained, it was like being in the tropics with the rain pounding on the flimsy roof. I know this because I used to work there for three hours on Thursday and Friday evenings, a doddle of a job because Fridays were dead quiet and once I'd shelved the returned books that had accumulated during the day, there was not really very much to do. For the most part, it would be me and the relief librarian from the area library, an amateur photographer, talking about books. There would be a few customers - a serious boy who read his way through all the quality children's books, the two girls from the Italian grocers who were obsessed with Dorothy Dunnetts, a rather attractive young man working his way through improving political texts (I distinctly remember Karl Marx's Capital), middle aged women reading Georgette Heyer and middle aged bachelors reading adventure stories, H Rider Haggards and the like.
It was a wonderful job. Covering books, folding and pasting pages into the front of books for stamping the return dates, counting the issue, stamping the books with the insignia of ownership according to strict protocols. Look here - proper paste, proper ink pads, wooden boxes for library cards. And demure handmaiden to carry out said tasks.
During the school holidays I got to work at Whitechapel Library, visiting hospitals and the housebound, sorting out the Hansards in the dusty basement among the relics of the old museum previously housed in the building, supervising the reference library. This task amounted to little more than making sure that those who had come to get warm and dry at least didn't make that too obvious. Since then I have been alert to librarian heroines - Philip Larkins' "A Girl in Winter"; Barbara Pym's " An Unsuitable Attachment". And alert too to the importance of public libraries, the importance of preserving local histories and collections, and to the opportunities they offered to people.
Now Whitechapel Library has been closed and will soon be part of the extended Whitechapel Art Gallery. Before it closed there were various events in the old Passmore Edwards building, including a recording of people talking about what the library meant to them, for me rather a moving piece.
I went to my local idea store today to try to find a book. Idea stores were located to be close to places that people used, local markets, shops. Unfortunately, the large supermarket next to our Idea Stores closed a while ago and the building is depressingly unprepossessing. But it was buzzing with noise and activity, people sheltering from the cold (just like the old days), masses of of people using the Internet, people coming in to borrow DVDs. some people even borrowing books. Miles away, years away, from St George's library.
So while I may have sentimental memories of the library service, it is still doing what it needs to do, bringing people in, opening doors, if somewhat more noisily than in the past. And I found out today that there was no need to have made the trip to the library at all. I could have checked whether they had the book I was looking for over the internet from the comfort of the kitchen.
By the way, I met John in St George's. That might explain the sentimental attachment.
Sentimental Tosh! but don't I just love it. I wonder if today's users of the Ideas Store will have such fond memories of their use. I hope so. As a researcher into the 70 plus Passmore Edwards buildings I was very interested in your time at Whitechapel and would love to know more. Of course the St Georges library was also a Passmore Edwards library, destroyed, as you say, in WW2. Edwards was very much an anti war campaigner it would have hurt him to see his beloved libraries, a symbol of his war against ignorance, destroyed in that way.
i hope you'll write more about what people said about the library.
i'm such a fan of ackroyd's London, of Martha Quest's epic walks through The Four-Gated City, that it almost brings tears to my eyes to think of the building, the bombing, the library, its disappearance....and replacement with the mural and smooth silent grass.
Now there's a thing. I had not realised that the earlier St George's library had been a Passmore Edwards building. The internet is a truly wonderful thing.
The area still had a large Jewish population when I worked there and I can clearly rememebr the collection of Jewish books, kept in a gallery over the main hall.
As a kid I used the now closed Limehouse Library. It had a mural on the wall but I can't remember what it depicted. What I do remember is that as a special treat library staff would take us into a back office where stood the desk of Dr Barnardo complete with secret drawer. I was delighted when I took my kids to a London Open House day at the Barkingside headquarters of Barnardos to see the desk there.
http://www.passmoreedwards.org.uk Follow the links through to photos on the page for Limehouse library.
Site being redeveloped at the moment but should still work ok. If anyone has any stories about the passmore edwards buildings in London I would love to hear from you. Thank you Colleen for the link to the article on Whitechapel.
Your post strikes me that people who know/love gardens have a lot in common with people who know and love books. There's something special about both, and the only way to understand what that is, you have to jump in.
Your recollections are beautifully told - a lovely epitaph for a lost neighborhood anchor.


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My other pc messed up and that's not much of an excuse but it is the truth as to why I haven't been posting much of late. My apologies. To jump back in with both feet, I would like to make everyone aware of just how near Jesus's rapture is. Well it's our rapture too… but I want to stress the point of being right with him in order that you may be lifted up as well.
It makes little difference to anyone whether you are believed or not as you spread the Good News of Christ's resurrection. He is the one that matters, though it is our duty to him as well as the lost to spread it. We must all try to keep as holy and righteous as we can in the next few weeks or months, though we should be doing this anyways, it is now all important for us to do so.
Please get out there and warn your friends and neighbors and love those even if they hate you. Try to get right with GOD now because it will soon be too late to do so. I have returned to the fold and never looked back and I wish everyone else would join me in doing so. We will be so amazed and unafraid at the great judgement while everyone else is terrified and rightly so. I do not want anyone left behind and even though you will have another opportunity to accept Christ why would you want to wait and endure the terrors of the Great Tribulation if you do not have to? To me this is idiocy and no one has any excuse. All praises to thee Oh God!!
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By Dylan Dethier
Joel Dahmen came up just short at the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday — but he still took away plenty from the weekend. That included a check for the better part of a million dollars as the 31-year-old finished solo second at Quail Hollow.
Was Dahmen thinking about that money down the stretch? "Yes, of course," he said afterwards. "I had four or five feet for 5 on 16, I'm solo second, I'm aware where that is."
He made the putt on 16, and he made a tough up-and-down at 17. At 18, he got aggressive with his approach shot — and barely stayed out of the water.
Joel Dahmen said he won a "ridiculous" amount of money at the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday.
"On 18 my caddie wanted me to play it safe, but I thought if I snuck a 3 in there and Max hit it in the lake, I could come back around," Dahmen said. Maybe he should have listened to his caddie; his second shot from 210 yards wound up actually on the wrong side of the greenside creek.
Dahmen ended up hitting his chip to about a foot, leaving a kick-in par. Had his ball found the water, it would have cost him roughly half his paycheck. Rickie Fowler, by comparison, finished two shots worse at T4 and made $311,062. The sequence served as a reminder of the slim margins and huge money involved on Sunday afternoons in contention on Tour.
"[My caddie] is over here laughing at me. I had such a huge break, and actually it's a pretty easy chip there, but I was certainly aware of what was at stake, absolutely. I mean this was my biggest paycheck by $500,000 maybe. I mean, it's ridiculous what I just won today, absolutely ridiculous."
That ridiculous sum? $853,200. Not bad for solo second.
Last year, Dahmen finished T2 at the John Deere and made $382,800, his previous career high. This year, he finished T12 at the Players and cashed in $253,125. At the time, he talked about the result doubling his net worth. Sunday, he nearly did so again.
Cancer survivor Joel Dahmen: 'I've been through life and death—this isn't it'
The runner-up finish gives Dahmen plenty of positives coming out of Charlotte. "I love trophies, don't get me wrong. They just come if you keep doing the right thing. So I'm doing the right things, I'm on the right track. This weekend was huge for me," he said.
Dahmen jumped from 125 to 80 in the world, as well as into 29th in the FedEx Cup. He'll look to add to both those totals at the PGA Championship in two weeks. Until then, he's going to enjoy some down time.
"I have a well-deserved week off next week enjoying my family and my dog and new backyard. So we're going to hang out and do that."
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We'll Handel the Children offers burnt out parents the luxury of stillness
Featuring Arvo Pärt's Te Deum – November 4 and 6 in Portland and Brunswick
Portland, ME (October 24, 2022) - "Primal Scream" hotlines, meditation apps, bottles of wine: parents are struggling with the relentless challenges of raising children during the pandemic and are seeking creative ways to restore their sanity. Classical Uprising's We'll Handel the Children offers another tool for the pandemic parenting arsenal: time alone with soul-centering music.
The National Endowment for the Arts' 2012 General Social Survey found that a third of people who do not attend live music performances want to but are prevented by the demands of parenthood.[1]Created by professional conductor and mother of two, Emily Isaacson, We'll Handel the Children helps overcome these barriers by offering free babysitting so parents can experience live classical music without disruption. Children are provided with snacks, games, and babysitters while adults enjoy an uninterrupted experience with inspiring music.
"When you attend a performance, you secure a space without to-do lists and notifications," explains Isaacson. "By offering caregivers the luxuries of sustained stillness and heartfelt music, we hope to provide a refuge to recuperate."
For this moment of retreat, Isaacson chose Arvo Pärt's Te Deum, which she calls "an antitoxin to the pace of the modern world." Although Te Deum features over 70 musicians, Pärt's focus is on using sound to amplify silence and embrace stasis. "Like meditation or yoga," Isaacson explains, "to enter Pärt's music is to commit oneself to sitting with your inner world."
A Classical Uprising production, Arvo Pärt's Te Deum features the Oratorio Chorale and the Bowdoin College Chorus. We'll Handel the Children will be offered in two sessions at the performances on November 4, 2022, during Portland's First Friday Art Walk.
Arvo Pärt's Te Deum Performances
November 4 | 5:00–7:00 p.m. | First Parish Church, Portland
November 6 | 5:00 p.m. | Studzinski Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick
These events are offered free of charge but capacity will be monitored and pre-registration is recommended. To register, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/o/oratorio-chorale-31248741647.
About Emily Isaacson - Conductor and Artistic Director
Dr. Emily Isaacson is fiercely committed to reimagining classical music for today's audiences. She is founder and artistic director of Classical Uprising, serving over 6,000 musicians and music-lovers through its programs: Oratorio Chorale, Portland Bach Experience, and Horizon Voices. Isaacson was named 2018 Maine Artist of the Year by the Maine Arts Commission, one of 50 Mainers Leading the State by Maine Magazine, and the 2018 face of Maine's Women's Work. Isaacson helped to launch Roomful of Teeth, a GRAMMY-winning new vocal music ensemble.In 2015 and 2018 (2021 pending), she won the American Prize in Choral Conducting. She has taught at Clark University and the University of Illinois, and is currently teaching at Bowdoin College. A St. Andrews Society Scholar, Isaacson holds advanced degrees from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Oregon, and the University of Illinois. She lives in Portland, ME with her husband, daughter, and son. https://www.eisaacson.com/
[1] National Endowment for the Arts, Why Don't They Come? Characteristics of Interested Non-Attendees of the Arts (2012)
About Classical Uprising
Classical Uprising offers a bold rethinking of the classical music experience through immersive events, performances, and educational programs. Formed in 2020 as a merger between Oratorio Chorale and Portland Bach Experience, we are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to community development, creative expression, inclusivity, lifelong learning, and artistic excellence. Our mission is to enliven, strengthen, and connect communities by creating world-class, immersive classical music experiences for everyone. Through our programs—Oratorio Chorale, Portland Bach Experience, and Horizon Voices—we serve over 120 adult amateur singers, 70 young musicians, 60 professional artists, and more than 6,000 audience members.
For more information or to schedule an interview, contact:
Emily Southard – Managing Director, Classical Uprising
music@classicaluprising.org
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Directed by: Carol Reed
Starring: Harry Secombe, Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis
Genres: Crime, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
All mistakes 1 audio problem1 character mistake16 continuity mistakes2 deliberate mistakes2 other mistakes1 revealing mistake Order by popularity Order chronologically Suggested corrections Significant dates Titles starting with O
Continuity mistake: In the early-morning scene at Mr. Brownlow's house, Oliver is shown sleeping in his bed. He awakens and his hair is in complete disarray as he walks towards the open balcony doors. Standing on the balcony and gazing outside, however, his hair is combed neatly.
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Continuity mistake: When Nancy is singing "As Long As He Needs Me" her dress continually changes between shots from being over her shoulder to half way down her arm.
Other mistake: When Oliver is meeting Fagin and his boys, he says, "Is this a laundry then, sir?" You can see Jack Wild (Dodger) mouthing that line on the left side of the screen.
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Character mistake: In the beginning of the film, Oliver has been brought by Mr. and Mrs. Bumble to the Governor's door after asking for more to eat. Mrs. Bumble then sings, "They'll lay the blame on the one who named him," and as Mr. Bumble is responding, "O-li-ver", look at Oliver. He is completely spacing out and not in character at all - staring off into the distance and flicking his tongue in and out of his mouth.
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Suggested correction: The character is in character, he is acting alarmed and concerned and regretting his choice to inform the governor. As seen https://youtu.be/nlJugdk4OGc.
Continuity mistake: While the boys are messing around with Oliver's stuff, Dodger and Fagin are in the background talking, and Fagin lifts his hand. In the next shot, a close-up of the two, Fagin's hand is down.
Audio problem: Just after Oliver leaves Mr. Brownlow's house with the books and £5 note there is a shot of Bill Sykes and Nancy on a park bench. Just as Nancy stands up Bill's dog barks. Whilst you can hear the birds singing, nothing of the bark can be heard.
Deliberate mistake: When Fagin shakes Oliver's hand (when he first meets him) there is a blonde haired boy standing right behind Oliver, but in the shots from behind him, the boy is gone. This may be because the camera is just behind where the boy was and he had to move so they could get the shots from this angle.
Continuity mistake: When Oliver first meets Fagin, he says " aren't we, my dears?" Dodger replies "'course we are Fagin" Dodger then looks up at Fagin and stops smiling. But when the camera zooms in, he does the same thing again, you can tell by his expression that it is the same shot but from a different angle.
Continuity mistake: The final participants in the spectacular "Who Will Buy?" scene are the soldiers who make up the band and the platoon it leads. As they make their first appearance, the band is leading the platoon, and in blazing sunshine. By the end of the scene, it is overcast, and the platoon soldiers are now leading the band.
Continuity mistake: When Fagin puts Oliver to bed, inside is light, then Fagin walks outside and it is dark.
Continuity mistake: Just before "Be back soon", Dodgers asks Fagin if Oliver can go out with him and Charlie, earlier we see that Charlie is a small boy with dark hair and a black bakerboy hat. This same boy tells Dodger and Oliver to hurry up at the very end of "Be back soon". But when they arrive in London, Charlie is now someone different. He has a different shaped face and a different outfit. You see this boy earlier, claiming the sausages are mouldy, but there he has blonde hair.
Continuity mistake: During 'It's A Fine Life', Nancy fills a bowl of soup to give to Bill. Just after she fills it, she puts her arm round Bet's shoulder and Bet puts hers round Nancy's waist. Bet is holding a bowl in her left hand. When it cuts, to show them from the front, Bet is now holding the bowl in her right hand and the other is holding her skirt.
Deliberate mistake: During "Consider Yourself", watch the meat-cutters - the cleavers they use never cut into the meat, just bounce off harmlessly. Obviously too dangerous to try and use real ones in such a crowded environment.
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Continuity mistake: When Dodger, Charlie and Oliver first arrive in London after "Be Back Soon," the camera shows the old woman's sweet stall in shadow. But when Dodger and Charlie steal from it, it is in full sun.
Continuity mistake: When Oliver first meets Fagin, he comes out with a sausage on a poker, in the shots from behind Oliver, the poker is at Oliver's eye level, but in the the shots from behind Fagin, it is much lower.
Continuity mistake: Just watched the film Oliver, with the scene in the undertakers when Oliver is put in the coffin he is facing right but when the coffin lid is opened again, he is somehow facing the other way round. (00:25:00)
Suggested correction: When facing the coffin from the door, Oliver's head is to the right. When Mr. Bumble open the coffin, Oliver's head is still to the right.
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Continuity mistake: During the 'who will buy' scene, the window cleaners come into shot and pitch their ladders to the balcony. The cleaners are beating the carpets over the balcony, and in the same shot you can see the ladders are not attached to the balcony. When the window cleaners climb the ladders and dismount, at the top you can see the ladders are now attached to the balcony with brackets.
Continuity mistake: When Fagin and his gang are outside singing 'Be back Soon,' Oliver is behind one of Fagin's gang members (not the Artful Dodger). In the next shot, Oliver is behind Dodger. And in the next shot, Oliver is behind the Fagin's gang member again.
Continuity mistake: In the last scene, when Dodger and Fagin are singing together, Dodger sings, "Once the villain, you're a villain to the end!" and the right corner of his fringe is tucked up into his hat. But when Fagin says, "Your light fingers," it is down again.
Other mistake: At Fagin's place, Bill is supposed to give Nancy a back-handed slap that sends her to the floor, but there's no sound of the slap and there's no contact - it's very badly acted.
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Bill: Hand it over, you avaricious old skeleton.
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Trivia: Mark Lester, who had the lead role as Oliver, was tone deaf and could not sing, so he was dubbed by the music supervisor's daughter.
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Suggested correction: This isn't correct unfortunately. It was actually the voice of child singer Roger Bowman. For further details go to https://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question42755.html.
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Question: Fagin and the gang want Oliver back out of fear that he might tell about them. But there are some things I don't understand. 1. How long Oliver had been with Brownlow is unknown (Bill says it had been three days since he saw him during the "Who Will Buy" song), but since no police had arrived at the hideout during that time, surely they'd think Oliver hadn't said anything by now. 2. And even if they did think the above, why would they still think Oliver might say something later on? (01:34:50 - 01:37:00)
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Chosen answer: They're probably concerned because he's a child. He might unintentionally say something without meaning to, or after some time has passed and more is learned about Oliver's past life at Fagin's hideout, it's conceivable he might be questioned more intensely. A child would likely give more information under pressure.
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Fagin: Careful Bill, please, no violence.
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If you've been following biometrics over the years you have seen the industry grow by leaps and bounds. Technological advances and platform changes have been driving forward to meet the rigorous demands of operational environments.
But there has recently been a shift in use that has morphed the industry from a niche technology to something much more mainstream. In fact, Google introduced a new capability last week that further proves we are moving into a new age of biometric prevalence.
For years, biometrics were seen as critical tools for law enforcement purposes. Governments used them to identify bad guys on watch lists or to prevent imposters from accessing secure areas. Police used them to book suspects and to keep track of criminals in the system. Even with the occasional commercial use of biometrics, such as hand geometry timekeeping applications or biometric access to your local gym, security overwhelmingly remained the driving force.
This all changed when Apple and others started to introduce biometrics to the Average Joe through the device we all carry in our hand - the cell phone.
Nearly everyone has a cell phone constantly at the ready. We are obsessed with interacting with our phones and they've become a major part of our daily lives. With the introduction of fingerprint biometrics into our standard operating procedure, biometrics started to shift into a new role. The tipping point had arrived and convenience was suddenly taking over.
No longer were biometrics seen as unnecessarily intrusive or as a tool of an authoritarian Big Brother. They were now helping you easily perform a mundane daily task while still providing the added layer of security as a bonus. In effect, biometrics were no longer something to be feared.
Last week Google introduced functionality that further moves biometrics into the mainstream. Their voice-powered speaker, Google Home, was updated to recognize up to 6 different voices interacting with the device using voice recognition technology and Google's neural network.
Those of us in the biometrics industry have been clamoring for this capability as voice-powered devices such as the Google Home and the Amazon Echo have gained popularity.
This is just one more instance where biometrics are starting to serve a complementary role in our daily existence. Convenience is beginning to override years of fear or ignorance related to biometric technology and security is no longer the sole influencer.
From the new iris camera in your rearview mirror to the silly SnapChat filters you play with every day, biometrics are becoming part of your daily life.
The possibilities of what's next for mainstream biometrics are limitless. Imagine your facial image driving how you interact with your smart home or your iris being used for authentication in an Augmented Reality (AR) or Virtual Reality (VR) experience.
While security will always remain a valued byproduct of biometric technology, the shift to convenience is what has the technology being adopted by the masses and forging a new way of life.
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The conference will provide training across the company's platform of applications for estimating, scheduling and dispatching, field tracking and equipment maintenance. Steve Letarte, a former auto racing crew chief who worked with Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr., will deliver a keynote address outlining some of the leadership principles he used in the pit box and in preparing teams for NASCAR's premier series. The crew chief, who accumulated 15 wins including at the Daytona 500, will also highlight colourful characters and experiences from his 20 years on the NASCAR circuit.
Taking inspiration from his leadership experiences, the conference aims to provide construction professionals with the software skills and inspiration to advance and perform at a higher level.
"Peak performance in heavy construction increasingly depends on people who can leverage technology," stated B2W founder Paul McKeon. "Software can improve efficiency, collaboration and profitability, but investing in the employees that use it is the key to unlocking that potential and to retaining critical talent in today's environment."
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package util

import (
	"errors"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"path"
	"path/filepath"
	"testing"

	"fmt"

	"github.com/gruntwork-io/terragrunt/test/helpers"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
)

func TestGetPathRelativeTo(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	testCases := []struct {
		path     string
		basePath string
		expected string
	}{
		{"", "", "."},
		{helpers.RootFolder, helpers.RootFolder, "."},
		{helpers.RootFolder, helpers.RootFolder + "child", ".."},
		{helpers.RootFolder, helpers.RootFolder + "child/sub-child/sub-sub-child", "../../.."},
		{helpers.RootFolder + "other-child", helpers.RootFolder + "child", "../other-child"},
		{helpers.RootFolder + "other-child/sub-child", helpers.RootFolder + "child/sub-child", "../../other-child/sub-child"},
		{helpers.RootFolder + "root", helpers.RootFolder + "other-root", "../root"},
		{helpers.RootFolder + "root", helpers.RootFolder + "other-root/sub-child/sub-sub-child", "../../../root"},
	}

	for _, testCase := range testCases {
		actual, err := GetPathRelativeTo(testCase.path, testCase.basePath)
		assert.Nil(t, err, "Unexpected error for path %s and basePath %s: %v", testCase.path, testCase.basePath, err)
		assert.Equal(t, testCase.expected, actual, "For path %s and basePath %s", testCase.path, testCase.basePath)
	}
}

func TestCanonicalPath(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	testCases := []struct {
		path     string
		basePath string
		expected string
	}{
		{"", helpers.RootFolder + "foo", helpers.RootFolder + "foo"},
		{".", helpers.RootFolder + "foo", helpers.RootFolder + "foo"},
		{"bar", helpers.RootFolder + "foo", helpers.RootFolder + "foo/bar"},
		{"bar/baz/blah", helpers.RootFolder + "foo", helpers.RootFolder + "foo/bar/baz/blah"},
		{"bar/../blah", helpers.RootFolder + "foo", helpers.RootFolder + "foo/blah"},
		{"bar/../..", helpers.RootFolder + "foo", helpers.RootFolder},
		{"bar/.././../baz", helpers.RootFolder + "foo", helpers.RootFolder + "baz"},
		{"bar", helpers.RootFolder + "foo/../baz", helpers.RootFolder + "baz/bar"},
		{"a/b/../c/d/..", helpers.RootFolder + "foo/../baz/.", helpers.RootFolder + "baz/a/c"},
		{helpers.RootFolder + "other", helpers.RootFolder + "foo", helpers.RootFolder + "other"},
		{helpers.RootFolder + "other/bar/blah", helpers.RootFolder + "foo", helpers.RootFolder + "other/bar/blah"},
		{helpers.RootFolder + "other/../blah", helpers.RootFolder + "foo", helpers.RootFolder + "blah"},
	}

	for _, testCase := range testCases {
		actual, err := CanonicalPath(testCase.path, testCase.basePath)
		assert.Nil(t, err, "Unexpected error for path %s and basePath %s: %v", testCase.path, testCase.basePath, err)
		assert.Equal(t, testCase.expected, actual, "For path %s and basePath %s", testCase.path, testCase.basePath)
	}
}

func TestPathContainsHiddenFileOrFolder(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	testCases := []struct {
		path     string
		expected bool
	}{
		{"", false},
		{".", false},
		{".foo", true},
		{".foo/", true},
		{"foo/bar", false},
		{"/foo/bar", false},
		{".foo/bar", true},
		{"foo/.bar", true},
		{"/foo/.bar", true},
		{"/foo/./bar", false},
		{"/foo/../bar", false},
		{"/foo/.././bar", false},
		{"/foo/.././.bar", true},
		{"/foo/.././.bar/", true},
	}

	for _, testCase := range testCases {
		path := filepath.FromSlash(testCase.path)
		actual := TerragruntExcludes(path)
		assert.Equal(t, testCase.expected, actual, "For path %s", path)
	}
}

func TestJoinTerraformModulePath(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	testCases := []struct {
		modulesFolder string
		path          string
		expected      string
	}{
		{"foo", "bar", "foo//bar"},
		{"foo/", "bar", "foo//bar"},
		{"foo", "/bar", "foo//bar"},
		{"foo/", "/bar", "foo//bar"},
		{"foo//", "/bar", "foo//bar"},
		{"foo//", "//bar", "foo//bar"},
		{"/foo/bar/baz", "/a/b/c", "/foo/bar/baz//a/b/c"},
		{"/foo/bar/baz/", "//a/b/c", "/foo/bar/baz//a/b/c"},
	}

	for _, testCase := range testCases {
		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", testCase.modulesFolder, testCase.path), func(t *testing.T) {
			actual := JoinTerraformModulePath(testCase.modulesFolder, testCase.path)
			assert.Equal(t, testCase.expected, actual)
		})
	}
}

func TestFileManifest(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	var testfiles []string

	// create temp dir
	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", ".terragrunt-test-dir")
	require.NoError(t, err)
	for _, file := range []string{"file1", "file2"} {
		// create temp files in the dir
		f, err := ioutil.TempFile(dir, file)
		assert.NoError(t, err, f.Close())
		testfiles = append(testfiles, f.Name())
	}
	// will later test if the file already doesn't exist
	testfiles = append(testfiles, path.Join(dir, "ephemeral-file-that-doesnt-exist.txt"))

	// create a manifest
	manifest := newFileManifest(dir, ".terragrunt-test-manifest")
	require.Nil(t, manifest.Create())
	// check the file manifest has been created
	require.FileExists(t, filepath.Join(manifest.ManifestFolder, manifest.ManifestFile))
	for _, file := range testfiles {
		assert.NoError(t, manifest.AddFile(file))
	}
	// check for a non-existent directory as well
	assert.NoError(t, manifest.AddDirectory(path.Join(dir, "ephemeral-directory-that-doesnt-exist")))

	require.NoError(t, manifest.Clean())
	// test if the files have been deleted
	for _, file := range testfiles {
		assert.Equal(t, FileExists(file), false)
	}

}

func TestSplitPath(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	testCases := []struct {
		path     string
		expected []string
	}{
		{"foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", []string{"foo", "bar", ".tf", "tg.hcl"}},
		{"/foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", []string{"", "foo", "bar", ".tf", "tg.hcl"}},
		{"../foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", []string{"..", "foo", "bar", ".tf", "tg.hcl"}},
		{"foo//////bar/.tf/tg.hcl", []string{"foo", "bar", ".tf", "tg.hcl"}},
	}

	for _, testCase := range testCases {
		actual := SplitPath(testCase.path)
		assert.Equal(t, testCase.expected, actual, "For path %s", testCase.path)
	}
}

func TestContainsPath(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	testCases := []struct {
		path     string
		subpath  string
		expected bool
	}{
		{"", "", true},
		{"/", "/", true},
		{"foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "foo/bar", true},
		{"/foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "foo/bar", true},
		{"foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "bar", true},
		{"foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", ".tf/tg.hcl", true},
		{"foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "tg.hcl", true},

		{"foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "/bar", false},
		{"/foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "/bar", false},
		{"foo/bar", "foo/bar/gee", false},
		{"foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "foo/barf", false},
		{"foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "foo/ba", false},
	}

	for _, testCase := range testCases {
		actual := ContainsPath(testCase.path, testCase.subpath)
		assert.Equal(t, testCase.expected, actual, "For path %s and subpath %s", testCase.path, testCase.subpath)
	}
}

func TestHasPathPrefix(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	testCases := []struct {
		path     string
		prefix   string
		expected bool
	}{
		{"", "", true},
		{"/", "/", true},
		{"foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "foo", true},
		{"/foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "/foo", true},
		{"foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "foo/bar", true},
		{"/foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "/foo/bar", true},

		{"/", "", false},
		{"foo", "foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", false},
		{"/foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "foo", false},
		{"/foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "bar/.tf", false},
		{"/foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "/foo/barf", false},
		{"/foo/bar/.tf/tg.hcl", "/foo/ba", false},
	}

	for _, testCase := range testCases {
		actual := HasPathPrefix(testCase.path, testCase.prefix)
		assert.Equal(t, testCase.expected, actual, "For path %s and prefix %s", testCase.path, testCase.prefix)
	}
}

func TestIncludeInCopy(t *testing.T) {
	includeInCopy := []string{"_module/.region2", "**/app2", "**/.include-me-too"}

	testCases := []struct {
		path         string
		copyExpected bool
	}{
		{"/app/terragrunt.hcl", true},
		{"/_module/main.tf", true},
		{"/_module/.region1/info.txt", false},
		{"/_module/.region3/project3-1/f1-2-levels.txt", false},
		{"/_module/.region3/project3-1/app1/.include-me-too/file.txt", true},
		{"/_module/.region3/project3-2/.f0/f0-3-levels.txt", false},
		{"/_module/.region2/.project2-1/app2/f2-dot-f2.txt", true},
		{"/_module/.region2/.project2-1/readme.txt", true},
		{"/_module/.region2/project2-2/f2-dot-f0.txt", true},
	}

	tempDir := t.TempDir()
	source := filepath.Join(tempDir, "source")
	destination := filepath.Join(tempDir, "destination")

	fileContent := []byte("source file")
	for _, testCase := range testCases {
		path := filepath.Join(source, testCase.path)
		require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), os.ModePerm))
		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, fileContent, 0644))
	}

	require.NoError(t, CopyFolderContents(source, destination, ".terragrunt-test", includeInCopy))

	for _, testCase := range testCases {
		_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(destination, testCase.path))
		assert.True(t,
			testCase.copyExpected && err == nil ||
				!testCase.copyExpected && errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist),
			"Unexpected copy result for file '%s' (should be copied: '%t') - got error: %s", testCase.path, testCase.copyExpected, err)
	}
}

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Bank error in her favor as Australian woman finds $19 million in her account
An Australian woman woke up to find $19 million in her account through a bank error [Image credit: Chris Potter/Flickr/CC BY 2.0]
A woman in Sydney woke up one day to find $19 million she didn't have before, apparently as a 'loan repayment.' Apparently it's still there.
by Anne Sewell
October 28, 2017 at 9:52 AM October 28, 2017 at 9:52 AM
Clare Wainwright, a lawyer in Sydney, Australia got a real surprise when she woke up one morning to find $24.5 million AUD ($19 million) in her Bank account and a fully paid off mortgage. Apparently bank errors had been ongoing since September, leading to her luck on October 25. Between the Australian woman's two banks, one one gave her a massive overdraft, while putting the other beautifully in credit to the tune of millions of dollars..
Woman finds unexpected $19 in her bank account
News.com.au quotes Wainwright as saying the National Australia Bank (NAB) had sent her a letter in September, confirming that a direct debit had been set up for her mortgage repayments.
All well and good, but the letter incorrectly stated her monthly mortgage payments as being $19,225,703, and not the correct figure of $1,900, with the next payment being due on October 25.
On due date, NAB then went on to request a hefty $19 million from her other bank, St. George Bank, who went ahead and made the transfer, putting Wainwright heavily in overdraft. Apparently, no one at the second bank thought anything of transferring such a huge amount from her account. However her NAB account instantly benefited by a new, unexpected and huge $19 million.
Wainwright made a post on Facebook to show the transaction, which reveals a huge balance in Australian dollars.
Naturally the comments to her post are priceless, with one Facebook user helpfully offering her a list of countries to move to that don't have an extradition treaty with Australia.
Another said they had heard the Cayman Islands were nice, to which somebody quipped "to buy." Many men jokingly proposed marriage, with one saying he wasn't a "gold digger."
The banks are looking into the problem
Wainwright contacted both banks to inform them of the error and they said they would fix it, but the money is still sitting there.
She told the Australian Media that she hasn't been tempted to touch the money, saying she's a lawyer and she knows it wouldn't play out well to do something silly like that. Wainwright said she told the story to her broker, who said, "Oh God," and told her he would get the bank to fix the problem. NAB said they would contact her broker within three business days.
#banking #stuffups - but we don't need a #RC, do we?#auspol https://t.co/iCjPm28fpe via @smh
— Jane Pepper (@Maintenonmadame) October 28, 2017
She went on to say the banks obviously didn't understand she could skip the country with the money. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that when asked what she would spend it on if it was hers, Wainwright said she would pay off her mortgage and buy another property – or maybe an island.
Anne Sewell
Freelance writer and travel writer, citizen journalist and all-round self-employed person formerly living in southern Africa (Malawi, Rhodesia and South Africa), now living in La Cala de Mijas on the Costa del Sol in Spain.
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Dr Isabel Higgins is Conjoint Professor of Older Person Nursing with the University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Health and Leads the BRICS (Buliding Research in Interdisciplianary Collaboration) Nursing and Midwifery Network with the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI). Isabel's previous role as a Clinical Chair, jointly appointed with the Hunter New England Health, meant that she worked very closely with clinicians and practitioners in a range of settings including residential aged care, acute care and the community. Through the School of Nursing and Midwifery's Collaborating Center for Older Person Care (CCOPC) Isabel and her clinical nursing and academic colleagues worked with the Research Centre for Gender Health and Ageing to conduct research that focused on providing optimal care of older people in a range of settings. Through the CCOPC Isabel collaborated on research and scholarly activities which centred on person centered care, practice re design and capacity building for future generations of nurses. Isabel is internationally renowned for her research relating to the care of older people in residential and acute care settings and has been instrumental in highlighting the issues surrounding pain and symptom management in this group. She has undertaken a range of studies in residential and acute care relating to pain and symptom management and produced numerous publications and presentations relating to the topic. Isabel has extensive expertise in relation to conducting research with older people in a range of contexts and settings and expertise relating to the use of a range of research methodologies including qualitative, phenomenology, ethnography, action research, mixed methods and evaluation research using pre and post design approaches. She is on the editorial boards of several nursing journals and has been a reviewer for several international nursing journals for many years. As an indicator of her standing in the field she was an invited editor of a special edition of Contemporary Nurse in relation to older people, is an expert reviewer for twelve international nursing journals and is an invited member scholar of the International Institute of Qualitative Methodology and the International Honour Nursing Society of Sigma Theta Thau. Her expertise is acknowledged through her many conference presentations and invitations to present internationally (New Zealand, Hong Kong, Korea, Maldives,Thailand, Japan, United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom). Professor Higgins has been an ARC reviewer for many years because of her expertise in older person care and a variety of methodologies.
Pain and symptom management in older people, older person care, end of life care, nutrition and hydration at the end of life, qualitative methodologies and mixed methods, evaluation studies.
Isabel's research focuses on pain and symptom management, end of life care, family members and carers needs, practice issues and practice redesign through action research. Her methodological expertise includes a range of qualitative methodologies, quantitative approaches, and mixed methods studies. In particular, she has interest and expertise in phenomenology, grounded theory, critical ethnography, discourse analysis, case study and action research, evaluation studies and the use of mixed methods and evaluation research using pre and post design. Current areas of study include pain and symptom management in older people with dementia, the prevention of delirium, nutrition and hydration at the end of life, and the social support and needs of the relatives of older people. More recently she is supervising a clinical trial of yoga and tai chi with frial older people in residential care.
© 2019 Japanese Psychogeriatric Society Background: There is no instrument that measures the promotion of active ageing or the factors that influence the promotion of active ageing in older people with mental disorders living in the community. This study aimed to examine psychometric properties of a new survey instrument. Methods: A mixed methods exploratory sequential design was used incorporating a cross-sectional survey. The Promoting Active Ageing in Older People with Mental Disorders Scale (PAA-MD) was sent to 579 primary care providers in Yasothon province, Thailand. Construct validity was tested using exploratory factor analysis. The internal reliability was examined using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Results: The PAA-MD consisted of three sections. Section II found Bartlett's test of sphericity was ¿ 2 (1431) = 26221.167, P < 0.001. Items used theoretical justification to group items into five factors, namely: participation, education, health, leisure, and security. Section III indicated Bartlett's test was ¿ 2 (666) = 23524.074, P < 0.001. Items were grouped into five components, namely: facilitators, barriers, knowledge, skills, resources and support. Internal reliability of sections II and III with Cronbach's alpha was greater than 0.7. The corrected item-total correlation coefficient of all items was greater than 0.30. Conclusion: The PAA-MD contains 104 items from three sections. Construct validity was adequate to capture phenomena. Internal reliability revealed good homogeneity.
© 2018 American Society for Pain Management Nursing Background: Pain in infants and children is often poorly assessed and managed. Although there are many studies on this subject, none have been conducted in the Arab world, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where nurses are largely expatriates. Aims: To examine the knowledge and attitudes of nurses working with infants and children in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding pain management. Design: Descriptive cross-sectional survey. Settings: Five government hospitals in Riyadh region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Participants/Subjects: Registered nurses caring for infants and children. Methods: A convenience sample of 410 nurses working at five Saudi Arabian government hospitals was surveyed using the Pediatric Nurses¿ Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain (PNKAS-Shriners Revision). Data were analyzed using descriptive (frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics, including Pearson correlation, independent t test, and one-way analysis tests. Results: Poor overall knowledge and attitudes regarding pediatric pain management was evident in this study. The mean correct score achieved by nurses was 18.1 ± 4.0 out of 40 or 45.2% ± 10.0% of a possible score of 100%. A weak but statistically significant correlation was found between years of pediatric nursing experience and total score (r = -0.129, p =.009). Conclusions: We concluded that intensive education on pediatric pain and its management is urgently needed for nurses working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
© AHHA. Objective: To compare annual costs of an intervention for acutely unwell older residents in residential age care facilities (RACFs) with usual care. The intervention, the Aged Care Emergency (ACE) program, includes telephone clinical support aimed to reduce avoidable emergency department (ED) presentations by RACF residents. Methods: This costing of the ACE intervention examines the perspective of service providers: RACFs, Hunter Medicare Local, the Ambulance Service of New South Wales, and EDs in the Hunter New England Local Health District. ACE was implemented in 69 RACFs in the Hunter region of NSW, Australia. Analysis used 14 weeks of ACE and ED service data (June-September 2014). The main outcome measure was the net cost and saving from ACE compared with usual care. It is based on the opportunity cost of implementing ACE and the opportunity savings of ED presentations avoided. Results: Our analysis estimated that 981 avoided ED presentations could be attributed to ACE annually. Compared with usual care, ACE saved an estimated A$921 214. Conclusions: The ACE service supported a reduction in avoidable ED presentations and ambulance transfers among RACF residents. It generated a cost saving to health service providers, allowing reallocation of healthcare resources. What is known about the topic?: Residents from RACFs are at risk of further deterioration when admitted to hospital, with high rates of delirium, falls, and medication errors. For this cohort, some conditions can be managed in the RACF without hospital transfer. By addressing avoidable presentations to EDs there is an opportunity to improve ED efficiency as well as providing care that is consistent with the resident's goals of care. RACFs generate some avoidable ED presentations for residents who may be more appropriately treated in situ. What does this paper add?: Telephone triaging with nursing support and training is a means by which ED presentations from RACFs can be reduced. One of the consequences of this intervention is 'cost avoided', largely through savings on ambulance costs. What are the implications for practitioners?: Unnecessary transfer from RACFs to ED can be avoided through a multicomponent program that includes telephone support with cost-saving implications for EDs and ambulance services.
© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. In the course of a phenomenological study that explored the experiences of family members during their older loved one's delirium, a range of delirium experiences depicted in artistic, creative, and linguistic media were reviewed. The search for, and compilation of, media sources for reflection during data analysis is described in this paper. In doing so, the researcher reveals how attentiveness and openness to varied depictions of lived experiences, as well as a valuing attitude toward challenging subjective perspectives, can enhance researcher reflexivity and appreciation of interpretive meanings. Turning to media depictions of delirium offered alternative perspectives on the experience. It challenged the researcher's assumptions, enhanced phenomenological reflection, promoted critique of evolving interpretations, and suggested meanings that might not have otherwise been realized. The approach used is a potent, although often overlooked, way to differentiate the nature of phenomena shared through lived experience data. Media-based methods and their use in phenomenology continue to be explored. Illustrations of how to integrate media sources, as well as discussion about the benefits and alternatives to more common uses, are needed.
© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims and objectives: To examine qualitative research findings about family experiences of absence or loss during older person delirium, and provide a critical discussion of the similarities and differences in these experiences with conceptual understandings of absence and loss. Background: Families who care for older people with chronic illnesses experience many losses. However, the nondeath loss experiences of family during an older loved one's delirium, an acute condition accompanied by marked changes in demeanour, have received little consideration. Design: Discursive position paper. Methods: The findings from two qualitative research studies about family experiences during an older loved one's delirium are discussed in relation to the concepts of absence and nondeath loss. Results: The uncharacteristic behaviours and cognitive changes that accompany delirium may estrange family who, despite the older person's corporeal presence, sense the profound absence or loss of their loved one. Although the notion of absence, a nondeath loss, is similar to the experiences of family of people with chronic conditions, there are differences that distinguish these encounters. The similarities and differences between absence during delirium and the concepts of psychological absence, nonfinite loss and psychosocial death are discussed. Psychosocial death, reversibility/irreversibility and partial marked change, are suggested as conceptual descriptions for the absence families experience during an older loved one's delirium. Conclusions: The sense of absence or loss that family may experience during their older loved one's delirium needs to be recognised, understood and addressed by healthcare staff. Understanding or appreciating conceptualisations of absence, as a nondeath loss, may enhance understandings of family member needs during delirium and enable better support strategies. Relevance to clinical practice: Conceptualisations of absence enhance understandings of family distress and needs during their older loved one's delirium. The potential for family members to experience their loved one's absence during delirium, a nondeath loss, needs to be considered by healthcare staff. Family experiences of absence during delirium need to be recognised by healthcare staff, acknowledged as a potential source of distress, and considered when involving family in the older person's care. Nurses are ideally placed to respond compassionately and provide appropriate family member re-assurance, support and information during delirium. Information should include possible impacts on family and coping strategies.
© 2015 AJA Inc. Aim: To explore the challenges and facilitators of managing acutely unwell residents in their residential aged-care facilities (RACF) and transferring RACF residents to the emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Australia. Methods: This exploratory study used a qualitative descriptive approach incorporating structured focus group interviews with nursing staff from RACFs and General Practitioners (GPs) within the local area. Four focus groups were held with staff from RACFs and one with GPs who visited one or more of the facilities during 2010. The interview data were analysed for themes relating to the study aims. Results: Findings revealed both challenges and facilitators associated with managing acutely unwell older people including, communication, nursing staffing mix and numbers, use of advanced care directives, responsibilities of GPs and awareness of community services. Conclusion: From these findings it is possible to make recommendations for alternative ways of practising and/or new models of care.
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a nurse-led telephone support service to Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) on a range of measures relating to the transfer of acutely unwell residents to the Emergency Department (ED) of a large tertiary referral hospital in New South Wales, Australia over a 9 month period. Methods: A pre- and post-intervention design determined the impact of the telephone service, associated clinical guidelines and education. Data from 4 intervention RACFs using the nurse-led telephone service were compared with 8 control RACFs. Data included the older patient's triage category, presenting problem(s), transfer rates from RACFs, ED admissions, and overall hospital length of stay. Interviews and focus groups with staff from RACFs and EDs were conducted to ascertain their experiences. Results: Reduced presentations of older people to the ED from the 4 pilot RACFs occurred. High levels of satisfaction among staff in RACFs were reported.
© 2015 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine. Objectives: To determine if medication review by a clinical pharmacist of older patients in the ED impacted on admission to hospital and other outcomes. Methods: A stratified, randomised controlled study comparing the intervention to current practice. A tertiary referral ED in New South Wales, Australia. Older people (>70 years) living at home who initially reported taking greater than five medications. Medication review by an experienced hospital pharmacist within the ED. Rate of admission, rate of readmission, length of stay and admission to an aged care facility at 4 months post presentation, and rate of general practitioner acceptance of pharmacist recommendations. Results: The odds of admission decreased for those receiving the intervention (odds ratio [OR] = 0.68, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.53, 0.87; P = 0.002). There was no evidence that the intervention affected hospital length of stay for admitted patients (0.09 days change, 95% CI -0.08, 0.25; P = 0.31), the rate of re-presentation (0.08% change, 95% CI -0.12, 0.28; P = 0.44) or admission to an aged care facility. The odds of admission to an aged care facility increased with the Identification of Seniors at Risk score. General practitioners adopted 49% of pharmacists' recommendations. Conclusions: The presence of an experienced pharmacist in the ED reduced hospital admissions. Further study is required to determine longer term impacts of General Medical Practitioner acceptance of pharmacists' recommendations.
© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims and objectives: To provide a narrative literature review about family experiences during older person delirium. Background: Delirium is a common and serious condition which manifests when older people are unwell. Family members of older people are likely to encounter their loved one and become involved in care during delirium. Design: Narrative literature review. Methods: Electronic database and Google Scholar<sup>¿</sup> searches were conducted using search terms for delirium, family, experience and older people. Results: Though family members are important partners in the care of older people, there has been little exploration of their experiences during delirium. Current literature identifies that family members experience unexpected, rapid and unpredictable changes in their older loved one, absence of the person they know, distress, not knowing about delirium nor how to help, and supportive and unsupportive relationships with health care staff. Conclusions: Health care staff need understanding about what it means for family to have someone close to them have delirium. Without understanding, it is difficult for staff to respond with compassion, provide support and appropriately include family in the older person's care. There is a need to mitigate family distress and provide support, including information which addresses family concerns. Relevance to clinical practice: The distress family members experience, the impact of losing connection to their loved one, and the difficulty family face in sustaining hope for their loved one's return needs to be recognised and addressed by health care staff, particularly nurses, during the older person's care.
© AHHA 2015. This case study describes a multi-organisation aged care emergency (ACE) service. The service was designed to enable point-of-care assessment and management for older people in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Design of the ACE service involved consultation and engagement of multiple key stakeholders. The ACE service was implemented in a large geographical region of a single Medicare Local (ML) in New South Wales, Australia. The service was developed over several phases. A case control pilot evaluation of one emergency department (ED) and four RACFs revealed a 16% reduction in presentations to the ED as well as reductions in admission to the hospital following ED presentation. Following initial pilot work, the ACE service transitioned across another five EDs and 85 RACFs in the local health district. The service has now been implemented in a further 10 sites (six metropolitan and four rural EDs) across New South Wales. Ongoing evaluation of the implementation continues to show positive outcomes. The ACE service offers a model shown to reduce ED presentations and admissions from RACFs, and provide quality care with a focus on the needs of the older person.
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Communication difficulties in intensive care units (ICU) with critically ill patients have been well documented for more than three decades. However, there is only a paucity of literature that has explored communication difficulties beyond the ICU environment. This paper discusses the experience of communication difficulties in critically ill patients in ICU and beyond as part of findings from a larger study that explored the lived experiences of critically ill patients in ICU in the context of daily sedation interruption (DSI).The aim of the study was to describe the lived experience of people who experienced critical illness in ICU using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach in the DSI context. Twelve participants aged between 20 and 76 years with an ICU stay ranging from 3 to 36 days were recruited from a 16 bed ICU in a large regional referral hospital in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Participants were intubated, mechanically ventilated and subjected to (DSI) during their critical illness in ICU. In-depth face to face interviews with participants were conducted at two weeks after discharge from ICU and at six to eleven months later. Interviews were audio taped and transcribed. Thematic analysis using van Manen's (1990) method was completed. The overarching theme; 'Being in limbo' and subthemes 'Being disrupted'; 'Being imprisoned' and 'Being trapped' depict the main elements of the experience.This paper discusses communication difficulties in critically ill patients as one of the main findings relating to the theme 'Being trapped'. Participants' reports of communication difficulties in ICU are similar to those reported by patients in other studies where DSI was not used. However, not many studies have reported ongoing communication difficulties after ICU hospitalisation. Recommendations are made for new models of care and support to mitigate critically ill patients' communication concerns in ICU and for further research into the causes and treatment to benefit this group of patients. Most importantly, extra care is recommended not to damage vocal cords during intubation and cuff inflation in the course of mechanical ventilation.
Aim: This paper describes the research protocol for a study exploring if and how clinical supervision facilitates change in practice relating to psychosocial aspects of care for Health Professionals, who have been trained to deliver a psychosocial intervention to adults with cancer. Background: There is a recognized need to implement care that is in line with clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of adults with cancer. Clinical supervision is recommended as a means to support Health Professionals in providing the recommended psychosocial care. Design: A qualitative design embedded within an experimental, stepped wedge randomized control trial. Methods: The study will use discourse analysis to analyse audio-recorded data collected in clinical supervision sessions that are being delivered as one element of a large randomized control trial. The sessions will be attended primarily by nurses, but including physiotherapists, radiation therapists, occupational therapists. The Health Professionals are participants in a randomized control trial designed to reduce anxiety and depression of distressed adults with cancer. The sessions will be facilitated by psychiatrists experienced in psycho-oncology and the provision of clinical supervision. Discussion: The proposed research is designed specifically to facilitate exploration of the mechanisms by which clinical supervision enables Health Professionals to deliver a brief, tailored psychosocial intervention in the context of their everyday practice. This is the first study to use discourse analysis embedded within an experimental randomized control trial to explore the mechanisms of change generated within clinical supervision by analysing the discourse within the clinical supervision sessions. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Aims and objectives: To explore the perceptions of nurses regarding the provision and nonprovision of medical nutrition and hydration during the end stage of life when death is imminent in the acute care setting. Background: When people are dying, they often experience a loss of appetite and desire for drinking which are natural processes at this time. The cessation of eating and drinking challenges both family members and clinical staff. This article builds on previous studies that describe the perceptions of medical doctors and palliative care nurses regarding medical nutrition and hydration during the end stage of life when death is imminent. Design: Qualitative descriptive design. Methods: This study included three focus group meetings with ten nurses in an acute care setting in medical, oncology and haematology units. An interview schedule was used to guide the discussions. Results: The main theme to emerge from this study was 'finding a comfort space/ambiguous spaces of unrest' that included four subthemes: (1) limited involvement in decision-making, (2) comfort vs. discomfort, (3) uncertainty and (4) the comfort of withdrawing treatment. Finding a comfort space captures the challenges nurses faced when speaking about the concerns of patients and family. In this space, there were ambiguities that created unease and unrest: a reluctance to talk about death; a reluctance to engage with the patient and the family. Conclusions: Acute care nurses need to be more cognisant of the palliative approach to care and become more engaged with decision-making during the end stage of life when death is imminent. Relevance to clinical practice: Nurses in acute care settings need to be involved in decision-making and advocate for patients and family during the dying phase. Nurses in acute care need better understanding about the palliative approach to care and nutrition and hydration for people who are dying. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Abstract Falls amongst older people is a global public health concern. Whilst falling is not a typical feature of ageing, older people are more likely to fall. Fall injuries amongst older people are a leading cause of death and disability. Many older people do not do regular exercise so that they lose muscle tone, strength, and flexibility which affect balance and predispose them to falls. The management of falls in residential care settings is a major concern with strategies for prevention and monitoring a focus in this setting. Yoga and tai chi have shown potential to improve balance and prevent falls in older adults. They also have potential to improve pain and quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of conducting a three-arm randomised controlled trial (RCT) with frail older people in a residential care setting to test the hypothesis that a 14-week modified tai chi or yoga programme is more effective than usual care activity in improving balance function, quality of life, pain experience and in reducing number of falls. There were no statistically significant differences between the three groups in the occurrence of falls. Yoga demonstrated a slight decrease in fall incidence; quality of life improved for the tai chi group. Only the yoga group experienced a reduction in average pain scores though not statistically significant. The findings of the study suggest it is possible to safely implement modified yoga and tai chi in a residential care setting and evaluate this using RCT design. They show positive changes to balance, pain and quality of life and a high level of interest through attendance amongst the older participants. The results support offering tai chi and yoga to older people who are frail and dependent with physical and cognitive limitations.
Objective To explore the barriers experienced and perceived by health professionals and patients in the delivery of psychosocial care to adults with cancer. Methods Systematic searches were undertaken using the Psych Info, Medline and CINAHL electronic databases, up to October 2013. Research reporting health professional or patient experiences and perceptions of barriers to psychosocial care are included in the review. The systematic review includes studies that have non-experimental, exploratory and observational designs, as is appropriate to answer the review question. Included studies were critically appraised. The results of individual quantitative studies were aggregated. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative results. Results Twenty-five papers met the pre-specified inclusion criteria for the final review. The most commonly perceived barrier for patients relates to receiving adequate support from elsewhere and a lack of perceived need for psychosocial care. Health professionals report barriers at an organisational level most frequently followed by cultural and then individual clinician-related barriers. Conclusions Barriers exist on a variety of levels. People with cancer need clear appropriate information and communication about psychosocial services, including information about the role of psychosocial care in addition to existing supports. Interventions that target the complex interplay of individual, organisational and cultural factors need to be developed. Strategies that improve health professional communication skills, identify clear referral pathways, improve acceptability of interventions and clearly identify the need for services could address many of the barriers identified in this review. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Aim: To describe the research protocol that will be used to investigate factors contributing to effective interprofessional practice in a rural context in Australia. Background: Interprofessional practice is a key strategy for overcoming rural health challenges; however, our knowledge of interprofessional initiatives and consequences in rural areas is limited. Design: A modified realistic evaluation approach will be used to explore the structures, systems, and social processes contributing to effective interprofessional outcomes. This 'context-mechanism-outcome' approach provides a useful framework for identifying why and how interprofessional practice works in rural contexts. Method: Initial propositions regarding the factors that explain effective collaborative practice will be generated through interviews with lead clinicians, policy-makers, and clinician managers. Clinician interviews, document analysis, and multi-participant focus groups will be used as evidence to support, refine, or redevelop the initial propositions. This will allow the development of a model of rural interprofessional practice that will explain how and why collaborative approaches work in rural environments. This study is funded by an Institute of Rural Clinical Services and Teaching grant (January 2010). Discussion: Rural healthcare challenges are well documented; however, studies investigating the nature of interprofessional practice in rural contexts are not common. Rural contexts also present research design, particularly data collection, challenges. This proposed research is one of the first to identify the factors that facilitate or constrain effective interprofessional work in rural settings. This is particularly important, given the continuing workforce shortages and maldistribution and poorer health outcomes in rural communities globally. © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to critically examine multidisciplinary, group clinical supervision sessions and to extend current understandings of the barriers/enablers to the implementation of an innovative psychosocial intervention for distressed adults with cancer. Design/methodology/approach: Discourse analysis was used to analyse audio recordings from clinical supervision sessions delivered as part of a psychosocial intervention within the context of a randomised control trial (RCT). Findings: Examination of subject positions, representation and tensions reveals that Health Professionals can resists the pressures of systemic barriers to provide much-needed psychosocial support for distressed adults with cancer. Critical examination of multidisciplinary clinical supervision sessions describes how Health Professionals are able to construct new meanings and reposition themselves as being able to provide supportive care within the context of their everyday practices. Research limitations/implications: This paper reports only a small part of a larger analysis that aims to explore how discourse maps the current state of psychosocial care for adults with cancer and illustrates the fragility and potential for change in this area. Originality/value: Extension on the previous literature is seen within the data through the presence of positive resistance against systemic barriers. Previous exploration of clinical supervision has not collected data generated within the sessions. It is also novel in the use of discourse analysis being used in association with a randomised controlled trial to understand the situational complexities associated with bringing about practice change. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
This paper provides a review of the 10 significant publications related to benchmarking in health care. The discussion which follows is presented according to four headings: what the study did, how the study was conducted, what was learnt from the experience, and what the implications were for health care generally. The findings of this review are reassuring in that all studies provided valuable information, in terms of clinical practice and the health care service or the benchmarking process. They highlight the importance of the maintenance of quality health care, the reduction of health care costs and the need for improved efficiency and effectiveness in providing health care.


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A fire completely destroys a home in Otego early Monday morning.
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Class Notes: Hall County Schools office event puts focus on prescription drugs
Amy Amason
Updated: May 15, 2013, 12:51 a.m.
Prescription drug addiction will be the topic of the night at a presentation Thursday at the Hall County Schools office.
The Drug Free Coalition of Hall County is putting on the event from 6-7 p.m. at the 711 Green St. office for any students and adults interested.
P. Tennent Slack, who locally practices interventional pain medicine, will make a presentation about the scope of the prescription drug overdose crisis, including a look at why the problem arose and how to effectively address it.
Following Slack, local Gainesville businessman and Drug Free Coalition volunteer Dallas Gay will share the story of his grandson's fight with prescription drug abuse, which resulted in his death in October 2012 at 21.
"Prescription drug diversion and addiction is sweeping our country and now accounts for more accidental deaths than automobile accidents or all of the illegal drugs combined," Gay said in a news release. "Everyone needs to feel the responsibility to get educated so they will not become a victim or become an unintentional drug dealer."
Gay said keeping medications locked away and dispensing of old prescription drugs is a crucial part of preventing drug abuse. Drop-off sites for prescription drugs are located at the Gainesville Police Department, 701 Queen City Parkway, and the Hall County Sheriff's Office at 610 Main St., Gainesville.
Piedmont names new VP for advancement
Amy Amason has been named vice president for advancement at Piedmont College in Demorest.
Amason previously served as vice president for external relations and university advancement at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville.
Amason will now lead the offices of alumni affairs, marketing, communications and fundraising for Piedmont's Demorest and Athens campuses.
Amason also previously worked at Arizona State University as vice president of the university foundation and as vice president of development for The Phoenix Symphony. She holds a master's degree in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University and earned a bachelor of business administration degree in finance from Washburn University.
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Messi sends out confident message to Ronaldo after winning 7th Ballon d'Or award
Lionel Messi has admitted he is unsure if his record of 7 Ballon d'Or wins will ever be matched. The Argentine added that the number of awards he has won were 'impressive'.
On Monday, France Football handed out this year's Ballon d'Or, and Lionel Messi edged out Robert Lewandowski. The PSG star finished ahead in votes, with the Bayern Munich star coming in second, while Chelsea's Jorginho finished 3rd.
While speaking to the media after the Ballon d'Or ceremony, Lionel Messi openly admitted that his feat of 7 wins is unlikely to be matched. He said in the press conference:
"I don't know if the record is beatable. I just have to accept it but I'm not sure if it can be beaten. Seven is really impressive."
Cristiano Ronaldo slams Ballon d'Or chief for saying that his only ambition is to win more awards than Lionel Messi
Last week, France Football editor Pascal Ferre revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo wanted to end his career with more Ballon d'Or awards than Lionel Messi. However, the Manchester United star has rebuffed the claims and blasted the Frenchman for using his name for publicity.
Cristiano Ronaldo took to Instagram to post:
"Pascal Ferre lied and used my name to promote himself and to promote the publication that he works for. It's unacceptable for the person responsible for handing out such a prestigious award to lie in this way and to show disrespect to someone who has always respected France Football and the Ballon d'Or."
"He lied again today to justify my absence from the ceremony due to an alleged quarantine that has no reason to exist. I always congratulate whoever wins, in tandem with the sportsmanship and fair play that have underpinned my career since the start and I do that because I'm never against anyone. I always win for myself and for the clubs that I represent. I win for myself and for those who love me. I don't win against anyone."
Lionel Messi's win has become a debate in the world of football, with many of the top footballers claiming it should have been Robert Lewandowski or Jorginho winning the award this year instead of the Argentine.
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HomeWORLDNetanyahu Claims Election Win Despite Losses
Netanyahu Claims Election Win Despite Losses
January 23, 2013 This article was posted by TLB Staff WORLD 0
Hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged the bruised winner of Israel's election on Tuesday, claiming victory despite unexpected losses to resurgent center-left challengers.
Exit polls showed the Israeli leader's Likud party, yoked with the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu group, would still be the biggest bloc in the 120-member assembly with 31 seats, 11 fewer than the 42 they held in the previous parliament.
If the exit polls compiled by three local broadcasters prove correct – and they normally do in Israel – Netanyahu would be on course for a third term in office, perhaps leading a hardline coalition that would promote Jewish settlement on occupied land.
But his weakened showing in an election he himself called earlier than necessary could complicate the struggle to forge an alliance with a stable majority in parliament.
The 63-year-old Israeli leader promised during his election campaign to focus on tackling Iran's nuclear ambitions if he won, shunting Palestinian peacemaking well down the agenda despite Western concern to keep the quest for a solution alive.
The projections showed right-wing parties with a combined strength of 61-62 seats against 58-59 for the center-left.
"According to the exit poll results, it is clear that Israel's citizens have decided that they want me to continue in the job of prime minister of Israel and to form as broad a government as possible," Netanyahu wrote on his Facebook page.
The centrist Yesh Atid (There is a Future) party, led by former television talk show host Yair Lapid, came second with 18 or 19 seats, exit polls showed – a stunning result for a newcomer to politics in a field of 32 contending parties.
Lapid won support amongst middle-class, secular voters by promising to resolve a growing housing shortage, abolish military draft exemptions for Jewish seminary students and seek an overhaul of the failing education system.
The once dominant Labour party led by Shelly Yachimovich was projected to take third place with 17 seats.
"YESH ATID SWEEP"
The mood was subdued at Netanyahu's Likud party election headquarters after the polls closed, with only a few hundred supporters in a venue that could house thousands.
"We anticipated we would lose some votes to Lapid, but not to this extent. This was a Yesh Atid sweep," Likud campaign adviser Ronen Moshe told Reuters.
A prominent Likud lawmaker, Danny Danon, told CNN: "We will reach out to everybody who is willing to join our government, mainly the center party of Yair Lapid."
If the prime minister can tempt Lapid to join a coalition, the ultra-Orthodox religious parties who often hold the balance of power in parliament might lose some of their leverage.
After a lacklustre campaign, Israelis voted in droves on a sunny winter day, registering a turnout of 66.6 percent, the highest since 2003. That buoyed center-left parties which had pinned their hopes on energizing an army of undecided voters against Netanyahu and his nationalist-religious allies.
Opinion polls before the election had predicted an easy win for Netanyahu, although the last ones suggested he would lose some votes to the Jewish Home party, which opposes a Palestinian state and advocates annexing chunks of the occupied West Bank.
The exit polls projected 12 seats for Jewish Home.
Full election results are due by Wednesday morning and official ones will be announced on January 30. After that, President Shimon Peres is likely to ask Netanyahu, as leader of the biggest bloc in parliament, to try to form a government.
The former commando has traditionally looked to religious, conservative parties for backing and is widely expected to seek out self-made millionaire Naftali Bennett, who heads the Jewish Home party and stole much of the limelight during the campaign.
But Netanyahu might, as Danon suggested, try to include more moderate parties to assuage Western concerns about Israel's increasingly hardline approach to the Palestinians.
WESTERN ANXIETY
British Foreign Secretary William Hague warned Israel on Tuesday it was losing international support, saying prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were almost dead because of expanding Jewish settlements.
U.S.-brokered peace talks broke down in 2010 amid mutual acrimony. Since then Israel has accelerated construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem – land the Palestinians want for their future state – much to the anger of Western partners.
Netanyahu's relations with U.S. President Barack Obama have been notably tense and Martin Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, told the BBC the election was unlikely to change that.
"President Obama doesn't have high expectations that there's going to be a government in Israel committed to making peace and is capable of the kind of very difficult and painful concessions that would be needed to achieve a two-state solution," he said.
Tuesday's vote is the first in Israel since Arab uprisings swept the region two years ago, reshaping the Middle East.
Netanyahu, who had a first term as premier in the late 1990s, has said the turbulence, which has brought Islamist governments to power in several countries long ruled by secularist autocrats, including neighboring Egypt, shows the importance of strengthening national security.
He views Iran's nuclear program as a mortal threat to the Jewish state and has vowed not to let Tehran enrich enough uranium to make a single nuclear bomb – a threshold Israeli experts say could arrive as early as mid-2013.
Iran denies it is planning to build the bomb, and says Israel, widely believed to have the only nuclear arsenal in the Middle East, is the biggest threat to the region.
The issue barely registered during the election campaign, with a poll in Haaretz newspaper on Friday saying 47 percent of Israelis thought social and economic issues were the most pressing concern, against just 10 percent who cited Iran.
One of the first problems to face the next government, which is unlikely to take power before the middle of next month at the earliest, is the stuttering economy.
Data last week showed the budget deficit rose to 4.2 percent of gross domestic product in 2012, double the original estimate, meaning spending cuts and tax hikes look certain.
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I can't help thinking I ought to quote George Orwell. Christopher Hitchens quoted Orwell so much in his writing, it seems a shame not to. But I suppose it's also a fitting tribute to him to not follow the trend.
I wish I could write well enough to do justice to the work of Mr. Hitchens. I cannot, alas, and so this post will be brief. I wish only to lament his death, and to praise his work.
His writings influenced me quite a bit, and I always admired his willingness to challenge popular beliefs. I thought he was wrong about a lot of things, as did almost everyone who read him, but his writing was so brilliant you couldn't help being moved to thought by it.
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