The companies are teaming up to offer two new Sharp-branded smart TV sets, which will run the Roku operating system.
Roku just gained the support of another major TV brand — Sharp.
The companies on Wednesday announced they are teaming up to offer two new Sharp-branded smart TV sets, which will run the Roku operating system. The move makes Sharp the fifth company to embrace Roku's TV platform, following Haier, Hisense, Insignia, and TCL.
The new Sharp Roku TV sets will "soon" be available exclusively at Best Buy stores and on the big-box retailer's website. There's a 43-inch LED model for $379.99 and a 50-inch model, which will set you back $499.99. Both feature 1080p full HD resolution, a 60Hz native refresh rate, and the Netflix Recommended TV designation, indicating that they offer easy access to Internet TV services.
Users can personalize the Roku TV screen with icons for their favorite streaming channels, and devices such as game consoles, cable boxes, and Blu-ray players. This means you can watch live TV, stream movies, and listen to music all from the home screen, without having to navigate through multiple inputs and menus, Roku said.
The new sets will also let you access the Roku Channel Store, which includes more than 1,400 streaming channels, and use Roku Search to compare availability and pricing for movies and TV shows available for streaming. They also feature the Roku Feed, which will tell you when movies you're interested in are available to stream.
"We are pleased to offer Sharp smart TVs that run the Roku OS and provide customers with an easy and elegant way to enjoy their entertainment," Vishnu Rao, director of technology planning for Sharp Electronics, said in a statement. "We believe the benefits of the Roku platform combined with the superiority of the Sharp brand makes an appealing combination for consumers looking for a great smart TV experience."
Besides its new collaboration with Sharp, Roku also today announced that two new Insignia Roku TV models first unveiled back at CES will be available this month at Best Buy. The 32-inch Insignia model is priced at $229.99 and the 55-inch version costs $549.99.


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Students protest in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Catalonia's separatist leader vowed Thursday to hold a new vote to secede from Spain in less than two years as the embattled northeastern region grapples with a wave of violence that has tarnished a movement proud of its peaceful activism. Thousands of people have also been marching peacefully since Wednesday toward the regional capital, Barcelona. Students are on strike, and trade unions are planning to join them on Friday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Riots darken Catalan separatist dream of peaceful secession
MADRID (AP) — Catalonia's separatist leader vowed Thursday to hold a new vote to secede from Spain in less than two years as the embattled northeastern region grapples with a wave of violence that has tarnished a movement proud of its peaceful activism. "We can't remain in this cage that keeps...
Census confirms drivers' records request tied to citizenship
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau is acknowledging that its nationwide request for state drivers' license records is the result of President Donald Trump's order to gather records that can better determine the numbers of citizens and non-citizens across the U.S. The bureau has expanded...
A policeman uses a fire extinguisher on a burning barricade during clashes with protestors in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. Spain's Supreme Court on Monday convicted 12 former Catalan politicians and activists for their roles in a secession bid in 2017, a ruling that immediately inflamed independence supporters in the wealthy northeastern region. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
The Latest: Spain vows to guarantee security in Catalonia
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on unrest in Spain's Catalonia region (all times local): 3:15 p.m. The Spanish government says that isn't ruling out any means to guarantee security in Catalonia following three days of major protests over the imprisonment of separatist leaders. Clashes between...
FILE - In this March 2, 2019 file photo, Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, left, goes head to head with Real defender Sergio Ramos as they argue during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. The Spanish football league on Wednesday Oct. 16. 2019, has asked the Spanish football federation to change the location of the match between Barcelona and Real Madrid to avoid it coinciding with plans for a separatist rally. The league wants the federation to shift the match to Madrid. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
The Latest: Soccer match may be moved amid Catalan unrest
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on unrest in Spain's Catalonia region (all times local): 2:55 p.m. The Spanish soccer league wants Barcelona's game against Real Madrid to be moved out of the Catalan capital to avoid coinciding with a planned separatist rally. Separatist groups in Catalonia have...
FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2019, file photo, narcotics detective Ben Hill, with the Barberton Police Department, shows two bags of medications that are are stored in their headquarters and slated for destruction in Barberton, Ohio. A committee guiding OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy has suggested other drugmakers, distributors and pharmacy chains use Purdue's bankruptcy proceedings to settle more than 2,000 lawsuits seeking to hold the drug industry accountable for the national opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Jury selection set to begin in landmark federal opioid trial
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday in the first federal trial over the opioids epidemic. Two Ohio counties claim drug companies that made, distributed and sold prescription painkillers engaged in a deadly conspiracy that has inflicted massive damage on their communities...
Policemen in riot gear move past a burning barricade during clashes with protestors in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. Spain's Supreme Court on Monday convicted 12 former Catalan politicians and activists for their roles in a secession bid in 2017, a ruling that immediately inflamed independence supporters in the wealthy northeastern region. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Spain on edge after 2 days of violent protests in Catalonia
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain is on edge after two straight days of violent clashes in northeastern Catalonia between police and protesters who were angered by the Supreme Court's sentencing of nine separatist Catalan leaders to prison. Students in the restive region went on strike Wednesday and...
Policemen in riot gear charge against protestors outside the Spanish Government Office in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. Spain's Supreme Court on Monday convicted 12 former Catalan politicians and activists for their roles in a secession bid in 2017, a ruling that immediately inflamed independence supporters in the wealthy northeastern region. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Violent clashes erupted for a second consecutive night in Barcelona between police and protesters angry about the conviction of a dozen Catalan separatist leaders, as Spain launched an investigation Tuesday into an activist group organizing the protests. Thousands of people...

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MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Governor Robert Bentley will travel to Japan on an economic development mission with the goal of recruiting more jobs to Alabama and strengthening relationships with Japanese companies that already have facilities in the state.
The governor will depart on Sunday, November 10, to begin a week-long series of meetings with various employers to discuss opportunities for growth that would lead to more new jobs for Alabamians. Governor Bentley, along with Alabama Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield and the Department of Commerce's Asian business development expert, Hollie Pegg, will meet with Japanese trade officials, biotech industry representatives, and key executives at Toyota, Honda and other companies with operations in Alabama. The team will wrap up meetings early Friday, November 15, before returning to Alabama.
The first Alabama-made Acura MDX rolls down the line at automakers plant in Lincoln.
According to the Alabama Department of Commerce, more than 60 Japanese companies already have operations in the state. Japan also is one of the top five destinations for Alabama-made products, with exports valued at more than $800 million in 2012. Chemicals, minerals, vehicles and metals are among the primary Alabama products shipped to Japan.
Governor Bentley's meetings with top executives at Toyota and Honda next week come as the two global automakers continue to expand their Alabama operations. Toyota is in the midst of a $150 million expansion of its Huntsville engine plant, the only location in the world where the automaker produces four-cylinder, V6 and V8 engines. By 2015, Toyota's investment in Alabama will total $850 million.
Honda this spring launched mass production of its 2014 Acura MDX sport utility vehicle at its Lincoln plant, the first time the automaker has assembled a vehicle from its luxury line in the state. Over the past two years, Honda has announced investments totaling $400 million in Alabama.
In addition to meetings with the automakers, the Alabama team will meet with leaders of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), a government-related agency that works to promote trade and investment. They are also scheduled to tour biomedical facilities and meet with executives from a Japanese pharmaceutical company, a chemical maker and an auto supplier.
The trip will be Governor Bentley's first official visit to Japan.


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Win a $30 Amazon Gift Card By Taking Our Financial Literacy Quiz
Adam Morgan – Senior Editor Last Updated: July 17, 2020
Update: The quiz is now closed for submissions and the gift-card winners have been notified.
How much do you really know about personal finance — or about sending money abroad? This is your chance to test your knowledge against the founder of The Simple Dollar, Trent Hamm. He scored 8/10. Can you do better? If the spirit of competition isn't enough, five respondents will win a $30 Amazon gift card (chosen at random, regardless of how well you score).
To create a challenging financial literacy quiz, we teamed up with TransferWise — our pick for the best money transfer app in The Simple Dollar Awards of 2020. "If you have friends, family, co-workers or clients living abroad, TransferWise is the best way to send them money (or receive it), period," our judges wrote back in January. Since then, TransferWise has also added a fantastic, free currency exchange rate comparison tool.
Submit your answers below, then scroll down a few times to see the answer key. Remember: your quiz score won't impact your chances to win a gift card, so there's no reason to cheat!
Scroll down for the answer key (after you submit your responses)…
How well did you score?
1. True or false: It's free to send money internationally.
Answer: Definitely false!
2. True or false: A person can have more than 1 debit card on the same account.
3. What percentage of Americans have experienced hidden fees for a service they used?
Answer: In a 2018 survey of 2,000 US adults conducted by Consumer Reports, it was reported that 85% of Americans had encountered an unexpected or hidden fees over the past two years (2016-2018). Money transfer fees are often hidden, but the TransferWise app is always transparent (and usually much cheaper).
4. How large of an emergency fund do most experts recommend keeping in your savings account?
Answer: 3-6 months. Here's Trent Hamm's advice for how to start an emergency fund from scratch.
5. What is the "mid-market exchange rate"?
Answer: The real exchange rate (what you see on Google) is the mid-point between the buy and sell rates on the global currency markets and it constantly fluctuates.
6. What is the average interest rate (also called the APY) on a savings account in the United States?
Answer: The national average is only 0.1%, but high-yield savings accounts offer much higher APYs.
7. True or false: Money transfers can be processed on a Saturday in the U.S.
Answer: False — In the U.S., banks don't process transfers over the weekend. They start paying them out on the following Monday.
8. True or false: Federal law requires banks and money transfer services to disclose the exact amount charged on international transfers.
Answer: False, which is why The Simple Dollar appreciates TransferWise's transparent approach to money transfer fees.
9. How long (on average) does an international wire transfer take?
Answer: May take as many as 5 days.
10. If you're sending $1,000 from the U.S. to the U.K., how much can you expect to incur in fees?
Answer: TBD based on market average, but with TransferWise, it can be as low as $10, while with other providers or banks it can be around $170.
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Adam Morgan
Adam Morgan is a senior editor at The Simple Dollar who's covered finance and culture for 15 years. He developed the Simple Dollar's proprietary scoring metric — the SimpleScore — and founded the annual Simple Dollar Awards. He is a former contributing editor to Bankrate and NextAdvisor.com, and his writing has been featured in The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The AV Club, and elsewhere.


With Easter coming (not that I need an excuse…) I've had carrot cake on the brain. But not just any carrot cake – the recipe I've been honing since my first scrumptious bite as a child.
I use a white whole wheat flour in my cake, which when laced into any molasses or brown sugar sweetened baked good makes for an earthier, more sophisticated flavor. I balance this richer taste and texture by rejecting the often heavy and too-tangy tranditional Cream Cheese frosting, opting instead to fix my frosting with a combination of Cream Cheese and Mascarpone. The Mascarpone brings a subtler, lighter, more directly sweet flavor that complements the spiciness of the fresh ginger and nutmeg that my recipe employs. The combination of elements is nothing short of delectable.
Best part? Because my carrot cake features such simple, whole ingredients – I also trade the usual canola oil for grapeseed oil – and is so much lighter than other recipes, you can smile from the first bite to the last, then keep smiling as you start your second piece. Heck, whenever I make this – assuming any leftovers have survived – I end up becoming a dessert for breakfast girl for days after. After all, it's just carrots, right?
Preheat oven to 350. Butter 2 9-inch cake pans, then lay parchment inside and butter and flour. In a medium-sized bowl, mix flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, mix the sugars, oil, and ginger and whisk in the eggs one at a time. Add liquid mixture to flour mixture, and stir in carrots and walnuts. Divide batter and bake until toothpick comes out clean – approximately 25 minutes. Let rest for ten minutes, then flip onto racks and let cakes sit until completely cool.
For the icing, using a mixer beat mascarpone, cream cheese, and softened butter for about 3 minutes, until fluffy. Then beat in the powdered sugar, and once incorporated flavor with maple syrup and sea salt, mixing until color and texture achieve consistency.
Ice top of one layer of cake with about 1/3 of icing mixture, add second layer, and cover entire cake with rest of icing – using about 1/3 on top, and the other 1/3 to cover sides. Decorate with walnuts if desired.


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Q: Add stored procedure to entity framework model (.edmx) without refreshing existing entities I have a stored procedure in development environment that I want to add to EF data model (.edmx) and call it in my code through a method wrapper that EF creates.
Our development environment is not 100% in sync with production one so when I try adding the stored procedure deployed to development environment using "Update Model From Database" menu option all existing entities in the model get refreshed and extra properties are added to some of them.
I am trying to find a way to add the stored procedure without refreshing existing entities in the model so I don't get development and production differences into it.
Any idea how to achieve this?
Update 1:
After looking around and trying different things I came to a conclusion that the easiest way to do this would be to update the model pointing at development environment and then pointing at production. If there are differences between them you would see errors in Visual Studio saying the property mapping is missing, all you have to do is to find those properties and remove them from the model.
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You can do what @Jonathan Amend suggested which should work fine as well just a little bit more work.

A: Why don't you update your edmx from the development database server? If that's not an option, you can create an intermediary between development and production to hold your new stored proc. For example, you could create a new database project based on the schema of your production database, add your new stored proc, then deploy the database project to a new database. Update your edmx from that new database.

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using System;
using BizHawk.Common;

namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64.Cassette
{
	public sealed class CassettePort
	{
		public Func<bool> ReadDataOutput = () => true;
		public Func<bool> ReadMotor = () => true;

		private CassettePortDevice _device;

		private bool _connected;

		public void HardReset()
		{
			if (_connected)
			{
				_device.HardReset();
			}
		}

		public void ExecutePhase()
		{
			if (_connected)
			{
				_device.ExecutePhase2();
			}
		}

		public bool ReadDataInputBuffer()
		{
			return !_connected || _device.ReadDataInputBuffer();
		}

		public bool ReadSenseBuffer()
		{
			return !_connected || _device.ReadSenseBuffer();
		}

		public void SyncState(Serializer ser)
		{
			ser.Sync("Connected", ref _connected);
			if (_device != null)
			{
				_device.SyncState(ser);
			}
		}

		public void Connect(CassettePortDevice device)
		{
			_connected = device != null;
			_device = device;
			if (_device == null)
			{
				return;
			}

			_device.ReadDataOutput = () => ReadDataOutput();
			_device.ReadMotor = () => ReadMotor();
		}
	}
}

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Button, Political
Don't Blame Me I Voted No Button
circa, 1991-1995
LGBT people
LGBTQ+ Community
Gays--Civil rights--Colorado
Amendment 2 (1992 initiative)
Dubofsky, Jean
Colorado Legal Initiatives Project (Denver, Colo.)
Colorado AIDS Project (Denver, Colo.)
Governor Roy R. Romer
LGBT pride celebrations
Equal Protection Ordinance Coalition, Inc. (EPOC)
Discrimination--Gays--Colorado
Gay and Lesbian Rights
This collection contains invaluable items that document the LGBTQ+ community during one of the most historically important moments in Colorado history. Amendment 2 was a landmark initiative that took away protections for people based on their sexual orientation. Colorado voters approved Amendment 2 in 1992 by a slim margin of 53%. Amendment 2 was the response by the conservative organization Colorado for Family Values after many cities in Colorado enacted anti-discrimination laws to protect the LGBT community. Amendment 2 amended the state constitution to rescind and prevent any town, city, or county from according protected status based on sexual orientation. In response to the passage of the amendment, many organizations formed to fight to have the amendment overturned. Among these organizations, such as The Gay and Lesbian Fund and the Gill Foundation, were EPOColorado (Equal Protection Campaign) and CLIP (Colorado Legal Initiatives Project).
This record contains one "Don't Blame Me I Voted No" button. The text is in red on a white background.
Thanks to the generosity of the Gill Foundation, in October 2019 History Colorado hired the Gill Foundation Associate Curator of LGBTQ+ History to manage and expand History Colorado's LGBTQ+ holdings and to develop the Gill Foundation LGBTQ Archive in recognition of the significant contributions of Tim Gill to the state of Colorado. All LGBTQ+ acquisitions from 2019 through 2021 reflect the support of the Gill Foundation.
Dedicated to documenting the varied experiences of all Coloradans, History Colorado and the Gill Foundation initiated the LGBTQ Collecting Initiative to proactively build a research archive that preserves and promotes the contributions, history, and voices of Colorado's LGBTQ+ community.
Frank Brown is a long-time Colorado resident who has been married for twenty-four years and is now retired. Frank was a flight attendant, this let him get involved with activism as his schedule and travel benefits let him travel to different events around the country and he could dedicate time for EPOColorado and CLIP. After the passage of Amendment 2 Frank was so upset and appalled that such an initiative would pass, he wanted to do something about it. His neighbor worked the organization EPOColorado and Frank asked what he could do to help. He began by volunteering for EPOColorado and also volunteered with CLIP, Colorado Legal Initiatives Project, eventually becoming the organization's executive director. Frank worked closely with the LGBTQ+ community and legal team that fought for Amendment 2 to be overturned. This is when he worked with Jean Dubosfsky, the lead attorney on the case, and acquired part of his collection during this time. All items in this collection Frank acquired over the many years of his work to get Amendment 2 ruled unconstitutional. All of his hard work paid off on May 20, 1996, when SCOTUS ruled, 6-3, that Colorado's Amendment 2 was unconstitutional. That was one of the happiest days of Frank's life.
Brown, Frank T.
Printed on the front: DON'T/ BLAME ME/ I VOTED/ NO


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Дром () — река во Франции, левый приток Роны, протекает по территории департамента Дром на юго-востоке страны.

Длина реки составляет 110 км. Площадь бассейна 1640 км². Средний расход воды — 20 м³/с.

Дром берёт своё начало на территории коммуны Ла-Бати-де-Фон в Альпах Дофине. Генеральным направлением течения реки является северо-запад. Впадает в Рону между Ливрон-сюр-Дром и Лорьоль-сюр-Дром ниже Валанса.

Дно каменистое. Река Дром с зимним паводком с декабря по март включительно, максимум в январе-феврале. Самый низкий уровень воды в реке летом, в период с июля по сентябрь включительно. Несудоходна.

Примечания

Притоки Роны
Реки Дрома

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Q: Troubles extracting `latin1_swedish_ci` database rows I have a Phpscript that should extract latin1_swedish_ci encoded Data from Mysql database, the extracted data is then encoded with json_encode method, everything works fine unless the extracted rows contains special characters like é è ....., in that case i get no results, and and the HTML status code is 200
That is my function
public function categorie()
    {
        // Cross validation if the request method is GET else it will return "Not Acceptable" status
        if($this->get_request_method() != "GET"){
            $this->response('',406);
        }
        $sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM categorie", $this->db);
        if(mysql_num_rows($sql) > 0)
        {
            $result = array();
            while($rlt = mysql_fetch_array($sql,MYSQL_ASSOC)){
                $result[] = $rlt;
            }
            // If success everythig is good send header as "OK" and return list of users in JSON format
            $this->response($this->json($result), 200);
        }
        $this->response('',204);    // If no records "No Content" status
    }

    private function json($data){
        if(is_array($data)){
            return json_encode($data);
        }
    }


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Zakid's Delicatessen, Bremen
Poetry from NER 37.3
The apple tree hangs full of issues
my child has issues
and I have them, such issues
huge problems, or pompoms
hard problems dead persons and field flowers
—translated from the German by
Peter Waterhouse, born in 1956 in Berlin to an Austrian mother and British father, has lived in Vienna since 1975. He studied English and German at the University of Vienna, where he completed a doctorate on the poetry of Paul Celan. He is the recipient of the country's highest literary honor, the Austrian State Prize for Literature (2012). In addition to novels, plays, and essays, he has published half a dozen books of poetry. He is also a translator from English and Italian, and the co-founder of the Viennese translation movement Versatorium, whose collective translations of Charles Bernstein won the City of Münster Prize for International Poetry (2015).
Iain Galbraith was born in Scotland, and studied languages and Comparative Literature at the universities of Cambridge, Freiburg, and Mainz. A winner of the John Dryden Translation Prize and Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry Translation, he is also editor of five poetry anthologies. His own poems have appeared in Poetry Review, PN Review, Times Literary Supplement, New Writing, and other journals. His book-length translations include Alfred Kolleritsch's Selected Poems (Shearsman Books, 2006), W. G. Sebald's Across the Land and the Water (Penguin, 2012), and Jan Wagner's Self-portrait with a Swarm of Bees (Arc Publications, 2015), for which he received the Popescu European Poetry Translation Prize.
Filed Under: Poetry, Translations Tagged With: Iain Galbraith, Peter Waterhouse
Brigit Pegeen Kelly and Lucia Perillo
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"What does Brownian motion teach us about the submicroscopic world of cells and other soft matter systems?"
Soft matter systems, including biological cells, have in common that thermal forces are sufficient to cause large deformations and displacements. For example, thermal forces acting on thin biological fibers lead to shape fluctuation that can be easily observed by light microscopy and biological membranes flicker perpendicularly to their surface like a drumhead.
My group exploits thermal fluctuations in the widest sense to learn about the unusual mechanical properties of individual microtubule filaments, the submicroscopic organization of semiflexible polymer networks, and the nanometer scale organization of the plasma membrane. We develop microscopes that use the Brownian motion of small colloidal particles embedded in semiflexible polymer networks as natural scanners to explore and visualize the three-dimensional network architecture with submicroscopic resolution in vitro.
I will give an overview over our microscope developments and present recent results demonstrating the surprisingly rich mechanical behavior of microtubules, the most important component of the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells, which turns out to be an ingenious multifunctional material.


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Coach's Box: Moore's sacrifice for the Bulldogs
Fri 15 Jul 2011, 10:20 AM
I really feel for now former Bulldogs head coach Kevin Moore, who on Thursday became the second of two very experienced coaches to stand down from their positions in the past month. The other being former Panthers head coach Matt Elliott, who stood down last month after weeks of media speculation with their teams perceived to be under-performing.
Kevin Moore has been involved with the Bulldogs for about 40 years, starting out as a ballboy, and his family has an incredible history and long association with the club.
He loved that club and he wouldn't have wanted to leave. His decision to walk away is not an admission that he thinks he couldn't do the job. He has made a tremendous self-sacrifice. No doubt he loves the club so much that he wouldn't do anything to harm it. He probably thinks he will make it better by leaving.
Kevin was named Dally M Coach of the Year in 2009. And coincidentally, Roosters coach Brian Smith, who has also been under fire recently from the media because Sydney are languishing in the bottom half of the table after making the Grand Final last year, was the 2010 Dally M Coach of the Year.
I can't see how 12-18 months later they become not good coaches. If they were good enough to get the awards then, they would have only improved in that time. Generally as a coach you improve … you research, do study tours, you become more experienced.
Coaches know their positions these days are results-driven. They look at the table and they want to be up the top of the ladder. But on any given weekend everyone can't win. There has to be a winner and a loser. The players and coaches and the inner sanctum are better prepared for that than the outside people who just expect the team to win every time.
What a lot of people don't take into consideration when judging a team or coach's performance is the luck factor. Injuries play a massive role. If you were to go back over the past 10 years and look at the teams who won the competition, you would find the team with the least injuries and that used the least number of players generally wins the comp. It's been the same for Queensland in Origin in recent years … very few injuries.
You also have luck with the draw on a week to week basis – when you have byes, who you play at what time during the rep season. It can make or break a season.
I was very interested to hear Roosters prop Jason Ryles's comments in the media after they won just their fifth game at the weekend and he said something along the lines of: "You always blame Smithy but surely we are the ones who should be more accountable for the game than the coach".
Ryles has been around for a while. What he has said and done is exactly what a coach needs when he is being hounded by the media like Kevin Moore, Matt Elliott and Brian Smith have been. The club and the coach need other senior players to support what Jason Ryles has said.
The bottom line is that these days coaching is 24-7; especially when your team is not performing. It doesn't stop you sleeping but in your waking time you do think about things. Ask anyone in the world, "Do you like pressure?" and the answer is no. "Do you know it's going to come?" Yes.
As a coach or player you can take out insurance on it. By that I mean you can guarantee you will be criticised. You just have to be prepared for how you will react. Moore, Elliott and Smith have handled themselves very well in that regard.
It is important to keep a level head, say what you think and believe, and tell the truth. Dragons coach Wayne Bennett is one of the best at it. While he has had enormous success he has also had his moments, like when the Broncos lost nine matches in a row. He handled the media well and his players stayed solid. If the players believe in the coach they will play for him and they will stand up for him. That helps.
At the end of the day you have to believe in what you are doing as a coach. I often go back to one of Wayne Bennett's comments: "If you listen to the people on the hill you will end up sitting next to them".
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My Top Ten places in Hong Kong.
I was recently asked to share my favourite spots in Hong Kong by SK-II. After some thought (as I love Hong Kong and many nameless places that friends have taken me to) I came up with these ten places. Although there are some obvious places missing as I'm assuming that you're already in love with Lane Crawford, Harvey Nicks and Shanghai Tang.
The Four Seasons is a great one stop shop in Hong Kong, from the tea to cocktails they have everything covered. The view of the harbour from the rooms is wonderful, you can watch it all day. I love the Blue Bar and breakfast in bed. Plus the walk through to IFC is awesome for all your shopping needs.
Joyce is one of my favourite boutiques in the world, let along Hong Kong. The staff are super friendly and the buy is so fresh and contemporary. They also have really great sales. Check out their new shoe and bag department it's stunning.
Y.William Yu is my obsession in Hong Kong. This fabulous tailor has every fabric imaginable as well as the rare skill of producing velvet garments.
It's fairly expensive in relation to other tailors in HK but it really is worth it, their selection of cashmeres is next to none. They can ship things hope if your only there for enough time for the fittings.
Early evening cocktails and/or tea at the Mandarin Oriental Central, MO Bar are the best. I always order a Asian Mind, for an extra ginger kick ask for a bit more and the lobster rolls on the side. It's a real treat.
Milan Station is my guilty pleasure, this is the bag reseller in Hong Kong I believe you can trust, it's publicly listed and assured by the government, also everything I have ever bought there I have had authenticated by the relating brand and it has always been real. Their prices do seem to increase for new bags, so aim for the lightly used pieces to get a bargain.
Go for a early evening stroll in Causeway bay, stop for roast pork and duck at the little shop next to the Milan Station, the Barley water is yummy. Pudding isn't really a thing over there unless you want to queue for an hour so make sure to grab a yummy fresh fruit cup on one of the corners instead.
This place is a bit of a mission to find in one of the last truly old Hong Kong buildings in Kowloon. It's worth going to see it just because it can't last much longer the way property is developed there. Warehouse shops like this are totally my childhood. They can do custom orders or you can buy on site, they will also arrange shipping anywhere (caution this is not cheap!).
This used to be a chain but now I think the best store is in Queensway. You can buy everything here from beautiful cashmere blankets, to fabric, to jewellery. They have a great loyalty system that gets you a discount so make sure to join up. Stock tends to change a lot so if you like something a lot buy two because it might not be there your next trip (I speak from sad experience).
Nothing feels more Hong Kong, or more endlessly absorbing then taking the Star Ferry across the Harbour. Buy egg tarts at the station to munch on during the trip. Try and take a trip in the day and the night, both are equally beautiful in terms of views of the city from the water.
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The Deep Blue Sea Is Found Onshore In A Gemstone
Aquamarine is a member of the beryl family and ranges in color from an almost colorless pale blue to blue-green or teal. Aquamarine is a gemstone that gets it's name from two Latin words that mean water and sea. This gemstone can vary in color from pale blue to blue green, the colors of the ocean. It is said that when the stone is held underwater, it seems to completely disappear.
The most cherished color is a deep-blue aqua color. It is 7.5-8 on the Mohs hardness scale. The most expensive aquamarines come from Brazil, but it is also mined in Kenya and Nigeria, Madagascar, Zambia, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Russia. The majority aquamarines on the market today are usually faceted, but when cut as a cabochon, they may display a cat's eye effect known as asterism.
There Is Beauty And Value In The Color Blue
Aquamarine is a very striking stone, the largest ever mined was found in Brazil in 1910. It weighed over 110 kg and it was 48.5 cm long and 42 cm in diameter. Today, many of the gemstones are heated to increase the depth of the blue. When buying an aquamarine gemstone, it is important to remember that the deeper the blue the more valued the stone becomes.
Aquamarine gemstones are Colorado's state gem. They are also the birth gemstone for the month of March and the 19th wedding anniversary gemstone.
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Since early times, aquamarine has been believed to endow the wearer with foresight, courage, and happiness.
Aquamarine has always held a popular place in ancient folklore and mythology. In the Middle Ages, it was believed that aquamarine could provide security from the fatal effects of poisoning.
In Ancient Greece, this gemstone was considered to bestow great wisdom on individuals; statues were built that symbolized power and strength. For the statue's eyes, aquamarine gemstones were placed into the statue. It was believed that anyone that looked upon these statues would become filled with great wisdom and power and that the individual would suddenly possess the ability to see the future. Many times these statues were placed along the shoreline to calm Poseidon and to insure safe travel for ships headed out to sea.
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As legends go out on the deep blue sea, the pirates and sailors who so very often found themselves in a passionate love/fear relationship with the ocean. It is written in history that ancient sailors once traveled with aquamarine crystals, sleeping with them tucked under their pillows at night. These crystals were said to provide safe passage during sea travel. Many sailors believed that the mermaids' tails were made of aquamarine.
It was not uncommon for the sailors to find solace in the believed power of the aquamarine gemstone. It was the ocean that would carry them to distant shore but it was the fury of the waves that could tear their ship apart and pull them all down to the depths of the ocean. Legend also says that sailors who wore aquamarine gemstones would not only keep them safe but would prevent seasickness.
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Yosemite National Park is one of the most breathtaking areas of natural beauty in the world. There are many vistas to enjoy, but if you head up to Tunnel View you can enjoy the park's most iconic panorama, featuring the vertical El Capitan monolith and the giant Half Dome granite rock.
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Circa Waves Discuss Their Shocking Style Change On Upcoming Album
In a recent interview with NME, Liverpool's Circa Waves revealed details of their upcoming album which they refer to as "epic", "cinematic" and "appalling".
Frontman Kieran Shudall laughed, saying "Our fans are going to be appalled at a lot of what we're doing on this record" as only 3-4 songs will apparently adhere to the upbeat indie-rock sound in which their fans have become accustomed to. In the interview, he referenced one particularly diverse track which he called a "big piano ballad".
Despite their previous album Different Creatures taking quite a political stance in regards to its title track which discussed issues in the middle east, Shudall has stated that "the songs on this new record are broadly about love." In another NME interview on the subject of bands using their platforms to make political statements, bassist Sam Rourke argued "if you've got a platform and something to say, use it. But don't think just because you've got a platform, that means you've got something to say."
Circa Waves formed in 2013 after meeting at Liverpool's infamous Sound City festival. They quickly began touring the UK and have since supported the like of The 1975 and The Libertines.
You can catch Circa Waves' set at RiZE on Friday 17th August as they play the main stage alongside Liam Gallagher and Miles Kane to name just a few.
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We arrived home from holiday a few weeks ago and I decided I would see if I could manage without going shopping for 24 hours even though the fridge seemed empty. My organic vegetable box was due to arrive the next day and also the market was on in town where I can get anything else I needed. OK, I couldn't have managed without my freezer and allotment but I was surprised how well we ate.
For breakfast we had mixed cereal porridge with fresh apple and walnuts- brought back with us for the journey. For lunch I made a vegetable soup using the wilting carrots and onions from the bottom of the fridge and some frozen vegetables. We followed that with some potato cakes from the freezer along with a salad of rocket and lettuce. These had started to sprout again under a glass cloche in the garden. I also made some fermented cabbage this winter and we had some of that with the salad. All in all it was a pleasant meal.
We walked up to the allotment in the afternoon to pick some of the remaining vegetables. I was sad to see that the Cavelo Nero kale had started to sprout. It looked very much like sprouting broccoli so I collected all the seed heads and steamed them for our evening meal. They were absolutely delicious – just as good as purple sprouting broccoli. In future I will encourage the kale to sprout. I served the sprouted kale with some baked potatoes and a lamb casserole from the freezer and we had a wonderful meal.
I came to the conclusion that it's always possible to make a meal even when you need to go shopping as there is always something lurking in the bottom of the fridge or freezer and there are packets and tins in the store cupboard. It's also very easy to go to the supermarket, spend lots of money then end up eating the things you have bought rather than using up.


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Nokia Announces the T21, its Newest Tablet Yet
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We've seen a revival of tablet devices lately, and various smartphone brands across the globe are once again releasing their own Android-powered slates, usually alongside a main roster of smartphones to keep fans and consumers happy. As such, Nokia recently announced its newest Android tablet, the T21. The device was revealed during IFA 2022 in Berlin, alongside other new devices in Nokia's product lineup for 2022.
Built from glass and aluminum, the Nokia T21 comes with a 10.4-inch IPS display, a typical hardware trait of most midrange Android tablets nowadays. It features a 1200 x 2000 pixel resolution and scratch-resistant glass, and will come in a single "Charcoal Grey" color option. Additionally, the tablet will have splash-proof coating to add a bit of protection.
Inside the tablet is a UNISOC-branded Tiger T612 chipset, accompanied by 4GB of RAM, as well as 64 and 128GB storage options. There's support for expandable storage, a nano sim slot, as well as an 8,200 mAh battery. The tablet comes with a pair of 8-megapixel front and rear cameras, and runs on Android 12.
The T21 succeeds Nokia's "flagship" T20 tablet, which served as the company's main tablet device for the past couple of years. Nokia does offer a more affordable tablet option with the T10, albeit at the cost of speed and performance.
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Giap is the little boy you see in the most iconic photo we have at The Fred Hollows Foundation. Over the years, Giap's story has come to symbolise everything we represent. While Giap's story has a happy ending, the beginning didn't start off that way.
In 1992, seven year old Giap had very limited vision in one eye. Giap's family came from one of the poorest rural areas in Vietnam, and they didn't have the money for treatment. His father had been told Giap's eye condition was extremely complicated, but perhaps they could speak to a man called Fred Hollows who was due to arrive in Hanoi the following week.
Giap's father decided to take a chance and wait to see Fred. Unfortunately, he discovered Fred and his team were there especially to see older children and adults. Despite this disappointing news, Giap's determined father stayed around in the hope of meeting Fred.
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Giap caught the attention of Fred and after talking to him and his father, Fred arranged for Giap to have the operation he needed. Six days later, Giap was released from hospital with a dramatic improvement to his sight. Six months later, Fred Hollows passed away. The image of him and young Giap was one of the last, and most powerful, images to capture Fred's immense passion for his work.
Giap was the first in his family to attend university, and today, he's a teacher. In 2006, Giap wrote to Gabi Hollows and told her that meeting Fred had always motivated him to be a better man for society.
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Stories like Giap's are a constant inspiration for The Foundation. Knowing we can be a part of helping change someone's future is a constant motivation behind everything we do. Restoring someone's sight is just the start of helping them out of poverty.
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Repeat Bouts Of Depression Linked To Low Mastery And Smoking
Article Date: 26 Oct 2011 – 10:00 PDT
According to a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), the risk factors for individuals experiencing repeat episodes of depression include daily smoking, lack of control over life situations (low mastery) and previous depression.
Depression is a common disorder in which feelings of sadness, anger, loss, or frustration negatively affect the individual's quality of life. Approximately 65% of individuals with the condition have repeat episodes. In addition the condition can be linked with weight and dietary control as well as pain and inattention to other health issues.
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Rat Study Ties Antidepressants to Autism-like Brain Abnormalities
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on October 26, 2011
A new study shows that immature rats given a common antidepressant can exhibit brain abnormalities and behaviors characteristic of autism spectrum disorders.
Researchers believe the findings suggest that taking a certain class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy may be a factor in the rise in childhood developmental disorders.
"We saw behaviors in the treated rats and neurological problems that indicate their brains are not properly conducting and processing information," said Rick C.S. Lin, Ph.D., principal investigator on the study. Lin is a professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences at University of Mississippi Medical Center.
"However, based on this study alone it would be premature to conclude that a pregnant mother should stop taking SSRIs. A pregnant mother may do more harm to her baby through untreated depression than by taking prescribed SSRIs. This study is a starting point and a lot more research needs to be done."
The study appears online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/10/26/rat-study-ties-antidepressants-to-autism-like-brain-abnormalities/30761.html
Antidepressant Use Up 400 Percent in US
By Janice Wood Associate News Editor
The rate of antidepressant use in the United States increased nearly 400 percent over the last two decades, according to a report released Oct. 19.
The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics found that 11 percent of Americans over the age of 12 takes an antidepressant, with about 14 percent taking the medication for more than 10 years.
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that antidepressants were the third most common prescription drug taken by Americans of all ages from 2005 to 2008 and the most frequently used medication by people between the ages of 18 and 44.
The study also found that women are two and a half times more likely to take antidepressant medication as males, while 23 percent of women ages 40 to 59 take antidepressants, more than in any other age or sex group.
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11% Of US Adults And Teens Take Antidepressants
Antidepressants were taken by 11% of Americans over the age of twelve years during the period 2005-2008, according to a CDC report issued today. Antidepressants are the most common prescription drugs taken by individuals aged 18 to 44 – nearly one quarter of all females aged 40 to 59 take them, the reports informs.
The authors report that teenage women are two times as likely to take antidepressants as adult males. Usage among people aged 12 to 17 is about the same in both sexes.
A higher percentage of over 40s take prescription drugs for depression, compared to those in the 12-39 age group.
Below are some highlighted data from the report:
11 Ways to Help a Loved One in Denial
By Therese J. Borchard
What if your friend, mother, sibling, or father-in-law is severely depressed but refuses to recognize it?
Most of us have been there at least once in our life: the awkward spot where you know a loved one has a mood disorder or drinking problem, but is too stubborn to admit it and to proud to get help. You might see the consequence his behavior is having on his children, his job, or his marriage, but he is blissfully blind or is in too much pain to see the truth.
What can you do, short of taking the person by his shoulders, shaking him, while screaming, "Wake the hell up and see what you are doing?!?"
It's very complicated.
Because people are different.
Mood disorders vary.
And families are as unique as the illnesses themselves.
After doing a bit of research and consulting with a few mental health professionals, I have compiled this list of suggestions, to be read as merely that: suggestions.
1. Educate yourself.
The first responsible thing you can do is to educate yourself. Because you can't really spot a type of disorder without knowing its symptoms. In guessing that a sister is depressed, you should know if there have been any significant changes in her diet, sleep, energy, and so forth. You can't really assume your brother-in-law is bipolar based on Matt Damon's performance as a pathological liar/bipolar freak in "The Informant!" or that a friend is obsessive-compulsive because her behavior resembles Jack Nicholson's in "As Good As It Gets."
Educating yourself is not only going to help you gather the facts that you need in order to know how sick your loved is, but it is going to help you feel more in control of the situation—so that you can guard yourself against the fruitcake that will be hurled at you come Christmas dinner. It won't be a TOTAL surprise.
2. Gather the information.
Here comes the fun part. You get to pretend you are a detective for a month or so and gather any facts you can about the person without a) invading her privacy, or 2) bringing on an awkward confrontation. If you think she is depressed, ask about her diet. "Are you still eating Chipotle's Burrito Bowl for lunch? No? Why not? Are you still playing tennis on Tuesday nights? Why have you stopped? What book are you reading for your book club? Have you hosted any of the meetings recently? It's helpful to get together with any mutual friends and/or family members who would have additional information, so that together you can get a truer picture of what's going on. The person may tell you something that contradicts your sister's information, and the discrepancy can be even more significant than either of the answers. After studying the symptoms of the disorder that you think your loved one has, you will better know the information you need to find out.
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/10/23/11-ways-to-help-a-loved-one-in-denial/
'Trading Places' Most Common Pattern for Couples Dealing With Male Depression
ScienceDaily (Oct. 21, 2011) — University of British Columbia researchers have identified three major patterns that emerge among couples dealing with male depression. These can be described as "trading places," "business as usual" and "edgy tensions."
Published in the Social Science & Medicine journal and led by UBC researcher John Oliffe, the paper details how heterosexual couples' gender roles undergo radical shifts and strain when the male partner is depressed and the female partner seeks to help. Depression, a disorder often thought of as a women's health issue, is underreported in men, and little is known about how heterosexual couples respond when the male partner is depressed.
"Overall, our study underscores how women play a key role in helping their male partners manage their depression," says Oliffe, an associate professor in the School of Nursing whose work investigates masculinities and men's health with a focus on men's depression.
New Psychotherapy Helps Depression Patients Cultivate Optimistic Outlook Instead Of Traditional Therapy Focus On Negative Thoughts About Past
Article Date: 20 Oct 2011 – 2:00 PDT
Patients with major depression do better by learning to create a more positive outlook about the future, rather than by focusing on negative thoughts about their past experiences, researchers at Cedars-Sinai say after developing a new treatment that helps patients do this.
While Major Depressive Disorder patients traditionally undergo cognitive-behavior therapy care that seeks to alter their irrational, negative thoughts about past experiences, patients who were treated with the newly-developed Future-Directed Therapy™ demonstrated significant improvement in depression and anxiety, as well as improvement in overall reported quality of life, the researchers found.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236281.php
Too Much Undeserved Self-Praise Can Lead To Depression
People who try to boost their self-esteem by telling themselves they've done a great job when they haven't could end up feeling dejected instead, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
High and low performers felt fine when they assessed themselves accurately, probably because the high performers recognized their strengths and low performers acknowledged their weaknesses and could try to improve their future performance, according to a study in the October issue of the APA journal Emotion.
"These findings challenge the popular notion that self-enhancement and providing positive performance feedback to low performers is beneficial to emotional health. Instead, our results underscore the emotional benefits of accurate self-assessments and performance feedback," said lead author Young-Hoon Kim, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania.
Depressed Teens Listen to Heavy Metal Music in Unhealthy Way
By Traci Pedersen Associate News Editor
Youth at risk of depression are more likely to listen habitually and repetitively to heavy metal music, according to research by Dr. Katrina McFerran of the University of Melbourne.
For the study, McFerran, a senior lecturer in Music Therapy at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, conducted in-depth interviews with 50 teens between the ages of 13 and 18 and combined this information with a national survey of 1,000 young people.
Her goal is to create an early intervention model that can be brought into schools to positively impact teens before behavioral problems occur.
"The mp3 revolution means that young people are accessing music more than ever before and it's not uncommon for some to listen to music for seven or eight hours a day," she said.
"Most young people listen to a range of music in positive ways; to block out crowds, to lift their mood or to give them energy when exercising, but young people at risk of depression are more likely to be listening to music, particularly heavy metal music, in a negative way."
"Examples of this are when someone listens to the same song or album of heavy metal music over and over again and doesn't listen to anything else. They do this to isolate themselves or escape from reality," McFerran adds.
"If this behavior continues over a period of time then it might indicate that this young person is suffering from depression or anxiety, and at worst, might suggest suicidal tendencies."
http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/10/20/depressed-teens-listen-to-heavy-metal-music-in-unhealthy-way/30581.html
10 Things Not to Say to a Depressed Person
CBS News and Health.com published a nice gallery listing what you should and shouldn't tell a depressed love one.
I have my own list. Here are 10 things you definitely don't want to say, a collection of the gems that I heard when well-intentioned people opened their mouths and said something really stupid to me the two years I was in sorry shape.
1. It's all in your head. You need to think positive.
Upon hearing this, I wanted to throw a life-size figure of Tony Robbins at them. Because, while optimism is certainly important in training the brain, studies have shown that people who are severely depressed or acutely anxious only activate their amydalas (fear center of the brain) by forcing positive thinking.
2. You need to get out of yourself and give back to the community.
This is one that certainly made bad things worse. Because now, in addition to feeling severely depressed, a person also feels guilty and self-absorbed. Yes, giving back is important, but only when a person is healthy enough to hold a ladle at a soup kitchen.
3. Why don't you try and exercise?
This is good advice. Exercise has strong antidepressant effects. However telling someone that they need to exercise is a little like telling someone their butt looks fat in those jeans. You need to hint at it, but not put it directly on the table, or else the person may very well take up kick-boxing and practice with you.
4. Shop at Whole Foods and you will feel better.
Why does this get me? Because 1) I don't have the money to shop at Whole Foods, and 2) although I know that my diet affects my mood, and the more organic the better, I resent your telling me that my Frosted Flakes is what's causing power outage in the left frontal lobe of my brain.
5. Meditation and yoga are all you need.
Correction: meditation and yoga may be all that people experiencing mild and moderate depression need. Both are important tools to reduce depression. However, acute anxiety and severe depression are different animals altogether. In fact, my suicidal thoughts worsened with yoga.
6. Get a new job.
Maybe the job is making your loved one depressed. Stress is never a good thing for our health, and especially our emotional health. It pours toxins into our bloodstream. But don't encourage a major decision while the person is depressed. A balanced perspective is needed.
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/10/19/10-things-not-to-say-to-a-depressed-person/
Dutch Study Shows Cannabis Tied to Risk of Depression in Youth
By David McCracken, MA, LPC Managing News Editor
Young people who are genetically vulnerable to depression should be extra careful about smoking marijuana: A new study out of the Netherlands suggests cannabis use can lead to increased risk of developing depressive symptoms.
According to researcher Roy Otten at the Behavioural Science Institute of Radboud University Nijmegen, two-thirds of the population have the gene variant that makes one sensitive to depression.
Many young people use cannabis in the Netherlands, where adult residents can legally smoke cannabis in "coffee shops." Nearly 30 percent of 16-year-olds indicate they have used cannabis on at least one occasion, and 12 percent that they have used it during the past month.
But besides hindering academic performance, recent studies have also found the use of cannabis increases the risk of developing schizophrenia and psychosis, particularly for those with a genetic predisposition to the disorders.
Smoking hashish and marijuana have been suspected to increase the risk of depression, but no conclusive evidence has been found. Otten said this is partly because earlier studies failed to consider individual genetic vulnerability to depression.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/10/17/dutch-study-shows-cannabis-tied-to-risk-of-depression-in-youth/30370.html
Antidepressant-Induced Mania Similar to Bipolar Disorder
By Candace Czernicki Managing News Editor
Depressive patients with antidepressant-induced "manic switches" show similar clinical features as individuals with bipolar disorder, research shows.
The findings suggest that people who were previously diagnosed with clinical depression and who have these manic switches might be better classified and treated as actual bipolar patients.
Antidepressant medication can induce a "manic switch" in patients with depression, but manic-switch episodes are currently not considered bipolar disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV, the reference book used to classify and diagnose mental disorders.
Bipolar disorder is broken down into two major types — type I and type II. Type I is characterized by the presence of full-blown manic episodes, while Type 2 is characterized by less extreme manic episodes called hypomania. People with either type of bipolar disorder also experience at least one episode of clinical depression.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/10/13/antidepressant-induced-mania-similar-to-bipolar-disorder/30300.html
Low GABA Levels Hinder Teens from Experiencing Pleasure
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on October 8, 2011
Teens with anhedonia — a symptom of depression marked by an inability to experience pleasure — are found to have lower levels of the neurotransmitter GABA in a vital mood-regulating section of the brain, according to a NIMH-funded study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Anhedonia is found in up to 59 percent of depressed teens.
In young people, symptoms of depression can be highly varied and often overlap with symptoms of other disorders. This tends to make adolescent depression more difficult to study when using conventional research tools and methods. However, by focusing on specific symptoms and using various kinds of measuring systems, researchers may be able to discover the pathways and processes underlying depression and other mental disorders.
Guided by research on adults, Vilma Gabbay, M.D., of New York University School of Medicine, and a team set out to focus on the neurotransmitter GABA, which plays a vital role throughout the body and is involved in regulating brain cell communication.
Abnormalities in GABA production or function in the brain have been linked to anhedonia and several other mental disorders, including schizophrenia, postpartum depression, and possibly learning disorders.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/10/08/low-gaba-levels-hinder-teens-from-experiencing-pleasure/30179.html
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import Ember from 'ember';
import Store from 'js/store';
import { test, module } from 'qunit';

const Person = Ember.Object.extend();
const Cat = Ember.Object.extend();

var store, registry, container;

module('store unit tests', {
    beforeEach: function() {
        registry = new Ember.Registry();
        registry.register('store:main', Store);
        registry.register('model:person', Person);
        registry.register('model:cat', Cat);
        container = registry.container();
        store = container.lookup('store:main');
    },
    afterEach: function() {
        store = null;
        container = null;
        registry = null;
    }
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test('push will add model to the store', function(assert) {
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        name: 'toran'
    });
    var person = store.find('person', 1);
    assert.equal(person.get('id'), 1);
    assert.equal(person.get('name'), 'toran');
});

test('push should return the created object', function(assert) {
    var person = store.push('person', {
        id: 1,
        name: 'toran'
    });
    assert.equal(person.get('id'), 1);
    assert.equal(person.get('name'), 'toran');
});

test('push will update any existing object', function(assert) {
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        id: 1,
        name: 'toran'
    });
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        id: 1,
        name: 'updated'
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test('push will respect diff model types', function(assert) {
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Louisiana to Pay $13.4M to Settle Allegations of Inflated Medicaid Claims for Nursing Home Care
In a twist on typical allegations of Medicaid overpayments, the state of Louisiana will be paying back millions to the federal government.
The Louisiana Department of Health (DOH) agreed to pay $13.42 million to settle allegations that it submitted inflated claims for long-term nursing home and hospice care, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on November 13.
In exchange for the settlement, the government will no longer work to gather additional damages from the state, which would have brought the total from $13 million to $39 million.
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program, with the federal government disbursing quarterly grant awards that cover a certain portion of a given state's costs for health care services under Medicaid. That federal share is set by a percentage rate.
In Louisiana, nursing homes and hospices would generally submit claims to the state on the tenth day of the month after the month in which the services were provided. Louisiana would then pay the claims, seek federal reimbursement for those costs, and receive the federal reimbursement based on the rate in place at that time.
According to the allegations, the Louisiana DOH was aware that the rates for the federal share of the state's Medicaid payments would decrease after the months of December 2010, March 2011, June 2011, and September 2013. In order to get the higher federal share percentage rates in effect during each of those months, the DOH allegedly led Molina Medical Solutions, its health care contractor, to prepare, submit and pay for claims for nursing home and hospices services during those months — before the providers in the state had submitted any claims.
Allegedly, the state then claimed federal reimbursement for the premature payments, leading the DOH to receive a federal share based on the higher percentage that was in effect during December 2010, March 2011, June 2011, and September 2013, instead of the lower rate that was in effect in the subsequent months when providers submitted their claims to Louisiana.
As is common in settlements surrounding federal accusations of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, the DOJ's claims remain allegations only, and there was no determination of liability.
The Louisiana DOH, for its part, noted that the issues involved in the case happened under the leadership of former governor Bobby Jindal, a two-term Republican who left office in 2016.
"The repayment the Louisiana Department of Health negotiated with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is for money spent during the Jindal administration that goes back to 2010," the DOH said in a statement provided to SNN. "The $13 million settlement, which was negotiated by current Department of Health leadership, is significantly less than the nearly $39 million the federal government was seeking."
While the feds typically go after health care operators for fraud cases, officials involved in the Louisiana action emphasized that the law still applies to state agencies as well.
"This office will remain vigilant in its efforts to ensure the integrity of the Medicaid program by continuing to pursue those who commit improprieties against the program — whether they be providers or beneficiaries, or those more central to the administration of the program," U.S. attorney Brandon Fremin said in a statement announcing the settlement. "The people of Louisiana deserve it."
The Civil Division of the Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted the investigation.
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Clinical Challenge: Semi-Translucent Tumor on the Finger
A 59-year-old woman presents with a tender bump on her right middle finger. She reports a history of arthritis. The lesion is relatively asymptomatic, except for mild tenderness to palpation. On physical examination, between the proximal nail fold and the distal interphalangeal joint, a solitary, flesh-colored, semi-translucent lesion is observed. A small dark area is noted at the apex of the lesion.
This patient was diagnosed with a digital myxoid cyst, the most common ungual tumor after warts. It has a female predominance and occurs most commonly in patients aged between 40-70 years.In those individuals younger than age 30 years, trauma is...
This patient was diagnosed with a digital myxoid cyst, the most common ungual tumor after warts. It has a female predominance and occurs most commonly in patients aged between 40-70 years.
In those individuals younger than age 30 years, trauma is often the precipitating factor in formation of the cyst.1 The etiology of myxoid cysts is unclear but is thought to involve mucoid degeneration of connective tissue. It may be seen in association with both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.2
Digital myxoid cysts can be recognized through clinical presentation. They arise on the dorsum of the hand as a translucent nodule located between the distal interphalangeal joint and the proximal nail fold.2 They tend to occur more frequently on the dominant hand, specifically on the middle and first fingers.1,3,4 These cysts are typically asymptomatic, but patients may experience pain, tenderness, and decreased range of motion or have nail deformities.1
When required, a definitive diagnosis of a myxoid cyst can be obtained through biopsy or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lesion. MRI can distinguish myxoid cysts from other bony tumors, such as ganglion cysts.
Asymptomatic digital myxoid cysts do not require therapy; smaller lesions may respond to daily compression over the course of several weeks.1,5 Some lesions spontaneously regress. If the patient is symptomatic, surgical excision with debridement of joint osteophytes may be curative but can eventuate in nail deformity when in proximity to the nail.1 This patient was treated with incision and drainage of the lesion, followed by daily compression, which resulted in complete resolution.
Megha D. Patel is a student at the Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, PA.
Stephen Schleicher, MD, is an associate professor of medicine at the Commonwealth Medical College and an adjunct assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical College. He practices dermatology in Hazleton, PA.
Li K, Barankin B. Digital mucous cysts. J Cutan Med Surg. 2010;14(5):199-206.
Salerni G, Alonso C. Images in clinical medicine. Digital mucous cyst. N Engl J Med.2012;366(14):1335.
Mani-Sundaram D. Surgical correction of mucous cysts of the nail unit. Dermatol Surg. 2001;27(3):267-268.
Kasdan ML, Stallings SP, Leis VM, Wolens D. Outcome of surgically treated mucous cysts of the hand. J Hand Surg Am. 1994;19(3):504-507.
Wolff K, Johnson RA, eds. Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education; 2009.
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by Jim Balneaves
Mickie Ainsworth was brought up in Auchterarder, Perthshire, and was determined, from an early age, to play the accordion. The result of this determination was that he had to practice in a byre – as the noise was not tolerated in the house! "The cows never objected, to the best of my knowledge," says Mickie. At the age of 18 Mickie formed a group in Auchterarder known as 'The Skyliners'. This was a modern band, as jazz was his first love. He was at the same time apprenticed to be a painter.
Mickie moved to Perth when he was 21, and teamed up with Al Waters (a Senior Scottish Championship winner in the early days of the Wilkie Festival). He was now playing mostly Scottish Dance Music. He followed this by joining the Jack Guthrie Band for a short period. Mickie then became a member of the Angus Fitchet Band, which included Jimmy Stephen, and Mickie states, "I learned a great deal playing with Angus and Jimmy."
The Fitchet Band played throughout the Borders and Northumberland. The band was a 5-piece for gigs, and this was augmented to a 6-piece for broadcasts. Mickie was 2½ years with Angus's Band.
Ian Powrie then approached Mickie, with a view to him joining the Powrie Band. The carrot that Ian dangled was, "That TV appearances are likely."
This of course proved to be true, as the Powrie Band appeared many times on 'The White Heather Club' and others.
The band personnel during the TV appearance period were : Ian Powrie (fiddle), Jimmy Blue (Shand Morino), Pam Brough (piano), Dave Barclay (double bass), Arthur Easson (drums) and Mickie on piani accordion.
Jimmy Blue and Mickie also became well-known accordion duettists, and are particularly remembered for 'Band Boys' (a German tune originally). The writer recalls that the last time he heard Band Boys live was at the Perth Club's 21st Birthday Party in 1991. It was mooted at Jimmy's 70th Birthday Party in 1999, but drink had been taken, so it did not materialize. Mickie enjoyed Band Boys, but he personally preferred The Beer Barrel Polka Duet.
During Mickie's time with the Powrie Band they twice toured Australia and New Zealand with Andy Stewart. Mickie started recording initially in 1949. He recorded on many Ian Powrie Band LPs, and as a duettist with Jimmy Blue.
The recordings were under the control of producer George Martin (now Sir George) who was later to become famous as The Beatles record producer.
Mickie also toured America and Canada with Jimmy Blue in 1967.
Mickie then left the full-time playing scene to become a sales representative with Hohner Accordions. His area was all of Scotland and south to a line across from York. If you asked what he did at that time, he answered "Drive a car."
Mickie's part-time playing included a period in The Salutation Hotel, Perth, with our mutual friend, fiddler Jim Brown of Kintillo, Bridge of Earn. Stephane Grappelli visited one Saturday night when Mickie and Jim were playing, and he was extremely pleased with the sound and blending of accordion and fiddle.
Mickie and Jim also played at The Grange Hotel, Balbeggie, on Sunday afternoons – this was a very popular venue. Mull and Tighnabruaich etc were also visited along with accordionist Ian Cameron (of Pomander Jig fame). Jazz sessions on piano at Murrayshall Hotel, Scone, were also undertaken in the early eighties.
Mickie has been involved with the Bill Wilkie Festival from the beginning, and it is now in its 52nd year. Mickie started by turning the music in the classical section, then leading the accordion band, and he has been compere of the all-day competitions in The City Hall for the last 30 years.
Mickie is now 71 years old, still goes out to play, and teaches the accordion – which in the words of his grand-daughter makes him, "A pretty cool Grandad for an old duffer."