Scrolling numerous variants of big oil diffusers and trying to find that special and the best one, it is easy to get tired. Almost every description promising that the device is operating perfectly and it is what you really need. However, nobody want to purchase the wrong one and then feel discomfort. I was exploring the question and now can give you a couple tips before buying aromatherapy diffuser for large room.
Sol Beauty oil diffuser for large space is able to raise your mood thanks to pleasant aroma. Just add a few drops of essential oil. Seven versatile colors are calming and are relaxing you at time of the work. Ultrasonic technology humidifies the air in order to create your dream uninterrupted and comfortable. You are in safety with total silence while your essential oil diffuser for big area is working throughout the night. The oil diffuser is ideal for the office room if you desire to create an inspiring atmosphere or for home, at time of yoga exercises in the morning, for example. Two settings of output work properly and it is simple to use. Sol beauty oil diffuser for large room is a good value for the price. Family and friends will be delighted with such a wonderful present.
Aromacare oil diffuser for large room has a stylish wooden design in graphite color. Warm light makes cozy atmosphere during a business meeting. 600 ml volume of essential oil diffuser for large area is able to give you fully enjoy from 12 till 18 hours. Combination of essential oil and the water is perfect to lift up your mood. The design is made purposely to avoid any leaking of the water and you are in safety with shut off button if the water runs out. Offices, spa salons, study rooms are ideal space for aromatherapy and great atmosphere. Oil diffuser for big room is amazingly quiet to sleep with all night.
Oil diffuser for large space from TomCare with Whisper Quite Ultrasonic technology saves you from irritating noise. All your night lasts extremely quietly. Smooth lightning with 7 different colors creates romantic and relax atmosphere wherever you are – in a busy office, cozy bedroom or on a massage in spa salon. Thanks to enough volume (700ml), this essential oil diffuser for big room works till 20 hours. It successfully humidifies the air with the addition of the drop of your favorite essential oil. Light and bright design allow you to consider it as a great gift to your beloved, especially for children who appreciate it the most.
This bright oil diffuser for the big area is ideally suitable for such relaxing places as SPA or home. Such characteristics as quiet mode, auto shut off button and BPA free material are worthy to be a decoration of an office room or yoga space. 24 hours is an incredibly long period of work in order to enjoy it. It is possible thanks to 600ml capacity. Essential oil diffuser for large room designed by Reevaria is a wonderful assistant in preventing of dryness of air and skin respectfully, especially in winter months. 14 tones of light make your home cozy thanks to amazing decoration. The elegant look is functional, simple to operate and has all the bells and whistles you'll need.
AromaCare created an overwhelming design similar to the wood with the addition of light blue color for its essential diffuser for a large area. For sure, this diffuser is not only beautiful but properly functional. Let's look closer on it. Oil diffuser has 2 options for mist and it is able to run about 10 hours. Auto shut off button saves you from overwork as it turns on when the water runs out. Soothing color lights are purposely designed for the creation of calming mood and uninterrupted dreams at night. A drop of essential oil makes the atmosphere healthier wherever you are – in the busy office, relaxing spa salon or it is intended to use in the baby room. Oil diffuser for big room is just as effective because a little goes a long way.
If you have a big house, office or yoga class, it is not easy to fill it with pleasant scents completely. Therefore, a smart decision will be an ultrasonic diffuser for large space. This device operates using an electronic frequency the vibration of which vaporizes the oil, dispersing them into the air. So you quickly smell a persistent fragrance. It also does not use any heat while operating and its mist is cool. Actually, heat destroys some healing properties in the essential oil you diffuse. Its coverage area is often about 500-square feet in order to get a perfect experience. This is a real solution if you have a spacious area. But, as a rule, such a unit is not cheap and recommended to be used by professional therapists. You can usually see them in SPA centers or massage parlour. If you want to compare functions, features, capacities and prices – here is my review of top ultrasonic essential oil diffusers for large space.
Then, there is an another variant – a nebulizer. It does not need water and creates 100% essential oil evaporation that easily penetrate into your body. Generally, nebulizers have capacity up to 800 sqft, so it's a perfect diffuser for large space coverage. Of course, the unit is much more expensive than simple humidifiers and large diffusers but it's worth it in my opinion. Here is the list of top nebulizing diffuser I prepared.
Actually, you may also apply a simple large room diffuser. There many choices with different tank capacity starting from 100 ml up to 600. You may look the review of best essential oil diffuser, I've prepared.
Note: you should find the unit, which does not destroy the chemical structure of the oil. It is one of the most important moments.
All in all, as you can see a big space is not a problem in aromatherapy. Choose the device properly and enjoy your favorite fragrance!


Did you know that your nonverbal cues can communicate your mood and personality? Learn more about the different types of nonverbal cues from examples and test your knowledge with a quiz.
Sally and Pam are best friends who are competing for a spot in the school play. Sally gets the role that Pam wants, but the two vow to still remain close friends. In the following days, Sally notices that Pam won't look her in the eye when she speaks, Pam won't stand close to Sally, and Pam's voice is much lower than it used to be. Though Pam's words are friendly and she says that everything is fine, Sally can tell that Pam is hurt due to Pam's nonverbal cues. As a response, Sally decides to give Pam a tight hug and tell her that she loves her no matter what, and that Pam too is special.
Every time we communicate with other individuals, we are sending them messages. While part of the message is in the words that we speak, there are also other ways we communicate. We also communicate by sending nonverbal cues, which refers to the process of sending information through ways that do not require the use of language. For example, we might communicate support by giving someone a high five or by hugging them.
The kid in this image is giving a US soldier a high five to communicate support and respect.
We might use hand gestures to communicate direction (e.g., pointing to the left or right) or position our body in such a way that it communicates dominance. Our nonverbal behaviors, such as the way we sit, our tone of voice, or how fast we talk, communicate messages to other people.
Let's take the example above. Pam's words did not indicate that she was sad about losing the part in the play. However, by refusing to give Sally eye contact, speaking at a lower tone, and not standing near Sally, Pam was communicating her sadness.
Nonverbal cues may be intentional or unintentional. For example, Pam was not purposefully trying to communicate her sadness. On the contrary, she wanted Sally to think that she was okay. However, Sally gave Pam a hug with the purpose of cheering Sally up and showing support.
Why Do Nonverbal Cues Matter?
Nonverbal cues are an important part of communication. Nonverbal cues can provide information about a person's feelings and attitude, intelligence, mental and physical state, and roles, among other things. They allow us to send signals without the use of language. All of our nonverbal cues, such as the way we stand and our tone of voice, send information that can help the person we are communicating with interpret the information we are sending.


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Rev. Bailey Pickens: University of Arizona is betraying free speech and the broader community
By the Rev. Bailey Pickens Special to the Arizona Daily Star
As a Tucsonan, Tucson community clergy member and a chaplain to students on campus, I have been dismayed and alarmed by the official response to the protest of University of Arizona students during a presentation by the Border Patrol.
President Robert Robbins' response misrepresents the nature of free speech and the actions of the students. His tacit support of the misdemeanor charges against two students, and the UAPD's further investigation in search of "additional criminal violations," is support of official retaliation for constitutionally protected speech. As an American, I am horrified by this turn to the dystopian—are we expected to accept a First Amendment right to speech that ends where someone else's preference begins? Or this distinction between "speech" and "disruption"? What is "disruption" but speech that the powerful do not care for? How can any student trust the university's ostensible commitment to free speech when it has been made clear that displeasing speech will be punished?
I am further distressed as a Tucsonan. Since I moved to this city, I have been impressed by the values of welcome, diversity of culture, and not just toleration but celebration of difference that had seemed to be hallmarks of Tucson and the culture fostered at the University. But I think I must realize that this was a mistake on my part. Of course any class may invite whomever it wishes to present; but as university faculty and students have already observed, Customs and Border Protection officers present a material threat to the well-being of the student body, which includes DACA recipients, undocumented students and immigrants of all kinds. On the day of this presentation, a Tucson family was detained and separated. The Border Patrol's presence, especially without announcement or warning, contributes to an environment of real danger, to say nothing of the fear that affects academic performance and prevents really belonging to the university community. Surely this is known to the administration, which organized a Diversity Task Force in response to student protests in spring of 2016. How, then, did this happen?
The charges threatened against the students are clearly intimidation, in violation of both their constitutional right to speech and their value in the eyes of God. Although Tucson's position as a border city gives it the opportunity to be a "city on a hill," where the biblical mandate to not only tolerate but fully welcome the immigrant, who "shall be to you as the citizen among you" (Leviticus 19:43) might be lived out, I fear that here, too, we are gripped by the fealty to soulless "law and order" that grows out of fear of the others. The only appropriate and pastoral course forward is to de-escalate this situation and cease promotion of this hostile environment for undocumented, immigrant and other marginalized members of our campus and broader Tucson community.
The University of Arizona must lead here: Dismiss all punitive measures currently before the students who protested the Border Patrol's presence on campus, apologize for the infringement of their right to speech, and immediately initiate new conversations with the affected marginalized communities on campus to fully resolve this ongoing issue to their satisfaction. It is only by valuing each person and their experiences and truly coming to love the one we first consider a stranger as ourselves that we can be the vibrant community we are called to be.
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A Clinician's Guide to the Latest Diabetes Devices
Aaron Neinstein, MD
This has been a huge year for technological advances in diabetes management. We are on a rapidly advancing path with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology and finally approaching the holy grail of fully automated, closed-loop insulin delivery. Within a few years, patients with type 1 diabetes may never need to do another fingerstick or have another A1c test. For many clinicians, recent developments may seem to present an array of head-spinning options. Here, I'll try to cut through the noise and focus on technologies that have the biggest implications for clinical practice and our patients.
CGM Data Directly to Your Smartphone
CGM technology has been advancing rapidly in accuracy, number of options, and ease of use, and the problem of inaccurate, painful, alarming, needy, and annoying CGMs feels long in the past. It is hard to believe that it was as recently as December 2016 that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first decided that a CGM (the Dexcom G5®) was accurate enough to no longer require supplemental fingersticks for insulin dosing decisions.
In 2018, Dexcom released the G6 CGM, which is slimmer (and less likely to snag on clothing); requires no fingerstick calibration; and is the first to have the FDA indication of "interoperable," meaning that it can "plug and play" in the future with other interoperable devices.
Medicare finally started covering CGMs in 2017, and in June 2018 agreed to stop blocking the ability of the Dexcom G5 (which is reimbursed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) to transmit data directly to a smartphone, something most users of the G5 had already benefited from for a few years. This was a big deal, as I believe that the ability to view CGM data directly on a smartphone may be the technology advance that has most positively affected my patients with diabetes.
In the past year, billing codes for CGM improved to enable providers to be reimbursed for analysis and interpretation of CGM data. This brings diabetes management one step closer to population health, where a provider can review CGM data without an office visit; correspond with the patient over the telephone, by email, or by text; and be reimbursed for that work. I plan to try this out in my practice during the next few months, blocking off time every 1-2 weeks to review CGM data in web software and communicate recommendations to patients via our electronic health records portal or telephone, with no scheduled visit required.
Immediate Feedback, No Fingersticks Required
Of everything that has come out recently, Abbott's FreeStyle® Libre Flash CGM has had the greatest impact on my practice. The Libre is a disk-shaped device worn on the back of the arm (see any recent photo of British prime minister Theresa May). My patients have been consistent in their appraisal that the Libre is relatively or even entirely painless to insert, nonintrusive on the arm, and stays on during activity or contact with water. Most important, it entirely changes their approach to diabetes management.
This device can be used to support lifestyle change even in patients who are not taking insulin.
Much more affordable than other CGMs, at a retail cost of $70-$100 for a reader and $25-$35 per sensor, it opens up the possibility of CGM to many more patients than in the past. Each sensor currently lasts 10 days, which is soon to be extended to 14 days with the Flash system, and it is factory-calibrated out of the box, meaning it does not require any fingerstick calibrations.
Although the Libre is not as accurate as the best glucose meters used with perfect fingerstick technique, many patients are not using the best meters and are not using perfect fingerstick technique. Data from the Diabetes Technology Society Blood Glucose Monitor System Surveillance Program remind us that not all glucose meters are created equal and that a fingerstick is not equivalent to a true laboratory blood glucose level.
The 2016 FDA guidance on blood glucose meter accuracy specifies that 95% of values measured must be within 15% of the true lab value and that 99% of values measured must be within 20% of the true lab value. Thus, if a lab-measured glucose level is 100 mg/dL, the blood glucose meter measurement must be within 15 mg/dL (85-115 mg/dL) 95% of the time and within 20 mg/dL (80-120 mg/dL) 99% of the time.
Medicare requires that a patient be on multiple daily injections and be performing at least four fingersticks per day in order to receive reimbursement for the Libre, but commercial payers have been more liberal with their approval, meaning that this device can be used to support lifestyle change even in patients who are not taking insulin. Let this sink in for a moment.
This device is nonintrusive, affordable, and accurate enough to be given to people with type 2 diabetes so that they can get immediate feedback on their lifestyle choices, no fingersticks required. What happens to my blood glucose when I eat rice? What happens to my blood glucose after I take a long walk? In theory, all this feedback is possible with fingersticks, but come on, raise your hand if more than 10% of your patients are consistently doing enough fingersticks to get that degree of feedback.
Even if insurance won't cover the Libre for a patient with type 2 diabetes, the price—about $1200 per year—may be low enough for some patients to pay out of pocket. Or, to stay on a budget, a person could buy a reader and use a Libre sensor only once every 1-2 months to gather data, which for someone who doesn't take multiple insulin injections daily is still much more data than they would have otherwise. This would cost a patient about $240 per year out of pocket (in addition to the upfront cost of the reader) and give them 10 days' worth (soon, 14 days) of blood glucose feedback at a time.
I have seen many patients benefit from the additional information and trend data provided by the Libre. Last week, I saw a patient with type 1 diabetes and preserved beta-cell function. She had been managed for years with basal insulin alone, resisting my efforts to start low doses of premeal bolus insulin. After one week on the Libre, she contacted me, shocked at her postmeal glucose elevations. She was immediately ready to start premeal insulin.
I predict that seeing data from a Libre will shock many patients and clinicians who have grown accustomed to "treating to target" with basal insulin. People will see the limitations of titrating basal insulin up and up, which allows postprandial hyperglycemia and causes hypoglycemia overnight and with missed meals.
The Benefits of Bells and Whistles
It is important to remember that the Libre is still not a true CGM in the sense that the user must wave the reader over the sensor in order to get a glucose reading; the device does not sound an alarm about a hypoglycemic event.
Although actively scanning may provide some psychological benefit by forcing a moment to think about the blood glucose level, the lack of alarms can be problematic for most people with type 1 diabetes. I still believe that for people with type 1 diabetes who want a CGM but do not want a closed-loop system, such as the MiniMed™ 670G, a Dexcom is the right choice because of its alarms and continuous transmission of results.
Overnight hypoglycemia and hypoglycemia unawareness are real risks, and a Libre does not alert the patient in either of those situations. Every person with type 1 diabetes should have a CGM. If a person does not want a Dexcom or it is too expensive, then a Libre is a great alternative. This technology is advancing quickly. I predict that in a few years, we will see fewer and fewer fingersticks and significantly more people with type 2 diabetes using CGM, including many who are not treated with insulin.
If you have patients with type 1 diabetes who want the most advanced management tools and are thinking about a Dexcom CGM, a December 2017 article by Aleppo and colleagues[1] is a good reference on how to use and teach real-time CGM.
Although the FDA has approved the first long-term implantable CGM from Eversense, I see no major value or use for this device, because it still requires fingerstick calibration and a small surgical procedure. If, in the future, wear time is increased from 90 days to a full year and the need for calibration is eliminated, then I would consider it.
The Artificial Pancreas: Progress, but No Panacea Yet
The second major recent advance is the 2017 introduction of the MiniMed 670G hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system. The JDRF (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) describes a framework of six theoretical stages of artificial pancreas development, increasing in complexity from stage 1 (pump shuts off when the user ignores low glucose alarm) to stage 2 (predictive low-glucose suspend, which shuts off insulin before a low), all the way to stage 6, which is a fully autonomous multihormone closed-loop artificial pancreas system.
The MiniMed 670G clocks in at stage 4, where the basal insulin is automated but the need to perform a manual meal-time bolus remains. In my experience, patients who use the 670G have more time in range, have improved sleep quality, wake up in the morning in range more frequently, and spend less time at extreme highs and lows. This is no panacea, however. People report that their overall diabetes effort doesn't change much—they still have to do lots of fingersticks and feed information into the device.
I have also seen a significant amount of frustration from patients about the sensor "lock-ups." A few tips/pearls on these: The top three issues are problems with sensor location, taping of the sensor, and calibration. Patients should calibrate the device about three times per day, in the fasting state, and with as flat a glucose trend as possible. (Side note: Medtronic's data show that its CGM performs better when worn on the back of the arm, with improved accuracy.[2])
Ultimately, I think of this as something akin to bumper bowling. A patient will stay out of the gutters, but the system is not going to knock down all the pins with a strike every time.
Although it still takes a lot of work to manage type 1 diabetes, you have to let go.
With MiniMed 670G, people lose significant flexibility, meaning that this is not the system for patients who are used to being completely in control. There are no more extended boluses or temp basals, no more manual control of sensitivity factors, no ability to more aggressively target lower blood glucose levels. The 670G is better for someone who isn't looking for very tight control, who is willing to "delegate" to the machine, who has a more structured lifestyle, who is tech savvy, and who is willing to go with the flow. It does not work as well for someone who wants to be in control, someone with an erratic lifestyle, or someone who is tech-averse.
Many of us have seen patients entering "fake carbs" in an attempt to outsmart their 670G. This does not work, and we should be advising patients not to do this. At the end of the day, although it still takes a lot of work to manage type 1 diabetes, you have to let go. This is very difficult for many people with type 1 diabetes, particularly those who have had to be vigilant every moment of their lives for decades. I often find myself counseling people on 670G to just relax a little bit more. Feels crazy to think of giving that advice, doesn't it?
With the 670G, the doctor or patient sets the carb ratio, the active insulin time, and manual-mode pump settings. The patient does fingerstick calibrations, inputs carbohydrates, "announces" exercise, and inputs fingersticks for correctional boluses. The algorithm determines basal rates, insulin sensitivity factor, and the auto-mode target, which is preset at 120 mg/dL (except during exercise, when it is 150 mg/dL). Although we think of artificial intelligence as being all-knowing, this algorithm does not learn the patient or the patient's habits individually. It is adapting to the past 6 days.
For patients who are not interested in going onto Medtronic's closed-loop system, Tandem and Omnipod are preparing their own closed-loop insulin delivery systems, both of which will pair with the Dexcom G6 CGM. Omnipod remains the only option for a tubeless pump. Tandem is the only option with a pump that can receive software updates, meaning the company can "push out" upgrades to someone's existing pump, as they are readying to do now with their Basal.IQ low glucose suspend technology onto t:slim X2 pumps. It is exciting to see that there will soon be multiple competitive options, giving patients a choice in the technology they prefer to use.
Other Important Diabetes Technologies
During the past decade or so, two of the most important features of an insulin pump have been storage of insulin dosing information and having a built-in insulin calculator. These features are no longer limited to insulin pumps, with the first insulin smartpens (Companion's InPen®) hitting the market in addition to smartphone apps that serve as insulin dosing calculators. Some of these apps are FDA-approved, such as the Insulia app from Voluntis that helps titrate basal insulin, and some are not FDA-approved, such as the relatively popular ManageBGL app. Clinical experience with these remains limited to date, so I won't comment yet on any clinical pearls or tips, but I see these growing in popularity in the coming years.
A few other categories of diabetes technology are worth noting. There are an increasing number of tech-enabled service companies—such as Livongo, Omada Health, Canary Health, OneDrop, and mySugr—who use a combination of connected devices and remote online coaching to help people with diabetes (typically type 2 diabetes) improve their lifestyle choices and management. Venture capital funding has poured into these companies, because they see the market opportunity for using home devices for virtual management of chronic diseases, such as diabetes. The startup companies and venture capitalists believe that these offerings will either augment or replace the current care model, which is overly reliant on intermittent office visits and, in this way, fails to meet the needs of many people with chronic disease.
If you want to try to maneuver your existing clinical practice to be more tech-enabled and provide virtual care on your own, this is increasingly possible. A number of software apps enable downloading and viewing of diabetes device data on the Web, although only two, Glooko and Tidepool, are able to ingest data from a broad array of devices rather than from a single company. In my own practice, I have used a combination of Tidepool and video visits (we use Zoom at UCSF) to replace in-person office visits, sharing the diabetes data in Tidepool on-screen and discussing it with the patient.
Open-source, closed-loop insulin delivery systems are continuing to grow and thrive. There are a massive number of smartphone apps intended to help patients in different ways, including blood glucose logging apps, dose calculators, calorie counters and food diaries, and so on. But beware, most of these are neither validated for safety nor FDA-approved. Coming in the next few years will be a "closed-loop as a service" option from Bigfoot Biomedical and a dual hormone (glucagon and insulin) closed-loop system from Beta Bionics, along with several insulin patch pumps intended for people with type 2 diabetes. Perhaps someday there will be a noninvasive CGM. Still waiting.
Challenges Remain
Let's recap the major trends. First, the availability, ease of use, and accuracy of CGMs are getting better and better, making these an option for more and more people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. I believe that the death of the fingerstick is near (I dare you to ask your patients on CGM how often they are doing fingersticks), and soon we will also see better metrics for glucose control replace the A1c. See some great articles from diaTribe about time in range and moving beyond A1c.
Devices are increasingly well-connected, such as Bluetooth-enabled insulin pens and CGMs that no longer require a separate reader device, meaning more data are captured for analysis and patients have fewer devices to lug around. Devices are getting smaller and less intrusive. A trend toward interoperability in software (eg, Tidepool) and hardware (eg, Dexcom G6 CGM) may mean that in the near future, patients will have a greater ability to choose the tools they want on the basis of personal preference and device performance, not vendor relationships and lock-in.
Virtual care is becoming an option, with better insurance coverage and tools for video telehealth visits, and billing codes for CGM review. Finally, decision support and coaching are booming in two different ways, both via companies that offer connected services (eg, Omada or Canary) and via artificial intelligence and automated tools.
Of course, for the patient and clinician to truly collaborate on care delivery in a modern way, with shared decision-making and ongoing data collection and communication, all of these tools will have to connect into the healthcare delivery system via integration with electronic health records. I wrote about this challenge in a 2015 blog. Although technical standards and options have come a long way (FHIR [Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources], SMART® on FHIR, and CDS Hooks will ultimately help solve this), we have not yet reached an easy, consistent, standard method for these data, decision support tools, and communications to weave into existing workflows.
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinical Director of Informatics, University of California, San Francisco
Disclosure: Aaron B. Neinstein, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: Nokia Growth Partners (consultant); Gerson Lehman Group (consultant), Tidepool (no financial relationship)
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Wicked good, as the Brits say. It is the Brits, right? Anyway, my beloved and I trekked two hours down the road to see the roadshow of the Broadway hit, WICKED, and I have to say, it was stupendous. Marvelous sets, stunning costumes, wonderful lighting, super songs, and totally talented singers and dancers. The theater was packed, and I can see why. The musical's reputation is well deserved. If you get a chance to see a production near you, GO.
While I waited afterwards for the line into the ladies room to resemble something smaller than an infinite conga line, an usher and I discussed older musicals we loved. We agreed on West Side Story, South Pacific, and My Fair Lady, and of course, Camelot. Both of us could name some of the stars on Broadway in each, and then, we realized that those Broadway shows later became films. Nowadays, films (The Color Purple, Legally Blonde, Nine to Five, Billy Elliott) are going to Broadway. When did the trend reverse itself? And why? Is there a dearth of writers who are willing to slave on a Broadway production first? Or is the allure of Hollywood money and prestige trumping stage efforts? I imagine so, and who can blame the writers/songwriters? Millions of people go to the cinema, while fewer can get to Broadway.
Since one of my children has taken up a life on the stage, I've rediscovered the joys of live drama. The audience is physically connected to the actors by being in the same space with them, breathing the same air. In smaller theaters, we see them sweat, work, and strive to put the play's best foot forward. The audience becomes an extra character in the production. I love that feeling.
Speaking of extra characters, we have a new puppy. She came from a local rescue shelter for a foster care stay and has ended up as a permanent part of the family. It's a good thing she's charming, funny, and terribly smart. Our 16 year old cat is trying to train her to be civilized, but he has little patience these days for puppies, and who can blame him? He's a long-time dog lover, but Callie clearly has never been taught respect for her feline elders. She'll learn, even if it's the hard way.


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Dublin's housing boom fuels surge in homelessness
By Diarmaid Fleming
BBC News, Dublin
Dublin is undergoing a simultaneous increase in homelessness and a mini property boom. It might seem a contradiction but at the heart of both is Ireland's economic crash of 2008, from which the country is still trying to recover.
Rising homelessness and property prices have been driven by a housing shortage for a young and growing population. Building virtually stopped in Ireland's crash of six years ago, and austerity has meant a slump in state-funded housebuilding as well as social welfare cuts.
The shortage of accommodation has seen Dublin rents rise - meaning investors are now buying up property, driving the mini-boom.
About 2,700 people are officially homeless in Ireland. The state provides emergency accommodation but some - a minority - end up sleeping on the streets. Charity is a lifeline for many.
The number of people coming through the doors of the Capuchin Day Centre in the centre of Dublin is up six-fold. Volunteers and staff serve free meals to anyone in need.
"Ten years ago it was around 160 meals a day - now it's 600," says one of the chefs. "People have no idea, until they come in here, to see the children coming in here in their school uniforms, they go home with nothing to eat until the next day sometimes.
"But now they are looking after them here and they give them a goody bag going home."
image captionProtesters have called for swift action to be taken on homebuilding
'Closest thing to prison'
Many of these people had never expected to become homeless, says Angela Skuce, a doctor working in the centre.
"A lot of them are entitled to rent allowance as part of their benefits but rents in Dublin have gone up so their rent allowance doesn't pay for that."
Lynn Claxton dines with her four children - a break from their small, single room in emergency accommodation.
"I've never been to Mountjoy Jail but as far as I can see it's the closest thing to prison. The children can't go outside the room and can't play," she says.
"I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd end up in this situation like the other people here. They're normal everyday people that are trying to make ends meet, with nowhere to go - people with children just trying to survive."
'Unprecedented' demand
Many landlords now prefer to take higher cash rents from private tenants, instead of the rent allowance offered by those on benefits.
Another young woman at the table says soaring rents made her family of four recently homeless for the first time, despite being able to offer 950 euros (£760) a month for rent.
But the high rents have been driving a mini property boom with investors flocking to Dublin, says Robert Hoban of Allsop Space auctioneers.
"There's unprecedented demand for suburban family homes, for young couples to buy, to grow families in. Not enough properties have been constructed," he says.
"What's selling very, very well are tenanted commercial properties - almost of any size - anything with income at the moment, there's a lot of interest from investors because they see it as a long-term investment."
image captionProperty consultant Colin Horan sees plenty of demand for Dublin property from Russian buyers
Property prices in Dublin in April were 18% higher than a year ago, according to the Central Statistics Office.
While Irish citizens still make up the majority of buyers, Colin Horan of Extra Sales property consultants says Russian, Chinese, American, British and European investors are also in competition. His firm even has Russian-speaking staff to help buyers from the east.
"There are two different types of Russians buying - one is the very wealthy Russian, then there's average Russians buying second homes here in Ireland as well for investment.
"It is [also] very buoyant from the Chinese perspective. Even the auctions that are happening in Dublin - there are major investors at those and they are bringing the prices up. The type of properties they're buying is like family homes that are from 400,000 euros up to one million," he says.
Ghost estates
Ireland's Housing Minister, Jan O'Sullivan, has unveiled plans to restart some building and restore disused state properties.
image captionThese houses in North County Dublin have been sold before they are even finished
But what of Ireland's so-called ghost estates - empty houses from the boom?
Many are in remote areas far from Dublin and its hinterland where about a third of Ireland's population live, so the empty houses remain far from the people needing a roof over their heads. Ms O'Sullivan says there is no easy match.
"There is an element of a solution in those unfinished estates but the quantity really is not huge. But we will identify those that we can use and have identified a number already.
"They are part of the solution but some of them are in places where there isn't a housing demand so they are not suitable in some cases for social housing. But there are others in the greater Dublin area and around our cities that will be suitable," she says.
Homeless capital of Europe?
Meanwhile, the homeless have taken to Dublin's streets to protest against their plight, which has hit the headlines here.
image captionMany have been seeking to raise awareness of the plight of the homeless
Jesuit priest Father Peter McVerry, who has been a champion of Dublin's homeless, says it is the worst housing crisis in his 40 years working with the city's poorest - but he fears greater disaster ahead.
"We need urgently to get back to building social housing. That's expensive but if we don't do it, we are going to have a city here full of homeless people and homeless families living on the street.
"We've 100,000 households on the social housing waiting list. Five thousand social houses every year would cost one billion euros - we don't have one billion euros to spend on housing over the next 20 years. The failure to do that will make us the homeless capital of Europe," he warns.
Ireland has been praised by its international lenders for following the course of austerity medicine. But for those without a place to live, there is little feeling of economic recovery.
For more on this story, listen to Diarmaid Fleming's report on the The World Tonight on BBC Radio Four.
Ghost estates: 40 unfinished developments to be demolished
Dublin house prices rise 15% over the year
Eurozone crisis: Ireland breaks free
Capuchin Day Centre
Allsop Space
Extra Sales
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Gautam Gambhir Handed Four-match Ban for Showdown With Bhaskar
PTI |June 17, 2017, 8:18 PM IST
New Delhi: Veteran Indian opener Gautam Gambhir has been handed a suspended four-match ban from first-class cricket for his ugly confrontation with Delhi Ranji coach KP Bhaskar earlier this year.
An enquiry committee constituted by Delhi and Districts Cricket Association administrator Justice Vikramjit Sen, comprising chairman Madan Lal, Rajendra R Rathore and advocate Soni Singh found Gambhir guilty and termed the batsman's behaviour as "serious" and "inappropriate".
However, Sen decided to "suspend the punishment for a period of two years ending on 30th March 2019" conditional on Gambhir accepting this order and not committing any similar transgressions.
"Having learnt of an incident, which occurred when the team from DDCA was in Orissa, in which an altercation between Gautam Gambhir and Bhasker Pillai had transpired, and pursuant to a complaint received from Pillai, I met both persons on 10th March 2017. The matter could not be amicably and satisfactorily resolved.
"The Committee Members agree that considering the above facts and circumstances that have come to light, Mr Gambhir's actions towards Mr Pillai with premeditated intent to humiliate the coach were highly inappropriate and of serious nature. It is recommended that such inappropriate behaviour requires to be penalised not only in a proportionate manner, but in a manner that has a deterrent effect so that it is not repeated and such issues are taken seriously by all team members," Sen said in a statement.
"The Committee members feel the necessity of deterrent effect of penalties on account of such seriously inappropriate behaviour to inculcate discipline within the team and in the interest of the game of cricket. Having such considerations and findings as above in mind, the Committee Members recommend that Mr Gautam Gambhir should not be allowed to play in 4 (four) First Class matches of the Delhi team at the start of the next season, i.e. 2017-18 on account of his deliberate and pre-meditated inappropriate behaviour," he said.
Bhaskar and Gambhir had a heated altercation after Delhi's campaign ended in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Bhubaneswar earlier this year with allegations of former India captain abusing the coach, something he has categorically denied.
The committee came hard on Gambhir for his "unruly" behaviour.
"It is evident from the above that the actions/conduct of Mr Gambhir on 6th March 2017 against the coach and the confrontation were pre-meditated as he called for the meeting after the match at lunchtime on a day when he was not even playing the match and he had remained in the hotel, since about lunchtime.
"It is further evident that Mr Gambhir intended to use some very sharp/inappropriate language and admittedly the arguments between the coach and Mr Gambhir were expected to be so 'heated' that he thought it prudent to save some of the younger players from witnessing it and therefore sent them outside the dressing room before starting the confrontation," the statement said.
Gambhir, on his part, has made multiple allegations of Bhaskar making youngsters like Nitish Rana, Unmukt Chand and Pawan Negi "insecured" and "playing with their careers".
Acting on Gambhir's complaints, the committee also recommended the formation of a grievance redressal forum.
"The Committee also recommends, in view of the significant grievances raised by Mr Gambhir during the hearing, which seem to have been given vent to in an inappropriate manner on account of lack of a proper grievance redressal system for the team members, that a grievance redressal system within the team is urgently required," the statement read.
"It is also recommended that disciplinary action rules and mechanism of imposing penalty are required to be formulated to inculcate discipline in the team members and for predictability and deterrence, where players know that an act of indiscipline would have serious repercussions and are therefore deterred from committing them."
The committee observed that the position of a coach deserves respect and dignity from his players.
"The position of a coach among the team members is of high respect and dignity. It is a serious disgrace to a coach to be humiliated in front of team members by one of the team members even though if it is a senior player.
"The actions of Mr Gambhir, however well intended, cannot be said to be in the interest of the team, or its performance or the game as it was done on the very last day of the season and therefore could not have been any corrective effect. The actions of Mr Gambhir were not in the spirit of the game," the statement said.
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O complemento de Schur de uma submatriz corresponde a uma relação entre as restantes submatrizes resultantes da partição da mesma matriz de origem.

A relação recebe o nome de Issai Schur.

Seja a matriz M repartida da seguinte forma:

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I Vegas Golden Knights sono una squadra di hockey su ghiaccio della National Hockey League con sede a Paradise, nello Stato del Nevada, negli Stati Uniti d'America. Il loro esordio è avvenuto nella stagione NHL 2017-2018

La squadra gioca le partite casalinghe a Las Vegas nella T-Mobile Arena.

Storia
Nell 1991 la NHL tenne una partita giocata all'aperto nella città di Las Vegas tra i Los Angeles Kings e i New York Rangers all'esterno del Caesars Palace in pre-stagione. La città in seguito ha ospitato il "Frozen Fury", una competizione pre-stagionale tra i Los Angeles Kings e i Colorado Avalanche, mentre la cerimonia degli NHL Awards si tiene annualmente a Las Vegas dal 2009. Nel 2009 affiorarono voci secondo cui il produttore di Hollywood Jerry Bruckheimer avrebbe desiderato trasferire la franchigia allora nota come Phoenix Coyotes nel Nevada.

Voci di un expansion team a Las Vegas fecero ritorno nell'agosto 2014, anche se questi furono negati dalla lega. Nel novembre 2014, una notizia non confermata affermò che la lega aveva scelto i miliardari Bill Foley e la famiglia Maloof (ex proprietari dei Sacramento Kings della NBA e fondatori del Palms Casino Resort) per guidare un gruppo con lo scopo di portare una squadra a Las Vegas. Nel dicembre 2014, la NHL permise a Foley di tenere un evento per attirare attenzione attorno alla possibile nuova squadra Las Vegas, nonostante il commissioner Gary Bettman avesse anche avvertito i media di "[non] immaginare più di quanto ci sia in realtà".

Nel giugno 2015, la lega aprì ufficialmente la possibilità di presentare delle candidature per dei nuovi expansion team. Oltre a Foley, vi fu anche una proposta per ridare vita ai vecchi Québec Nordiques a Québec. Sia Las Vegas sia Québec furono invitate alla seconda fase del piano di espansione nell'agosto 2015, dopo di che ebbero accesso alla terza fase.

A un incontro tra i proprietari della lega tenuto il 22 giugno 2016 a Las Vegas, la nuova squadra fu approvata con un voto unanime, progettando di iniziare a farla giocare nella stagione 2017–18. Essa divenne così la prima franchigia dei quattro maggiori sport professionistici americani con sede a Las Vegas e la prima squadra di espansione della NHL dal 2000. Foley si impegnò a pagare alla lega una tassa di ingresso di 500 milioni di dollari iniziando le procedure per assumere lo staff dirigenziale e dare un'identità alla squadra. Foley annunciò che l'ex general manager dei Washington Capitals George McPhee sarebbe stato il primo della storia del club. Il 22 novembre 2016 fu rivelato ufficialmente il nome di "Vegas Golden Knights".

Informazioni

Nome

Il nome della squadra include "Knights" come omaggio ai Black Knights della United States Military Academy, l'alma mater di Foley e perché i "cavalieri" (knights) sono, secondo Foley, "l'epitome della classe guerriera". Foley sperava di potere nominare la squadra "Black Knights" ma vi rinunciò dopo avere incontrato la resistenza dei dirigenti federali. Foley non poté inoltre chiamare la squadra "Vegas Knights" poiché i London Knights detengono i diritti del nome "Knights" in Canada.

"Golden" fu incluso nel nome poiché l'oro è, secondo Foley, il "metallo numero 1" e perché il Nevada è lo Stato che produce la maggiore quantità di oro degli Stati Uniti.

"Las" fu omesso dal nome della squadra perché, sempre secondo Foley, i residenti tendono a riferirsi alla città semplicemente come "Vegas" e perché un nome di quattro parole sarebbe stato troppo lungo.

Mascotte
La mascotte dei Golden Knights è un mostro di Gila chiamato "Chance". È stato presentato nella seconda gara casalinga della squadra il 13 ottobre 2017. La squadra optò per non utilizzare un cavaliere come mascotte poiché, osservando le squadre che in passato aveva fatto tale scelta, non avevano trovato che essa si adattasse al pubblico dei bambini.

Record stagione per stagione

Giocatori e personale

Roster
Roster aggiornato al 29 novembre 2017

Numeri ritirati
Il 31 marzo 2018 i Golden Knights hanno ritirato la maglia numero 58, in onore delle 58 vittime della sparatoria avvenuta proprio a Las Vegas nell'ottobre 2017 . Inoltre il numero 99 è stato ritirato per tutta la NHL in onore di Wayne Gretzky.

Capi-allenatore
 Gerard Gallant (2017–presente)

General manager
 George McPhee (2016–presente)

Note

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Collegamenti esterni


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Loggers Rally For Five-Set Win Over Monroe
Posted by Jeremy McDonald on August 30, 2022
SCIO, Ore.– Facing Monroe to start the season was a good test to open the season as the Scio Logger Volleyball squad went the distance with the Dragons Tuesday afternoon. And minus a tough first set, minus being down two sets to none, Scio really made a statement in their season opening win over the Dragons in five sets Tuesday night. Defeating Monroe 14-25, 19-25, 25-18, 25-22, 15-11 for the first of two wins on Tuesday at Scio High School.
And if anything, that second set of the match really set in motion what would be a gritty, hard-fought victory when the Loggers had slowly come around starting in the second set when they clawed back from a 10-3 deficit to tie the set at 17 before carrying that moment into the third set.
"It was really big and it really showed all the hard work we put in before this game," Kadence Soto starts. "Last year we would've been pretty tired by the third-fourth set, but we've been putting in a lot of extra work and conditioning to push past that so we won't get as tired. So we just started building off of their mistakes and starting capitalizing and push as hard as we could."
In that third set, the Loggers pushed by their fatigue and built themselves a nice little 20-10 lead and found a way to shut down the Dragon threat down the stretch in the set to extend the match beyond that third set. The squad led 12-9 in the fourth set against the Eugene-based squad that finished third in 2A in 2021, using a 5-0 run to force Monroe to take a timeout.
The Dragons pushed, Loggers held their ground building a 20-13 lead. Monroe rallied, eventually pulling even with Scio at 20 as the match came down to the wire of either conclusion or fifth set. The Loggers chose extension as they took set 4 25-22, holding on.
Despite being down two sets to none, Scio used the momentum created in the second set and built upon it from the third set on Tuesday night at Scio (Picture By Jeremy McDonald)
Crediting their conditioning, their mental approach and their grit in this battle, Scio continues to grind. The Loggers adjusted to the Dragons' Bella Gamache defensively, limiting her damage to the best of their abilities as Scio jumped out to a 9-2 fifth set lead.
"(I'm) beyond proud because they did not give up, they kept their attitudes up and they kept their energy up. They never once, even when we lost the first two sets, never once were they like 'oh we're going to toss this out in the third'. They battled back, all the way to the end. Corrected everything, they did everything…that I'm actually shocked in our first match out," Head Coach Lori Ramsay said. "So I'm beyond proud."
Monroe made one last attempt at the lead, cutting the deficit to 10-6 before Scio dug deep one last time and pushed for the finish line. The crowd that was in attendance was loud for the first game out cheering with the Loggers succeeding in the process with a Goonies Never Say Die attitude to finish off their first win of the season with a bang.
"I am extremely proud. It shows, going five sets, not getting down and trying to stay high…I'm just lost for words, I'm so proud. I'm just so proud of us," smiled Soto about the win.
Scio went on to sweep Santiam to close out the three-team dual Tuesday night in Scio. The Loggers head to Harrisburg for another twin bill with Oakland (6pm) and the host-Eagles (7:30pm) to close out the week.
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LeBron, Bash Him While You CanBy: Adi Joseph
After perhaps the worst performance of his six-year career, LeBron James has become the butt of jokes and endless speculation across basketball.
Just don't laugh too hard. Guys like that generally find a way to get even.
Regardless of the city James plays in next year, regardless of the color of threads he dons, he'll continue to be the best player in the world. And there isn't a person in basketball (possible exception: Bryant, Kobe) who doesn't fully understand that.
James' team will make the playoffs. And they'll be a force to be reckoned with, no matter who ends up doing the reckoning. A star this dominate can change the league, and James has done just that.
With the 16th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Chicago Bulls select: James Johnson, Wake Forest University. There were better, more talented options. But the Bulls marked their man, with good purpose.
Johnson is a 6-foot-9, 257-pound small forward with the strength, length and potential to be an excellent defender. And even as we watched "King James" make a mockery of Johnson in the first round of the playoffs, the ideology was clear: Just as was the case 15 years ago with Michael Jordan, LeBron James is a player who must be stopped.
He's not alone. Between James, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony, today's top players at the three have nothing "small" about them. They're wings, only in the sense that their arms are so long they appear capable of flight.
The NBA title does not run through LeBron James. Don't get me wrong. But it's unreasonable to believe that a player of his unique and dominant skill set will be ignored.
Curious thing, though. Guarding LeBron James or Kevin Durant or Carmelo Anthony isn't easy. Players big enough, strong enough and defensive-minded enough to handle the task don't fall off trees. Johnson, for instance, might have fit the bill on the first two components, but as a rookie, he disappointed in the third.
The NBA is a reactionary league though. Just as Cleveland added Shaquille O'Neal simply for a potential Eastern Conference Finals match with Orlando and Dwight Howard, teams in the title hunt know they must solve potential matchup problems before they become an issue.
Most experts will tell you, the key to successful drafting is to grab the best available player. Clyde Drexler can figure out a way to play with Michael Jordan. But NBA teams, particularly ones who believe themselves to be in the title hunt, are consistently looking for the missing piece.
Damion James seems to fit the bill perfectly. The forward from Texas is a proven, polished college star with the size, strength and defensive abilities to lure a team into taking him, perhaps, a few picks too high.
On talent and potential, the 22-year-old looks to be a tweener without much handle who spent most of his college career at power forward. But he's got the look of a potential defensive stopper.
Stanley Robinson can jump out the gym. Is he that guy? Paul George has the build of Scottie Pippen, and the word is, he was a pretty good defender back in his day.
This is not to say any of these players will be overdrafted. That will be determined by workouts and interviews and tape and tape measures. In a way, this article serves as instruction. Crucial to the future of any NBA hopeful playing the small forward position is proving he can match up with the league's elite. And right now, there may not be a tougher position do that at.
Near unanimous opinion states that James and Durant should be the best players in the league in three years, and Anthony isn't far behind. And while the trio has just four games of NBA Finals experience behind them – you might remember the Spurs' four-game massacre of Cleveland in 2007 – it's tough to imagine that will hold true in upcoming years.
There was a time when we looked to Craig Ehlo and Bryon Russell and Joe Dumars as Jordan stoppers. Of course, no one actually stopped Jordan. And maybe, no one will stop James as he continues his assention through the ranks.
But that won't keep teams from trying. Do they have a choice?
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funny thing is DURANT GOT
funny thing is DURANT GOT STOPPED and LEBRON IS BEING STOPPED
yet once again BRYANT ISNT BEING STOPPED and HOWARD ISNT BEING STOPPED
So maybe just like we saw last year with Mullens and Thabeet or Harden and Derozan the SG's and C's get overdrafted.
IknoBall12 says:
i like wat ur sayin except
the part about dwight. he can obviously be stopped…..jus not by the hawks. Kendrick perkins handles dwight down low. and even the bobcats did a great job getting him in foul trouble. thats the difference bt all the guys u listed and dwight. they dont get silly fouls and arent put out of the game by foul trouble
Sheltwon says:
Harden is a very good and
Harden is a very good and versatile NBA player . derozan was always going to take more than one year to develop. Thabeet could lead the league in shot block in two years. Mullens is a worse a serviceable bk center in a league in need of bigs
Adi Joseph says:
Mullens was the 24th overall
Mullens was the 24th overall pick. At this point, you have absolutely no idea whether he can be the 24th best player in the 2009 draft.
Howard was pretty nicely limited by the Bobcats, and Bryant has been held to several poor shooting performances. Those two have tremendous supporting casts, and it would be a mistake to underestimate that.
slugga_status says:
There's a difference from getting stopped or having a bad night. Durant did NOT get stopped. Durant just couldn't get anything to drop. Happens sometimes..Dwight Howard isn't getting stopped..He's getting frustrated and making bad plays and missing shots he should make. There is no stopping an elite player you can only CONTAIN them.
Nobody stopped MJ, Magic, Bird, Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, etc. they got contained..
In regards to the overrated mess..Umm…Harden was the best SG in that draft period and was exactly what OKC needed. Derozan is still another year away from making more of a impact. Everybody knew the wrap on him in college..elite athlete yet needs work on his mid-range game as well as his outside shooting. Thabeet and Mullins where both project big men with loads of potential…


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LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's acting leader Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in Thursday as president of Africa's most populous country, as the body of his predecessor was flown north for a traditional Muslim burial hours after he died following a lengthy illness.
Jonathan put on a sash bearing the green, yellow and white colors of Nigeria, signifying he had formally taken over for President Umaru Yar'Adua though Jonathan had served as acting president for months.
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Late Thursday morning, soldiers escorted a stretcher bearing the body of Yar'Adua, wrapped in a Nigerian flag, onto a military cargo plane bound for his native Katsina state. There, a local imam prayed over his corpse before he was buried at a cemetery near his home.
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Yar'Adua, who long had suffered from kidney ailments and was recently hospitalized in Saudi Arabia because of heart inflammation, died Wednesday night after apparently succumbing to his ill health. Officials said he would be buried before sundown Thursday.
Jonathan now will serve as president through next year's vote, likely to be held by April 2011. He also will be able to select a vice president to serve underneath him, subject to Senate approval.
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In a brief address, Jonathan promised that his administration would focus on good governance during its short tenure, focusing especially on electoral reform and the fight against corruption.
"One of the true tests will be that all votes count and are counted in our upcoming presidential election," Jonathan said.
An unwritten power-sharing agreement within Nigeria's ruling party calls for the presidency to alternate between Nigeria's Christians and Muslims. Yar'Adua, a Muslim, was still in his first four-year term though — meaning there could be a political fight brewing in the ruling People's Democratic Party over allowing Jonathan to contest the presidency.
"Jonathan must be interested in contesting for the presidency, but he still has not revealed his hand and he's still pretty hesitant about signaling what his intentions are," said Mark Schroeder, the director of sub-Saharan Africa analysis for STRATFOR, a private security think tank based in Austin, Texas.
"Jonathan will certainly keep his hat in the ring and that will ensure he remains an influence within Nigeria's political system," he said. "Whether he has enough support (to run for president) … that's another big question."
Yar'Adua's death came almost three months after Jonathan had assumed control of Nigeria as acting president and less than a year away from the next presidential elections in a country once plagued by military coups. Some Nigerians who awoke to the news of Yar'Adua's death were initially skeptical, as the masses remained uncertain about the ailing leader's condition for months.
Yet the streets in Lagos, the country's spiraling megacity in the south, remained quiet as Jonathan declared the day a public holiday and the start of a seven-day mourning period in the nation of 150 million people.
The oil-rich Niger Delta, which has seen militant attacks throughout the impoverished region since 2006, remained quiet as well, allowing foreign oil companies to pump out crude oil in relative security.
Schroeder said Nigeria's political leaders knew they needed to quickly swear Jonathan in as president to show the world there was no power vacuum. When Yar'Adua went to a Saudi Arabian hospital on Nov. 24 to receive treatment, he failed to formally transfer his powers to Jonathan, sparking a constitutional crisis.
Jonathan assumed the presidency Feb. 9 after a vote by the National Assembly while Yar'Adua was still in Saudi Arabia.
"The U.S. wants political stability in Nigeria so that's there's stability in the oil sector," Schroeder said.
Nigeria was the No. 4 oil exporter to the U.S. in February, sending about 896,000 barrels of crude a day to the U.S., outstripping even Saudi Arabia.
Jonathan said Thursday that peace in the Niger Delta, home to the country's oil industry, remains a priority. Attacks by militants there last year crippled oil production. Yar'Adua had tried to peacefully end the insurgency but those efforts frayed due to his increasing illness.
Jonathan said Yar'Adua left a "profound legacy" for him to follow.
"He was not just a boss, but a good friend and a brother," Jonathan said.
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Does pharmacy need a more collaborative model?
Pharmacy faces change from two directions. A five-year national deal introducing a new community pharmacy contractual framework which includes at least one new service to be rolled out across the country. And in primary care, the emergence of primary care networks (PCNs) which aim to integrate services to deliver more personalised and appropriate care, which may have novel community pharmacy-led components.
PSNC has already warned the sector that if community pharmacy is not part of the PCN, the system may bypass it and opportunities to make better use of community pharmacy's unique benefits will be lost. The NHS Long Term Plan has also put a focus on local leadership and commissioning, with the overall objective of bringing care closer to home.
Appropriate structures?
So, are the existing structures in pharmacy representation appropriate for supporting change within a national contractual framework and in an increasingly localised NHS, and where the development of the service is being driven nationally and locally?
Collaborative working was one of the topics on the agenda at PSNC's recent Local Pharmaceutical Committee Conference, where chief executive Simon Dukes talked about the importance of cross-sector collaboration and PSNC's efforts around "rebuilding trust with the Government" and working "more and more" with politicians, the British Medical Association and other pharmacy bodies. He suggested such engagement needed to happen at all levels.
Claire Ward, a pharmacy veteran and chief executive of the Institute of Collaborative Working (ICW) since January 2019, believes it's a good start that there are local and national structures in place, but there needs to be "a will" to adapt those structures to the new landscape which includes PCNs.
Key to all of this is the attitude and behaviour of contractors, who need to have a will to work collaboratively
The way to do this, she believes, is via a clear focus on what good looks like from a local perspective, deciding where pharmacy fits in and then working out the tools needed to deliver that. "LPCs can help to develop the narrative of what community pharmacy offers to the PCN and they will also be a crucial part of the relationship with the Local Medical Committee (LMC) to understand what they hope to get from the PCN," she says, adding: "Key to all of this is the attitude and behaviour of contractors, who need to have a will to work collaboratively with each other and other health care professionals. The LPC has a crucial role in supporting these behaviours."
Michael Holden, principal associate at Pharmacy Complete and former LPC chief officer, agrees, stressing the need for "collaborative leadership at every level".
"Much, if not all, new funding will come through integrated care systems (ICSs) via PCNs. LPCs need to be effective in engaging, leading and supporting contractors and their teams and working at a system level with ICSs and CCGs, but they cannot do everything", he says, explaining the flow of collaboration. "At a PCN level, local contractors must collaborate and agree a pharmacy PCN lead to represent them. Individual pharmacies should start or continue working with their local practices and other healthcare colleagues."
However, overarching this, he adds: "We need a single body – PSNC – effectively representing the upstream interests of pharmacy contractors at a national level [with] by all means, other organisations (including the National Pharmacy Association, Association of Independent Multiples and the Company Chemists' Association) supporting their members and feeding into that body so that government, the NHS and the Department of Health hear one voice and have evidence-based business cases to seek appropriate funding and expand pharmacy services."
Mechanisms elsewhere in primary care
Existing mechanisms by which other primary care professions have sought to engage in service change and development may well provide useful examples from which to explore the fitness for purpose of the current pharmacy model. The national representative and negotiating machinery in medicine and optometry has formal links to local representative bodies, for example.
In medicine, LMCs are formally represented on the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) of the BMA, the body that represents all NHS GPs (whether or not they are BMA members) and agrees their national contract.
GPC England members are elected through a number of routes and together represent all GPs in England. Most are elected by regions which cover a number of LMCs. Others are elected through the UK LMC Conference, the sessional GP and GP trainees' committees, and the BMA's annual representative meeting. Some are appointed by other bodies such as the Medical Women's Federation, Medical Practitioners Union and the British International Doctors Association.
LMCs are independent statutory bodies and as the local representative committees of NHS GPs, represent their interests in their localities to the NHS and other organisations. LMCs interact and work with – and through – the General Practitioners Committee as well as other branches of practice committees, and local specialist medical committees in various ways, including conferences. However, LMCs are not regional BMA offices, nor part of the BMA regional councils.
Each year, there is a conference of English LMCs (and the same for each of the devolved nations) where delegates propose motions and they are voted on. If passed, these motions become BMA GPC England policy. There is also the LMC UK conference, and motions passed here become BMA GPC UK policy. Once a year there is the BMA annual representative meeting, where BMA-wide policy is debated and passed.
This year's GP contract constitutes a larger change to the contract than previous years, with agreement for £2.8bn investment over the next five years – the most significant increase for the last 15, but builds on the existing contract structure.
In optometry, the Local Optical Committee Support Unit (LOCSU) goes a stage further. LOCSU has been preparing for a world in which local commissioning and decision making is fundamental to the development of the professional service for more than 10 years.
This preparation follows both a nationally agreed strategy for the profession in primary care, and a collegiate approach to deciding how best to give effect to that strategy. LOCSU was established by the national optical bodies specifically to support Local Optical Committee (LOC) engagement with local commissioners. It has a board comprised of leaders from the national optical bodies, representing optometrists, dispensing opticians and the optical chains, with LOC representatives elected on a regional basis. This balance ensures that strategy nationally not only recognises and fosters progress in a local commissioning environment, but that developments are informed by what LOCs say they need.
it's right to review our structure of representation to ensure it gives contractors the best chance
LOCSU has gone through a number of organisational changes since its launch. Its inclusive board, clinical director, regional optical lead and common provider company template structure and operation have proven significant in driving change.
Its strategy has been focused on the adoption of nationally developed, locally commissioned services, such as the Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS). These are based on a clinical services pathway framework model, designed to reduce the scope for local variation, and allowing for the rapid collation and dissemination of national service episode and outcome data via a single web-based platform.
Bridging the gap in pharmacy
It's hard to disagree that community pharmacy needs to be working towards some kind of national change plan, but at the moment it does not have the right connections within the representative layers for this to happen easily. There's still a gap between PSNC nationally and LPCs locally, which are not formally represented at PSNC, although many members of PSNC are also members of one or more LPC.
So how do we bridge this gap? Adam Irvine, chief executive officer of Community Pharmacy Cheshire & Wirral, says: "In terms of the changes to the community pharmacy contractual framework, there's a clear message that local engagement is more important than ever, and it's right to review our structure of representation to ensure it gives contractors the best chance."
He sets out four levels of engagement that he believes are necessary:
National, which PSNC discharges on behalf of the LPCs
NHS sub-regional (at the Sustainability & Transformation Partnerhip) level, where there's a variety of measures – some LPCs have had more success than others
Local authority/Clinical Commissioning Group level, which is the place most LPCs have focused historically – this is still important but he expects this to devolve further over the next five years
Local, where LPCs must lead, support and govern groups of contractors to engage with their local health system to best serve their patient populations.
Encouragingly, some LPCs are ahead of the game when it comes to realising their role is getting bigger than just supporting local meetings of pharmacists.
Mike Holden says Pharmacy Complete is currently working with some LPCs to support their and their contractors' knowledge on the changing NHS and contractual landscape, and the required skills for effective communication, engagement and influencing, which he says is "landing very well" with contractors who are keen to collaborate and engage locally but didn't know where to start or how to go about it.
"It's really important to realise that nowadays an LPC's role is not to do everything for, or on behalf of, a contractor, it's to support engagement as a provider part of a multi-disciplinary approach," agrees Mr Irvine. "Ultimately all of this should lead us to a point where wider pharmacy teams can operate together to best deliver care to patients in a more sustainable manner: sustainable for the system, for GP practices, and making community pharmacies an important, embedded, and vital part of primary care locally."
PSNC and LPCs - the current structures
Leadership of the development of the community pharmacy service has been moderated, since 1948, within a national contract framework. As such, the effective leadership of change (and capacity) has been vested in the PSNC. However, there is no formal representation of local leadership within the PSNC structures. While PSNC draws its funding from Local Pharmaceutical Committees through the mechanism of the voluntary levy, it can exercise no real control over what LPCs do, even where LPC action might be vital to the performance of the national contract.
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