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Governor Rick Scott insisted that he would not take any of Washington's tainted money. Some would say that its poetic justice, if it were not for all the constituents that are caught in the cross hairs. In politics they call it "collateral damage" or as Mitt Romney would call it "creative destruction."
Remember the latest feel good phrase: "We want less government in our lives!" Well my friend, this is an example of less government and the scary part is that an entire state suffers because of the misguided allegiance to a party, rather than the people that elected now Governor Rick Scott.
Gov. Rick Scott did not hesitate to tell all that would listen, that he would reject any monies [$2 Billion to be exact] coming from Washington, regardless if it were needed [to build a high-speed rail line] or not and proceeded to do just that!
Gov. Scott proclaimed that he didn't want Washington's money and quickly took to the airways to let all his constituents know that he was standing firm in his belief, even though a rail system is desperately needed in Florida. There were many that cheered him on, "That's right! We want less government in our lives!" Now, hold that thought…
Gov. Rick Scott also championed the cause to stop President Obama's Federal Healthcare, which was subsequently approved by the Supreme Court, in part. Without consideration for the thousands of constituents that were currently without healthcare and no means to pay for private insurance. "That's right! We want less government in our lives!" Now, hold that thought…
Gov. Rick Scott has also battled Washington by imposing new voting rules and thus throwing Florida in the spot light once again as the state that will more than likely create havoc before the election is over.
After all the disdain that Gov. Rick Scott has shown to Washington and the Federal Government, he suddenly has a change of heart [because Florida has suffered at the hands of hurricane Isaac] and decides that maybe having some of that "Federal Government Money" is not so bad after all. What happened to "We want less government in our lives?" Now, hold that thought…
So, what happens next! Gov. Scott proceeds to summons his aide to request funds from both FEMA and the White House. Did I read that right? FEMA, which is government and the White House, which is government has a request from Gov. Scott to help the State of Florida? That's right! But wait a minute! I thought Gov. Scott and his constituents agreed to…No! Demand less government. Remember, "We want less government in our lives!" Now hold that thought…
FEMA and the White House apparently finally got the message that Gov. Rick Scott is serious about not taking money from the Federal Government and to help him stay true to his word, denied his request for Federal Aid and after all, "how would he be able to look his constituents in the eye after taking such a stance on "no government money will pass state line." Now hold that thought…
You better wake up!!! Now hold that thought…
As Always….. Don't Be Alarmed . . . Be Informed . . .
September 24, 2012 Posted by brp305 | Politics	| collateral damage, creative destruction, Federal government, Governor Rick Scott, Mitt romney, Washington | 1 Comment
Supreme Court expected to rule on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in coming days
The court is considering four key questions:
1. Does the law overstep federal authority, particularly with
the "Individual Mandate"
2. Must the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be
scrapped if that key provision is unconstitutional?
3. Are the lawsuits brought by the states and other petitioners
barred under the Anti-Injunction Act?
4 Are states being "coerced" by the federal government to expand
their share of Medical costs and administration, with the risk
of losing that funding if they refuse?
Everything hinges on the mandate, also known as the "minimum coverage" or "must-buy" provision. It is the key funding mechanism – the "affordable" aspect of the Patient and Affordable Care Act – that makes most of the other 450 or so provisions possible.
It would require nearly all Americans to buy some form of health insurance beginning in 2014 or face financial problems. May the federal government, under the Constitution's Commerce Clause, regulate economic "inactivity"?
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June 18, 2012 Posted by brp305 | Uncategorized	| Anti-Injuncion Act, Commerce, Federal government, Individual Mandate, Medical Cost, Minimum Coverage, Must-Buy Provision, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Supreme Court | Leave a comment
Understanding the U.S. Debt Ceiling.
As of Monday, the U.S. had $14.14 trillion in debt subject to the $14.294 trillion debt ceiling, according to the government's Bureau of Public Debt. This is up from $14.0 trillion Jan. 28.
Debt Held by the Public ——————-9,652,195,544,012.12
Intragovernmental Holdings ————4,612,049,982,299.46
Total Public Debt Outstanding ——14,264,245,526,311.58
Sept, 30, 2010——————– 13,561,623,030,891.79
Sept. 30, 2009——————– 11,909,829,003,511.75
Sept. 30, 2007———————- 9,007,653,372,262.48
SOURCE: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt
George Walker Bush
With the country in a state of general prosperity, the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore was perceived to be one of the least dynamic on issues. As it turned out, the race was one of the closest in the country's history. By early evening on election night, it was apparent that whoever won Florida would win the election.
Bush's razor-thin margin of about 1,200 votes prompted an automatic recount. The case ultimately ended up in the U.S. Supreme Court. Bush officially became the president-elect on Dec. 13, after the Supreme Court reversed a decision by the Florida Supreme Court to allow manual recounts of ballots in some Florida counties, contending that such a partial recount violated the Constitution's equal protection and due process guarantees.
With Florida in his column, Bush won the presidency with 271 electoral votes, just one more than he needed, although he lost the popular vote by half a million. The divided 5–4 Supreme Court decision generated enormous controversy, with critics asserting that the Supreme Court, and not the electorate, had effectively determined the outcome of the presidential election.
In early 2003, President Bush unveiled a sweeping economic stimulus plan that characteristically centered on tax cuts. The plan, in its original form, would have cut taxes by $670 billion over ten years; Congress approved a $350 billion version. Although all workers were to benefit from the tax plan, it strongly favored two groups: two-parent households with several children and the wealthy—nearly half the proposed tax benefits were reserved for the richest 10% of American taxpayers. Critics of the plan, including fiscally conservative Republicans, argued that it was unsound to offer tax cuts while the country was involved in an expensive war and in the midst of a jobless recovery. The federal budget deficit, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, reached a record $412 billion in 2004. The White House countered that the Bush tax cuts had in fact kept the recession remarkably shallow and brief.
Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.
After a historic and bruising 22-monthlong campaign, Sen. Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Nov. 4, 2008. He prevailed over Sen. John McCain in what was probably the most pivotal U.S. election since World War II. He took the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2009, and became the first black U.S. president.
Looking Ahead to the Debt Ceiling Plus (+) or Minus (-), and into 2012.
While barely avoiding a Federal Shutdown, the country is still on a slippery slop, with only enough time to take a collective deep breath before plunging into the deep waters of the budget.
The Federal Government will hit its limit on borrowing by May 16, slightly over a month from now. At that time, there will be no more time for indecision. The House and Senate will have to vote definitively, to either raise the debt ceiling or cut the budget, in ways that this country have never seen, with the general public (Republicans, Democrats, Tea Party, Independents, Others) serving as collateral damage.
If the budget is cut or reduced with the cake knife that the Republicans and Tea Party members are calling for, only the wealthy will be spared and their castle will feel a slight shift as they find the services they have grown so accustomed to having, no longer exist.
It's amazing to see so many shouting 'Shut the Government Down!" while at the same time, either knowingly or unknowingly still depending on that very same government for their livelihood. It's an oxymoron of major proportion.
In this instance, having Monday morning regrets, will have devastating consequences of which the human mind will not be able to comprehend but will have immediate impact on this once great nation.
Please keep in mind that if Congress "Shut the Government Down," the U.S. will immediately lose its status to lead over countries. As it is, the U.S. dollar is already taking a beating outside of the states
The IMF
The IMF is trying to move the world away from the U.S. dollar and towards a global currency once again. In a new report entitled "Enhancing International Monetary Stability—A Role for the SDR", the IMF details the "problems" with having the U.S. dollar as the reserve currency of the globe and the IMF discusses the potential for a larger role for SDRs (Special Drawing Rights).
But the IMF certainly does not view SDRs as the "final solution" to global currency problems. Rather, the IMF considers SDRs to be a transitional phase between what we have now and a new world currency. In this newly published report, the IMF makes this point very clearly: "In the even longer run, if there were political willingness to do so, these securities could constitute an embryo of global currency." Yes, you read that correctly.
The SDR is supposed to be "an embryo" from which a global currency will one day develop. So what about the U.S. dollar and other national currencies? Well, they would just end up fading away.
To all those that are not aware of the debt ceiling and how it would ultimately affect you personally, I suggest that you make looking up this subject, your number one priority. I have provided you with enough information to get started.
It is your responsibility to protect your family and your country. There will be no opportunity to plead ignorance in the foreseeable future. The debt ceiling is being discussed on every media level; the newspaper, the radio, the TV and the internet.
The time is now for you to take charge of your own financial future and not leave it in the hands of others.
April 10, 2011 Posted by brp305 | Business News	| Debt Ceiling, Federal government, IMF, President Bush, President Obama | Leave a comment
"Government shutdown looms if deal can't be cut by midnight, Friday!"
A federal government shut down even in parts will affect everyone. A shutdown affects every industry in place that supports that entity from House & Senate committee members to maids and janitors in the building and private contractors that keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes.
If neither parties can reach an agreement by midnight Friday, then they have failed to live up to the promises made to their constituents doing election time.
A senior Democratic source with knowledge of the ongoing negotiations said the biggest obstacle to a deal involves whether reductions in mandatory spending programs, known in appropriations parlance as "Changes in Mandatory Spending" or CHIMPS, should be part of spending cuts.
Examples of mandatory spending programs include Pell Grants, the Children's Health Insurance Program and some types of highway funding. Such programs are funded for multiple years at a time, with the spending set for the time period covered, exempt from congressional authorization each year.
It is interesting that with each interview with the House of Representatives, the interviewer consistently says "Well, I see that you got in all your" talking points". What is the interviewer trying to tell the listening audience? It appears that they are telling the listening audience that no matter what question I ask them, they are going to stick to the script in an effort to persuasively support an argument or discussion. i.e., "Remember, no matter what they ask you blame the looming shutdown on the other party."
House Speaker, John Boehner & Tea Party Congressman, Tom Price, Chairman of the House Budget Committee along with Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, has a daunting task to collectively speak for each of their parties and prayerfully come to a meeting of the minds or "compromise" if you will. Anything short of a resolution is a failure to protect and keep the government stable, irrespective of who will ultimately become the scapegoat.
If the government is force to shutdown, the constituents' will view their representatives as failures; who could not get the job done. Make no mistake about it, if the government shuts down at midnight, Friday, there are no winners, not the House, Senate & Tea Party, President and certainly not the people, who voted you in to represent them and "do the right thing by them!"
The ball is in your court, representatives, the bases are loaded, the crowd is on its feet in anxious anticipation, the pitcher throws and you can hear the sound of the ball connecting to the bat, the bat sends the ball into the stratosphere, the players are making their way around the bases, the first one is heading into home base getting ready to place his foot on home plate and the referee shouts…..to be continued!
April 6, 2011 Posted by brp305 | Business News	| Children's Health Insurance Program, CHIMPS, compromise, Do the Right Thing, Federal government, Harry Reid, Highway Funding, John Boehner, Pell Grants, referee, Talking Points, Tom Price | Leave a comment


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Which tax-saving mutual funds have given highest returns over three and five years?
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Prudence calls for a more careful investment planning for not just better wealth creation but also for minimising tax outgo. For the lay person traditionally, the unit-linked insurance policies were the go-to instruments for saving income tax. These products were and still are marketed aggressively even though many reckon them to be the worst decision one can make to put their money either for insurance or for wealth generation.
But of course, things have changed materially over the last few years as mutual fund managers have aggressively pushed their products promising returns that can even beat the fast rise of the stock market. One set of mutual funds that make the most sense to the not so mature investor is the equity-linked saving instruments, or ELSS.
These mutual funds track the equity markets and offer incentives as they are counted as tax-saving instruments by income tax authorities. Unlike other mutual fund peers, however, they have a lock-in period of three years.
A calibrated approach to mutual fund investments calls for putting a small portion every month to smoothen the layer and the risk of investing in bulk at the top of the market. Nevertheless, it is a fact that many salary earners do tend to invest at the fag end of the financial year. So, if you are one of them, you may be looking at the ELSS options to choose from.
We filtered through the list of ELSS, or tax-saving mutual fund schemes, that have churned out the best returns for their investors. Now, one does tend to look at the near-term performance but that's the last thing one should do for picking mutual funds. This is even more relevant for ELSS schemes as the money is anyway supposed to be locked for three years.
Our exercise looked at best returns generating ELSS schemes over a three- and five-year periods. To be sure, even though past performance is not the best factor that can be replicated in the future, it does give some indications of which ones are better than the rest.
We picked the best performers across both periods. Our research shows seven out of the top ten performers over a five-year period were also in the charts in the three-year period. These seven funds, out of three dozen peers, generated annual returns in excess of 17% each.
Quant Tax Plan is a consistent performer over the medium to long-term period. It generated the best returns across one-, three- and five-year periods.
Investors in the scheme, which had assets of around Rs 850 crore as of February end, pulled out over 33% in annual returns over a three-year period even after accounting for the market crash this month. One shouldn't confuse this with Quantum Tax Saving, which has given single-digit returns over both three- and five-year periods!
Other top performers are BOI AXA Tax Advantage, Mirae Asset Tax Saver, Canara Robeco Equity Tax Saver and IDFC Tax Advantage, which all churned out 20% or more annually in the last three years.

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Caitlin Flemming has an eye for style. Through her eponymous design firm and her blog, she brings her taste—worldly and eclectic, yet clean and cohesive—to interiors everywhere. Based in San Francisco, her apartment is decorated in a palette of blues perfectly apt for the sparkling bay. Here, we talk travel, design, and the one piece she paid for with savings and a diet of penny-pinching ramen dinners.
Rip & Tan: When did you know you wanted to pursue interior design as a full-time career, and what steps did you take to make that happen?
Caitlin Flemming: As a child, I always enjoyed spending time with my mom in flea markets and antique shops when we traveled around the world. I actually started out in a job in publishing but soon realized I wanted to be a designer myself after a few short years. I worked for an interior designer and then went out on my own not too many years later. I have never looked back, and I love what I do every day.
Rip & Tan: What's the best way to refresh a room without having to undergo a whole renovation?
Caitlin Flemming: There are two ways you can quickly refresh a room: paint or accessorize. By changing up the color, a room can take on an entirely new look. I like the occasional dark wall to create a moody and dramatic room, but I tend toward white walls in my own life, because even a fresh new coat can brighten up a room. Accessories are fun—you could change pillows or small items seasonally to add interest and keep the space looking fresh.
Rip & Tan: What is your favorite thing about living in San Francisco?
Caitlin Flemming: There is very little I don't love about San Francisco. I actually love the year-round cool temperatures, the blue skies (with the exception of the fog), the incredible views of the ocean and bay, the smell of eucalyptus trees, the exceptional Mediterranean feel to the city, the ability to walk everywhere in my neighborhood, the farmers' markets, and the people.
Rip & Tan: How does Interiors in a Box work? How did this idea come to fruition?
Caitlin Flemming: Interiors in a Box is a design feature I offer for those who don't want or need full services. You can work with us and we give you a design plan for the room and you actually do the ordering and installation. This is a great feature for those who are on a limited budget.
Rip & Tan: What is the difference between designing someone's home vs. a workspace or retail space? How does the aesthetic change with respect to the function of the place you're designing?
Caitlin Flemming: When you design someone's home, it's very important we capture the essence of the person we are decorating for. There is important work to do prior to the design stage in getting to know our client and finding out what they like and who they are. I would say the same holds true for designing a workspace or retail space as well. The difference is that it's a public space, so one must also think about the purpose of the space. What do you want the customer to experience? How is the space used by employees? And finally, how does the space flow overall? These are all important questions before I ever pick up a pen to design the space.
Rip & Tan: Do you have any aesthetic regrets in your past? For example, a terribly-painted wall, a too-expensive piece of furniture, or a fashion faux pas?
Caitlin Flemming: Yes, I have plenty of regrets. I once chose a paint color based on a paint chip that looked gray. When it went up on my walls, it looked purple. Not a pretty choice. I am pretty careful about expensive pieces and spend plenty of time trying them out before I make the investment, both for my clients as well as for myself.
Rip & Tan: How have your travels informed your taste and sense of design?
Caitlin Flemming: Travel is very important to me. I just completed my first book which will come out Fall 2019 (Abrams) and looks at how travel informs the aesthetic of interior designers. I am influenced by the places I have visited and lived. I have snapshots in my visual memories that inform my design decisions. For example, the color blue—something I use frequently in my design work—comes from my memories of the Sea of Cortez where I spent much of my childhood, the beautiful tiles on buildings throughout Portugal, the Talavera pottery in Mexico, or the ikat fabric I found in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. The best advice I can give you is to keep your eyes open, both when you travel and when you are at home. There is beauty everywhere.
Rip & Tan: How would you describe the aesthetic of your home?
Caitlin Flemming: The aesthetic of my home is both calming, with a neutral palette, but at the same time, accessible. I believe a home shouldn't be overly curated or feel too formal. I have a husband and two small children, and I want a place they feel comfortable to put their feet on the furniture and not worry if something spills. It's in the accessories where you see the influence of my extensive travels: little Moroccan shoes, carved mirrors, artwork, and pillows are often things I buy on trips.
Rip & Tan: What do you look for in a piece of furniture?
Caitlin Flemming: It depends on the piece. If it isn't something I want to keep forever, like a crib, I might buy something I can use and then give away. For other pieces, I like to add to what I have slowly, so I can buy better quality items. I am not afraid of mixing high and low-end pieces together. That is what can make the higher end pieces pop and the lower end pieces bring a bit of accessibility to the mix.
Rip & Tan: What's your most prized possession?
Caitlin Flemming: There are several pieces I love that I suspect I'll have for my lifetime. I love the tonsu chest in the living room. Not only does it fit so much inside, but it has a weathered patina that I love. I also treasure the Moroccan shoes I have had since I had my first apartment in college. Finally, the rug in my living room is particularly special to me. I saved and ate ramen for months in order to buy this when I was just out of college.
Rip & Tan: How do you stay inspired?
Caitlin Flemming: I find inspiration just about everywhere. I am an avid reader and I love design magazines to keep me informed on the trends, especially foreign magazines. I also travel frequently and always spend time in museums and on the streets of the places I visit. My phone is a great way to capture things I see. Keeping your eyes wide open is the best advice I can give.


Brienne Sandow, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, RNC-OB, Senior Director, Staffing/Scheduling and ANA Idaho Board of Directors Vice President/President-elect (left), and Anna Rostock, BSN, RN, CPN, Clinical Support Unit Nursing Supervisor and ANA Idaho Board of Directors Secretary, attend the 2017 ANA Idaho Annual Conference.
American Nurses Association (ANA) Idaho is a professional organization for all RNs in Idaho. It was originally founded in 1909 as the Idaho State Association of Graduate Nurses. Miss Lillian Long, Superintendent of St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing and Director of Nursing, served as the organization's first president. Fast-forward to the present, and St. Luke's Health System (SLHS) nurses continue to lead and guide the profession by holding positions on the Board of Directors and through membership in ANA Idaho. Currently, three SLHS nurses hold Board positions: Brienne Sandow, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, RNC-OB, Senior Director, Staffing/Scheduling, is Vice President/President-elect; Anna Rostock, BSN, RN, CPN, Clinical Support Unit Nursing Supervisor, is Secretary; and Traci Gluch, BSN, RN, CCRN, Surgical Intensive Care Unit Nursing Supervisor, is Treasurer. In addition to the work of these dedicated RNs, SLHS supported ANA Idaho by hosting their Annual Conference in November 2017. The conference was open to RNs throughout Idaho, with SLHS nurses representing inpatient, surgical services, outpatient, MSTI and more, in attendance.
Joan Agee, DNP, RN, CNOR, Nampa CNO and President-elect of NLI (second from right) celebrating Certified Nurses Day.
Nurse Leaders of Idaho (NLI) is a non-profit, professional membership organization established for the promotion of common business interests of nurse leaders in Idaho including nursing education, practice and workplace conditions. The organization provides a leadership course twice a year and an annual leadership/academic (LEAP) conference. In addition to educational opportunities, nurse leaders and educators throughout Idaho who are nominated by their peers for their excellence are recognized at the LEAP conference dinner event. This past year, there were several St. Luke's Health System nurse leaders recognized (see Outstanding Achievements for SLHS winners).
Moving forward, President-elect of NLI, Joan Agee, DNP, RN, CNOR, Nampa CNO, aims to keep the focus on the core mission of NLI and work toward ensuring a quality nursing workforce in Idaho. Dr. Agee identified fostering the partnership between academia and clinical nursing practice to work toward the goal of an 80% BSN prepared workforce by 2020 and identifying strategies to increase the number of specialty prepared nurses in perioperative, critical care and obstetrical services, as key opportunities for NLI.
Ryan Sigler, BSN, RN, Administrative Supervisor (standing), and Al Donaldson, RN, Emergency Department RN, review staffing for the next shift.
St. Luke's Elmore responded to bedside nurses' request for support by implementing a 24/7 nursing supervisor role. The need for additional support was driven by a relatively novice nursing staff supplemented with nursing travelers. Nursing leadership was committed to meeting the needs of their nursing staff and community by providing the "right nurse at the right time." St. Luke's Elmore achieved this with nursing supervisors. The supervisors cover the "house" and are cross-trained to at least two specialties in order to support staff in direct patient care when needed. The bedside staff have been thrilled with the change, as stated by Al Donaldson, RN, Emergency Department: "The nursing supervisors help cover immediate needs that cannot always be planned for. They pitch in whenever and wherever we need the help." The nursing supervisor role benefits patients and staff alike as they help expedite patient flow, especially transfers to a higher level of care, while providing feedback and excellent mentoring to the bedside staff.
Student Services surveys all students, faculty and St. Luke's Health System educators to gain insight on the student experience and to ensure continual improvement. In the spring of 2017, 235 people were surveyed, and 197 responded.
Faculty respondents overwhelmingly reported (over 97%) having good collaboration with the unit leaders and educators in the areas they take students, and they felt welcomed and comfortable asking questions. Results of the survey were shared with unit leaders and educators to acknowledge the excellent work and collaboration with St. Luke's local educational partners.
Nurse Sonja Brinkel, BSN, RN, presenting a gift basket to parents Phyllis and Terry Brenner for having the first baby born at St. Luke's Nampa. Grayson Robert Benner joined siblings Kaysia, Corbyn, Haylee and Brooklyn.
As the Chief Nursing Officer, I was given the ideal opportunity to serve in a leadership role at the new Nampa medical center with Ed Castledine, Site Administrator, and Dr. Michaela Schulte, Medical Staff President. Together, we led a diverse team of nurses, providers and others who shared our vision to open the 87-bed, full service hospital in Nampa.
With more than 400 employees, over half of them nurses, there was always a focus on safety and comfort for our patients and their families. Working with a strong group of nurse leaders who are specialists in their fields was key to a successful opening of the hospital on an expedited schedule. There was tremendous support from nurse leaders across St. Luke's Health System who helped our team by providing education and guidance on policies and procedures. I have never felt as supported or welcomed as I was by St. Luke's Health System! Achieving a successful Joint Commission accreditation just four weeks after accepting our first patient on October 30, and subsequently obtaining our CMS approval, made the whole experience one I will always cherish.
Cristal Torres, CNA, relaxes in a new recliner during a break.
When Kat Dow, BSN, RN, Director of Nursing/Patient Care Services, Jerome OB/Med-Surg/ED/Swing, asked her nursing staff how she could help them, among their list of requests was a new break room. The break room in Jerome consisted of three bar stools and lockers, which did not provide a functional space for the staff of 60-plus RNs and other disciplines. Lacking a budget for a remodel in 2017, the staff did not want to wait for the next budget cycle. Instead, they rallied to raise money to establish a fund through St. Luke's Jerome Foundation. Jody Bruffett, LPN, Process Improvement Coordinator, worked closely with Ms. Dow and St. Luke's contractors to design the new space. The 1950s-style carpet and flowered wallpaper was replaced with a new floor and fresh coat of paint. The room was reconfigured to allow for a table with space for 10 to sit and enjoy lunch, while three additional staff relax in new recliners. The change created a space for camaraderie and bonding by providing a safe, private area for staff to talk about their day. Staff are now planning to use foundation funds to create a day room for their patients.


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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
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Professor Dr Mona Mansour Hasab El Naby is a Professor of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation at Ain Shams University, where she has been involved in the supervision of several MSc and MD theses. She is also a Rheumatology Consultant practising at Ain Shams University Hospitals and has a special interest in rehabilitation and musculoskeletal ultrasonography. In her role as a university professor she has developed a keen interest to support and share the scientific work in this subject area which is demonstrated by her role as Editor-in-Chief of Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation. Dr Mansour is passionately committed to developing the journal so that it becomes a well-recognized publication which produces scientific content on all aspect of the musculoskeletal system and publishes the latest developments in the field.
Professor Dr Sahar Ganeb, Editor-in-Chief
Professor Dr Sahar Ganeb is a Professor and Senior Consultant of Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Faculty of Medicine at Benha University where she specialises in clinical and research activities. As a university professor she has supervised and discussed more than 40 MD and MSc theses and essays and has participated in numerous conferences. Dr Ganeb is also the author of several publications on rheumatology, physical medicine and rehabilitation issues.
Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (ERAR) is an open access journal that publishes research articles, review articles and case reports in the field of adult and pediatric rheumatological and musculoskeletal conditions. The journal publishes articles on topics such as diagnostic modalities, laboratory and imaging and therapy including rehabilitation approach focusing on restoration of function and quality of life to those with physical impairments. The journal will appeal to professional practitioners who specialize in rheumatology and rehabilitation and those with an interest in clinical studies.
Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation is the official journal of the Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Society. The society was founded by Professor Dr Hatem Al Ebiary (the former Head of Physical Medicine and Rheumatology at Ain Shams University in Egypt) and registered by the Ministry of Social Solidarity, Egypt (No. 7308, 2008).
The society is an active member and is the African representative in the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM). It is also an active member of the Mediterranean Society of PMR and the Arab Society of PRM.
The society has more than 1,000 physiatrists and rheumatologists' members, and it offers educational training courses and workshops and holds a yearly conference that invites international speakers as well. The society is also responsible for training of physiatrists of the comprehensive health Insurance for advanced skills and continuous medical education.
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My aspiration is to take photos like this one day.
Great images Rob, and I'm happy to see there is one seascape from my back garden too! 🙂 I hope to come and snap your part of the world again soon!
A couple of months ago I saw (somewhere) that you sell your photos in canvas form – is that offer still available? How much? Where can I look for the offer? Can I choose any of your photos? What size canvas? etc.
I am very interested in one of your photographs – the Windy Windmill Sunset and wondered whether you sell this on canvas or if you sell the right to use your photograph.
I grew up on a farm in the Karoo and I am very sentimental about the life I spent there!


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Spam continues to thrive thanks to 'snowshoe' strategy
By Tony Bradley / April 10, 2015 April 17, 2015
Tech pundits and vendors have been prematurely declaring the death of email for over a decade. However, email remains the dominant form of communication for businesses and individuals around the world despite it's shortcomings. A Radicati Group report claims that businesses sent and received nearly 110 billion—with a "B"—emails per day in 2014, and contrary to rumors of it's demise, email is expected to grow to as high as 140 billion per day by 2018.
With some sources claiming that as much as 80 percent of the email traffic around the world is spam, this means that up to 88 billion messages per day are unwanted junk mail. As if that isn't bad enough, the Cisco 2015 Annual Security Report indicates that the volume of spam messages skyrocketed 250 percent between January and November of 2014.
How is that spam remains such a huge threat to productive email communication after all these years? Attackers know that it is often easier to exploit users via email and use targeted campaigns to gain entry for more advanced attacks. The reality is that spam is a big business. Spammers have a vested interest in continuing to adapt and innovate to make sure their messages evade spam filters and reach the unsuspecting targets they're intended for. Due to these trends, phishing and other spam tactics remain a valuable weapon and a persistent threat.
Snowshoe Strategy
Detecting and blocking massive floods of spam from a single source is simple. Most organizations have some technology in place capable of identifying a high volume of email originating from a single IP address and rejecting those messages as spam. Spammers know this as well, which is why they've come up with a new strategy to circumvent that detection: the "snowshoe" strategy.
A snowshoe enables someone to walk on the surface of snow rather than falling through with each step because it distributes the weight across a wider area. When it comes to spamming, the snowshoe strategy takes a similar approach—spreading the attack across a more diverse range of IPs and avoiding broadcasting too many emails from a single source to make sure no red flags are tripped.
In a recent snowshoe spam campaign, Cisco Security Research observed a total spam campaign that took place over just three hours, but at one point accounted for 10 percent of global spam traffic.
Effective Defense
Blocking spam isn't rocket science per se, but it is an ongoing struggle even though most of the best anti-spam systems block up to 99.9% of spam. Effective spam defense requires evolving tools and processes to stay a step ahead of new and innovative spam techniques – like the snowshoe strategy – that make up the .1% of attacks still getting through.
Email gateways are the obvious point at which to identify and block spam, but this alone is not enough. Email gateways will give incoming messages a simple "pass / fail" based on a single point in time. Spammers only need to figure out how to outsmart the email gateway once in order to overrun the network with spam.
Many organizations use a layered defense comprised of multiple tools from a variety of vendors that check and block spam at different points throughout the network. This is a more effective approach, based on the idea that spam missed by one tool will be blocked by the next. However, this approach also introduces some significant challenges. There can be duplication of effort between various spam-blocking tools and unnecessary complexity for IT admins trying to manage and correlate various tools from multiple vendors.
For truly effective protection against email threats, a multi-layered approach using diverse tools—and with a single, unified management console—is the best solution. You get the benefits of the layered defense, but with an integrated system of tools and simplified administration. An integrated solution can provide visibility and control across the entire attack continuum – before, during and after an attack – and offer the broadest set of enforcement and remediation options.
Regardless of what tools you use, the most important thing is to understand there is no "silver bullet" solution. Spammers will be working diligently to find new ways into your Inbox and it's imperative that you continue to adapt as well to stay one step ahead of the deluge of unwanted emails.
Tony Bradley
Editor-in-Chief at TechSpective
I have a passion for technology and gadgets--with a focus on Microsoft and security--and a desire to help others understand how technology can affect or improve their lives. I also love spending time with my wife, 7 kids, 4 dogs, 7 cats, a pot-bellied pig, and sulcata tortoise, and I like to think I enjoy reading and golf even though I never find time for either. You can contact me directly at tony@xpective.net. For more from me, you can follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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If you're selling something online, you are aware that it is not the simplest thing to do. There are many people that are in desperate need of financial support, through no fault of their very own. Knowing you have an option to make can bring a feeling of heaviness and responsibility.
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Applicants can give a bank statement with checking and savings accounts, life insurance plan, documents linked to a trust, or mortgage documents to show their resources. Californians who qualify might be able for Medi-Cal by paying a modest monthly premium based on their earnings. You are able to also keep a particular quantity of money in Stripe for refunds.
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What can we bring to the climate challenge ?
Sunday, 2 January 2022 - 11:00am to 11:30am
Jonica Newby author reading from her latest book Beyond Climate Grief: A journey of love, snow, fire and an enchanted beer can. She tells the story of a man left battling flames with two buckets as the houses in Mallacoota Victoria burned around him.
Caroline Le Couter: ex politician reflects on the role of theatrical actions as created by Extinction rebellion on our city streets.
Max Cumi tells why he occupied the massive crane at Newcastle the world's biggest coal export harbor.
Sophia Fletcher Extinction is Forever from her new album "Steps Leading to You "
Songs of Disappearance, 53 of the rarest species in Australia that are on the brink of extinction. Anthony Albrecht, a PhD student at Charles Darwin University (CDU) and co-founder of The Bowerbird Collective, is part of a group of academics, musicians and conservationists that has created the album
Blossom Column: Original sound bed.
Sunday 11:00am to 11:30am
Local, national and international environmental issues from grassroots, activist perspectives with a strong social justice focus. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.
Megan Williams, Bec Horridge & Nicky Stott
Uncle Albert Hartnett and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy 5oth Anniversary. Glue-Ons, Prams, Roadblocks. Resisting fossil fuels.
Listening to First Nations knowledge to inform Earth-centred, collaborative governance: Women's Climate Conversations 2021 #6
Indigenous Science: Water knowledge systems [ENCORE]


We are a US based non-profit 501(c)3 organization which provides support, advise and help using traditional search and genetic genealogy to benefit adoptees with their search, and ultimately, knowledge of their biological family tree (ancestry).
Joel Chambers - founder and current Board President of Search Angels. After completing his own search for birth family many years ago, he turned to helping others on their searches. What started as a sole proprietorship, became an LLC and finally a nonprofit corporation. He engineered the business model, organized and attained the initial grants and to this day still volunteers much of his free time micro-managing the day to day operations of the organization. He still firmly believes everyone deserves to know where their origins began. He is always looking for ways to leverage technology to bring peace to many weary adoptees on their journey to find the truth.
Joel has been involved in everything from art restoration to information technology, and applies much of his abstract problem solving and INFJ personality into this philanthropy.
Ken Mahoney - President of Mahoney Asset Management, an individual with a comprehensive financial expertise and background. He is also a believer in giving back, and has served in many community volunteering efforts for more than two decades.
In addition to his work as a financial advisor and community leader, Ken is a successful Broadway producer and investor. Ken won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical as producer of Pippin and Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for producer of the Best Musical Theater Album Matilda and Nice Work.
As an adoptee, Ken directly benefited in his search working alongside our Search Angels. He reunited with his maternal side of the family and continues to form a close bond with them to this day.
Kelly Dantas - Originally from Aracaju, Brazil now living in the northeast of the US, Kelly is a business owner and entrepreneur in her own right. Most of all, Kelly is an inspirational individual. To quote her directly, "If we could be aware of how short our life is, perhaps we would think twice before throwing away the opportunities we have to be happy and make others happy as well. Open your heart, love, touch, hold, feel, live, laugh and be happy."
Kelly contributes her ideas and business experiences at every meeting or communication. She has always been a positive influence and optimistic thinker, which we all welcome.
As a successful Business & Marketing Entrepreneur and Real Estate investor. Kelly won 19 awards for marketing and business including the Stevie® Awards - the world's premier business awards. Kelly also had been awarded the USA EB1 self sponsor Green Card for "persons of extraordinary ability."
Suzanne Hall - has been an active member of Search Angels for many years and has been instrumental in her commitment to helping adoptees solve their life long searches for their birth family. She has been with us since the very beginning and has solved so many cases, we cannot even count the people she has helped.
Suzanne is great at solving puzzles and unearthing research, others might miss. She has been a dedicated and vigilant angel, always involved in a dozen or more cases at any one time.
Lori Ewert - Has a long resume of accomplishments and involvement in the adoptee community. Her past consists of numerous searches and successful investigations that have led to answers for many adoptees on their searches. Whether involved in advocacy, one on one communications, or her participation in other search and adoption registry non-profits, she has given many years of her life to the cause and somehow still makes a difference in many people's lives to this day.
Lori has been a dedicated individual in anything she has been asked to participate in. She has spent countless hours helping adoptees on their search and deserves a great deal more than we can actually acknowledge on this page.
David Neal - is an active and enthusiastic volunteer Search Angel, who has been an encouraging individual able to mentor and acclimate our new volunteers on their journey forward. He has made himself available for those just needing some tips and familiarity with our processes, as well as, a journeyman willing to share his experiences, techniques in genetic genealogy and challenges faced by adoptees throughout the process. He understands that volunteers largely set their own schedules and techniques with whatever works for them, but also can be a helping mentor for those who ask for a more. Besides his talents as a searcher, David has experience in Agile Manifesto in Lean Software Development and Continuous Learning; where people would share ideas and collaborate to become more productive. He can also just be a buddy to bounce ideas off of.


Just as Washington shuts its stimulus chest, and with the economies of Europe tightening their purse strings in times of austerity, Tokyo's wallet is suddenly very fat and visible. The object of its lavish spending this time is culture.
Japan's upper house gave final approval on June 12 for a $500 million, 20-year fund to promote Japanese culture overseas. Called Cool Japan, the multidisciplinary campaign is designed to plug everything from anime and manga to Japanese movies, design, fashion, food and tourism. Overseen by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the campaign will woo private investors later this year to hit an eventual target of $600 million. It's unfortunate that the name of a campaign to showcase creative originality strongly echoes Cool Britannia, the pop-cultural flowering that took place in the U.K. in the 1990s, but it's early days for Tokyo's own soft-power push.
Naturally, there's a bottom line. Creative content, says Mika Takagi of METI's international-economic-affairs division, will "help sell goods." One inspiration, she suggests, is South Korea. In 1998, according to METI, the South Korean government invested $500 million into a cultural-promotion fund. Fifteen years later, its artists dominate the pop-music charts in Asia, its television and movie titles are top sellers throughout the region, and the whole world knows a South Korean rapper named Psy. Even better, South Korean goods — think of Samsung phones or Hyundai cars — have become global successes, with an image that's modern, young and fun.
Of course, many will ask why Tokyo should follow Seoul's lead, given that Japanese design is internationally synonymous with chic, and such things as sushi, the films of Hayao Miyazaki and "cosplay" are already global phenomena. The answer, according to the Japan Times, is that Japan's cultural exports have been of a random and piecemeal nature, and there has been no sustained attempt to exploit merchandising opportunities. This is because creative companies, in the main, tend to be small or medium-size and lack the resources to establish a global presence. Anime producers — responsible for one of the country's best-known cultural exports — are struggling because of plummeting DVD sales, while the Asian regional market in content and electronics is dominated by South Korea and China.
Politically too, Japan is in an unenviable position. Its American ally won't be the world's only superpower for much longer. At the same time, Japan is both alien to and suspicious of its rising Asian neighbors. In this respect, the timing of Cool Japan makes sense. But the idea isn't new. Since 2002, when a short essay by American journalist Douglas McGray titled "Japan's Gross National Cool" was translated into Japanese and disseminated among politicians in Tokyo, the Japanese government has been hankering to promote its contemporary pop culture abroad, and there has been lot of chatter about Japan's international "soft power" — the phrase coined in the late '70s by former Harvard Professor Joseph S. Nye to denote the appeal of a culture's sensibility and products, and the geopolitical influence that can accrue.
For years, however, official attempts to promote Japanese culture have been cringingly awkward. In 2008, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs chose an "anime ambassador," a blue cartoon cat named Doraemon, whose domestically beloved television series has never aired in most English-speaking countries. One year later, it dubbed three young girl models in maid frills and short skirts the kawaii (supercute) ambassadors, sending them around the world as emissaries of Japanese fashion. Taro Aso, one of Japan's many fly-by-night former PMs, announced with great fanfare in 2009 plans for the first national manga museum — which was abandoned shortly after he was.
Need is an understatement. As the author of a book about Japanese popular culture, I have been tracking the government's actual commitment to it very closely. And while this new fund is unprecedented in size and hoopla, it does nothing to support Japanese artists domestically, many of whom labor in sweatshop conditions with unsustainable pay. Anime artists in their 20s, for example, make roughly $11,000 annually — living in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
Maybe. But without domestic support, the content METI is counting on to drive its campaign may not be particularly inspired or forthcoming, and Cool Japan may meet with little more than a cool reception.
Kelts is the author of Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S. He divides his time between New York City and Tokyo.


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World = class()
-- Tiny World class
-- 20/4/2012 -- xixgames.com
-- Ludum Dare #23
-- Tiny World
-- in this magic tiny world people need others like you!
Red   = math.random(255)
Green = math.random(255)
Blue  = math.random(255)
WORLD_START = 1
WORLD_WAIT  = 2
WORLD_BREAK = 3
WORLD_SAVED = 4
function World:init(maxpeople)
    self.last_touch = nil
    self.touch  = nil
    self.moving = false
    self.people = {}
    self.houses = {}
    self.stars  = Stars()
    self.road   = Road()
    self.driver = math.random(maxpeople-1) -- random person is the driver of souls xD
    self.destiny= 1 --math.random(math.floor(maxpeople/2)) -- random house
    self.maxhouses = 1
    self.maxpeople = maxpeople
    self.state  = WORLD_START
    for i=1,maxpeople do
        table.insert(self.people, Person(
         vec2(math.random(WIDTH) , math.random(HEIGHT) )
        ))
    end
    for i=1,self.maxhouses do
        table.insert(self.houses, House(
         vec2( (WIDTH/2) - (math.random(-111,111)), (HEIGHT/2) + i*math.random(-111,111) )
        ) )
    end
    self.stars.angle = 0
    self.fireworks = {}
    self.aliens_touched = 0
    self.asteroids_touched = 0
    self.total_frames = 0
end

function World:travelStart()
    sound(DATA, "ZgBAOQA/Syw4PwEr5tOFPL2cND/QyTU9TgASVExCPiUuNVJA")
    self.state     = WORLD_TRAVEL
    --self.road   = nil
    self.aliens    = {}
    self.asteroids = {}
    table.insert(self.aliens,Alien())
    self.frame = 6
    table.insert(self.asteroids,Asteroid(self.houses[self.destiny].position))
end

function World:updateTravel()
    if self.frame<=0 then
        if self.aliens_touched<7 then
            table.insert(self.aliens,Alien())
        end
        table.insert(self.asteroids,Asteroid(self.houses[self.destiny].position))
        self.frame = 7
    elseif self.frame>0 then
        self.frame = self.frame - 1/11
    end

end

function World:update()
    self.total_frames = (self.total_frames + 1)%128
    if self.state == WORLD_TRAVEL then
        self:updateTravel()
        return
    end
    if self.state == WORLD_WAIT then return end
    if self.road.state == ROAD_END then
        table.insert(self.fireworks, Fireworks(
            self.people[self.driver].position.x,
            self.people[self.driver].position.y,
            242,255,0
        ))
        --length road penalization
        score = score - (self.road.distance*100)

        self.road:init()
        for i,person in ipairs(self.people) do
            if person.friend == nil then
                table.insert(self.fireworks, Fireworks(
                    person.position.x,
                    person.position.y,
                    math.random(255),math.random(255),math.random(255)
                ))
                score = score - math.random(600)
            end
            --person.with_us = false
            --person.friend  = nil

        end
        if score < 0 then
            score = 0
        end
        self.people = {}
        -- change instances states
        for i,house in ipairs(self.houses) do
            house.state = WORLD_WAIT
        end
        self.state = WORLD_WAIT
        return
    end

    self.touch = vec2(CurrentTouch.x, CurrentTouch.y)
    if CurrentTouch.state == ENDED then
        -- to make sure we don't miss the touch began state
        self.moving = false
        local hit_house = self.houses[self.destiny].position:dist(self.touch) <66
        if hit_house and self.road.person~= nil then
            self.road.state = ROAD_RUN
            -- add destiny
            self.road:add(self.houses[self.destiny].position,R,G,B,255)
            -- compute total distance
            self.road.distance = self.road:length()
        else -- clear not valid touches
            self.road:init()
            for i,p in ipairs(self.people) do
                p.with_us = false
                p.friend  = nil
            end
        end
    elseif CurrentTouch.state == BEGAN then
        local hit_driver = self.people[self.driver].position:dist(self.touch) <33
        if self.touch ~= self.last_touch and hit_driver then
            self.last_touch = self.touch
            self:new_move(self.touch,Red,Green,Blue)
        end
    elseif CurrentTouch.state == MOVING and self.road.person~=nil then
        if self.touch ~= self.last_touch then
            if self.moving then
                sound(DATA, "ZgBAbQBDPxReASQqRoCBOv2Gtz5qbMS+QAAEUDhAMC8jUGFb")
                self.road:expand(self.touch)
            else
                -- Did not detect the move
                self:new_move(self.touch,Red,Green,Blue)
            end
            self.last_touch = self.touch
            -- check for added chars
            for i,person in ipairs(self.people) do
                if person ~= self.people[self.driver] and not person.with_us then
                    local hitnew  = person.position:dist(self.touch) <33
                    if hitnew then
                        person.with_us = true
                        table.insert(self.fireworks, Fireworks(
                            person.position.x,
                            person.position.y,
                            Red,Green,Blue
                        ))
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end

end

function World:new_move(touch,R,G,B)
    self.moving = true
    self.road:add(touch,R,G,B,255)
    self.road.person = self.people[self.driver]
    self.road.house  = self.houses[self.destiny]
    sound(DATA, "ZgBATABZHWRAO3oE2fqgvmtJlT4+uRg/XAAkbzxAXTFpC0gV")
end

function World:drawWin()
    noTint()
    background(183, 185, 189, 255)
    self.frame = self.frame + 0.1
    if self.frame>=33 then
        score = score - self.total_frames/100
        if highscore<score then
            saveLocalData("highscore",score)
            highscore = score
        end
        -- next level!
        level = level + 1
        self:init(4+(level*2))
        return
    end
    pushStyle()
    font("Futura-CondensedExtraBold")
    fontSize(133)
    pushMatrix()

    fill(math.random(66,255),255,math.random(66,255),255)
    translate(WIDTH/2+3,HEIGHT/2+66)
    rotate(math.random(-6,6))
    text("WINNER ")
    fill(math.random(66,255),255,math.random(66,255),255)
    popMatrix()
    fontSize(33)
    text("You totally save the tiny world inside us from crazy!. xixgames.com ",WIDTH/2,(HEIGHT/2)-66)
    text("Score:"..(score),WIDTH/2,(HEIGHT/2) - 166)
    if highscore<(score) then
        text("Congrats!!, you did a highscore!!"..score,WIDTH/2,(HEIGHT/2) - 190)
        saveLocalData("highscore",score)
    end
    text("Are you ready for level "..(level+1).."?",WIDTH/2,(HEIGHT/2) - 222)
    popStyle()
end

function World:drawGameOver()
    noTint()
    background(Red,Green,Blue,math.random(255))
    self.frame = self.frame + 0.1
    if self.frame>=6 then
        score = 0
        level = 1
        self:init(6)
    end

    pushStyle()
    font("ArialRoundedMTBold")
    fontSize(166)
    pushMatrix()
    fill(math.random(1,Red), math.random(Green), math.random(Blue),255)

    translate(WIDTH/2,HEIGHT/2)

    text("TRY AGAIN")

    popMatrix()
    popStyle()
end

function World:draw()
    if self.state == WORLD_BREAK then
        self:drawGameOver()
        return
    end
    if self.state == WORLD_SAVED then
        self:drawWin()
        return
    end
    self:update()
    background(0, 0, 0, 0)
    self.stars:draw()
    if self.state == WORLD_START or self.state==WORLD_WAIT then
        self.road:draw()
        for i,house in ipairs(self.houses) do
            house:draw(i==self.destiny,Red,Green,Blue)
        end

        for i,person in ipairs(self.people) do
         person:draw(i==self.driver,Red,Green,Blue)
         if i==self.driver and self.road.state==ROAD_RUN then

            for j,other in ipairs(self.people) do
                if person ~= other and other.with_us and other.friend==nil then

                    local contact = person.position:dist(other.position) <33
                    if contact then
                        other.friend = person
                        table.insert(self.fireworks, Fireworks(
                            person.position.x,
                            person.position.y,
                            Red,Green,Blue
                        ))
                        sound(DATA, "ZgFAQgBALV9APnoU48wkvAjhwj4ARU++TAB0fw1pOT84Tgpd")
                        score = score + math.random(666)
                    end

                end
            end
         end
        end
    elseif self.state == WORLD_TRAVEL then
        for i,house in ipairs(self.houses) do
            house:draw(i==self.destiny,Red,Green,Blue)
        end
        for i,alien in ipairs(self.aliens) do
            alien:draw()
            if alien.state == ALIEN_DEAD then
                table.insert(self.fireworks, Fireworks(
                    alien.position.x,
                    alien.position.y,
                    alien.R,alien.G,alien.B
                ))
                table.remove(self.aliens,i)
            end
        end
        for i,asteroid in ipairs(self.asteroids) do
            asteroid:draw()
            if asteroid.state == ASTEROID_DEAD then
                table.insert(self.fireworks, Fireworks(
                    asteroid.position.x,
                    asteroid.position.y,
                    asteroid.R,asteroid.G,asteroid.B
                ))
                table.remove(self.asteroids    ,i)
            end
        end
    end

    for i,fw in ipairs(self.fireworks) do
        fw:draw()
        if not fw.active then
            table.remove(self.fireworks, i)
        end
    end
    -- draw tiny square
    --noSmooth()

    stroke(Red,Green,Blue,255)
    fill(Red,Green,Blue,255)
    rect(0, HEIGHT-33, 33, 33)
    font("ArialRoundedMTBold")
    fontSize(33)
    if self.state==WORLD_START and score == 0 then
        text("Guide the chosen one to the Tiny World", 444, HEIGHT-27)
        fontSize(27)
        text("Highscore: "..highscore, 444, HEIGHT-66)
    else
        text("Score: "..score, 333, HEIGHT-27)
    end
    if self.state == WORLD_TRAVEL then
        fontSize(27)
        text("Protect the Tiny World from Aliens and Asteroids", 444, HEIGHT-66)
    end
end

function World:touched(touch)
    if self.state ~= WORLD_TRAVEL then return end
    for i,a in ipairs(self.aliens) do
        if a:touched(touch) then
            score = score + math.random(666)
            self.aliens_touched = self.aliens_touched + 1
            return
        end
    end
    for i,a in ipairs(self.asteroids) do
        if a:touched(touch) then
            score = score + math.random(777)
            self.asteroids_touched = self.asteroids_touched + 1
            return
        end
    end
end

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The Good Behavior Game (GBG) intervention is intended to help reduce aggressive behavior in students in the early elementary grades. The program is one component of a two-part intervention administered in first and second grades. The GBG uses behavior modification strategies to reduce levels of aggression and poor conduct in the classroom. In a random-assignment evaluation of the program, researchers found that that the GBG had impacts that were significant, and increased over time, but only for male students whose first-grade levels of aggression were high (above the median). However, another evaluation found a decrease in both aggressive and shy behavior, as rated by teachers, for both boys and girls. Yet another evaluation summarized here found a positive impact of GBG on ADHD, conduct disorder, and oppositional-defiant disorder symptoms at the end of treatment, for children with intermediate levels of symptoms. Children in the intervention showed stable levels of symptoms over the course of two years, whereas control-group children showed an increase in symptoms over the course of the study. Follow-up evaluations found that the intervention group showed a decrease in levels of aggression during transition times, through sixth grade, whereas in the control group aggression levels reached a plateau at third grade. Follow-up data also indicate that boys who were in the GBG group at grades one and two were less likely to engage in smoking when they were early adolescents. The game was also adapted for use in Dutch populations, and an evaluation of the Dutch version found it to have a significant impact on ADHD symptoms. Another evaluation also indicates that the GBG decreases suicide ideation and attempts through childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood.
The Good Behavior Game is an intervention designed to reduce maladaptive behaviors in first and second grade students, based on the assumption that their behavior is malleable enough at this stage that the intervention will improve their behavior before they transition into middle school.
GBG is a classroom-based, teacher-led behavior management strategy, which rewards teams of children for good behavior. A team wins a game if at the end of the designated period its members have not exceeded a pre-established level of maladaptive behavior. In the early stages of the game, the designated "game time" is announced to students, and the length is fixed; rewards are given out immediately following the game. At later stages, the teacher does not announce the game time, and rewards are distributed at the end of the day.
In addition to reducing maladaptive and aggressive behavior among already aggressive first- and second-graders, the intervention is intended to prevent these behaviors from developing among children who do not have these early problems.
Van Lier, P.A., Muthen, Bengt, O., van der Sar, R.M., Crijnen A.A.M. (2004) Preventing disruptive behavior in elementary schoolchildren: Impact of a universal classroom-based intervention. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 467-478.
Evaluated population: 666 second-graders in 31 classrooms from 13 schools in the Netherlands. The sample was 69 percent Caucasian, 10 percent Turkish, 9 percent Moroccan, 5 percent Surinam-Dutch Antilles, and 7 percent other ethnic groups.
Approach: The GBG was adapted for Dutch populations. In the Dutch adaptation, the teams do not compete for weekly prizes, and teachers do not mention the names of students who violate the rules. Children are encouraged to actively support their teammates.
Thirteen schools in the metropolitan areas of Rotterdam and Amsterdam participated in the study. Within each school, classes were randomly assigned to intervention (GBG) or control groups. The study lasted for two years, so the intervention children received the GBG throughout first and second grades, and the control group received no intervention.
Teacher assessments of student behavior were collected twice in first grade (T1 and T2), at the end of the first year of intervention (T3), 18 months after the start of intervention (T4), and at the end of the second year (T5). At each assessment, teachers completed a written report on each child. At T3 and T5, teachers also participated in a structured interview about each child in their class.
Results: Children in the intervention condition showed a decrease in ADHD problems over time, while children in the control condition showed an increase in such problems over time. The difference between groups was statistically significant.
To assess the impact of the GBG on children with different levels of problems, the researchers used mixture modeling to identify three trajectories of children with ADHD symptoms: high (Class 1), intermediate (Class 2), and low (Class 3). Children were classified into one of the three trajectories, and intervention effects were assessed for each trajectory. Class 1 children had high levels of ADHD problems at baseline and their problems declined significantly throughout the intervention period. The GBG did not have any significant impacts for children in this group. Class 2 children had fewer initial symptoms than Class 1 children, but still exhibited intermediate levels of problems. Control-group children in Class 2 had increasing problems throughout the intervention period, but intervention children did not. This difference was statistically significant. Class 3 children exhibited low levels of ADHD symptoms at baseline and throughout the intervention. There were no significant differences between intervention and control group children in Class 3.
Lastly, the researchers assessed the effect of the GBG on conduct problems and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). For children in Class 1, there was no significant difference between control group and intervention children for ODD. Class 1 intervention children did exhibit lower conduct problems than control-group Class 1 children, and this finding approached significance (p = .06). For Class 2, children in the control group showed increases in conduct problems and ODD symptoms, whereas children in the intervention group did not. This effect was significant. Class 3 children showed low levels of ODD and conduct disorder problems, and there were no differences between intervention and control groups.
Kellam, S.G. Rebok, G.W., Ialongo, N. & Mayer, L. S. (1994). The course and malleability of aggressive behavior from early first grade into middle school: Results of a development epidemiologically-based preventive trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 35(2), 259-281.
Evaluated population: 693 first-graders in 41 classrooms from 19 schools in five diverse urban Baltimore public school districts. The sample was 49 percent male and 65 percent African American. The authors noted that the population in this study was considered representative of elementary public school children in the eastern part of Baltimore who remained in the same school for two years, and remained in a Baltimore public school for six years.
Approach: Within each of the five urban areas, one school was assigned to receive the GBG intervention and another to receive an achievement-focused intervention called Mastery Learning (ML), which was used in this study as an active control for the GBG classrooms. Schools were matched on characteristics such as the school's average achievement level, socio-economic status of families, and ethnicity of students. The rest of the schools within each urban area were assigned to be external controls with no experimental intervention. Within each school assigned to either experimental intervention, half the classrooms were randomly assigned to receive the intervention and half were used as internal, school-specific, controls.
Students' level of aggression was assessed through a Social Adaptation Status (SAS) measure, which consisted of a semi-structured interview with the child's teacher. The teacher was asked to rate students on social tasks and aggressive behavior. All students were assessed at baseline with this measure. Further assessments were conducted on representative samples of the experimental group twice a year, through sixth grade. A second conduct-disorder measure, the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC), was used in the sixth-grade follow-up with students who reported three or more conduct-disorder behaviors.
Researchers hypothesized that students who exhibited aggressive behavior and conduct problems in first grade and participated in the Good Behavior Game would show fewer aggressive behaviors in subsequent years (between first and sixth grades). Further, it was hypothesized that students who exhibited fewer aggressive and problem-conduct behaviors in first grade would be less likely to develop them in subsequent grades.
Results: Researchers found no overall impacts on sixth-grade aggressive behavior for students in the GBG condition compared with the internal, external, and active Mastery Learning controls. They did, however, find significant GBG impacts, which increased over time, for male students with higher levels of aggressive behavior on the SAS measure as reported in first grade. Among these aggressive males, trajectories of aggressive behavior among experimental and control groups remained the same until third grade. After third grade, the level of aggressive behavior among control group males reached a plateau while males in the GBG group showed a continued decrease in aggressive behavior up to the transition into middle school. The decline in aggression was not seen in females or in GBG males whose baseline levels of aggressive behavior at the first-grade assessment were below the median.
Dolan, L. J., Kellam, S. G., Brown, C. H., Werthamer-Larsson, L., Rebok, G. W., Mayer, L. S., Laudolff, J., & Turkkan, J. S. (1993). The short-term impact of two classroom-based preventive interventions on aggressive and shy behaviors and poor achievement. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 14, 317-345.
Evaluation Population: 864 students from 19 schools in Baltimore.
Approach: This study examined the impact of preventive interventions on children's aggressive and shy behaviors. Classrooms in the intervention schools were randomly assigned to GBG or Mastery Learning (ML) interventions. In addition, entering first-graders were randomly assigned to classrooms. The Mastery Learning intervention is an enrichment of the reading curriculum that includes goal-setting, communication of high expectations, small instructional units, formative and summative testing, and immediate feedback. Students in classrooms randomly assigned to receive no intervention were in both intervention and non-intervention schools and acted as a control group. Students' behavior was assessed through teacher reports, peer assessments, and standardized tests.
Results: Compared to students in the external school controls, but not the internal school controls, GBG produced a significant decrease in boys' aggressive behavior, as reported by teachers. Compared with students in the internal control condition, but not the external controls, GBG produced a significant decrease in girls' teacher-reported aggressive behavior. Over time, levels of aggressive behavior among boys declined as a result of GBG, but there was no impact for girls. For all students, GBG was associated with a larger declines in teacher ratings of aggression among students who began the year with higher aggression levels.
Both boys and girls in GBG showed a decrease in teacher-rated shy behaviors . The ML intervention was associated with increased reading achievement scores only for low-achieving male students and high-achieving female students. Overall, GBG seemed to decrease aggressive behavior, while ML was associated with increased reading achievement. An internal validity issue for this study was that the teacher provided both the intervention and the behavior ratings and was aware of specific outcome targets. Peer ratings may also have been skewed by teacher's expectations of improved behavior.
Kellam, S. G. & Anthony, J. C. (1998). Targeting early antecedents to prevent tobacco smoking: Findings from an epidemiologically based randomized field trial. American Journal of Public Health, 88, 1490-1495.
Evaluated Population: 1,604 first-grade children from five urban areas of Baltimore. Students were recruited in two consecutive cohorts in 1985 and 1986 (Wave 1 N = 818, Wave 2 N = 786). 808 students were male, and 796 were female.
Approach: Three to four elementary schools were selected in each of 5 urban areas of Baltimore. The schools were randomly assigned to the Good Behavior Game treatment, the Mastery Learning comparison treatment, or the control group which received the school's normal curriculum. In each intervention school, one classroom was randomly assigned to the treatment condition, and one served as a within-school control classroom. Children were interviewed for 40-70 minutes each spring, for 6 years following the implementation of treatment, to assess their tobacco and drug use.
Results: Boys in the GBG program were less likely to smoke tobacco after the age of ten than were boys in the control group. Girls in the GBG program, however, were equally likely to smoke as those in the control group. There were no overall differences between the GBG and the Mastery Learning program in terms of students' tobacco use.
Kellam, S.G., & Rebok, G.W. (1992). Building developmental and etiological theory through epidemiologically based preventive intervention trials. In J. McCord& R.E. Tremblay (Eds.), Preventing antisocial behavior: Interventions from birth through adolescence (pp.162-195). New York: The Guilford Press.
Evaluated Population: 501-first grade children from five urban areas of Baltimore.
Approach: Three to four elementary schools were selected in each of 5 urban areas of Baltimore. The schools were randomly assigned to the Good Behavior Game treatment, the Mastery Learning comparison treatment, or the control group which received the school's normal curriculum. In each intervention school, one classroom was randomly assigned to the treatment condition, and one served as a within-school control classroom. Children's concentration problems, aggressive and shy behavior, depressive symptoms, and academic achievement were assessed in the fall and spring of the first-grade year.
Results: Positive impacts for GBG were found for teacher ratings of aggressive and shy behavior, and for peer nominations of aggressive behavior for both boys and girls. Girls in the Good Behavior classrooms were less likely to be rated by their peers as having few friends after the intervention. There was also an increase in on-task behavior in the Good Behavior Game classrooms compared with control classrooms.
Wilcox, H.C., Kellam, S.G., Hendicks Brown, C., Poduska, J.M., Ialongo, N.S., Wang, W., & Anthony, J.C. (2008). The impact of universal randomized first- and second-grade classroom interventions on young adult suicide ideation and attempts. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 95, S60-S73.
Evaluated Population: Participants were 1,196 first-grade students in 19 schools and 41 classrooms in the Baltimore City Public School System. The schools were located within five urban areas with socioeconomic status ranging from very poor to moderate. Sixty-six percent of students were African-American, and a large majority of the remainder were non-Hispanic white.
Approach: Within each of the five urban areas, schools were sorted into homogenous sets of three or four ,and randomly selected for the trial. All entering first- graders were eligible participants. Within each intervention school, all first-grade students were assigned so as to balance classrooms with respect to gender, kindergarten experience, and academic and behavioral performance. Classrooms and teachers were randomly assigned to theMastery Learning (ML) intervention or ML-control groups, or The Good Behavior Game (GBG) or GBG-control groups. External control groups were also created within control schools by assigning youth in a balanced fashion. The interventions lasted for two years, which required students to move up to the second grade in grouped units. At baseline, and twice in young-adulthood follow-up face-to-face interviews measured Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempts.
Results: Students in the GBG intervention group were significantly less likely to experience suicide ideation, compared with youth in control classrooms. Suicide ideation was not significantly less for students in the ML intervention classrooms than for controls. There was not a significant difference between suicide attempts between intervention groups and controls, once baseline characteristics were controlled. There were significantly fewer occurrences of suicide ideation in the GBG classrooms compared with controls, after age 16. This difference was not significant between ML and control groups. In a replication trial with the second cohort, the impact of GBG was substantially smaller.
Kellam, S.G., & Rebok, G.W. (1992). Building developmental and etiological theory through epidemiologically based preventive intervention trials. In McCord, J., & Tremblay, R.E. (Eds.), Preventing antisocial behavior: Interventions from birth through adolescence (pp.162-195). New York: The Guilford Press.
Kellam, S. G., Rebok, G. W., Ialongo, N. & Mayer, L. S. (1994). The course and malleability of aggressive behavior from early first grade into middle school: Results of a development epidemiologically-based preventive trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 35(2), 259-281.
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Q: Segmentation fault (core dumped) in determinant I'm getting the error segment fault (core dumped) in the following code when I set:
int et=pow(2,10)

or more.
As a matter of fact I'm calculating the n*n matrix determinant. for n=pow(2,10) or more the code gives error.
I really don't know what to do
Here is my code:
#include <cfloat>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <vector>
#include <cmath>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

int dimention = 3;
int et = pow(2,9);

In the above when I put et= pow(2, 10) or more, it gives the error.
int N = 1 ;
vector<
vector<
vector<double> > > r;

//random function
double unifRand(){
   double X=((double)rand()/(double)RAND_MAX);  // creating random between 0 1
   return X;
}
void seed(){
    srand(time(0));  //initializing random
}
void initialize(){
    seed();
    r.clear();
    for (int n=0; n<N; n++){
        vector < vector<double> > exyz;
        for (int e=0; e<et; e++){
            vector < double > xyz;
            for (int d=0; d<dimention; d++)
                 xyz.push_back(unifRand()-0.5);
            exyz.push_back(xyz);
        }
        r.push_back(exyz);
    }

}

  void Det(vector<double>& r_et ){
       vector< vector<double> > Psi;
        for(int i=0; i<et; i++){
                vector<double> Psie;
                for (int e=0; e<et; e++){
                        double Ps= -2*r_et[e]+(r_et[e]-r_et[i]);
                        double Pse = exp(Ps);
                        Psie.push_back(Pse);
                }
                Psi.push_back(Psie);
        }

        /* Transform matrix into upper triangular */
        int counti = 0;
        double temp=0;
        for(int i = 0; i < et - 1 ; i++){
        /* Elementary Row Operation I */
                if(Psi[i][i] == 0.0){
                        for(int k = i; k < et; k++){
                                if(Psi[k][i] != 0.0){
                                        for(int j = 0; j < et; j++){
                                                temp = Psi[i][j];
                                                Psi[i][j] = Psi[k][j];
                                               Psi[k][j] = temp;
                                       }
                                       k = et;
                               }
                       }
               counti++;
               }
       /* Elementary Row Operation III */
               if(Psi[i][i] != 0.0){
                       for(int k = i + 1; k < et; k++){    // k is the row number
                               for(int j = i; j < et; j++){
                                   double factor = Psi[i][j] /  Psi[i][i];
                                   if (factor < (10^-10)){
                                       factor = 1;
                                   }

                  Psi[k][j] = Psi[k][j] + (-1.0 * Psi[k][i]*(Psi[i][j] /  Psi[i][i]) );
                               }
                       }
               }
       }

    /* Display upper triangular matrix */
    /* Calculate determinant */
    double temp2=1;
    for(int i = 0; i < et; i++){
            temp2 *= Psi[i][i];
           // cout << Psi[i][i];
       }

    /* Modify determinant */
        cout<<"\nDeterminant:\n";
       if(counti % 2 == 0){
               cout<<endl<<"     "<<temp2<<endl<<endl;
       }else{
               cout<<endl<<"     "<<-1*temp2<<endl<<endl;
       }

  }

  //compute trial wave function
  void step(int w){
      //make a trial move of each electron
      vector<double> r_td(dimention);
          for (int ee=0; ee<et; ee++){
                  for (int dd=0; dd<dimention; dd++){
                          r_td[ee] += r[w][ee][dd]*r[w][ee][dd];
                  }
                  r_td[ee]=sqrt(r_td[ee]);
          }

      Det(r_td);

  }

  int main(){
           initialize();

        for (int n=0; n<N; n++)
               step(n);
  return 0;
 }

A:   vector<double> r_td(dimention);  // dim 3   ---> et
      for (int ee=0; ee<et; ee++){
              for (int dd=0; dd<dimention; dd++){
                      r_td[ee] += r[w][ee][dd]*r[w][ee][dd];
                           ^^  pow(2,10)  ??

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