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Posted: Apr 11, 2020 / 11:04 AM CDT / Updated: Apr 11, 2020 / 11:17 AM CDT
Volkhard Knigge, foundation director of the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald memorial place, lays down a flower during a minute's of silence in memory of the victims at the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald by the US Army near Weimar, Germany, Saturday, April 11, 2020. Because of Corona crisis, the memorial is currently closed and all commemoration ceremonies with survivors have been cancelled. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
WEIMAR, Germany (AP) — The 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis' Buchenwald concentration camp passed more quietly than originally planned on Saturday, with larger-scale commemorations put on hold because of the coronavirus epidemic.
The director of the Buchenwald memorial, Volkhard Knigge, laid a white rose among wreaths at the site just outside the German city of Weimar, 75 years to the day after U.S. forces liberated the camp on April 11, 1945.
Public gatherings of over two people are currently banned in Germany, but the memorial said individuals were welcome to lay flowers and messages at the fence of the site.
A declaration to mark the anniversary, initiated by local authorities and the Buchenwald memorial and noting that human rights, democracy and freedom "must again and again be defended anew" was posted online.
A commemoration with survivors had been planned, but was canceled because of health concerns. The governor of Thuringia state, Bodo Ramelow, said that it will take place when the danger from the pandemic has passed, news agency dpa reported.
The Buchenwald concentration camp was established in 1937. More than 56,000 of the 280,000 inmates at Buchenwald and satellite camps were murdered by the Nazis or died as a result of hunger, illness or medical experiments before it was liberated.
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A keel-laying ceremony was held at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy, earlier this week, for Carnival Cruise Line's third 133,500-ton Vista-class ship, the Carnival Panorama, which is scheduled to enter service in November 2019, according to a company statement.
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Amity Wamsley, nurse navigator for Holzer Cancer Care Center, speaks with Mason County Chamber of Commerce members regarding her position at the center as well as what the center offers their patients.
POINT PLEASANT — At this month's Mason County Chamber Luncheon, members were informed on what the Holzer Cancer Care Center offers to their patients.
At Holzer Cancer Care Center, patients are offered an oncology nurse navigator. Amity Wamsley, a nurse navigator at the center, shared her primary job is to educate her patients. Wamsley has worked at the center for approximately 12 years and has been a navigator for nearly two years now.
During her patients' treatments she will do regular toxicity checks on them, asking how their treatment process is going and how they are feeling. She follows up when they receive chemotherapy or radiation treatments. Should a patient be feeling ill with his or her current treatment plan, she will contact their doctor to see what they can do to prevent the patient from feeling ill.
Wamsley counsels patients through their survivorship and holds a support group on the second Thursday of each month at noon in the French 500 room at Holzer Hospital.
Wamsley is also a genetics nurse a portion of her time at the center and works in collaboration with The Ohio State University (OSU) Hospital to test individuals' genetic risk of cancer.
"The cancer center itself at Holzer is, I mean for our area, a large facility that tries to offer multiple modalities to improve patient experience while they're there," said Wamsley.
Wamsley explained those at Holzer Cancer Care Center work in collaboration with OSU Hospital for genetics testing as well as clinical trial programs. Along with a highly trained staff, the Holzer Cancer Care Center has 12 chemotherapy chairs as well as two private bays for treatments, a healing garden which includes a walking labyrinth, a reflecting pool, and benches, an appearance center, and a machine that performs stereotactic radiation therapy which is the only machine of its kind within the Ohio Valley explained Wamsley.
In other chamber news, Mary Fowler discussed the upcoming travel destinations for 2019; the Mason County Community Cantata is set for the weekend of Palm Sunday, April 13 and 14, 7 p.m. at the Main Street Baptist Church; the 73rd annual Chamber Dinner is set for Thursday, April 25, 6 p.m. at First Church of God in the gymnasium; the ABM Critter Dinner is set for Saturday, April 27 from 5-9 p.m. at the West Virginia State Farm Museum; and the next Mason County Chamber Luncheon is set for Tuesday, May 28.
Mario Liberatore was the emcee for the luncheon and the First Church of God Kitchen Ministry Ladies catered the meal.
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It's the 1st of Feb, which means invitations will begin rolling out for this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, Spain. As was the case last year, Samsung is aiming to be the first manufacturer out of the starting blocks, dating its own Galaxy Unpacked event for 21 February. The event will be livestreamed on Samsung's Mobile YouTube channel at 20:00 PM CAT on the day, with the rumoured Galaxy S7 the expected arrival.
There has been much conjecture as to what the new Galaxy S7 and S7 edge will bring to the fore, especially as last year's iterations proved a critical success. The pressure is now on Samsung to deliver the goods for a second year in a row.
As far as what we know about "The Next Galaxy," little is confirmed. There have been reports that the design for the device has not changed much from the model 12 months ago, but instead there's a focus on improving some functionality. As such, rumours suggest the new S7 will feature a pressure sensitive display, á la the iPhone 6s, as well as the return of a microSD slot. There could also be further use in the world of VR, as the announcement video below showcases a Gear VR headset.
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The Long Eaton Natural History Society (LENS Wildlife Group) was founded in 1977 and offers a warm welcome to all who are interested in their natural surroundings.
We sp eak for and act on behalf of wildlife to promote conservation and biodiversity and prevent detrimental development. Our group also maintain records of local flora and fauna and promote knowledge of natural history.
Membership of the wildlife group is currently £10 per year, which includes a copy of our LENS bulletin, published twice yearly, as well as exclusive access to our online reference section. New members are always welcome, and we hold indoor meetings with guest speakers and organise site visits throughout the year, depending on the season – please see the Programme page. A membership form is available in the Forms section. Back issues of our bulletin are also available in pdf format.
LENS works both independently and with Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, Erewash Borough Council, Broxtowe Borough Council, Derbyshire County Council, the Environment Agency and the Canal and River Trust to achieve our objectives. We also encourage reporting of wildlife sightings in the Derbys/Leics/Notts areas to our recorder. Reporting can be done online using the Lens Wildlife Sighting Reporter form, or alternatively using a downloadable Postal Record Form which can be printed for postal return.
Long Eaton is in the County of Derbyshire on the border with Nottinghamshire. Most residences have a Nottingham address with the Nottingham postcode prefix NG, and use the Nottingham telephone area code 0115.
It is a common misconception that Long Eaton is part of Nottinghamshire (which can also be misleading when obtaining wildlife records of the area). The reason for the NG prefix in the postal code is that all mail for Long Eaton first goes to the Royal Mail's Nottingham sorting office in Beeston (hence the NG), and then to Long Eaton's delivery office on Tamworth Road.
The Long Eaton School has been an ECO School since 1999. The school became a Specialist Science College in 2003 and an Academy in April 2011. Long Eaton's claims to fame include Sir Harry Godwin (botanist and ecologist) who was once resident and educated in Long Eaton. Mary Clegg, (the daughter of a former headmaster of Long Eaton School, Samuel Clegg), married Frederick Attenborough, who had been at one time a teacher at the Long Eaton County School. Their children include Lord Attenborough (Richard Attenborough) the film director and Sir David Attenborough the presenter of television natural history programmes. Sir David Attenborough also opened the nearby Attenborough Nature Centre in 2005.


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Szkoła powstała w listopadzie 1999 roku na podstawie decyzji Ministra Edukacji Narodowej i wpisana została do Rejestru Szkół i Placówek Oświatowych pod numerem 52827. 28 listopada 2000 r. szkoła uzyskała uprawnienia szkoły publicznej nadane przez Prezydenta Miasta Krakowa decyzją nr 43203-7-162. Od 2012 roku nauka na większości prowadzonych przez szkołę kierunkach jest całkowicie bezpłatna. Na początku szkoła mieściła się w kamienicy przy ul. Szlak 32/1. W czerwcu 2019 r. została przeniesiona do zabytkowej kamienicy z 1872 r. (wg projektu Tomasza Prylińskiego) przy ul. Basztowej 4.

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Zawód poświadczony dyplomem Ministerstwa Edukacji Narodowej i tytułem zawodowym technika, przyznawany jest po roku lub dwóch latach nauki w zależności od kierunku. Placówka jest jednocześnie ośrodkiem egzaminacyjnym Okręgowej Komisji Egzaminacyjnej. Oprócz dyplomu absolwenci otrzymują również Europass – Suplement do Dyplomu Potwierdzającego Kwalifikacje Zawodowe.

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Beth Chapman from 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' is in a medically-induced coma
Beth Chapman, the bail bondswoman who starred on the reality show "Dog the Bounty Hunter," is in a medically induced coma, her husband Duane "Dog" Chapman has confirmed on Facebook .
The Facebook post linked to a Hawaii News Now story saying that Chapman was admitted to the ICU at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu.
"Please say your prayers for Beth right now thank you love you," Dog Chapman tweeted .
Chapman starred with her husband on the A&E reality show "Dog the Bounty Hunter," which ran from 2004 to 2012. The show followed Dog, the mulleted bounty hunter, and his platinum blond wife Beth, who formed a ferocious team that tracked down bail fugitives and filmed in Hawaii as well as Colorado.
The couple then starred in "Dog and Beth: On the Hunt," a spin-off that aired on CMT from 2013 to 2015.
But in September 2017, they used their Facebook account to announce Chapman had been diagnosed with Stage 2 throat cancer .
They revealed during an A&E special " Dog & Beth: Fight of Their Lives " in November 2017 that the cancer had been removed, but it came back last year. She was hospitalized in April due to an accumulation of fluid in her lungs, and doctors performed an emergency procedure to alleviate pressure, the couple said at the time.
Despite the diagnosis, the Chapmans announced a new show "Dog's Most Wanted" would soon be coming to WGN America.
"My wife, the love of my life, is fighting for her life, and instead of being at home helping her, I'm out here looking for you," Dog Chapman says in the promo. "So I'm warning you in advance: May God have mercy on you when I catch you. Because I won't."
"You've been warned," Beth Chapman adds.
She has also kept up with fans on her Instagram page, and she posted a photo of herself on June 12 with the hashtag "#CancerWillNotBeatMe".
Beth Chapman raised 12 children with her husband and spent nearly 30 years in the bail bond business, her website states. In 2016, she was elected President of the Professional Bail Agents of the United States.


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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Wife Amy Rule
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Meet Amy Rule; she is the pretty wife of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Chicago's First Lady has been by her husband's side in the good and not so good times. Check her out!
Amy's husband a graduate of Northwestern University and Sarah Lawrence College, has been Chicago's 55th mayor since May 16, 2011. Before that, he was The White House Chief Of Staff under President Barack Obama; early in his career he served was a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton.
Amy Merritt Rule was born on June 30, 1957, in New London, Conn., and is two years and five months older than her hubby Emanuel, who was born on Nov. 29, 1959.
She graduated with a master's in medieval art history from the University of Chicago and an art history degree from Tufts University.
Amy and Rahm met on a blind date in 1990. According to Amy, the date was set up by a mutual friend, Antonia Contro, at the time Amy was working at the Art Institute, she subsequently worked with work for then-MayorRichard M. Daley.
Rahm and Amy were married in 1994. David Axelrod signed the ketubah at Amy and Rahm's ceremony. Following their wedding, Amy Rule converted to Judaism.
They have three children; Zacharias Emanuel, Ilana Emanuel, Leah Emanuel
Amy is a housewife and has worked with disadvantaged youth at the Art Institute of Chicago and is involved with the Boys & Girls Club of Chicago.
The couple has a home built around three turn-of-the-century on the North Side of Chicago in the Ravenswood neighborhood. Amy likes to keep a low profile, but her works don't go unnoticed.
"Whatever role she'll play is one she's going to be comfortable doing," Emanuel said during a recent interview. "And I think you'll see that not with a flip of the switch, but over time. Her big thing right now is volunteering in neighborhood groups and with kids. And that's what she's going to do. She's not doing it for you or for the media."
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It's a Good Winter: The new Bon Iver EP
by Mike Bookey
Where does Blood Bank fit with the frozen fog of For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver's much-acclaimed debut from last winter? It isn't an afterthought, or an echo, or B-sides, though some of the songs were recorded around the same time as For Emma in a little cabin in Wisconsin during the good winter (French translation: Bon Hiver) after which the band is named. It has similarities to the experimental, beautiful mess that Justin Vernon captured in his wooded solitude, but Blood Bank also feels like a series of postcards - letting us know that the singer is traveling on, his heartbreak perhaps slightly dulled.
The title track is the most accessible, most narrative of the tracks. "Beach Baby" is the most quintessentially Bon Iver track with Vernon's falsetto harmonies backed by a campfire acoustic and slide guitar. As the four-song EP progresses, it becomes increasingly atonal and dissonant: the layers become more abstract, while the notions Vernon presents gain focus. "Babys" has Vernon banging out a driving piano piece-a thaw, a spring rain-unsophisticated playing, but passionate and interesting. The closing track, "Woods," uses a vocoder (think Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek") to layer the simple lines, "I'm up in the woods, I'm down on my mind, I'm building a still to slow down the time."
If you're heartbroken this good winter, visiting Blood Bank will surely help you heal.
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Los tubos de lava lunares son túneles bajo la superficie de la Luna que se cree, que se han formado durante las erupciones de flujos de lava basáltica. Cuando la superficie de un tubo de lava se enfría, se forma una capa endurecida que contiene el flujo de lava debajo de la superficie creando un pasaje en forma de conducto.  Una vez que el flujo de lava disminuye, el túnel puede ser drenado, quedando en forma de un vacío o hueco. Los tubos de lava lunares se forman en las superficies que tienen una pendiente que varía en ángulo de 0,4 a 6,5 °. Los tubos de lava lunares pueden ser tan amplios como 500 metros (1.600 pies) antes de que se vuelvan inestables contra el colapso gravitacional.  Sin embargo, los tubos estables aún pueden verse afectados por eventos sísmicos o bombardeo de meteoritos.

Una de las regiones que contienen tubos de lava y rimas es Marius Hills. En 2008, una apertura a un tubo de lava () puede haber sido descubierto por la sonda japonesa Kaguya. Otro ejemplo podría ser Rima Hadley, que pudo haber sido un canal de lava parcialmente cubierta, algunas partes de las cuales ya se han derrumbado. También puede haber tubos de lava en el Mare Serenitatis.

Los tubos de lava lunares pueden potencialmente tener un papel como recintos para hábitats humanos.  Los túneles de más de 300 metros (980 pies) de diámetro pueden existir, situadas debajo de los 40 metros (130 pies) o más de basalto con una temperatura estable de -20 °C (-4 °F). Estos túneles naturales ofrecen protección de rayos cósmicos de radiación, meteoritos , micrometeoritos y eyecciones de masa coronaria.  Ellos están protegidos de las variaciones de temperatura en la superficie lunar, que proporcionarían un entorno estable para los habitantes. Los tubos de lava lunares se encuentran normalmente a lo largo de los límites entre mares lunares y las regiones montañosas.  Esto daría acceso de comunicaciones a las regiones elevadas, llanuras basálticas para los sitios de desembarque y cosecha de regolito, así como los recursos minerales subterráneos.

Véase también
Rima (geología)
Tubo de lava

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Referencias

Enlaces externos
http://news.discovery.com/space/moon-lunar-lava-skylight.html O'Neill, Ian (27 de octubre de 2009), "Vivir en tubos de lava Lunar" , Discover News

Geología de la Luna
Tubos de lava


Crosstown Concourse's arrival was just the beginning.
After the building's grand opening, we shifted focus to a new round of marketing.
By creating a campaign that saturates a myriad of platforms, we worked to connect to the widest segment of the community as possible.
One of the core features of the MYC campaign is the new CrosstownConcourse.com. We overhauled the site for a clean, straight-forward user experience that highlights all the ways to #MakeYourConnection.
We used an action-driven navigation structure to funnel traffic to their connection point with only a few clicks.
Concourse has such a wide variety of tenants, activities, and events that it was important to create strong brand awareness that brings together every aspect of the campus. We worked to evenly distribute tenant coverage and inform, yet create intrigue to drive people to the website or through the doors.
One key to showcasing tenants under the umbrella of Crosstown Concourse is new marketing photography. We focused on wide, people-centric shots that provide context within the building and glimpses into the every day in Memphis's vertical village.
We created a video series for both social media and traditional advertising to showcase what Crosstown Concourse has to offer. Each moment has a subtle text call out to whichever tenant is featured, as a way to advertise for them and educate the public, while still maintaining Concourse as the focus.
With over 1 million square feet, three separate atria, and 10 floors, creating a tour guide for visitors and prospective visitors was important. The tour guide appeared in the Memphis Business Journal, as well as in-house for visitors. We featured information about each area, as well as a parking guide and more, in order to help showcase ways to #MakeYourConnection.


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Can We Build Enterprise Apps With Laravel?
One of the frequent questions asked by Laravel enthusiasts and entrepreneurs all around is, can we build enterprise apps with Laravel? Is it enough mature to handle big projects? The answer to this question is 'it depends'. There are some factors on which the answer will hinge on. How would you define an enterprise app? Is it upon lines of codes? Based on dependencies? amount of security? Or on traffic?
Has Anyone Ever Build Enterprise Apps With Laravel?
There are hundreds of millions of pageviews sites, running on Laravel – like Alexa 500, multiple Fortune 500 companies. Various video game sites like Fallout 4 had their landing page on Laravel. We are pretty sure, you will find more examples.
Read More: Why Laravel Is The Best PHP Framework In 2018?
What Makes Laravel Fit For Big Apps?
1. Service Container – A powerful tool for managing class dependencies and performing dependency injection.
2. Queues – Laravel queues allow you to postpone the processing of a time-consuming task, until a later time. Laravel queues provide a unified API across several queue backends and even a relational database.
3. Events – Laravel events provide a simple observer implementation to know and subscribe to events that occur in your application.
4. Artisan: Laravel development services usually interact with this framework using a command line that creates the Laravel project environment and handles it. A built-in tool for command-line is provided known as Artisan. This tool manages to perform the majority of tedious and repetitive programming tasks that most of the developers avoid performing them manually.
5. Migration for The Databases: With Laravel, Migration assists to extend the structure of the database without the need to re-create it every time a change is made. It helps to secure the development data from any loss.
6. Security: When you build enterprise apps with Laravel, it improves the security of the app by using salted and hashed password. It means that Laravel never saves the password as plain text in its database and as a result, you build secure apps.
7. Modular: Being built on more than 20 different libraries, Laravel framework is quite big. It is divided into a number of individual libraries and adopts modern PHP principles, allowing a Laravel development company to build more responsive, modular, and handy web apps.
So how to build enterprise apps? Just make sure you're using a good cache or session driver like Memcachedor Redis, on a server like Elasticache if you're on AWS. At Laravel level, check if you're using config: cache, route:cache, make sure you're using composer dump-autoload –optimize. Another great thing to do is to separate your database from your web-server. It makes it easier to do the scaling, like if you want to add the second server.
Hence, after considering the powerful features that Laravel offers and the examples of the big enterprises who have their web apps on Laravel, it is quite clear that you can build enterprise apps with Laravel.
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Author Corinne McDermott used to throw a few things in a bag and catch her flight. Then she had kids. She still travels the world, but now it's with her eight-year-old daughter and four-year-old son in tow. "There will be bumps and delays," says the writer, who shares family travel tips on her blog, Have Baby Will Travel. "If you react in a negative fashion, it will rub off on your kids.
My kids don't have unfettered access to screens at home, but they do when travelling. In their carry-ons, they also have crayons and paper, a travel-size Etch A Sketch and sticker books.
Pack healthy ones, but also… let's not call them bribes, but sometimes that's what they are. You might not win the parent-of-the-year award, but on travel days, as long as the kids are quiet and engaged, that's what counts.
Don't think that just because you're travelling with children, you're relegated to places that actively market as "family-friendly." You're not. We go to Cuba a lot. It's affordable, and Cubans absolutely adore children.
Buy a carry-on bag with lots of pockets but not so many that things get lost. We have an Osprey with the functionality of a backpack in a rolling carry-on.
If you're looking for luxury, then chains like Four Seasons and Fairmont have a kids' concierge and offer special turndowns with milk and cookies.
You'll need them, whether you have smaller children or older ones. Stuff gets spilled, the kids eat stuff that's sticky or you're in a bathroom that's disgusting. Wipes are also good at getting out spots.
We bring with us a bare-bones car seat that weighs less than five kilos. Renting from car rental agencies is expensive, and this one is perfectly safe since all car seats have to meet the same safety standards.


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Thought Leadership Spotlight Presented by Apttus: Contracts: From Administrative Task to Strategic Asset: Jason Smith, Senior Director and Legal Counsel, Apttus
Jason Smith, Senior Director and Legal Counsel at Apttus, discussed contract management and its importance for today's legal professionals during a Thought Leadership Spotlight Presented by Apttus at the 2015 Chief Legal Officer Leadership Forum in New York on Feb. 19. In his presentation, "Contracts: From Administrative Task to Strategic Asset," Smith described what it takes to eliminate contract bottlenecks between legal and non-legal professionals.
According to Smith, bottlenecks can result in lower revenue, increased risk and upset customers. In addition, bottlenecks can cause employees to explore ways to work around these issues, Smith said. If legal professionals can eliminate bottlenecks, Smith said, these employees can help an organization become more efficient: "The bottleneck's coming from basically a whole realm of large volume of contracts, the need to review a lot of different things within the contract, and so we're seeing this need for legal to figure out a better way to deal with the contracts as they come through so that we're not always accused of being that bottleneck or that stumbling block in the process."
In addition, Smith pointed out that developing consistent contract management systems and processes is key for legal professionals. Smith also pointed out that contract management needs to be more than an administrative solution, and instead, needs to be included in an organization's corporate vision: "[Contract management] has to be a core strategic component to the overall corporate vision. If there's anything you take away from this just from the title itself, it's contract management should not be an administrative solution."
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San Remo Oasis' unit buyers reap benefits of condo investment
By: Irene R. Sino Cruz December 16,2018 - 10:21 PM
INVESTING in condominium units at Filinvest Land Inc.'s San Remo Oasis has paid off for buyers as the value of their units has doubled since the joint venture project with Cebu City government started in 2010.
Julie Castaños, Filinvest project development head for the Visayas, noted that when the condo units were first sold in 2010 and 2011, these were priced at P70,000 per square meter.
However, the value of these condominium units had doubled, Castaños pointed out.
She said that investors account for 60 percent of those who acquired condo units at San Remo while the remaining 40 percent were end users.
Castaños made this statements during an interview with media at the sidelines of the turning over of San Remo's 7th building called Building One.
She also disclosed that the value of properties at the 50-hectare Citi de Mare would continue to increase, especially with the many developments at the South Road Properties (SRP).
These developments, she said, would further boost property values in the area.
"Any multiplier effect coming from the coming developments will surely trickle down to the appreciation values and the investments inside San Remo and (the rest of) City di Mare," she pointed out.
In fact, Castaños said that overall sales take up for the property had reached 90 percent.
She said that they had turned over 815 units, excluding the units that would be turned over in Building One.
Before the year ends, Filinvest will reach 850 turned over units of the total 1,096 units at San Remo by the end of 2018.
"This is a very good year for us. Quantitavely, we reported 119 percent increase in sales take up (in 2018). This is really a very good year for SRP, for San Remo to be specific," she said.
According to Castaños, the industry average for sales take up is around 20 to 30 percent
She also disclosed that FLI's other property – the One Oasis Cebu, has also been selling very fast.
"We are recording around P800 million sales in One Oasis but in San Remo the growth in terms of percentage is highest at 119 percent," she said.
With the good sales performance of San Remo, Filinvest has plans to start construction of the 8th building early next year.
City di Mare is a joint venture agreement between Filinvest Land and the Cebu City government.
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"Friend or Foe" Part 1. Author Sara Price tries to help a Vampire that she has befriended.
and "Deception" The assassin code named "Gun Fighter" is set up by an unknown individual.
Cover art by Steve Scott.
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I came across a tune on MySpace today that I can't get out of my head; and when I hear it - in my head - I think I can actually smell salt water in the air and hear the currents gently spray waves against the wooden hull of an 18th century ship. I'm down below, and it's night.
Visit Alice Rose's MySpace page and if it doesn't play automatically, click on A Tale of Sailing and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Featuring 13 tracks by the Danish musician and songwriter, 'Tales of Sailing' is a blend of mesmerizing vocals, viola, keys and beats which spans a range of styles folky trip-hop, modern electro, lo-fi experimental, and up-tempo dance. From the simple vocals & accordion sea shanty of 'A Tale of Sailing', to the dancy 'Rare Bird' and Trash, from the electronica of Absent Lover and Dark Cloud to the tweaked drum-n-bass of German pop song 'Schön Wäre es'the unifying force in all of them is the achingly beautiful voice of Ms. Rose. Aside from her own compositions, she also collaborated with major electronic musicians Gabriel Ananda and Frank Martiniq, as well as others.
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Pope's annulment reforms welcomed
17 September 2015 - Updated on 1 April 2021
Blessings: Pope Francis gestures to newlywed couples during his weekly audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican yesterday (January 21). Photo: CNS/Tony Gentile, Reuters
AUSTRALIA'S bishops have "warmly and joyfully" welcomed Pope Francis' recent reforms to the Church's marriage annulment process.
The Australian Catholic Bishops' Commission for Canon Law made the comment in explanatory notes it prepared on the Pope's reforms.
The commission said clergy and laity had also welcomed the reforms, which the Pope announced on September 9.
Pope Francis said the Church's marriage annulment process must be quicker, cheaper and much more of a pastoral ministry.
The changes, including the option of a brief process without the obligatory automatic appeal, take effect from December 8, the opening day of the Year of Mercy.
The Pope provided a set of "procedural regulations" outlining how his reforms were to take place, encouraging bishops in small dioceses to train personnel who can handle marriage cases and spelling out specific conditions when a bishop can issue a declaration of nullity after an abbreviated process.
Those conditions included: when it was clear one or both parties lacked the faith to give full consent to a Catholic marriage; when the woman had an abortion to prevent procreation; remaining in an extramarital relationship at the time of the wedding or immediately afterward; one partner hiding knowledge of infertility, a serious contagious disease, children from a previous union or a history of incarceration; and when physical violence was used to extort consent for the marriage.
The Australian Bishops' Commission for Canon Law said the reforms represented a change in procedure, not in Church teaching.
Some of the changes with the Church's Tribunal included:
l People will be able to have their local Tribunal hear their case, whereas before there were restrictions as to which Tribunal would have the responsibility, perhaps interstate or even in another country.
l The process will be simpler in that there will be several formats to follow with less intrusive questioning.
l In most cases, the final decision will be made locally without recourse to another Tribunal.
l Lay people have the possibility of much greater involvement and responsibility in the decision-making process.
l Most Tribunals in the past have asked for a partial financial contribution from people. Pope Francis asks that provided there is adequate provision for the operating of the Tribunal, the service would be free of charge. This will involve discussions within the Church at various levels.
l Tribunals will need time to adapt to what is required in all of this and there will be a lead-in time for the changes to take full effect.
In an interview with ABC Radio's The World Today,
Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge
said the changes
demonstrated "the Pope's essentially pastoral concern for
people who were going through, inevitably, a very rough
time, and the Church doesn't want to make it any rougher".
Francine Pirola, of SmartLoving, an Australian group
specialising in the support and enrichment of marriage,
said the Pope's announcement was "a compassionate
response to a situation that causes a great deal of pain
and stress".
Mrs Pirola said it offered compassion without compromising the Church's teaching on life-long marriage.
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Despite concussion, don't question Carson Wentz's durability or toughness
Durability issues may remain after Carson Wentz's fourth season, but the concussion the Eagles' quarterback suffered in Sunday's playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks shouldn't count toward the litany of injuries he's had since leaving North Dakota State.
Wentz's head was not only hit by Jadeveon Clowney's helmet but also bounced off the ground. It would have been surprising if he hadn't suffered a concussion.
Wentz is no Kevin Kolb or Eric Lindros or Troy Aikman. At least not yet. He doesn't seem to be susceptible to concussions.
Wentz, in fact, felt compelled to apologize for getting the concussion, like it was his fault.
Actually, it can be argued that it was because Wentz could have or should have thrown the ball away. Or that he shouldn't have taken off for the end zone that day in Los Angeles two seasons ago. Or that he should be quicker to get rid of the ball at times instead of scrambling to reduce the frequency of getting hit.
But here's the thing about the NFL and, really, all sports: If you're injury-prone, injuries are going to find you. It doesn't matter how many precautions you take. Sure as Lucy pulls that football away from Charlie Brown every single time, they're going to find you.
Didn't we see this with another quarterback who used to play here?
Sam Bradford could get hurt just standing still, and often did. Nobody unloaded the ball faster or with less shame than he did, either. Didn't matter.
Carson Wentz's injury history is a little long for a player with just four years in the league. But the concussion he suffered Sunday does not necessarily indicate fragility. (Michael Perez/AP)
Tiger Woods can keep changing his swing to reduce the torque on his knee and/or back all he wants. Doesn't matter.
Being Sam Bradford or Tom Brady or any other kind of pure pocket passer is not in Wentz's DNA. Improvisation is. Wentz is at his best when he doesn't have to be thinking about the consequences of ducking away from sacks and trying to buy time for his hopelessly slow wide receivers to pry themselves free from coverage.
He's at his best when he operates this way.
That said, Wentz is far from a perfect or even polished product when it comes to protecting himself. There has to be a balance between playing it safe and putting his body at risk to create something that might not be there in 2.5 seconds but might be in 3.5 or 4.5.
Like so many others, Wentz straddles this line every game, and sometimes he comes down on the wrong side of it.
But that's who he is.
Which brings us back to the issue of his toughness and another line he is forced to straddle regularly.
Wentz has consistently made correct calls in that area, which is why his toughness should not be in question even after not doing what many others, including teammates Kamu Grugier-Hill and Malcolm Jenkins, already have done in their careers: playing after hiding (or trying to hide) concussions from the medical staff.
Wentz might not have been able to think straight after that hit by Clowney, but he did realize he wasn't going to help the Eagles so long as he continued to play. He told backup Josh McCown to get ready, then went to get himself checked for what he strongly suspected he had.
Can't get any tougher than that.
Staying in the game would not have been tough whatsoever. It would have been stupid and egocentric.
By contrast, Wentz kept himself in the game for four more plays after he wrecked his knee that day in Los Angeles in 2017. He wound up throwing a touchdown pass to Alshon Jeffery on fourth down to put them ahead in a game that would be crucial in determining playoff seeding.
Can't get any tougher than that, either.
Wentz finally gave in to the back pain that dogged him for much of last season. It turned out to be caused by a fracture and ended his season.
Wentz has for his entire pro career been in situations that feature very little black and white, just vast areas of gray. He's maneuvered his way through them well to get to where he stands today as the undisputed leader of his team and completely out of the long shadow cast by Nick Foles.
That's why his inability to finish the first playoff game of his career should not be held against him.
Sunday was simply bad luck. Nothing more and nothing gray.
Eagles' Lane Johnson makes third straight Pro Bowl after all


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World Health Day (7 April): Antimicrobial resistance: no action today, no cure tomorrow
World Health Day – 7 April 2011
With emerging drug resistance gradually making existing array of curative drugs ineffective, treatment options for a range of health conditions is getting severely limited. This year, the World Health Day (7th April) has put this theme in the bull's eye: Combat drug resistance - no action today, no cure tomorrow. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), antimicrobial resistance is not a new problem but one that is becoming more dangerous; urgent and consolidated efforts are needed to avoid regressing to the pre-antibiotic era.
Campaign to stop torture in healthcare launched
In lead up to this year's World Health Day (7th April), a coalition of health and human rights groups launched a campaign to stop torture in healthcare. This global effort builds on the recent groundswell of civil society activity to protect and advance human rights in health settings. The Campaign seeks to hold governments accountable for the most egregious abuses perpetrated against citizens in the name of health care. Of particular focus for the Campaign are the egregious abuses committed across south-east Asia in compulsory detention centers for people who use drugs.
Make hospitals safe in emergencies
In lead up to the World Health Day (7th April), interview with the President-elect 2012 of the India's largest association of surgeons has a coherent message: Make hospitals safe in emergencies. "We have been neglecting the safety of health facilities and the readiness of healthcare workers who treat those affected by emergencies. Health centres and staff are critical lifelines for vulnerable people in disasters - treating injuries, preventing illnesses and caring for people's health needs" said Prof (Dr) Rama Kant, President-elect 2012 of Association of Surgeons of India (ASI).
After treatment for genital tuberculosis (TB), IVF helps woman give birth
This is not sensational news but in spotlight because CNS recently reported that genital tuberculosis was one of the lead causes of tubal infertility and only 2 per cent women with genital TB delivered live births. It was a very positive news that a woman with genital TB successfully completed anti-TB treatment and then due to in-vitro fertilisation technique, also succeeded in giving births to normal baby (well, two babies in this case!). The Hindustan Times (Lucknow, 25 March 2011) reported that: "Deepti of Rajajipuram, married for eight years, delivered twins (male children) on Wednesday after being treated at the fertility centre of the Queen Mary's Hospital. The in-vitro fertilisation technique helped the woman conceive. Earlier, she was unable to conceive due to genital tuberculosis (TB)."
Jairam Ramesh promises Narmada visit on 10-11 April
Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests, Government of India, has assured the affected communities to visit them in Narmada valley on 10-11 April 2011. Jairam Ramesh has made a mark as Environment minister by taking pro-people stands on many issues. However Jairam's support to the proposed Jaitpur Nuclear Power Plant in Maharashtra, India, has sent a negative signal.
"Nothing for us without us"
"Nothing for Us without Us" was said by an activist friend from Africa at one of the conferences. Another World TB Day (WTBD) has come and gone and this time Delhi was abuzz with events more than ever before. A media awards function honouring journalists from different parts of the country. An art exhibition on TB, definitely the first; a gathering at the Red fort and a street play by students on multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) accompanying the release of TB 2011 report by WHO (SEARO) and Bill Gates visiting the TB Hospital for a closed door exclusive meeting.
First Chinese Product Development Partnership For Global Health
On World TB Day 2011, WHO, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Stop TB Partnership called upon world leaders to step up their commitment and contributions to meet the goal of diagnosing and treating one million people with multi drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) between 2011 and 2015. WHO also released a report, Towards universal access to diagnosis and treatment of MDR-TB and XDR-TB by 2015, which presents progress in the MDR-TB response in the countries with the highest burden of drug-resistant TB. According to this report, China has an estimated 66,000 cases of MDR-TB amongst notified cases, yearly.
Rural Women Show Their Might To Get Their Right
A two day convention of rural women leaders, which was held on 24th and 25th March,2011, in the east Uttar Pradesh town of Mau, brought together over 400 women leader delegates from 10 districts of eastern UP, to share their bitter and sweet experiences under the umbrella of the "Empowering Rural Women-ERW" program. Under the banner of this program, over 40,000 women from the marginalized and backward communities of this backward area, (of an already backward state), have formed 'women collectives' or Nari Sanghs in 253 Gram Panchayats (village councils), and are working ceaselessly towards claiming their entitlements, with special emphasis on right to food and right to work. They are also demanding their rightful place in the political and social arena.
Why pay when TB treatment is free?
People need not be afraid of tuberculosis (TB) as it is completely curable. People should be encouraged to go to the government-run free anti-TB treatment centres (providing the WHO recommended Directly Observed Treatment Short course - DOTS), rather than opt for visiting private practitioners as paying for treatment places an additional burden on the TB patient, said Dr Ashok Kumar, Deputy Director General, Central TB Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Dr Ashok Kumar was speaking at the inaugural session of a unique art exhibition, "Chehera - The Human Face of TB", on the eve of World TB Day 2011 in New Delhi.
Non Communicable Diseases Outsmart Infectious Diseases
Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) - cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes - are no longer diseases of the wealthy. They are responsible for 8 million deaths in the world's poorest billion, largely composed of children and young adults. These were among some of the key messages from the speakers at a conference co -organized by the NCD Alliance and Partners in Health , in the first week of March in Boston. This conference was an important step in breaking the myths that surround NCDs, and demonstrates that the growing NCD epidemic should clearly be a top priority for developing country governments and development agencies.
Justice for 'Prisoner of Conscience' Dr Binayak Sen
Dr Binayak Sen, a medical practitioner and a civil liberties' activist, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Chhattisgarh. Amnesty International calls him a 'prisoner of conscience' because he never advocated violence and was a champion of human rights causes in the state but was unduly targeted by the state. Probably his stand for human rights exposing gross injustices meted out to tribal population by the state, and a report had irked the government which slapped upon him violation of two draconian laws: Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
Fixing drug supply and price problems is urgent: report
A promising new diagnostic test will finally help detect more people with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), increasing the urgency to solve major problems around the pricing and supply of DR-TB medicines, according to a new report by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), and international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). DR-TB is on the rise, but less than 7% of 440,000 new cases each year receive treatment, and DR-TB kills 150,000 people annually. The treatment of DR-TB relies on old antibiotics, many of which have severe side effects, ranging from constant nausea to deafness, and must be taken as complex regimens – patients must take up to 17 pills every day for up to two years. However, these are the only drugs that exist today that can tackle DR-TB.
Spotlight on new approach to tuberculosis vaccine funding
European politicians, tuberculosis (TB) advocates and health advisers are gathering to discuss an innovative financing model that would enable scientific discoveries to be translated into TB vaccines. On the occasion of a World TB Day meeting, Joris Vandeputte of TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI) will present a new funding plan: "Our governments are faced with a difficult question: how to reduce the deficit while maintaining a commitment to invest 3% of gross national income in research and innovation?"
TREAT TB seeks answers to key questions in fight against TB
Key questions regarding the new tools and new challenges facing TB control and prevention today are being addressed through an innovative international initiative, TREAT TB. The purpose of TREAT TB, which stands for Technology, Research, Education and Technical Assistance for Tuberculosis, is to conduct field evaluations of new diagnostic tools, clinical trials of priority research questions and operational research benefiting TB control. The initiative is managed by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Together We Can Fight Tuberculosis (TB)
Worldwide concerted efforts are being made, with renewed pledges on World TB Day (24th March), to rid this planet of the scourge of tuberculosis. The World TB Day theme for the year 2011 is Transforming the Fight – Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis. On the national front, as part of the newly-launched Project Axshya - a Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) Round 9 project to fight tuberculosis in the States of Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, CARE India has launched an intensive mass awareness programme. According to CARE India Chief Advocacy Officer Ms Alka Pathak, "Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality in India- killing two persons every three minute, nearly 1,000 every day."
Empowering Rural Women
A Regional Women Leaders' Convention is being held on 24-25 March 2011, in Mau, UP, as part of the Empowering Rural Women (ERW) programme, which has been operating in 253 Gram Panchayats (village councils) of 10 districts of UP, since December 2007. This is a unique programme as its key focus is on developing leadership qualities among rural women, particularly those belonging to the marginalized sections of society. It has an optimistic target of reaching out to 100,000 such women, and collectivizing them for realization of their rights by ensuring entitlements. The intervention is focused on the leadership development of women by providing them a platform in the form of community based organizations (CBOs) for strengthening women's informed participation in local governance and ensuring entitlements related to right to work/livelihood and right to food for the poorest of the poor.
Project Axshya to reach 744 million people with TB control services
World TB Day is on 24th March 2011
[To read in Hindi language, click here]
Clearly more needs to be done for effective tuberculosis (TB) control by reaching out to the unreached populations who are least likely to access existing TB care services. Project Axshya, aims to do exactly that. Supported by one of the largest grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), the five-year project got underway last year with a focus on engaging civil society to improve the reach and effectiveness of India's Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme in 374 districts across 23 Indian states, reaching some 744 million people by 2015.
World Water Day (22 March): Water Water Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink
Water constitutes about three fourths of the earth's surface, but only less than one percent of it can be used by its inhabitants. Most of it is salt water oceans (about 97%) and 2% of it is contained in glaciers. With every country seeking to satisfy its ever increasing water needs from shrinking and limited water resources, there could be a future of conflict. As the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon remarked recently that water scarcity is the potential fuel for wars and conflict. But cooperation, not conflict should guide us in our quest for a solution to this crisis.
Transforming the fight towards elimination: World TB Day
World TB Day, 24 March
According to the Stop TB Partnership, For World TB Day 2011 we enter the second year of a two-year campaign, "On the move against tuberculosis" whose goal is to inspire innovation in TB research and care. This year's campaign challenges us to look at the fight against TB in an entirely new way: that every step we take should be a step towards TB elimination.
"Mr President, I feel I have blood on my hands..."
Thus spoke Robert Oppenheimer to Harry S. Truman in August 1945 after the atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A noted physicist, Oppenheimer was the director of the the Manhattan Project where he worked with top notch scientists to develop the atom bomb. But the wide scale destruction caused by the dropping of atom bombs in Japan made him admit at a meeting of the American Philosophical Society: "We have made a thing, a most terrible weapon, that has altered abruptly and profoundly the nature of the world... a thing that by all the standards of the world we grew up in is an evil thing. And by so doing... we have raised again the question of whether science is good for man."
Engaging affected women is key in fighting genital TB
Meaningful community engagement is so central to addressing tuberculosis (TB) of all forms. In preventing, diagnosing and treating genital TB it becomes no less valuable. "For sure the issue of genital TB caused me to flashback on the number of women who have had several miscarriages, and despite the investigations the cause is still unknown! Could this be Genital TB?" said Margaret Namaganda, a noted health advocate. "The magnitude of this problem is enormous, in most cases, genital TB has caused a lot of suffering amongst the population without being noticed, and in most cases blamed on other causes" said Kennedy Kassaza from Uganda.
Call for public scrutiny of India's nuclear plants
The Indian Prime Minister and citizens both made a call for scrutiny of India's nuclear plants. Citizens in Lucknow called for a public scrutiny of India's nuclear plants. Padmashree Ranjit Bhargava, Environmentalist, was speaking at a discussion on demanding an end to India's nuclear programme held at PMT College, Hazratganj, Lucknow. Same evening, India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh called for a re-examination of all nuclear safety systems in the wake of the recent nuclear emergency in Japan.
Citizens demand to stop India's nuclear programme
Recent nuclear emergency in Japan leaves no doubt that this world needs to renounce nuclear power for military and civil/ energy purposes, as soon as possible, to put an end to any further catastrophe in the name of 'energy', 'power' or 'technology'. Humankind has only seen unprecedented and uncontrollable devastation, misery and agony due to nuclear accidents over the past years or atom bomb strikes in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Nuclear power is clearly the most dangerous options for civil or military use - and - time is running out before we can act upon nuclear disarmament in the world.
Sleep Your Way To Health
World Sleep Day is held every year on March 18th, with a view to raise awareness about the merits of sleeping well for a healthy life. The theme for this year (2011) is promoting healthy sleep for all ages. Sleep is a basic human need—a crucial component of healthy living, much like breathing, eating and remaining physically fit. Unfortunately, in today's world it is often compromised by the habits of a whirl wind lifestyle. Very often our waking hours tread with impunity upon the territory of our dreams. Sleep disorders constitute a global epidemic, affecting up to 45% of the world's population. Insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), restless legs syndrome (RLS), and sleep deprivation significantly impact physical, mental and emotional health, in addition to affecting work performance and personal relationships.
TB-HIV co-infection: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) and anti-TB treatment save lives
Starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in people co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) save lives. This reinforces already existing body of evidence of beneficial public health outcomes of providing ART along with standard anti-TB treatment to TB and HIV co-infected people. These new study results were presented at the recently concluded 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2011). In 2010, Prof Anthony Harries, Senior Adviser, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) had said in an exclusive interview with CNS: "The most recent WHO advice issued in November 2009, is to give ART to ALL HIV infected TB patients regardless of CD4 count and to give it as soon as possible after the anti-TB treatment."
When hospitals make us sick...
Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) are infections associated with surgical procedures and are a major source of post-operative illness. "These infections are responsible for approximately one quarter of all nosocomial infections and affect 1.4 million people worldwide at any time. SSIs result in longer hospitalization, increased patient mortality and higher costs for healthcare providers and payers" said Professor (Dr) Rama Kant, who is the national President-elect of Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) 2012 and former Head of Surgery Dept, King George's Medical College (KGMC) and former Chief Medical Superintendent of Gandhi Memorial and Associated Hospitals.
Do we want to be Nero's Guests?
When one hears of farm suicides, Vidharbha in Maharashtra may come to mind immediately. And then perhaps Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh or Kalahandi in Orissa. Of course, if we have been tracking the subject, we may know that Karnataka, Chattisgarh, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab will figure in a list of badly affected states. It is ironical that the last among these was touted to be among the success stories of India's Green Revolution.
'Be The Change' in tuberculosis control among women
Although women get diagnosed for tuberculosis (TB) later than men, treatment outcomes among women are better than men with higher TB treatment success rate and lower default (drop-out) rate in the female patients. Among the unreached people who need TB care, a significant number of them are likely to be poor and probably women. There is a lot more we need to do to bring in the desired change in diagnosing people with TB as early as possible and treating them with standard regimens successfully.
Tuberculosis treatment outcomes are better among women
Tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes are better among women as compared to those in men, said Dr KS Sachdeva, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) of the Government of India. According to the RNTCP data, among new sputum positive cases of TB registered in 2009, TB treatment success rates were higher in women (89 per cent) than those in men (87 per cent) and less women dropped out of TB treatment than men (4 per cent drop out or default rate for women, and 6 per cent default rate in men). He was speaking at a focussed meeting on TB and women organized in New Delhi by Global Health Advocates (GHA) on 8th March 2011.
Thin Is Not Healthy And Neither Is Fat
Close on the heels of International Women's Day 2011, comes the news of a path breaking research which puts the onus of a healthy generation on women. The research, by scientists from the University of Cambridge, provides important insight into why children born to mothers who consumed an unhealthy diet during pregnancy have an increased risk of health problems later in life. According to this research, poor diet can lead to abnormal development of the pancreatic beta cells which make insulin, the hormone vital for regulating blood sugar levels. This can trigger diabetes in adulthood as the cells "wear out" sooner than usual, said Susan Ozanne of the University of Cambridge, co-leader of the team.
Genital tuberculosis major cause of tubal infertility in women
Genital tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of tubal infertility, said Mamta Jacob of Global Health Advocates (GHA) at a meeting on importance of addressing TB in context of women's health in New Delhi, India, to mark the International Women's Day (8th March). Only two per cent of women with genital TB have live births. It is usually asymptomatic so needs higher degree of suspicion so that proper diagnosis can be made and standard treatment provided as early as possible, said Dr Nerges Mistry, Director, The Foundation for Medical Research, Mumbai, who was another keynote speaker at the above mentioned meet.
Social determinants put women at risk of tuberculosis (TB)
It is no coincidence but rather an ill-synergy of a range of factors that increase the risk for a woman to get tuberculosis (TB). In India, sixty per cent women are poor which often means poor living conditions, poor food, long working hours and ignoring health overtime. Fifty five per cent women are anaemic. Anaemia is a cause of TB (as it accelerates progression from latent TB infection to active TB disease) and effect of TB too (once a person develops TB anaemia can set in). Forty eight per cent women are malnourished. Fifty six per cent of India's total population lives in urban slums (overcrowded, poorly ventilated) out of which women constitute forty seven per cent.
Women with tuberculosis (TB) could lose their home
According to the study done by Tuberculosis Research Centre in India alarming numbers of women with tuberculosis (TB) become homeless once diagnosed with TB. At a meeting on importance of addressing TB in context of women's health organized by Global Health Advocates (GHA) to mark the International Women's Day (8th March), this fact sent shivers down the spine: 100,000 women are abandoned by their husbands due to TB every year in India.
Better awareness and treatment compliance needed in Thai diabetes control
Diabetes control in Thailand is improving, but better awareness and patients' treatment compliance is needed to fully tackle the health issues. So says Professor Wannee Nitiyanant, vice president of the Diabetes Association of Thailand under the Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sinrindhorn in reaction to a recently published international study. The study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington showed that millions of people worldwide may be at risk of early death from diabetes and related cardiovascular illnesses because of poor diagnosis and ineffective treatment.
A Toast To Hundred Years Old Struggle
The 8th of March 2011 marks the centenary of the very first International Women's Day which was celebrated in 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, when more than one million women and men attended International Women's Day rallies campaigning for women's rights to work, vote, and end discrimination. The UN theme for International Women's Day 2011 is: "Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women."
Long road ahead for Asian women workers' struggle for equality
Lucia Victor Jayaseelan
Executive Coordinator, CAW
International Women's Day, 8th March
While much achievement has been made in the past decades, women workers across Asia still struggle for more rights and equality. They need to find more ways to make their voices heard, such as engaging in politics, speakers at a seminar in Bangkok said in the run up to International Women's Day (March 8). "Women found their voices. Power must come from within," Jurgette Honculada of the Committee for Asian Women (CAW) said about the gains made in Asia. But obstacles in gaining rights remain, she emphasized, 'from companies, state and men in our lives'. "Politics is the name of the game. Women should not simply wait for the crumbs falling from the table of the master, but try to take their place at the table of decision making," Honculada said, stressing that if something is not written in a law 'it is here today, gone tomorrow'.
Ano-rectal problems are not minor: Prof RP Sahi
[Listen to audio-recording/ podcast of Prof (Dr) RP Sahi's inaugural address here]
"Ano-rectal problems were considered as minor medical or surgical procedure and never got its due importance. Any damage done to this area by any surgical technique is very difficult to reconstruct. So one has to be a very efficient surgeon to help these patients out from the so-called minor problems - these ano-rectal problems are not minor rather very major ones" said Professor (Dr) RP Sahi, one of the senior-most and decorated surgeons of the country while inaugurating the region's first Ano-Rectal Problems Revisited Workshop at SIPS Super-Speciality Hospital in Chowk, Lucknow.
Treating Piles without surgery possible
Region's first "Ano-rectal Problems Revisited" workshop was held on Sunday (6 March 2011) at SIPS Super-speciality Hospital, Shahmeena Road, Chowk, Lucknow, which brought together distinguished surgeons from the country. One of the senior-most and reputed surgeons of the country, Professor (Dr) RP Sahi inaugurated this scientific meet.
'DiSHAA - The Right Direction' to address diabetes and obesity
We all are aware that Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevalence is rapidly increasing in India. Urban Asian Indian children are also increasingly afflicted with the problem of obesity, majorly due to nutritional westernization and sedentary lifestyle. Research studies show increasing trends of obesity, insulin resistance, and thus increased risk for development of early onset T2DM and coronary heart disease. Interestingly, both children and adults are largely unaware of correct nutrition and lifestyle behaviours. So it becomes imperative to focus on the primary prevention of obesity and inculcation of healthy diet and lifestyle practices, with a view to prevent diabetes and other related diseases.
How HT made a difference in lead up to International Women's Day
International Women's Day is on 8th March
Instead of a distinguished panel choosing an appropriate candidate for HT Woman 2011 award (probably in a closed meeting room), the reputed English newspaper opened the process of nomination and selection to its readers (at least in UP state of India). There might be others who might have done better, but let me share this example I know of, how participation, representation and ownership is so key in this era powered by social media.
Call for effective Child Welfare Committees (CWC)
Newly elected CWC members from UP
A sincere effort was made to encourage the Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) to be more proactive in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to preserve the best interest of the child by fostering child rights. The duration of survival of the child, right to life, right to inclusion and protection were key indicators the meeting focussed on. This two-day sensitization workshop was organised jointly by the Women Welfare Department, UP Government and SATHI, an organisation working for children in difficult situations. It was attended by newly elected CWC members from 71 districts of UP and Superintendents of government homes that house children in need of care and protection and those in conflict with law.
Open letter about proposed rock concert in Sunderbans
Dear Friends, My name is Arka Mukhopadhyay and I am a theatre practitioner and poet. I am writing this open letter, not as a member of any organization or partisan agenda, but as an individual, to share my grave concerns about a rock concert called Ujaan which is scheduled to be held in Frazerganj, which lies in the Sunderbans district in West Bengal from March 10th to 12th. As per the website and their facebook page, they claim that it is a festival for the Sunderbans. They also talk about some developmental projects that the concert will directly or indirectly lead on to (click here). They even seem to have WWF and Earth Hour as partners, as per the website.
Lucknow to host 'ano-rectal problems revisited' meet
A dedicated symposium and workshop on "ano-rectal problems revisited" which will bring together distinguished ano-rectal surgeons from the country shall be organised at SIPS Super-speciality Hospital, Shahmeena Road, Chowk, said Professor (Dr) Rama Kant, Executive Director of Piles To Smiles Clinics, who is also a former Head of the Surgery Department at CSM Medical University (erstwhile KGMC). One of the senior-most and reputed surgeons of the country, Professor (Dr) RP Sahi shall inaugurate this meet.
Thousands protest against EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
DON'T TRADE AWAY OUR LIVES IN THE EU-INDIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
More than two thousand people living with HIV (PLHIV) from across India and Asia marched to Parliament Street in New Delhi today alongside the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. They urged the Indian government to stand strong amid pressure from the European Union (EU) to accept provisions in a free trade agreement (FTA) that would restrict access to affordable medicines. The sensitive negotiations are taking place in Brussels today.
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Mary Dean West McFarland, 82, of Gainesville, died Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, following an extended illness.
The daughter of the late Benjamin and Lela Bell Watson West, she was a lifelong resident of Gainesville and was born on June 6, 1925. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church for more than 70 years, was employed by the City of Gainesville for 33 years, and was the first woman in the Hall County area to deliver a successful set of triplets.
Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Joseph Larry and Paulette McFarland, Gillsville, J.C. and Sandy McFarland, Gainesville; daughters and sons-in-law, Nita and Larry Fuller, Gainesville, Norma and Jim Gibbons, Manassas, Va.; grandchildren, Scott McFarland, Braselton, Julie McIntyre and Nick Fuller, both of Gainesville, Jullian Byrd, Jacksonville, Fla., Bryan Gibbons, Fairfax, Va.; great-granddaughters, Haley McIntyre, Gainesville, and Kaleigh McFarland, Braselton; one step-granddaughter, Dana Peek, Cedartown; one step-grandson, Corey Byrd, Athens; step-great-grandchildren, Ella Kate, Harris and Julianne, Cedartown; nieces, Linda Holcomb and Martha Simmons, both of Cleveland, and Ann McAllister, Gainesville; and a host of other family and friends.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 10, at 2 p.m., at Bethany Baptist Church with the Rev. Lamar Purcell officiating. Burial will be in Alta Vista Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, May 9, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the funeral home.


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Type Thesis or Dissertation - Masters
Title Assessing the dropout rate of the expanded programme on immunisation in Asutifi District
Hanson Akutteh
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2011
The induction of an immune response to infectious disease by vaccination has become a widely applied and acceptable public health intervention. For immunisation to be effective as a long-term global childhood disease control strategy, it is essential that parents continue to present their children for vaccination. A recent study in assessing the dropout rate of immunization has shown that, immunization coverage in Asutifi District has been high with percentage of fully vaccinated children ranging between 95% in the district and 90% to 97% in the sub-districts. There is an account of high dropout rate of eligible children receiving the vaccines in the sub-district above the National and WHO, recommended level of dropout rate less than 10% (WHO, 2005).
The aim of the study was to determine the dropout rate of the Expanded Program on Immunization to assess the ability of the service to hold on to the number of children who started the vaccination.
A descriptive cross-sectional survey among a representative sample of 300 children between the ages of 12-23 months from households with varying socio-economic status from both urban and rural sub-districts was done to illicit information on the immunization coverage.
Approximately 95% of children under the age of two had been completely vaccinated. Averagely about 40% of eligible children in the district had timely received vaccines during EPI programme. Seventy seven percent of children receive their vaccination at the outreach post. The vaccination schedule showed that 4.4% who started BCG vaccination dropped out as at the time of receiving measles vaccine. The dropout rate for DPT1 and DPT 3 was 0.67%.
More than 62% of mothers do not present their children for vaccination because they are busy with their economic activities and 31.25% of household are unaware of the need to return for subsequent doses. These shortcomings are affecting the sustainability of routine immunisation programmes and are promoting the growth of a large number of partially immunised children. To protect the continued operations and to enhance the coverage of routine vaccination programmes, it is important that the dropout rate and these difficulties be addressed.
The dropout rates for children in the sub-district are between 5% and 10% signifying differences in how each sub-district is able to hold the number of eligible children who were targeted for vaccination. Generally the dropout rate indicates that the efficiency of the service delivered during EPI programme in the sub-district differ from one sub-district to another.
The difference that exist in the dropouts within the sub-districts demonstrate a service delivery gap and suggest that greater efforts are required by government and the district health management team to rethink of resource allocation and strengthening processes to improve immunization coverage among rural poor.
» Ghana - Demographic and Health Survey 2003


Base detail of shower - note that tile was custom made to exactly replicate the existing 1926 tile.
Wall tile and floor tiles were custom made to replicate the 1922 historic tile work.
The Joseph R. Bowles house, bought by Drs. Ruth and Joseph Matarazzo in 1964, was designed in 1922 by A. E. Doyle, one of Portland's most prominent architects. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The existing Master Bath had a bathtub with shower that was difficult to negotiate and created a potential slip hazard. Emmons designed a replacement shower that would be safe and accessible for ambulatory seniors, while respecting the historical nature of the Bath. The shower included custom tilework that reflected the design of the existing 1922 tile.
For more information on the Bowles house, please click here.


Are you wondering where that cold draft is coming from? Are your walls dry inside? Do you want to save energy and keep your Hydro bill as low as possible? Are you concerned about electrical hot spots?
If you have questions like these or if you're simply curious, come to the Gabriola Library on February 17th at 10:30 a.m. to learn about the new FLIR C2 Thermal Imaging Camera and and moisture pen. Our Gabriola librarians have generously agreed to host these new tools so Gabriolans can check them out for their own use.
Fay Weller and Jan Pullinger from Island Futures, the group that purchased the camera and pen, will describe how to use them to scan for heat loss, electrical hot spots, or moisture in your building structure. With these tools, Gabriolans can detect and fix problems before they get bigger.
Following a brief presentation, Bob Andrew - who is an experienced Gabriola builder - will offer insights and answer questions about what to do when the camera finds problem areas.
The thermal imaging camera is pocket sized and designed for a wide range of building as well as electrical or mechanical applications. It's not hard to use and will locate hidden hotspots, energy waste, and structural defects. The small pen is just as easy to use to find damp spots hidden in your building.
These new devices are the most recent investment in our community by Island Futures.
Island Futures is a local organization that supports ideas generated through Sustainable Gabriola. It works towards community self-sufficiency, ensuring our social and economic systems provide adequately for a diverse population and that we live in ways that protect and preserve the natural environment that sustains us.
As well as purchasing the new camera and pen, Island Futures has played a key role in developing GERTIE, converting used deep-fry oil into clean biodiesel and GLEAN all-purpose soap, the creation of a truck-share co-op, the popular Heat Pump initiative, the Gabriola Greenhouse Gas Inventory, and the new Gabriola Co-op Network.