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Stomach Flu Symptoms: Bacterial and Viral Gastroenteritis
Edmund Custers
Edmund has spent the last ten years working in clinical research. He has written many articles on human anatomy and physiology.
About 200,000 people are hospitalized every year due to stomach flu symptoms. It is a very common illness and brings with it several days of misery. Stomach flu is the lay term for gastroenteritis. It occurs when one or a variety of stomach viruses, bacteria or parasites invade the body and attack the gastrointestinal tract (stomach and small intestine). It is called viral gastroenteritis when the pathogen is a virus and bacterial gastroenteritis when it is a bacteria.
The symptoms are most prevalent from October to March.
bloody diarrhea—in serious cases
abdominal pain or cramps
Is it Contagious?
Stomach flu is very contagious. It is mainly spread when fecal particles from an infected person is introduced into the oral cavity of an uninfected person. Children are easily infected as they are more likely to put a contaminated object in their mouth. Imagine the following scenario; a child touches his or her diaper and then grabs a few toys. Another child then takes one of these toys and puts it in his or her mouth. This mode of transmission is also applicable for many other diseases. This is why hygiene is a very important method of prevention.
Is it Life-Threatening?
Stomach flu can be life-threatening. One of the most important things to look out for is dehydration. Dehydration can occur if you fail to rehydrate after losing the majority of fluids in your body through vomiting and diarrhea. Inadequate body fluids have an immediate severe impact on body systems; this makes dehydration life-threatening.
Warning signs of dehydration include but are not limited to:
production of less urine
darker urine
sticky mouth
light-headedness and dizziness
Thirst is also a warning sign of dehydration but occurs at a later stage. This means that you may already be dehydrated by the time you are thirsty.
How to Prevent it
First of all, prevention is better than cure. There is a vaccine available, at least for infants. It is worth getting vaccinated in order to prevent infection during the winter months. A vaccinated person is far less likely to bring home the disease than someone who is unvaccinated.
Washing your hands properly helps
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Secondly, remember mom's advice; wash your hands properly before every meal, and also before and after changing a diaper. Wash your hand properly after using the toilet or when you think you may have touched a contaminated object.
Clean all commonly used surfaces regularly. Microbes can move from one person to the next through contact with commonly used surfaces.
Keep your children at home when they become infected. This will help prevent the spread of the disease, especially at school or at the child care center.
There are no treatments for viral gastroenteritis and antibiotics are seldom prescribed for bacterial gastroenteritis. The body usually gets rid of the bug on its own. If you were unfortunate and got infected, the symptoms may last for 2-7 days. An antibiotic regimen will be futile if the infection is caused by a virus.
Remember to drink enough fluids containing electrolytes. Drink in small, frequent sips to replenish your body fluids. Emptying your glass in a gulp could cause you to throw-up.
Get plenty of sleep. If you have fever and chills, grab a good blanket and keep warm. You should gradually feel better with time. The toxin is usually expelled from the body naturally without any medicine.
Call the doctor if you have any warning signs of dehydration or any worries at all. The doctor may prescribe you something to calm diarrhea and vomiting. Seek medical attention immediately if your symptoms become severe, do not stop after three days, or you have been vomiting for more than 24 hours.
A summary of the differences between stomach flu (gastroenteritis) and the common flu (influenza).
Influenza Flu
Diarrhea, abdominal cramps, abdominal pain
These are telltale symptoms
This includes rotaviruses, adenovirus, noroviruses, and some bacteria.
Influenza viruses
Site of infection
It infects the stomach and small intestine
It mainly infects the nose, throat and lungs
Peak flu season is usually from October to March. During other periods of the year, many people infected with influenza flu mistake their flu-like symptoms with those of gastroenteritis. Below are the major differences between the two.
Diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and abdominal pain are telltale signs of gastroenteritis—the absence of these symptoms means it is most likely not gastroenteritis.
Gastroenteritis hits a lot harder: one moment you feel fine, and all of a sudden, you get very sick.
It is caused by a variety of viruses including the rotaviruses, adenovirus, astrovirus, noroviruses, and bacteria such as Campylobacter, E. coli, and Salmonella. Influenza is caused by influenza viruses.
Gastroenteritis attacks the stomach and small intestine while influenza attacks the nose, throat, and lungs—but sometimes also causes stomach problems.
A flu shot will not protect you from gastroenteritis. The annual flu shot we get is to protect us against influenza.
Viral gastroenteritis. U.S. National Library of Medicine
Bacterial gastroenteritis. US National Library of Medicine
Key facts about influenza. CDC
Is it Stomach Flu or Influenza? WebMD.com
JM on January 24, 2018:
Louise Powles from Norfolk, England on February 21, 2017:
I've just been suffering with this so can relate to a lot of the symptoms. Thankfully I'm on the mend now, thank goodness.
NekoLoko from Florida on January 08, 2016:
Thank you! I found this hub helpful and informative. I have been having stomach problems lately.
Edmund Custers (author) on September 03, 2013:
Aupadhyay, thanks for stopping by!
ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY from INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH STATE, KANPUR CITY on September 02, 2013:
Very informative and useful hub. Thanks for sharing it. Voted it up.
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namespace Rocket.Chat.Net.Bot.Tests
{
    using System;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Threading;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;

    using FluentAssertions;

    using NSubstitute;
    using NSubstitute.ExceptionExtensions;

    using Ploeh.AutoFixture;

    using Rocket.Chat.Net.Bot.Interfaces;
    using Rocket.Chat.Net.Bot.Models;
    using Rocket.Chat.Net.Interfaces;
    using Rocket.Chat.Net.Models;
    using Rocket.Chat.Net.Models.MethodResults;

    using Xunit;

    public class RocketChatBotFacts
    {
        private static readonly Fixture AutoFixture = new Fixture();

        private readonly ILogger _loggerMock = Substitute.For<ILogger>();
        private readonly IRocketChatDriver _driverMock = Substitute.For<IRocketChatDriver>();

        [Fact]
        public void When_constructed_set_driver()
        {
            // Act
            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);

            // Assert
            bot.Driver.Should().Be(_driverMock);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void When_disposed_dispose_driver()
        {
            // Act
            using (new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock))
            {
            }

            new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock).Dispose();

            // Assert
            _driverMock.Received(2).Dispose();
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task On_connect_driver_should_connect()
        {
            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);

            // Act
            await bot.ConnectAsync();

            // Assert
            await _driverMock.Received().ConnectAsync();
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task On_successful_login_set_login_token()
        {
            var loginOption = Substitute.For<ILoginOption>();
            var loginResult = AutoFixture.Build<MethodResult<LoginResult>>()
                                         .With(x => x.Error, null)
                                         .Create();
            _driverMock.LoginAsync(loginOption).Returns(Task.FromResult(loginResult));

            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);

            // Act
            await bot.LoginAsync(loginOption);

            // Assert
            bot.LoginToken.Should().Be(loginResult.Result.Token);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void On_unsuccessful_login_throw()
        {
            var loginOption = Substitute.For<ILoginOption>();
            var loginResult = AutoFixture.Create<MethodResult<LoginResult>>();
            _driverMock.LoginAsync(loginOption).Returns(Task.FromResult(loginResult));

            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);

            // Act
            Action loginAction = () => bot.LoginAsync(loginOption).Wait();

            // Assert
            var exception = loginAction.ShouldThrow<Exception>().And;
            exception.Message.Should().Contain(loginResult.Error.Message);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task On_subscribe_subscribe_to_all_rooms()
        {
            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);

            // Act
            await bot.SubscribeAsync();

            // Assert
            await _driverMock.Received().SubscribeToRoomAsync();
        }

        [Fact]
        public void On_resume_throw_if_not_logged_in()
        {
            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);

            // Act
            Action resumeAction = () => bot.ResumeAsync().Wait();

            // Assert
            resumeAction.ShouldThrow<InvalidOperationException>();
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task On_successful_resume_set_login_token()
        {
            var loginOption = Substitute.For<ILoginOption>();
            var loginResult = AutoFixture.Build<MethodResult<LoginResult>>()
                                         .With(x => x.Error, null)
                                         .Create();
            _driverMock.LoginAsync(loginOption).Returns(Task.FromResult(loginResult));

            var resumeResult = AutoFixture.Build<MethodResult<LoginResult>>()
                                          .With(x => x.Error, null)
                                          .Create();
            _driverMock.LoginResumeAsync(loginResult.Result.Token)
                       .Returns(Task.FromResult(resumeResult));

            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);

            // Act
            await bot.LoginAsync(loginOption);
            await bot.ResumeAsync();

            // Assert
            bot.LoginToken.Should().Be(resumeResult.Result.Token);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task On_unsuccessful_resume_throw()
        {
            var loginOption = Substitute.For<ILoginOption>();
            var loginResult = AutoFixture.Build<MethodResult<LoginResult>>()
                                         .With(x => x.Error, null)
                                         .Create();
            _driverMock.LoginAsync(loginOption).Returns(Task.FromResult(loginResult));

            var resumeResult = AutoFixture.Build<MethodResult<LoginResult>>()
                                          .Create();
            _driverMock.LoginResumeAsync(loginResult.Result.Token)
                       .Returns(Task.FromResult(resumeResult));

            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);

            // Act
            await bot.LoginAsync(loginOption);
            Action resumeAction = () => bot.ResumeAsync().Wait();

            // Assert
            resumeAction.ShouldThrow<Exception>();
        }

        [Fact]
        public void On_message_receive_process_messages()
        {
            var rocketMessage = AutoFixture.Create<RocketMessage>();

            var waitHandle = new AutoResetEvent(false);
            var responseMock = Substitute.For<IBotResponse>();
            responseMock.CanRespond(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>()).Returns(true);
            responseMock.GetResponse(Arg.Do<ResponseContext>(message => waitHandle.Set()), Arg.Any<RocketChatBot>());

            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);
            bot.AddResponse(responseMock);

            // Act
            _driverMock.MessageReceived += Raise.Event<MessageReceived>(rocketMessage);
            waitHandle.WaitOne(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));

            // Assert
            responseMock.Received().GetResponse(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>(), bot);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void When_response_returns_false_dont_run()
        {
            var rocketMessage = AutoFixture.Create<RocketMessage>();

            var responseMock = Substitute.For<IBotResponse>();
            responseMock.CanRespond(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>()).Returns(false);

            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);
            bot.AddResponse(responseMock);

            // Act
            _driverMock.MessageReceived += Raise.Event<MessageReceived>(rocketMessage);
            Thread.Sleep(1 * 1000);

            // Assert
            responseMock.DidNotReceive().GetResponse(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>(), Arg.Any<RocketChatBot>());
        }

        [Fact]
        public void When_response_returns_message_send_message()
        {
            var rocketMessage = AutoFixture.Create<RocketMessage>();
            var basicResponses = AutoFixture.Build<BasicResponse>().CreateMany().ToList();

            var responseMock = Substitute.For<IBotResponse>();
            responseMock.CanRespond(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>()).Returns(true);
            responseMock.GetResponse(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>(), Arg.Any<RocketChatBot>()).Returns(basicResponses);

            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);
            bot.AddResponse(responseMock);

            // Act
            _driverMock.MessageReceived += Raise.Event<MessageReceived>(rocketMessage);
            Thread.Sleep(200);

            // Assert
            _driverMock.Received(basicResponses.Count)
                       .SendMessageAsync(Arg.Is<string>(s => basicResponses.Any(x => x.Message == s)), Arg.Any<string>());
        }

        [Fact]
        public void When_response_returns_attachment_send_attachment()
        {
            var rocketMessage = AutoFixture.Create<RocketMessage>();
            var basicResponses = AutoFixture.Build<AttachmentResponse>().CreateMany().ToList();

            var responseMock = Substitute.For<IBotResponse>();
            responseMock.CanRespond(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>()).Returns(true);
            responseMock.GetResponse(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>(), Arg.Any<RocketChatBot>()).Returns(basicResponses);

            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);
            bot.AddResponse(responseMock);

            // Act
            _driverMock.MessageReceived += Raise.Event<MessageReceived>(rocketMessage);
            Thread.Sleep(200);

            // Assert
            _driverMock.Received(basicResponses.Count)
                       .SendCustomMessageAsync(Arg.Is<Attachment>(s => basicResponses.Any(x => x.Attachment.Equals(s))), Arg.Any<string>());
        }

        [Fact]
        public void When_response_returns_unsupported_response_throw()
        {
            var rocketMessage = AutoFixture.Create<RocketMessage>();
            var basicResponses = AutoFixture.Build<MockMessageResponse>().CreateMany().ToList();

            var responseMock = Substitute.For<IBotResponse>();
            responseMock.CanRespond(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>()).Returns(true);
            responseMock.GetResponse(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>(), Arg.Any<RocketChatBot>()).Returns(basicResponses);

            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);
            bot.AddResponse(responseMock);

            // Act
            _driverMock.MessageReceived += Raise.Event<MessageReceived>(rocketMessage);
            Thread.Sleep(100);

            // Assert
            _driverMock.DidNotReceive().SendMessageAsync(Arg.Any<string>(), Arg.Any<string>());
            _driverMock.DidNotReceive().SendCustomMessageAsync(Arg.Any<Attachment>(), Arg.Any<string>());
        }

        [Fact]
        public void When_response_throws_handle_and_try_next()
        {
            var responseMock1 = Substitute.For<IBotResponse>();
            responseMock1.CanRespond(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>()).Returns(true);
            responseMock1.GetResponse(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>(), Arg.Any<RocketChatBot>())
                         .Throws(new Exception());

            var responseMock2 = Substitute.For<IBotResponse>();
            responseMock2.CanRespond(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>()).Returns(true);
            responseMock2.GetResponse(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>(), Arg.Any<RocketChatBot>());

            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);
            bot.AddResponse(responseMock1);
            bot.AddResponse(responseMock2);

            var rocketMessage = AutoFixture.Create<RocketMessage>();

            // Act
            _driverMock.MessageReceived += Raise.Event<MessageReceived>(rocketMessage);
            Thread.Sleep(200);

            // Assert
            responseMock1.Received().GetResponse(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>(), Arg.Any<RocketChatBot>());
            responseMock2.Received().GetResponse(Arg.Any<ResponseContext>(), Arg.Any<RocketChatBot>());
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task On_disconnect_and_if_logged_in_resume_old_session()
        {
            var loginOption = Substitute.For<ILoginOption>();
            var loginResult = AutoFixture.Build<MethodResult<LoginResult>>()
                                         .With(x => x.Error, null)
                                         .Create();
            _driverMock.LoginAsync(loginOption).Returns(Task.FromResult(loginResult));

            var resumeResult = AutoFixture.Build<MethodResult<LoginResult>>()
                                          .With(x => x.Error, null)
                                          .Create();
            _driverMock.LoginResumeAsync(loginResult.Result.Token)
                       .Returns(Task.FromResult(resumeResult));

            var bot = new RocketChatBot(_driverMock, _loggerMock);
            await bot.LoginAsync(loginOption);

            // Act
            _driverMock.DdpReconnect += Raise.Event<DdpReconnect>();
            Thread.Sleep(200);

            // Assert
            await _driverMock.Received().LoginResumeAsync(Arg.Any<string>());
        }
    }

    public class MockMessageResponse : IMessageResponse
    {
        public string RoomId { get; set; }
    }
}

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1. Why do they use all of those crazy Roman numerals anyway? It wasn't always this way. The first four Super Bowls were not numbered at all. The Super Bowl is played at the beginning of the year following the year in which the season actually ends…the 2019 Super Bowl that has just been played is the final game of the 2018 season. The 2019 Super Bowl has nothing to do with the 2019 football season. Confusing right? So to clear up the confusion, a chap by the name of Lamar Hunt decided that instead of using dates to keep track of the Super Bowls they would use numbers instead; and he decided on Roman numerals. Numbers I through IV were added to the first four championship games after the fact.
2. Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest "eating" day for Americans, after Thanks Giving! 1.25 billion chicken wings are eaten, along with 54.4 million kilograms of avocado (probably in the form of guacamole), 4 million pizzas and 50 million cases of beer – hopefully Bud, otherwise are their Super Bowl ads really working?
3. Ads may cost a whopping $5 million (R67 million) today, but it hasn't always been that way. The first Super Bowl was played in 1967 and a 30 second ad back then only cost $40,000. As the audiences have grown, unsurprisingly, ad rates have steadily increased. In fact according to Ad Age, in excess of $4.9 billion has been spent on advertising in the Super Bowl over the past 53 years. The TV audience in 1967? 50 million viewers. The audience this past Sunday? 100 million! Ad rates have increased by 12,400% whilst audiences have only increased by 100%.
4. And speaking of prices…what does a ticket to the Super Bowl cost? This year the cheapest ticket you could buy, according to Business Insider, was $2,900. The most expensive ticket was a whopping $93,000! By comparison, the average median income of an American who works a 40 hour week is $44,000 – so some people spent more on a Super Bowl ticket than the average American earns in a year!
5. How much are the performers paid for the half time show? Zero, zip, zilch, nada is the answer. The NFL does not pay performers an appearance fee but, according to the New York Times, they do pay all related travel expenses, body guards, lighting, stage crew. Over the years it has also been rumoured that performers actually pay the NFL to appear – this is not true either.
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"Brrr" by Kim Petras
by George Spencer · January 24, 2023
Kim Petras' "Brrr" reads a lot like a sex song in which the vocalist is basically challenging the addressee to be feral enough to tickle her fancy to the point of giving it up. As presented, Petras is a "live fast, die young" wild child who's only turned on by romantic interests of similar inclinations. And once a potential lover does prove himself reckless enough, if you will, then she's more than willing to bestow upon him her sexual energies, which read as if they're quite significant.
But according to Petras's own explanation of this track, it isn't really about sex. Rather, "Brrr" is premised on the vocalist having a high level of self-confidence and direction and subsequently hooking up with someone, i.e. the addressee, who isn't intimidated by it and rather even buttresses it.
So such is the case with the narrative at hand. Kim does come off as what may be deemed a daunting romantic interest. But the addressee is someone who's obviously willing and able to handle all that she brings to the table.
Kim Petras, a transgender woman who hails from Germany, already has a couple of studio albums under her belt, "Clarity" and "Turn Off the Light", both of which came out in 2019.
However, some other outlets are reporting that "Brrr" is actually a part of her debut LP, which has yet to be dropped as of January 2023. This discrepancy in reporting likely has to do with the fact that the aforementioned projects were indie releases. They were issued under BunHead Records, an imprint owned by Petras.
Since then however, Kim has managed to make a name for herself by participating on "Unholy" (2022), a collaboration with Sam Smith, which proved to be an international chart topper.
Release of "Brrr"
"Brrr" itself was released on 20 January 2023. This single was backed by a couple of major labels, Republic and UMG. Amigo Records, which is run by well-known American musician Dr. Luke, also supported the track's release.
This track was produced by Ilya, a prominent behind-the-scenes' man who has contributed most notably to the success of Ariana Grande. Ilya also co-wrote "Brrr" alongside:
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"Unholy" by Sam Smith (ft. Kim Petras)
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Offender Rehabilitation: Theory, Research and P...
This comprehensive text explains all the key themes in the development and practice of offender rehabilitation. It explores how the issue fits within its wider social and political contexts, giving an insight into its current and future relevance to criminal justice. The book covers the full range of rehabilitative approaches, exploring how criminal justice responses have been influenced by trends such as the treatment model, 'What Works?', desistance, risk and public protection, and changes in social policy.
Reviving Rehabilitation: The 'What Works?' Movement
Gwen Robinson
Iain Crow
In:Offender Rehabilitation: Theory, Research and Practice
Subject:Rehabilitation
Keywords:accreditation; home office; offenders; probation; probation service; programming; recidivism
This chapter covers the revival of rehabilitation in penal policy and practice, in the context of what has come to be known as the 'What Works?' movement. With roots spreading back as far as the 1970s, and reaching into a number of parts of the world, the quest to establish that some interventions could be effective in reducing reoffending gathered pace during the early 1990s and, in England and Wales, attracted considerable investment from an incoming Labour Government which was publicly committed to 'evidence-based' policy and practice in public services. In this chapter we consider the various strands and types of research which sought to question the 'nothing works' doctrine that had become entrenched ...
The Evaluation Context
Assessing Offenders: Risks, Needs, Responsivity and Strengths
Robinson, G., & Crow, I. (2009). Reviving rehabilitation: The 'what works?' movement. SAGE Publications Ltd, https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446216460
Robinson, Gwen, and Iain Crow. Offender Rehabilitation: Theory, Research and Practice. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446216460.
Robinson, G. and Crow, I., 2009. Offender Rehabilitation: Theory, Research and Practice. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446216460> [Accessed 31 Jan 2023].
Robinson, Gwen and Iain Crow. Offender Rehabilitation: Theory, Research and Practice. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009. SAGE Knowledge, 31 Jan 2023, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446216460.
Robinson, Gwen, and Iain Crow. Offender Rehabilitation: Theory, Research and Practice London: SAGE Publications Ltd; 2009. doi:10.4135/9781446216460
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The Biblical book of Esther reads like a movie. (Oh yeah, it has been made into several movies.) Here's the short of it.
Xerxes is the king of Persia (from 486 to 464 BC) and his wife, Vashti, has been thrown out of the palace and de-queened for not running to the king when beckoned. The king then begins a search for a lovely young virgin girl, his servants combing the kingdom for the best candidates. But from the gathered masses of long locks and curvacious figures, Esther captures the King's eye. As it turns out, she becomes queen.
parents died. So as any protective parent would do, Mordecai spent his days near the king's gate, hoping to keep an eye on the young queen of Jewish descent, having warned her not to reveal her heritage. His diligence was even responsible for overhearing a plot to kill the king, thwarting the plan when Esther offered timely warning.
However, the king's right-hand man, Haman, was a powerful and vengeful man. People everywhere bowed the knee as he passed by. People everywhere, that is, except for Mordecai as he spent his days gate gazing. The egotistical, power-hungry Haman was so incensed that he not only plotted to kill Mordecai but all of his people group, the Jews. Haman ran to the king, convincing him to render an edict that would annihilate the people whose "customs are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey the king's laws; it is not in the king's best interest to tolerate them" (Esther 3:8).
The story has a providential ending. Esther reveals Haman's real intent, Haman find himself impaled on the pole intended for Mordecai, Mordecai is honored and brought into the palace, and the Jewish population is spared and protected from future harm by royal decree. You have to love this historical story.
But what resounds with me is that little phrase, "for such a time as this." It was not happenstance that Mordecai loved and raised his orphan cousin as his own. It was not coincidence that Esther found herself in the exclusive "queen-in-training" program. It was not lucky she found favor in the sight of the king. Neither was it fluke that Mordecai became the unlikely unraveler of plots against the king and the Jewish people. Seeing the providential events unfold, he reminds Esther that she is where she is soley "for such a time as this."
I just had a birthday, my fifty-seventh. Though I am not someone who gets all excited about holidays, even my own birthday, having one puts things in perspective. I've had many experiences in all these years. Some have been pleasant, some hard, lessons learned, some unfortunately ignored. But the sum total of my years has equipped me "for such a time as this."
I am looking at making some major changes. These changes would not have been feasible fifteen years ago, perhaps not even three. But I am convinced that God has orchestrated events and equipped me with certain skills, passions, and abilities to fill a new role. Is it a little scary? Sure. However, when I look back and understand what has brought me to this place and time, I am grateful. It's like climbing a densely wooded mountain trail. You know you are on the right trail but do not fully appreciate your position until you break onto the open ridge, now able to see from where you've come and what lays ahead. That, my friends, is a gift from God.
Stay tuned for more news in this developing story.


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US Vice President Convenes Emergency Session on Missiles at APEC Summit
November 18, 2022 November 19, 2022 - General
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris convened an emergency meeting of key regional powers Friday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok to discuss North Korea's latest missile launch, that fell 200 kilometers off Japan's coast.
"This conduct by North Korea most recently is a brazen violation of multiple U.N. Security resolutions. It destabilizes the security in the region, and unnecessarily raises tensions," Harris said in brief remarks to press prior to meeting with leaders of Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
The launch is the latest of the barrage of missiles that North Korea has test-fired in recent weeks. Pyongyang said they were a "corresponding military operation" aimed at conducting simulated strikes on South Korea and the United States in response to large-scale allied air drills.
North Korea's provocation occurs amid already heightened geopolitical tensions over the war in Ukraine that has exacerbated supply chain issues and inflationary pressures globally.
Harris is in Bangkok as the head of the U.S. delegation in the meetings of members of APEC, a grouping of 21 economies in the Asia-Pacific, whose mandate is to promote regional economic cooperation and integration.
"Our message is clear; the United States has an enduring economic commitment to the Indo Pacific, one that is measured not in years but in decades and generations," she said during remarks at the APEC CEO Summit.
Harris argued that there is "no better economic partner for the Indo-Pacific than the United States of America" as she pushed for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework that Washington launched in May.
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
The framework is a trade facilitation, standards-setting, and capacity-building mechanism designed to provide a counterweight against Chinese economic clout in the region. It is the Biden administration's effort to reengage Indo-Pacific nations on trade after former President Donald Trump's administration withdrew in 2017 from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The previous U.S. administration, that of President Barack Obama, had promoted and launched that regional comprehensive trade pact in 2015.
Thirteen countries in the region have signed on to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, or IPEF, which includes provisions divided into categories that countries can choose from – fair and resilient trade; supply chain resiliency; clean energy, decarbonization and infrastructure; and taxation and anti-corruption.
While there are signals the region wants the U.S. to increase its economic engagement to counterbalance China's, it has given lukewarm reception to IPEF, which does not include market access or tariff-reduction provisions.
Beijing meanwhile boasts the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a free trade agreement it promoted and has been signed onto by Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is also accelerating negotiations on the ASEAN -China Free Trade Area "Version 3.0" with Southeast Asian nations.
It is a big challenge for U.S. policymakers to match China's latest geoeconomic maneuver, said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, director of the Institute for Science and International Security at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University.
Nevertheless, the U.S. is still a major investor in the region, Pongsudhirak told VOA.
"The stock of U.S. investments is immense, very close to China. They take turns going back and forth," he said.
Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment
Harris highlighted the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, the West's counter to China's Belt and Road Initiative.
"At the G-7 we intend to mobilize $600 billion in infrastructure investment in the developing world that will be high standard, transparent, climate-friendly," Harris said.
In a veiled criticism of Beijing, she added the partnership, "does not leave countries with insurmountable debt."
Harris noted the Just Energy Transition Partnership developed with Indonesia during its G-20 presidency that aims to mobilize $20 billion over the next three to five years to help the country's energy transition and implementation of its climate agenda.
"That effort shows Washington recognizes that it has work to do to compete with China," said Susannah Patton, director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Lowy Institute, said.
"However, until tangible projects are delivered, skepticism about U.S. efforts will remain," she told VOA.
Like many other countries in the region who look to China to bankroll its infrastructure, Indonesia in 2023 is set to launch its Beijing-funded $8 billion high-speed rail project connecting Jakarta and Bandung.
Biden absence
The APEC summit caps off a series of international meetings in Southeast Asia this week, following the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia and the ASEAN meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Harris is standing in for President Joe Biden who attended the G-20 and ASEAN meetings but returned to Washington Wednesday to host his granddaughter's upcoming wedding at the White House.
Biden's absence will feed into some of the concerns and anxieties the region has on U.S. commitment to the region, said Andreyka Natalegawa, associate fellow for the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, to VOA.
Natalegawa noted that the U.S. is taking over as APEC chair next year.
"That's sort of a strong signal that Washington remains engaged and committed to economic integration in the Indo-Pacific," he said.
Following his meeting with Biden on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali Monday, from Bangkok Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against Cold War tensions, saying that the Asia-Pacific is no one's backyard and should not become an arena of big power rivalry.
Capping off her day in Bangkok, Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will meet with King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana.
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Das indische Grabmal is een West-Duitse avonturenfilm uit 1959 onder regie van Fritz Lang.

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De architect Harald Berger wordt verliefd op de Indiase prinses Seetha, die is voorbestemd voor een maharadja. Omdat hun liefde onmogelijk is, vluchten ze weg. De maharadja stuurt huurlingen achter hen aan.

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 Debra Paget: Tempeldanseres Seetha
 Paul Hubschmid: Ingenieur Harald Berger
 Claus Holm: Dr. Walter Rhode
 Sabine Bethmann: Irene
 Walter Reyer: Maharadja Chandra
 René Deltgen: Maharadja Ramigani
 Jochen Brockmann: Maharadja Padhu
 Valéry Inkijinoff: Opperpriester Yama
 Richard Lauffen: Bhowana
 Jochen Blume: Asagara

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Film uit 1959
Duitse film
Avonturenfilm
Film van Fritz Lang

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Small businesses face a number of challenges as they try to grow. Being a small company means have to approach things differently than larger companies in your field. And while a lack of assets can be a hindrance, it can also offer flexibility. Bigger businesses may have the money and workforce, but they can also fall victim to an entrenched mindset that can prevent new and innovative thinking. Here are some ways that small businesses can succeed while the odds are stacked against them..
We all struggle with productivity in one way or another. Perhaps we find it hard to tackle certain tasks that nevertheless need to be done. Possibly you've put off important decisions that seem difficult. Or maybe you feel that for all that you feel you're doing, you aren't accomplishing as much as you would like. We've all been guilty of not working up to our abilities in one way or another, and as much as we want to change it, we find ourselves stuck in old habits that can exacerbate these tendencies.
In Part VI, our final blog in the series based on attending David Durick of Paychex's workshop at the Small Business Expo 2016, we analyze step nine and ten. The necessary contracts are identified with Traklight's free Business Risk Assessment, which you can access here. To identify, track, and protect valuable IP, you can upgrade to our Full ID your IP product for a special price of $99 with this code: BMBPC16. The Risk Chart and IP Diagnostic link you to Paychex partners who can help both address your issues and protect your IP.
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In our fourth installment on avoiding failure to launch in our series from David Durick of Paychex's workshop at the Small Business Expo 2016, we talk about critical steps five and six: putting yourself on payroll and online marketing.
As a small business, you have to approach things differently than larger companies in your field. But that doesn't necessarily have to be a disadvantage. While big businesses have considerable resources to draw from for projects, they can also be the victim of an entrenched mindset that can prevent new and innovative thinking. Here are some ways that small businesses can succeed at winning an unfair game.
I recently had the pleasure of attending David Durick of Paychex's workshop at the Small Business Expo 2016 in San Diego. David, a 32-year business veteran, has worked mainly in business to business throughout his career but almost exclusively with small business, five to ten employees. David spearheads BuildMyBiz.com for Paychex and presented 10 critical steps to building and protecting a business.


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POLITICAL COMMUNIQUÉS – 2017
2017 Political CommuniquésAdministrator2020-01-31T21:03:28+00:00
2017_11_25_NU National Assembly and Conference
Nahdlatul Ulama Targets the Weaponization of Religion for Political Purposes
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (third from right) opens the National Assembly of Ulama with the traditional beating of drums
MATARAM, Lombok, Indonesia: From 23 – 25 November 2017, the world's largest Muslim organization convened 1,200 religious scholars for a National Assembly of Ulama and Major Conference, whose primary agenda was to strengthen the values of nationalism, counter religious extremism and improve the economic welfare of all sectors of Indonesian society. Attendees included Indonesia's President and Vice President; the chiefs of Indonesia's military, national police and state intelligence agency; numerous cabinet ministers; and foreign emissaries, including ambassadors from Iran and Saudi Arabia. Continue reading full communiqué with images. . .
Download a PDF copy of this communiqué (minus images).
2017_11_17_Saudi Mosque in Brussels
Scholar Cites Nahdlatul Ulama General Secretary's Role in Debate Over Saudi Mosque in Brussels
Dr. James M. Dorsey—a widely-recognized expert on the Middle East and senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore—recently published an in-depth analysis of the controversy raging over an attempt by "Belgium's Parliament… to wrest control from Saudi Arabia of Brussels' downtown Grand Mosque after three years in which Belgians played a prominent role in Islamic State attacks in the Belgian capital as well as Paris." Continue reading full communiqué with images. . .
2017_10_19_Impact Analysis
Nahdlatul Ulama General Secretary's "Message to Europe" Helped Shape Public Discourse Amid the Heat of Germany's 2017 National Election Campaign
Nahdlatul Ulama General Secretary Kyai Haji Yahya Cholil Staquf
On May 22nd, 2017 the world's largest Muslim young adults movement, Gerakan Pemuda Ansor, issued an historic declaration calling for the reform of problematic tenets within Islamic orthodoxy "in order to bring about a world in which Islam, and Muslims, are truly beneficent and contribute to the well-being of all humanity." The Gerakan Pemuda Ansor Declaration on Humanitarian Islam provides a concrete strategy and road map explicitly designed to address "obsolete tenets of classical Islamic law, which are premised upon perpetual conflict with those who do not embrace or submit to Islam" (point 42). Continue reading full communiqué with images. . .
KH. Yahya Cholil Staquf addresses the Council of the European Union Terrorism Working Party
2017_08_19_Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
NU General Secretary to Europe's Intellectual and Political Elites: "The West must stop equating a rational critique of Islamist terrorism with Islamophobia"
FRANKFURT, Germany: In the wake of yet another devastating terror attack in Europe—which killed or injured over 140 on the streets of Barcelona—Germany's leading newspaper published a lengthy interview with Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) General Secretary Kyai Haji Yahya Cholil Staquf. Headlined "Terrorism and Islam are Intimately Connected," the interview was placed on the front page of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung's widely-read Feuilleton (arts and culture) section, which also addresses moral issues that transcend partisan politics. Within hours of its publication, the interview was trending as one of the most popular articles shared in Germany. Continue reading full communiqué with images. . .
2017_07_18_Presentation to EU Council TWP (Terrorism Working Party)
NU General Secretary to the European Union and Its 28 Member States: "You cannot win if you do not fight back"
BRUSSELS, Belgium: On Tuesday 18 July 2017, Kyai Haji Yahya Cholil Staquf—General Secretary of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Supreme Council—delivered a video address to senior EU officials and representatives of 28 Member States at the headquarters of the European Council, which defines the EU's overall political direction and policies. His address was part of a broader expert presentation on risk assessment hosted by the government of Estonia, which currently holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council. Member States holding the rotating Presidency work together in groups of three to set long-term goals and prepare a common agenda determining the topics and major issues that will be addressed by the Council over an 18-month period. The presentation was delivered to the Terrorism Working Party (TWP), which leads and manages the Council's agenda on counter-terrorism. Attended by law-enforcement and security officials of the 28 EU Member States, TWP is also responsible for exchanging information and assessments of terrorist threats; countering radicalization and recruitment of potential terrorists; and carrying out peer evaluations of Member States' best practices in the fight against terrorism. Continue reading full communiqué with images. . .
2017_05_22_Ansor Declaration on Humanitarian Islam
World's Largest Muslim Youth Organization Publishes Detailed Road Map for the Reform of Islamic Orthodoxy: "Let us Honestly Acknowledge, and Address, the Primary Cause of Islamist Terrorism"
KH. Abdul Ghofur Maemun (Vice Chairman, NU Supreme Council); KH. Masdar Mas'udi (Vice Chairman, NU Supreme Council): KH. Abdul A'la (Rector, Sunan Ampel State Islamic University); Dr. Hamdi Murad (Jordan)
JOMBANG, Indonesia: On 21 – 22 May 2017, over 300 Indonesian religious scholars gathered with colleagues from South Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America to address "obsolete tenets of classical Islamic law, which are premised upon perpetual conflict with those who do not embrace or submit to Islam." The event was held at PP (Madrasah) Bahrul 'Ulum in Jombang, East Java—birthplace of the Nahdlatul Ulama and its 5-million-strong youth movement, Gerakan Pemuda Ansor. Continue reading full communiqué with images. . .
2017_04_18_National Security Agenda
Gerakan Pemuda Ansor's View Regarding the Republic of Indonesia's Strategic Interests and National Security Agenda
JAKARTA, Indonesia: On April 17 – 18 2017, representatives of the world's largest Muslim young adults movement, Gerakan Pemuda Ansor (est. 1934), gathered for the organization's XXIst National Conference. Regional and provincial leaders discussed a number of geopolitical developments that pose a grave threat to Indonesia's security. These include "the brutal conflicts raging in the Middle East and other hot spots; the rampant social turbulence that prevails almost everywhere in the Muslim world; the spread of religious extremism and terrorism, which pose a global security threat; and a rising tide of Islamophobia among non-Muslim populations, in response to these developments in the Muslim world." Conference delegates also discussed "the threat posed by the political and military agenda of the People's Republic of China, as it seeks to achieve regional hegemony in East and Southeast Asia." Continue reading full communiqué. . .
Download a PDF copy of this communiqué.
2017_03_30_Humanitarian Islam
World's Largest Muslim Organization Launches Global Effort to Recontextualize (i.e., Reform) Classical Islamic Law
Members of Nahdlatul Ulama in Jakarta in 2011, during a commemoration of the group's founding in Indonesia in 1926. Its youth wing is making a global push to bring Islamic law into line with modern norms. Credit: Supri/Reuters
JAKARTA, Indonesia: On March 30th, 2017, Gerakan Pemuda Ansor (the Nahdlatul Ulama Young Adults Movement) announced the launch of a concerted effort to promote Humanitarian Islam (al-islam li al-insaniyyah), by developing and operationalizing a global strategy to recontextualize the teachings of orthodox, authoritative Islam and thereby reconcile certain problematic elements of classical Islamic law (fiqh, aka shari'ah) with the reality of contemporary civilization, whose context and conditions differ significantly from those in which classical Islamic law emerged. Continue reading full communiqué with images. . .


Breastmilk has less protein than formula, which may explain why nursers tend to grow more slowly than their formula-fed counterparts.
And for the formula-fed babies, that's not a good thing. What researchers found worried them, as they said it could help predict obesity in children.
The randomized study of 1,000 children followed them for 2 years, comparing those fed "regular" formula and low protein formula with breastfeeding babies.
Kids who had used the low protein formula were approximately the same height as those fed the higher protein formula, but the latter group weighed more. Kids with low-protein formula weighed closer to what the breastfed babies weighed.
These results…underline the importance of promoting and supporting breastfeeding because of the long-term benefits it brings. They also highlight the importance of the continual development and improvement in the composition of infant formula.
Limiting the protein content of infant and follow-on formula can normalise early growth and might contribute greatly to reducing the long-term risk of childhood overweight and obesity.
Other researchers disagree, pointing out that many formula manufacturers have already lowered the protein content since the study ended in 2004. (But not the levels of melamine or rocket fuel, apparently.) They're also not sure about the long-term health effects of low protein formula versus "regular" formula.
So should infant formula contain less protein? More research is needed, obviously, and some say that we should be following these groups into adulthood to get a better picture of the formula/obesity link if any.
My child is 95th percentile in height, 90th in weight, and soon will take after me in the useless information category at 100th percentile.
Any good pediatrician will tell you that those percentiles don't matter; that it's a way for docs to track whether your baby's growth jumps or drops precipitously. The healthiest kids could be in the 10th percentile their whole lives. Just as my nephew, who has been consistently in the 100th percentile for weight (and was an extended breastfeeder, too) is simply freakishly tall like his Auntie Cate a head taller than anyone else his age, and therefore weighs more. Different kids grow differently, and this is just one snapshot of a child's health.
Perhaps the doctors in the United States can also look at the growth differences in these groups and reassess the growth charts.
Or perhaps we can collectively give a big "Atta Girl!" to breastfeeders by extending maternity (and paternity) leave, encouraging women to bring babies to work in appropriate environments, and giving mothers as many "pumping breaks" as we do those who jones for a cigarette. Just saying.
This is not suprising if you think about it. Cow's milk is made by nature, to grow baby cows. Cows, through evolution, have evolved to be large and not that intelligent (compared to humans). Protien grows large mammals. Humans, by comparison, have evolved to be intelligent. Human milk is formulated by nature to grow big brains–using fats–which human milk contains a lot of. Human milk also has less protien since we are not large mammals, like cows.
So, let me get this straight. When formula was originally created, there was no analysis of breast milk and no attempt to copy breast milk?
Even now there are discussions that don't ask this question?
Has their ever been any analysis of healthy and unhealthy breast milk?
We know what our million dollar athletes need to eat and drink. But we don't know what's healthy for babies!!!!
Bob: Manufacturers indeed did and do try to replicate breastmilk, but they just can't seem to get it right. Certainly not better! Perhaps because they're using milk from a species distantly related to us? Maybe (despite how it might gross out people to think about) they should go for gorilla or chimp milk. It'd make more logical sense, anyhow. And back up Veggie Momma's point, to boot. The protein was made for bigger animals. Human milk is for human babies.
On a side note, Natalie Angier writes in her book, "Woman: an Intimate Geography" about have formula manufacturers have tried, but failed to replicate all the human milk goodness.
Remember a while back when PETA suggested that Ben & Jerry's use human milk for their ice cream?
Though I get the [annoying, poorly made] point, they should have pestered the formula manufacturers to use breastmilk. That's a joke I would have appreciated.
The world health organization has actually published growth charts that are designed for breastfed babies.
The trouble with the growth charts fount in most doctors offices is that they have been both created and provided "free of charge" by formula companies! (I say "free of charge" as nothing is every truly free is it?! Formula advertising is effective and no good for babes and mom's.) Of course the growth curve on these "free" charts follows that of a formula fed baby. This can be problematic for many parents as breastfed babies tend to follow a different curve ~ If your baby doesn't match the "free" chart then maybe they need more than what your milk can provide?…should you feed them formula? This is the slippery slope that many mom's find themselves on. If parents were given the breastfed baby growth charts to look at they may find that their babe fits that curve just fine!
The breastfed baby growth charts that have been developed by the WHO are published with years and years of research behind them. You will find them on the World Health Organization's website.


Locals at Reading pub, The Three Tuns, will be in for a treat as it reopens its doors after a major refurbishment.
The extensive £300,000 refurbishment and refit of the pub in Wokingham Road has been completed and revellers can see the new look as of Friday, June 3.
Acquired by All Our Bars in 2008, The Three Tuns is popular with locals for its sport and real ales, but bosses have now decided the time has come for a brand new look.
They hope that the refurbishment will "herald a whole new era for the pub".
Greene King and pub group All Our Bars said the fit out is a blend of "traditional meets modern" and works have included new bar surroundings, an upgraded kitchen, re-flooring throughout, re-surfacing of the car park, upgrades to the beer garden and new toilets.
The wall that has long divided the pub into a two bar operation has come down to create an open plan scheme.
The venue has been completely stripped out to allow for an entirely new pub to take shape inside.
A new food menu, with a focus on quality produce, an extended spirit, real ale and wine selection, and traditional Sunday roasts are on the cards now the refurbishment is finished.
Paul Wigham, CEO of All Our Bars, said: " We are launching a new and extensive menu supported by an unrivalled drinks selection that will include craft beers, rare premium spirit, s and an extended fine wine list.
"The designers have come up with some amazing ideas that will really show what a beautiful building this is."
For more information about the pub, visit the official website.


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December 14, 2021 3pm EST
Broadband: A Super Determinant of Health
In this webinar, we will explore the concept of digital redlining and how this has impacted residents' ability to thrive. We'll also demonstrate how users can identify broadband rates in their counties, and explore innovative strategies used to bridge the digital divide in San Antonio.
September 28, 2021 3pm EDT
A Dialogue about Poverty in America
Reducing poverty is necessary for a healthy society. In this webinar, we will explore a new County Health Rankings data tool that highlights differences in poverty rates by race in the healthiest counties and have a frank conversation the roots of poverty and strategies to advance equity in all counties.
July 20, 2021 3pm EDT
Exploring Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander identity and health equity
In this final webinar of the Advancing Racial Equity series, we will examine the complexity of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders as a group and better understand the need to break down data and understand the multiple ethnicities within the group to achieve health and racial equity.
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May 18, 2021 3pm EDT
Declaring Racism as a Public Health Crisis
There is a growing number of states and local jurisdictions declaring racism as a public health issue. What do these declarations mean and how are they helpful in advancing racial equity?
January 28, 2020 3pm EST
Why the Census Matters to Health Equity
Every decade the U.S. Census provides an opportunity for residents in every community to be counted. The census is one of the most important datasets in the United States. In fact, much of the data reported in the County Health Rankings snapshots are census-related data. While we often associate the census with congressional representation, census data matter significantly to health equity.
Building a Culture of Health for Latinos: Priorities, Challenges and Success Stories
Nearly 60 million Latinos live in the U.S., with growing populations in every region of the country. Latinos face significant barriers to accessing the opportunities they need to be healthy. The good news is that community-based organizations (CBOs) are working to improve the health of the Latino communities they serve by strategically addressing the social determinants of health...
November 12, 2019 3pm EST
Advancing Equity: A Racial Equity Journey
Discrimination based on race and ethnicity can negatively affect health across lifetimes and generations. Racial inequities are not random. They have been created and sustained over time by unfair and discriminatory policies and practices at many levels. Inequities will not disappear on their own, but communities have the power to disrupt them.
August 13, 2019 3pm EDT
Improving Health Equity through Rural Economic Development
After decades of economic stagnation in Klamath County, Oregon—a region of about 66,000 people—the Healthy Klamath Coalition came together in 2012 to create a healthier community. Since then, the county has seen an increase in graduation rates and revitalization in parts of their urban center and has taken steps to create more jobs and stronger networks of interconnected social,...
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In July we discussed the connection between health and housing, the theme of the 2019 County Health Rankings Key Findings Report. This webinar explored the influence housing laws and policies can have on health in urban and rural communities. Experts from The Network for Public Health Law provided an introduction to public health law and policy, and explained how laws and policies related to...
Action Center Refresh: Choose Effective Policies & Programs
We're giving the Roadmaps to Health Action Center a refresh and we want to hear from you. Join us Nov. 22nd for a first look at the updated Choose Effective Policies & Programs step. In this interactive webinar short, we'll share some new features from our first refresh and hear from you about what else we can do to make the Action Center work for you. What works now...
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Assassin bugs are blood suckers. They transmit a condition known as Chagas disease to humans by biting.
The symptoms vary over the course of infection. It includes, fever, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, or swelling at the site of the bite. Further symptoms include enlargement of ventricles of the heart, which could lead to heart failure.
Chagas disease, transmitted by this parasite, causes around 10,000 human deaths per year.
Man's best friend can sometimes be dangerous. Due to close association of dogs and humans, dog attacks and dog bites are common.
However, a bite from a rabid dog should require an immediate medical attention as it can cause death.
About 25,000 fatalities due to dog bites are reported each year.


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The Elusive Songbird Species That Likely Never Existed
After fruitless hunts for a Liberian songbird, DNA analysis suggests that the species is not new
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The only specimen ever collected of the erstwhile species Phyllastrephus leucolepis, or the Liberian Greenbul University of Aberdeen
Ornithologists have spent years on the hunt for an elusive songbird. Colored olive-green with a vibrant yellow breast, its wings were punctuated by white spots. But after three decades of searching, as Ryan F. Mandelbaum writes for Gizmodo, they realized that the bird they were seeking may have never existed in the first place.
In the early 1980s, German ornithologist Wulf Gatter traveled to Liberia, Africa, to study its colorful avian life. It was there that a vibrant green-yellow songbird caught his eye. He chased it down and caught a single specimen in January of 1984. At the time he thought it was different than any bird he'd ever seen, declaring it a new species: Phyllastrephus leucolepis, or the Liberian Greenbul.
Though the new species appeared very similar to the previously discovered Icterine Greenbul, Gatter's species had a series of striking white patches on the edges of its feathers, reports Brooks Hays of UPI.
Ornithologists hoped to collect more examples of this new species, but Liberia soon fell into two bloody and protracted civil wars, preventing researchers from visiting the country for decades. The so-called Liberian Greenbul remained an elusive beast—listed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List as "Data Deficient," meaning there was an insufficient amount known about the creature to evaluate the state of the species in the wild.
Liberia's political situation slowly began to stabilize, allowing scientists to return 2010 and 2013 to hunt for the Liberian Greenbul, reports Mandelbaum. But they came up empty handed.
Frustrated, Gatter eventually turned to a tool largely unavailable to him in 1984 to evaluate the species: DNA. Genetic analysis has revolutionized the field of taxonomy. It both erased and sharpened the lines previously been laid down between species.
The results: The Liberian Greenbul is likely just a funny-looking Icterine Greenbul.
The study, published earlier this year in the Journal of Ornithology, notes that the analysis was only based on Gatter's single bird he collected, so no ironclad conclusions could be made. But the researchers believe that the DNA evidence strongly suggests Gatter's feathered friend is not a new species.
"We can't say definitively that the Liberian Greenbul is the same bird as the Icterine Greenbul but we have presented enough evidence that makes any other explanation seem highly unlikely," Martin Collinson, a geneticist at the University of Aberdeen's Institute of Medical Sciences, says in a statement.
Gatter tells Mandelbaum he's disappointed in the results. But after three decades of wondering, he's happy to get a little closure in his hunt for the elusive bird.
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Ben Panko is a staff writer for Smithsonian.com
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Raffi Hovannisian forbidden entry to Artsakh
En route last night to Stepanakert to attend his grandson's baptism, Armenia's first foreign minister and Heritage Party founder Raffi K. Hovannisian was officially prevented from entering the territory of the Republic of Artsakh (Mountainous Karabagh) by soldiers of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.
Showing him an order from their commanding officer together with his accompanying photograph, the soldiers at the checkpoint gave no reason or foundation for the exclusion but confirmed it could have emanated from the very "top" of official Yerevan.
The government of the Artsakh Republic, taken aback by this decision, attempted for long hours but ultimately unsuccessfully to clarify and then resolve the matter.
Its representative claimed a possible linkage with Baku's dictatorship.
"The cowardice of this self-entitled command points in one direction alone. It can only be one person, a failed leader, who must leave the scene together with his xenophobic neighbor for the sake of true regional peace and security," suggested Hovannisian.


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Q: Find an open set such that the preimage of that set is not open given the function Let $g:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ defined by
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g(x)=
\begin{cases}
-2 & x<3\\
1 & x=3\\
3 & x>3
\end{cases}
$$
This is not continuous on $\mathbb{R}$. Hence there must exist an open set for which the preimage of that set is not open. Find such a set.
I think that $(-2,2)$ will work, as the preimage "undoes" $g(x)$, so when using $(-2,2)$ an an input, the output will be $(-∞, 3]$. Which is not open.

A: Let $U =(1-\varepsilon,1+\varepsilon)$ be an open neighbourhood of $1 \in \mathbb{R}$ for a sufficiently small $\varepsilon > 0$.
We have $g^{-1}(U) = \{3\}$ which is closed in $\mathbb{R}$.

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Destino è un romanzo dello scrittore italiano Mario Biondi pubblicato nel 2006, costituito dalla fusione e rielaborazione dei due precedenti romanzi Il destino di un uomo (1992) e Due bellissime signore (1993).

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Un ragazzo fuggito rocambolescamente da un orfanotrofio nascosto nelle Alpi Marittime e privo di un documento ufficiale, persino di un vero nome, affronta un difficile itinerario di vita semiclandestino che lo porta a combattere prima nella Guerra civile spagnola e poi nella Resistenza italiana. Avendo appreso da giovanissimo l'arte di tessere la seta, finirà con l'avere un contrastato successo come industriale di quel settore.

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Evaluation of the effectiveness of the personnel services of Aitas-Energo LLP in terms of integration and adaptation of new employees
Iskenderova Fatima, PhD, Kazakh-American Free University, Kazakhstan
Vassilchenko Vladislava , Kazakh-American Free University, Kazakhstan
The relevance of the issue of creating and implementing a system of integration and adaptation of new employees is due to the fact that the most important feature of modern management understands human resource has the highest significance in terms of both achieving competitive advantages and prospects strategic development. In general, the issue of a comprehensive study of this system remains insufficiently explored. The practical difficulties of the modern Kazakhstani economy require the research for new approaches and a methodological basis for diagnosing the needs of organizations for new personnel, and for selecting criteria for analyzing and evaluating integration and adaptation.
The general definition of the concept of "adaptation" allows us to define this term as "the adaptation of the organism, individual, collective to changing environmental conditions or to its internal changes, which leads to an increase in the effectiveness of their existence and functioning.
Thus, the term "employee adaptation" implies the process of acquiring a correspondence of personal, moral and ethical qualities, communicative skills and professional level to the conditions of work activity and the corporate environment. The corporate environment should be understood as the set of conditions, factors and requirements that are fixed and reflected in the corporate and organizational culture, as well as in the culture of organization management.
The ultimate goal of adaptation is the integration of a new employee. At the same time, adaptation is a set of concrete steps and activities aimed at creating the conditions necessary for the integration of a new employee into the team. While integration is an association during which the individual (the new employee) merges with the team. In general, integration and adaptation are associated and interrelated processes.
Correctly developed personnel policy of the enterprise ensures the effective functioning of the system of integration and adaptation of new employees with the aim of creating a cohesive team ready for successful interaction and achievement of the set goals.
The information base of the research is based on the results of the personnel monitoring of the enterprise Aitas-Energo LLP, the results of the staff questioning, as well as the balance sheet, the profit and loss statement and the charter of Aitas-Energo LLP. In addition, scientific publications, periodical press materials, legislative and regulatory acts of the government bodies were used.
Let's consider an evaluation of the effectiveness of the personnel service of Aitas-Energo LLP.
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the personnel service activities of Aitas-Energo LLP in the field of integration and adaptation of new employees can be carried out through the following stages:
1) analysis and evaluation of subjective indicators characterizing the degree of employee satisfaction with activities in the framework of integration and adaptation of new staff;
2) analysis and evaluation of objective indicators, reflecting the loss or effect of the enterprise from the measures for the integration and adaptation of new employees;
3) evaluation of the effectiveness of integration and adaptation of new employees.
It should be noted, there is no systematic planning and implementation of measures to integrate and adapt new employees to Aitas-Energo LLP. Nevertheless, it is necessary to assess subjective and objective indicators for several parameters for the integration and adaptation of new employees:
- social adaptation of new employees;
- professional adaptation of new employees;
- production adaptation of new employees;
- organizational adaptation of new employees;
- economic adaptation of new employees.
Evaluation of subjective indicators of integration and adaptation of new employees was carried out through a survey of experts in the number of 10 people, among them people of personnel department, workshop masters and engineers of Aitas-Energo LLP.
The following parameters are highlighted:
- the answer "Completely satisfied" corresponds to an estimate of +1.0;
- the answer "Satisfied" corresponds to an estimate of +0.5;
- the answer "Hard to say" corresponds to 0.0;
- the answer "Not satisfied" corresponds to - 0.5;
- the answer "Completely dissatisfied" corresponds to - 1.0.
The final values of the satisfaction index can range from +1.0 to -1.0.
In this case, the required characteristics will correspond to the specified ranges of the value of the satisfaction index:
- from +1,0 to +0,6 - high level of adaptation;
- from +0.59 to +0.2 - the average level of adaptation;
- less than +0.19 - low level of adaptation.
The results of the evaluation of subjective indicators of social adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP are given in Table 1.
Table 1. Evaluation of social adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP
Thus, the level of social adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP corresponds to a rating of 0.18, which can be interpreted as a low level of adaptation.
Table 2 shows the results of the survey and a rating of professional adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP.
Table 2. Evaluation of the level of professional adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP
The rating of professional adaptation of new employees to Aitas-Energo LLP is 0.23, which makes it possible to characterize the level of this type of adaptation as average.
The evaluation of the level of production adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP is shown in Table 3.
Table 3. Evaluation of the level of production adaptation of new employees
The rating of production adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP is 0.42, therefore, the level of production adaptation at the enterprise can be characterized as average.
The evaluation of the rating of organizational adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP is shown in Table 4.
Table 4. Evaluation of the level of organizational adaptation of new employees
The level of organizational adaptation is low due to the lack of motivation system for new employees of the enterprise.
The evaluation of the level of economic motivation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP is shown in Table 5.
Table 5. Evaluation of the level of economic motivation of new employees
The rating reflecting the level of economic adaptation of new employees is 0.62, therefore, new employees of Aitas Energo LLP adapt quickly to the economic opportunities that the enterprise guarantees to them. But in fact, this factor is insufficient for general integration and adaptation of new personnel in the enterprise.
The total rating of the system of integration and adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP can be determined as the arithmetic mean of the sum of the described rating estimates for each type of adaptation.
The total value of the rating of the system of integration and adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP is determined in Table 6.
Table 6. Rating of the system of integration and adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP
The total value of the rating of the system of integration and adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP is 0.3. This allows us to say that the level of the system is at an average or satisfactory level. Weak points in the system of integration and adaptation of new employees of Aitas-Energo LLP are social adaptation (0.18) and organizational adaptation (0.18). Production (0.42) and professional (0.23) adaptation of new employees is considered to be acceptable enough. The most attractive aspects for new employees and young specialists of Aitas-Energo LLP are economic factors and economic adaptation (0.32).
Thus, the number of new employees who passed through all stages of adaptation to Aitas-Energo LLP in the period from 2015 to 2017 increased from 45 to 51 people, while in 2016 this indicator fell sharply and amounted to 13 people. The number of employees accepted for internship at the same time was 52 people in 2015, 61 people in 2016 and 75 people in 2017. The efficiency of integration and adaptation at the enterprise is 86.54% in 2015, 21.31% in 2016 and 68.00% in 2017 respectively.
Considering the conclusion, new suggestions should be developed to reduce the turnover of Aitas-Energo's working personnel and, first of all, the company needs to create and implement a system of integration and adaptation of new employees that will ensure a high level of human resources and stable staffing of the organization.
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