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Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2017 Aug;215:75-84. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2017.05.025. Epub 2017 May 26.
Single versus double intrauterine insemination (IUI) for pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Arab-Zozani M1, Nastri CO2.
Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
SEMEAR Reproductive Medicine, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. Electronic address: canastri@gmail.com.
This study is focused in appraising the current evidence comparing double and single IUI for achieving a pregnancy. The primary outcomes were live birth and ectopic pregnancy per women randomized. Secondary outcomes included clinical pregnancy and miscarriage. The evaluation of the risk of bias within each study was structured using the Cochrane risk of bias and the overall quality of the body of evidence was assessed through the GRADE criteria. Electronic searches were run in 4 databases and resulted in 15 studies included encompassing 3795 women. The subgroup 'mild male infertility' included 1246 women whilst the subgroup 'normal semen quality' included 1188 women. Clinical pregnancy was reported by all studies, and there is no evidence of a difference between single and double IUI (RR 1.22, CI 0.97 to 1.54, 15 RCTs, 3795 women, I2=45%). In the subgroup analysis, we could not identify a particular group that could benefit from the intervention. No conclusion can be drawn regarding live birth, ectopic pregnancy, and miscarriage because they were reported by too few studies and the estimates were too imprecise. Currently, there is no evidence to support the use of double IUI in clinical practice. It requires a second appointment and insemination, thus making the treatment more complex and expensive, without a clear evidence of a benefit. Nevertheless, evidence is still of low quality and our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: the true effect may be substantially different from the hereby demonstrated.
Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Artificial insemination; Evidence-based medicine; Meta-analysis; Reproductive techniques
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Q: What's the physical difference between a convective heater and an infrared heater? Could someone please explain why there are 2 types of space heaters-- one that is convective and one that is infrared? Why does the first one not radiate and why does the second one not heat the air?
I know also that a convective heater is built with a spiral wire over a ceramic core that act like a resistor that gets heated.
How exactly is infrared heater built?

A: A human body feels heat while in contact with the air, so it is desirable to heat the air. This is what convectional heaters do - they have a developed surface and relatively low temperature to transmit the heat to the air. The radiation power is proportional to the following temperature difference: $Q \propto (T_{heater} ^4 - T_{air} ^4)$, so it can be small. The heater transfers its heat mainly to the air and the air transfers it to the walls.
The radiating heater has small surface, but much higher temperature so its radiating power is the main heat transfer (it works just like a lamp). The infrared waves get on the skin and heat it. Otherwise they get on the walls and heat thick walls. The radiating heater heats the air too, but due to too high temperature this hot air goes straight up and heats the ceiling, so it is poorly mixes with the room air.

A: Convective heaters do indeed radiate, but they radiate much less than an infrared heater because they are at a lower temperature. The amount of energy radiated by an object (strictly speaking a black body) is determined by Stefan's Law and varies as $T^4$ so a small increase in temperature makes a big difference.
Air is transparent to infrared radiation, so an infrared heater can't heat the air directly. Instead it heats anything it's radiation hits and that object then heats the air.

A: Almost all of you might have been told or learned about an infrared heater. It is innovatively manufactured to give heat by means of infrared light. This way of home heating is definitely effective since this is the same method that our great sun heats the entire world.

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www.kidneyfund.org > Newsroom > American Kidney Fund President Responds to Assembly Passage of California AB 290
American Kidney Fund President Responds to Assembly Passage of California AB 290
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 22, 2019)—American Kidney Fund (AKF) president and CEO LaVarne A. Burton issued the following statement after the California State Assembly voted to pass AB 290 (Wood), a bill that will harm thousands of low-income dialysis and transplant patients throughout California:
"We are extremely disappointed the California State Assembly voted in support of cutting off vital health care support for some of California's neediest and sickest residents. The California ESRD patients who turn to the American Kidney Fund for charitable assistance in paying their health insurance premiums are already in dire financial straits, and AB 290 will destroy the safety net they depend on. If this bill becomes law, it will quickly force AKF to stop providing charitable premium assistance to patients in California.
"Now, the fate of health care assistance for thousands of low-income Californians rests in the hands of the State Senate. We sincerely hope the Senate will recognize just how high the stakes are for these patients and reject this legislation that helps no one but insurers, at the same time it causes great harm to patients."
About the American Kidney Fund
As the nation's leading independent nonprofit working on behalf of the 30 million Americans with kidney disease, the American Kidney Fund is dedicated to ensuring that every kidney patient has access to health care, and that every person at risk for kidney disease is empowered to prevent it. AKF provides a complete spectrum of programs and services: prevention outreach, top-rated health educational resources, and direct financial assistance enabling the nation's low-income dialysis and transplant patients to access lifesaving medical care. AKF holds the highest ratings from the nation's charity watchdog groups, including Charity Navigator, which includes AKF on its "top 10" list of nonprofits with the longest track records of outstanding stewardship of the donated dollar, and GuideStar, which has awarded AKF its Platinum Seal of Transparency.
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Island Youth, Sports
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 By Jessica Ahles
Fall Sports Gear Up Continued
The boys cross country team had their first practice at Ironwood Hills Golf Club last Thursday, where this year's MIL championship will take place on Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. Photo by Jessica Ahles
Steep hills and stiff competition is the theme for Molokai High School's (MHS) cross country and air riflery teams, yet as another fall season arrives, they are keeping their eyes are on the prize.
The boys cross country team was in the middle of the pack last year. According to 15-year head coach Gandharva "Mahina Hou" Ross, the farmers placed third in the Maui Interscholastic League (MIL) championships and 44th out of 160 schools in the state championships.
This fall, the eight-man team is coming back with six returning runners and welcoming two freshmen.
"The returning group is all pretty much at the same level [as each other]," said Ross. "We're trying to run as a team instead of as individuals."
Molokai is hosting the Maui Interscholastic League (MIL) Championships for the first time this year. Schools will meet at the Ironwood Hills Golf Club, Saturday, Oct. 19, at 10 a.m. and race to see who will move on to the state championships.
The boys team met last Thursday to walk through the three-mile course and practice running one of the hardest hills in the state—one they will have to run twice come race time due to the nature of the course, said Ross.
"By the end of the season, you guys should be running between five and six of these hill repeats," he said to his team at Thursday's practice.
Ross said he expects them to at least make fifth place but they are shooting high to take one of the top two spots in order to move on to states.
"It all comes down to that race," he said. "The boys are going to have to work a lot…but we have a pretty tight pack this season and hopefully that will get us to the top."
Last year was a season of discoveries for girls cross country. It was all about learning the techniques, the drills, and their physical abilities, said head coach Eugene Santiago.
As Santiago enters his second year coaching the team, he's becoming more familiar with effective training strategies and building endurance.
"I'm still learning about my side of coaching," said Santiago. "But as I run with them, I give them pointers and tell them if you can talk and run at the same time, you're running a good pace. It helps build their lung capacity."
Twenty-three girls have joined the squad this season, a staggering increase from last season's 14-runner team. Some have joined to train and condition, while others are dedicated to run competitively.
"I don't have a problem with that if they want to get healthy," said Santiago. "As a coach I need to be very aware of what the students are seeking and their other commitments, but also try to emphasize that they are here to run for competition and need to be dedicated, committed, and disciplined."
This season, six junior varsity (JV) runners are traveling off-island on Oct. 12 to participate in the JV MIL championships on Maui. Santiago said while they won't participate in all of the competitions this season, it will give them some good experience running competitively.
The varsity girls team will also compete in the MIL championships on Molokai this year on Oct. 19 and will race prior to the boys team.
Besides competing and training hard, Santiago said building relationships and enjoying one another's company is an important part of the team dynamic.
"It's all about having fun," he said. "Athletics is more than playing the sports, it's about learning different life lessons that they'll use long after they graduate and become contributing member to their communities."
Air Riflery
Boys and girls air riflery are cocked, aimed and ready for the fall season.
"We have a really young team this year, but they really want to go already and see what [air riflery] is all about," said girls head coach, Eddie Gorospe.
Boys head coach Henry Corpuz said the first two weeks of practice has been all about introducing the players to the sport, learning safety precautions and how to shoot.
Out of the nine girls on the team this fall, two returning shooters, sophomores Kea`a Davis and Sabrina Curtis, are this year's hot shots, said Gorospe.
For the boys, there are five returning shooters on of the 13-man team, said Corpuz.
"Two boys that look really good are Michael Corpuz and Pono Chow," said Gorospe. "They can get into the top five in the MIL."
Last year, the boys came in third out of six teams in the MIL Championships, while the girls placed second — just eight points shy from taking first place — competing against some schools packing 40 players, according to Gorospe.
Because the scoring system takes the top four shooters from each school, high-number teams offer an advantage over teams such as MHS, which is considered to be one of the smallest teams in the league besides Hana, said Gorospe.
The MIL is currently looking at reducing high school teams to two, four-man teams for 2014, according to Gorospe. Schools will have to determine the eight varsity shooters who will participate in competition and JV teams will help encourage students to try out.
Gorospe said he believes the boys team will take the MIL championship this year and the girls will be close to doing the same.
"We take no prisoners," he said. "It's in our Molokai blood."
This season, air riflery will compete twice before the championship in October. Their first meet is scheduled on Sept. 14 at Maui High and Sept. 28 at St. Anthony's.
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The name of this theatre was not the Shepherd Theatre, it was the Laurel Theatre.
The theatre has been a pizza place for alot of years now, My grandpa once worked projection their when he was young, I would have more info but he has it all in his head from the time it opened at closed. The projectors are still their and I hope to eventually get a chance to go and get a pic of that to, just have the find the time.


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Hospitals Adapt to the New COVID-19 Workflow
With COVID-19 forcing hospitals to rethink their procedures, they are developing new tools and methods to increase capacity and keep everyone safe – from the moment a patient arrives in the emergency room until post-discharge.
Hospitals are reinventing their workflows in critical areas:
Triage outside of the hospital
Telehealth using remote services
Quarantining the infected to protect staff
Rapid redeployment of equipment and technology
Remote Triage – Traditional triage occurs in the waiting area of the emergency department. Triage nurses ask questions, take vitals, and assign priority levels. With COVID-19, the triage process is changing to begin remotely – before the patient leaves home. Clinicians can now consult with patients via telemedicine to determine whether they need to come to the ER, or whether it's safer to remain at home. Some hospitals have set up assessment tents in the hospital parking lot or the garage to allow for social distancing. COVID-19 testing also involves drive-through tents.
One Boston pediatric hospital set up an iPad on a four-legged robotic to allow staffers to evaluate young patients from a protected distance or even from a triage tent exterior.
Whether triage takes place in a tent, in the ER, or with a four-legged iPad, a battery-powered mobile EHR workstation makes triage documentation more efficient and flexible as hospital layouts and processes change.
Telehealth – "Remote rounds" have also emerged from COVID-19. In-room cameras and mobile telehealth carts allow care providers and loved ones to remain outside the room. Other members of the team can engage remotely for follow-up visits after a procedure. Virtual rounds reduce PPE use and help COVID-19 patients feel less isolated.
Enovate has developed telehealth mobile workstations to meet the growing demand for remote consultation. Both the Encore and Envoy EHR workstations have been outfitted with high-resolution PTZ cameras and diagnostic peripherals giving remote access for highly specialized physicians. A streamlined Encore Lite is also available for tablet-based video conferencing – for example, in primary care settings, frontline triage, and school clinics.
Redeployment of Resources
When the coronavirus hit New York City in March, Governor Cuomo ordered hospitals to increase capacity by 50%. When hospital executives asked where they would get staffing, beds, and protective gear to meet the demand, state officials told them to "do your best."1 While most people remember the Jacob Javits Center in New York City converting into a 2,000-bed hospital, they may not realize that nearly every hospital had to reallocate beds and spaces.
Hospitals find ways to increase capacity. For example, endoscopy, catheterization, and other labs have the infrastructure to become intensive care units. Whether the hospital is converting a single suite or repurposing an entire building, the ability to reallocate and track resources is critical.
In 2012, when the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago built a new tower, they had the foresight to design spaces that could convert into negative-pressure wards to treat airborne diseases. Within hours, the hospital could increase its isolation-room capacity from 40 to 100. Rush also installed medical infrastructure into the pillars of its main lobby to handle a massive patient surge. In April, the lobby was converted to clinical use when it was redeployed to treat non-COVID patients.
Recently, the Cleveland Clinic converted its Health Education Campus (Case Western Reserve University) into a 1,000-bed surge hospital. This redeployment created 327 patient beds for low-severity COVID-19 patients. The Clinic has the option to return the space to educational use while keeping the medical infrastructure in place for another surge. The hospital can convert other areas, such as its recovery area, to serve as a temporary ICU.
In each instance, increasing capacity requires a quick redeployment of technology and clinical resources to adapt to change. Enovate's MobiusPower PLUS helps hospitals manage quick deployments. Nurses can move their workstation to a new location without the need to reboot or park, plug, and wait for a recharge.
Protecting Staff – Hospitals are also leveraging technology to minimize bodily contact with patients. Today, robots are assisting with disinfection, and staff clinicians are distancing with video tools.
The Cleveland Clinic now uses virtual rounds where one doctor remains in the room while others connect via videoconference remotely. In the ICU, instead of positioning IV poles and patient monitors at the bedside, they are now placed outside the room to limit unnecessary exposure.
Enovate's telehealth workstations allow hospitals to reduce opportunities for infectious exposure.
Flexible allocation is the new normal – In the pandemic era, hospitals need to reallocate resources with plug-and-play speed. Mobile workstations need to be remotely onboarded, tracked and maintained through a cloud-based management solution. Enovate's Rhythm Mobile Device Management brings real-time visibility to large fleets of EHR workstations without straining the resources of the IT staff. RTLS location services, Uptime Ready Replacements™ workstations, and remote diagnostics make it easier to get the most out of limited resources and staff. What's more, single sign-on and one-touch ergonomics allow nurses to grab a workstation and have it quickly become a personalized machine.
"A pandemic tests your ability to pivot," says Kevin Bridges, Enovate's VP of Marketing and Business Development. "We developed many of these solutions to control costs, but COVID-19 has revealed how they can be used to make clinical processes and workflows safer in the pandemic era."
Laura Landro, "Rethinking the Hospital for the Next Pandemic," Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2020


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10 February 2020: Brexit trade deal fears hit Sterling
11 February 2020: Sterling recovers poise
07 February 2020: Infrastructure investment to grow
Daily Market Brief February 10, 2020
Brexit trade deal fears hit Sterling
10th February: Highlights
Boris Bounce to be tested by data
Strong employment report boosts greenback
Growth friendly budget to allay fiscal unity concerns
France & Ireland to lead fishing dispute
Sterling volatility is increasing with every comment about the trade discussions between London and Brussels. One of the more serious disagreements, which punches well above its weight in terms of economic importance, is fishing. The recent row over EU boats rights to fish around Guernsey was a mere forerunner of the issues that both sides could face going forward and it could be a genuine deal breaker.
France and Ireland backed by Belgium and the Netherlands want to ensure freedom for their fishing fleets to be able to (at least) keep the quotas they already have in place. As the talks get underway, Boris Johnson has pledged to the British fishing industry that they will have far greater protection than they had under EU legislation.
The reason for the issue potentially being far greater than its constituent parts is largely symbolic. As a seafaring nation, This Sceptered Isle will (ironically) fight tooth and nail to protect its borders.
This week is an important week for the UK economically. The release of like-for-like retail sales data at midnight tonight will be the start of a test of Johnson's Boris bounce. It is expected that the data will fall into negative territory. Following a 1.7% increase last month, a fall of 1% is expected for January.
This will be followed later onTuesday by Industrial and Manufacturing data for January. It is anticipated that both will have improved which should be supportive to a pound which now appears firmly entrenched below 1030 versus a strengthening dollar.
Last week, the pound fell to a low of 1.2882 and closed just three pips higher.
NFP crowns week of upbeat data
The much-anticipated monthly employment jamboree took place on Friday and, as usual, the headline number was wildly different to the market's expectations.
By the time the data had been released, the median expectation for the increase in Non-Farm Payrolls was +160k new jobs.
The actual number of new jobs created was (revisions notwithstanding) +225k.
So, 2020 opens with a stronger than expected employment data which rounded off a week of stronger data and helped the dollar to break reasonably strong resistance levels.
Tomorrow, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before Congress, providing a broad overview of the economy and monetary policy. Powell's prepared remarks are published ahead of the appearance on Capitol Hill.
Other notable data releases this week include; inflation on Thursday and retail sales and industrial production on Friday.
The employment data also showed an increase in wage inflation which was anticipated but the rate rising to 3.1% was stronger than expected. Weekly hours worked were unchanged at 34.3.
The dollar index rose to a high of 98.71 having traded as low as 97.44. This was its widest monthly range since the week commencing 8th November.
President Trump may be feeling the effects of the rebuke he received from China over the spread of gossip about Coronavirus as he failed to follow through on his self-congratulation following is State of the Union speech, a copy of which was ripped up in the House of Representatives by House Speaker, Democrat Nancy Pelosi while it was being delivered.
Italy facing possible downgrade
"The Government has been unable to generate a feasible growth framework and financial strategy", Fitch (the ratings agency) said in a statement on Friday, "The high degree of political fragmentation makes it very difficult for the Government to develop a credible growth and fiscal strategy to reduce the stock of public debt".
France? Spain? Germany? Italy?
Well, it could be anyone one of several Eurozone states, but yes, it's Italy.
Rome has been at odds with Brussels over the growth and stability pact. They feel that the countries with budget surpluses (Germany) should be doing more to encourage the flow of capital. However, there is possible good news for an Italian Government that has been under pressure over immigration. It may benefit in the shape of amendments to the growth and stability pact that could be announced this month.
If the current predicted upturn in the fortunes of the Eurozone doesn't materialize, the Ecofin (The Economic and Financial Affairs Council) has agreed preliminarily to increase spending.
Germany remains the biggest worry as its continued poor performance could lead to contagion with a potential recession almost certain to spill over into other nations.
The Eurozone is also going to be more affected than most by the Coronavirus outbreak. Not so much with cases of the growing epidemic but its effect on global trade. Some of the estimates for the hit to global GDP are beginning to look like the precursor for a global downturn leading to recession.
Last week, the euro traded between 1.0942 and 1.1089. It had a distinctly weaker bias which was exacerbated on Friday by the stronger than expected NFP data.


With a prolific output of such a consistently high standard many do not realise that Art Of Tones has never released a solo artist album.
The opening cut 'ProleÌgomeÌnes' welcomes you into the project with jokes about sampling, showing a light-hearted attitude to the fact samples make up a large percentage of this warm and jazzy album.
After the enticing intro track comes the funk-filled and familiar style of house that Art Of Tones fans both love and respect, with upbeat melodies and infectious grooves it's fair to say this release is a real feel good mood lifter.
Tracks like 'A Comfort Zone' and 'Keep On Having Fun' also remind us of Art Of Tones' eclectic style leaning more towards hip hop and disco to break up the overall sound, and make it a complete listening experience spanning a variety of genres.
With touches of gospel, funk, soul and jazz this album of a melting pot of styles that with house music at its core, showcasing Art Of Tones to be one the most talented guys out there right now. Although it's primarily made with home listening in mind all the tracks on this album would also rock a dance floor!


Israel-based company, BuyCode, Inc. has created a new application for mobile devices that allows users to make online purchases of products listed in a retailer's print advertisements using image recognition technology.
A shopper using the Pounce app is able to use the camera on their smartphone or tablet to scan an item shown in a merchant's ads.
The user will then be automatically directed to the store's website in order to complete the purchase.
Once the item is scanned, the app will inform the customer of the purchase price and shipping costs.
Pounce users store their shipping and billing information into the app. When making a purchase, the app shares the user's stored information with the retailer using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and data encryption. This allows the customer to quickly and securely complete their order, taking the online purchasing experience to a new level of simplicity.
While BuyCode, Inc. plans to expand the list of retailers that their application supports, customers are now able to purchase items from Target, Staples, Toys "R" Us, and Ace Hardware.
BuyCode offers Pounce free of charge.
While the product is currently only available for Apple users, the company hopes to provide an Android version soon.
They also plan to expand their services to include ads from magazines, catalogs, and billboards.
Melanie Agnew Simpson is a freelance writer whose writing experience spans from magazine articles and short stories to music and lyrics for independent film projects. Her passion for the written word began in her early years, and the desire continues to intensify.


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Vasai Fort
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Vasai, also called Bassein, lies about 45 kms of Palghar City. it is located in Vasai taluka. The fort in the old city was headquarter of the Portuguese in the north, next in importance to Goa. The coastal land-fort of Vasai was surrounded by sea on three sides and to the landslide it had a moat which was filled by sea-water. its 4.5 kms long strong stone wall had 11 bastions. The fort had two gates- the westward land-gate. There was also a small citadel in the fort well-equipped with water-tanks, store-houses, armory, etc., the fort also had fields for growing grains and vegetables. All the old structures inside the wall are now in ruins.
Vasai was the main naval base and sort of ship-building centre of the Portuguese. it was here in 1802 AD, the Peshwa Bajirav signed the infamous 'Treaty of Bassein' which virtually dissolved the Maratha Confederacy. Finally, the fort and the city of Vasai were ceded to the British in 1817 AD.
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The nearest International Airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, roughly two hour drive from Vasai. It is well connected to a spectrum of cities in the country such as Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Gwalior, Jaipur, Jamnagar, Hyderabad, Indore and Jodhpur through Air India, Air France, Air China, Air Arabia and Air India Express
vasai is about 77 kilometres away from the heart of Mumbai and it takes about 1.30 hour to reach the destination by car. The nearest railway station is at Vasai, anyone can reach the fort by taking a train up to Virar Railway Station from Churchgate. From here, hire auto-rickshaw or taxi to reach the fort.
vasai is about 77 kilometres away from the heart of Mumbai and it takes about 1.30 hour to reach the destination by car. Adjacent to Virar Terminus, there is a bus depot from where tourists can take a bus to the fort.
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Shine Social Club
Make new friends with the Shine Social Club app & meet up in your area. Exclusively for 60+. Free download from App Store & Google Play.
New team member: Dante
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We are proud to announce that we have a new team member: Dante.
Dante is our newest intern and he has a fierce passion for tech, people and communication. Hence we had to have him on our team. Dante currently studies Business Administration at the University of Amsterdam.
Here you can find his personal story after being on board for a month:
I am Dante Göbbels, an intern at Shine Social Club, and currently still studying at the University of Amsterdam. Since a few years, I know that I want to start my own company, a technology company. Thus, I decided to look for a start-up to work for in the summer and made a list of 30 start-ups in the Amsterdam region, only to stop and think about why I would make such a list at all.
I abandoned the list of companies that I was going to approach for an internship, and instead, decided to write one email as good as possible and be more selective. I wanted to focus on one company that I really liked to work for. Therefore, came up with two criteria that had to be met. The first, the business idea must be something that I truly believe in, and the second, it must be a company at which I believe I can learn a lot.
After discovering a website from the University of Amsterdam for career-related advice, internships, and mentors I found an opportunity I knew I had to take. An internship at Mokum Tech to work on an app that is focused on solving a big problem; loneliness amongst senior citizens. I admired the founders, Alon Ben Joseph & Jonathan Salomon for taking up such a big challenge!
Over the last decades, technology has drastically changed some of the ways of how we live, travel, socialize, and work. With the emergence of the internet, people received new tools to effectively communicate and share information. Social media platforms allow us to stay in touch with family, friends, and relatives living abroad and close by. However, it was mostly the youth that embraced these platforms in its early days. Now, almost all of us use it in some way, and its use is widespread.
The 60+ is and is becoming more and more adept with social media, and this creates an opportunity to use the technology at what it is best: connecting people. By using the power of modern technology to connect in a more traditional manner, by just meeting up in person to do activities that we enjoy, Shine Social Club was an idea that I immediately liked.
I have learned much by working for Alon & Jonathan, and working on the app made me view things from another perspective. It is actually kind of strange if you think about it that so much of our daily products and services are only designed for the younger generation and might not be so friendly in its use when you are a little older. For the design of the Shine Social app, Alon and Jonathan take all the aspects into consideration and really care about making an app that fits the needs of our users of 60 plus.
In case you are considering an internship at Shine Social Club as well, feel free to contact us or Dante directly via e-mail, telephone or one of our social media channels.
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For those of you who are aware of the tool, but have always used FxCop only as part of the Visual Studio Team Suite (i.e. using the Code Analysis tab on the project settings), you should probably be aware of the fact that FxCop offers a command line interface, in the form of the FxCopCmd.exe stand-alone executable. Note that even if you don't have VSTS, you can still use FxCop – it's a free download. Finally, the definitive resource to look for answers is the FxCop team blog.
A few weeks ago I've encountered the need to measure the performance of some custom FxCop rules on a project I'm consulting for. These rules rely heavily on metadata that is obtained using reflection, which is not the standard FxCop way of looking at code. FxCop has a means of analyzing assemblies and types using a so-called "introspection engine", that looks at the IL directly, without loading the assembly (using Assembly.Load or the similar). Some of the existing custom rules seemed to provide feasible performance, especially on small projects, and some of the rules caused Visual Studio to hang for minutes in a row while analysis was being performed.
So what I really needed to do is a means to run FxCop from code, so that I can easily measure the time it took to perform analysis for each of the rules. The only resource I could find on the net was this forum question, which doesn't really help. Therefore, I started poking around with Reflector, to finally produce the following fragile code. In spite of its being fragile, I believe this is the only resource on the web that provides a working implementation that does not invoke FxCopCmd.exe to analyze an assembly. However, use it at your own risk – this is an undocumented scenario and all the APIs used below are subject to change in any future release (this is based on the version of FxCop that comes with VSTS).
If the above code looks horrible in your browser, you can use the FxCopExecutor.zip attached to this post. (It is zipped because the blog doesn't allow .cs extensions. It only contains a single .cs file inside.) Also bear in mind that this is merely a proof of concept, and not a fully working example.
Very interesting & useful. Great post.
Check GUYB blog, he has a post about how to paste code to your blog post to keep coloring & indentation.
Same here. Trying this in VB.
You're too late to try it. In Visual Studio 2008 Microsoft has changed the code analysis assemblies. Not only did they turn almost everything internal, but the public-surface APIs changed as well.


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Police officer assaulted while attempting to break up fight — Dayton, OH
A Dayton police officer was allegedly assaulted while he tried to break up a fight.
Police said the officer was on his way to a grand jury hearing at the courthouse on Thursday when he saw two men fighting near the corner of Fourth and Main streets.
The officer told the men that he was police officer and was able to separate the men. However, as he walked away one of the young men came up behind the officer and punched him, police said.
The juvenile was taken into custody and is now facing a felony assault charge.
The officer was not seriously injured.
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Q: Wordpress - eCommerce cat/attribute nav I am currently looking in to setting up a new Wordpress site using Jigoshop as an ecommerce solution. The site will only have 1 product say bikes but will have various types/sizes of bikes.
Now I'm trying to determined the best structure for this. I was thinking of making each 'bike'  is own product. Having various categories for each type - 'Street', 'Mountain', 'Cross' etc and setting the size of the bikes via a product 'attribute'. This all sounds ok to me but there maybe a better way to sort products into those groups, feel free to explain if there is a better way.
Now where I'm getting stuck is I want to have a sidebar menu that lists following.

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But I can't think of a way to list all the categories and then by size attribute. Can anyone help me with how id go about breaking the menu down like this?
really appreciate any input.

Ok so I'm still struggling with this, I've tried the following code but its not quite.
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Can anyone help me fix this? Its listing out terms the don't belong to the top taxonomy


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It is misunderstood that British colonialism has changed the name of the country to Burma. This is one of the most interesting places in Southeast Asia in Myanmar. Hello, I usually close countries around Asia (Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.) but have never been to Myanmar. Yangonow magazine introduces the culture of Myanmar.
It is a short introduction to the development of performance art in Myanmar.
MRYANMAR is a new and up-and-coming travel region in Southeast Asia. Myanmar, known to most travellers as the Gold Country, is a country full of culture and nature. Featuring countless couples, sanctuaries, beauty points, archeological places, snow-capped hills, profound woods with a wealth of wildlife, streams and wildlife, untouched shores and archipelagoes, 135 domestic events with their colorful outfits and traditions, ancient art and handicrafts make Myanmar the most exciting and intriguing travel destinations in Asia.
Situated between latitude 9º 32º 32? and 28º 31? and longitude 92º 10? and 101º 11.COPY19 I. The nation is 677,000 sq km (261,228 sq miles), stretching from north to west over 936 km (581 miles) and from the North to the Southwest over 2,051 km (1,275 miles). It is a hill and valley nation bounded by mountains to the North, the East and W.
Within the mountains are the shallow Ayeyarwaddy, Chindwin and Sittaung River dales, where most of the country's farmland and people live. The situation and geography of the state has led to a variety of climatic circumstances. Government priorities include the preservation and planting of nine dry areas in Myanmar.
Burma has a wide variety of habitats, mainly due to its extraordinary environmental variety. As Myanmar regards such a wealthy biodiversity resource as an important domestic resource, the government has imposed stringent rules to conserve its biodiversity. Burma consists of 135 domestic breeds, the most important of which are Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon, Rakhine and Shan.


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12/25/2013 12:42 pm ET Updated Jan 25, 2014
Glow-In-The-Dark Piglets Created In China Using Jellyfish DNA
By Carla Herreria Russo
Just in time for Christmas, a team of scientists in China were able to create ten little piglets that glow green under black fluorescent lights, thanks to a technique developed by the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Medicine.
A group of scientists from South China Agricultural University were able to do this by injecting fluorescent protein from jellyfish DNA into pig embryos, thus creating the green-glowing pigs.
This same technique was used to create the world's first glow-in-the-dark bunnies in Turkey earlier this year, where they are currently working to produce similar results with fluorescent-glowing sheep.
Scientists, however, are not creating glowing farm animals for seasonal décor. The goal of the research is to have an efficient and cheap way of getting a beneficial gene into humans that could help treat many genetic disorders.
Dr. Stefan Moisyadi, a UH Manoa bioscientist with the Institute for Biological Research, says, for example, that this technique could benefit people who suffer with the rare blood-clotting disease hemophilia. "We can make [blood-clotting] enzymes a lot cheaper in animals rather than a factory that will cost millions of dollars to build," Moisyadi said in a press release.
According to Moisyadi, the now-green piglets have not been affected by the fluorescent protein and are expected to have the same life span as other pigs. "The green is only a marker to show that it's working easily," he said.
In the video below, the scientists in southern China show off their result by turning off the lights and shining a black light over the piglets. They are placed in a container to limit their movement.
Green Pigs demonstrate success of UH reproductive science technique from UHMed on Vimeo.
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#include <stdio.h>
#include "exception_handler.h"
#include "exception.h"

#define EXCEPTION_CODE	0xCAFE

#define EXCEPT(msg) new(Exception, msg, __FILE__, __LINE__)

void fonction_qui_throw() {
	printf("avant le throw\n");
	throw(1, EXCEPT("Exception in try(1)"), EXCEPTION_CODE);
	printf("après le throw\n");
}

int main() {
	try(0) {
		printf("Entering the try(0)\n");
		try(1) {
			printf("Entering the try(1)\n");

			printf("before exception, try(1)\n");
			fonction_qui_throw();
			printf("after exception, try(1)\n");
		} catch(EXCEPTION_CODE) {
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		} finally {
			printf("try(1) finally block\n");
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		printf("before exception, try(0)\n");
		throw(0, EXCEPT("Exception in try(0)"), EXCEPTION_CODE);
		printf("after exception, try(0)\n");
	} catch(EXCEPTION_CODE) {
		printf("Exception caught level try(0) : %s\n",
				Exception_to_string(getEx(0)));
	} finally {
		printf("try(0) Finaly block\n");
	}
	etry;
	return 0;
}

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← What kind of Republic are we celebrating?
Rare photo of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar among other dignitaries at India's first Republic Day parade. →
Ambedkar Dead is More Dangerous than Ambedkar Alive
"It is your claim to equality which hurts them. They want to maintain the status quo. If you continue to accept your lowly status ungrudgingly, continue to remain dirty, filthy, backward, ignorant, poor and disunited, they will allow you to live in peace. The moment you start to raise your level, the conflict starts ". Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
"Who are you? Why did you come here? How dare you take a Parsi name? You scoundrel! You have polluted the Parsi inn!" A dozen angry-looking, tall, sturdy Parsis, each armed with a stick, lined up in front of his room and fired a volley of questions.
His five years of staying in Europe and America had completely wiped out of his mind any consciousness that he was an untouchable, and that an untouchable wherever he went in India was a problem to himself and to others. With great difficulty he managed to find accommodation in a Parsi Inn at Baroda. The whole hall was enveloped in complete darkness. There were no electric lights, nor even oil lamps to relieve the darkness. The idea of returning to the inn to spend the night therein was most terrifying to him, and he used to return to the inn only because he had no other place under the sky to go for rest. But the chirping and flying about of the bats, which had made the hall their home, often distracted his mind and sent cold shivers through him, reminding him of what he was endeavouring to forget, that he was in a strange place under strange conditions. He subdued his grief and anger through the feeling that though it was a dungeon, it was a shelter, and that some shelter was better than no shelter.
Young Bhimrao had gone to Baroda with high hopes. He gave up many offers. He felt that it was his duty was to offer his services first to the Maharaja of Baroda, who had financed his education. And here he was driven to leave Baroda and return to Bombay, after a stay of only eleven days.
In Dr. Ambedkar's own words, 'This scene of a dozen Parsis armed with sticks lined up before me in a menacing mood, and myself standing before them with a terrified look imploring for mercy, is a scene which so long a period as eighteen years has not succeeded in fading away. I can even now vividly recall it and never recall it without tears in my eyes. It was then for the first time that I learnt that a person who is an untouchable to a Hindu is also an untouchable to a Parsi'.
Nothing has changed much after 100 years of this incident in the life of Young Bhimrao Ambedkar, who returned to India after studying Barrister at Law at Gray's Inn, and enrolling at the London School of Economics where he started work on a doctoral thesis.
100 years later, Rohith Vemula, a bright young Scholar and follower of Dr. Ambedkar, Phule, Shahu and Periyar was thrown out of the hostel from Hyderabad Central University along with four other Ph.D. Scholars. Their crime was- following the constitution in letter and spirit. They simply expressed their right to freedom of expression, religion and other fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India. Rohith was labelled as Anti-national, Casteist and Extremist.
Rohith was no ordinary student. He was a University topper and got admission to Ph. D under general category and not reserved quota. Though it took a young scholars life to expose the Caste based discrimination in universities and institutes of higher learning, Rohith Vemula is just a tip of Iceberg. There are many more Rohith's waiting to happen not only in universities but across the institutions, government organisations, Public sector undertakings, Private Companies and even the NGO's. No place is spared. The Caste hegemony and age old hatred towards the marginalized, the SC-ST's & Backwards is increasing with every passing day.
When Dr. Ambedkar was called for a written Evidence to the 'University Reforms Committee' he stated how the teachings at universities should be. "Teaching should be scientific, detached and impartial in character. A student should learn to distinguish between the matter of fact and mere matter of opinion and should learn to state fairly the position of those to whose practical conclusions he is most stoutly opposed. He should become able to examine a suggested idea, and see what comes of it, before accepting or rejecting it. He should be able to weigh evidence, to follow and criticize argument and put his own value on authorities". Was Rohith not following exactly what his teacher said long back?
Those who are responsible for Rohith's death belong to the same school of thought which termed Dr. Ambedkar as Anti-national when he met the Simon commission, when he got the Communal Award which was announced by the British Premier Mac. Donald giving separate electorates to the depressed classes. Dr. Ambedkar received threats to life intimidations, abuses due to his firm stand taken on Gandhi's fast to oppose the separate electorates for untouchables.
Manu has never raised his head in the manner which we see in the recent times. It is not that he was sleeping during the previous governments, he was very much at work and very silently accomplished his task of eliminating the Outcastes whom he prescribed as not eligible for any kind of learning and education according to his sacred smritis.
Anything by the name 'Ambedkar' is still polluting to most of the so called progressive Indian society. A simple greeting of 'Jai Bhim' in a public place raises eyebrows of many. Anything by the name 'Ambedkar' is a direct threat to their very existence for they know that it is not the Muslims, Christian missionaries or Communists, it is only Ambedkarites who can expose and finish their age old dominance in India.
They know it from beginning and it is not just like that Sardar Patel said "the Congress has not only closed doors but also the windows of the Constituent assembly for Dr. Ambedkar".
One can just imagine the plight of being a Scheduled Caste-Tribe in India. The discrimination begins in the village where they are still not allowed drinking water from common wells. And anyhow after all the struggle they reach the cities and Universities, the matter becomes even worse. It does not stop here, after one leaves the university and Joins a government or private organisation, the Caste based discrimination continues. He/She is harassed, victimized and side-lined at every point of opportunity and growth.
Caste functions like a well-knit trade union in almost all organizations in India and the sacred thread which binds them together does not allow anyone without a thread to reach the top positions.
The data already available in public domain gathered through various RTI's in different organisations and published by various agencies is a testimony to this fact how all top positions in various government departments and educational institutions are occupied by 10-15% of the Savarna Caste Hindus while the majority population i.e. the SC-ST-OBC's are found nowhere in the top decision making posts.
In a recent Vibrant Gujrat summit, the chief of World Bank Mr Jim Yong Kim cautioned that an enduring "bias" on the basis of Caste and other factors can impede prosperity. "Indian society has an enduring exclusion that is based, among other things, on caste identities. This bias can impede shared prosperity, serving as a basis for discrimination in many spheres, including in employment and other markets, as well as in public services," he said.
While it is very easy to blame the Oppressors who are duty bound as per their sacred shashtras and smritis , equally responsible for the apartheid are the beneficiaries of the affirmative action policy i.e. Reservations. Most of them are totally indifferent to the plight of their fellow brethren, they never raise voice against injustice, hide their Caste and act as loyal servants to their masters. The irony is many of them are completely hand in glove with the Savarnas and Oppressors for petty personal gains. Dr. Ambedkar called such people 'Tools and Stooges' who betray their society.
The carriers of sacred thread must understand that the organizations like 'ASA' and 'APSC' are an unstoppable phenomenon now. The celebrations of Saviribai Phule and Birsa Munda Jayanti is just a beginning as the real heroes have started arriving on stage. The more they supress, the more 'Rohiths' will rise.
Chetan Bhagat in an article in TOI has blamed Caste based reservations for Rohith's death and all the other campus deaths in India. I see this as nothing more than a case of mental bankruptcy. Nowadays it has become a fashion with the so called elites who are themselves the beneficiaries of the 'Privileged Castes' to blame reservations for everything wrong happening in India similarly as they blame Pakistan and Muslims for every act of terror without introspecting what is the root cause for all this. Every Tom Dick and Harry is doing this. The day is not far when even for the acts of nature like Tsunami and floods, Reservation policy would be blamed.
The Savarnas are repeatedly getting frightened by the rising aspirations and assertions of the Bahujans. Dr. Ambedkar warned "Those downtrodden classes are tired of being governed. They are impatient to govern themselves. This urge of self-realisation in the downtrodden must not be allowed to devolve into class struggle or class war. It would lead to the division of the House. That would indeed be a day of disaster". For, as has been well-said by Abraham Lincoln: "A house divided against cannot stand very long".
The Prime Minister in Lucknow speaking on death of Rohith said that 'Ambedkar never complained or lamented'. How can it be? It was Dr. Ambedkar who complained and challenged the caste hegemony of the Brahmins. It was he who protested against the Kalaram Mandir entry Ban for untouchables and right to water which was banned for Untouchables by the Brahmins. Was Rohith not doing the same when he was protesting against the 'Beef Ban' a right to eat a particular food or Capital punishment? Was his act Anti-national?
Rohit is gone and with him his dreams, the dream of becoming a writer like Carl Sagan. He could have easily blamed the VC, the M.P who labelled him as him Anti-National and also the HRD minister in his suicide note and landed all of them in Jail but he did not. It was his Compassion for human life that he protested against capital punishment and with the same Compassion like Buddha he pardoned even his enemies, the culprits who compelled him to end his life.
As experience proves, rights are protected not by law but by social and moral conscience of the society. The Indian society badly needs moral conscience. Law can punish a single solitary recalcitrant criminal. It can never operate against the whole body of people who choose to defy it. Social conscience is the only safeguard of all rights, fundamental or non-fundamental.
The ruling class of India must understand that today's Rohith is tired of being governed, he wants his due share in the resources of this country. They must also see to it that one Rohith has sacrificed his life, but not all will do so. They may think the other way round. The sooner the governing class of India realizes this, the better it is.
Thanks to the rising awareness and social media, the protests for Institutional killing of Rohith are held not only in India, but also in international Universities like Harvard, Boston, and Johannesburg. Rohith's case has once again proved how ' Crony Casteism' is at work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year with full speed of 4G even before the technology arrived in India.
Dr. Ambedkar through his intelligence, reason and vast knowledge was able to get for the deprived and marginalised, the right to live a dignified life which was denied to them by the sacred Hindu texts. The rising number of his followers from various strata of society is only a testimony to the fact that 'Ambedkarism' is an unstoppable phenomena. His followers are using his vast treasure of writings, speeches, quotations, pictures and everything he left behind. The Savarnas could not stop him when he was alive, nether they would succeed in stopping his ideas to spread and his followers.
The message is loud and clear. Don't mess with the Ambedkarites. The sooner the Oppressors accept this fact and mend their ways the better it is as his followers have time and again proved that 'Ambedkar Dead is More Dangerous than Ambedkar Alive'.
Written by – Abhay Dongre
Filed under Dalit, Dalit History, Dr B R Ambedkar
Tagged as Dalit, Dr Ambedkar, Dr Ambedkar Books, Dr B R Ambedkar Photos, Hindu Caste System, Republic Day, Republic Day (26th January)


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NGO-microfinance institution denies being a wonder bank
By Paula Eseghene
26 February 2018 | 4:11 am
3 mins ago Nigeria
Grooming People for Better Livelihood Centre (Grooming Centre) has dismissed as false and defamatory, statements published on February 22, 2018, under the headline "EFCC arrests 27 'wonder bank' operators in Oyo" regarding its business practices. The report refers to comments made by Femi Oyewole, Head of Media, Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which denote Grooming Centre as an 'illegal financial institution' and a 'wonder bank,' engaging in 'illegal activities."
But in a statement, its management said: "To set the record straight, Grooming Centre is a membership-based non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 2006, and fully registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC certificate CAC/IT/NO 24198), to address the perennial challenge of low access to financial services by its members, economically active poor people engaged in small trading and productive activities in many parts of Nigeria. The mission of the Centre is consistent with the aims and ongoing efforts of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Government in promoting financial inclusion and client friendly services at the bottom of the pyramid. The Centre is a national institution presently operating in twenty-three states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and providing services to some 650,000 poor women who are its members.
"The activities of Grooming Centre are fully recognised under the following policies issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria:
1.	Microfinance Policy, Regulatory and Supervisory Framework for Nigeria, December 2005 (section 9.3);
2.	Revised Microfinance Policy Framework for Nigeria, April 2011 (sections 4.3.5, 5.2, 5.3);
3.	Revised Regulatory and Supervisory Guidelines for Microfinance Banks in Nigeria, 2012 (section 17.2).
"Grooming Centre is also a member of the apex Association of Non-Bank Microfinance Institutions of Nigeria (ANMFIN) and has always complied with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. As a global Tier 1 Microfinance Institution, Grooming Centre has been a standard bearer in implementing best practices in triple bottom line financial intermediation and inclusion in Nigeria and Africa over the eleven years of its existence."
The statement went on: "This has endeared the Centre to the major national and global players as well as funding vehicles in the microfinance sector and led to partnerships with these multilateral institutions and bodies as well as several ratings and recognitions including:
•	First Microfinance Institution in Africa to receive the highly-prized Client Protection Principles [CPP] certification from the Washington D.C. based SMART Campaign (2016);
•	Key Partner with the World Bank Group in implementing the Universal Financial Access (UFA) Framework aimed at providing credit to 2 billion households by the year 2020;
•	Board Member and Vice President, African Microfinance Transparency (2013-2017);
•	Top 5 finalists, European Microfinance Platform Award (2012);
•	Nominee, Africa Banker's Award 2011 (Microfinance) (IMF/World Bank Meeting, Washington DC);
•	Rated three times (2009, 2011 & 2015) by MicroRate USA and in 2013 by Planet Rating France;
•	Presently an α- rated for Institutional (Financial and Operational) Performance and 4 out of 5 stars for Social Performance (MicroRate, 2015).
It added: "Therefore, we categorically reject the defamatory article. The publishers never spoke to anyone at Grooming Centre, which is unprofessional and hasty, and would have shown that a number of the statements in their article were false. Furthermore, till date, the Ibadan Zonal Office of the EFCC has not made us aware of any allegations and as to why they unjustly detained our staff members and caused this unwarranted embarrassment. "Grooming Centre remains committed to promoting client friendly and best practice methodology in the delivery of financial services to the poor and flying the Nigerian flag high in the community of global best practice microfinance institutions."
EFCCFemi-Oyewole


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This program is very user-friendly and has some additional bells and whistles for folk that need additional options for customization. Fairly priced.
You get what you need for basic video editing with this product but there can be some lag time in between uploads.
The software is clean and easy to use and it has a load of functionality.
It lacks some of the capabilities of Its competitors - but their customer service is top notch and they are constantly improving the software.
I love the software. Quick and easy to use. Chrome plug-in. You can do almost everything and also track views.
There is nothing I can write as cons. I really like the software.
Not only does Hippo capture from screensharing, your webcam and microphone, it also allows you to edit your recording via a multi-track editor.
Clipping and cropping is one thing, a basic thing, but being able to layer in a soundtrack or sound effects and then add in an intro or outro are powerful additions.
Video compiling after recording can take a while - longer than you might expect relative to your actual recording duration.


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Arab museum sets May opening date
By Nancy Kaffer, Press Release and Press and Guide |
PUBLISHED: August 10, 2004 at 10:00 p.m. | UPDATED: June 17, 2021 at 11:49 a.m.
DEARBORN ? 05/05/05. It's a catchy date.
That's why the creators of the new Arab-American National Museum have chosen it for the museum's grand opening.
The opening, said ACCESS Cultural Arts Director Anan Ameri will be a weeklong series of special events, starting April 28 and culminating with the museum opening.
The museum was due to open in January 2005, but routine construction delays pushed the opening back.
The soil in the basement, where Ameri says a movie theater will be built, was too soft and needed to be reinforced.
The original building, which designers had planned to renovate, had to be torn down and replaced with new construction.
"The conception company didn't know how it had been standing all these years," Ameri said.
Collection of artifacts for opening-week exhibits is completed, said Curator Sarah Blanett.
"We're doing extremely well. We're finalizing the last bit of graphics. We'll begin installing exhibitry in the next few months," Blanett said.
Now that the final deadline for artifact collection has been met, Blanett said that the team will be able to refocus its energy on a membership campaign and the logistics of opening the museum.
Ameri said the museum is close to its fund-raising goals.
Originally estimated to cost $12.8 million, the actual cost of the museum is closer to $15 million. About $13 million has been raised so far.
Ameri said that the museum had met a $1.5-million challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation.
The museum will feature items from the lives of famous Arab-Americans, like Arab-American journalist Helen Thomas' typewriter or actor F. Murray Abraham's Golden Globe.
One of the museums more unusual displays will feature items from the life of Robert George, a Lebanese Christian who served as the White House Santa Claus for seven administrations.
The lives of ordinary Arab-Americans will also be celebrated in the museum, through stories, pictures and artifacts.
One section, Blanett said, will feature tidbits of information about people or discoveries viewers might not realize were Arab-American.
"Did you know the waffle cone was invented by an Arab-American?" Blanett said.


You must be content with God's decrees, for this contentment is among noble consequences of love and gnosis. It is the attribute of the lover to be pleased with the acts of his Beloved, whether they be sweet or bitter.
Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, ineffable peace. Never trust anybody not of sound religion, for he that is false to God can never be true to man. A man who puts aside his religion because he is going into society is like one taking off his shoes because he is about to walk on thorns.


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Wataru Suzuki
Tokyo Gakugei University
4-1-1, Nukuikita-machi
Koganei City
Institutional Affiliation: Gakushuin University
July 2007 Aging, Saving, and Public Pensions in Japan
with Charles Yuji Horioka, Tatsuo Hatta: w13273
We analyze the impact of population aging on Japan's household saving rate and on its public pension system and the impact of that system on Japan's household saving rate and obtain the following results: first, the age structure of Japan's population can explain the level of, and past and future trends in, its household saving rate; second, the rapid aging of Japan's population is causing Japan's household saving rate to decline and this decline can be expected to continue; third, the pay-as-you-go nature of the public pension system, combined with rapid population aging, created considerable intergenerational inequities and increased the saving rates of cohorts born after 1965, which in turn slowed the decline in Japan's household saving rate; and fourth, the 2004 public pension reform a...
Published: Charles Yuji HORIOKA & Wataru SUZUKI & Tatsuo HATTA, 2007. "Aging, Savings, and Public Pensions in Japan," Asian Economic Policy Review, Japan Center for Economic Research, vol. 2(2), pages 303-319. citation courtesy of
September 2006 Evaluating Japan's Health Care Reform of the 1990s and Its Efforts to Cope with Population Aging
with Naohiro Yashiro, Reiko Suzuki
in Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan, David A. Wise and Naohiro Yashiro, editors
Conjoint Analysis to Estimate the Demand for Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Japan
with Seiritsu Ogura, Makoto Kawamura, Tamotsu Kadoda
Market Concentration, Efficiency, and Quality in the Japanese Home Help Industry
with Yanfei Zhou


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Trump: "Getting past protesters felt like I was crossing the border"
Donald Trump on Friday made light of the protests that greeted his speech at the California Republican Convention, likening it to crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. Cameras tracked Trump as his entourage took a back way into the building. The businessman had to go around a fence and step over a concrete embankment to get through the back entrance into the Hyatt Regency hotel, where the convention is taking place. "That was not the easiest entrance I've ever made," Trump said. "My wife called and said 'there were helicopters following you' ... and then we went under a fence and through a fence. Oh boy, it felt like I was crossing the border, actually." You know why it felt like crossing the border to Trump, because 80 percent of those protesters are probably crossed the border illegally. Watching live feeds of the protest last night, or what I would like to call riots. All I saw was Hispanics and Latinos for the most part, who are in fact likely here illegally. As I was watching the live feeds I never really even seen BLM protesters. It was literally nothing more then likely illegal aliens at these protest, because remember it is Cali which is the most populated state in America with illegal aliens. Now we should never be anti immigration as long as that immigration is legal. When we see Mexican flags being waved in America at protest, it only goes to show that this front of Liberals want nothing more then the destruction of the United States. It should only involve arrest of people, when you see them holding signs that say make America Mexico again. Which if you were watching the violent protest unfold in Costa Mesa and San Francisco, CA, you saw more then one of. What we all saw last night was not America, what we saw last night and today is treason of the first amendment of the US Constitution.


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Cachupa lub katxupa – danie narodowe Republiki Zielonego Przylądka; rodzaj ragout z kukurydzy, fasoli, ryby lub mięsa i innych składników (np. kapusty, słodkich ziemniaków, bananów, dyni, manioku).

Danie występuje w dwóch wersjach – bogatej (cachupa rica), podawanej w zamożniejszych domach z mięsem (np. drobiem lub wieprzowiną, kiełbasą) i rybami oraz wersji biedniejszej (cachupa pobre), bez mięsa, wyłącznie z rybami. Podawane jest w niedziele lub na specjalne okazje, np. urodziny. Resztki potrawy mogą być odgrzewane i spożywane na śniadanie.

Przypisy

Kultura w Republice Zielonego Przylądka
Kuchnia afrykańska
Ragout

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Cedar Ridge Baptist Church has been a lighthouse in the Y Highway area for about 30 years. We have been touching and impacting lives with the Gospel of Jesus Christ both here at home and around the world. Many people have had their lives changed, homes have been mended, relationships have been restored because of what the the Lord has done through the ministry of His church.. We consider Cedar Ridge Baptist a church family. Ephesians 2:19 says that as Christians we are.....of the household of God. The word household means "family." Cedar Ridge Baptist is not a country club, a business, or an institution, it is God's family serving Him and loving people. The Greek word translated "church" (ekklesia) means "called out or assembly." When we gather together, we are the assembly of His family. (Hebrews 10:25) If you do not have a church home It would be an honor to have you attend any of our scheduled services. You will always receive a warm welcome at Cedar Ridge Baptist Church.
An opportunity to use your gifts and talents to reach out to others in our community and around the world.
Missions and evangelism are not a side line but our life line.
Dynamic and meaningful blended worship.
A strong emphasis on personal & intercessory prayer.
A cooperating member of the Missouri Baptist Convention.
Frequent fellowship events for the entire family.
Prayer and Bible study for all age groups starting at 6:30 p.m.


With his design for Click, Alberto Meda created a functional and robust folding table.
hanks to the flat folding mechanism and elegant lines of the legs, Click does not look like an ordinary folding table – and for added convenience, its legs can be folded up and down by simply pressing a button. It is available in three sizes as well as in a practical set of ten tables with a stacking trolley that holds all ten tables. Click is a functional and robust folding table that Vitra created with the engineer and designer Alberto Meda. Its legs can be folded up and down by simply pressing a button. Because of the flat folding mechanism and the elegant lines of the legs, Click does not look like an ordinary folding table. The recessed folding device also allows for space-saving storage. Up to ten tables can be stacked on the trolley. Click is available in three sizes as well as in a practical set of ten tables with a stacking trolley.
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text: Q: Show this function is convex Show that $f(x)=\frac{(\theta-x)\log_{x}\frac{x-\theta}{1-\theta}+x}{1-x}, ~x\in(\theta,\infty)$ is convex, where $\theta\in(0,1)$. $f(1)=\lim_{x\rightarrow 1}f(x)$. Numerical experiments suggest it is, but the second order derivative is too messy to yield anything interesting. Is there a way to get around the heavy algebra of taking the derivatives? Thanks!


Everybody is scared of the lady next door, Miss Shirley. Except me. I ain't scared. But everybody else is, like the whole town. They say she killed her own daughter-in-law. The two of them got to arguing one day, she put those bullfrog eyes of hers on the girl and bam, the girl dropped dead right on the spot and was never seen again. That was before I was born, but that's what they say.
My best friend Charlene's mom says Miss Shirley's too ugly to even be a man. Ugly to the bone. That probably accounts for why she's so skinny, bones sticking right out through her skin. With those ashy toothpick legs and dark-skinned bony body, you'd think a strong breeze could whisk her away. But nope. Guess maybe even the wind's scared of her.
Outback of Miss Shirley's house there's a chicken coop. She'll be out there with those chickens wearing a house dress that's been washed so much the color's been bleached right out of it. Her dresses hang off her, real loose, looking like they're about to fall off, cause of how skinny she is.
Folks can't figure how she did it, but Miss Shirley's got a husband. His name's, Mr. George. He's skinny too. And he's way shorter than Miss Shirley! But he's as nice as she's mean. He's got this gray hat he's always wearing that's got a little feather tucked into the band on one side. I think it's silly, but he's even named his hat. Calls it, Fadora or something like that.
One day, when Mr. George saw me and Charlene practicing double dutch he offered to turn the other end of the rope. He untied it from the porch's column and we took turns jumping. After a while, he said he had to be on his way. But before he left, he said he'd give each of us a penny for every successful jump we made. I got a quarter. Charlene only got fifteen cents. We spent the money on candy.
Anyway, Anthony's gonna be the biggest and oldest boy in our fourth grade class when we go back to school. That's because he's stayed back twice. But that's not why me and Charlene don't like him. The real reason is, because he picks on people, especially the littler kids. When we play kick soccer at recess, you're supposed to throw the ball to the person covering the base. Not Anthony. He's a head hunter. You kick the ball to him, he's gonna throw it at you, and try to hit you in the head. Big jerk.
Now that was stupid! On the way home from school, lots of the kids take a shortcut across the railroad tracks and through Miss Shirley's backyard. Not me. Miss Shirley didn't like them chickens getting all crazy, feathers flying all over the place, and what not.
I told Anthony he best leave them chickens alone if he knew what was good for him. That's when he said I was just scared of Miss Shirley, but he wasn't no girl and he wasn't scared. Well, I wasn't about to let Anthony call me no chicken. So I dared him to do it. What's more, I said I'd do it if he did.
It's not that I wanted Miss Shirley's evil killing eyes on me, but I wasn't going to back down. I stood up and looked at Charlene.
"Ain't nobody gonna be dying," answered Anthony as we walked toward Miss Shirley's backyard.
So off I went, with only one side of my head braided.
Well, they started jumping around, making a whole bunch of noise. And that's when I saw her. Miss Shirley burst out the house, arms and legs going every which a way.
And I took off running. Miss Shirley was ugly, but now she was mad ugly and that's a powerful combination. Though she must've been about 100 years old, she was fast despite them old gnarly toes painted bright red and those pink flip flops she always wore.
I glanced back and she was gaining on Anthony. But I didn't think she'd catch me, I was fast too. I'd been the fastest girl in the third grade, always winning the relay races at recess. Anyway, I knew if I could get to the railroad tracks behind her house I'd be home free. So, I turned on the jets. When I reached the tracks a bunch of train cars were sitting there. I knew they wouldn't be going nowhere any time soon. I grabbed the hand rail of one of the cars, jumped up its steps, and shot into the car. About halfway through it, I stopped, got down low, and crept to a window to sneak a peek.
She had Anthony by the neck. Stupid fool, must have looked back to see how close she was and fell. He was done for. Probably good as dead. In a way I felt bad. We'd probably never see old lunchbox head Anthony again. But me, I'd gotten away. I'd survived.
For the next couple of days me and Charlene stayed inside. I didn't know if Miss Shirley had known it was me or not. Being cooped up indoors was no fun, especially with it being summer and all. But we didn't go back to hanging outside until we thought it was safe.
"Got him," said Charlene, grabbing the cork stapled to the end of her pop gun's string and shoving it back into the barrel.
The hedges in front of our house were full of locusts. Everybody said they couldn't remember when there'd been so many of them. Day and night they made such a racket it like to drive me crazy. So, since me and Charlene couldn't think of anything to do, we figured we'd bop locusts in the head. It wasn't hard or nothing. You just lined their heads up with the cork and pulled the trigger. And pop, the cork smacked them in the head. They'd fall to the ground all stunned. Then you'd stick the cork back in the gun and do it all over again.
It was Mr. George. Me and Charlene had been so focused on hunting locusts we hadn't even heard him come up on us. I told him momma had gone to the laundromat 'cause our washer had broke down. He took off his hat and stood fidgeting with it in his hands. I looked away and held my breath.
Charlene and I looked at each other as I let out my breath. What did he want us to do about it?
"Can you help me?" he asked, looking right at me.
"Yup, she can," said Charlene.
I shot her a look. She didn't need to be answering for me. I could answer for myself. If she was so bent on helping Mr. George, why didn't she volunteer?
It was real dark inside their house on account of all the blinds being closed. Miss Shirley was lying on a ratty old couch, moaning, her eyes closed, a hand on her forehead.
"I can't get her up," said Mr. George, standing there worrying that hat something fierce with his hands.
She shook her head all disgusted like.
"She ain't dead or dying," I said turning toward Mr. George.
With Mr. George gone, it was just me and Miss Shirley in that dark room. What was I supposed to do now?
I was about to do as she asked and then realized I'd never been inside their house before.
She pointed, so I headed in that direction.
After getting the wash cloth and soaking it good, I brought it back and handed it to her.
"Sorry," I said. I took the wash cloth and came back after squeezing it out. When I put it on her forehead, my hand grazed her. She was hot.
"You want me to open a window?
I went to the window across from the couch and shoved it open. Almost immediately, a breeze swept in, chasing away the stale air in the room. Then I stood there, looking at her, wondering what I should do next.
"What you wanna talk about?" I asked as I walked over, slid up a foot stool and plopped down.
I sat, thinking for a couple minutes, before something came to mind.
"How many people you killed?" I asked.
She responded with a cackle.
She laughed even harder, her whole body shaking and bouncing up and down on the couch making its springs squeak. Finally she stopped laughing and took a deep breath.
"I figure at least around a hundred. Mostly bad children. Especially them that mess with my chickens." She burst out laughing.
I quickly pushed the stool back, the floor's boards creaking. That wasn't the least bit funny to me.
I took the washcloth, making sure our fingers didn't touch. Miss Shirley was dangerous. Everybody said so.
When I returned with the washcloth, I handed it to her and she placed it back on her forehead.
"That's a long story," she said, swallowing deeply.
I knew how to keep a secret, so I nodded my head.
I was sitting there with my mouth wide open. Thank goodness they had screens on their windows or a fly liked to have flown in my mouth. And they taste nasty.
Then, I remembered the story I'd heard about her daughter-in-law. Was she trying to trick me?
"Well, the arguing part is definitely true. She and my son, Henry, were living with me and George at the time. I told Henry not to marry that girl, she was trouble, but he didn't listen. One night they got into a big row about her drinking and though I should have known better, I got drawn into it. We was all yelling and screaming, except of course George. They could probably hear us five miles away." She shook her head sadly.
A few days after that Mr. George came over to our house. He told my momma what I'd done to help and that Miss Shirley was all better. He said, it'd been some kind of bad headache that makes people want to lie around in the dark and not move. Mr. George was so thankful he gave me two quarters. I gave one to Charlene and we went to the store and bought red hot dollars. They're really not hot, just gummy, but you can get two for a penny.
Me and Charlene were on the porch enjoying our candy and picking the stuck pieces out our teeth when old lunchbox head Anthony came walking by. He stopped and asked what we were eating and we told him candy. He asked Charlene to give him some. I said, no. Then he started in, calling us Laurel and Hardy.
He puffed out his cheeks and said Charlene didn't need candy, because she was fat! I told him he was slower than molasses and lucky Miss Shirley hadn't killed him.
Right then and there, he said he wanted a do over. He said I'd started running before she even came out the house, because I was scared. Charlene told Anthony, to leave us alone. She said he was acting like a big baby, because he'd gotten caught and I hadn't.
Lunchbox head started flapping his arms, clucking, and calling me a chicken. That's when I got mad and told him he was on. As I stood up, Charlene grabbed my arm. She looked scared as a rabbit. She poked out her lips making a frowny face and shook her head no. I handed her my bag of candy and told her I'd be all right.
We weren't but a couple steps into Miss Shirley's backyard when she came tearing out the house. She was screaming we better leave those chickens alone and what she was going to do to us when she caught us. Anthony took off running toward the railroad tracks.
And as I turned to run Miss Shirley smiled, winked at me, then went right back to yelling.
J L Higgs: "My short stories typically focus on life from the perspective of a black American. The primary goal of my writing is to create a greater understanding between racial, ethnic, and religious groups in America.
"I have been published in over 20 magazines, including Indiana Voice Journal, Black Elephant, The Writing Disorder, Contrary Magazine, Literally Stories, The Remembered Arts Journal and nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
My wife and I currently reside outside of Boston as do our son and daughter."


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We continue to encourage difference among our employees because we know it produces innovative ideas and new insights. And, we will continue to enrich and strengthen the diversity of various functional departments, while supporting various forms of horizontal (lateral) team organization and cross-functional collaboration because it maximises the positive effects of our diversity.
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