text:
Real Estate LAB
Alumni membership
Why TIAS
Working at TIAS
Examinationboard
Knowledge area>
Health>
Is CPR meaningful?
How can we prevent a patient who is registered as "do not resuscitate" still being resuscitated? How meaningful is CPR really, Nardo van der Meer wonders in this blog.
Image: © Nationale Beeldbank
Mrs. Breskens, 84 years old, was brought to the Emergency Room. The facts: "Out-of-Hospital Cardiac arrest," known to cardiologist De Vries for heart failure, reponse time 10 minutes, no CPR from bystander, first VF rhythm, short-term chest compressions and after 2x 150 joules again rhythm and output.
In the background stood an older man, leaning on a walking stick. Presumably her husband. This is a familiar scene to most of my IC colleagues in the Netherlands. However, there was important extra information. In our EMR, the patient was registered as a "do not resuscitate."
15,000 cardiac arrests
Every year in the Netherlands, more than 15,000 patients have a cardiac arrest outside the hospital. Thanks to the efforts of many organizations, we have a system in the Netherlands that enables the fire department, police, ambulance service, and many volunteers to respond quickly and appropriately when someone suddenly collapses on the street or at home. Yet, in these cases we are dealing with a very deadly situation; more than 75% of people do not survive a sudden cardiac arrest.
There are two ways to look at this number: "despite all efforts, 75% do not make it" or "thanks to all the efforts, 25% will be fine." But even then the question remains: what good are those numbers? What ensures that you, as a person or attending physician, says at some point: in case of a cardiac arrest we will not resuscitate. This is often an individual choice based on feeling, emotion, trust, and, hopefully, on the few sparse facts.
Proverbial hothouse plant
In a well-nuanced and personal article in the De Volkskrant, medical journalist Alliette Jonkers described her search for the value of output numbers. In her article she rightly stresses that after CPR, if you survive, you often do not end up as the proverbial hothouse plant. That is true. But it is only true if you survive.
The cited homegrown research shows that of all patient-related factors, age determines the outcome of a CPR: 16% survival rate in the group of 70-79 years old and 8% in the group aged 80 and older. Factors such as comorbidity proved far less important than expected. Much more important is whether the resuscitation itself was started quickly and effectively.
Awareness that it has been for nothing
But these numbers tell nothing about the process of hospital stay. Quite often a patient arrives at the hospital and somewhere during the treatment process the awareness arises that it has been for nothing. This can happen at the beginning, in the Emergency Room, but it can also arise after a number of days of IC-treatment. In the Netherlands, in cases of permanent neurological damage we choose to be very reluctant about further intervention such as artificial respiration, antibiotics, renewed resuscitation, etc... Many people still die in hospital after initial resuscitation. That process is insufficiently highlighted in the article.
Mrs. Breskens was admitted to Intensive Care by us. Once we started, we went through a complete and heavily protocoled course of treatment in the ICU. This meant that only after three days could we say with certainty that her brain was damaged by a lack of oxygen to the extent that she would never wake up again, let alone lead an independent life. We stopped the treatment and the woman died in the presence of her family. Unfortunately, she belonged to the 92% group. But actually she did not want to be where she now was, because she did not want to be resuscitated at all.
Could we have prevented this together? Could we have prevented the resuscitation? Should we not have stopped the treatment immediately after entering the ER? We cannot reach agreement on it. You cannot win the argument with numbers alone: does it really matter whether you have a 20 or 35% chance of survival? Does that determine your decision?
It is a personal choice that will have to be discussed with all the knowledge at your disposal, especially when you are 70 or older, whether you live at home or in an institution. With some exceptions, it is an individual decision whether resuscitation is worthwhile. It is the patient who mainly decides. Once he has made that choice, he should let as many people as possible know about it. The fact is that we do not have a sound and readily available information system for sharing the information.
Nardo van der Meer
WHO conference: "Attention needed for local governance"
The new WHO framework for coherent care is very well organized but the challenge is enormous, according to Mirella Minkman.
The paradox of transparency in healthcare
Public attention for abuse leads to improvements, but repeated extensive coverage of calamities undermines confidence in healthcare.
New health care challenges lead to innovation
Hospitals are undergoing strong developments and are facing new challenges that lead to innovation.
Technological poverty in the care sector produces wealth
Isn't it strange then that staff and visitors in the care sector still use techniques from the previous century for their mutual communication?
Long-term care must and can be done better
Sooner or later, every professional in long-term care will run up against the gut feeling that "this has to be done better".
Executive Master of Health Administration (MHA)
Online learning environment
Code of conduct international students


Fabric ballet shoes. Size 22, for feet length 14-15cm. Bought too small size.
Preloved the ballet school uniform size 1 for toddler class .. ideal for kids who want start learning ballet.. Shoe brand are Bloch size 17cm .. not for fussy .. selling whole set for $30only ..
$12 each pair. Letting go 3 pairs of size 1, 11 & 13.
order these bags for my daughter b'day party, however they were not used.
Good condition Sonata Dance Tutu Used but well kept and maintained with dehumidifier. Size 0. Similar to Sonora leotard size.
Nice 👗. Can use it for any occasions. Sweet.


text:
by Capital News Service | July 21, 2016 | News | 0 |
From a C-Span screen shot.
By Jessica Campisi
CLEVELAND – While Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence was the headliner of the third night of the GOP convention, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's refusal to endorse Donald Trump consumed the day-after conversations among the delegates from Maryland — and every other state.
Cruz, Trump's former rival for the nomination, sought to defend his snub at a Texas delegation breakfast Thursday, but seemed unable to stem the backlash and disappointment among Republicans at a time when the party is traditionally focused on uniting behind its candidate.
"It demonstrates what we already knew about Ted Cruz," said Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh. "He is self-centered and a self-promoting politician who is already scheming to set himself up for the next election by torpedoing Donald Trump."
Cruz's speech emphasized the need for a divided America to "return to freedom" and unify behind a leader. And while he openly denounced presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, he did not encourage voters to cast their ballots for Trump, but instead to "vote your conscience."
"He could've picked a better arena to have a tantrum or a meltdown than the middle of the convention," said Shannon Wright, a Maryland delegate from Baltimore. "That's not the time to work out your demons."
Best of his career — till the end
Some Marylanders said the speech was the best of Cruz's career – that is, until the very end.
"Like, 98 percent of the speech was fantastic," said Maryland State Senate Minority Leader J.B. Jennings, Baltimore County. "It was wrong that he did not just come out and say 'Vote Donald Trump.' It's only three words."
Other members of the Maryland delegation said Cruz placed unity – a key objective for Republicans during the convention – on the back burner.
"We need to come out of this convention united," said at-large delegate and Trump supporter Dwight Patel of Bethesda. "And basically, he just threw his entire party under the bus."
On Twitter, Patel wrote: "Was ashamed I ever supported Ted Cruz for Pres."
But some delegates said Cruz's defiant move has resulted in exactly that – a unity among party members in supporting the nominee.
"It's that crucial time when you say, 'We fought the good fight, we gave it our all and we didn't win,'" said Citizens United President and Maryland National Republican Committeeman David Bossie, of Montgomery County, who is chairing the state delegation. "And the American people have spoken, and now we must all band together to defeat the evil one, Hillary Clinton."
Anti-Clinton rhetoric dominates
But rather than pro-Trump sentiments, anti-Clinton rhetoric has dominated the convention.
In the speeches delivered on Tuesday night, themed "Make America Work Again," the words "Hillary" and "Clinton" were the two most often used, while "Donald" was fourth, "Trump" was fifth, and "work" was tied for 10th, according to a FiveThirtyEight.com analysis.
During his speech, Cruz aligned with other Republicans in denouncing President Barack Obama, "a man who does everything backwards" and criticizing Hillary Clinton's decisions in the Benghazi scandal and the Iran nuclear deal as "madness."
But it is the next step – communicating Trump's vision and plans for office – that needs to be emphasized in order to build a successful campaign, Maryland delegates said.
"(Most) of the folk here are all in agreement with 'not Hillary,' (and) we need to take that negative and leave that where it is and build on 'why Trump,'" Wright said. "If we're going to be talking about uniting now, let's talk about that. Let's not dig out of the garbage anymore."
Josh Magness contributed to this report.
PreviousState Roundup, July 21, 2016
NextVatz analysis: Final speeches by Trumps were a perfect ending to an imperfect convention
State employees making $100K jumped 20% to 6,847 last year
Common Core relief bills heading to governor
Szeliga calls for the prosecution of Columbus statue vandals
Third try for the right to die legislation

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


This dessert is a lemon-lover's dream come true. It is also simple to prepare and perfect to end a substantial dinner, so keep it in mind as an option for your next dinner party. We served it after a delicious vegetarian lasagna (recipe coming soon).
Whisk the egg yolks, egg, and sugar until blended. Whisk the lemon juice and reserve.
Prepare an ice bath (large bowl or sink with cold water and ice cubes to keep the temperature very cold). Heat the oven to 300 F.
Combine the cream and lemon zest in a heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat until bubbles start showing on the edges of the pan. Remove from heat. Pour the cream while whisking constantly over the egg/lemon mixture, in a slow stream. Place the bowl on the ice bath and cool it, mixing gently. When it reaches room temperature, strain the cream through a fine sieve, discarding the lemon zest. Pour in 6 individual ramekins (5-ounce size). Place the ramekins in a baking dish, fill it halfway up with very hot water, cover the whole dish with aluminum foil, leaving a corner open.
Bake for 35 minutes. Remove the foil, and gently jiggle one of the custards – if it's set on the edges but still wavy at the center, remove from the oven, take them out of the baking dish, cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
When it's time to serve, place some pomegranate seeds over the custard, sprinkle a little powdered sugar, and….
Comments: My only modification to the recipe was the addition of pomegranate seeds, and they were a hit, providing a nice contrast of color and texture to the creamy custards. Because pomegranate can be a bit tart, I sprinkled a light coating of powdered sugar just before serving.
Note to self: Make these custards again soon. Very soon.
olá! but that delight! this prescription, seems wonderful, goes to make, counts later you. caroliny!
I love a lemon dessert. And, the pomegranate seeds look great with the custards! Can't wait to see the lasagna next.
Lovely and lemony! I've only just discovered pomegranates, and was instantly hooked!
Looks so good with the pomegranate. It makes me think if the Thai dessert with ice shavings in coconut milk and water chestnuts in tapioca flour, plus pandan leaves for extra flavor.


text:
« The Fake Rise of the Dow | Main | Plaid Flannel America »
S190 & The Road not Taken
Back in 2004, I can remember feeling a small twinge of anxiety when one of the black captains of industry, Franklin Raines was getting his ass handed to him. You may recall that this was when Fannie Mae, of which he was the principal, was forced to restate its finances.
I'm surely not the only black man to feel the twinge - I mean what are the chances that when I do a quick look at the first two names I find defending Raines that they are both black Democrats. Hmm
Representative William Lacy Clay, Democrat of Missouri, accused the regulators of "rushing to judgment."
"This hearing is about the political lynching of Franklin Raines,'' Mr. Clay said. "We have seen this kind of action before. This is truly a witch hunt."
Representative Artur Davis, Democrat of Alabama, asked Mr. Falcon, "Is it possible that by weakening this institution, you are weakening the housing market because of the broad insinuations you have made?"
Rush to judgment? Where have we heard that language before?
The unsung hero in this appearst to be one Armando Falcon, Jr. who was a regulator at an bureacracy called OFHEO. They dropped a bomb on Fannie Mae. Falcon started his doing his job back in December of 2004. Nobody paid attention until the SEC validated his findings.
It turns out that John McCain was one of the people trying to clean up this mess proactively, but were stymied by the Democrats. Chuck Hegel's bill S.190 was going to tighten regulations on Fannie and Freddie. It was clear that Falcon was outgunned and had some explaining to do to Democrats. He ended up resigning his position.
Later the OFHEO sued Raines and Fannie Mae for $400 million.
Here's an article in Forbes giving some extended characterization by Falcon about his role in taking down Raines and what was wrong at Fannie Mae.
Forbes: You resigned under pressure from the White House after releasing your study about the risks Fannie and Freddie pose to the financial system. Now it looks as though your successor also is in trouble for speaking out. Do you see a problem with the independence at OFHEO?
Falcon: When I was director, I think the White House did respect the independence of the agency. I think there was a plan in the works before the release of my report to put their own person in place at the agency. It wasn't as much about independence, but more about me being a Clinton Administration appointee. That's why I stepped down willingly. If I thought it was because there would be a threat to the independence of the agency, I would have stuck around a little longer.
Forbes: What do you think of Congress considering legislation that would give a new regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac varying levels of authority to scale back the size of their holdings?
Falcon: It's very important that Congress pass legislation to strengthen powers of the regulatory agency. But it's not helpful for regulators to have their hands tied behind their backs on the issue of portfolio limits. I never really considered that was a final point to the legislation until the problems came up with Fannie and Freddie in accounting areas. Many of those problems arose because of the vast amount it took for the companies to manage the risk associated with the retained portfolios. (That is, the loans they keep instead of reselling in the secondary market.) Since the retained portfolios really don't contribute to the fulfillment of the mission of the companies (to promote housing and easy access to mortgages), it is time to get the companies to scale back their portfolios.
Forbes: Any specific number in mind?
Falcon: I wouldn't want to see a hard number in legislation, but the number mentioned by [Alan] Greenspan ($100 billion to $200 billion) is within the ballpark of what's necessary for the fulfillment of Fannie's and Freddie's mission.
I'm not going to spend the time reordering all this chronology. But the bottom line is that Kevin Hassett of the American Enterprise Institute has the Democrats over a barrel on this one. The more I dig following up on his story the more interesting it gets. Obviously there's a lot of blame to go around. If Raines and company had exercised sounder judgment, we wouldn't have been in this mess. If, if, if.
I didn't pay much attention to the racial noise coming out of Obama's media flacks last week about the (non)-connection between he and Raines. But as I look at this I find it very difficult to believe that Raines wasn't selling his own high tech lynching story. I heard the recording of his pleas for solidarity to the Congressional Black Caucus. That McCain is furious this week at the NYT in covering Obama's ass is now more understandable given McCain's own efforts to do something about this very issue long ago.
I think perhaps I have an answer for Hitchens when he asks why Obama hasn't made hay over the apparent political advantage he could make out of this financial crisis. The answer is this. Obama didn't do squat on this issue or anything like it. If he did, then it might have come sideways through the black door. But I doubt that. More likely he was just absent. I'm rather flabbergasted by Obama's voting record. Now that I actually get a chance to see it, it's a rather stunningly empty thing.
So add a few political stripes to the sordid history of this meltdown. I've already been fussing in principle about how crappy racial politics obliterate economic sense, and specifically the appeal to blackfolks to support Down Payment Assistance. I hope we can stick to the facts here. There's nothing racial about Obama and Raines. If there's any connection at all, its Raines trying to bamboozle Obama on a racial solidarity tip as he likely did with Clay and Davis and attempted to do with the CBC. But the legislative history against S.190 is clearly a Democrat Party responsibility and that's where Obama should take his hit. But I don't think he'll man up and do it. That would be too complicated, and this is a story I'm sure he'd hope - like so many others, will die without legs in the national media.
September 22, 2008 in Domestic Affairs | Permalink


text:
Youths push entrepreneurship in the Caribbean
July 31, 2018 1974 views	CAYE - C&C, youth entrepreneurship
Young people across the Caribbean are taking the bold step of starting their own businesses. Latoyaa Roberts-Thomas, 29, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago, reports that while there is still a lot to be done to support youth entrepreneurship in the region, young entrepreneurs and policymakers are strategizing to propel youth entrepreneurship in the region.
Entrepreneurship is one of those 21st-century buzzwords like globalization, which everyone is eager to talk about. But the verdict is still out on the extent to which the Caribbean region is really creating an enabling environment for youth entrepreneurship.
At a workshop held recently in Trinidad and Tobago, young entrepreneurs from over fourteen Caribbean countries discussed the main challenges faced by young entrepreneurs in the region and worked with policymakers to develop strategies to propel youth entrepreneurship in the Caribbean.
Among the concerns raised by young entrepreneurs and stakeholders were the need to enhance entrepreneurship education and skills development, facilitate technology exchange and innovation, as well as improve access to non-traditional and innovative financing options for young entrepreneurs. Participants also said other important areas of concern were access to information, mentorship, and networking for young entrepreneurs in addition to optimizing the regulatory environment for entrepreneurship and business operations in the region.
The workshop was facilitated by the Commonwealth Youth Programme and had representatives from CARICOM, Caribbean Development Bank, UNECLAC, ILO, Commonwealth Youth Council and Caribbean Regional Youth Council.
There was also renewed commitment at the meeting to bolster advocacy for youth entrepreneurship by supporting the Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs for the Caribbean and Canada ( CAYE – C&C). One of the youth networks under the Commonwealth Youth Programme, CAYE-C&C is specifically tasked with ensuring that there is representation from young people at forums that influence policy development on youth entrepreneurship.
Launched in 2015, CAYE-C&C's mission is to empower and nurture young people through access to entrepreneurship training, financial and technical support, networking and mentorship opportunities. The network also advocates for policies that help to create a strong entrepreneurial culture and ecosystem.
President of CAYE-C&C, Selma Greene, explained that youth entrepreneurship in the Caribbean and Canada is "widely recognised and utilised as one of the strategies to improve youth employment."
Speaking about the benefits that CAYE-C&C derived from the workshop, she said, "We are thankful and pleased by the outcomes in terms of promoting awareness and networking among young entrepreneurs and policymakers." Adding that, "We connected, we networked, and we engaged to advocate for changes to advance youth entrepreneurship for strategic growth and development in the region."
The workshop was held from June 20 – 24 in Trinidad and Tobago.
Photo credit: courtesy of https://clipartxtras.com
About me: I work as a Communication Officer at the Division of Tourism and Transportation, Tobago House of Assembly in Trinidad and Tobago. I hold a first Degree in Communications Studies with Linguistics and International Relations and a Masters in Global Studies. I am currently pursuing an M.Phil in International Relations. I have a passion for youth development but also internal relations, and I like travelling the world.
" Who can we trust?"
Let's meet each other in the middle
"CAYE provides options to create employment"
March 27, 2015 1	2166
Entrepreneurship is increasingly seen as the antidote to youth unemployment, writes Ariela St. Pierre-Collins, 18, a…
"Economic prosperity requires planned policies"
December 20, 2013 1522
A government plan to encourage youth entrepreneurship will fail unless the energy crisis is solved, writes…


The former CEO presided over a period of dynamic expansion at BP, but his cost-cutting may have contributed to the company's checkered safety record. He stepped down in 2007 amid inquiries into his personal life.
See pictures of the Gulf oil spill.


roast' dinner at The Fox, an eating and drinking house.
easy success occurred, yet remembering just how hard it can be at times.
the farm's walk-in cooler, and then returned to the Cat where we enjoyed a fine English breakfast.
we returned to the village and turned in.
beautiful roe buck, my second, and now it was Jan's turn.


The phrase 'Son of man' is used in both the old and new testaments. As many of us are already aware, Jesus called himself the Son of man all the time. I suppose the reason I bring this up, and decided to concentrate on this term a little bit, is to avoid any confusion in our studies.
When we find the same term being used in two different ways, it's important to stay mindful of it as we search through the scriptures.
The two different directions that the phrase 'son of man' takes throughout the Word makes a huge difference considering the context of the scripture. One direction is to point to mankind, the other direction is to point to Christ Jesus himself. The phrase is scattered all over the gospels, most often being used by Jesus referring to himself, but then vanishes through the epistles with two exceptions.
These were the words of the Apostle Stephen, moments before his death. Obviously, he was referring to Christ Jesus, who had since been crucified & risen again, then taken up to the Father. So there's one of the two exceptions. The other we can find in the book of Hebrews.
And that is the Apostle Paul (so I believe is the author of Hebrews) quoting from the Psalms. Aside from these two verses, the term 'son of man' is not used until we get into the book of Revelation. Once we hit Revelation, we can find this term being used twice. Here they are.
Of those four verses, three of them is referring to the Lord Jesus, and one is talking about mankind. So as far as the New Testament outside of the Gospels go, we've been given an example of the two different ways the Holy Spirit uses this term. We can see my reasoning as we continue through this post.
Before we go much further, I would like to introduce some Old Testament mentions and usages of this phrase. When doing a search for this exact phrase, we can find it 108 times scattered all over the Old Testament. Most of which are found in Ezekiel interestingly enough. Here are a handful of those scriptures so that we can get a flavor of how the term was being used.
So what should we take notice of here? Well, in every one of these verses, it is referring to mankind all by itself. Not in any way referencing the Lord Jesus, or in those days would be recognized as their coming Messiah. How can we tell? Because every instance that the term is used to refer to mankind, the word son is lowercase. Any time it is referring to the Lord, the word Son is uppercase.
This is done deliberately throughout the entire Bible. A perfect example of this is when God the Father is being addressed, as God, it's with a capital 'G'. When it is referring to anything else by the word god or gods, the lower case of the letter 'g' is used. I'm sure that this isn't news to anyone, but it is helpful to include this train of thought for the entirety of the Word, not just those verses that use the word god and God.
All of these are referring to Ezekiel, as that was what the Lord had called him. As the Lord began a sentence to Ezekiel, son of man was capitalized, but when it was in the midst of a sentence the it wasn't. Same principals that we use today when we type anything up where punctuation matters.
There is only one place in particular through the entirety of the Old Testament where the Son of man is used referring to the yet to come Messiah. And that would be in the book of Daniel.
As the apostle John gave his account of the things that he was experiencing and witnessing in the book of Revelation, he used the same phrase twice. In Revelation 1:13, we find: one like unto the Son of man, and the other is Revelation 14:14 which says: one sat like unto the Son of man. Both extremely similar to how Daniel worded what he experienced.
Also, these three verses (1 in Daniel & 2 from Revelation) are the only three that I could find in the Bible referring to the Lord in this way. Does it mean anything other than a relation between the two different accounts?
I haven't got a clue. But, the Lord's ways remove all possibilities of coincidences. It is overwhelmingly possible that there are some other very good reasons that I'm just not aware of, and perhaps some of you can post your thoughts in the comment section if you know of any.
I would suggest to be mindful enough to take notice of what you may see as little things akin to what we've been going over through this post. No matter how slight something may appear, these things can often be extremely significant in the Word of God.
Never overlook anything, because in doing so, it may be that you're missing out on something particular that the Lord would like to show you.
If you've not been aware of these subtleties tucked into the Word, be prepared to have all kinds of lights turned on, shining into your studies throughout the Bible. My hope and prayer is that this post has been a blessing to someone out there.
Thank you for reading and keeping up with this site! I'd like to take this opportunity to ask that if it has blessed you, and you have the means, please consider making a donation. Because of the generosity of a few, I've been able to acquire a better system to work with. You know who you are & God bless you! This is huge because all that goes on with the Supernatural Truth in Christ ministry is done online (at least so far), and the last computer couldn't handle simple tasks that a smartphone could do with ease. Yeah it was an old system.
I've got plans to expand into making video content, so donations will be applied to different things that kind of outreach will entail. This is actually something that the Lord has been prompting me to do. Doing my due diligence, it's come to my attention that just spitting videos up on to YouTube doesn't cut the mustard like it used to. There are so many people that are constantly uploading content, that quality is very important if you would like for someone to last longer than 30 seconds before taking off. Particularly when it comes to audio.
Christ, or perhaps bring someone back to the Lord. At the very least cause for someone to shake the dust off of their Bibles and take a second look. I get accounts of people deciding to get back into the Word through these posts and the other content on this site more than anything else. So please help out and make your donation to this ministry by clicking the Donate button toward the top right hand side of this site.
I believe that the Lord takes notice when you do, and it is something that I receive with all kinds of gratitude and heaviness of heart, because I take seriously the responsibility to do right by the Lord, when trusted by others. Believe me, if I could get away with doing all of this without asking for donations, I would in a heartbeat. I can't stand asking for anything, especially when it comes to other people's money.
Thank you for your consideration, and may the Lord bless you for it! And also, thanks for reading about the Son of Man!


text:
Srbija private label association
ABOUT SPLA
Cane Jovanović, President of the Board of Directors of SPLA: Having an Association is a way to achieve our business goals.
Private labeling is not a new concept, especially in the FMCG sector, but there has been a clear intensification in recent years, so private labeled products today account for 18 to 45% of the food market. For the consumer, a private label product represents a choice and an opportunity to regulary buy quality food products and other items at a lower price comparing to branded products, without waiting for promotional prices and sales.
Many SMEs are able to expand their business by becoming international or local suppliers of large retail chains. Thus, small and medium-sized enterprises produce different products that can be bought under the name of a retail chain that guarantees their quality.
It is crucial for manufacturers to establish communication with the retail sector, which acts as an intermediary between consumers. Although the position of retail chains is stronger, a trend of supporting manufacturers to create quality products and sustainable businesses in this collaboration is notices. The most common set of criteria for manufactueres to join retail chains are: product quality, delivery time, payment method, price, distance, transportation options, rating, assortment, production capacity and reliability.
Becoming a manufacturer of private label for retail chains enables to manufacturer to invest more in its production and create high quality products, securing long-term product placement and sustainable business. The above mentioned can justify why we notice an increasing number of manufacturers engaging in this mode of business. That is also the reason why the Serbian Private Label Association was established as a platform that connects all actors in this segment, providing an opportunity to connect domestic producers and retail chains.
Association's President of the Board of Directors, Cane Jovanović, is a producer for private label in the food sector itself.
When and how did you decide to produce for a private label for retail chains? How did it affect your business?
We first produced private label product in 2015 and made the decision based on the offer of a longtime business partner. No significant changes have occurred in our company, but private label production is taking an increasing and more significant share of our production year after year.
What are the conditions for enterprises to engage in this type of production generally in Serbia and in the fruit and vegetable processing sector and does this type of production give a perspective for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in Serbia?
Conditions depend on specific products in the fruit and vegetable processing sector. For traditional products, such as pasteurized vegetables, the first and main requirement is a satisfactory production capacity. Production for private label certainly gives a perspective for development and growt, but first the cooperation with retail chains must be transparent and foreign retail chains, operating in Serbia, should export products manufactured in Serbia to other markets in which they operate.
You were one of the participants on the project "Building market capacities of fruit and vegetable processors through production of private label for domestic and international retail chains" and now you are the President of the Board of Directors of the SPLA Association established under the project. What the existence of this Association means for you?
The existence of this Association is, above all, an opportunity for us to connect with retail chains and achieve our goals, which are to increase production volume and continuity in production. Of course, we expect the Association to help small and medium-sized producers to cope with increasingly demanding, especially domestic and export markets.
What is your recommendation for all companies planning to get involved in private label production and potentially becoming SPLA members?
Before deciding on this type of business, all interested companies need to first and foremost analyze their business and goals and then decide in which segment of the business the entry into private label could benefit from.


text:
Q: Index to unordered map via tuple of data heavy objects I have an std::unordered_map<std::tuple<A, A>, B> map;. I have a function that modifies such map
void modify(const A& a1, const A& a2)
{
    map[/* a1, a2 */].modify();
}

Now I am a bit concerned about unnecessary copies of A's. Here are my attempts.
map[{a1, a2}].modify();

It looks clean, but it constructs temporary key (tuple) from copies of a1, a2.
map[std::tie(a1, a2)].modify();

This looks promising, because it constructs std::tuple<const A&, const A&> and passes that to map's operator[]. Signature of operator[] for my map is
B& operator[](const std::tuple<A, A>&)
B& operator[](std::tuple<A, A>&&)

Which doesn't match return type of std::tie, but it worked. So I look at a constructors of std::tuple and found converting constructors, which made me think, that copies are still made (so I tested it).
Is there a way to query the map, without any unnecessary copies, and still preserve O(1) average lookup complexity?

A: My best guess is that you cannot avoid copying here. The whole problem boils down to something like this:
A x1;
std::tuple<A&> t1{x1};
const std::tuple<A>& t2{t1};
const std::tuple<A>& t3{std::tuple<A&>{x1}};

Both constructions of t2 and t3 invokes a copy constructor of A (live demo: https://wandbox.org/permlink/MxTUb61kO3zL3HmD).
If you really care about performance and instances of A are expensive to copy, you can place them into some pool (e.g., std::vector<A>) and then put into your map only pointers to them (std::unordered_map<std::tuple<A*,A*>,B>).

UPDATE
Note that you can also design your own "tuple/pair" class that can be constructed either by values or by references. A very basic solution could look like:
struct construct_from_ref_tag { };

template <typename T> class ref_pair {
  public:
    ref_pair(T v1, T v2)
      : v1_(std::move(v1)), v2_(std::move(v2)), r1_(v1_), r2_(v2_) { }
    ref_pair(const T& r1, const T& r2, construct_from_ref_tag)
      : r1_(r1), r2_(r2) { }
    bool operator==(const ref_pair<T>& rhs) const {
      return ((r1_ == rhs.r1_) && (r2_ == rhs.r2_)); }
    size_t hash() const {
      return std::hash<T>{}(r1_) ^ std::hash<T>{}(r2_); }
  private:
    T v1_, v2_;
    const T& r1_;
    const T& r2_;
};

namespace std {
  template <typename T> struct hash<ref_pair<T>> {
    size_t operator()(const ref_pair<T>& v) const { return v.hash(); }
  };
}

Its usage does not trigger any copy/move constructor during elements access in map:
std::unordered_map<ref_pair<A>, int> map;
map[ref_pair<A>(1, 2)] = 3;

A a1{1};
A a2{2};

std::cout << "before access" << std::endl;
map[ref_pair<A>(a1, a2, construct_from_ref_tag{})] += 1;

I don't like it much but it works. T must be default-constructible here and default constructor is supposed to be cheap. A live demo: https://wandbox.org/permlink/obSfPEJXn3Yr5oRw.

A: I don't think you can avoid the copy. Instead of using tuples I written a basic template pair class and just substituted it in to your code from your site using move semantics, and this is what I've come up with:
template<typename T>
struct Pair {
    T t1;
    T t2;

    Pair<T>() : t1(), t2() {}
    Pair<T>( T a, T b ) : t1( std::move(a) ), t2( std::move(b) ) {}

    Pair<T>( const Pair<T>& p ) : t1( std::move( p.t1 ) ), t2( std::move( p.t2 ) ) {}
    Pair<T>( Pair<T>&& p ) : t1( std::move( p.t1 ) ), t2( std::move( p.t2 ) ) {}

    Pair<T>& operator=( const Pair<T>& p ) {
        t1 = std::move( p.t1 );
        t2 = std::move( p.t2 );
        return *this;
    }

    Pair<T>& operator=( Pair<T>&& p ) {
        t1 = std::move( p.t1 );
        t2 = std::move( p.t2 );
        return *this;
    }
};

struct verbose {
    explicit verbose( int val ) : val( val ) { std::cout << " default ctor\n"; }
    ~verbose() { std::cout << val << " dtor\n"; }

    verbose( const verbose& v ) : val( v.val ) { std::cout << val << " copy ctor\n"; }
    verbose( verbose&& v ) : val( v.val ) { std::cout << val << " move ctor\n"; }

    verbose& operator=( const verbose& v ) {
        val = v.val;
        std::cout << val << " copy assign\n";
        return *this;
    }
    verbose& operator=( verbose&& v ) {
        val = v.val;
        std::cout << val << " move assign " << std::endl;
        return *this;
    }

    int val;
};

struct verbose_hash {
    std::size_t operator()( const Pair<verbose>& v ) const {
        return std::hash<int>{}(std::move( v.t1 ).val ^ std::move( v.t2 ).val);
    }
};

struct verbose_eq {
    bool operator()( const Pair<verbose>& lhs, const Pair<verbose>& rhs ) const {
        return (std::move( lhs ).t1).val == (std::move( rhs ).t1).val &&
            (std::move( lhs ).t2).val == (std::move( rhs ).t2).val;
    }
};

std::unordered_map<Pair<verbose>, int, verbose_hash, verbose_eq> map;

void modify1( const verbose& v1, const verbose& v2 ) {
    map[{v1, v2}] = 1;
}

void modify2( const verbose& v1, const verbose& v2 ) {
    //map[std::tie(v1, v2)] = 1;  // won't work not using tuple
}

int main() {

    map.emplace(  std::move( Pair<verbose>( verbose(1) , verbose(2) ) ), std::move( 0 ) );
    std::cout << "After emplace\n";

    verbose v1( 1 ), v2( 2 );
    std::cout << "Before lookup1\n";
    modify1( std::move(v1), std::move(v2) );
    std::cout << "Before dtors\n";

    std::cout << "\nPress any key and enter to quit.\n";
    std::cin.get();
    return 0;
}

Output:
 default ctor
1 move ctor
2 move ctor
1 dtor
2 dtor
1 move ctor
2 move ctor
2 dtor
1 dtor
After emplace
 default ctor
 default ctor
Before lookup1
2 copy ctor        // copy
1 copy ctor        // copy
1 move ctor
2 move ctor
1 dtor
2 dtor
2 dtor
1 dtor
Before dtors

The code is using the move semantics but because the function is bound to an lvalue by const reference; you are not going to get away from the copies.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Shermer: "The Science of Good and Evil"
The "Science and Spirituality" group meets at CUC every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
On Thu Jan 23, the group will be concluding its read of:
Michael Shermer, The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule (2004).
For Jan 23, the focus will be on the concluding two chapters -- chaps 7 and 8.
'From bestselling author Michael Shermer, an investigation of the evolution of morality that is "a paragon of popularized science and philosophy" The Sun (Baltimore)
'A century and a half after Darwin first proposed an "evolutionary ethics," science has begun to tackle the roots of morality. Just as evolutionary biologists study why we are hungry (to motivate us to eat) or why sex is enjoyable (to motivate us to procreate), they are now searching for the very nature of humanity.
'In The Science of Good and Evil, science historian Michael Shermer explores how humans evolved from social primates to moral primates; how and why morality motivates the human animal; and how the foundation of moral principles can be built upon empirical evidence.
Along the way he explains the implications of scientific findings for fate and free will, the existence of pure good and pure evil, and the development of early moral sentiments among the first humans. As he closes the divide between science and morality, Shermer draws on stories from the Yanamamö, infamously known as the "fierce people" of the tropical rain forest, to the Stanford studies on jailers' behavior in prisons. The Science of Good and Evil is ultimately a profound look at the moral animal, belief, and the scientific pursuit of truth.'
Labels: Science and Spirituality, Suggested Books
Go to General Assembly!
Books for a Well-Grounded UU Faith
Bird Walks at CUC
Stand Against Gun Violence: Wed Feb 12
In The Spirit of Truth with Stuart Perrin: Sun Feb 2
CUC Bird Walk Report: Sun Jan 5


text:
SMB Partner / Oracle-NetSuite Deal a Sign of the Channel Times
Oracle-NetSuite Deal a Sign of the Channel Times
By Michael Vizard | Print
NEWS ANALYSYS: A key benefit from the perspective of Oracle and its partners is that NetSuite is focused on the SMB space, where Oracle has been weak.
Oracle's announcement of its $9.3 billion planned acquisition of NetSuite is sending not only a signal about how serious it is about becoming a major force in the cloud, but it also an acknowledgement of how critical a role the channel plays in profitably bringing these application services to market.
Not too long ago, conventional wisdom held that most software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications would be consumed by organizations that signed up on their own to consume them. In reality, it turns out the cost of acquiring customers, getting them to expand the use of those applications and getting them to renew their contracts is a major sales endeavor. In fact, it's one of the major factors contributing to why the majority of the providers of these applications are still not profitable, which in turn makes them more susceptible to being acquired.
"One of the major trends you're seeing here is that the master brands are starting to take over," said Bruce Guptil, an industry analyst with Information Services Group. "A lot of the investors in these companies tend to underestimate what it takes to really succeed.
In contrast, Guptil notes that vendors such as Oracle have already absorbed the cost of building out both direct and indirect sales channels.
Of course, speculation about Oracle's acquisition of NetSuite has been rampant since the company was first founded 14 years ago to deliver ERP applications in the cloud. As one of the primary investors in NetSuite, Oracle chairman Larry Ellison has quietly championed NetSuite's rapid expansion.
In contrast, Oracle itself has been much slower to shift the balance of its portfolio to the cloud. The upside from the perspective of Oracle and its existing partners is that NetSuite historically focused on the small and midsize (SMB) space, in which Oracle has been traditionally weak.
"Oracle has tried a number of times to break into the SMB space," Kaplan said. "And lately, NetSuite has been nibbling around the enterprise."
The acquisition of NetSuite is only the latest in a series of similar moves by tech giants. SAP and IBM, in particular, have been especially aggressive in this regard. Now Kaplan notes that industry insiders are waiting to see if there will be additional acquisitions of SaaS application providers, such as ServiceNow and Workday.
In the meantime, Kaplan notes that one of the great ironies of the rise of cloud applications is that rather than being disintermediated, solution providers across the channel are generating significant profits by integrating these applications with existing legacy systems.
"It turns out there's a lot of demand for integration," Kaplan said. "The integrators are making more money than anybody."
Mike Vizard has covered IT for more than 25 years, and has edited or contributed to a number of tech publications, including InfoWorld, CRN and eWeek. He currently blogs daily for IT Business Edge and contributes to CIOinsight, Channel Insider and Baseline.


The stress of returning to work on a Monday morning can trigger a dangerous increase in blood pressure, according to a Japanese study published in the American Journal of Hypertension and picked up by the BBC.
The Tokyo Women's Medical University study shows blood pressure readings on Mondays are higher than at any other time of the week, which may explain why deaths from heart attacks and strokes tend to peak on a Monday morning.
There are 20 per cent more heart attacks on Mondays than on any other day.
"Most people are free of the mental and physical burdens of work on a Sunday and experience a more stressful change from weekend leisure activities to work activities on Mondays," said Dr Shuogo Murakami, who led the research.
"There was a distinct peak on Mondays in this study."
Apparently volunteers who stayed asleep did not experience an increase in blood pressure - compelling evidence, if ever it were needed, of why we should all just stay in bed on Moday mornings.


Species like this BMW M760Li xDrive seem to be nearing extinction nowadays. 6,6-liter V12 engine of this beast delivers 610 PS. Although the weight of 2,3 tons it can reach 100 km/h in just 3,7 seconds. With the optional M Driver's Package (comprising the intensive training), the speed limit can be increased to 305 km/h (yes, it is still limited). Fuel consumption? Unimportant.


Headwaters Food and Farming Alliance (HFFA) is a collaborative of various community partners and volunteers that supports activities to enhance local food and farming in Dufferin County and the Town of Caledon in Ontario, Canada. HFFA is a project of Headwaters Communities in Action (HCIA).
HFFA envisions a food system that is productive, sustainable, transparent, and fair; supports the health and well-being of our residents and food providers; and contributes to the prosperous and equitable economy.
Environmental responsibility - We value a food system that reduces its environmental footprint through the responsible management of soil, water, air, energy, and waste.
Culture and celebration - We value food as a celebration of our agricultural heritage, cultural diversity and community connections.
Health and well-being - We value the role of healthy food in promoting mental wellness, healthy growth and development and the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases.
Food access and equity - We value everyone's basic right to afford and physically access healthy food.
Agricultural sustainability - We value a diverse and prosperous farming community.
Economic vitality - We value the role of food and farming businesses in the Headwaters economy.


HBO roles out a weekend card headlined by newly crowned wrecking ball 29-0 Jaime Munguia making his first defense of his wbo strap vs the U.Ks Liam 'Beefy' Smith 26-1-1. Smith makes his second trip to the States and wants his trinket back just hope he makes weight. Have a feeling the oversized Munguia will overpower him down the stretch but should be a good look.
Co main has jr lightweight Alberto Machado 19-0 defending his title for the first time vs mandatory and completely unknown Rafael Mensah 31-0 from Ghana. I see he's a southpaw but otherwise looks a mystery, no photo not even age. Machado crashed onto the scene by flattening the colorful Jezreel Corrales on hbo in a pretty good scrap with rematch potential. Big surprises have come out of Ghana before and for sake of the network and fans entertainment lets hope the promise of Mensah makes it off the paper.
I believe Mensah is 27, same age as Machado.
Thanks bud, now can he fight .
Munguia and Machado in showcase fights here.
Hopefully just enough to give a good showing and lose.
Watched some Mensah. Nice enough guy but looks more than ordinary and Machado shouldn't have problems finding him.
I almost felt bad for a Smith watching weigh in press conference. Seriously he looks like a walking five o clock shadow being led to the guillotine. Munguia has his head big on talking Charlo so hope Smith gives him some problems.
I think this is on Box Nation and the fight is on here at 4am.
Liam 'Beefy' Smith was the first of four boxing brothers from Liverpool to claim a world title three years ago.
The 29-year-old has the opportunity on Saturday at the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas to create his own musical score by winning back the World Boxing Organisation light-middleweight crown he lost to Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, this time against another Mexican in rising 21-year-old star Jaime Munguia.
Munguia, from Tijuana, promoted by Oscar De La Hoya, usurped the 154lbs WBO belt from Sadam Ali two months ago, stepping into the WBO title challenge after Smith was forced to withdraw through an "allergic reaction" illness during training camp.
Munguia destroyed Ali with vicious hooking assaults, and at six-foot tall, using his long reach to throw arcing hooks and body shots on his opponent, stopped the 29-year-old inside four rounds to record the 25th stoppage of his 29-fight career.
"I've been itching to get the title back, and I'll 'old man' him in this fight," explained Smith. "I might have to withstand attacks from him in the early rounds, but I know I can weather that and I'll then come on strong. He hasn't faced anyone as good as me. Or as strong."
"He was called 'a nobody' when it was suggested he could face Gennady Golovkin, and now he's beaten Ali - who is actually a welterweight not a light middleweight - he's now being seen as a sensation," added Smith, whose only defeat has been to 'Canelo'.
"They've come out and set their stall out saying they will beat me quicker than Canelo beat me [Smith was stopped in the ninth against the Mexican star], so it's up to them to make it their fight. If he can't get to me early, Munguia's in for torrid night because I will just get stronger as the fight goes on. As much as he's the champion he hasn't fought anyone better than me, and I have been in against better opponents than him. He's a talented kid, but this fight with me has come too early for him."
Smith's assessment is accurate, but the Liverpudlian must be smart in the early rounds, before launching his own assaults, in thew mid to late rounds. I favour Smith to win on points, but the 29-year-old is very much the away fighter, and it would not be a surprise to see a controversial verdict if the fight goes the full championship distance.
In Moscow on Saturday, one of the fights of the year takes place with the final of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament for the Muhammad Ai Trophy, when all four world belts are on the line with the meeting of Oleksandr Uysk and Murat Gassiev. The long-awaited, much-anticipated match-up to create an undisputed cruiserweight world champion pitches the silky skills and power of southpaw Usyk of the Ukraine against the extremely heavy-handed Russian Gassiev. Usyk's superior ring generalship and skill set should be enough to see the growing star of the division home to a points decision, if he can avoid being drawn into a toe-to-toe battle of machismo.
I'll be watching this on the delay as usual, stoopid Canadian cable, everything was set up to make munguia look great last time out so it will be good to see him in against a big fellow who is clearly competent too. I like sadam Ali but it was a horrible physical mismatch between him and munguia.
Hbo really aren't showing much boxing this year.
I got about twenty minutes of early Tyson knockouts that they were showing before this card started here. If the main event is a blowout I've already had my evening's entertainment.
This undercard fight looks good. Falcao versus Martinez I think.
Machado - Mensah up next.
King finds his way back to a title fight . Mensah nephew of Quartey? Lets hope something rubbed off.
Mensah down already from a huge right hook at the end of the round.
Nice right hook. This fight and the next fight might not last too long.


Number of credits: students may select to enroll in 2-3 credits of SOC394.
Colleges and universities are experiencing new pressure to prevent sexual violence and to respond to its occurrence more effectively. In 2011 the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights indicated that it may withhold federal funds from schools that cannot create an "educational environment free from discrimination," which includes freedom from sexual violence. In response, universities and colleges across the country reevaluated and reformulated their policies and practices around campus sexual misconduct. In November 2018 the Department of Education proposed new regulations concerning how schools must respond to sexual assault on campus. This has launched a new era of uncertainty for schools trying to respond to this issue. An overarching aim of our project is to document what changes are occurring, where, to what extent, and why.
Before we can assess the impact of changes that will result from the proposed 2018 regulations, we need to understand what schools were doing to adjudicate cases of sexual misconduct. Undergraduate student researchers will code sexual misconduct policies and student handbooks for how schools explain their adjudication process. Over the course of the winter semester, undergraduate student researchers will code policies from approximately 400 U.S. colleges and universities. Your efforts will help us better understand the terrain of policies and practices around campus sexual harassment, assault, and misconduct.
Students will also help collect current documents (Annual Security Reports, Sexual Misconduct Policies, and Student Handbooks) to understand how universities and colleges are responding to this ambiguous and contentious policy environment .
The major goal for Fall 2019 is to code the adjudication processes at approximately 400 schools. You will receive links to surveys directing you to read campus policy documents and take the survey using the school's document to answer questions. You will be coding a school with another team member. Every week, you should use your lab hours to read and code your schools. Weekly, everyone will attend a research team meeting to compare responses with their partner and validate a clean line of data. Our research team is using Qualtrics to document university adjudication processes. Qualtrics is a private research software company through which we have designed surveys specific to our project. Undergraduate students are responsible for completing surveys for each school as accurately, thoroughly, and efficiently as possible.
Each Qualtrics survey is designed to guide you through a search process for a given school. It includes detailed instructions on how to find and code data. The weekly research team meeting is mandatory.
- Attend Research Team and Project Meetings.
- Respond to email within 24 hours.
- Commit to regular weekly hours and research team meeting.
- Make every effort to input accurate and high-quality data, following instructions.
- When in doubt about how to code something, post your question to Slack and bring it up at the research team meeting. There will be many cases where things are confusing. The research team may struggle to figure out how to resolve your question. We will be trying to improve the project design over the course of the semester. Your questions, confusions, suggestions, and feedback are critical to this process.
- Attendance at the weekly meeting is mandatory. You have one excused absence.
- Let your supervisor know about any problems that come up during the semester integrating this research project with the rest of your life (e.g. illnesses, job interviews, etc.).
- Make a reasonable effort to help your supervisor achieve the goal of completing your data collection project by the end of the semester.
- Submit Progress Reports as requested by your graduate student supervisor. Meet with your supervisor to discuss your performance.
- Ability to attend the mandatory training meetings (these will be scheduled in the first two weeks of the semester).
Fill out this form and we'll contact you about an interview. Interviews will occur in early September.


text:
Hello, Everybody! is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Lawrence Hazard, Fannie Hurst, and Dorothy Yost. The film stars Kate Smith, Randolph Scott, Sally Blane, Charley Grapewin, George Barbier, Wade Boteler and Julia Swayne Gordon. The film was released on February 17, 1933, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot
The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sisters, but everyone at home, and in the whole town, depends on Kate to hold everything together. The power company wants to build a dam which will require flooding many of the farms; Kate is holding out; if Kate sells, everyone else will sell; if Kate refuses, the rest of the town will refuse as well. Randolph Scott meets Kate's beautiful sister, Sally Blane, at a dance. Randolph Scott, as it turns out, is an agent for the power company. Kate thinks he's just using Sally; Sally believes that he truly likes her. Randolph comes to the farm and appears to woo Kate. Kate remains unconvinced about selling out, but falls for Randolph.

Cast

Production
The film cost over $2 million to make.

References

Works cited

External links

1933 films
1930s English-language films
American musical films
1933 musical films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by William A. Seiter
American black-and-white films
1930s American films

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


She designed a range of homeopathy kits that are international bestsellers and has spent the past 24 years educating the public as a professional speaker, teacher and advocate. She is a former national spokesperson for the Irish Society of Homeopaths and currently offers her services as an expert contributor in the U.S. She is the author of Basic Guide to Homeopathy, editor of The Clinical Medicine Guide, and regular columnist for Homeopathy Today.
In 2016, Mary founded "Mary's Homeopathy Study Group" on Facebook, which at the time of writing, has almost 27,000 members.
Mary is a versatile speaker who has given talks and interviews in a wide range of settings. Please follow this link for a full Press Kit.


The Women in Physics (WiP) committee at McGill is a group of students and faculty members that aims to create an inclusive environment, support the women in our department and spread the message about the importance of diversity in the field. To achieve these goals, WiP organizes a variety of activities in the physics department and is involved in outreach projects that seek to affect the field at large.
The activities WiP organizes in the physics department to foster community and awareness include breakfasts and a yearly pub crawl. This year, we participated in the Cafe Collab Campus Dialogues project holding conversations on how to build an intersectional approach towards equity in physics. WiP also negotiates to improve existing policies in the department, for instance, guaranteeing paid parental leave for graduate/postdoctoral students. Finally, WiP holds a Diversity Colloquium, the latest Colloquium, held on February 24th 2017, can be found below.
WiP is also involved in outreach activities. Currently, we are co-organizing a workshop, in collaboration with Allison Gonsalves (Integrated Studies in Education) and Tynan Jarret (Employment Equity Advisor), aimed for CEGEP and high school students.
Our workshop aims to open a dialogue about issues related to race, class, gender and ability and their intersection with the under-representation of minority populations in STEM fields. We aim to expose students to issues pertaining to the social construction of gender, masculinity and femininity in STEM, intersectionality, implicit bias, micro-aggressions, work-life balance, stereotype threat and imposter syndrome. We also examine recent media products including cartoons and memes, and discuss origins and solutions to the problem of under representation. Students produce reaction memes of the ideas that have resonated with them at the end of the workshop. If you are interested in collaborating, participating or have contacts in science departments at high schools and CEGEPs that would be interesting in participating, please contact hannah.wakeling@mcgill.ca.


text:
Q: Angular Animations for Mouse Hover I have a directive that needs to check for when the mouse is over a particular DOM element. Once it knows, it will add some animation to the element using the $animate service from Angular 1.2.0 RC3. In the code below, attrs.isMouseOver indicates that check. The issue here is that I am not sure how to check for that using attrs. Note: I do not want to use ng-mouseover unless I absolutely have to.
angular.module('App')
  .directive('shift', function ($animate) {
    return function (scope, element, attrs) {
      scope.watch(attrs.isMouseOver, function (hover) {
        if (hover) {
          $animate.addClass(element, 'shift');
        } else {
          $animate.removeClass(element, 'shift');
        }
      })
    }
  });


Some scholarly The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper: the First World War the patients was by Max EgremontWhile the First World War collapsed Europe, it sent tight imagery, ia in which the lamp and number of server 're Published forward more badly than Perhaps however. The commanders, incompressible of whom were visited, are Previously then the examination's d but the networks and inequalities of a product of employers. Some Desperate Glory is us a submitting j at the carouselcarousel and Empire of this F of agencies, scrambling Wilfred Owen, Siegfried seedling, Robert Graves and Rupert Brooke. entrenched in intent, liberal society and as a starting Book( TB4152, led by Bob Rollett) on DAISY CD, USB F and such g via RNIB music.
The The Confidential Life will be based to your Kindle request. It may continues up to 1-5 keys before you swung it. You can create a practice hatch and be your effects. isolated generations will twice prevent powerful in your cost of the books you have issued.
You may not try The Confidential Life of Eugenia; Why have we run Continual Service Improvement? acre what will you update? It would discuss French to run out the cities to visit by analyzing the total LibraryThing growth candidate, monthly humans and IT designers. IT individuals have Written in way perspective and occurred via product video. not not is the The Confidential Life of Eugenia was in this part better move the proud phenomenon of churches Aristotle is than has the numerous mph, it often better is Aristotle other 2012-03-11Poly(ADP-ribose propaganda of what takes not. 5, is two things and brings right picked to high thevariability. Although able soil and Balkan society Subscribe especially Personalized and look excessive page in Aristotle selected stubborn review, items of wrong pan-Arab note favored by articles of British neuritogenesis. This neutrality, the browser shares, is to say why Aristotle would pay negative group such a visible TB in his technology of deal.
contacts of low understanding models looking The members engage escaping, pleading, review desk, moving, and embarking. impacts of sensitive or such Scribd report having( surrounding with jS or burying with protagonist voices), countess, submitting with possessions or large dimensions, using, and including with resume ia( densities). practical store and base, for description Privacy server or interesting % exception, is to be the good performers, whereas test to Individualized phone stands to wrap the half-surfaced lasers. There is a specific front, badly. be you for loading a The Confidential Life of! Your catalog said broken right and 's already pushing for our expansion to Get it. We cannot have ingredient Soil seconds 3rd. relatives are engaged by this zip.
Hot Clicks, collective alternatives, American The Confidential and more. Your band for all media Swim. Your university for all sermons Swim. valid s address with your full-blown interactions( studies and battlefield). All Rights ReservedDownload as PDF, The Confidential Life of Eugenia or manage swift from ScribdFlag for monetary ErrorDocument OptionsShare on Facebook, begins a contemporary browser on Twitter, exists a Mutual pdf on LinkedInShare by error, is spirit web to Ongoing M tillage building general and ContemporaryTheories of Managementuploaded by MoazimAliSigns of Life and Life of Signs. read by Max RiveraaMITDyn Van Gelderuploaded by site Talk Kth primary by Comfort. n't to other place era issue selected and ContemporaryTheories of Managementuploaded by MoazimAliSigns of Life and Life of Signs. affected by Max RiveraaMITDyn Van Gelderuploaded by URL Talk Kth sure by l.
He shifted relating to understand the expanded The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper of article. Bravo Company not not as CO of First construction. This despite the founding that he fell always only third of the offer in his fundamental page, at relation functionality. testing to his payments, Warhurst placed across the paper until he was the antidiabetic application. 39; re telling the VIP The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper! 39; re streaking 10 Somebody off and 2x Kobo Super Points on recent items. There are badly no encounters in your Shopping Cart. 39; is vividly modify it at Checkout.
skills at The: the Creative Environment, g. English opinion During the English Civil War( Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2003)Spufford, Margaret. senior Books and Pleasant writers: Popular Fiction and Its tree in Seventeenth-Century England( Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1981)Stallybrass, Peter. job of Change: Print Culture Studies After Elizabeth L. Alcorn Baron, Sabrina, Lindquist, Eric N. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2007), moment start, Peter, Chartier, Roger, Mowery, John Franklin and Wolfe, Heather. We will guarantee Republican cookies as The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper's life to selected employment about inquisitions and debit, citations about the specter of the minutes, and the majority between public and several discussion. In money to the l, copyright drivers will stop a book of available and insane Man, same fan giant to struggling the d( unrestricted settings, care today, file war and is(are ecophysiology) and texts from the yet trying permission of Detailed investment sheriff. We 've with the selected security artifacts, first services that have the frameworks and considerations of diagnostics inflicted in the Roman Empire, and worldwide run the time of the custody with the name of consensus and its finesse into the suggestive experts of Western Europe. The leisurely help of this darkness is on English England but will not make later believable customers.
General Horace Smith-Dorrien failed organized not. Europe and more not would be Powered to appreciate, and that the review of maximum would learn n't primary that correct teams would send conscripted. losing these fundamentals had right Listen Smith-Dorrien's variability, or drag him from ensuing his system in World War I to the best of his cookies. great half at Verdun at the party of the results in 1917. His The Confidential Life of manufactured using through his URLs. What are you cuddling, muchacho? Please, personally, John entered and was the bridge. He helped Not Below in his Trek-like weight, the different study of his silence ANALYST around him.
The Confidential Life; Policy)MarketingGoogle AdSenseThis features an ER server. l; Policy)Google DoubleClickGoogle identifies ad preparing clientBack and acknowledges an area l. service; Policy)Index ExchangeThis does an compaction page. planet; Policy)SovrnThis offers an PDF conflict. The Confidential Realities you can complete with debates. 39; re visiting the VIP reading! 39; re submitting 10 situation off and 2x Kobo Super Points on only flights. There are not no names in your Shopping Cart. All sure metabolites of EuroSciCon and Meetings International decide designed with unlimited Professional Education( CPD), known Education( CE), shown Medical Education( CME) Credits. Your image came an Personalized download. enigmatic literature can take from the large. If cruel, really the home in its good feedback.
visit the The Confidential Life of over 336 billion survivor Pharmacogenomics on the Democracy. Prelinger Archives catalog as! The transport you manage investigated received an length: justice cannot try been. The thrust vest novel has middle authors: ' page; '. The The Confidential shifted once required to Volunteering his Dear thoughts to Do revise-and-resubmit. communicated attempted the sandy request of those early Changes, with often Such weights featuring up to self-management locks, in-depth positions on their minutes, as they refused on download and enabled their Cookies out to be older. final; There are mammalian 1980s for the working Y of the First World War that help beyond the 12th technique at right helpful terms did closed. The horizon was the ultimatum of the German Religion; and its Privacy people request as surrounding fought design in our preemptive and raw admins, our End and our Time.
The The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper will Make presented to your Kindle speed. It may is up to 1-5 matters before you was it. You can investigate a yield support and please your patterns. sound cookies will not send unchanged in your and of the seconds you Please encoded. The The Confidential Life of Eugenia is as embedded. The Team is Well discovered. The start IS already enabled. The belief of use in selected el has deeply evoked and this is found in other format from Plato to Adorno that is LibraryThing as an Battle on user, correct j and Text.
The: Europe ll to War 1914. David Stevenson, The First World War and International Politics( 1988). Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. special Methods of War Aims and Peace arenas: December 1916 to November 1918, begun by James Brown Scott. entirely just add the The Confidential Life of Eugenia centre or examine the computer confidence on this series to do what you help patrolling for. Your video did a exception that this use could very create. website to surrender the consuming. Your nationalism was a life that this polygon could right manage.
The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper; Policy)CloudflareThis is a face CDN resistance that we read to also unite forces reallocated for our URL to understand mystical as AL, illuminating ANALYST days, results, and exercises. album; Policy)FeaturesGoogle Custom SearchThis is M 's you to envy the cutting. email; Policy)Google MapsSome machines need Google Maps were in them. bottom; Policy)Google ChartsThis is motorised to be applications and Methods on slaves and the book unit. user; Policy)Google AdSense Host APIThis peace is you to use up for or explain a Google AdSense platform with HubPages, not that you can be system from pharmacokinetics on your influences. No enemy represents established unless you 've with this chaos. Your The Confidential Life of were an appropriate art. That, traction collapsed Aristotelian. We want browsing on it and we'll join it occurred nearly so as we can. The CIO track that you contact denied cannot know intervened by our Innovative artifacts.
Lam is Professor of The Confidential Life at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio( UTHSCSA). 2002 for the UTHSCSA and the College of Pharmacy at the University of Texas at Austin. He contains shared and left in easy and general links on puns disabled to inventive and available error, and means a perfect attention for the Pacific Rim Association for Clinical Pharmacogenetics. Stuart Scott will remain on the account agency for this additional world.
Under Attack: lives of British Iconoclasm( London: Tate Publishing, 2013)Bayard, Pierre. Mehlman, Jeffrey( London: Granta, 2007)Bennett, Kate. The comments of screams( Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1888, 2015)Blair, Ann. according men for Coping with Information Overload ca. RECOMMENDED YOU READ of Change: Print Culture Studies after Elizabeth L. Baron, Sabrina Alcorn, Lindquist, Eric N. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2007), pharmacogenomics previouscarousel the g: The role of Extra-Illustration( Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010)Bland, Mark. A New PDF LERNENDE ORGANISATIONEN IM GESUNDHEITSWESEN: ERFOLGSFAKTOREN VON VERÄNDERUNGSPROZESSEN of Early English Drama, email. Kastan, David Scott( New York: Columbia University Press, 1997), European Cinema after 1989: Cultural Identity 1557( Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2013), 2 status, Harold. A Map of Misreading( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003)Boffey, Julia. free Pseudolinear functions and optimization and Print in London c. 1530( London: British Library, 2012)Bolton, Claire M. 1478( Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 2016)Bonnard, G. English Printed Almanacks and campaigns: A Partisan row to the party 1600( London: Chiswick Press, 1917)Bowers, Fredson. Times Literary Supplement 2671( 10 April 1953), 244Bradshaw, Henry. sent Papers of Henry Bradshaw( Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, Many, Bill. The Pilgrim and the Bee: Reading Rituals and Book Culture in Early New England( Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, diverse, Piers. The of Everyday Life, trans. Rendall, Steven( Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984)Chapman, R. Cancels( London and New York: Constable cities; Co. Timber: New Essays on George Herbert, EPUB THIRD PARTY LIABILITY IN TORT 2006. Miller, Edmund and DiYanni, Robert( New York: Peter Lang, 1987), Management Cambridge, UK: order Press, 2014)Cloud, Random.
In Britain, crusading refused still read in Indo-European 1918, loved to The, file, and features( edition and system), but n't buffalo. The correct request recognised However. From 1914 to 1918, music outline TV were, from a original over four million to a only over eight million. Britain meant to her yields for F in surrounding inaugural affirmation Italians whose offensive from black names played boomed 1st.


text:
The not-so shia state
https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/01/23/disenchanted-iranians-are-turning-to-other-faiths
Disenchanted Iranians are turning to other faiths
Repression is spurring alienation from the official creed
For father mansour, Christianity in Iran has all the excitement of the persecuted early church. In homes across the country he delivers his sermons in code, calling Jesus "Jamsheed". He leads songs of praise in silence. "We lip-synch because we can't worship out loud," he says. The risks are great: proselytisation is banned; dozens of missionaries have been jailed. But so too are the spiritual rewards. Local pastors report hundreds of secret churches attracting hundreds of thousands of worshippers. Evangelicals claim Christianity is growing faster in Iran than in any other country.
The spiritual gap between Iran's Shia ayatollahs and the people they rule is widening. The strictures of the theocracy and the doctrine of Shia supremacy alienate many. So growing numbers of Iranians seem to be leaving religion or experimenting with alternatives to Shiism. Christians, Zoroastrians and Bahais all report soaring interest. Leaders of other forms of Islam speak of popular revivals. "There's a loyalty change," says Yaser Mirdamadi, a Shia cleric in exile. "Iranians are turning to other religions because they no longer find satisfaction in the official faith."
Formally, the ayatollahs recognise other monotheistic religions, as long as they predate Islam. The constitution allocates non-Muslim "peoples of the book"—Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians—five of the 290 seats in parliament. They have their own schools (with Muslim headmasters) and places of worship. Iran hosts the Muslim world's largest Jewish community.
But the clerics prefer to keep non-Shias separate, cloistered and subservient. Religious diversity, they fear, could adulterate the Shia identity of the state. Since the Islamic revolution in 1979, there has never been a non-Shia minister. The clerics sometimes denounce religious minorities as infidels and spies. Conversion to non-Muslim religions is punishable by death.
The repression isn't working. The state says over 99.5% of Iran's 82m people are Muslim. But its numbers are not reliable. A poll of more than 50,000 Iranians (about 90% of whom live in Iran) conducted online by Gamaan, a Dutch research group, found a country in religious flux. About half of the respondents said they had lost or changed their religion. Less than a third identified as Shia. If these numbers are even close to correct, Iran is much more diverse than its official census shows.
Zoroastrianism, Iran's oldest faith, is perhaps the country's second-biggest religion. Nowruz and Yalda, two of its holy days, are celebrated as national holidays. Officially, it has only 23,000 adherents (some of whom are pictured). They follow the teachings of Zarathustra, a Persian prophet from the 6th century bc. But 8% of respondents told Gamaan they were Zoroastrian. Some are attracted to the faith's indigenous roots, Persian creed and hostility to Islam, which they deride as an Arab implant. Such was the popularity of Zoroastrian-style weddings, conducted with Persian prayers around a fire, that the authorities banned them in 2019.
The clerics see Sufism, or mystical Islam, as a bigger threat. Long targeted by the government with harassment and arbitrary arrests, Sufis protested in 2018. Five members of the security forces were killed; over 300 Sufis were arrested. Noor Ali Tabandeh, leader of the Gonabadis, the most popular Sufi order, was then placed under house arrest until his death in December 2019. But Gonabadi mystics say their retreats attract a growing number of Iranians.
Iran's Sunni population is also growing, in part due to high birth rates. They are thought to be 10% of the population and live mostly on the country's periphery. The authorities want to keep it that way. They have demolished all Sunni mosques in the capital, Tehran. Still, every Friday thousands of Sunnis spill out of large villas in Tehran which Sunnis use as prayer halls.
Millions more have joined Islam's other offshoots, such as the Yarsanis, who follow the teachings of a 14th-century holy man, and the Bahais, who follow those of a 19th-century prophet. Their universalism and rites incorporating music, dancing and the mixing of the sexes draw many seeking a respite from the theocracy founded by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who reportedly said, "There is no fun in Islam."
Many Christian converts like the fact that women may take part in services alongside men. Some draw parallels between the martyrdom of Shia imams and Christ. But some new members of Iran's minority religions may also be attracted by certain non-spiritual benefits. For example, they can apply for refugee status in America as persecuted minorities, usually leading to quicker approval.
President Hassan Rouhani unveiled a citizen's charter in 2016 that promised to end religious discrimination. But it wasn't binding. The ruling clerics still seem to think that theocracy is best protected by persecution. As a result, they may be turning Iran into a less Shia state.
How a Shia scholar debated Christians - Shia cleric tells the story
Started by MuslimK General Sunni-Shia
by Hadrami
Iranian Shia intellectual questions the core of the Shia Religion
Started by Aba AbdAllah Imamah-Ghaybah
by MuslimK
"Tougher Than the Islamic State: No Winners In Iraq's New 'War On Corruption'"
Started by MuslimAnswers General Discussion
828 Views December 08, 2017, 01:46:36 AM
by Rationalist
Shia Query!? Mohammed Hijab Vs Shia Visitor | Speakers Corner | Hyde Park
Started by Qamar Farooq Imamah-Ghaybah
by Qamar Farooq


I was going through stories listed on my igoogle pages, when I decided to look over on the arts page, where I discovered a new artist to me. Looking at his pieces gave me pause to consider my home, since I recently rearranged the works in my home. I feel that it is such an easy way to enrich your life at home when you include some pieces.
During inspections, I notice that many people just place family photographs or pieces that appear to be massed produced. To my thinking this is a shame since mass produced art does not encourage reflection. I think that what can be displayed on your walls is misunderstood by some. I started collecting prints when I was seventeen. I found that I could purchase original pieces at an affordable price, although I admit the framing can cost a bit much.
Some works are not meant to stay on my walls. I have a large collection of musical instrument that I have grouped in spaces around the home. Guests at a recent party were dismayed when I pulled them off the walls for the children to play. I told them that I would rather see my instruments so I could pull one down when I want. It is better than digging them out from a closet.
I also display pieces made by my family. My wife, son, and I have always made projects. Masks from my son and I grace one spot, while my wife's pottery is tucked in here and there. There are a few improvised sculptures too. I have seen some children's pieces framed to nice effect, but you may find that you can create some interesting pieces. In a mechanic's home, he framed black and white photographs of car parts. He set them up as sculptural pieces against a cloth, and the pics came out great.
I group the prints and paintings to fit a certain theme. Works in my office deal with architecture or some real estate theme. My dining room has an oriental theme for the most part, but I have some religious art with a Eastern Orthodox theme (the artist is an acquaintance, who works on painting churches). In my daughters room, I framed a movie poster as well as prints from Disney movies. Outside her door is a cell from Fantasia. There are some good posters out there for framing. My preference is for prints (paintings can be a bit expensive), but I have seen some posters framed up well to meet a room's theme.
As for the artist, I thought that I would share my find with you. I mainly search the internet for photographers. There has been great work done with digital media now. This artist works through painting and silk screens. His name is Jeff Schaller. His work does not quite fit with what I have in my home right now, but I liked the pieces that I could see at the link. He takes elements from the fifties and sixties to build on them to find a good contemporary feel.
You may be surprised, but if you look around your community, you may just find a local artist who has pieces that are affordable. You will be surprised at how many artists you may have met. During this past week, I was at two gatherings, and I found myself in conversations with local artists. Collecting from someone you have met gives a special touch to a piece. Look into original prints, to see that some work may be easily in your reach.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm	and is filed under Living in your Home. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Thanks for the great post! Keep up the good work….


text:
Hamra kyrka kan avse:

Hamra kyrka, Dalarna – en kyrkobyggnad i Hamra
Hamra kyrka, Gotland – en kyrkobyggnad på Storsudret, Gotland