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Are abdominal pains a symptom of COVID-19?
Data from millions of ZOE COVID Symptom Study app contributors has shown that abdominal pains can be a symptom of COVID-19. Here's how to spot them and what they feel like.
What are abdominal pains like in COVID-19?
Abdominal (tummy) pains are a fairly rare symptom of COVID-19, so many people may not be aware to look out for them.
COVID-related abdominal pains are a generalised pain around the middle of your belly. You might feel sore all around the belly area.
If you're experiencing a localised pain that appears in only one area of your belly, it's unlikely to be COVID-19. Localised abdominal pain should still be checked by a healthcare professional because it could be caused by something else that needs treatment, such as appendicitis.
While relatively rare, our data showed that abdominal pains were associated with a higher risk of needing hospital support with COVID-19, but this symptom almost always came along with other symptoms such as anosmia, headache and fatigue.
When do abdominal pains happen in COVID-19?
When present, abdominal pains usually occur in the first few days of illness and, in most people, tend to go quite quickly (within one or two days). Ongoing abdominal pain would be a reason to call your GP or 111.
How common is abdominal pain in COVID-19?
Abdominal pains aren't a very common symptom of COVID-19. Across all ages, roughly one in five people experience them over the course of their illness.
Abdominal pains were slightly more common in primary school children (ages 5-11) where almost one in three reported the symptom.
Less than 2% of people who were ill with COVID-19 reported abdominal pains as their only symptom.
What other symptoms of COVID-19 are common alongside abdominal pains?
Abdominal pains are most likely to occur alongside other symptoms. It's important to be aware that when clustered with a lot of other symptoms, particularly diarrhoea and shortness of breath, abdominal pains were associated with a higher risk of needing hospital support, especially in older people.
In milder cases, abdominal pains usually appear alongside headaches and fatigue. They also tend to occur with a loss of smell and unusual muscle pains in adults. Abdominal pains can also sometimes happen alongside fever, a sore throat, and skipping meals across all age groups.
Depending on your age and sex, you should contact your doctor if you have multiple different symptoms of COVID-19 in the first week of being ill.
What should I do if I have abdominal pains and think it might be COVID-19?
Abdominal pains can be caused by many things that aren't serious - including trapped wind. These usually pass in a few hours. Consult your doctor if you have severe or ongoing abdominal pains as it could be something else. However, if you have abdominal pains alongside other symptoms of COVID-19, you should:
Follow the NHS guidelines and self-isolate at home to help protect the people around you and the wider community. Remember to keep your bathroom clean and wash hands after toileting, especially if you have diarrhoea.
Download the ZOE COVID Symptom Study app and log your symptoms to be offered a test through the app.
Also log your health daily in the app, if you're not already, to help us understand more about how COVID-19 affects people and contribute to life-saving scientific research.
Check out our tips on looking after yourself if you are sick with COVID-19, monitoring your health at home and staying hydrated.
Stay safe and keep logging.


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Careem Now expands to Mecca to serve its 1.5M residents
By Jenan Al-Mukharriq	July 23, 2019 August 6th, 2019 No Comments
Careem Now's expansion strategy in Saudi Arabia has now taken the food delivery platform right into the holiest city in the region. Following a rather successful stint in Riyadh and Jeddah, Careem Now announced earlier in the week that it is launching services in Mecca, a city of nearly 1.5 million inhabitants.
Starting Jul 22, 2019, the company started listing more than 100 restaurants and outlets from across the holy city on its platform. These include popular franchises such as Pizza Hut, Maestro Pizza, McDonalds, Al Baik, and Baskin & Robbins, to name a few.
More Mecca-based outlets are expected to be added to the listings in the coming weeks.
Careem's ride-hailing customers can download the stand-alone Careem Now app and log in using their existing Careem credentials. For added convenience, the Careem Now app has a smart "Reorder" feature that enables users to repeat their previous orders with just one click. They can track delivery schedule and route using the in-app interactive map.
Speaking on the occasion, Adeeb Warsi, Managing Director of Careem NOW, said: "The people of Mecca are now able to enjoy the same Careem NOW service that's already available in Jeddah and Riyadh. Only 15 percent of the food delivery market in our region currently operates via an app, but Careem NOW is changing that and enabling people in Mecca to order from a wide range of restaurants easily, and with rapid door-to-door delivery."
Worth noting here is that Careen Now is currently operational in several countries across GCC with a total user-count of around 33 million. If the company's internal assessments are spot on, the food delivery market in its target countries could go all the way up to $25 billion by 2022.

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One Thursday early this month, Susan O'Dwyer arrived at the Kids II showroom in Buckhead, still unsure if Will Bozarth was real and if he was if he would show up.
Tiny glass vials of mustard seeds dangled from her ears because if there was ever a time O'Dwyer needed faith, this was it.
She had recruited 100 people to help her and a dozen or so NFL "legends" color greeting cards and stuff gift bags for the families of some 2,200 Georgia National Guard members being deployed to Afghanistan.
It was close to 7 a.m. when a line of volunteers and local business owners who'd donated their wares for the bags started to trickle in but no Bozarth.
"The day was either going to be a good one or I was going to have to move out of state," O'Dwyer quipped.
O'Dwyer wasn't buying it, but she figured if she could keep the man talking long enough, she could figure out who was pranking her.
Bozarth continued, explaining he was reaching out for a couple of reasons. The upcoming Super Bowl would be played in Atlanta, and "Gridiron Giveback," scheduled to begin airing Wednesday, focuses on incredible stories in and around the host city and features players with strong ties to Atlanta.
O'Dwyer still didn't believe him.
"I assured him I'd never played in the NFL," she said.
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Bozarth kept talking, saying he Googled and a This Life column about her efforts providing relief to Hurricane Michael victims popped up and he wanted to possibly feature her on the show.
Well, he was right about the column. Maybe this wasn't a trick, O'Dwyer thought.
The two of them started kicking around ideas. Critical Content was interested in featuring the large deployment of National Guard members and the sacrifices made by the families that they leave behind. O'Dwyer told Bozarth about her husband, Ed, a volunteer with the Georgia State Defense Force, which responds to emergencies like Hurricane Michael in support of the National Guard, and connected him with Sally Mundell, founder of The Packaged Good, a nonprofit that provides personalized care packages for people in need.
From there, the event took on a life of its own, Bozarth said.
With help from Critical Content, O'Dwyer went to work looking for sponsors who would contribute gift items — toys, books, candles, cookies for the guard members' children and lockets for every mother left behind. She called Mundell, who reached out to her boss at Kids II.
"We jumped at the opportunity to help The Packaged Good support our Georgia servicemen and women and create a tiny win for these families by letting them know that people care," said Lynn Duncan, vice president of corporate communications.
O'Dwyer got goose pimples watching the swarm of activity, seeing the joy on the faces of NFL and community volunteers as they assembled care packages and colored greeting cards, but she still thought she might end up with egg on her face.
Then sometime around 8:30 a.m., Will Bozarth arrived, his camera crew in tow.
He would tell me much later that once he and O'Dwyer settled on helping organize a giveback to help the families, the two of them began working with the National Guard and its Family Readiness Support program, part of the 48th IBCT Military Family Support Branch, to identify a guardsman who was leaving behind a pregnant spouse.
Family Readiness told them about Mary and National Guardsman Jonathon Hall, who after several miscarriages were expecting twins in April.
Sometime around 2 p.m., Bozarth and his team wrapped up filming at Kids II and headed east to Hall's home in Monroe.
It was close to 4 p.m., raining and dark when they arrived. Jonathon Hall, 27, had already headed back to Fort Stewart. His wife and 12-year-old stepson Dawson greeted Bozarth and about 20 others, including O'Dwyer, several former NFL players and "Gridiron Giveback" host Tiffany Blackmon at the door.
Mary Hall expected some of them, but boy was she in for a big surprise.
As the cameras rolled, Blackmon did ask more questions, but by the time it was all over, Bozarth's crew, thanks to Kids II, had delivered two of everything imaginable for the twins' nursery.
O'Dwyer was beside herself as she watched the big surprise unfold.
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
Argentine teachers, state workers hold one- and two-day strikes
For the second week in a row, teachers in 18 of Argentina's 24 provinces held a 24-hour strike March 6. In Buenos Aires, where a third of the country's population lives, the strike was extended another day.
Participation in the walkout was high, with reports of well over 90 percent—nearly 100 percent in some provinces—among public education teachers, and over 70 percent in the nation's private schools. Janitors, cooks and other workers in the state education sector walked out as well.
One reason for the high turnout was outrage over a remark last week by president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner that teachers work four hours a day and have three weeks vacation. A spokesperson for the Sadop private sector teachers union asked, "What can you ask of a worker if the president herself denigrates educational activity? It was a low and unnecessary blow."
But the main reason is the government's refusal to meet the teachers' demand for a raise in monthly pay to 3,100 pesos (US$715). The latest government offer is 2,800 pesos, or US$645.
Union leaders, despite government intransigence, still hold out the hope to achieve the raise demand by means of limited strike actions. "We remain in permanent session to determine which actions to follow," SUTEBA teachers union head Sergio Romero told reporters after a post-strike meeting of five national unions.
Meanwhile, workers in the Association of State Workers, or ATE, struck for one day in all 24 provinces, accounting for over 700 municipalities. ATE is demanding a salary that corresponds to the estimated basic "family basket" of 5,270 pesos (US$1,215). They also called for an end to salary caps.
In addition to salary demands, the union called for improvement in family allowances. One ATE Buenos Aires local functionary denounced "the ignominy of having family allowances of 30, 40 and 50 pesos when the real value is 270 pesos." A peso is currently worth US$0.23.
After the latest salary offer by Buenos Aires governor Daniel Scioli fell far short of its demands, ATE has called for another limited strike March 14 and 15.
Argentine port workers strike
Dockworkers walked off the job at Argentina's ports on March 6 over demands for better staffing of shifts and improved working conditions. The dockworkers union, SOMU, has declared that the strike will continue until staffing levels are increased. The strike affected about 20 ships at various ports, mainly at Argentina's primary grain shipping hub Rosario.
Usually, dockworkers' strikes take place later in the year—in May and June—in the midst of the harvesting and loading of soy, corn and grain crops for export. This strike, however, came just as farmers were preparing to harvest corn and soy.
SOMU actually called a strike on Thursday, March 1, and the strike was widely reported to be over the next day. According to the CAPYM port chamber, the dockworkers ended the strike on Friday, worked through the weekend and struck again late on Monday, March 5. SOMU president Omar Suárez, however, denied the claim and said that the strike had continued uninterrupted through the weekend.
As of March 9, no negotiations had been set. "We don't have anything to negotiate," said SOMU chief Omar Suarez. "They either assign the number of crew members that are necessary or the coast guard can do the work."
Brazilian fuel truck drivers strike
Drivers of gasoline and ethanol delivery trucks in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo stopped work on March 5. The approximately 800 drivers service about 2,000 gas stations throughout the city.
The stoppage led to fuel shortages and reports of the jacking up of fuel prices. The city's Consumer Protection and Defense Department received over 200 complaints of gouging by up to 20 percent at gas stations. The strike was called to protest the city government's attempt to limit delivery hours and routes for the big trucks in the city, which is notorious for congestion and smog. Truckers' union spokesmen declared that the restrictions would increase driving time and transportation costs.
City government accused the truckers of "blackmail" and in a communiqué "vehemently" repudiated the union's offer to negotiate more flexible restrictions. On March 7, a state court judge ruled that 1 million reals ($565,000) a day would be levied against the truckers' union for the duration of the strike.
The night of March 8, the strike was called off and truckers began delivering fuel under police escort.
Protests by Mexican electrical workers
On March 8, a group of women members of the SME electrical workers union and their families carried out a four-hour protest in front of the Mexico City headquarters of the ruling National Action Party (PAN). The protesters threw eggs at the building and carried signs that read, "Not one vote for the PRI-AN" and "Say no to Mota."
The first sign refers to the right-wing PAN (National Action Party), which over the last 12 years has shown itself to be every bit as anti-working class and corrupt as the Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI, whose seven-decade rule was sidelined with the election of PAN candidate Vicente Fox in 2000. Fox and his successor Felipe Calderón's policies not only have drastically eroded the living standards of the Mexican working class, but also have led to tens of thousands of deaths via the militarized "war on drugs."
One of those policies was the October 2009 sacking of 44,000 electrical workers as part of the dissolution of the state-owned Luz y Fuerza del Centro electrical utility. Police seized the offices and its operations were put under the control of the Federal Electrical Commission or CFE.
The other sign refers to the candidacy of PAN presidential hopeful Josefina Vázquez Mota, the former secretary of education who beat out Calderón's handpicked candidate to become the nominee. The promotion of Vázquez Mota as Mexico's first female presidential candidate is meant to obscure the fact that her policies would fundamentally be no different from Calderón's.
Despite the anti-PRI posturing, the SME bureaucracy in fact supported the PRI until recently, last month swinging its support behind the left-bourgeois Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and its candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
In a separate action, a group of SME protesters demonstrated outside CFE headquarters, blocking the entrance. Dozens of club- and shield-bearing federal police surrounded the building, dislodged the protesters and arrested about a dozen of them.
Trinidad and Tobago: Cement workers' strike completes second week
Six hundred workers for the Trinidad and Tobago cement company TCL remain out on a strike called February 27 over wage demands. The workers' union, the Oilfields Workers' Trade Union (OWTU), is demanding a 16 percent raise for the years 2009-2011. TCL is sticking with its original offer of 6.5 percent, after raising it briefly to 7 percent.
TCL locked out the workers and is importing cement from Jamaica and Barbados. The price for a bag of cement at hardware stores has risen, in come cases as high as twice the usual 50TTD (US$8.22) per bag. Construction companies are resorting to the black market as well.
The company has emailed all of the workers, calling on them to negotiate individually to return to the job. Its claim that some workers are breaking ranks is contested by the OWTU. On March 5, the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturing Association (TTMA) issued a statement calling on the Labour Ministry to intervene.
On March 9, a small number of workers at the TCL strike camp in front of the Claxton Bay plant were confronted by police officers who ordered them to allow trucks to enter the plant to load bulk cement. According to a Trinidad Express report: "The workers locked arms and circled the entrance to the gates at Claxton Bay. They prayed for guidance and warned that no police officers can break their chain.
"But the officers, contracted by management to secure customers entering the plant, outnumbered the striking workers and ordered them to clear the entrance to the plant. The first truck drove through the gates at 7.20 a.m."
OWTU President General Ancel Roget was not at the site at the time. According to the TE report, "He was attending a workshop at the union's headquarters in San Fernando."
Guyanese cane cutters strike another sugar plantation
Cane cutters for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) struck the state-run company's Enmore estate March 8. The strike was called to protest the treatment of injured workers, who the workers say were inadequately cared for by the company and the National Insurance Scheme (NIS).
At a gathering of workers in front of the Enmore Martyrs Monument, injured workers and their family members told reporters a number of complaints: inadequate benefits based on inaccurate evaluations, delayed payments, benefit cutoffs and bureaucratic delays, which the wife of one worker called "the royal run-around."
Angry workers blocked a returning ambulance to show reporters the dilapidated state it was in: bald tires, a smoking and sputtering engine, gasoline fumes inside the vehicle. The day before, the ambulance had broken down before it could get an injured worker to the hospital.
The complaints about the NIS service come on top of a number of demands concerning pay schedules and working conditions, the causes of a walkout at a different estate a few weeks earlier. However, NIS and GuySuCo were not the only targets of the workers' scorn. Some workers suggested changing their current union, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), which they accuse of impeding progress on medical claims. One worker told Kaieteur News that workers are convinced that "GAWU and the government are one."
Arizona transit workers strike against concessions
Six hundred Phoenix transit workers walked out on strike against Veolia Transportation Services March 10 after 22 months of negotiations failed to resolve a number of disputed contract issues. A leading issue that aggravated transit drivers was Veolia's demand to eliminate the right of drivers to receive a cash settlement for up to six months of accrued sick time upon retirement.
Veolia is attempting to insert language that will make the city of Phoenix responsible for providing the money to compensate drivers, given budget constraints that guarantees the wiping out of the benefit. Other sticking points between Veolia and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1433 include retirement, health care, work rules and language governing holiday and vacation benefits.
The strike affects only 31 of 64 routes in Phoenix. Other metropolitan-wide transit services operate under separate agreements with the Valley Metro system. However, another 300 transit workers in nearby Tempe, Arizona voted down a separate contract with Veolia and granted strike authorization to Local 1433. Veolia also has a transit contract in Mesa, Arizona. The company is currently flying in drivers to provide strikebreaking services to Phoenix.
Veolia Transport is a subsidiary of French-owned Veolia Environment, which as of last year had 110,000 employees in 28 different countries involved in road and rail operations on all six continents. In 2009 the company had revenues of $7.8 billion. However, disappointing revenues in 2011 have led the company to prepare a spinoff of its transportation services.
Maritime paper workers on strike
One hundred eighteen paper products workers in Halifax, Nova Scotia walked off the job on March 9 in a fight against major concession demands after being without a contract for almost a year.
The workers, who are employed by Maritime Paper Products Ltd., are members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union (CEP) and, along with a number of other issues, are fighting to keep a defined benefits pension plan. The employer is insisting on a two-tiered plan, which would see new hires placed under a defined contributions plan, which does not provide a defined benefit at retirement.
The company has said it intends to maintain operations during the strike—it produce cartons and custom packaging—using management staff and by increasing production at three other plants in the region.
Developmental workers on strike in Ontario
Over 150 developmental service workers in Elmira, Ontario, west of Toronto, are set to strike this week after working without a contract since April of 2010.
Provincially funded Elmira District Community Living employs the workers, members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). They provide services to adults and seniors with disabilities throughout the region. The strike comes after workers gave their union a strong strike mandate and rejected the company's latest offer by a margin of over 70 percent.
The union argues that the provincial Liberal government needs to step up funding for developmental services which they say is in crisis. The latest offer from the company included a mere 16 cent wage increase over the term of a four-year contract to workers who are already some of the lowest paid in the province.
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Google Play Gets Carrier Billing Thanks To New Arrangement With Facebook Billing Partner Bango
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Mobile carrier billing company Bango continues its hot streak of signing up big name partners today, thanks to a new arrangement with Google to bring its carrier billing to Google Play, beginning in Australia. Bango provides carrier billing services to Facebook in the UK, France and Germany, and also partners with RIM for BlackBerry App world billing. Earlier this year, it announced deals to work with Amazon and MasterCard, too. For Google, it could be a key ingredient in driving up conversions and revenue for Android developers in addition to existing arrangements with other carrier billing partners around the world..
UK-based Bango built out support for Google Play at the request of mobile carriers. Bango CEO Ray Anderson suggested to in a press release that operator billing could be the next step in helping Android developers monetize their creations, alluding to the fact that despite its greater reach, Google's mobile platform generates less revenue and fewer paid customers than rival Apple's iOS.
"Android is winning the battle for smartphone market share," he said in a statement. "As user numbers soar, we will see an increasing flow of developer talent and compelling content channeled through Google Play. We're expecting that operator billing from Bango will boost conversion rates and developer monetization. It's a new weapon in Google's armoury."
Bango touts its higher conversion rate as a main selling point for its services, claiming 77 percent compared to around 40 percent for alternate payment methods vis SMS or credit cards in November when it launched Facebook carrier billing in France.
Google Play is more than just a software ecosystem, however, and also includes books, movies and magazines. Carriers clearly have an interest in becoming a payment layer for all of that media as well as apps, since it brings them back into having a direct transactional relationship with their customers, something which initiatives like Apple's App Store initially took away from their purview.
While Bango is kicking things off with Telstra in Australia, it says many mobile network operators have approached it to connect them to the Google Play store for payments, but the company also stresses that it's too early to tell if this will become a significant line of business. Still, even with just a launch in Australia, it'll be an interesting sandbox to see if more Android users down under pay for software thanks to the added convenience of carrier billing provided by Bango.


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Over the last 4 years, Pitchfest - which is run by the Centre for Growth at Aston University, Bizzlnn at the University of Birmingham and Minerva at the University of Warwick Science Park - has put 90 entrepreneurs directly in front of investors and helped bring over £2,750,000 of investment to the region's small businesses.
The competition begins with pitch preparation, helping to refine your investment pitch. Judging rounds follow, where you pitch directly to a panel of investors, receiving valuable feedback on your presentation. Then comes the public final, hosted by Venturefest West Midlands, where the best business pitches compete in front of a live audience of investors and entrepreneurs to win the Best Pitch Award.
The Pitchfest 2019 Final is due to take place on 4th July 2019. Please check back at a later date for the workshops and judging panels dates and venues.
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Museums as Change Agents: Supporting the Chronic Illness Community
SKYLAR BRENNAN
Theory and Practice, Vol. 3, 2020
As sites of intervention, art museums implement change. Traditionally seen solely as community art resources, museums are now taking an active role in the physical healing process of its patrons. Therefore, the museum definition can be expanded to include the addition of wellness spaces. Collaboration between the cultural heritage sector and the pubic healthcare sector via museums has the potential for massive public outreach, due to the inclusive nature of museum programming. While conversation regarding the changing role of museums often refers to social justice practices, museums can – and should – also serve as therapeutic or healing spaces in order to promote wellness.
This article focuses on art museums as change agents for the chronic-illness community. The challenge of well-being for those suffering from chronic pain or illness lies in the fact that there is no identified cure, nor is there one pathway for a successful recovery. Chronic pain is unique to each individual, often inconsistent, and triggered by both internal and external stressors. However, disruption of pain cycles can take on many forms, and art museum programs can offer chronic pain sufferers a much needed and healing diversion.
Throughout history, visual art played a vital role in the healing process. For instance, in the medieval age caring for the sick was often the domain of the church, and churches were embellished with spiritual and devotional works of art intended to soothe and uplift patients.[1] The connection between visual art and wellness continues today. Contemporary culture has shown an increased global awareness that art can humanize medical settings and alleviate the harshness of clinics. For example, Art Rx is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help children heal through the extraordinary power of visual art. Art Rx commissions contemporary artists to transform sterile healthcare facilities into engaging and inspiring environments.[2]
The World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."[3] Relatedly, the New Economics Foundation defines well-being as "the dynamic process that gives people a sense of how their lives are going, through the interaction between their circumstances, activities, and psychological resources or mental capital."[4] The correlation between social connection and health and well-being is vitally important. People's social experiences, or the degree to which they have supportive relationships and a sense of connection with others, are an essential aspect of their well-being. Opportunities for social activities, such as those offered by art museums, increase self-worth. Such opportunities also empower people with chronic illness to manage how they are seen by others while fostering feelings of community contribution. Medical expertise can diagnose but unfortunately, does little to prevent or relieve the stress of chronic disease. Art museums can be a healing tool for communities working toward relieving the stress of chronic illness.
The public continues to expand its notion of what museum outreach and engagement opportunities look like, both on a local and national level; therefore, new resources must be tapped. As art museums strive to be more inclusive and accessible to all people, the onus must be on the museum to make their purpose and mission clear and relevant to the public. Not only can museums invite new audiences in order to foster change, but museums can also become sites of intervention by co-creating experiences for diverse audiences. Leveraging the fact that museums have ample space, unique programming, and a variety of learning materials, audiences can initiate need-based experiences. Community engagement is a driving force behind museum programming, and the innate human need to connect with others in shared experiences motivates participation within public institutions. By providing immersive, experimental, and accessible programming, museums can allow for more expansive integration of diverse communities, including the chronic illness community.
Museums consist of diverse spaces and multiple meanings. In addition to a welcoming space, an educational resource, and a community center, museums are now starting to embrace the idea of becoming a wellness space, or places that improve the physical, phycological, and/or emotional state of visitors. Acting as change agents, museums are offering something new to the public. Art as therapy has existed for some time, but museums as therapeutic spaces offer an innovative way to experience wellness. Healing does not have to be defined by sanitation masks, lab coats, and clinical environments. Healing can take place in galleries where walls are covered in masterpieces, and spaces are filled with patrons from all backgrounds. Museums are a place for the sick. Museums are a place for the healthy. Most importantly, museums are a place for healing. Whether you are learning about art or yourself, there is room to experience the healing power that museums hold.
The United States leads the world in recognizing the value of museums to health and well-being. For example, the national initiative "Let's Move! Museums and Gardens," led by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and launched by Michelle Obama, is dedicated to solving the problem of childhood obesity.[5] There has also been growth in established museum programs for communities with dementia such as the Museum of Modern Art's "Meet Me" initiative[6] and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art's "Minds in Motion" tour.[7] The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, as well as other museums, also offer low-sensory experiences in the mornings, allowing neuro-diverse communities their own intimate experience with the museum.[8] Various other art museum programs exist aimed at aiding eating disorder communities, grieving communities, and communities suffering from depression. Placing art museum programs at the heart of tackling health and well-being challenges provides a way to value the contribution culture makes to improvements in wellness.[9]
Scholars have recognized the beneficial aspects of the relationship between health, wellness, visual art, and museum spaces. For example, in her book The Social Work of Museums, Lois H. Silverman argues that museums contribute to the pursuit of health in five major ways: by promoting relaxation; changing physiology and emotions in an immediate and beneficial way; encouraging introspection; fostering health education; and advocating for public health and enhancing healthcare environments.[10] Likewise, Professor Sir Michael Marmot contended in 2008 that, "social networks and local communities strongly influence individual health and well-being, and, further, that the extent to which people are able to participate in society and control their own lives makes a critical contribution to psychosocial well-being and health."[11] Knowing the positive relationship between social participation and well-being, it is important to consider the social roles possible in art museums, such as reinforcing a sense of connection to others, which is particularly important for those experiencing chronic pain.
Although social-based interventions for pain are uncommon, museums operating as social spaces are not.[12] Merging these two ideas creates an opportunity for new audiences to have a meaningful experience in a museum space with lasting effects for well-being. Art museums can create a shift from a 'disease model' to one that enables individuals to improve their quality of life by providing the space to interact with others and art, away from clinical settings.[13] This builds on Stephen Kaplan's concept of "mental restoration," which suggests that recovery from mental exhaustion can be brought about by physical removal from one's everyday environment and introduction to an activity so fascinating that it leads to effortless engagement.[14] Museums are the perfect platform for this form of mental restoration. Large, open spaces filled with immersive and sensory experiences offer a reprieve from diagnosis fixation.
Social prescribing initiatives, or the act of health professionals referring patients to the community, to connect to a range of local, non-clinical services in order to improve health and well-being, are becoming more common. Museums are an ideal asset in social prescribing initiatives and expanding this concept to the chronic-illness community furthers museums' outreach programming and inclusivity efforts. Parallels also exist between social prescribing initiatives and the social return on investment model (SROI), which relates to the measurement and evaluation of non-financial values such as social, environmental, and economic factors. Like SROI, social prescribing focuses on connecting individual assets with community assets to harness improved health and well-being. This convergence results in building social capital and individual resilience; this is also a mutually beneficial process for the participants, including individuals, communities, and institutions.[15] Both of these methods for promoting well-being are community-focused. What better way to institute new community health programs than to use existing community-focused art museums as change agents?
Art museums and the interactions that they facilitate can be conduits for individual improvements in health and wellness, including chronic illness. In essence, museums have the ability to act as change agents when they integrate health and wellness initiatives into mainstream museum programming. The positive changes that result from these efforts include building individual resilience and social capital among all audiences. While art museums cannot cure chronic illness, they can alleviate some of the symptoms, thereby improving the quality of life of the larger communities that they serve.
[1] Helen Chatterjee and Guy Noble, Museums, Health and Well-Being (London: Routledge, 2017), 18.
[2] "About RxART," RxArt, accessed May 24, 2020, https://rxart.net/about/about-rxart/.
[3] Chatterjee and Noble, Museums, Health and Well-Being, 6.
[5] Chatterjee and Noble, Museums, Health and Well-Being, 109.
[6] "The MoMA Alzheimer's Project: Making Art Accessible to People with Dementia," MoMA, accessed May 24, 2020, http://www.moma.org/visit/accessibility/meetme/.
[7] "Access Programs," Nelson Atkins, accessed May 24, 2020, https://nelson-atkins.org/accessibility/access-programs/.
[9] Chatterjee and Noble, Museums, Health and Well-Being, 11.
[10] Lois H. Silverman, The Social Work of Museums (London: Routledge, 2010), 51.
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In keeping with Eye Injury Prevention Month, it seems only fitting to take a closer look at several ways to prevent damaging eye injuries at home. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, almost 50 percent of all injuries occur in or near the home. Unfortunately, the most severe injuries can lead to permanent eye damage. This is why it is so important for you to understand the various ways to prevent such injuries from occurring.
Many household cleaners contain chemicals that can be extremely dangerous if they come in contact with your eyes. It is important to read the labels for all types of cleaners prior to using them. Be sure to follow the manufacturer's directions and never mix chemicals together. Always store cleaners out of children's reach, such as on a high shelf. This is true even if you do not have children, since children may still visit your home. When required, be sure to keep your safety goggles on while using the chemicals.
Accidental falls and slips are one of the leading causes of eye injuries, especially among seniors. You can help to minimize the risk of these accidents with some minor adjustments. First, be sure to secure or remove all of the rugs and carpets in the home. Secondly, make sure all areas, including stairways, are well-lit and free from clutter. Finally, you should secure padding on any sharp edges around the house, such as on a table or countertop.
Be sure to wear safety goggles whenever you are working on a project around the home. The American Society for Ocular Trauma, along with the American Academy of Ophthalmology, recommend the use of safety goggles approved by ANSI (American National Standards Institute). In fact, these organizations recommend that every household have at least one pair. When worn, these prevent debris from flying into the eye area and causing severe damage.
Preventative measures can help to reduce the risk of eye injury, but accidents can still occur. If chemicals come in contact with your eyes, it is important to flush the eye out with water as soon as possible. It is best to have any eye injury treated by a medical professional because waiting to seek treatment could cause extensive damage. Contact Physicians Urgent Care today if any type of accident causing injury to the eye occurs or if you would like more information about preventative eye care solutions.


Is Malcom the best Iowa city for your business?
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The population data for Malcom are from the Census' American Community Survey 2017 5-year estimates and the Census' 2017 Population Estimates. The demographic data for Laurel, Lester, Lockridge, and West Burlington are the most current, comparable demographics available from the US Census Bureau, are from the American Community Survey 2017 5-year estimates, and were downloaded on 6 December 2018. Check out our FAQ section for more details.
With 285 people, Malcom is the 536th most populated city in the state of Iowa out of 1,004 cities. But watch out, Malcom, because Lester with 283 people and Lockridge with 282 people are right behind you.
The largest Malcom racial/ethnic groups are White (94.7%) followed by Two or More (2.1%) and Black (1.4%).
In 2017, the median household income of Malcom residents was $45,000. Malcom households made slightly more than Laurel households ($44,896) and West Burlington households ($44,886) . However, 9.2% of Malcom residents live in poverty.
The median age for Malcom residents is 42.3 years young.
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This page presents the geographical name data for Gyngazova in Russia, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division.
Full Name (see definition): Gyngazova
Non-Roman Name: Гынгазово
Primary Country Code (see definition): RS (Russia)
First-order administrative division code (see definition): 75 (Tomskaya Oblast' )
Region Font Code (see definition): 4 (Russia/ Central Asia)
Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 56.637778
Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 83.583889
Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 56° 38' 16" N
Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 83° 35' 02" E
Military Grid Reference System coordinates (see definition): 44VPH5846680051
Joint Operations Graphic reference (see definition): NO44-12
Name Type (see definition): V (Variant or alternate name)
A form of the full name that allows for alphabetical sorting of the file into gazetteer sequence (see definition): GYNGAZOVA
Full Name with QWERTY characters (see definition): Gyngazova
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The Amanda Knox case is one of the strangest legal battles you're likely to ever come across. As a 20-year-old student studying in Italy in 2007, American student Knox and her Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were arrested and charged with the murder of Knox's roommate, Meredith Kercher. They were found guilty, but won their appeal and were set free after almost four years in prison in 2011. Then, the prosecution appealed, and Knox and Sollecito we retried for the same murder and found guilty again, before having that conviction overturned after another appeal, leading to their eventual exoneration in 2015. That might seem confusing, so here's an explainer as to why Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were convicted twice for the same crime.
Within the United States legal system, being convicted twice for the same crime sounds a lot like double jeopardy. Double jeopardy is the common term applied to someone being tried for the same crime again after being found innocent the first time, and it's a protected right of U.S. citizens included in the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that it should not be allowed to happen: "Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb." However, Italy does not have the same laws about double convictions.
In addition to not observing a double jeopardy clause, the Italian appeals process works very differently than the one in the U.S. While in the U.S., the Supreme Court has the ultimate final say in lengthy appeals cases, that's not the case in Italy. Their Supreme Court of Cassation doesn't actually conduct trials. Instead, they can overturn verdicts from lower courts and force them to be retried. That's what happened in Knox's case. According to Italian law, Knox wasn't tried for the same crime twice; the entire process was all part of the same trial. The Court of Cassation overturned the first conviction due to flaws in the investigation. The prosecution appealed, presenting new evidence, and the Court of Cassation overturned the acquittal. A retrial was ordered, where Knox and Sollecito were again found guilty.
This time, the defense appealed, and the Court of Cassation annulled this conviction, citing a lack of evidence and declaring the parties' innocence. This fourth decision was final, since the court annulled the conviction completely, rather than overturning it. It's a process that wouldn't happen in the U.S., but it made all the difference for Knox and Sollecito.


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NORE Network of Orthopaedic Registries of Europe
NORE Advisory Board & Organisation
NORE Charter
The NORE Interactive Map
NORE Event on Medical Devices regulations
Engaging with the new EU regulatory landscape for medical devices – Challenges and Opportunities
NIMAC Symposium | Brussels, Belgium | 06 April 2018
NORE, the Network of Orthopaedic Registries of Europe, is an international registry network built up as a standing committee of EFORT and founded in 2015. The network is organised as an EFORT standing committee and reports to the EFORT Board.
NORE focuses on medical device surveillance and arthroplasty outcome in order to support improvements in patient care.
NORE provides advice and awareness to EFORT on international perspective, experiences and practices in medical device surveillance and outcome. This ranges from data capture (e.g. nomenclature on implant attributes) through data analysis and reporting techniques, to new methodology for evaluating performance of medical devices.
As a standing committee, NORE is embedded within EFORT and can use the EFORT platform to disseminate education and research on registry data to the members and the public and government bodies and related industry to create awareness on performance of medical devices. This enhances patients' and public confidence and trust in both medical devices and surgeons who use them in order to sustain and improve public health. To that purpose, symposia with involvement of all stakeholders are organised.
Although NORE initially focused on registries of hip and knee implants and procedures, other initiatives and established registry formats for other joints (e.g. ankle, shoulder, spine) and diseases (hip fractures, clubfeet etc.) as well as regional and hospital-based registries are part of the NORE network. The purpose with the latter is to present "best practices" from established registries within the network in order to create a blueprint for emerging registries.
The majority of NORE activities are dealt with within Working Groups: the building blocks of the network. The initial NORE Working Groups are:
Education (supporting EFORT annual congresses).
Support to emerging registries.
Stakeholder Registry data reporting.
Science (i.e. research grants).
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Günther
EFORT Board Representative Prof. Dr. Rob GHH Nelissen
Chairman EFORT NORE
NORE is organised as an EFORT standing committee and reports to the EFORT Board.
The governance structure was defined at the NORE kick-off meeting during the EFORT Congress 2015 held in Prague (Czech Republic).
The following structure of NORE, and in particular the Advisory Board has been discussed at the EFORT Congress 2016 in Geneva (Switzerland):
a Chairman and a member of the EFORT Board,
and in addition, members from the NORE network representing the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) or the National Joint Registry (NJR), the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA), the German Hip Arthroplasty Register (EPRD), other European Registries and the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries (ISAR).
The NORE Advisory Board members are:
Prof. Rob NELISSEN | NORE Chairman
Prof. Klaus-Peter GÜNTHER | EFORT Board Representative
Prof. Per KJAERSGAARD-ANDERSEN | Nordic Countries Representative
Prof. Carsten PERKA | German Representative
Dr. Amie SMIRTHWAITE | Notified Body BSI
Dr. Marine TORRE | Health Authorities Italy
Keith TUCKER | NJR / ODEP
Charter of NORE – Network of Orthopaedic Registries of Europe
As of 2 June 2015
NORE as an all-inclusive network will foster international collaboration and co-ordination of learning and research in orthopaedics, with special focus on medical device surveillance, arthroplasty outcome, and other registries of orthopaedic conditions in order to support improvements in patient care.
NORE will provide advice and awareness to EFORT on international perspectives, experiences and practices in medical device surveillance. This may range from data capture (e.g. nomenclature) through data analysis and reporting techniques, to new methods for evaluating performance of medical devices.
2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF NORE
Create an all-inclusive national, regional and speciality society orthopaedic registry network.
Advice to emerging but also to established registries on registry related issues (e.g. data collection, methodological issues etc).
Initiate education and research projects within the network.
Promote awareness of NORE and its activities on an international level.
Comply with responsibilities of an EFORT standing committee.
Stimulate uniformity of registration and definition to enhance comparison of findings within Europe.
3. ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
NORE stands for Network of Orthopaedic Registries of Europe. Initially, NORE will focus on Registries of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty – although initiatives and established registry formats for other joints and diseases (e.g. ankle, shoulder, spine, hip fractures) are not excluded. Even more, these established formats may help to create a blueprint to be used by others. The goal of the organisation is to produce uniformity in nomenclature and define those variables to be collected within a registry as a dataset.
The network is organised as a standing EFORT committee and reports to the EFORT Board.
As such, the EFORT regulations for standing committees apply except that it is anticipated that the organisational structure will be self-funding.
The network will be led by an Advisory Board under the leadership of a chairman appointed by EFORT for three years. The chairman can be re-elected once. The current chairman is Prof. Dr. Rob G.H.H. Nelissen, Chair & Professor Orthopaedics at Leiden University Medical Center (the Netherlands).
The Chairman will be a member of the EFORT Executive Committee with the following responsibilities:
Participation in the two annual Executive Committee meetings (Jan/Feb and June, during the EFORT congress)
Report to the EFORT Board & the EFORT Executive Committee on request, and in an annual written report
Set-up an annual budget proposal to be delivered to the EFORT Board for their meeting in September
Leading/chairing of the committee
A possible structure of NORE could be that members of the Advisory Board are constituted by at least:
and in addition, members from the NORE network representing the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) or the National Joint Registry (NJR), the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA), the German Hip Arthroplasty Register (EPRD), other European Registry and the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries (ISAR).
The majority of NORE activities will occur in working groups. In general, each working group shall have at least one NORE Advisory Board member, who is responsible for progress on the assigned working group topic. Challenges for the use of registry data ranging from research to education purposes are evident and can be addressed in working groups. These will report back to the annual meeting of NORE planned alongside the EFORT annual congress. A working group structure could be:
1) PROM definitions
2) Outcome research
3) Implant library
4) International relationship
5) Working with authorities
6) Methodology and standardisations outcome research
7) Symposium/scientific organisation for EFORT congresses
8) Advice start-up registries
5. COLLABORATION
Collaboration with other international organisations (e.g. ISAR, ICOR etc) on registry data will improve implant related patient outcome. The main difference with other organisations is that NORE uses the EFORT forum as platform for its education and research endeavours.
CONTACT NORE
Please send your registry related requests to nore@efort.org


I'm sorry to report that I haven't yet read Cheryl's "A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family." Which, not that you asked, sounds far more up-my-alley than that other Tiger book. I wish I could be there Friday at 8 p.m. to hear her read at Elliott Bay Book Company. Are you going? No? What's your excuse? (Mine has to do with a piano party: don't ask. OK, ask me later.) You all keep singing Cheryl's praises, telling me what a great journalist she is, and how much I'll love her food-focused memoir of a year spent in her native Singapore, learning how to cook with her aunties and grandmother.
Anyway, you should know that the book is on my stack. I'm going to read it: I promise. I've already listened to her interview on NPR, and I've read several reviews, including this one. I've even checked out her blog, and think I really need to make her recipe for Rolina Curry Puffs. And, who knows: Maybe I'll get on a ferry to Bainbridge on Sunday and head to Eagle Harbor Book Co., where she'll be reading and signing at 3 p.m. If I do, I'll be sure to tell Cheryl you sent me.


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Campisi #4
Writer: James Patrick Artist: Marco Locati Publisher: Aftershock Comics Release Date: December 1, 2021 Cover Price: $4.99 Critic Reviews: 3 User Reviews: 1
The dragon $&#% has hit the fan. It's all but certain that the dragon is going to destroy Green Village, and the people who couldn't or wouldn't leave the neighborhood are going to die. Sonny Campisi has one last desperate chance to save his home, but he's going to need the help from the most unlikely source.
Each issue of CAMPISI: THE DRAGON INCIDENT features 24 pages of story and art with a cardstock cover!
Graphic Policy - Alex K Cossa Dec 1, 2021
Campisi: The Dragon Incident is another book that upholds Aftershock's reputation as a quality comics publisher; if you see a comic that half interests you with the Aftershock logo, you can have confidence that at the very least it'll be a good book that's worth reading. Whether it's up your alley is something else, but you're not likely to find an Aftershock comic you don't like because its creative team were having an off day. Read Full Review
The Fandom Post - Chris Beveridge Dec 7, 2021
It's definitely fun and will make for a good collected release to binge on. Read Full Review
ComicBook.com - Connor Casey Dec 1, 2021
Campisi: The Dragon Incident certainly ends on a high note with its fourth and final issue. Read Full Review
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The chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing, Dr Peter Carter, has said that failing hospitals should be shut down.
He has called on the government to end the political taboo of hospital closures and to be prepared to shut down or merge those which are poorly-performing. Addressing a private meeting of the think-tank reform, the leader of the RCN, which represents 400,000 nurses, said that political self-interest was hampering progress in the NHS and that ministers should be prepared to make "brave" decisions.


Biz-Tech 3.0 - IT Careers - A Looming CIO Turnover Crisis?
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A Looming CIO Turnover Crisis?
A new report on CEO turnover suggests possible hard times ahead for sitting IT leaders.
Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that a surprisingly low number of CEOs lost their jobs in 2009. That number dropped 17 percent from the previous year, according to the firm's 2009 CEO Turnover Report.
That's interesting enough, but when does the other shoe drop?
Challenger Chief Executive John Challenger noted that the decline in departures could be a result of companies trying to maintain a stable upper management until the economy settles down and begins growing.
"If and when it appears that the expansion is finally underway, there could be a surge in leadership changes, with companies opting for growth-oriented risk-takers over the 'just-keep-the-ship-afloat' leaders they favored in the latter half of the recession," he said.
So what are you doing right now to demonstrate your value to your executive committee and board? Do you consider yourself a "growth-oriented risk-takers" or a "just-keep-the-ship-afloat" leader? If you've positioned yourself in the former, you're in much better shape.
Even though the economic recovery is uncertain, CIOs need to start shifting their thinking away from the recession and more toward what IT will do in the inevitable recovery. Budgets may stay flat in 2010, but that doesn't mean you should completely replicate what you did last year.
And what about aspiring CIOs? Challenger's assessment points to great opportunity for the ranks of up-and-coming IT leaders. If you're looking for a shot at the top IT job, you must demonstrate your business acumen and strategic vision, and understand what you'll have to do to retain top talent and motivate staff to reignite innovation while continuing to manage costs and boost productivity.
It's not easy, but the proverbial writing is on the wall.
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I've worked in technology nearly 20 years, and the main challenge I see to the job of CIO is that in reality most problems are very complex and require time, talent, and sometimes complicated solutions. This is the best strategy for the company in the long run; however, often the CIO's who receive the accolades from upper mgmt are ones that can boil it down to something simple and offer a cheap, quick solution. When this happens, there is a positive reward in the short run, but several years later the CEO will see that the problem still exists because the solution was very over-simplified, and bye bye Mr. CIO; time for someone new.
Today�™s CIOs have a unique challenge in the C-Suite. They must be knowledgeable as a technology leader, project/process manager, and a great people-person while at the same time be a savvy business person, with finance and accounting understanding, and the ability to comfortably participate in the boardroom. An effective and successful CIO needs to roll up their sleeves and get into the details of a complex problem or planning initiative, and the next day put the cuff links on and participates in the presentation of the five-year technology or application road map to their fellow members of the board of directors. Balancing an ever-shrinking budget, and developers and technologists that are expected to be on call on a 24/7 basis with no down time is one of the challenges of the office. However; a seasoned CIO that understands how to manage expectations of the customer--whether internal or external--will understand the challenge that a Secretary of State has in negotiating a multinational peace agreement. If this is accomplished, and the deliverable is on time or ahead of schedule and within budget, then they have performed well and will realize the reward for such a well executed performance. Communication up and down the chain is critical to the success this office...so who are you having lunch with today! Then, we start over for the next quarter.
I act in interim executive roles for companies in transition leading areas including operations, finance and IT. Over past couple of years; as executives battle to make decision affecting the very life of their companies, I have been hearing something that I had only rarely heard before. Members of the executive team are increasingly instructing their division leaders to blame the technology for any deliverable not met. With recent expenditures in ERP, CRM and HRIS; the CIO is an easy target for a SVP-level sales or operations executive. For the CEO who has to explain failures to the board; offering up the CIO provides a real choice when delivering a plan to stem the failures. For the CIO who also leads process improvement the condition is even worse, the resistance of staff to accept change can easily be ignored in a challenging business environment. The CIO who is not able to perform as primarily an evangelist of process and day-to-day business value will have difficulty. The CIO who is not prepared to develop real KPI�™s with the business metrics to be the company�™s internal solution provider with a boardroom presence will be at risk.


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Trump's Focus on Fixing Domestic Problems Could Mean Era of World Police is Over
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Donald Trump Elected 45th US President (281)
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After the surprise win of Donald Trump, political scientists are continuing their attempts to predict his policies and what his presidency will mean for the whole world. American expert in national security Bradley Moss made a forecast for his foreign policy, suggesting that it will be that of neo-isolationism.
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'Fed Up With Establishment': Why Trump's Election Win Raises No Eyebrows
In his interview with RIA Novosti Bradley Moss suggested that it will probably be a mixture of a pragmatic policy and neo-isolationism, however noting that there is no clear understanding among experts of the President Elect's views.
With regards to the US' allies, the expert said that the new leader will likely attempt to shift the financial and military burden the US has been bearing for years to its allied partners.
Moss went on to explain that the policy of neo-isolationism implies easing the political and military commitments of the US to other countries, recalling that during his campaign Trump repeatedly called for a reconsideration of the US' relations with its allies, especially within NATO and urged other member states of the Alliance to pay a fair price for their own security.
Trump also called for restricting US interference into the internal matters of other countries. For example, while talking about the Ukrainian conflict, the Republican nominee stressed that it is of more concern to Europe than to the US and that it is primarily a problem for Europe to solve by itself.
The new president also mentioned that if elected he would consider the issue of Crimean reunification with Russia, noting that the Crimeans seem to want to be part of Russia, not Ukraine.
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World Leaders Eat Their Words After Trump Wins Race to White House
His view is echoed by Russian political scientist and member of Russia's Civic Chamber Valery Korovin, who suggested that Trump has every intention of focusing more on domestic problems, than on foreign policy.
This in turn would ease the burden on the US budget which resulted from the need to support a large number of American bases around the world and non-commercial organizations promoting the American model of democracy.
It will also likely lead to the stabilization of the situation in Eurasia, particularly in Russia's neighboring states.
This, in turn, will cut the spendings of the Russian government on the "containment of American agression along its borders". Hence it will be able to spend more on its internal needs and stabilization of internal political processes, the political scientist suggested.
Trump's Foreign Policy: What Will Actually Change?
Trump's Eleven: President-Elect Decides Who Can Help Make America Great Again
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Dubai is hub of businesses related to food and beverages. The demand for both large and small food related businesses is increasing with the passage of time due to continuous influx of expat population and tourists from all parts of the world. After the popularity of hotels, restaurants and catering business, now Dubai is become a hot spot for food truck business as the trend is getting popular in Dubai very quickly. It is evident from the fact that Dubai Municipality issued 203 permits for food trucks in the year 2016 (average of 17 per month) while 134 such permits were issued by DM in just the first two months of 2017 (67 per month).
The rise and popularity of food truck business is mainly due to the interest of local and foreign population of UAE in consuming something new and unique that is presented by these food trucks. Food provided in these trucks is also economical and ready to serve. You can have organic, local or international food items in these food trucks. Few food trucks provide single food items like burger, French fries, dessert etc. but you can also expect to visit trucks with multiple food items to present.
People like to visit specific places allotted to these food trucks in Dubai on weekends (especially Saturdays). One such permanent place allotted to these food trucks in Dubai is at Sheikh Zayed Road. Apart from that, authorities in Dubai also issue temporary permits for these food trucks to sell their items during an event or festival.
The food truck business started in Dubai in 2012 and it gained continuous increase in popularity with the passage of time. Currently, several food truckers have gained fame in Dubai like "Moti Roti, Sir Loin, SALT" and others. Food truck is among the cheapest businesses in Dubai. It relaxes the businessmen from high cost of setting up restaurant or hotel.
Like every other big and small business, the food truck business also requires approval from concerned authorities.
In the next step, you will need to find suitable location for parking of your food truck. Even for this step, approval from government department is required and RTA is the authority in this case. You can also apply for temporary permit in case of parking your truck in or outside a festival on exhibition.
The growth prospects of food truck business in Dubai are immense as it is expected to grow many folds by 2020. But currently there are very few people operating in this business which is not only profitable but also economical to establish. It means that there is very less competition in this business at the point and immediate setting up of truck food business in Dubai can help small entrepreneurs to make their place in the business before the arrival of large number of competitors. But the procedure of setting up food truck business requires approval from multiple authorities which is a difficult task. But you can easily cross this hurdle by taking advice from a reputable business consultancy.
Nice blog! Thanks to share this great blog about food truck trend in Dubai.


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Q: Show that the power set of a set A has too many elements to be able to be put in a one-to-one correspondence with A
Show that the power set of a set $A$, finite or infinite, has too many elements to be able to be put in a one-to-one correspondence with A. Explain why this intuitively means that there are an infinite number of infinite cardinal numbers. [Hint: Imagine a one-to-one function $\phi$ mapping $A$ into $\mathscr{P}(A)$ to be given. Show that $\phi$ cannot be onto $\mathscr{P}(A)$ by considering, for each $x \in A$, whether $x \in \phi(x)$ and using this idea to define a subset S of A that is not in the range of $\phi$.] Is the set of everything a logically acceptable concept? Why or why not? - pg 9 A First Course in AbstractAlgebra, Fraleigh

Suppose that $\phi: A\to\mathscr{P}(A)$ is one-to-one. Then in this function, for every $x\in\phi$, there is a corresponding $y\in\mathscr{P}(A)$ as an output.
However, the definition $\mathscr{P}(A)$ means that the set $A\subset \mathscr{P}(A).$ This implies that the co-domain of $\mathscr{P}(A)$ > domain of $\phi$ and that there is a subset $S\subset \mathscr{P}(A)$ such that $S$ is the complement of $A$ and is not in the range of $\phi$.
Therefore $A$ cannot be one-to-one with $\mathscr{P}(A)$ because there are $x\in A$ that would not map to its complement $S$.

I think my proof and reasoning is correct, but what I can't piece together is how to explain intuitively that there are an infinite number of infinite cardinal numbers. What about the empty set or another finite set? How does a finite set of an infinite number of infinite cardinal numbers??
Re the set of everything: I think this is a logically acceptable concept. We could call it the Power>9000 set lol
Thank you for your help in advance. This was not an assigned homework problem, I am attempting it out of curiosity and am not confident my professor would give me a satisfactory answer.

A: The usual proof is as follows. Since $\phi$ is onto, by comprehension the set $B:=\{x\in A|x\notin f(x)\}$ is equal to $\phi(y)$ for some $y\in A$. Since any $z\in A$ satisfies $z\in B\iff z\not\in f(z)$, the case $z=y$ gives the contradiction $y\in B\iff y\not\in B$.

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Q: How to put condition inside the echo statement? I have this while loop inside a php statement. Inside my while loop i put echo and inside that echo is a td tag. After it is another if condition with img src determining from a row inside it and another echo with br and td tag in it. How can I resolve this?
Here is my code
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()){
                        echo '

                            s';
                            if(!empty(trim($row['photo']))){
                                    echo " ";
                                    echo '
.$row["username"].
	';
                            }
                    }

Error that showed
unexpected $EOF, expecting TSTRINg TVARIABLE T NUM STRING

A: You are not escaping ' properly, try this :
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()){
    echo '

    ';
    if(!empty(trim($row['photo']))){
        echo " ";
        echo '
' .$row["username"]. '
	';
    }
}


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Bill Cosby ordered to stand trial in 2004 sexual assault case
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There is enough evidence that Bill Cosby assaulted a woman just over a decade ago to bring a criminal case against him to trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Once a symbol of wholesome packaged food and family values, Cosby, now a hobbled 78-year-old, sat rubbing his chin through hours of graphic testimony about drugs and sexual encounters.
It marked a dramatic turn for the one-time icon, a major step in the only criminal case to spring from dozens of accusations that have ended his career and upended his legacy. If convicted on the three sex crime counts, Cosby could face 10 years in prison.
But, even as Cosby was ordered to stand trial, Tuesday's pretrial hearing illustrated the difficulty prosecutors could have in convicting him.
"Stop this. Stop this," defense attorney Brian McMonagle told Judge Elizabeth McHugh just before she delivered her ruling.
McMonagle attempted to undermine the credibility of the alleged victim, Andrea Constand, cast doubt on the memories of others and underscore the lack of physical evidence. He pointed to Constand's changing recollections about dates of the encounter, portions of her initial statement to police she was allowed to cross out and revise, and her contact with Cosby after the incident, which included requesting tickets to one of the comedian's concerts.
She "met with the defendant, accepted an invitation, a dinner invitation with the defendant, spoke with him on the phone, went up and visited him in Canada at a concert — get me some tickets!" McMonagle said at one point.
McMonagle was so animated in his defense that the judge at one point admonished him for grandstanding.
Constand did not testify at Tuesday's hearing. Prosecutors instead relied on witness statements from her and Cosby taken in 2005, months after the incident at Cosby's home in suburban Philadelphia.
Prosecutors say Cosby assaulted Constand, then the director of operations for the Temple University women's basketball team, who regarded Cosby as a mentor. Constand, 31 at the time, has since moved home to Canada but is expected to testify at trial, which will be scheduled during a hearing in July.
Cosby is facing lawsuits across the country from women who claim he assaulted them. But in most cases, the criminal statute of limitations has expired. The Pennsylvania case, filed just before the deadline to file charges at the end of last year, is the only criminal matter, with charges of aggravated indecent assault without consent, aggravated indecent assault while the victim was unconscious or unaware that penetration occurred, and aggravated indecent assault where "person impairs complainant."
Defense attorneys have tried to have the charges thrown out, arguing that a deposition Cosby gave for a civil suit could not be used against him and that the prosecution is politically motivated. District Attorney Kevin Steele charged Cosby after defeating former D.A. Bruce Castor, who had declined to prosecute the case when it initially emerged. That decision became an issue in the election.
"The underlining theme of these, and each of those charges, [is] that, based upon what he did to the victim and giving her the substance he gave her, she's incapable of consent," Steele said during Tuesday's hearing. "What we're dealing with is what happened on that night in his house."
The allegations had already been aired in court documents. Cosby settled a civil suit Constand filed against him.
Still, the public recitation of the details by attorneys and police officers, with Cosby forced to take them in from a defendant's chair, marked a rare and humiliating moment in Cosby's downfall.
"These pills will make you feel good. The blue things will take the edge off," Cosby told Constand on the evening of the January 2004 incident, handing her three pills and demanding she "down them," according to testimony.
After Constand's vision blurred and her legs wobbled, she described drifting in and out of consciousness. That's when Cosby began touching her, according to testimony.
Cosby gave her a homemade fruit muffin and a cup of tea the next morning.
Cosby told investigators that he "liked the petting and touching."
When asked if they had intercourse, he replied cryptically, "never asleep or awake."
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***This is Part 2 of 5 on the benefits of journaling.
Ah, to know yourself better! What freedom there is when you understand your longings, desires, frustrations, and most importantly, the patterns of your own mind.
For years, I wrote till I wore out the thoughts. When I would become obsessed with something – a goal, an achievement, a plan, a pain – I'd take the pen to try to solve the questions and problems. I'd fix it on paper and everything would fall into line. I wasn't sure how it happened but the journal was as good as a 1. Best Friend 2. Therapist 3. Dog who loved me unconditionally (see number 1).
What happened was that the pen fixed my mind as much as my meditation practice and all my studying of impermanence, joy, lovingkindness, equanimity, and compassion. I'd sit down with a goal to make something happen but what actually happened was wearing out the "thinker" like a little child. I let her run in fields and meadows until she was tuckered out. Then the true insight would show itself to me.
As time went on, I began to get quite curious about this. Deep intuition arose naturally. As I wrote, I noticed the sensations in my body, where what I wrote felt true or false. Deep trust in that process has brought me to here, the place of intimate knowledge and awareness of the intuitive process. It is this intuition, this wisdom far beyond the reaches of my thinking brain that everything unfolds from.
I've been writing and journaling every day since I was 12 years old. It took time for me to see this pattern and process of wisdom, intuition, and insight because I didn't run into anyone who told me about it in relation to writing. At 19, I discovered Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones. The book sat on a table in the corner of the breakroom at work. It was sheer serendipity. She introduced me to writing practice in that book. I took up the practice, loving the immense creativity and the insights into the things I wrote about. But it didn't feel the same as journaling.
Writing practice is very different for me than journaling. Both have helped me to know myself better. Both can help you. What are the differences? It's the way they feel in my body. Writing practice goes hand in hand with journaling. You can write from the same prompt, but my experience is journaling is much less about creativity, much more immediate in terms of dealing with daily life, while writing practice is what you do from a place of creative awareness, still touching into the same moments, but in a different way.
It's like the difference between slow-walking and taking a train or bus. You see what you see as you go, but one is slow, plodding through, practical while the other is observing from a distinctly different perspective. Journaling is panning for gold…washing away the mud and dirt while vigorously swirling and sifting. Writing practice is what you do with the gold – which is a whole other refining and shape-shifting process. It is less about mud and more about the transformation of the gold.
The gold is buried in those journal pages. If you want the gold, you have to a process your mud first. See what's swirling around in the pan. Swirl the water, swirl the water, swirl the water, pour off the water.
I've always been a meditator and contemplative in some form or fashion. Journaling is a natural fit for my personality. You may or may not feel that way about journaling for your personality. So often people say "I can't sit still. My head is so noisy." Journaling is a perfect place to begin to quiet the mind, where each time you do it, you cultivate more spaciousness in your life.
As a meditator, I learned about the heart-mind, habitual patterns and monkey-mind, consciousness and energy. But journaling is what really sped up the process of cutting through the noise and dissonance in my mind as well as taking notice of the habitual patterns in my life. I share this with you in the sincerest hope you experience clarity and spaciousness much sooner than I did. As I journaled, the meditation and contemplations extended far beyond the cushion into every moment of my day.
Let me just say that every page isn't some mind-boggling insights – but usually one page out of 4 is. 25%. That's not bad, right? Sometimes there are pages upon pages of drivel, whining, and obsessive thoughts. And sometimes I get sick of my pity party and cut through – because I can see how long I've gone on about a subject. So, don't think you have to write great stuff. Just write. That's all. Just write.
Check back on Monday for Part 3 of the Top 5 Benefits of Journaling series. I'll be sharing these with you every Monday and Thursday.
If you're interested and ready to take your creative life to the next level, I can't wait to share with you my upcoming new book "Writing for Creative Awakening." It contains 6 intensive writing and journaling methods to bring you greater clarity, creative energy, and connection. Crack open your creative life and do the great work you are here to do. More on this soon.
Great to meet you here although I have been following your insights for quite a while now.
I started journalling in 2005 (long story) when I returned to public health nursing after a period of sick leave. A combination of reflective practice writing, journalling and counselling got me through this period of 'jumping through hoops' to prove competency in doing a job I could really do stood on my head after 25 years experience.
Journalling frequency increased especially after retirement in 2010 at 55yrs.
Researching journalling led me to starting a blog in late 2017. More recently I have been struggling trying to balance journalling with blogging.
This post has helped me to better understand the two processes. I think I may have been feeling guilty at not keeping up my three A4 sides of morning pages which I started before the blog. I suppose it is trial and error as journalling certainly helps me, what I often describe as, see the wood for the trees or 'gold for the mud'.
Margaret, so pleased to hear of your experience with both sides of the writing and journaling. It's so good to read this! No guilt required on this journey – the key is finding what works for you and continuing with it, right? Be well and thank you for your kind words.
Thank you Andrea for your words of encouragement and your kind words.


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