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Stop Telling Me I'm Brave: On Courage and Being Set Apart
As feminists we know it's important for us to have each other's backs in a shitty heterosexist world. We have often done this by reassuring each other that we are strong and brave people. The thing is, after the year I've had, I'm not sure telling our friends over and over that they're brave works the way it's supposed to.
When you call someone brave you pretty much mean to say that they're doing something that you're not sure you would do in their situation. And that's a compliment, but it also pushes that person away from you by making them different. When I spoke out openly about my experience as a stalking survivor and the incredible failures of the institutions that were supposed to protect me, it started to feel less like "brave" was about having my back and more like no one else was "brave" enough to have my back.
It started when I was doing things that did not feel like they even involved a choice, let alone courage. What I learned in surviving stalking is that even if you think you don't want to go on, you pretty much do because there just aren't that many other choices available. With the exception of suicidal depression (which I'm not minimizing, but I didn't have), you will have to get out of bed sometime. I missed more days of work than ever before, but still I couldn't just stop going altogether. I wasn't so out of it that I couldn't calculate those risks. I kept putting one foot in front of the other and showing up. Surviving.
My acts are not what I would characterize as "brave" necessarily. They are acts of resilience, like the acts that human beings who have survived worse things before me like intimate partner stalking, colonial wars, and daily racist police violence. Human beings are, at the end of the day, apparently pretty good at surviving some pretty terrible things, but that doesn't make us all brave, and being called brave, when I was busy just surviving stalking, was almost like salt in the wound. Because all I felt, all the time, was fear.
I advocated, loudly, for my safety in my campus workplace. And, because I am a feminist activist, I did this in a way that I hoped would benefit future stalking victims and tried to point out how inevitable it is that this problem would happen again. I published my story with a major web outlet clarifying why I thought we needed better procedures on our campus not just for myself but for all of us, and called out my campus for their shameful disregard of the safety of my body and their refusal to "set a precedent." I went forward with this story publicly even after I was issued an ultimatum insisting that it needed to be published anonymously or it could not be published. In each case, I was told by my friends and colleagues that my actions were very brave but in each case, I felt like I was simply doing the only right thing.
When my friends were calling me brave, it really felt like they were just letting themselves off the hook for not taking actions that were similar to mine or, worse, for not joining me in solidarity in the ways that they might have been implicated. I do not think my friends consciously meant anything negative when they told me I was brave. I think they really meant it. But what it usually means to say someone is brave is – what I heard–was, "oh wow, you have so much courage. I could never dare to do that." What I needed to hear was: "man that situation sucks! Let me join you in this struggle."
As a feminist method of support, bravery seems to work okay when we assign the label to ourselves. The women who wrote the groundbreaking All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave obviously got a lot out of it. There were times when I liked the idea too, but only when I decided on my own to do something that I felt was brave. When the idea of bravery backfired, it was when someone else called me brave. Like a lot of terms, there's a big difference between applying it to yourself and having it applied to you by someone else.
The concept of bravery though is one that always sets people apart. It's an idea that's usually associated with extraordinary individuals. Extra-ordinary. And maybe that's why it hurt me so much, because I was already feeling so isolated. Bravery just seemed to set me even further apart from the pack.
But there are other reasons to avoid setting people apart, even when they haven't necessarily survived something traumatic. If we want to build social movements that will change the world, we will need groups of people, not a few extraordinary individuals. I don't dispute that to do this work we will have to be brave, but maybe we need to stop calling each other brave. Instead we have to find ways to be brave together. The first step to doing this will mean not holding each other up on pedestals too tall to reach but alternatively trying to learn how we can better support and understand each other's necessary and chosen risks. Here in the United States the cliché is that one person can change the world but the reality is that it takes many people to change the world. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., did not boycott those buses on his own. Assata Shakur didn't break herself out of jail. Although in the course of history we've exalted only these single individuals, their names would mean little without the movements full of other people around them. If they had been set apart in their own time as singularly brave individuals, as merely exceptional people, we wouldn't even know who they were today because nothing would have been accomplished.
I know by telling me how brave my actions were that my feminist friends were trying to be nice and supportive. I can see that I was moving from surviving to advocating and that people wanted to pat me on the back for that forward movement. But what I want is to change the world, and for that I need my friends to join me, not laud me. I want my acts, just like my feminist ideals, to become ordinary, not extraordinary.
"Solidarity Is Our Weapon. International Women's Strike."
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BOBO-DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso – The United States Government supports the cotton sector in Central and West Africa through the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) West Africa Cotton Improvement Program (USAID WACIP). The project covers Benin, Burkina Faso and Chad (along with Mali commonly called the C-4 countries) and Senegal. USAID WACIP is helping increase farmers' income in cotton-growing areas and increasing the value of processed cotton produced by artisans and manufacturers. The project is implemented by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC).
During a formal handover ceremony held December 7, USAID WACIP provided the Société des Fibres et Textiles (SOFITEX) 43 personal digital assistants (PDAs) to support the ginning company's development of an agricultural database. Authorities representing the governments of Burkina Faso and the United States attended the event.
Since 2007, USAID WACIP has provided financial and technical support to several partners in Burkina Faso – including SOFITEX. Through a grant agreement signed in 2011, SOFITEX received technical assistance from the enterprise Coton et Industries du Monde, Expertise et Service (COTIMES Afrique) to improve the ginning efficiency of its Banfora II factory. This project support helped to identify specific measures to assist SOFITEX and to provide appropriate software, equipment and additional staff training.
By the end of the 2012-2013 ginning campaign, the expected outcome of this investment is significant improvements in fiber yield, length and profitability.
During the ongoing crop year, USAID WACIP will support SOFITEX in setting up an agricultural database that will identify cotton farmers by entering all production parameters of their farming systems. Accomplishing this requires the establishment of a network using PDAs. SOFITEX's extension agents will use the PDAs to record specific information related to production areas (farmer identification, production data, input management, agricultural credit, cooperatives' debts, etc.) and transmit the information in real time to the Direction du Développement de la Production Cotonnière (DDPC). This will allow the DDPC to make decisions within a short period of time. In the medium-term, this investment is intended to enable SOFITEX to decrease the rate of cotton credit loan defaults among cotton farmers by creating a multi-user database management system for production and agricultural credit data, and to train managers and extension agents on the use of the system.
The activities to support SOFITEX aim to improve the company's management by reducing losses and maximizing gains, increase the company's income and empower the ginner to produce quality cotton that is more competitive in the global market.
For more information about USAID WACIP's activities, visit the project's web site at www.wacip.org or visit IFDC's website at www.ifdc.org.
Headquartered in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States, IFDC is a public international organization governed by an international board of directors with representatives from developed and developing countries. This non-profit Center, with more than 700 employees involved in projects located in more than 35 countries throughout Africa and Eurasia, is financed by several bilateral and multilateral aid agencies, private foundations and national governments.


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Origin Acoustics, Facing Its 1st Birthday, is Big For Its Age
July 2, 2015 by Ted Leave a Comment
"It's been tremendous," declared Origin CEO Jeremy Burkhardt with his typical over-the-top enthusiasm, when asked how his nearly one-year old company is doing since its launch at the 2014 CEDIA Expo. "I've been on the road for 3-weeks a month for the last 12-months." And apparently, from what Burkhardt tells us, loving every single minute of it.
See more on Origin on the eve of its first birthday…
With the first birthday of Origin rapidly approaching, we reached out to Burkhardt, as well as others associated with the brand, to take stock of how the company has fared since its splashy launch at last year's CEDIA Expo – where the company rolled out an impressive roster of new products. Since then, its been a race to get the products placed with dealers and distributors, many of whom were already committed to other competitive brands.
At launch, many industry insiders we spoke with had expressed some serious skepticism about the company's prospects, suggesting that Burkhardt and crew had failed to recognize that the industry is in a different place now and not growing as fast as it had been during his first stint at SpeakerCraft. The economy and housing are stagnant, many said, and they are not in growth mode as in years past. Competitors were entrenched, some proclaimed, saying there's no room at the inn for yet another brand.
Jeremy Burkhardt
Origin Acoustics CEO
Burkhardt partnered with other ex-SpeakerCrafters Ed Haase and Ken Humphries, so it was clearly an experienced team – not only experienced with audio products, but deep experience with the custom integration industry. The group also partnered with screen manufacturer Screen Innovations who is providing a facility and some operational support. Burkhardt was quick to note that the partners fund Origin – no outside or private equity investors are involved.
With the partners' money on the line, Burkhardt felt it is just a different situation as compared to other brands. He sought to distinguish between other companies/competitors who may bring in "professional" management, but who are emotionally isolated, as compared to a company managed by the original founders.
"A lot of people have a job and then they have their real life," Burkhardt told us. "For [us at] Origin Acoustics, this is our life. You can't hire an MBA or a person who is getting a paycheck and get the same type of service, care, and value that we give our dealers. So I can only say that it would be a tough go of it if we just did this for a paycheck – this is our passion. I think passion comes from knowing that you're doing something well and caring about it. I don't know how well some of the companies out there truly care. I don't know if on a Friday night if they'd rather be with their wife at the movies…or if they'd rather be with a group of 20 dealers at a table having dinner, sharing stories. I choose to be with my dealers."
Origin is a closely held private company and that can make it hard for us to independently verify various company claims. Having said that, we have cross-checked items whenever we could.
A Matter of Months
Burkhardt told us that he has been constantly traveling, working hard on getting the line placed. This travel has been in both the U.S. domestic market and overseas in international markets. The company, Burkhardt says, has signed up "hundreds" of dealers in the U.S. and set up distribution in close to 50 countries around the world. You can now find Origin products in South Africa, Australia, Europe, India, China, Philippines, Thailand and more.
All this in just a matter of months.
"It's been awesome that, you know, the 20-years that I was at SpeakerCraft, all those relationships chose to follow and – not all but the majority – chose to follow and align with Origin and make better profits and sell better products," Burkhardt told us.
In fact, the company has been so successful, Burkhardt claims, that they've had to rewrite their plans. "We're developing products for [the 2015] CEDIA that we had on a 36-month roadmap," he said. "It's [been] accelerated 24-months."
Origin's CEO in a training session
Exceeded Their Plans, 'By Far'
Overall, the CEO couldn't be more satisfied with where the company is at this point. "We have exceeded our initial launch plans by far," Burkhardt emphasized. "We did about three times the business that we expected to do."
To provide independent verification of their progress, Burkhardt called to our attention, the CEPro Top 100 Brand Analysis. "When I left SpeakerCraft, we were at 52%," he said. "Sonance is now 52% and there's a few others – I guess B&W is right below them, and then you have SpeakerCraft & Paradigm. We came in at 16% and SpeakerCraft did 19%. So we get 16 of the top 100 dealers that reported, and that was our second month in business – they reported in February. So by our second month in business, we had 16 and I think we're closer to 45 right now."
For the record, CEPro's Brand Analysis showed the top brands in the category as: Sonance (52%), B&W (29%), Klipsch (25%), Paradigm (19%), SpeakerCraft (19%), and Triad (19%). And, just as Burkhardt had mentioned, CEPro noted Origin as a fast rising up-and-comer at 16%.
But What About Profits?
So sales appear to be going well, but we were curious about the company's profit picture. Origin spent a lot of money on marketing at CEDIA and since. We also were aware of the fact that the company had run several sales promotions around the country – which can often depress profits. We asked Burkhardt: Are you profitable? Or are you not considering profits, but rather choosing to invest in building your market?
Burkhardt seemed to bristle a little at the mention of sales specials, which he sought to downplay. "I'm not sure what you're speaking of, with specials. We gave the market what it took to become dealers," he told us. "We seeded the market with our product and its been successful."
When we pressed further on the profit question, he deflected our query with more of an indirect answer, "We're ahead of our forecasts, and were ahead of our projections and we're ahead of our budget in all areas," Burkhardt said. "So we're please with our results."
Growing the Origin Family & Facilities
To accommodate their growth, the company has built a total staff of 25 people – about double their original operations plan. This group is split among three locations: an engineering center in Eugene, OR; an operations and shipping center in Austin, TX; and admin, credit & collections office in Riverside, CA. Each of these offices is run by one of the partners: Ken Humphries (Eugene), Ed Haase (Austin), and Burkhardt (Riverside), respectively.
The company expects to further expand their team with several openings in sales scheduled to be filled in the time period leading up to CEDIA Expo. "We're basically hiring every month," Burkhardt said.
The Challenge of Fighting Mediocrity With Engineering
We asked Burkhardt what their most significant challenge was during this first year of their existence. Without much hesitation, he told us that it has been a real challenge to create a highly engineered line that is going up against a slew of competitors who are buying products off the shelf in China. Creating something unique is expensive and time-consuming, Burkhardt told us.
Origin started working on engineering their line a full two-years in advance of the launch. But they were still "flushing out design [issues] all the way up to when we were shipping," Burkhardt said.
"There were thousands of challenges – absolutely," he asserted. "You know, creating a new mounting system, there were literally hundreds of revisions in the product. When it came to market, it was perfect – but getting it to that point [was a challenge]."
And this challenge will continue for Origin, who is committed to fielding more unique products. Burkhardt, who has a habit of speaking in superlatives, put it this way:
No One Else Makes Their Own Tweeter
"I would say – 100% – our speakers have more parts and more technology than any architectural speaker ever created," Burkhardt declared. "So when you start doing things like creating new surrounds and new woofers and new tweeters, you open up a ball of engineering time, and effort, and costs, that other companies don't do."
Further driving his point, he added: "I can't think of any other manufacturer in the industry that is making their own tweeter. I mean most of the other tweeters out there are off-the-shelf and able to be purchased in China. And they are purchased rather effectively by hundreds of companies. But making a new tweeter or making every single part of the woofer – it's a different way of doing it. It's time-consuming and it's very expensive and it's arduous. I think that is why the dealers like it, because now it's pretty damn good. It just took a long time to get here."
An Origin outdoor subwoofer
Dave Donald Leaves the Company
We then asked Burkhardt about sources telling us that Origin's VP of Marketing Dave Donald has left the company (which we cover in more detail in a separate post here…) According to the CEO, the company had achieved its launch goals and was shifting into more of a sales mode. Donald, who Burkhardt says remains his friend, received from Kaleidescape an "offer he couldn't refuse" and chose to leave the company. The company has no plans to hire another VP of Marketing, saying that it has the digital marketing resources in place to accomplish its future marketing goals.
Finally, Burkhardt is talking about another big and bold presence at the upcoming CEDIA Expo – "A plethora of goodies," he promises.
"I have a feeling we'll have the largest product launch at CEDIA again – two years in a row," Burkhardt said proudly. "I think we'll have more architectural speakers in our range than any other company."
Line 'Needs to Be Sold'
There's those superlatives again. We pushed Burkhardt to give us a peek at what's coming from the company but he declined, telling us it was just too early. He did say, though, that there would be some surprises.
While we can't verify all of Burkhardt's claims specifically, we did speak with a couple of Origin reps we know who did verify that the company is doing quite well in their territories. However, we detected a slightly less enthusiastic tone from these individuals, with one rep assuring us that this line "needs to be sold."
What seems to be working for Origin, according to these sources, is that the product has interesting sales stories or "hooks" that differentiate them from other more generic in-wall/in-ceiling brands. Another factor is that Burkhardt is able to generate the feeling with dealers that this company is going to be a real winner in the market.
Origin's CEO is very good at subtly poking fun at his competitors – but his gests carry the added bite of a ribbon of truth in them. At the end of the day, dealers come away feeling that Origin is the one supplier who understands them the best.
Learn more about Origin and its products at: www.originacoustics.com.
Filed Under: Brands, Management, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Dave Donald, Jeremy Burkhardt, Origin

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Press Release -- January 29th, 2014
Source: CenturyLink, IO
CenturyLink Technology Solutions uses IO technology to open multi-megawatt data centers in Phoenix market
— Deal expands hosting footprint of CenturyLink into new market, provides clients with capacity based on IO's Intelligent Control(R) technology platform
MONROE, La., and PHOENIX, Jan. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — CenturyLink (CTL) and IO today announced a strategic agreement to expand the CenturyLink Technology Solutions colocation footprint using IO's Intelligent Control technology platform, with initial deployments at IO Phoenix and nearby IO Scottsdale.
CenturyLink Technology Solutions, which formerly operated under the name Savvis, will enter the Phoenix market as a hosting and colocation provider, making up to 9 megawatts of additional capacity available to its clients through rapidly deployable IO technology. CenturyLink has a deep understanding of the Phoenix market, where it maintains a substantial network services business and employs more than 1,700 employees.
The IO Intelligent Control technology platform consists of IO.Anywhere® data center modules and the integrated IO.OS® data center operating system, which provides integrated control, data collection and business intelligence across data center infrastructure, IT equipment, applications and users of the data center. In the CenturyLink data center space, IO's technology will be complemented by CenturyLink's broad set of colocation, managed services, cloud and network offerings. Clients will also gain access to CenturyLink's ClientConnect, an online gateway for businesses to expand their capabilities by locating, connecting and sharing services with other businesses residing across CenturyLink's global data center footprint.
"CenturyLink continues to invest in expanding our global data center footprint into key markets like Phoenix and extending our hosting capabilities through new technologies like IO's Intelligent Control platform," said Jeff Von Deylen, president of CenturyLink Technology Solutions. "The pioneering IO technology enhances our product mix with the latest options for delivering flexible hybrid IT solutions. IO's energy-efficient data center technology platform can be deployed just-in-time, helping us to preserve capital and enabling our clients to reduce costs and operate more efficiently."
"With its immense global footprint, world-class data center capabilities and Savvis legacy, CenturyLink Technology Solutions is a major force in the industry," said George D. Slessman, IO chief executive officer and product architect. "We believe CenturyLink's substantial commitment to IO technology further validates that our Intelligent Control platform can meet the demands of large-scale, global service providers."
"Armed with IO's prefabricated modular technology and proprietary data center operating system, CenturyLink is rounding out its digital infrastructure offering by combining a sophisticated, agile and intuitive data center platform with its deep stack of IT services, optimizing customer scalability and management capabilities," said Michael Levy, data centers senior analyst at 451 Research.
This strategic agreement with IO follows recent CenturyLink announcements regarding investments in its hosting capabilities, including the acquisitions of Tier 3 and AppFog and data center construction projects in Toronto and Minneapolis. CenturyLink operates more than 50 data centers worldwide, with more than 2.5 million square feet of gross raised floor space throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
About CenturyLink Technology Solutions
CenturyLink Technology Solutions delivers innovative managed services for global businesses on virtual, dedicated and colocation platforms. For more information, visit www.centurylink.com/technology.
CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States and is recognized as a leader in the network services market by technology industry analyst firms. The company is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprise customers. CenturyLink provides data, voice and managed services in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers for businesses and consumers. The company also offers advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLink® Prism™ TV and DIRECTV brands. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is included among the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations. For more information, visit www.centurylink.com.
About IO
IO is a global leader in software-defined data centers and has pioneered the next generation of data center infrastructure technology. IO's integrated hardware and software data center technology platform offers enterprises, governments, and service providers an innovative way to deploy, provision, and optimize data center capacity anywhere in the world. IO technology lowers the total cost of data center ownership compared to traditional data centers, enabling dynamic deployment and intelligent control based on the needs of IT equipment and applications in the data center. For more information, visit io.com
Except for the historical and factual information contained herein, the matters set forth in this communication, including statements regarding the expected benefits of the acquisition such as efficiencies, cost savings, enhanced revenues, growth potential, market profile and financial strength, and the competitive ability and position of the combined company, and other statements identified by words such as "estimates," "expects," "projects," "plans," and similar expressions are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, many of which are beyond our control. Actual events and results may differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected if one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect. Factors that could affect actual results include but are not limited to: the possibility that the anticipated benefits cannot be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the possibility that costs or difficulties related to integrating the companies will be greater than expected; the ability of the combined company to retain and hire key personnel; the timing, success and overall effects of competition from a wide variety of competitive providers; the risks inherent in rapid technological change; the effects of ongoing changes in the regulation of the communications industry; the ability of the combined company to effectively adjust to changes in the communications industry and to successfully introduce new product or service offerings on a timely and cost-effective basis; any adverse developments in commercial disputes or legal proceedings; changes in our future cash requirements; and other risk factors and cautionary statements as detailed from time to time in CenturyLink's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should be aware that new factors may emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to identify all such factors nor can we predict the impact of each such factor on the acquisition or the combined company. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this communication. Unless legally required, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Background The etiology of Kawasaki disease (KD) is unidentified. desquamation, strawberry tongue, lymphadenopathy, and conjunctivitis that sometimes satisfy the clinical criteria for KD. Some research groups have reported an association between YPT and KD [4C7]. YPT is commonly typed serologically Tarafenacin according to antigenic differences in the lipopolysaccharide O antigen. You will find 15 serogroups; serotypes O:1 and O:2 have subtypes a, b, and c, and serotypes O:4 and O:5 have subtypes a and b. Thus, you will find 21 serotypes in all [8, 9]. Serotypes O:1a, O:1b, O:2a, O:2b, O:2c, O:3, O:4b, O:5a, O:5b, O:6, O:10, and O:15 are known to be pathogenic for humans [10]. The pathogenicity of YPT is determined by a number of virulence factors, including a plasmid associated with virulence, a high-pathogenicity island, and a O groups four and nine, respectively, because the former have cross-O-antigen reaction against the latter [16, 17]. The cut-off for positive anti-YPT antibodies was a single titer of 1 1:160 or higher [10]. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were performed to measure anti-YPM antibodies, the optical density of non-antigen-coated wells being subtracted from that of antigen-coated wells. Anti-YPM antibody titers were determined using a calibration curve constructed from a positive control serum. Patients with a more than four-fold increase in serial antibody titers were considered positive for anti-YPM antibodies. Definition and treatments for KD Kawasaki disease was diagnosed in accordance with the Japanese Diagnostic Tarafenacin Guidelines for Kawasaki Disease (5th edition) [17]. The initial treatment for KD consisted of IVIG (2?g/kg) (test was performed to compare continuous variables between these two groups and Fishers exact test for categorical variables. Differences were considered significant if gene [21]. In 1997, Abe et al. reported detection of anti-YPM antibodies in 61?% of acute phase patients with YPT contamination. Patients with Tarafenacin systemic symptoms such as lymphadenopathy, transient renal dysfunction, and arthritis had significantly higher titers of anti-YPM than patients with gastrointestinal tract symptoms alone [14]. We speculate that checking for the speed will be increased by anti-YPM antibody of recognition of YPT in KD sufferers. Further studies must ascertain whether that is accurate. We discovered that the occurrence of CS was considerably higher in the serologically positive group (two sufferers, 18?%) than in the harmful group (one individual, 1?%) (YPT YPT induced proinflammatory cytokines by individual coronary artery endothelial cells [25]. This pathogenesis can donate to the higher occurrence of CS in situations of KD connected with YPT. As proven in recent released Tarafenacin studies, new medicines such as for example infliximab, cyclosporin, and methylprednisolone have already been created [18, 26C29]. These possess reduced the occurrence of CS in KD sufferers; however, there's a 2 still.8?% occurrence of CS in Japan ([http://www.jichi.ac.jp/dph/kawasakibyou/20130909/mcls22report.pdf] (in Japanese)). Our results claim that YPT infections is a significant risk aspect for CS in KD sufferers even SCA12 following the adoption of the newly created treatment strategies. In this scholarly study, the only scientific difference between KD sufferers with and without YPT infections is at the occurrence of stomach symptoms and CS. Of be aware, YPT is quite delicate to many antibiotics [6 generally, 30]. Antibiotics for Group-A streptococcal infections reduce the occurrence of severe rheumatic fever [31]. In Tarafenacin the foreseeable future, we should purpose at conducting analysis to clarify if antibiotic treatment for YPT infections could avoid the advancement of KD or decrease the occurrence of CS after speedy diagnostic techniques.
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Q: Is there a known distribution for $\sum x / \sum x^2$ for a positive r.v. $x_i$ with $E[x_i]=1$ Consider $x_i$ iid random variables with $E[x_i]=1$ and $x_i>0$. While I know we can't get a distribution for
\begin{equation}
\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i} {\sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i^2}
\end{equation}
in general, is there any specific cases where this random variable has a well known distribution.
Some attempts and thoughts. For large $n$ the denominator and numerator are both approximately normal via the central limit theorem. There are a few papers on ratio distributions of normal random variables (when the means of the denominator and numerator are 0, and the denominator and numerator are independent, their ratio distribution is just the cauchy distribution - of course neither of those hassumptions are true here).
As a first guess I was thinking that some discrete distribution e.g. $x_i=3/2$ with probability $1/2$ and $x_i=1/2$ with probability $1/2$ might be a promising example where one might be able to generate a pmf for this quantity, but that quickly became a mess. I'm wondering if there is any case where the pmf or pdf of this ratio is analytically tractable?

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StratCol Ltd vs Moneyweb
Complainant: StratCol Ltd
Lodged by: Hennie Heymans
Article: 'I lost R33 000 to dodgy debit orders' – businessman
Author of article: Julius Cobbett
Respondent: Moneyweb
This ruling is based on written submissions by Mr Hennie Heymans, CEO of StratCol Ltd, and Julius Cobbett, financial journalist contracted by Moneyweb, as well as on a hearing that was held on 26 March 2014 in Johannesburg. Heymans was accompanied by Christine Marincowitz and Ineke Heymans; Moneyweb was represented by its editor, Ryk van Niekerk, and the journalist Julius Cobbett. The two members of the Panel of Adjudicators who assisted me were Henry Jeffreys (press representative) and Peter Mann (public representative).
SECTION 1: PRIOR TO THE HEARING
Heymans complains about a story published on Moneyweb on 5 February 2014, headlined: 'I lost R33 000 to dodgy debit orders' – businessman.
He complains that:
despite Moneyweb's admission that it had contravened the Press Code (with a subsequent apology and retraction) in similar articles published in 2013, it again chose to isolate and sensationalise an issue without obtaining and reporting on all the related facts;
although the actions that led to the complaint happened between 2004 and 2012, Moneyweb linked StratCol to these actions – without allowing it to comment on this matter;
these "actions" are still in dispute and under investigation, yet the journalist accepted one party's version of events (that of Mr Koos Smit), while inaccurately referencing StratCol as a party that was directly involved in the dispute about alleged wrongdoing (resulting in defamatory statements by members of the public as well as by Moneyweb); and
the story was out of context and sensationalised, as it referred to unrelated events in the past, focused only on one aspect that had contributed to the dispute, and failed to point out that StratCol was not directly involved in the dispute (let alone being guilty of any "shenanigans").
THE TEXT
The story, written by Julius Cobbett, reported Port Nolloth businessman Koos Smit as saying he had lost more than R30 000 to dodgy debit orders that had been paid to Platinum Credit Card Corporation (PC3). The journalist wrote: "When it comes to disputed debit orders, PC3's track record is worse than most…" and "Despite its poor track record, PC3 remains a client of debit-order company StratCol. This grants it access to the banking system through StratCol's sponsor bank Absa."
THE PARTIES' ARGUMENTS
StratCol
StratCol elaborates on its complaint as summarized above. Heymans says that he discussed the complexity of the debit order industry and its inherent problems with Moneyweb in detail – yet it nevertheless decided to publish the story in dispute.
He also questions the statement in the story that StratCol had a poor track record. "Poor in comparison to what, we ask?" He reminds Moneyweb that the last time it had compared StratCol to a competitor, it had to concede that this comparison was not based on fact "and therefore you contravened the press code and had to apologise". He adds that it is irresponsible to make comparisons until comparable data are available.
In addition to his complaint that Moneyweb did not contact StratCol for comment, Heymans says that the former also did not bother to contact the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA), or (as far as he knows) any of the banks for their input. He says that StratCol offered to clarify matters, answer legitimate questions and cooperate in any related investigations "and yet, we were not contacted for comment or input in this article".
Heymans challenges Moneyweb to investigate when last his company processed transactions on the PC3 book "and then show us the relevance of your reference to StratCol in this article".
He adds:
In order to present a balanced view, the article should have referred to StratCol's advocacy "and the leading role it is playing to eradicate unlawful debt";
Despite the fact that StratCol invited Moneyweb to verify this claim with companies, it had failed to do so, and had also failed to notify readers of this "positive development";
Despite insinuations that StratCol was aiding PC3 in conducting fraudulent business practices, no such evidence has been brought to his attention; and
Moneyweb should publically distance itself from defamatory tweets or comments posted.
Heymans concludes: "The knock-on effect of this type of reporting is that every time the publication incites doubt about the debit order industry, there is a rise in the incidence of libelous comments (such as… 'ABSA are pigs')." This also leads to businesses not being paid the debit orders that are legally due to them. By "callously" associating StratCol to words like "rogue" and "dodgy", Moneyweb has caused "incalculable damage" to its brand.
Moneyweb (Cobbett)
Cobbett emphasises that the article was primarily focused on a dispute between Smit and PC3.
He also denies any bias on his part. "The article specifically states that the question of authorization (to debit his account) boils down to Smit's word against PC3's." The reporter says that, if the article appeared to accept Smit's version of events, it was only because PC3 failed to explain what value it provided in exchange for the debits, and why his account was debited haphazardly (as many as 13 times in one month).
Cobbett says the article made it clear that it was Smit who used the word "dodgy". However, he argues that this allegation was not without substance.
Regarding the complaint that he did not ask relevant parties for comment, Cobbett says that:
he did give PC3 ample opportunity to respond to Smit's allegations – the response by PC3 general manager Johrika Burger to questions posed by Smit's daughter-in-law (received on 25 October 2013) was incorporated in his story;
there was a link where people could download Burger's response in its entirety;
the article also included the response by PC3's legal representative (Mr Pieter Venter) regarding the accuracy of a spreadsheet summarizing debits made on Smit's account;
he sent a draft article to PC3 on January 23 with an invitation to comment and to correct possible factual errors – he received a reply on January 30, which he incorporated in his text; and
he emailed his draft article to PC3, after which he amended his text in certain respects.
He concludes that he made every effort to obtain PC3's views, and states that he did include these in his article.
To this, the reporter adds that he:
previously sought StratCol's comment, as well as that of PC3 and Absa – which he duly included in a story (published on 3 September 2013); and
also asked PASA for its views, as well as various banks for their views (about debit orders). However, his article primarily focused on a dispute between Smit and PC3 – it was not intended to zoom in on broad trends and statistics within the payment industry, which is why he did not ask PASA and the banks for comment on those issues.
Furthermore, Cobbett argues that the reference to PC3's poor track record was to its "past unflattering media coverage" (he mentions several examples) – and concludes that his article drew no comparisons at all.
Regarding the reference to StratCol as a party to the alleged wrongdoings, he says:
The article only once mentioned this company ("Despite its poor track record, PC3 remains a client of debit-order company StratCol");
StratCol does not dispute the accuracy of this statement; and
StratCol, who acts as an intermediary between Absa and PC3, has a duty to ensure that debits processed are legitimate.
The journalist also denies that Moneyweb "repeatedly" breaches the Press Code. It did apologise to StratCol in 2013, but this was unrelated to his article.
In conclusion, he says that Moneyweb reacts to all complaints about online comments and takes appropriate steps (if necessary). In this particular case, Moneyweb has already removed the offending comment.
StratCol's response to Moneyweb's reply
In general, Heymans says that:
the public immediately reacted negatively to StratCol after Cobbett's article, despite his "attempts to downplay his actions" – resulting in further defamatory comments relating to his company;
Moneyweb deleted such a comment only after receiving a complaint about it; and
not all negative comments have been removed.
He also asks: If the article focused only on a dispute between Smit and PC3, why then refer to StratCol at all? And why suggest that the company was complicit in a "dodgy" business?
Heymans adds that Moneyweb has previously apologized (on 12 September 2013) for a similar insinuation, based on insufficient information (that StraCol's standards were allegedly lower because users could access bank accounts via the company's platform) – yet a similar statement was now published without clarification, based on old, insufficient and unsubstantiated information, and without giving StratCol an opportunity to respond.
More specifically, he argues that:
the amount of R2 654.45 mentioned in the article as having been deducted from Smit's account in December 2012, amounted to 8% of the R33 000 emphasised in the headline as "dodgy". Obviously, he states, legitimate alternatives such as the collecting of arrears payments were deliberately ignored;
Cobbett's statement (in his response to the complaint) that PC3's actions were indeed dodgy, was speculation without the backing of a single fact (he says his sources were other journalists and members of the public, and not courts of law or PASA);
the journalist relied on articles by other journalists (and on his own articles) while these were all based on allegations without the backing of facts;
the reporter's denial that he drew any comparisons is meaningless – what other grammatical meaning can "worse than most" have?
StratCol has not processed any transactions on the PC3 book since October 2013 (the story stated that PC3 remained a client of StratCol) – yet Cobbett failed to verify this fact;
the statement that StratCol would submit any transaction to Absa if sent in by PC3 was untrue; and
Cobbett only contacted PASA shortly before publication, and then ignored some of the information given to him.
SECTION 2: AT THE HEARING
The only references in the story to Stratcol were the following sentences: "Despite its poor track record, PC3 remains a client of debit-order company Stratcol. This grants it access to the banking system through Stratcol's sponsor bank Absa."
The panel noted that the gist of the complaint was that Cobbett did not ask Stratcol for comment, and that neglect caused the company's reputation unnecessary harm.
At the heart of this matter is Section 2.5 of the Press Code, which reads: "A publication shall seek the views of the subject of critical reportage in advance of publication; provided that this need not be done where the publication has reasonable grounds for believing that by doing so it would be prevented from publishing the report or where evidence might be destroyed or sources intimidated. Reasonable time should be afforded the subject for a response. If the publication is unable to obtain such comment, this shall be stated in the report."
The question before the Ombudsman and the Panel was if the references to Stratcol made the company the "subject of critical reportage", in terms of section 2.5 or not?
The Panel views the reference to "critical reportage" in section 2.5 of the Press Code in two possible lights. One is "critical reportage" – meant in the sense of "serious" or "investigative" reporting. The second interpretation is reportage which is "critical" of the subject being reported on, which implies some sort of negative suggestion towards its public image or reputation.
The panel interpreted this phrase to imply the latter.
At the hearing there was a long debate about the accuracy of the sentences in question – something which Heymans did not mention in his original complaint. The panel accepted that while the text was fundamentally accurate, it did contain critical comment – and we did have a problem with the unnecessary harm that the first five words of the first sentence ("despite [PC3's] poor track record") caused Stratcol.
If these words had been omitted, there would have been no need to ask Stratcol for comment (as the rest of the text was common cause). Those words amount to a negative suggestion or criticism of Stratcol.
To the panel's mind, Cobbett should either have omitted these first five words, or he should have asked Stratcol for comment if he decided to include it. He did neither of the two. The panel was puzzled as to why the journalist did not take the trouble to ask Heymans for his opinion on this matter.
The need to ask Stratcol for comment was even more urgent, given the history between Moneyweb and the company (which was less than healthy, to say the least).
The fact that the story was mainly about PC3, that Moneyweb at least three times asked PC3 for comment, and that the latter did not object to the sentences that were in dispute at the hearing, did not release the publication of its obligation to ask Stratcol for its comments as well. The panel noted Cobbett's argument that Moneyweb had asked Stratcol for its views six months prior to publication. However, this was not reflected in the article (and even if it was, it would not have sufficed due to the long time that has expired between the enquiry and the publication of the article).
In a nutshell: The story, which was about PC3, placed Stratcol in a negative context, – which made it the subject of critical reportage, which in turn meant that Moneyweb should have asked Heymans for comment (as required by Section 2.5 of the Press Code).
The failure to ask Stratcol for comment resulted in Cobbett not exercising "care and consideration in matters involving…reputation" (Section 4.2 of the Press Code).
The panel then turned its attention to the question of intent: Why did Cobbett find it necessary to put Stratcol in a negative light? At the hearing, he explained that he simply wanted to express the fact that PC3 had access to bank accounts through Stratcol – but he could have done so without the use of the first five words of his first sentence?
Heymans accused Cobbett of malice (understood as the deliberate attempt to harm somebody) and put forward several examples of why he did so.. After much debate, the panel decided that we did not have enough evidence to endorse this accusation.
In summary: Because the reference to Stratcol was (rightly or wrongly) cast in a negative light due to the first five words of the sentence in dispute, Cobbett should have asked the company for comment – failing which the article unnecessarily tainted Stratcol's reputation.
Moneyweb was in breach of following sections of the Press Code:
2.5: "A publication shall seek the views of the subject of critical reportage in advance of publication…"; and
4.2: "The press shall exercise care and consideration in matters involving…reputation."
Moneweb is directed to apologise to Stratcol for not:
asking the company, which was the subject of critical reportage, for comment; and
exercising care and consideration in matters involving its reputation.
Moneyweb is also directed to:
delete the first five words of the first sentence in dispute in its article; and
publish the South African Press Council logo on its front or landing page, with the words "Press Council orders Moneyweb to apologise to Stracol", with a link to the text below.
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In a story published on 5 February 2014, headlined 'I lost R33 000 to dodgy debit orders' – businessman, Julius Cobbett reported that Port Nolloth businessman Koos Smit claimed he had lost more than R30 000 to dodgy debit orders that had been paid to Platinum Credit Card Corporation (PC3). We added: "Despite its poor track record, PC3 remains a client of debit-order company Stratcol. This grants it access to the banking system through Stratcol's sponsor bank Absa."
StratCol CEO Hennie Heymans lodged a complaint with the Press Ombudsman about these statements, who held a hearing on March 26.
The Adjudication Panel said that the use of the words "despite its poor track record" placed Stratcol in a negative context – which made it the subject of critical reportage, which in turn meant that we should have asked Heymans for comment (as required by Section 2.5 of the Press Code).
The neglect to do so resulted in us not exercising "care and consideration in matters involving…reputation" (Section 4.2 of the Press Code).
We apologise for not asking Heymans or Stratcol for comment, and for the unnecessary harm that this may have caused the reputation of this company.
Visit www.presscouncil.org.za for the full finding.
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Henry Jeffreys (Press representative)
Peter Mann (Public representative)
Johan Retief (Press Ombudsman)


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WORLD'S OLDEST SURVIVING COVERED RAILROAD BRIDGE
Photo by Bob LaPree
Re-built in 1889 to replace a lighter covered railroad bridge constructed between 1849–50, having been built by the former Concord and Claremont Railroad (acquired by the Boston & Maine Railroad in 1887), the bridge is the oldest of four surviving double-web Town lattice railroad bridges, and is the oldest extant covered railroad bridge in the United States. (The others double Towns are Pier Bridge, Newport, New Hampshire, 1907; Wright's Bridge, Newport, NH, 1906; and Fisher Bridge, Stowe, Vermont, 1908.) It was probably designed by Boston & Maine Railroad engineer Jonathan Parker Snow (1848–1933) and built by carpenter David Hazelton (1832–1908). Under Snow, the Boston & Maine utilized wooden bridges on its branch lines longer than any other major railroad, the last of these constructed in 1916.
The bridge presents the clearest, most original structure of its type, as the others incorporate significant structural modifications. The main trusses are double Town lattice and are continuous over a central pier to form two spans of approximately 71 feet (22 m) each. It has been often said they were built by the mile and cut off by the yard. The center pier is skewed to match the river flow, as are the abutments. This is because the bridge spans the river on a bias.
The bridge was in use as a railroad bridge until 1962, survived a flood in 1936, a hurricane in 1938, and was moved off its foundations twice during its lifespan and saved from being completely washed down river by the rail tracks running through it. Following its railroad service, it functioned as a warehouse between 1962 and 1990.
In 2006 the bridge saw significant structural repairs to its bottom chord at the upstream north corner, the bolsters were replaced for the first time since the hurricane of 1938, and the bed timbers were replaced by granite pedestals. The work was paid for by a donation from the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges.
The bridge underwent slight alterations being completed mid-winter 2009-2010 which consisted of a dry-head, open pipe sprinkler system for the bridge interior with exterior fire department connection, including linear heat detectors, fire alarm system, fire retardant coating and LED motion sensor lighting inside the bridge at an approximate cost of $123,300 paid for and engineered by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.


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Q: How do I change only one column of my table without refreshing? I have a php table where I want to be able to click on an edit button, the click should change the row, without refreshing the site.
I just don't know how to refresh only one row, I never used ajax before and while googling it, it seemed like it is the only way, can somebody please help me include ajax for me or explain what I can do?
The table selects all data from a mysql table then it displays them row by row and every row have a counterId so I know which row gets clicked.
Now I just need to be able to change the row if the edit button is clicked.
print '
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print '
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print '
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print '
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print "          $name	";
print "          $amount	";
print "          $country	";
print '          <input type="button" name="edit_'.$counter.'" value="Edit">	';
print '
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print '
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print '
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print '
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If the Edit button is clicked it the rows name amount and country should change to text input rows and instead of an edit button there should be an delete and save button.


Self catering unit with King size bed or twin beds and 1 single bed in lounge. Sleeper couch is available with en-suite bathroom (shower). Fully equipped kitchen. Hotel bouquet dstv. Private entrance. Wi-Fi, hairdryer and electronic safe.
Established at the end of 1999, Sea Breeze Guesthouse is situated in Vineta, in the northern part of Swakopmund, a mere ten minutes drive from the town centre. The ocean can be reached in a few minutes' walk. Accommodation comprises of triple, double and single rooms, all with en-suite bathroom, as well as self-catering units, which can accommodate up to five people, with kitchenette and en-suite bathroom.
One unit is totally wheelchair friendly with bathroom and room customized to accommodate disabled persons.
Our facility includes laundry service, secure parking, internet and Wi-Fi. We can assist and advise about the activities in and around Swakopmund and we are more than willing to book it for you. We will discuss and book your dinner reservation when you arrive at Sea Breeze. Sea Breeze Guesthouse is a family business and your needs is our concern. We are always happy to spend time with our guests, providing information about the coast and – more in general – about Namibia.


You may have spent a lot of time looking far and wide for links to your Web site. But are you overlooking opportunities in your home town? Local business groups, such as a Chamber of Commerce or regional business council, can offer some great opportunities for links to your Web site. (They also present some opportunities to promote your brand locally and network with other local businesses, but that's a topic for another time.) Today, we'll explore the process of finding these link opportunities on local business groups' Web sites.
First, put together a list of all local business organization in your area — even the very small ones. Then spend some time on each of their sites to find the low-hanging fruit, which is usually the member directory. Often, those aren't direct links.
That's when most people stop their search because the obvious link opportunities aren't present. In the process, they fail to notice other valuable links that could elevate your site into the top 10 from the 50s. It only takes a few high-quality links to make a difference.
Back to the site — did you check their pages related to your industry? Do a simple Google search, using this code for your chamber's site: (site:chamber.com keyword). Replace "chamber.com" with the actual URL of their site, and "keyword" with broad-based terms related to your industry, such as medical, auto, attorney, etc. You may find pages that mention members in specific industries, or a place where companies in each vertical can display special offers.
Another approach is to look to see if they give direct links when they profile a company in their news section. Or find out if they need sponsors for upcoming events. Does the organization do any kind of community outreach that would draw media attention?
Of course, acquiring these types of links requires more work than simply filling out a form. They may require several e-mails, phone calls, or face-to-face meetings. Yet the effort is well worth it, in order to obtain top rankings.
Let's say you get them to profile your company in their news section. With a small suggestion, you can get a deep link within the content to one of your main product pages with the keywords as anchor text, as well as a link to your home page.
While many would be happy with the above links, why not upgrade them? That's accomplished by getting other sites to link to your new profile page. Every time another site links to your company's profile, it increases the value of those links to your site.
A link obtained from a page with external links to that page is more powerful. Many in the industry search out those existing pages with a high number of external links.
Why not reverse engineer the process? Get the links first, then get sites to link to that page. This is especially useful because sites can be hesitant to link to an e-commerce site. It's more likely that they'll link to a trusted page on a site, such as a Chamber of Commerce.
Now promote the company profile by all means available to build those links. This includes on your own site, press releases, social media, blogs, and personal contacts. It's time to call in some favors. Don't forget your hometown free newspaper, bloggers, and media companies.
Instead of overlooking link marketing opportunities, start exploring sites deeper. Look for more than just the easy links, which often have less value, and go after those less accessible links. The results could just be top rankings in the near future for your company.


Highly premature infants are susceptible to serious infections such as necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and late-onset blood stream infections (BSIs).
NEC is a poorly understood, potentially life-threatening bowel disorder. It is thought that bacteria proliferating abnormally in the bowel may play an important part in its cause, but no single pathogen has yet been identified.
BSIs are commonly caused by gut bacteria. As the highly premature gut is fragile and has increased permeability, poor motility and decreased immune defences, localised inflammation caused by abnormal bacterial growth may allow 'bystander' microbes to translocate through the gut into the blood stream leading to systemic infection.
The investigators will collect daily faecal samples from premature (<32 weeks) infants in the intensive care unit from the day of birth until they are discharged. By using newly developed molecular detection techniques the investigators aim to define more precisely than has ever previously been attempted, all the species of bacteria present in the faeces. This will enable comparison of the pre-morbid and post-morbid intestinal microbiota (all the bacteria in the gut) in premature neonates.
In a small proportion of infants who develop NEC, surgery will be required as part of treatment of the condition. In these infants the investigators will seek consent to collect a small part of the diseased bowel which has been removed. Similar analysis will be performed on these samples. The analysis of the tissue samples will give us an indication of how well the faeces act as a proxy for the intestinal microbiota.
In this ecological study of the evolution of the intestinal microbiota in preterm infants, by comparing samples from babies who develop NEC or late-onset BSI with those of well babies the investigators will be able to look for differences characteristic of the conditions. This information will help aid design of prevention or treatment strategies.
- All premature babies born at less than 32 completed weeks gestation who are admitted to an Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (St. Mary's Hospital or Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital), and whose parents/guardians have given their consent will be eligible to enter the study.
- All babies born at more than 32 completed weeks gestation will be excluded from the study.


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Population dynamics and health status of free-roaming dogs in Bhutan
Rinzin, Karma (2015) Population dynamics and health status of free-roaming dogs in Bhutan. PhD thesis, Murdoch University.
PDF - Whole Thesis
In 2009 a capture-neuter-vaccinate-release (CNVR) programme commenced in Bhutan to control the dog population and to reduce the number of cases of rabies in humans and other animals. Limited understanding of the community's attitudes towards dog population control and the population dynamics of the free-roaming dog population in Bhutan motivated the study reported in this thesis.
Household surveys were undertaken in six Dzongkhags to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the community towards dog population control and to describe the demographics and management of owned dogs. Approximately 90% of the Bhutanese community believed that stray dogs were a problem to society and 77% believed they presented a threat to human health. Most participants (84%) were in favour of dog population control with birth control being the preferred method. A need to develop educational programmes on rabies and the dog population specifically targeting farmers and women from rural areas was identified. The total owned dog population was estimated at 71,245 with 24.4% of the households in the urban areas and 40.8% of the households in rural areas owning dogs. Forty percent of dog owners did not confine their dogs. Based on the number of owned dogs and the ratio of owned to stray dogs presented to the CNVR clinic, the stray dog population was estimated at 48,379.
The population characteristics of both owned and stray dogs that were presented to CNVR clinics from 01 July 2011 to 30 June 2013 were described. More than half (53.3%) of the dogs presented to the CNVR clinic were free-roaming dogs, with comparable numbers of males and females presented. Although pregnant bitches were seen throughout the year, more pregnancies were observed from September to December.
Field population survey undertaken in the main towns of six Dzongkhags to estimate the programme's coverage in January and February 2012 showed overall CNVR coverage of 52% ranging from 32% in Bumthang to 72% in Samdrup Jongkhar. Field population survey was undertaken in Thimphu city to estimate the size of the free-roaming dog population and to assess the health status of dogs. The free-roaming dog population in Thimphu Municipal area was highest in June 2011 at 6,033 (95% CI 5,644 – 6,430), prior to which there had been no CNVR campaign for 15 months. From July 2011 to September 2014 the free-roaming dog population size remained relatively constant (range 5,765 to 5,949 dogs) as CNVR campaigns were regularly carried out. Neutered dogs had a significantly lower prevalence of antibodies to canine distemper virus (44.2%) and canine parvovirus CPV (4.0%) than entire dogs (52.9 & 18.4%, respectively) (P < 0.01); and neutered dogs had significantly higher body condition scores than entire dogs (P < 0.01).
The studies presented in this thesis have demonstrated that the success of a CNVR programme will depend on the initial planning of the programme which includes assessing the size of the local dog population and continuous monitoring and evaluation of the programme. To effectively control the dog population in Bhutan and to address problems associated with free-roaming dogs, it is recommended that: regular CNVR programmes are carried out throughout the country; female dogs, especially during the breeding season, are specifically targeted; programmes are monitored regularly; community participation in programmes is encouraged; and legislation on responsible dog ownership is implemented.
Thesis (PhD)
School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
Supervisor(s):
Robertson, Ian
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There had been a not so quickie in the shower and we hurried to get clean. Alex was dressed quickly and I stood in front of the mirror debating 'to shave or not to shave'. Why it was bothering me I don't know but it was.
Alex brought me clean clothes – clothes he bought me. Sometimes I wondered if he thought I was a dress up doll. But honestly it didn't bother me. Alex hadn't bought me anything I wouldn't wear. He held up the suit he'd purchased or a t-shirt featuring T-Story as the Walking Dead. He found it amusing. "You want funny Dad or put together Dad? He asked.
"How about jeans, a t-shirt and a dress shirt instead of my classic gray hoodie? I said.
"Leave off Nox." He hung the items on the door and put the others down in a pile on the vanity. His arms were wrapped around me from behind and he was pressing his fully clothed body against mine which was only covered from the waist down with a towel. "You look good. Distinguished. I'd hit this." Alex smirked.
"I'll tell him you said that," I said as Alex closed the door behind him.
I hadn't worn earring since before I could grow a beard.The holes had long since closed up but it wasn't hard to do I didn't need to go to someone else. I opened the cupboard and looked at Alex's assortment of make up. I was meeting my kids, I went with black.
By the time I was dressed and made up I hadn't decided if the earrings were a go or not.
"Like Alex," I said with a smirk.


Why You Might Need One. These billet aluminum brackets hold the radiator in place using stock S-10 rubber cushions.
Note: These parts only work when installing the Corvette radiator in the forward position. They only work on the 1982-1993 trucks.


Explore the world around us with hands-on activities, experiments and fun in Museum Park! Enjoy interactive story time, exploration stations and play related to a weekly theme. In event of inclement weather, program moved inside. Perfect for children ages 3 to 6 and their adult helpers. Adult participation is required.


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//
//  sqSqueakMainApplication+screen.m
//  SqueakNoOGLIPhone
//
//  Created by John M McIntosh on 5/22/08.
//  Copyright 2008 Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. All rights reserved.
//

//

#ifdef BUILD_FOR_OSX
#import "SqueakOSXAppDelegate.h"
extern SqueakOSXAppDelegate *gDelegateApp;
#else
#import "SqueakNoOGLIPhoneAppDelegate.h"
SqueakNoOGLIPhoneAppDelegate *gDelegateApp;
#endif
#import "sqSqueakMainApplication+screen.h"
#import "sqMacV2Browser.h"
#import "sqMacV2Window.h"
#import "HostWindowPlugin.h"

extern BOOL gSqueakHeadless;

@implementation sqSqueakMainApplication (screen)

- (double) ioScreenScaleFactor {
	return 1.0;
}

- (sqInt) ioScreenSize {
	sqInt w, h;
	sqInt browserGetWindowSize(void);
	void makeMainWindow(void);
	sqInt getCurrentIndexInUse(void);
	extern BOOL gSqueakExplicitWindowOpenNeeded;

	if (gSqueakHeadless && !browserActiveAndDrawingContextOk())
		return ((16 << 16) | 16);

	if (browserActiveAndDrawingContextOkAndNOTInFullScreenMode())
		return browserGetWindowSize();

	if (getSTWindow() == NULL && !gSqueakExplicitWindowOpenNeeded) {
		makeMainWindow();
	}
	@synchronized(gDelegateApp.mainView) {
#ifdef BUILD_FOR_OSX
		NSRect
#else
		CGRect
#endif
		screenSize = [gDelegateApp.mainView bounds];
		w = (sqInt) screenSize.size.width;
		h = (sqInt) screenSize.size.height;
	}
	return (w << 16) | (h & 0xFFFF);  /* w is high 16 bits; h is low 16 bits */

}

- (void) unionScreenArea: (windowDescriptorBlock *) windowBlock clip: (CGRect *) clip {
	//		printf("\n top %f left %f height %f width %f",clip->origin.y,clip->origin.x,clip->size.height,clip->size.width);
	if (CGRectIsEmpty(windowBlock->updateArea))
		windowBlock->updateArea = *clip;
	else
		windowBlock->updateArea = CGRectUnion(windowBlock->updateArea, *clip);
}

@end

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EBS Sweden AB and UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd has announced shipping of the new HD360 High Definition bass head, an upgrade and replacement for the popular HD350 head.
The EBS High Definition (HD) bass amp was originally launched in 2001. Upon release, it immediately caught the attention of Marcus Miller, who became an ambassador for the HD350. The connection helped establish EBS as a top brand for non-compromising bass players around the world. The HD350 has been acknowledged for it's extremely well designed preamp and is a common sight on studio sessions by high profile artists ever since, including bass masters such as Alex Al (Michael Jackson/Paul Simon) and Tal Wilkenfeld.
The new upgraded HD360 features an improved preamp with better low frequency respons and more headroom than the previous 350 model. It is a Solid State, 100 % analogue bass amp featuring a drive control with Tube Emulated Drive, EBS renowned built-in compressor/limiter (controlled from the front panel), a powerful 4-band EQ with Bright and Notch filters, an Effects Loop run with mix-in filter, a floating balanced XLR output with Speaker Simulator, Ground Lift and Post/pre EQ filter. The instrument input jack offers Phantom Power output that makes it possible to power an active bass or a single EBS Black Label Pedal.
The EBS HD360 is entirely Made in Sweden. It is available now in the UK at an RRP of £1086 inc VAT.


YET ANOTHER DONATION FROM EXIM BANK TANZANIA TO MTWARA'S REGIONAL HOSPITAL TO CURB THE DEFICIT OF BEDS AND MATTRESSES.
Exim Bank Tanzania has donated 40 beds and mattresses to Mtwara Regional Hospital in Mtwara, in its ongoing year-long corporate social campaign aimed at celebrating 20 years of serving the Tanzanian community.
At Exim Bank, success is defined by how we make a difference to our clients, our communities and our teammates. As a Tanzanian bank established in 1997, we offer a full suite of products and services designed to meet the needs of our consumer, business, corporate and institutional clients.
Exim Bank is one of the leading financial services providers in 4 countries and Tanzania's first international bank. A first Tanzanian bank to have operations across the border, the Union of Comoros, in the Republic of Djibouti and Uganda– an international presence unmatched by other Tanzanian banks.
In an attempt to address the chronic bed capacity problem plaguing the nation, Exim Bank launched the campaign dubbed "20 years of taking care of the community" in August during the banks 20th anniversary with a huge investment into the Tanzanian health care by donating 500 mattresses and beds to public hospitals in 13 regions across the country.
Mtwara Regional Hospital in Mtwara is the third hospital to receive this donation, after Mnazi Mmoja Hospital in Zanzibar last month. The event was held at the hospital grounds and was honored by the presence of the Regional Commissioner of Mtwara, Hon. Halima Dendego.
Speaking at the ceremony, Stanley Kafu, Exim Bank Marketing & Communications Head said, "This year Exim Bank has reached a significant milestone. We are celebrating two decades of innovation and commitment to our community. For years, Exim Bank has invested heavily in the health, environment and education sector in Tanzania. We are recognizant of the government's commitment in improving the health care sector, therefore we have dedicated this entire year to invest in public hospitals across the country".
Hospitals and clinics across the country suffer from chronic unavailability of medicine, medical supplies and beds, especially in public referral hospitals. World Health Organization statistics indicate that Tanzania currently has about 7 beds per 10,000 people. Currently, scenes of two or more expectant women in a bed or some even sleeping on the floor have become quite common in public hospitals.
The Regional Commissioner of Mtwara, Halima Dendego commended Exim Bank Tanzania for its commitment in addressing the chronic bed capacity plaguing the nation and for bringing its efforts to the Mtwara Regional hospital.
Mtwara Hospital Regional Medical Officer, Dr. Edson Sichwale said, "Shortages of beds is one of the biggest challenges we face in Mtwara Regional Hospital. We specifically have a need of 100 beds in the Maternity ward. The donation of 40 beds and mattresses from Exim Bank will go a long way in addressing this issue".
As part of the yearlong donation project "20 years of caring for the community", Exim Bank will donate 500 beds and mattresses to hospitals in Mbeya, Arusha, Mwanza, Morogoro, Tanga, Dodoma, Kigoma, Kiliamanjaro, Shinyanga, Mtwara, Pemba and Unguja.
The bank, which was recognized as Tanzania's Best Retail Bank by Banker Africa East Africa 2017, is celebrating 20 years of success, growth and pioneering into new markets across the continent. Exim Bank (Tanzania) Limited was established in 1997 and expanded its market by opening subsidiaries in Comoros (2007), Djibouti (2010) and Uganda (2016). The bank holds pride in being the first local bank to go offshore. Its core objective is to create investment value to its shareholders and achieve growth through delivery of differentiated and customized services.
Last year Exim Bank posted a pre-tax profit of Sh 83.3 billion making it the 4th biggest bank in terms of assets in Tanzania. Within a short span of 20 years of its existence, the bank has built a strong brand through its geographical reach, innovative products, relationship management and its ability to provide a faster turnaround in services.


Large 2 storey property sitting on a 1200m2 plot with a generous 380m2 build size. The house has 8 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (1 with his n' hers sinks and 1 with corner bath), open-plan living room with dining area and feature wood beam ceiling, kitchen. Upstairs terrace with countryside views. Built-in BBQ with entertaining area, terrace and swimming pool.
The property has electricity and water connected, fantastic views of the countryside and only 2 minutes from town by car, 40 minutes to Alicante, airport and the beach. Hondon de los Frailes sits in a beautiful valley growing a wide variety of fruits and trees. It is surrounded by an expanse of mountain views and traditional Spanish countryside. These excellent views are different in all seasons. Hondon is well known for its mild climate and pleasant summer breezes, which is very welcoming in those hot months when temperatures rarely fall below 30 degrees. You can find all local amenities including a private gym, a private Doctor, Physiotherapist, Town hall and a lovely church. Shops include a garden centre, ironmongers (DIY), grocers, tobacconist and a pet shop/vet amongst the many other amenities in this valley.