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Q: Combine multiple SQL queries into single result I'm trying to get the result of 2 queries into a single result set. I'm using SQL Server 2019 Express.
Here is the data I'm working with:
Table Sales

SaleDate
SaleAmt
CustomerID

11/1/2021
500
123

11/1/2021
100
234

11/1/2021
300
345

11/2/2021
500
456

11/2/2021
100
567

11/2/2021
200
678

Table Customers

CustomerID
CustomerName

123
Jon Doe

234
Jane Doe

456
Bob Doe

678
Jim Doe

Query #1:
select sales.saledate, sum(sales.saleamt) as 'Total Sales from All'
from Sales
group by sales.saledate

Query #2:
select sales.saledate, sum(sales.saleamt) as 'Total Sales from Customers'
from Sales
where sales.customerid in (select customerid from customers)
group by sales.saledate

This is my desired result:

SaleDate
Total Sales from All
Total Sales from Customers

11/1/2021
900
600

11/2/2021
800
700

A: you can use join on the date of the sale
select s1.saledate, All_Total AS 'Total Sales from All', CustomersTotal as 'Total Sales from Customers'
from (
         select sales.saledate, sum(sales.saleamt) as All_Total
         from Sales
         group by sales.saledate
     ) s1
         inner join
     (
         select sales.saledate, sum(sales.saleamt) as CustomersTotal
         from Sales
         where sales.customerid in (select customerid from customers)
         group by sales.saledate
     ) s2 on s1.saledate = s2.saledate

A: you can combine it in one single query using case expression.
select s.saledate,
       sum(s.saleamt) as [Total Sales from All],
       sum(case when exists
                     (
                         select *
                         from   customers c
                         where  c.customerid = s.customerid
                     )
                then s.salesamt
                end) as [Total Sales from Customers]
from   Sales s
group by s.saledate

A: You can use a LEFT JOIN with conditional aggregation
select
  s.saledate,
  sum(s.saleamt) as [Total Sales from All],
  sum(case when c.customerid is not null then s.saleamt end) as [Total Sales from Customers]
from Sales s
left join customers c on s.customerid = c.customerid
group by s.saledate;

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Meyer, who announced his retirement from Ohio State on Tuesday, went 7-1 as a head coach against the Lions, including some tormenting wins over the past four years. There will be no coaching search, no wild speculation about why this happened now and what it means. Not every coach fits perfectly into every situation, though Meyer could probably fit anywhere.
This is it-until it isn't. Mark Richt will be 59 next season and isn't on the hot seat, but if the program stalls out in the next two years, Richt could choose to retire, opening up a spot for Meyer to swoop in. This time around, the coach is calling it a retirement, rather than a resignation, but even that language proffers only a weak argument that Meyer is finished coaching for good. He then revealed later in the season that he has been dealing with an arachnoid cyst in his brain for 20 years, causing severe headaches and necessitating brain surgery in 2014.
"I don't see him coaching again". His coaching wisdom and his elite ability to motivate and prepare a team is something everyone on this staff not only appreciates, but learns from and carries forward.
It had been reported in late October that there was "friction" between Meyer/the football staff "and athletics leadership as well as within the program itself"; the head coach subsequently attempted to knock down that report, for what it's worth.
Meyer's career record is one of the best ever for a head coach. Which brings us to the next question.
After beginning his head coaching career at Bowling Green, Meyer moved on to Utah and had a ideal 12-0 season in 2004 before stepping into the spotlight when he accepted the top job at Florida in 2005.
"[Ohio State] will remain a top school of mine, but I feel the need to explore my options and take a closer look at other Universities".
His time at Ohio State wasn't without controversy.
Reports of Meyer's retirement were denied by Gene Smith on Friday, a day before the Buckeyes beat Northwestern for the Big Ten championship.
Among all the traditional powers, none has been better at maintaining a high level of success than Ohio State. He will step down after the Rose Bowl on January 1. That was thanks in large part to Haskins, who completed 70.2% of his passes (348 of 496) on the year, throwing for 4,580 yards, 47 touchdowns and just eight interceptions-in just his first season of appreciable playing time.
Ohio State fans will likely agree with Day's assessment. "Number one, win the rivalry game".
Ohio State followed that with five straight wins, including a rout of archrival MI that gave the Buckeyes another division title and then pulled away for an easy win over Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship. However, I have to think this is his last stop, because it's the second time he's stepped down due to medical issues.


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MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Feb. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PAS Technologies announced today major growth initiatives at the company's Hillsboro, Ohio facility. At a press conference attended by Speaker of the Ohio House Clifford A. Rosenberger (R-District 91), the company highlighted a number of significant accomplishments and initiatives at its Hillsboro location and plans for the future at this 2nd District, southwest Ohio Center of Excellence.
Operating globally in six locations, PAS is a specialized provider of cost-effective original equipment manufacturing (OEM) and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) products, services and solutions for the commercial and military aerospace, industrial gas turbine, and oil and gas markets. The company's highly engineered, innovative products are world-renowned for advanced technology and unsurpassed reliability. The PAS Hillsboro facility is a proven provider of OEM engine-ready parts and MRO special processes and services, driving world-class performance and trusted to consistently deliver operational excellence. As a PAS One-Stop Shop®, the Hillsboro operation can take a part from raw material through machining, welding, brazing, coating and heat treating—all within its own facilities. This unique combination of leading-edge capabilities eliminates non-value added process time—allowing for better control in providing best-in-class value, quality and just-in-time delivery to its customers.
Recently, PAS Hillsboro was awarded a new OEM contract with a major aerospace engine manufacturer. As a result of this expanded scope of work, the company anticipates bringing on 20 new employees at the Hillsboro facility—this new hiring wave on the heels of adding 21 people to its Hillsboro workforce in 2016. The new contract, expanding the company's capability to provide specialized, complex machining processes, also could lead to a building expansion which would be the second for the Hillsboro location in recent years. Currently, the facility occupies 100,000 square feet, an increase from its previous footprint of 55,000 square feet. The PAS Hillsboro campus meets all OEM/MRO requirements of component parts for aircraft engines as well as other types of industrial engines.
PAS Hillsboro has operated since 1985 and serves customers around the world—offering full OEM build to print, complete FAA return to service certification, and material management and kitting solutions. From minor repairs to complete overhauls, specialized wear resistant coatings approved by OEM providers, component machining to painting, to initial inspection to final nondestructive testing, the operation also provides comprehensive overhaul and repair services on fixed wing aircraft components for commercial, military and regional aircraft customers.
In August 2016, PAS Hillsboro achieved gold status, the highest level of achievement in the Performance eXcellence Process™ (PXP™), the Company's lean operating system. PXP™ Gold certification signifies that the PAS Hillsboro facility, the first PAS operation to have achieved this accreditation, is operating at world-class standards for all aspects of the business—customer satisfaction, environmental health and safety, quality, on time delivery, financials and employee satisfaction. With a 30-year history of aerospace and industrial experience in both commercial and military aircraft sectors, the Hillsboro operation offers a comprehensive portfolio of services—providing wear resistant and hot section coatings and precision platings to airframe structures including landing gear, hydraulic systems and critical wing airframe components. The Hillsboro team also restores critical turbine engine components to OEM specification condition using specialized repair services and state-of-the-art repair techniques that improve component service life and eliminate replacement costs. These engine component applications, found in most major aircraft worldwide, include the fan, compressor, combustor, and turbine modules including blades, vanes, stators, bearings, rings, seals and shrouds.
The PAS Hillsboro emphasis on quality is reflected in external certifications and OEM approvals. The company holds certifications from the FAA, EASA, CAAC, CAAS and other major certifying authorities. In addition, the PAS facility maintains third party certification to the AS9100 and AS9110 Quality Standards. PAS Hillsboro also maintains Nadcap certification for various special processes including Chemical Processing, Heat Treating, Nadcap Nonconventional Machining, Nadcap NonDestructive Testing, and Nadcap Weld.
In 2015, the PAS Hillsboro facility was a finalist for IndustryWeek's Best Plants, a recognition of manufacturing plants that are on the leading edge of efforts to increase competitiveness, enhance customer satisfaction, and create stimulating and rewarding work environments. Prior to this accolade, PAS Hillsboro also received the Distinguished GE New Supplier Award and as well as a recognition from the Ohio State Speaker of the House for working two million hours without a lost time or recordable injury and job growth.
PAS Technologies Inc. (www.pas-technologies.com) is a privately held corporation and operates globally in six locations including Hillsboro, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; Phoenix, Arizona; South Windsor, Connecticut; Singapore; and Romania. The company specializes in providing cost-effective OEM and MRO solutions for the aerospace, oil and gas, and Industrial Gas Turbine markets. By using innovative and proprietary high-technology processes, along with solutions licensed from OEMs, the company provides great value to its customers. PAS specializes in working with customers whose components are exposed to high wear, high heat, and corrosive environments.
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Q: Obtaining an upper bound on transition probabilities by truncation Consider a two-dimensional Markov chain. Let's call the first dimension "Level" and the second dimension "Phase". The state space is $(\ell, p)$ such that $\ell \geq 0$ and $0 \leq p \leq h$. The system can move in feasible directions with rates specified in the figure below. Note that $\lambda_1$, $\lambda_2$, and $s_1$ do not change by level, but $s_2$ increases when $\ell$ increases. Let's call this System 1.
Assume we truncate System 1 at Level $\ell'$ and create System 2. That is, the state space of System 2 is $(\ell, p)$ where  $ 0 \leq \ell \leq \ell'$ and $0 \leq p \leq h$.
For $a' \geq a$, define $\Pr((a,b) \rightarrow (a',b')) \equiv $ The prob. of visiting $(a',b')$ given that the system is currently in $(a,b)$ and it never visits any states in levels $a-1$ and below.
Can we claim that the transition probability $\Pr((a,b) \rightarrow (a',b'))$ between the two states $(a,b)$ and $(a',b')$ in System 2 is larger than, or equal to, the corresponding transition probability in System 1?


Adblock Plus and (a little) more: How are supported applications chosen for Adblock Plus?
Applications with very high user numbers (particularly with high numbers of users testing Adblock Plus development builds): that's currently only Firefox. Supporting multiple application versions is possible, bugs will usually be caught by the community before an Adblock Plus release. Still, once a Firefox version gets close to end-of-life (Mozilla will no longer ship security updates) its user numbers drop considerably and it gets harder to get Adblock Plus properly tested there. Which is one reason why I am targeting mostly the versions supported by Mozilla (currently Firefox 3.5 and 3.6) and drop support for outdated versions eventually (Firefox 3.0 support is currently being phased out).
Popular Mozilla-based applications: that's currently Thunderbird and SeaMonkey. Here the idea is to support the versions that correspond with supported Firefox versions (that's currently Thunderbird 3.0 and SeaMonkey 2.0 which both correspond to Firefox 3.5). However, if two versions are very different and supporting both is complicated I will most likely support only the latest version — any complicated solution is error-prone which is dangerous given that Adblock Plus is less tested with these applications.
Applications with trivial porting effort: that's Songbird and Prism currently, supporting them basically requires adding an overlay file. Only latest version will be supported, more applications (like Wyzo) can be added if somebody asks me to — but it certainly speeds things up if that somebody starts with the implementation. And it is of course essential that users of that application report bugs, otherwise broken functionality will simply go unnoticed.
Applications with high porting effort: e.g. Fennec and K-Meleon, their user interface requires a very different approach. The rule here: I'm not going to do it. If you want them supported you should give me some code. And even then I will think twice whether I want be the one to maintain it.
Applications not based on Mozilla's Gecko engine: forget it, I am not writing Adblock Plus from scratch just to support your favorite browser (be it Chrome or Safari or Opera or Internet Explorer). And even if somebody gives me the code — I am not going to maintain two unrelated projects. This asks for an independent project and in fact, there are already independent projects to implement ad blocking for all of these browsers.
Just a reminder: Adblock Plus source code is open for everybody and I am happily accepting patches.
are you planning/is it possible, to move ABP to jetpack? as mozilla maybe wants to move the developers to jetpack.
1) No, moving Adblock Plus to Jetpack isn't possible at the moment. Jetpack as it is now is only suitable for the most simple extensions.
2) No, "classic" extensions are not going away any time soon. You shouldn't believe everything you read on Slashdot.
3) Moving anything to Jetpack now wouldn't make much sense because Mozilla is going to rebuild Jetpack from scratch, with an entirely different API and everything. Jetpack is only an experiment after all.
thank you very much for your support for K-Meleon 1.1.x and 1.5.x so far.
Yes, somebody mentioned already that usable K-Meleon builds are around again. I'll try to find time to update my K-Meleon code eventually (though it would certainly speed things up if somebody else did that).
Why phase out support for Firefox 3.0? The newer versions perform horribly when it comes to multimedia sites. I have no intention of ever going back to any of the newer builds. Don't cave into those idiots at mozilla who change things just for the sake of change.
The newer versions (especially Firefox 3.6) actually perform much better. If they don't for you, I suggest you ask at http://support.mozilla.com/ or http://forums.mozillazine.org/, with their help you should be able to narrow down the problem (most likely one of your installed extensions).
But that's not really the point. Support for Firefox 3.0 is running out, 3.0.19 will most likely be the last release on that branch. After that you will be stuck with a browser with known and unpatched security issues. And then you will have much bigger problems than having to use an older version of Adblock Plus.
Oh, in case you are interested: Firefox 3.5 and 3.6 fixed lots of bugs and added lots of new features for extension developers. As long as I keep supporting Firefox 3.0 I still have to work around these old bugs and I cannot use the new features. Reason enough not to support old browser versions much longer than Mozilla.
you may want to inspect the contents of that adblockplus.7z file there, Wladimir.
Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 and Seamonkey 2.1 alpha 2 will be coming out soon. So the Adblock Plus extension will need to be revised to work with those browsers.
I suggest you check first – the compatibility info is already updated. Right now Adblock Plus is marked as compatible with Firefox 4.0b2pre and SeaMonkey 2.1a3.
just thinking… not supporting others browsers like Opera and Chrome can be lost an opportunity to build a business in browser adblock security. You already have millions of users, you just need a help to build a business around it – and could be open source too like Automattic (Wordpress) or free of charge like XMarks. Think about it! See you.
Opera already has a mighty good Adblocker built in.
get over it, mark13. if the author of adblock plus doesn't want to support non-mozilla based browsers like Chrome, IE, Safari and Opera, he's not obliged to do so. it's his choice, not yours.
anyways, there are other ad-blocker addons out there on the web (AdThwart for google chrome for example) that can work for non-mozilla based web browsers. you just have to find them and use them.


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ROCHESTER, Minn., March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Mayo Clinic research shows a correlation between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by patients who have chronic pain. This correlation is an important finding as researchers discover new ways to treat chronic pain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chronic pain is the leading cause of disability in the United States. These patients often end up taking narcotic-type pain medication such as morphine, fentanyl or oxycodone.
This study found that patients who required narcotic pain medication, and who also had inadequate levels of vitamin D, were taking much higher doses of pain medication — nearly twice as much — as those who had adequate levels. Similarly, these patients self-reported worse physical functioning and worse overall health perception. In addition, a correlation was noted between increasing body mass index (a measure of obesity) and decreasing levels of vitamin D. Study results were published in a recent edition of Pain Medicine.
"This is an important finding as we continue to investigate the causes of chronic pain," says Michael Turner, M.D., a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician at Mayo Clinic and lead author of the study. "Vitamin D is known to promote both bone and muscle strength. Conversely, deficiency is an under-recognized source of diffuse pain and impaired neuromuscular functioning. By recognizing it, physicians can significantly improve their patients' pain, function and quality of life."
Researchers retrospectively studied 267 chronic pain patients admitted to the Mayo Comprehensive Pain Rehabilitation Center in Rochester from February to December 2006. Vitamin D levels at the time of admission were compared to other parameters such as the amount and duration of narcotic pain medication usage; self-reported levels of pain, emotional distress, physical functioning and health perception; and demographic information such as gender, age, diagnosis and body mass index.
Further research should document the effects of correcting deficient levels among these patients, researchers recommend.
This study has important implications for both chronic pain patients and physicians. "Though preliminary, these results suggest that patients who suffer from chronic, diffuse pain and are on narcotics should consider getting their vitamin D levels checked. Inadequate levels may play a role in creating or sustaining their pain," says Dr. Turner.
"Physicians who care for patients with chronic, diffuse pain that seems musculoskeletal — and involves many areas of tenderness to palpation — should strongly consider checking a vitamin D level," he says. "For example, many patients who have been labeled with fibromyalgia are, in fact, suffering from symptomatic vitamin D inadequacy. Vigilance is especially required when risk factors are present such as obesity, darker pigmented skin or limited exposure to sunlight."
Assessment and treatment are relatively simple and inexpensive. Levels can be assessed by a simple blood test (25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D]). Under the guidance of a physician, an appropriate repletion regimen can then be devised. Because it is a natural substance and not a drug, vitamin D is readily available and inexpensive.
In addition to the benefits of strong muscles and bones, emerging research demonstrates that vitamin D plays important roles in the immune system, helps fight inflammation and helps fights certain types of cancer.
Other study authors from Mayo Clinic include W. Michael Hooten, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology; John Schmidt, Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology Research; and Jennifer Kerkvliet, Cynthia O. Townsend, Ph.D., and Barbara Bruce, Ph.D., all from the Pain Rehabilitation Center.
Mayo Clinic is the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the world. Doctors from every medical specialty work together to care for patients, joined by common systems and a philosophy of "the needs of the patient come first." More than 3,300 physicians, scientists and researchers and 46,000 allied health staff work at Mayo Clinic, which has sites in Rochester, Minn., Jacksonville, Fla., and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz. Collectively, the three locations treat more than half a million people each year. To obtain the latest news releases from Mayo Clinic, go to www.mayoclinic.org/news. MayoClinic.com (www.mayoclinic.com) is available as a resource for your health stories. For more on Mayo Clinic research, go to www.mayo.edu.
VIDEO ALERT: Additional audio and video resources, including excerpts from an interview with Dr. Turner describing the research, are available on the Mayo Clinic News Blog.


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Roger Brook - the no dig gardener: Why gardeners dig: 5: to degrade organic matter and thereby release nutrients!
Why gardeners dig: 5: to degrade organic matter and thereby release nutrients!
Most no-dig gardeners will be horrified at this notion, but I suggest it is an integral part of traditional gardening practice. The only time I have read this view stated directly was in a French gardening book! My french is not good and perhaps I got it wrong! To paraphrase, it said, 'cultivate to aerate the soil: this will release nutrients from organic matter to make the plants grow'.
The two key elements to this process are generous application of compost and/or manure together with attendant heavy cultivations. Depending on your point of view, this is either a virtuous cycle or a pact with the devil! If you break this pact and fail to add organic matter, soil becomes severely degraded.
In the forties, Lady Eve Balfour, a founder of the organic movement, despaired of agricultural methods which destroyed soil structure and necessitated irresponsible use of fertilizer.
Traditional horticulture has always used manure and compost. The great Victorian gardens used horse manure from the stables. The commoners owned pigs or other animals and the chickens provided nitrogen-rich droppings.The mill worker (if he ever had time to garden)used wool shoddy, perhaps the first 'slow release' fertilizer. The 18th century market gardens in the London Lea valley used a plentiful organic supply from London streets! All relied on cultivations to both incorporate organic matter and speed its oxidation.
I'm sure that gardeners don't say to themselves, "I am digging to speed the breakdown of organic matter to release nutrients to feed my plants." Nevertheless, it is what happens when soils are cultivated.
There is a paradox at the heart of gardeners' use of organic matter. Maintaining high levels of organic matter brings a myriad of improvements to the soil, yet the breakdown of organic matter releases plant nutrients. No dig gardeners try to have the best of both worlds.
Minimum cultivation leads to high levels of organic matter which degrades more slowly. The slower rate of breakdown, but from a high base level, will ensure that plants do not go short of nutrition.
One of the advantages of high levels of organic matter is that it holds positively electrically charged ions of nutrients such as potassium, calcium and magnesium on its negative charged surfaces. These are available directly to plants and yet are held tightly enough not to be leached away.
Nutrients such as phosphorus, sulphur and, significantly, nitrogen are part of the 'fabric' of organic matter and only become available when it is degraded. The bacterial process which releases these negatively charged ions is called mineralisation.
The speed of bacterial action is controlled by factors such as aeration and temperature. In warm, well aerated soils the process is rapid and soil nitrate levels rise.
A small proportion of soil organic matter known as humus can persist in the soil for hundreds of years. Recently discovered glomalin can last for decades. Most composts and manures are destined to degrade within a year or two.
Organic matter does not hold soluble nitrate against leaching. Nor does any other soil mechanism. If nitrate is not absorbed by plants it is likely to be lost to winter leaching.
And what is the nodiggardener's opinion?
I found you via a smallholder forum - great blog! Love the chickens! I think many smallholders would be interested in a nodig system of gardening.
I arrived that way too. Different forum though. I think many poultry keepers are also allotment holders - certainly on our forum.
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Special Report: Green Country Project
In honor of His Majesty the King, the Green Country Foundation is holding a campaign called the Green Country Project, which is hoped to promote reforestation in Thailand. Phitsanulok is the first province to initiate the campaign.
Mr. Chairote Meedaeng, Governor of Phitsanulok province, has presided over the opening ceremony of the Green Country Project at Naresuan Dam in Phitsanulok province. The campaign was launched under the concept of "Planting 984 Million Saplings in Honor of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej". From the number 984, nine represents His Majesty's title as King Rama IX of the Chakri Dynasty, and eighty-four represents his 84th birthday anniversary on December 5, 2011. The campaign is scheduled to run for 5 years.
In his address, Mr. Chairote stated that this campaign will encourage reforestation among Thai people. He indicated that human beings have been cutting down trees and are, therefore, the ones to blame for all the natural disasters that have come as a consequence. The Governor stressed that it is now the time for people to give back what they have taken from nature, adding that the Green Country Project will make people realize how lucky they are to have trees and how important forests are to all lives on this earth.
After the opening ceremony of the project, a parachute jumping show was performed by the Thai Air Force's Wing 46. The parachuters jumped down from the sky, holding saplings and symbolic flags before handing them to Mr. Anan when landed. The flags carried the royal emblems of Their Majesties the King and Queen and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
The objectives of the project are as follows: 1) to raise awareness among Thai people regarding global warming and environmental issues, 2) to educate farmers about benefits of microorganisms, and 3) to increase forest areas by 10 million rai within 5 years.
According to M.R. Waraprapa Chakrabandhu, Manager of the Green Country Project, the campaign will not only raise awareness among people about global warming or increase the forest areas in Thailand, but it will also help prevent Thailand from flooding, which caused massive devastation in the country in late 2011. Therefore, this campaign will help the country minimize the impact from such a natural disaster in the future.
At this stage, Phitsanulok, as the first province to initiate the project, has planted over 10,000 trees on the opening day and will continue to do so until 1.6 million trees are planted according to the task assigned by the Green Country Foundation.
Additionally, 9 more provinces will join the campaign within this year, including Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Phayao, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Songkhla. Each province will be assigned a task to plant 1.6 million saplings in 5 years' time.
People who are interested in taking part in the Green Country Project can contact telephone number 02-917-4760 or 085-055-8031.
According to M.R. Waraprapa Chakrabandhu
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Reconstructing medical practice: engagement, professionalism and critical relationships in health care.
Christine Jorm. Farnham, Surrey, UK: Gower Publishing Limited, 2012 (244 pp, $123.95). ISBN 9781409429753.
PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE, states Machiavelli, with whom the book opens, are met with retaliation from those "who do well out of the old order". Jorm's book regards "the old order" as "senior consultants doing it this way for twenty or thirty or forty years". But another, more recent, order is also under fire: the increasing bureaucratic regulation of medical practice enacted by "primitive and poorly resourced" management.
The author is an associate professor of medical education at the University of Sydney, New South Wales, and is the coordinator of the Professional and Personal Development Theme of the university's medical program.
The book's main concern is doctors' disengagement from the system of health care, and the resulting threat to quality of care and patient safety. Jorm's findings are based on 41 interviews, two focus group discussions and 85 survey responses. Rich with interview quotes and survey analyses, the book takes us on a painstaking journey through the doctors' deep commitment to medicine, their personal sacrifices for their patients, their sense of loss and professional disintegration, and their disappointment in the face of political and bureaucratic expediency, and the increasing intrusiveness of micromanagerial and administrative regulation.
Others have decried the state of our health system (I'm thinking of Mohamed Khadra's Terminal decline), but few have taken medicine's own pulse to test its capacity and preparedness for health reform. Jorm's diagnosis reveals doctors' strengths (they're smart, committed and capable of handling uncertainty, and are good risk-takers) as well as their weaknesses (they have trouble acknowledging errors, they avoid confronting or reporting colleagues, and they disengage from the broader system). She describes the doctors in her study as being both entwined in dense collegial networks, thriving on the constant negotiation of medical uncertainty, but also isolated in their practices and specialties, having lost the stability of relationships that used to define their hospital work and patient care. For health care managers, however, "the messages are more confronting". Like Khadra, Jorm has little patience with underqualified managers, inept bureaucrats and opportunistic politicians.
What does she recommend to resolve the stalemate? That doctors need to become more active agents of change. That their attitude towards professionalism needs to expand to take on managerial and organisational responsibilities. That doctors need to take charge, but to do so they need to "learn to see and influence the system". This will become possible once they have appropriate data and measurements; once they take on their own emotional responses, and learn how to become leaders "in introducing a new order of things". Eschewing quality and safety's reverence for aviation and transportation, the book ends on a military flourish and raises a flag for the renewed appreciation of the role of command and control, and of determination. The task for doctors is to secure "an expanded sense of place and relationships" such that they gain "more control over the organization of their work". Central to this task is "rebuilding of the relationship between the doctor and the hospital".
Overall, the book offers a probing insight into contemporary doctoring. It is a clarion call to practising doctors: if you care for your patients, you can't turn away from the system of care. To understand and act on the system, open yourselves up to the social disciplines, where strategies have been conceptualised on how to change an order that disenfranchises doctors and disadvantages patients. Not since Miles Little's Humane medicine has such an impassioned plea been put to doctors about how to reinvent their work and reinvest it with meaning and purpose.


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The guest panelists who participated in Appalachian State University's virtual Race and Police Forum, held Sept. 16 as part of the university's Constitution Day 2020 programming. Pictured, from left to right, are Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Johnny Jennings '90; Winston-Salem Police Department Assistant Chief Wilson Weaver '07; and Dr. Lorie Fridell, a nationally recognized scholar on issues relating to race and policing. Photos submitted
By Jessica Stump
Posted Oct. 14, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University kicked off its 2020 Constitution Day programming with a virtual forum exploring topics related to the intersection of race and policing — a juncture that presents opportunities for policing reform, and, according to one forum panelist, for police departments across the nation to build credibility, transparency and honesty within their communities.
Participants discussed the importance of police–community relationships; steps being made to address bias and increase cultural competency in the state's law enforcement agencies; and evidence-based policies and programs currently used by these agencies.
The Race and Policing Forum, hosted by App State's Dr. Christopher Marier, assistant professor of criminal justice, featured three guest panelists: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Johnny Jennings '90 and Winston-Salem Police Department Assistant Chief Wilson Weaver '07, both App State alumni, and Dr. Lorie Fridell, a nationally recognized scholar on issues relating to race and policing.
Community-oriented policing
According to Weaver, the Winston-Salem Police Department (WSPD) has been engaged in community-oriented policing since 1989 — a practice that helps build strong police–community relationships through positive interactions between police officers and citizens.
"We affirmatively go out and build relationships with members of our community, with community organizations, as well as with the businesses so that we can have positive relationships with our community in those times that are noncontentious," Weaver said.
Jennings said the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) prides itself on being a learning agency and that police agencies across the nation have a current opportunity to demonstrate to their communities that they are listening and moving forward.
"I think our profession as a whole has a great opportunity right now to be accepting of change — to understand that our authority and power to police come from our citizens — and the citizens should have a right in the say in how we police them," Jennings said.
He continued, "If we want to really build credibility and transparency and honesty within our community, we have to show them and demonstrate that we are listening, and that we're willing to make some of those tough changes to what we do, our policies and how we do them."
Addressing biases
According to Fridell, who regularly provides implicit bias training to law enforcement agencies nationwide through her company Fair and Impartial Policing (FIP) LLC, all individuals have implicit biases.
"We link various groups of people — based on race, LGBTQ, documentation status — to stereotypes. Those stereotypes can impact our perceptions as well as our behavior. This can happen outside of conscious awareness, even in well-intentioned people who reject, at the conscious level, biases, stereotypes and prejudices," she explained.
The Appalachian Police Department (APD) recently participated in and hosted implicit bias training for local and regional law enforcement agencies, with 15 officers from APD, the Watauga County Sheriff's Office, the Blowing Rock Police Department and the Boone Police Department taking part in FIP's Train-the-Trainer (TOT) program.
Officers who successfully completed the program became certified trainers capable of providing the implicit bias training to other officers in North Carolina's High Country.
Of the FIP training, Andy Stephenson, App State's director of public safety and chief of police, said, "Having these trainers within our local communities will support area law enforcement's continued efforts to serve the public with compassion and respect."
Policies, procedures for police accountability
In order to ensure police accountability, Jennings said law enforcement agencies must enforce and have in place "clear, concise rules of conduct," as well as "clear policies and regulations that officers understand — that leave no room for interpretation."
He said CMPD is constantly examining its policies to identify possible areas for improvement and requires accountability processes — such as spot checks and body-worn cameras — for its personnel. The department's rules of conduct also require CMPD members to report policy violations.
According to Weaver, during Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET), WSPD police recruits are taught that they have a duty to intervene when observing a policing situation that isn't going well and to take action — "at least, you're asking a question or you're calling a supervisor," he said.
"Our mantra, more or less, is 'In our custody, in our care,'" he said. "We're doing everything that we can to ensure that whether they're our arrestees, or whether they're people we're just giving rides to, we're doing everything possible to ensure their safety."
The Race and Policing Forum, held Sept. 16 and sponsored by App State's Department of Government and Justice Studies, was part of a weeklong series of events and educational opportunities in recognition of Constitution Day. The recorded forum — available on App State's Constitution Day website — will be used in GJS classroom instruction.
About the forum participants
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Johnny Jennings '90 participated as a guest panelist in Appalachian State University's virtual Race and Police Forum, held Sept. 16 as part of the university's Constitution Day 2020 programming. Photo submitted
Johnny Jennings '90
Johnny Jennings '90 was sworn into office as chief of police of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) on July 1. The App State alumnus joined CMPD as a member of the 108th recruit class in 1992 and has held a variety of positions and ranks throughout the organization, including sergeant over criminal intelligence, patrol sergeant and captain over the North Tryon Division, and major over intelligence, investigations and special operations.
Jennings earned his Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from App State in 1990 and holds a master's degree in business administration from Pfeiffer University. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the Senior Management Institute for Police.
A native of Jefferson City, Tennessee, Jennings played football as an All-American linebacker at App State and was inducted into the university's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.
Winston-Salem Police Department Assistant Chief Wilson Weaver '07 participated as a guest panelist in Appalachian State University's virtual Race and Police Forum, held Sept. 16 as part of the university's Constitution Day 2020 programming. Photo submitted
Wilson Weaver '07
Wilson Weaver '07 began his career with the Winston-Salem Police Department (WSPD) in 1984 as the honor graduate (highest academic GPA) of Basic Law Enforcement Training Class 15.
During his career with WSPD, the App State alumnus has served in the Patrol Division, Professional Standards (Internal Affairs) and Special Operations Division. In his previous assignment, he was the commander of the Special Operations Division, which consists of the K-9 Unit, Traffic Enforcement Unit, Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), Crisis Negotiations Team, Hazardous Devices Unit (Bomb Squad), Gang Interdiction Unit and Park Rangers.
Weaver holds a Master of Public Administration from App State, as well as a B.S. in criminal justice from Gardner-Webb University and an associate degree in applied science in law enforcement technology from Forsyth Technical Community College.
Dr. Lorie Fridell, a nationally recognized scholar on issues relating to race and policing, participated as a guest panelist in Appalachian State University's virtual Race and Police Forum, held Sept. 16 as part of the university's Constitution Day 2020 programming. Photo submitted
Dr. Lorie Fridell
Dr. Lorie Fridell, a professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida and a former director of Research at the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), has over 30 years of experience researching law enforcement. Her research and other endeavors have been supported by more than $7.5 million in grants, primarily from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Her primary research areas are police use of force, police deviance and violence against police. Fridell is also a national expert on biased policing and speaks nationally on the topic. She also provides consultation and training to law enforcement agencies.
With national experts on the psychology of implicit bias and funding from the Department of Justice, she developed the Fair and Impartial Policing (FIP) training program — which provides implicit bias training nationwide to law enforcement agencies at the local, state and federal levels.
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The 105th Grey Cup was played on November 26, 2017, between the Calgary Stampeders and the Toronto Argonauts at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario.

In a re-match of the 100th Grey Cup, the Argonauts won the game 27–24, winning their 17th championship.

Background

Host city
It was reported in September 2015 that Ottawa would host the Grey Cup game, and that it would be determined at a board of governor's meeting later that fall. The Ottawa Redblacks ownership group, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, said that one of the clauses in their expansion agreement was that the club would host a Grey Cup game within their first four years of existence. Since the Redblacks entered the league in 2014, 2017 was the fourth such year. Ottawa had previously been awarded the 102nd Grey Cup but backed out due to construction delays; that game was held in Vancouver instead.

During an Ottawa Redblacks game on July 31, 2016, it was announced in a video featuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the city of Ottawa had been selected to host the 105th Grey Cup, in part to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada. This will be the seventh time that the Grey Cup game will be played in Ottawa, with each of those games being played at Lansdowne Park. The most recent game hosted by Ottawa was when the Ottawa Renegades hosted the 92nd Grey Cup in 2004, when the Toronto Argonauts defeated the BC Lions.

Redblacks president Jeff Hunt stated that approximately 10,000 temporary seats would be added to TD Place Stadium, bringing seating capacity to about 35,000. In early May, more than six months before the game, the Redblacks announced that fewer than 6,000 of the original 35,000 tickets were yet to be sold. Due to ticket demand, the Redblacks added additional temporary bleachers in September to bring capacity to approximately 36,000 and the game officially sold out on October 26.

Teams

Calgary Stampeders

The Stampeders finished the regular season with a record of , once again placing as the top team in the West Division. They became the first team in the league to clinch a playoff spot in Week 14 of the regular season with a 15–9 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Stampeders entered the playoffs on a losing streak, losing three in a row for the first time since 2007.

As the first place team in the West, the Stampeders received a bye in the first round of the playoffs and hosted the Western Final on November 19 against the third place Edmonton Eskimos. The Stampeders won the game 32–28 in a closely contested game that featured a controversial play by the Eskimos, who late in the fourth quarter opted to kick a field goal in the hopes that they could recover the ball, instead of tying the game with a touchdown. Calgary maintained possession until the end of the game to clinch victory.

Toronto Argonauts

The Argonauts placed first in the East Division with a  record and returned to the playoffs after having missed the previous season. The Argos entered the season with a new head coach in Marc Trestman, the former head coach of the Montreal Alouettes and the NFL's Chicago Bears. The team's resurgence was led by quarterback Ricky Ray, who completed the 2017 regular season having thrown for 5,546 yards and 28 touchdowns. Despite the team's success on the field, the team averaged only 13,914 fans per home game at BMO Field, which was down from the previous year.

As the first place team in the East, the Argos hosted the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Eastern Final after the Riders, as a crossover team, defeated the Ottawa Redblacks in the Semi-Final. The Argos won the close game 25-21 after scoring a touchdown with 23 seconds left in the game. It was the first time the Argos had won the Eastern Final since 2012, the last time they won the Grey Cup.

Head-to-Head
Calgary and Toronto met twice during the 2017 regular season, with Calgary winning both times. Their first meeting took place during Week 7 in Toronto and saw the Stampeders win 41–24. Three weeks later, the teams met again in Calgary, with the Stampeders winning 23–7. The 2017 Grey Cup was the fourth championship match-up between the two teams, with Calgary winning in 1971 and Toronto victorious in 1991 and 2012. The Argos' 2017 Grey Cup victory was their first defeat of the Calgary Stampeders since a 33–27 win in September 2013.

During the week leading up to the game, the mayors of Toronto and Calgary, John Tory (who was the CFL commissioner from 1996 to 2000) and Naheed Nenshi, placed a friendly bet on the outcome, with the losing city's mayor having to donate to charity, wear the winning team's jersey at the next city council meeting, and send the other a selection of local craft beer.

Game summary

Toronto won the coin toss and opted to defer to the second half. Calgary chose to receive the ball. The game was played in inclement conditions, with snow falling prior to kickoff and persisting throughout. Neither team could sustain drives throughout much of the first quarter until eleven minutes in, when Stamps quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell connected with Kamar Jorden for the contest's first touchdown. Calgary missed the subsequent two-point convert attempt, but found themselves up 6–0.

Scrimmaging from their own 10-yard line, the Argos opened the second quarter with a bang. DeVier Posey caught a pass from Toronto quarterback Ricky Ray at the Argo 44 and scampered to the end zone to tie the game 6–6. At 100 yards, this now stands as the longest touchdown pass in Grey Cup history, breaking the previous mark of 99 yards set by Montreal's Anthony Calvillo and Pat Woodcock in 2002. Calgary responded five minutes later with a touchdown by running back Jerome Messam and a successful two-point convert to go up 14–6. While the Argos were shut out offensively in the second quarter, they scored two points thanks to a safety conceded by Calgary punter Rob Maver who, after mishandling a high snap, kicked the ball out of the back of the end zone. Rene Paredes booted a field goal with five seconds left in the quarter to put the Stampeders up 17–8 at the half.

Toronto opened the scoring in the second half four minutes into the third quarter with a two-yard touchdown run by running back James Wilder Jr. A successful two-point conversion made the score 17–16. Jerome Messam found the end zone again for the Stampeders roughly five minutes later, putting Calgary up 24–16 after a successful convert by Parades. The Stamps protected this lead into the fourth quarter and appeared well on their way to victory when, with the ball on the Argo 8-yard-line, Toronto DB Cassius Vaughn pounced on a Kamar Jorden fumble and returned the ball 109 yards for a touchdown—another Grey Cup record. A two-point convert reception by Declan Cross tied the game at 24–24 with under five minutes to play. With 53 seconds left, Argo kicker Lirim Hajrullahu kicked the team's lone field goal, giving Toronto its first lead at 27–24. On their final possession Calgary drove the ball deep into Argonaut territory, but instead of attempting a game-tying field goal decided to go for the jugular. On 2nd-and-5 from the Argonaut 25, Mitchell's would-be touchdown pass fell into the hands of Argo defender Matt Black, sealing the victory for the Double Blue.

Scoring summary
First Quarter
CGY – TD Jorden 33 yard pass (missed two-point convert) (4:00) 6–0 CGY

Second Quarter
TOR – TD Posey 100 yard pass (missed convert) (15:00) 6–6 Tie
CGY – TD Messam 6 yard rush (Daniels two-point convert) (10:21) 14–6 CGY
TOR – Safety Maver (5:46) 14–8 CGY
CGY – FG Paredes 39 yards (0:05) 17-8 CGY

Third Quarter
TOR – TD Wilder Jr 2 yard rush (Cross two-point convert) (10:51) 17–16 CGY
CGY – TD Messam 6 yard pass (Parades convert) (6:19) 24–16 CGY

Fourth Quarter
TOR – TD Vaughn 109 yard fumble return (Cross two-point convert) (5:16) 24–24 Tie
TOR – FG Hajrullahu 32 yards (0:53) 27–24 TOR

Entertainment
On August 10, 2017, the CFL announced that Shania Twain would perform during the Freedom Mobile Halftime Show. The performance marked Twain's second Grey Cup halftime show; she performed as halftime entertainment during the 90th Grey Cup in 2002.

Vancouver-based rapper SonReal performed immediately prior to the game as part of the SiriusXM Kickoff Show. Toronto choir Choir! Choir! Choir! sang the national anthem.

Aftermath
Immediately following the game, Argonauts receiver DeVier Posey was named the game's Most Valuable Player, having put up 175 yards and one touchdown on seven receptions. Running back Jerome Messam of the Stampeders received the Dick Suderman Trophy as the game's Most Valuable Canadian after scoring two touchdowns.

With the victory, Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray became the first quarterback in CFL history to win the Grey Cup four times as a starting quarterback (twice with the Edmonton Eskimos and twice with the Argonauts).

Television
The game was watched by an average of 4.3 million viewers, with viewership peaking at nearly six million during the Argos' comeback in the fourth quarter. Nearly a third of the population of Canada watched part of the game. The game saw a ten percent increase in viewership over the previous year and a fifty-eight percent increase in viewership in the Toronto/Hamilton market. Overall, the 105th Grey Cup was the most watched Grey Cup since 2013.

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PIAF demands construction sector incentive package for whole industry
The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front has welcomed the new incentive package for the construction industry, with allocation of Rs.30 billion subsidy for the Naya Pakistan Housing Project, urging the government to announce the same relief to also other industrial sectors with a view to promote economic activities and generate new employment in the post-corona slowdown economy.,
PIAF chairman Mian Nauman Kabir, in a joint statement with senior vice chairman Nasir Hameed and vice chairman Javed Siddiqi, termed the package announced by the PM for construction sector as historic, saying it would prove a turning point for the economy, besides providing financial flexibility to the low income people for building their own houses.
Mian Nauman Kabir said that government has already declared the sector as an industry as it had huge demand of up to 70 associated industries. He added that the move would add the positive impact in country's economic health and also enhance economic growth, besides facilitating the daily wagers. He said the construction industry is the second largest sector in the country which provides employment to the people.
Mian Nauman Kabir said that PIAF appreciates the PM to create a balance between maintaining a lockdown and keeping the construction sector running to save people from hunger and poverty. He also appreciated the allocation of huge funds by the SBP for those who have lost their jobs or facing income issues during the coronavirus crisis, urging the government to formulate a mechanism to ensure that funds are provided to the most deserving segments of the society.
Hailing the special package for construction industry, the PIAF leader, who is also the former interim provincial minister as well as the ex-LCCI Senior vice president, said that the sector plays an important part in development of a country.
Nauman Kabir also hailed the federal government to reduce the number of NOCs and made a one-window operation in all the provinces, besides reducing taxes in the provinces and now investors should take advantage of this short window of opportunity.
Senior vice chairman Nasir Hameed recommended that the purpose of the National Coordination Committee on Housing, Construction and Development should be removal of obstacles in the way of the construction industry and for this purpose the provinces should also be taken on board.
In the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, when whole global economy is in recession, the government has taken good steps to announce package for construction industry by providing it concessions and tax relations, he added. Nasir Hameed said that he could see long-term effects of this pragmatic decision and said that in recent situation, it would uplift investments in property and construction sector and re-open huge potential for new investment.
Vice chairman Javed Siddiqi said that ultimate impact of these tax relaxations would leave good impact on the construction industry, which not only open up opportunities but also activate the circle of 70 others allied industries.
Javed Siddiqi said that this was takeoff time for construction industry, hence needed a comprehensive strategy to get more benefits from this government tax relief package. He also lauded the current tax relaxation to the construction industry and said this would promote market liberalization in this sector. The market regulation and liberalization would help promote growth in construction industry, he said, adding that this would give opportunity to the new investment and job opportunity in this sector. He said that the construction industry needed more tax liberalization to compete to other competitors in region and create more employment opportunity in country's economy.
PIAF leadership said that construction of high rise building and other big projects would also promote growth and investment. They said that small housing scheme for middle class would be better option to get benefits from this tax relation given by the government and also expected growth in country's economy.
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Michael was born in Gortnaclasser on December 3, 1922, to Julia and Anthony Walsh. They became a family of two sisters Kit and Baby, and brothers, John, Paddy, Tony and Seamus (the brothers all now sadly deceased). He worked with his father on the farm and later building houses with him around Kilmeena and the half parish. Other work was scarce at the time so he decided to seek work in England before that he met Eileen in 1945 on a beautiful summers evening at the local dance hall in Kilmeena.
Mike and Eileen married in 1946 in Myna Church and Mike then travelled alone over to England to find permanent work, Initially he found work looking after German prisoners of war, often taking them to church. Following that he found permanent work with British Rail, later receiving promotion to a management position.
Mike and Eileen set up home in Doncaster, England in 1947 where they made many life long friends. Eventually they became parents of Maureen, Margaret and Peter. Sadly, Margaret died at the age of three years. Along came Anne shortly afterwards, followed by Paul who was born with Down's Syndrome. Unfortunately after a very happy life, Paul died at the age of 16, knowing he was well-loved and cared for by both his parents and family. Mike and Eileen's grandchild Alison was born many years later.
For over 40 years Mike volunteered his time planting and cultivating his two parish church gardens. Somehow he found the time to care for his neighbour's gardens also. He enjoyed just being able to help them. He continued doing the gardens of friends and elderly neighbours along with the gardens of the churches. That, and helping the elderly, became one of his life time commitments.
After sixteen years of looking after Paul, Mike and Eileen spent many a well-deserved and happy Christmas in Barbados with their daughter Maureen, Brian and granddaughter Alison. Later they had happy times in Ibiza at the invitation of Michael and Bernie Conway with close friends and family. Thank you for your kindness.
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SCU member Christopher Daniels has spoken about AEW's rise in pro wrestling, claiming that "AEW Is The Future Of This Business."
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So-Cal Uncensored member Christopher Daniels took part in a post-AEW: Dynamite media conference after AEW's premiere concluded. During this conference, Daniels addressed the rise of All Elite Wrestling, calling the promotion the future of the business.
"The first night but not the last night of greatness. AEW is the future of this business. It's already changed the future of the pro wrestling world. It already changed. It's different now than it was a year ago and we know it. We know it," Daniels stated.
"You saw the people out there? That's just the first full house of many full houses that are to come. And that feels great to me. 26 years in the business, I was fortunate enough to be a part of Ring Of Honor when it started, I was fortunate enough to be a part of TNA when it started, now I'm at the ground floor of something that has 100 times more excitement behind it than either of those companies did at that time. And I'm proud to be a part of it."
Daniels explained that everybody on the AEW roster has got something to prove and are putting everybody on notice. "We deserve to be on national television, we're gonna be on national television. Dynamite is here to stay—first night is not the last night!"
AEW: Dynamite defeated WWE NXT during their first-ever head-to-head this past Wednesday.
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AURORA, Colo. -- The website says "whites only" and when Aurora's Rocky Mountain Urgent Care was asked why, it sent its chief operating officer to speak to us.
"Obviously, it's not our website," Carlos Escobar said. "It's a local webpage that somebody put up."
Escobar said his team at Rocky Mountain is moving quickly to find out who created the false Yahoo business website and why. Escobar said his clinic serves the diverse people of Aurora and always has.
"This is not the kind of place where we discriminate against anyone or tolerate discrimination," he said.
Internet experts say fake postings such as this one happen all the time.
"It's more of a business owner beware. You've got a world out there where people think this is funny," Charles Tendell said.
Tendell said if businesses don't register their sites first on big search engines such as Google, Yelp and Yahoo, someone else can.
"A user could go out there and register a profile and gather that information," he said.
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Teek's four-part collection of elegant songs all about love and self-knowledge is one of the best listens of the year. Teek's voice is incredible and memorable, and his song 'Remember Me' is one that is sure to make you fall in love with him and his music.
The soaring anthem comes accompanied by Teek's directorial debut, in an emotionally intricate video created by a Māori-led crew.
Remember Me' is the answer to every question about a longing heart.
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Afghanistan 1979: The War That Changed the World - A behind-the-scenes history of the Soviet Union's 10-year long war in Afghanistan.
The Battle for the Arctic - As the polar ice caps shrink, an international contest for control of the Arctic, is escalating.
Before the Flood - The residents of the historic Chinese city of Fengjie clash with officials forcing them to evacuate their homes to make way for the world's largest dam.
Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa - The story of the first international conference on Africa, which established its division amongst the European powers, and created Congo as a personal possession of the Belgian king.
Between Midnight and the Rooster's Crow - Traveling along the cross-Andes route of an oil pipeline in Ecuador, a case study of the troubling connections between corporations, Western consumption, and the 3rd World.
The Bible Unearthed - A four-part series based on the best-selling book The Bible Unearthed by Israel Finkelstein (Prof. of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University) and Neil Silberman (Director of the Ename Center for Public Archaeology & Heritage Presentation).
A Bridge Over the River - Profiles Lency, a man who lives in Cuba's central mountains who has a creative solution to all of life's daily problems there.
Chain of Love - A film about the Philippines' second largest export product - maternal love - and how the international trade in love and care affects the women involved, their families, and families in the West.
The Coming War on China - The United States and China, both nuclear-armed, may well be on the road to war. This is both a warning and an inspiring story of resistance.
The Cordillera of Dreams - Patricio Guzmán's latest film completes a trilogy on his native Chile, and the lasting impact of Pinochet's coup d'état.
Cul de Sac - An allegory for a working class suburb in decline, this film investigates the story of Shawn Nelson, who stole a tank and went on a rampage through the residential streets of Clairemont, CA.
Electric Signs - Explores the effects of new screen-based advertising sign systems on urban environments and public space.
The End of the Ottoman Empire - The Ottomans ruled three continents for six centuries. How did their rule end, and how does this history inform politics today?
The Forgotten Space - Allan Sekula and Noel Burch investigate maritime trade, the global supply chain and 21st-century capitalism.
Forgotten World - Discover a historic maze of stone circles, terraces and engravings that offer archaelogists new insight into South Africa's past.
From The Other Side - Using technology developed for the military, the flow of illegal immigration into San Diego has been stemmed. But for the desperate, there are still the dangerous deserts of Arizona, where Chantal Akerman shifts her focus.
The Great Flood - Artist Bill Morrison and musician Bill Frisell evoke the Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and ensuing transformation of American society.
H2Omx - Can a mega-city mobilize its 22 million citizens to become water-sustainable?
The Infinite Island - In this doc-fiction hybrid, a peasant journeys through the Sierra Maestra to buy a new mule.
The Ister - A journey up the Danube River, this film takes up some of the most challenging paths in Martin Heidegger's thought. With the philosophers Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jean-Luc Nancy, Bernard Stiegler, and filmmaker Hans-Jürgen Syberberg.
Journey to the West - Six countries in 10 days! A group of Chinese tourists visits Europe at whirlwind speed.
Kochuu - A visually stunning film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in Japanese tradition, and their relationships to modernist Scandinavian design. With two Pritzker Prize winners, Tadao Ando and Sverre Fehn.
Lagos / Koolhaas - Renowned architect Rem Koolhaas and students from The Harvard Project on the City explore Lagos, Nigeria, interpreting the chaotic city in an innovative, surprising way.
Lost Rivers - Explore the growing movement and innovative projects around the world to uncover once-buried urban waterways.
Madrid - Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman's new film, an intimate and sentimental visit to the Spanish capital.
Malls R Us - From impressive architectural projects to economic, environmental and social concerns, everything about shopping malls, and more.
The Men Who Would Conquer China - How does one buy companies owned by the state of China, support that country's transition to capitalism, and make a fortune at the same time?
Mrs. B., a North Korean Woman - Attempting to escape North Korea, Mrs. B. is sold by smugglers to a Chinese farmer. She becomes a smuggler herself and struggles to reunite with her sons, but the secret service gets involved…
Nostalgia for the Light - Director Patricio Guzman travels to Chile's Atacama Desert, studying traces of distant galaxies, ancient civilizations, and the remains of the disappeared.
Outerborough - A trolley traveling over the Brooklyn Bridge in 1899 helped create the footage underlying Bill Morrison's neo-travelogue. Music by Todd Reynolds.
Palestine: Story of a Land - The story of Palestine from the nineteenth century through current times.
Post-Carbon Futures - The world will have to survive without fossil fuels - sooner, rather than later. What are the alternatives?
The Price of Aid - An investigation of America's food aid programs for famine-stricken nations, a multi-million dollar business, which asks both U.S. and African government officials whether such aid creates more problems than it solves.
Saving Mes Aynak - Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site from imminent demolition.
Strait Through The Ice - Climate change is opening the Northwest Passage through Canada's Arctic for shipping. Examines the ecological and geopolitical ramifications.
Suspension - Deep in the misty jungle of southern Colombia, between treacherously steep mountain slopes, stands an unfinished concrete bridge as an absurd symbol of human folly.
This Way Up - Near Jerusalem, the construction of the separation wall continues, a few feet from a senior citizens' home.
Working Women of the World - Focusing on Levi Strauss & Co., examines the relocation of factories from Western countries to nations like Indonesia, the Philippines, and Turkey, where low wages are the rule and employee rights are nonexistent.
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Back to the Soil - A young Korean couple leaves the city to become farmers. They struggle to survive economically from the land, while trying to balance their political activism and family life.
Cycling the Frame - A quirky 1988 documentary in which Tilda Swinton tours the circumference of the Berlin Wall on a bicycle.
Energy War - A global investigation into the geopolitical dynamics of the world's oil supply. How are the governments which control most of the oil wielding their power on the world stage?
Guanape Sur - A barren rock island off the coast of Peru. Every eleven years hundreds of men come here, to dig up guano, the shit the birds leave behind.
Guinea Worm - Examines the nearly successful fight to eradicate a water borne parasite in Africa.
The Invisible Frame - A filmic journey starring Tilda Swinton as she traces the former Berlin Wall via bicycle.
Magnitogorsk - The fortunes of three generations living in the shadow of Russia's most breathtaking industrial project of the 1930s. The film was inspired by Joris Ivens'Song of the Heroes. (from the January, 1998 Catalog Supplement)
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands - The Alberta tar sands, the world's largest industrial, capital and energy project has far-reaching environmental impact.
Playing the News - Does the convergence online of current affairs (like the Iraq war) and computer games herald the future of news and entertainment? And if so, is it dangerous, or a new way to reach a young audience?
Robinson Crusoe Island - A journey by Patricio Guzman to the real Robinson Crusoe Island, off the coast of Chile, the setting for Daniel Defoe's famous book.
Story of a Beautiful Country - A South African filmmaker travels in a mini-van taxi across his country with a hand-held camera. Topics range over controversial issues such as land, race, language, democracy, identity, and violence.
Syria, Chess Match at the Borders - A chronicle, enriched by archival footage and interviews, of how Syria became simultaneously a player and a pawn in the geopolitical "chess match" that characterizes the Middle East today.
The Universal Clock - Is there an alternative to run-of-the-mill TV? The film introduces us to Peter Watkins, who for the last three decades has proven that quality TV may be made without compromise.


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The Hatters finish 2019 with a trip to Bristol City in the Sky Bet Championship, with our hosts looking to get their first win in five.
With a 3-0 victory against the Robins in October, the Hatters have their first chance to record a double over Championship opposition this season.
After gaining a point against Fulham in a 3-3 Boxing Day cracker, Town will look to get back to winning ways versus a Bristol City side who have lost their last four games.
The season so far
Prior to the last meeting between the two sides in October, the Robins had only lost one game before arriving at Kenilworth Road. After the 3-0 loss, Bristol City went five games unbeaten but have since endured a poor spell of form that leaves them 10th in the Championship.
Despite losing 3-2 to Charlton Athletic on Thursday, a win could take them as high as seventh in the league – just one point away from the play-off places.
Lee Johnson was appointed as Bristol City manager in February 2016, which makes him the longest serving manager in the Championship.
A club on the rise since he took the hot seat, Johnson has overseen a steady progression every season as the Robins have finished 18th, 11th and 8th in their last three campaigns.
The 38-year-old is currently the youngest manager in the Championship at 38-years-old after he retired from professional football in 2013.
He had lengthy playing spells at both Yeovil Town and Bristol City before switching to management, taking charge of Oldham Athletic.
After Oldham he spent a season with Barnsley and led them to the Football League Trophy Final, before moving to Bristol City in 2016 where he has remained ever since.
The threat last time
The Hatters earned themselves a 3-0 win when the Robins came to Kenilworth Road in a dominant second half display, but Bristol City did have their fair share of chances that day.
Tommy Rowe had two opportunities in the first 20 minutes for the away side in which he could have scored from, first from distance and then an attempted chip over James Shea which went narrowly over the bar.
The 31-year-old remains ever-present for Lee Johnson's side having only missed one game this season. He has accumulated two goals and three assists thus far, making him a player to be wary of.
Winners of the Football League Trophy a record three times, the Robins in more recent years enjoyed a Carabao Cup run that saw them beat Watford, Stoke City, Crystal Palace and Manchester United, before losing the semi-final to Manchester City.
Bristol City have played their home games at Ashton Gate since 1904. The ground's record attendance dates right back to 1935, when 43,335 witnessed the game between Bristol City and Preston North End.
Redevelopment of Ashton Gate commenced in 2014 and finished before the start of the 2016/17 campaign. This increased the attendance to 27,000.
Luton have picked up four points from their last five games, Bristol City meanwhile have three points.
Town's top scorer is James Collins with eight, Andreas Weimann also has eight for the Robins.
Bristol City have scored 36 in the Championship this season, the Hatters rank just below with 31.
Luton last visited Ashton Gate in 2004 and won 2-1 in the League One meeting.
The Hatters are eight games unbeaten against the Robins, a record they hope to continue on Sunday.


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Atletico Madrid eye Porto striker
Atletico Madrid and Juventus are both keeping tabs on rising Porto star Fabio Silva, according to a report in Calciomercato.
With 20 goals in 26 games for the under-19 team by, he was called up by manager Sérgio Conceição to train with the first team back in February.
However, Silva only made his first-team debut this season and has appeared as a substitute six times across the league and Europa League, while making one start in the Taca da Liga.
Silva's father Jorge was a defensive midfielder who won the league title in 2001 for Boavista. and was capped twice by Portugal, while Fabio's brother – also named Jorge – played for Lazio.
Fabio scored his first senior goal for Porto in the weekend victory over Famalicão and he is tipped for a bright future in the game, with Atleti and Juve now among the clubs linked.
It is likely Silva will be allowed to develop at Porto for some time yet but Atleti raided the Portuguese giants for Hector Herrera and Felipe Monteiro this summer, while also landing Joao Felix from Benfica.
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Italian conductor Fabio Luisi has witnessed an instant rise from obscurity to prominence that almost seems just like the stuff of fantasy. Luisi originally educated on the piano and, after acquiring his diploma in the Paganini Conservatory in his indigenous Genoa, he resolved in Paris and had taken personal lessons with Aldo Ciccolini. Throughout a stint back Italy playing accompaniments for performing lessons with Leyla Gencer, Luisi made a decision to broaden his horizons through learning the artwork of performing. Luisi relocated to Graz, where he examined under Milan Horvat and produced his performing debut on the Graz Opera in 1984. Luisi's knowledge in opera performing and wide knowledge of repertoire enticed considerable interest, and by 1987 Luisi was receiving guest-conducting positions throughout European countries. In 1990, Luisi founded the Graz Symphony Orchestra partially as a way to branch into nonoperatic orchestral books, and he continued to be its music movie director until 1995. Following that Luisi relocated to the Tonkünstklerorchester in Vienna, which offered as his house foundation until 2000. For the time being, he found secondary positions for a price of 1 a year, gradually building the jet-setting circular of appointments in a number of towns. Luisi formed portion of a triumvirate of conductors leading the MDR orchestra in from 1996 and was called sole movie director in 1999. In 1997, he approved the part of music movie director from the Suisse Romande Orchestra, which Luisi kept for five years, which really marked the start of Luisi's profession as a documenting designer. In 2003, he overran the Dresden Staatskapelle as well as the Semperoper, and in 2005 he was granted the work of leading the Vienna Symphony. Luisi 1st appeared in america in 2000 with NY Philharmonic and, that same 12 months, using the Lyric Opera of Chicago; his debut using the Metropolitan Opera arrived in 2005. If that's not plenty of, he also made an appearance in guest performing endeavors in Japan, Sweden, Australia, and France. By the springtime of 2010, Luisi became the Met's primary guest conductor, to aid with maintaining the amount of productions while Wayne Levine handled serious medical issues, and in 2011 he was called Principal Conductor.
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MONTEREY, CA May 11, 2012 – Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca has been good to Dyson Racing. At last year's September ModSpace Monterey race, the team wrapped up four championships, including the Engine Manufacturer Championship for Mazda and the driver's title for Chris Dyson and Guy Smith. Smith won the pole for last year's event, set fastest race lap and he and Chris led 60% of the six-hour race.
In this afternoon's qualifying for the American Le Mans Series Monterey, Guy Smith qualified the #16 ModSpace/G-OIL Lola-Mazda second quickest for the third longest race of the ALMS season. "We made some large changes before qualifying and I have to say the car is the best it has been all weekend," said Smith. "Historically we have always been good here and I think it will be a good race car. We will have a look at the data tonight and see if we can find some more speed for the race tomorrow."
Joining the team this weekend is British driver Johnny Mowlem. Johnny is considered one of racing's best versed drivers. He has class victories in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the 24 Hours of Daytona and class podiums at the Petit Le Mans, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1,000 km Nurburgring and will be driving with Chris and Guy in the longer ALMS enduros this year plus assisting in the ongoing development of the new Lola-Mazda.
Mazda Raceway has also been good to Johnny. "My first ever win in the American Le Mans Series came here back in 1999 and my first ever lap record was also done here. It has been a very kind track to me over the years," noted Mowlem. "I love the surrounding area and the climate plus the track has a lot of elevation changes which makes it an exciting and challenging track to drive. You put all those things together and it makes it one of my top three favorite tracks in the world. I have driven here in GT1, GT2, LMP1 and LMPC – the last time I was here in an LMPC car we got the pole and track record."
"All the years that I have been racing in the ALMS, Dyson Racing has been there year in and year out doing a fantastic job. It is just a pleasure to drive for a team that has such a desire to do well and is very professional plus there is a real family atmosphere here. To be honest, most of the teams I have driven for are very business-like in their approach to drivers but Dyson Racing is much friendlier. I am looking forward to being a part of the team and playing a small part in creating a little bit more of their history and helping Chris and Guy towards winning the championship again."
The American Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón starts at 1:30 p.m. PT tomorrow, from the 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. ESPN2 airs the race at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 13. Live coverage is available starting at 4:15 p.m. ET on ESPN3.
You can follow Dyson Racing at: dysonracing.com Facebook; Twitter and our YouTube Channel.
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UM Accepts Health, Wellness Grant from BCBS of Mississippi Foundation
With a grant of nearly $250,000, the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation is helping to expand fitness and nutrition programs at the University of Mississippi.
The foundation announced the grant for RebelWell, a new program name penned for the expanded offerings, Monday (March 24) on the Ole Miss campus.
RebelWell program receives $250,000 from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation.
"The goal of the foundation is to provide targeted funding to organizations and initiatives working to support a healthy future for Mississippi's communities, schools, colleges and universities," said Sheila Grogan, executive director of the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation. "The University of Mississippi's RebelWell initiative has the potential to unify and build upon quality, existing programs and resources in order to extend the positive health impact beyond the university's students, faculty and staff to the surrounding community in unique and creative ways."
The program is designed to help position the university as a leader in programs and initiatives that will improve health, nutrition, exercise and individual wellness.
"I am pleased to see our faculty provide leadership for better health among our employees, students and the community," said Dr. Dan Jones, UM chancellor. "This support from the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation enhances those efforts to make us a healthier university and allows us to continue leadership for our state in healthy living."
Though the university offers a number of fitness and nutrition options, the overall program lacks the cohesion needed to make all the opportunities easily accessible to faculty, staff, students and the broader community. RebelWell will raise the visibility of many of those programs and expand opportunities for participants to take advantage of a full range of campus- and community-based programs.
For example, a nutritionist is being added to the staff of UM's Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, annual fitness challenge competitions are in the works and exercise opportunities are planned for various locations across campus. Health screenings and other events also will be made available to the larger Oxford community.
"The partnership with the foundation and the creation of a comprehensive program, RebelWell, allows us to provide linkage of many programs offered on campus and to heighten the visibility of each program," said Andrea Jekabsons, UM assistant director of employment and training. "Various departments on campus have an opportunity to work collaboratively to support the mission of wellness. The grant also provides a greater opportunity for us to work with the Oxford community."
The collaboration across campus and with the Oxford community is a welcome addition to the many departments already on board with nutrition and wellness programs. The Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, which already offers healthy cooking classes, nutrition classes and a variety of school-based programs, sees immediate value in these new relationships.
"Mississippi has so much potential to be healthy," said Kathy Knight, the department's interim chair. "With so many farmers and gardening experts to bring us local meats and produce, and some of the best cooks in the country, we have an opportunity to really highlight our strengths and set positive nutrition examples for the rest of the region. The foundation is making it possible to teach our community how to utilize these wonderful local resources."
Jay Garner, interim chair of the UM Department of Exercise Science and Recreation Management, agrees with the potential this new resource provides.
"With the health challenges our state continues to face, our goal is to become the healthiest area in not only Mississippi, but in the Southeast," Garner said. "This means changing perceptions that daily fitness activity is too difficult or too time consuming.
"Our goal is for our community to learn to make healthy changes in their daily lives, resulting in lifelong healthy habits. The foundation is making it possible for us to provide tools and proper training to anyone who wants to learn."
The implementation of grant activities is in the final planning stages, with a full launch expected this spring. The grant covers programs and activities through the end of 2014, with the option for yearly renewal based on the successful attainment of the measurable grant objectives.
Faculty and staff at all UM locations will be encouraged to participate in RebelWell. Community residents from the Oxford area also will be encouraged to participate. The committee charged with grant oversight will soon be expanded to include members from a broader range of campus offices, as well as from the Oxford and Lafayette civic, business and school communities.
"Beyond merely reducing health care costs, promoting employee well-being contributes to the overall success and prosperity of the university and community," Jekabsons added. "Acceptance of this grant is an opportunity to promote a healthy work culture by assessing the attitudes of our faculty and staff, providing additional education resources, aligning our policies to support a wellness culture and making 'healthy' the new norm."
The Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation works to build a healthy Mississippi through targeted grant-making throughout the state, focusing on health and wellness initiatives to support schools, communities, colleges and universities. More information is available at https://www.healthiermississippi.org.
– Sharon Morris, University Communications, news.olemiss.edu
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