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NFL said to ignore physics in Deflategate
TOPICS:chronic traumatic encephalopathyideal gas lawNFLparticipation
Posted By: Paul Katula Sunday, February 7, 2016
Today marks the 50th Super Bowl championship game for the National Football League, to be played at 6:30 PM Eastern time in Santa Clara, California, between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers.
As quarterbacks Ken Stabler and Brett Favre were inducted this year into the NFL Hall of Fame, we pause for a moment to reflect on another quarterback, Peyton Manning of the Broncos, for whom Super Bowl 50 could be his final professional game.
Most "football experts" predict that the Panthers will beat his Broncos, but I wish to point out that defense wins championships, and the Broncos have the top-ranked defense in the NFL this year, compared to Carolina's, which is near the middle of the top 10—first against the pass, though, which could spell trouble for Manning.
We'll see tonight how that goes. I turn now to another matter involving Mr Manning. He was involved in a conference championship game last year with the New England Patriots, led by quarterback Tom Brady, in which Mr Brady was accused of asking some workers to let a little air out of some footballs so he could grip them more easily in the rain. The air pressure in the balls was later found to be below the acceptable pressure for footballs—12.5 to 13.5 pounds per square inch—allowed for NFL game use.
It was never proven conclusively that Mr Brady played any role in the request, but he was suspended for a few games by the NFL in a scandal that came to be known as "Deflategate." My initial take was that the NFL was hypocritical in that it came up with a harsh punishment for balls that were a few pounds per square under regulation even as it ubiquitously condones and rewards tackling and blocking that causes brain damage.
The NFL's attempt to make us fans look away from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (C.T.E.) and look toward minor rule changes, including the ball inflation issue and the much-talked-about "catch" rule, is par for the course when it comes to this behemoth that protects the interest of billionaire owners while stomping on the bodies, minds, and friends of players who are trying to earn a living.
A story about a star from the very first Super Bowl game
The NFL is pretty good at getting us to look away from science. Trying to get the NFL to be more honest about real science is a false hope, though, since not even the men who now shoot for the US presidency consider science their ally in the fight to make America great. But the NFL has gone to great lengths to ignore for years any report of CTE among its players, including former players who donated their brains to science in order to help us civilized people understand more clearly how poor the NFL's rules are when it comes to tackling and blocking.
The league also ignored science in the Deflategate scandal, since the ideal gas law clearly shows how the pressure in the balls could have happened as a result of the temperature at game time. They punished Mr Brady anyway, as if they are judge, jury, and executioner.
The league's ignorance of science in these two instances is reminiscent of companies in America's history, including RJ Reynolds Tobacco. With tobacco advertising everywhere, the company showed nothing but contempt for science and adopted an ostrich-like response to the inescapable fact that smoking causes cancer.
Well, football, as the game is played today, causes irreversible brain damage.
This can't be ignored forever, and I say, as a lover of this game since the days of my youth, when my father had season tickets for the Bears and would take a member of our family with him for every home game of every season, in the cold snow of the Chicago Bears parking lot for our tailgating, with bratwurst or Polish sausage charred black on a makeshift barbecue grill at 8 AM, the game must change. The rules for tackling can't be tweaked; they must be drawn from scratch.
If this doesn't happen, the supply side will squeeze football out of existence, as moms steer their young sons toward other sports. Even a few NFL players and coaches are saying they won't allow their sons to play the game. We're already seeing a decline in youth football participation, so the signs are already showing up. The NFL ignores them and presses forward with tiny tweaks instead of major revisions at its own peril.
I would hate to miss the Super Bowl or keep saying to myself, "1985, 1985, Walter Payton, Mike Ditka, Mike Singletary, 1985." The game must change drastically, or it will go the way of smoking. And even though the NFL resembles RJ Reynolds Tobacco right now, the league, too, must change: revenue is about to take a brain-crushing hit.
Along with quarterbacks Stabler and Favre, coach Tony Dungy, linebacker Kevin Greene, receiver Marvin Harrison, linemen Orlando Pace and Dick Stanfel, and owner Eddie DeBartolo are also being inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame this year.


The Nigerian Army has introduced drones in fight against Boko Haram. This was made known by Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
The Army introduced new technologies and application of drones in the fight against terrorists in the northeast.
"now, even the uniform is technology-based, it will be tagged wherever you are; it sends signal when you are in danger, and these issues are very important. "Technology is playing important role in warfare and we are not left out; we have in place a transformation and innovation department.
"The department is working on research and developments not only on basic equipment but equally more scientific and technological facilities to enable us to carry out our operations.
We are also working on deployment of drones; the Nigerian Air Force has been deploying drones in our operations in the northeast and they are deploying more, it has been very effective in this operation. "For surveillance, local drones are deployed and when new ones are also deployed, it will be effective and useful in the operation".
According to him, the military has also deployed modern military hardware, rehabilitated office and house accommodation, clinics and executed viable projects for the improvement of personnel welfare and boost their morale. Buratai added that the military would equally deploy modern scanning machines to check vehicular movements and enhance security on high ways.
The army chief called for closer media-military relation to check the spate of terrorists' propaganda and campaign of calumny against the Nigerian Army.


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Marketing tips for indie developers who hate marketing
Chris Zukowski discusses the fundamentals of marketing for indie developers who don't know where to start
Indie developers don't want to think about marketing their games. In his GDC talk about 'What to write so people buy', Return to Adventure Mountain's founder Chris Zukowski addressed that specific elephant in the room.
"You just really want to make a game, you don't really like the marketing thing, but you do it because you know you have to," he said. "I get it and that's why I wanted to do this talk. I want to teach the real fundamentals -- not tricks, nothing sleazy."
Zukowski focused on the basics of marketing, with one major piece of advice applying to all aspects of marketing: always have a call to action.
"A lot of people hate marketing because they think of it as coercion," he said. "The goal of marketing is actually to find somebody who's predisposed to like your game and show them that this is exactly the type of game that they want. If somebody doesn't like first-person shooters and you're making an FPS, no amount of marketing or ad spend is going to convert that person."
Why you need a marketing funnel
Get your marketing message right
How to improve your marketing copy
Identify the social media platforms that fit your funnel
When it comes to building a strategy, it's all about the marketing funnel and how to make sure you get your target audience from one step to the next. It has four basic layers: awareness, interest, desire, and action.
Each step of the marketing funnel has its preferred platform
"It's as old as marketing," Zukowski said. "Your goal as a marketer is to find a person that's going to like your game and go from awareness -- not knowing about your game -- to being aware, to being interested in it, to desiring it, to buying it. All you have to do is move somebody from the start to the bottom. The hard part is that there's a lot of steps in between."
Some social networks lend themselves more easily to each step of the funnel, and your job is to identify those and make sure people go from one platform to the other.
"There's so many social media platforms," Zukowski pointed out. "Understanding the funnel helps you rationalise this stuff. There are platforms that are very good at the top of the funnel, which is awareness -- Reddit, Twitter, Imgur, Twitch, or Facebook. All these are great for when somebody doesn't know you, just to be aware of you. That's where you can go viral. [But] all these platforms are actually pretty terrible at getting people to act.
"There's so many social media platforms -- understanding the funnel helps you rationalise this stuff"
"In the middle of the funnel, which is interest and desire, the good platforms are Discord, email marketing and sometimes Twitter. Those are platforms where you really get to build a community, people follow you, you follow them back, you can converse with them daily and there's a real back and forth. Those platforms are really good at making people fall in love with you.
"And then at the bottom of the funnel is just the storefront. It's wherever your game is -- it might be Steam, it could be Epic Game Store. That's where people take action. Not everybody's funnels are going to look the same. I like Imgur so I put that at the top of [my] funnel. My mid-funnel is email marketing, and my games are on Steam so that's my action-level of the funnel."
Have a call to action
Not everybody is going to make it to the bottom of your marketing funnel -- you need to point your audience in that direction, every step of the way. Essentially, you can't just wait for people to realise you have a Twitter account they could be following.
"500,000 people are going to view your Reddit post, but only 1,000 are actually going to go over and follow you on Twitter," Zukowski said. "And then a [lower] number of those people are going to follow you on Steam, and then even fewer are going to buy your game. Good copywriting is going to get people from one to the next.
Return to Adventure Mountain's portfolio
"A call to action is just a very clear bit of text that tells somebody exactly what to do next. It's that simple, but so many people forget to do it. 'Like and subscribe', 'Follow me on Twitter', are calls to action and you need to do them to move them off of Reddit and onto your next platform.
"[People being] excited about you is going to fade really fast and then you miss out on an opportunity to convert people from that excitement to actually following you. I know people say: 'Oh it's just visibility. This is good'. Visibility doesn't count. It's a real waste if you don't capture that energy."
Understand your audience to improve your marketing message
Understanding who your audience is key when you're trying to build a relationship. One way to do that is to look at what the competition is doing.
"Observe the audience that is predisposed to like [your] game," Zukowski said. "[Players tend to] stick to maybe three or four [genres]. Identify your game's genre and look at the No.1 game that is similar to your genre. Go study that game and also identify maybe one that's not [as] famous. Just go in and read [Steam] reviews. If you read enough negative reviews you're going to see some recurring themes."
"Your copy is not about your product, it's about a feeling. What you're really doing is talking about the benefits"
You should also ask your audience directly about what they like and don't like about your game, and build a list of pros and cons. These recurring themes and issues are what you should focus on later down the line when it comes to your marketing copy.
"Your copy is not about your product, it's about a feeling. What you're really doing is talking about the benefits. You don't want to list features, like 'my game has 50 side quests'. Turn that around and think of how it's a benefit.
"A benefit is: 'Every character has a backstory, you choose which one to explore.' That's what people are going to respond to. Maybe your feature is dual-wielding. Turn that into a benefit and say: 'You get to improvise unique weapon combos to defeat enemies your way'."
Do email marketing right
During his talk, Zukowsi pointed out that everybody's got an email address -- and that's why you should have a newsletter and make the most out of it.
"Email marketing is the most effective mid-funnel channel -- nothing gets more clicks," he said. "[But] the typical email signup that I see on indie devs websites just basically says: 'Join my mailing list for news and updates.' That's boring. You can improve it [with] something called a lead magnet."
A lead magnet is essentially an incentive to subscribe, which can take the form of digital gifts.
A free demo or desktop background are good incentives so players sign up for your newsletter
"A lead magnet is a little sweetener to have people join. You can give a soundtrack, beta access to your game, a demo, desktop background -- anything that's free and can be easily sent via a .zip or digitally. You don't want to send off physical patches or pins because those are cost prohibitive."
Zukowski also advised to have a page on your website just for signing up to your mailing list so people can share that link easily. You should also make the most of your autoresponder, he added.
"There are very few indies who actually use an autoresponder and it's a shame. It's one of the most important things you can do with email marketing. When somebody joins a list, you can set it up to automatically send an email on the next day. [You can] pre-write a bunch of marketing messages, so when they join your list they're receiving those pre-programmed messages.
"It's just an automation that really boosts your subscribers. If you don't email them, they're going to forget about you and lose track of who you are."
Make sure your headlines are catchy
Marketing copy is how you're going to keep your audience interested, and headlines are key to a good copy. But they can be difficult to write and unfortunately you'll need a lot of these, whether that's in emails or Reddit posts.
"If you don't email them, they're going to forget about you and lose track of who you are"
"Look at the list you built, the pros and the cons that people have about your game, and turn those into headlines," Zukowski said. "So for instance, I'm making a Metroidvania game. Maps are a key aspect of a Metroidvania. When I read reviews, people are always complaining about the maps. So, I'm gonna write something that's relevant to what they care about and turned that into a headline: 'Five ways we made the Metroidvania map suck less'."
Don't be afraid to look for inspirations elsewhere and build what marketers call a swipe file.
"A swipe file is just a list of cool headlines that you've seen in the past," Zukowski continued. "Every good marketer has their own swipe file because sometimes you get writer's block and you need some inspiration for a headline."
Break things down in the body copy
For the copy, avoid writing a big block of text, and go for a combination of short paragraphs with subheads and bullet points.
"You got to break it up," he said. "People skim along the headlines. And then they go to the bottom because they look for the call to action, they want to see what it's in it for them. Then, once they get to the bottom, they bounce back up to the section that they actually like."
Chris Zukowski
To figure out what your subheads should be, once again refer back to the list of pros and cons you've put together for your game and turn them into subheads.
Be direct and confident
In terms of the phrasing to use, avoid apologetic talk and passive voice -- be direct, specific, confident and don't apologise for existing.
"A typical indie marketing call to action that I see sometimes is like: 'Sorry to bother you, I know you're busy, but my little tiny stupid game came out a few days ago, could you just take a look and review, please?' This is terrible. Don't do anything like this. Get rid of weak sauce apologies. Be very honest with your game and be confident about it."
Don't forget to provide a link to your store page or whatever your call to action is -- this may sound obvious but a lot of indies skip that part.
Be approachable
It is key that your audience feels like they're building a relationship with you, which is why you want to avoid appearing like a faceless corporation.
"I get these emails from indie studios and they just converted their press release to a newsletter," Zukowsky said. "Like: 'Leaping Lizard Studios is proud to announce the forthcoming edition of our next game.'"
First off, Zukowski advised to not call yourself a studio if you're a solo developer.
"Be honest with what you are. [If] you're just one dude, be that one dude, don't claim you're studio. It's more impressive if you're just one guy," he said. "Then you've got to think of emails as a personal communication between two people. So write it that way: 'Hey Chris, it's John from Leaping Lizard, do you want to see my new game?' It sounds like he's talking to me and that's how you should write your email. Don't say 'hey y'all' or 'hey, guys'. It's one-to-one. so write it that way."
Write about things your community cares about
Finally, while being personable is one thing, don't forget what these communications are really about: your game. Not you.
"One of the things I see all the time is [developers] write these stories that are focused on them as marketers," Zukowski said. "Don't write about how you visited PAX East. Talk about stuff that your community cares about. They actually care about your game more than they care about what you did to market your game."
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25 Beagle Facts You Probably Didn't Know
Want to know why people across the world just love Beagle puppies?
Continue reading because we've gathered 25 fascinating facts about this lovable breed.
Origin Facts
It is believed that the name "Beagle" comes from the Middle French words "bee gueule." This means "wide throat." Beagles are known barkers and called "loudmouth."
Beagles were recognized by the AKC in 1885 and won Best in Show in 2008.
In the 1840's, four different standards of Beagles were developed. They were the: fox Beagle, medium Beagle, the rough-coated/terrier Beagle and the dwarf/lapdog Beagle.
Way back in the day, Beagles were only 8 to 9 inches tall and could actually fit in the pocket of a hunter. They were aptly called Pocket Beagles.
Personality Facts
Beagles require exercise! They aren't good as couch potatoes. If you'd like a running partner, then get a Beagle and enjoy your workout.
Beagles are well-known to be rather even-temper and very gentle, however, they are also very excitable and can be classified as hyper.
They are stubborn!
Nosey Facts
The Beagle breed has been described as having a "nose with feet." They will pick up a scent and follow it until they can't anymore!
Beagle puppies have noses that are black and large in proportion to their muzzles. We guess it's no surprise that they hold approximately 220 million scent-receptors. Compare that to humans who have about 5 million.
The small and friendly Beagle is used to sniff around unsuspecting visitors at airport security, which also allows them to fit into small spaces to check cargo and airmail depots.
Well-trained Beagles can learn around 50 different scents.
Training Facts
We mentioned earlier that they are quite stubborn. This means that training them can be tricky. It's doable, but you'll need lots of patience and persistence.
Stick to basic one-word commands, when you begin training your Beagle puppies. This will lessen the chances of confusion with them.
To get the best out of training your Beagle, exercise her before you start training. This will help release any pent-up energy she may have and keep her focused.
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Digital Health: Going beyond containing the COVID-19 infection rate
Technology and surveillance systems built upon digital health platforms are playing an integral role in supporting the public health response to outbreaks. In a recent article published in The Lancet, Whitelaw, S. et al. examined the applications of digital technology in COVID-19 pandemic planning and response.
The study found that countries that have maintained low COVID-19 per-capita mortality rates appear to share strategies that include early surveillance, testing, contact tracing, and strict quarantine and that the scale of coordination and data management required for effective implementation of these strategies has, in most successful countries, relied on adopting digital technology and integrating it into policy and healthcare.
The below are just a few examples of how digital health technologies have been identified as promising solutions to address the challenges of pandemic planning and management, and how technology has the potential to play an essential role in flattening the curve, limiting the spread of the virus, and assisting in the treatment of infected individuals.
Contact tracing and tracking
Providing an early signal for potential infections is a crucial step for the prevention of widespread infections. Digital health technologies, such as big data and artificial intelligence (AI), have helped facilitate COVID-19 preparedness and the tracking of people in several countries. Tools such as migration and interactive online maps, which use mobile phones, mobile payment applications, and social media to collect real-time data on the location of people, have been used to chart viral territories.
Both the World Health Organisation (WHO) and The Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University launched reference dashboards for daily updates on cases, deaths and recoveries recorded worldwide. Microsoft also launched a similar interactive Bing map, using a set of interactive visualisations so that everyone has full transparency into the scope of the problem and the progress we are making together to heal the world.
With the COVID-19 pandemic, an urgent need has risen worldwide for specialised health and medical products, and equipment makers have turned to 3D printing to address shortfalls. With the global supply chain for these vital products disrupted by widespread lockdowns and reduced travel, 3D printing is proving more agile and adaptable as manufacturing methods.
3D printed isolation houses by Winsun to accommodate quarantined people and medical staff in Xianning city
In China, 3D printing has been used in innovative ways in response to the pandemic. Fifteen well-equipped 3D-printed rooms were put into use for quarantined patients infected with the coronavirus in a major designated hospital in Xianning, a city neighbouring Wuhan, in Hubei Province. The 3D-printed rooms of about 10 square meters each were made in one day by a materials company based in Suzhou and reached the standards for quarantined patients in terms of heat preservation and isolation.
Through a Telegram chat, 1,900 innovators and medical professionals in Spain teamed up to offer innovative solutions to battle the coronavirus crisis. The team successfully developed a prototype of an automatic ventilator that can be printed with a 3D printer and sent to hospitals on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis.
Telehealth consultations and remote healthcare
Although the benefits and the technology of telehealth have been available for some time, the COVID-19 outbreak removed the behavioural and economic barriers to widespread adoption of telemedicine. Telemedicine and chatbots are becoming increasingly attractive solutions under the current circumstance.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, telehealth services help provide necessary care to patients while minimising the transmission risk of COVID-19 to healthcare personnel (HCP) and patients. Telehealth services can facilitate public health mitigation strategies during this pandemic by increasing social distancing. Similarly, the COVID-19 pandemic has helped widen global usage for chatbot technology showing how this new communications channel can be leveraged in the years ahead by a range of groups and institutions.
In the United Arab Emirates, for example, the Ministry of Health and Prevention launched a chatbot service called Virtual Doctor for COVID-19, which people can use to assess whether their symptoms could be associated with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
The chatbot asks questions relating to the person's travel history if they have come in contact with someone who has travelled and is sick and if they have come in contact with someone known to have COVID-19. It also asks if the person is suffering from specific symptoms and about their health habits. Depending on the person's answers, the chatbot will deduce if the patient is at risk and will connect them to a doctor through the same service.
According to the WHO, AI and machine learning are playing a pivotal role in better understanding and addressing the COVID-19 crisis. Machine learning technology enables computers to mimic human intelligence and ingest large volumes of data to identify patterns and insights quickly. In the fight against COVID-19, organisations have been quick to apply their machine learning expertise in several areas: scaling customer communications, understanding how COVID-19 spreads and speeding up research and treatment.
The White House announced a project in collaboration with tech companies and academics to make a huge amount of coronavirus research accessible to AI researchers and their algorithms for the first time. The COVID-19 Open Research Dataset, known as CORD-19 uses AI to mine through more than 130,000 scholarly articles to answer questions that could help medical and public health experts. By cross-referencing papers and searching for patterns, AI algorithms might help discover new possible treatments or factors that make the virus worse for some patients.
The ethical question of balancing innovation and safety
As digital technology typically involves the use of the internet and mobile phones, susceptible groups such as those in low-income neighbourhoods or remote regions might not have access to broadband signals, smartphones, or wearable technology such as smartwatches. According to Whitelaw, S. et al., in order to effectively implement digital technology globally, federal and private sector investment in technology and infrastructure should be considered.
Several digital health interventions, particularly those that track individuals and enforce quarantine, can infringe on privacy while increasing risk among individuals with mental illness or restricted access to food or water. Meanwhile, government-implemented surveillance and control can instil fear and threaten civil liberties. However, the appropriate concerns about privacy and data security are potentially offset by facilitating a return to a normal routine without a rebound in infections.
Lesson learned for the future
According to the WHO, the 2020s may turn out to be the decade when digital technology reshapes the health system. COVID-19 has undoubtedly driven many developments in the first six months of 2020, as the digital health community continues to navigate how best to bolster classic public health measures.
The integration of digital technology into pandemic policy and response could be one of several characteristic features of countries that have flattened their COVID-19 incidence curves and maintained low mortality rates. In the race to contain the spread of a highly transmissible virus, countries that have quickly deployed digital technologies to facilitate planning, surveillance, testing, contact tracing, quarantine, and clinical management have remained front-runners in managing disease burden.
Similarly, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) highlights that digital health holds the transformational potential for healthcare around the world as many digital health products are already proven, readily available, and adaptable to all kinds of countries, and are showing their potential during the current coronavirus crisis by facilitating collaboration.
However, health data and digital technologies are not a silver bullet to COVID-19 and other health issues, and, looking forward, challenges around technological maturity, scalability, data governance and impact on health outcome will remain to be solved before they could be institutionalised to strengthen public health services.
Case Study: China
As the first country hit by the outbreak, China introduced a range of digital solutions throughout different stages of the outbreak driven by a nationwide call from the National Health Commission. Private companies and national and local health authorities worked together to build ICT infrastructure, through aggregating and analysing data at scale, to enable the availability of virtual and/or AI-powered healthcare services.
While contact tracing, testing, and surveillance were each improved in China by data-driven technologies, a traffic-light styled 'Health Code' application was launched and adopted by more than 900 million individuals in order to balance the resumption of economic and social activities with public health risks.
Also, the ongoing 'Internet + Healthcare' strategy online consultation services were boosted during the outbreak when the National Health Commission and the National Health Security Administration took further steps to co-release a policy that removed two other practical barriers when people turn to online platforms for healthcare - the physical barrier to receiving prescription re-fill delivery and the financial barrier from timely reimbursement.
Case Study: Germany
With widespread testing and digital health interventions, Germany has maintained a low per-capita mortality rate, relative to other countries, despite a high prevalence of cases. In April, Germany launched a smartwatch application that collects pulse, temperature, and sleep pattern data to screen for signs of the flu-like illness. Data from the Corona Data Donation app are presented on an online, interactive map in which authorities can assess the likelihood of COVID-19 incidence across the nation.
More recently, German health authorities launched a contact tracing smartphone app – the Corona-Warn-App - that uses short-range Bluetooth to contact people who may have been exposed to someone who contracts the coronavirus and doesn't rely on a centralised database. Downloaded 6.5 million times within 24 hours of its launch on 15 June, the app is based on technologies with a decentralised approach and development of the programme code was continuously visible on the GitHub development platform so that experts and the public alike were able to track infection rates at any time. .
Case Study: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is recognised globally as having deployed a comprehensive digital health strategy to manage the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak as an example of good practice.
The Kingdom was able to scale up surveillance quickly, and testing measures with all suspected cases are investigated, particularly at points of entry, and confirmed cases were immediately isolated and treated.
Infection rate and keeping mortality low has primarily been attributed to the role of digital health in the Ministry of Health's response strategy. This involved setting up a number of technology applications and data domains to respond to the COVID-19 Command & Contact Centre requirements. It also included the development of dashboards and connecting data through the National Health Observatory (NHO), as well as conducting awareness and education campaigns through the telecommunications network.
The deployment of digital applications such as mobile health applications, telehealth, virtual clinics and robotics to support that COVID-19 response has proved particularly successful. During the outbreak, both patients and physicians can access EMRs from their homes and home healthcare has also allowed for the provision of vaccinations to vulnerable patients and critical follow-up care to chronic disease patients in their own homes.
Case Study: Ghana
In Ghana, the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred people to adopt innovations in healthcare, from apps that help diagnose coronavirus symptoms to drones transporting blood samples. As the fight against the virus continues, a number of domestic and Pan-African healthcare start-ups have built on recent innovations to help tackle new challenges posed by COVID-19.
In the pharmaceutical retail space, Ghanaian start-up mPharma launched a price control programme called 'Mutti Keep My Price' in mid-March. The initiative allows patients in need of chronic disease medication to continue paying the same price for their prescriptions for up to six months, regardless of market prices.
Healthcare tech company Redbird has been working to ease the burden on hospitals in Ghana with technology that can help pharmacies diagnose and monitor chronic and tropical diseases, saving user information on an app. Now the company has added a function that allows people to self-diagnose whether they have COVID-19. Users can input symptoms into an app and keep track of their movements to determine if they have been in contact with a confirmed case.
Meanwhile, Talamus Health provides a platform for patients to connect with healthcare providers. The company is currently offering video appointment services for free as the major cities remain in lockdown, and has experienced a spike in activity as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.
About Arab Health
Arab Health is the largest healthcare event in the Middle East and is organised by Informa Markets. Established in 1974, Arab Health provides a platform for the world's leading manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors to meet the medical and scientific community in the Middle East and subcontinent.
The upcoming edition of the event is expected to welcome the healthcare industry to view the latest healthcare innovations, products and services, and experience the highest quality Continuing Medical Education (CME) conferences for medical professionals in the region.
Interested in participating in Arab Health?
Visit the free exhibition
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If you have any other queries, email us on [email protected]
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                  from table_y
                 where partyid = pe.partyid)
         where version = maxversion);

A: In Oracle you can use a table alias in an immediate subquery (one level down), but not in more deeply-nested subqueries.
You can go around this with factored subqueries (WITH clause). But in your case, it's not clear why you need a correlated sub-subquery. Move the WHERE condition on matching by partyid to the middle query; that way the inner-most query will be uncorrelated, so it will be computed just once. Move the partyid check next to version = maxversion.

A: I would do:
  create global temporary table tempt as select tin, partyid from table_y where rownum < 2;
  insert into tempt select tin, partyid
             from (select tin
                      ,partyid
                      ,version
                      ,max(version) over(partition by partyid) maxversion
                  from table_y
         where version = maxversion);
  merge into table_x t
  using tempt d
  on (t.partyid = d.partyid)
  when matched then update set t.tin = d.tin;

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David Font Rodríguez (Barcelona, 6 de maig de 2000) és un jugador de bàsquet català. Juga d'escorta i actualment forma part de la plantilla del CB Bahía Sant Agustí de la Lliga LEB Plata, la tercera divisió del bàsquet a Espanya. És germà del també jugador de bàsquet Aleix Font.

Carrera esportiva
Va començar la seva trajectòria esportiva a les categories inferiors del FC Barcelona, fins a arribar a formar part de l'equip júnior el 2017.

El gener del 2018, es va proclamar campió del concurs de triples de la 38a edició del Torneig de l'Hospitalet.

A la temporada 2017/18 debuta a la LEB Or amb el filial del FC Barcelona al partit davant del Melilla Baloncesto i formaria part de l'equip de LEB Or per a la temporada 2018/19.

El juliol de 2021, signa pel Basket Navarra Club de la Lliga LEB Plata d'Espanya.

A la temporada 2022-23, signa pel CB Bahía Sant Agustí de la Lliga LEB Plata.

Referències

Enllaços externs
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 Vídeo que recull el debut de David Font a LEB Or

Jugadors de bàsquet barcelonins
Jugadors de bàsquet del FC Barcelona B
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Anderson, of the University of Sydney,
and Mackay, of Australia's Monash Uni-
versity, consider autoimmune diseases, fo-
cusing on multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheu-
matoid arthritis, and type 1 diabetes in a
fast-paced, jam-packed survey of medical
history, clinical data, and patient ac-
counts. The examination reaches back to
the early 20th century and extends to
mid-century, when biology, research, and
clinical understanding coalesced around
the vexing issue of the body's immune re-
sponse. By 1961, the authors note, micro-
biologist F. Macfarlane Burnet wrote of
the "acute interest" in disease that results
"from a misdirected immunologic attack
on some of the body's own components."
Patients had no name for their frighten-
ing, chronic ailments, yet their voices
were soon heard. Writer Flannery
O'Connor observed of her lupus, "it
for natural events as illogical. This "scien-
tific outlook" presaged the beginnings of
science around 2600 years ago. The rest of
the book compares early Greek notions of
nature to concepts in modern physics, such
as atomic theory, quantum mechanics, rela-
tivity, the unified field theory, and the
Higgs boson. Throughout, Nicolaides em-
phasizes the idea that religion should be
seen an intermediate step along an evolu-
tionary path to a truly rational world.
Readers looking for an informal introduction to the early history of science and its philosophical links to modern physics will find an accessible introduction here. (Nov.)
Intolerant Bodies:
A Short History of Autoimmunity
Warwick Anderson and Ian R. Mackay. Johns Hopkins Univ., $25.95 trade paper (264p)
In the Light of Science: Our
Ancient Quest for Knowledge and
the Measure of Modern Physics
Demetris Nicolaides. Prometheus Books, $19 trade paper (250p) ISBN 978-1-61592-225-3
Bloomfield College physics professor Nicolaides knits together history, religion, science, and philosophy in this casual exploration of ancient science, which compares the ideas of Greek philosophers and modern physics. His history sweeps from
200,000 years ago—an "era of pure survival"—through the development of prehistoric art and religion to the growth of cities and civilization in the Fertile Crescent. Expanding leisure allowed the creation of writing, commerce, and, Nicolaides says, for the Greeks, the scientific method. Well-traveled and familiar with various religions, the Greeks, beginning with the pre-Socratics, regarded "mythological" explanations
@War: The Rise of the
Military-Internet Complex
Shane Harris. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-0-
544-25179-3
Cyber-espionage is the "single most productive means of
gathering information about our country's adversaries,"
writes Harris (The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance
State), senior writer for Foreign Policy, in this
unnerving exposé. After 9/11, the National
Security Administration (NSA), the nation's
global information-gathering agency, submit-
ted a wish list to the Bush administration. It
was approved and the "military-Internet com-
plex was born." According to Harris, electron-
ic eavesdropping was fundamental to 2007's Iraq surge and
the NSA located Osama bin Laden through spyware planted
in his operatives' mobile phones. On the other hand, Chinese
hackers have stolen important military and industrial secrets,
revealing how adversaries could sabotage computer-depen-
dent infrastructure. Warning that we remain staggeringly
vulnerable, America's cyberdefenders have persuaded an
obliging Congress to provide an avalanche of money and to
ease privacy laws. Readers will squirm as they learn how every
communications enterprise (Google, AT&T, Verizon,
Facebook) cooperates with the national security establish-
ment. Harris delivers a convincing account of the terrible cy-
berdisasters that loom, and the intrusive nature of the fight to
prevent them. Agent: Simon Trewin, William Morris Endeavor.
(Nov.)
★ Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the
Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Kim Zetter. Crown, $25 (448p) ISBN 978-0-77043617-9
Cyberwarfare catapulted from science fiction into reality in
2010, when a previously unknown military-grade computer
virus attacked centrifuges in Iran that were allegedly being
used to enrich uranium for nuclear bombs.
Zetter (Simple Kabbalah), a senior writer for
Wired magazine, details how a series of clues
led a small but intrepid group of computer se-
curity specialists from around the world to
discover Stuxnet, the world's first "zero-day
exploit," a virus without a patch. The origins
of the virus were eventually traced to the U.S. and Israel, and
though the allies frustrated Iran's efforts to acquire a nuclear
weapon, unleashing the virus was "remarkably reckless,"
Zetter argues. Stuxnet and its successors have compromised
trusted components of the international computer world, like
digital certificates and security updates, and have drawn un-
welcome attention to vulnerable U.S. energy, water, and
transportation infrastructures. Zetter suggests that the
Stuxnet attack has opened up a digital Pandora's box, "legiti-
mizing" a new strain of warfare against which there is little
defense and inciting an arms race carried on behind the
scenes. Even readers who can't tell a PLC from iPad will learn
much from Zetter's accessible, expertly crafted account,
which unpacks this complex issue with the panache of a spy
thriller. Agent: David Fugate, LaunchBooks Literary Agency.
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Problèmes économiques est une revue bimensuelle publiée entre janvier 1948 et septembre 2016 par la Direction de l'information légale et administrative (DILA) sous la marque La Documentation française.

Elle avait pour objectif de proposer une information économique et sociale accessible au non-spécialiste, présentant l'état des travaux et des débats publiés par les revues économiques françaises et étrangères, par les organisations internationales et les centres de recherche.

Historique

Problèmes économiques est née en  de la fusion du Bulletin hebdomadaire d'informations économiques, édité par la Documentation française, et de la Revue hebdomadaire de la presse économique française, publiée par de Centre national d'information économique de l'Insee.

Depuis 2004, la revue a paru deux fois par mois, soit 24 numéros par an, dont deux bilans annuels portant respectivement sur l'économie française et mondiale, ainsi que deux numéro spéciaux thématiques.

Elle a cessé de paraître fin  (n° 3139), la raison serait "Cette décision tient au fait que l'éditeur de la revue (la Direction de l'information légale et administrative ou DILA), considère que la compilation d'articles de la presse économique française et étrangère ne correspond plus suffisamment aux attentes d'une partie de ses lecteurs et que, par ailleurs, ce titre ne peut bénéficier d'une diffusion numérique de ses contenus en raison des droits d'auteur.".

Fonctionnement

Bimensuelle, la revue comporte en général 48 pages, elle est habituellement structurée autour d'un thème illustrés par 4 à 6 articles  issus de revues françaises ou étrangères. Chaque année, deux numéros spéciaux de 64 pages permettent d'approfondir une question centrale de l'actualité. L'ensemble de ces numéros aborde les événements économiques nationaux et internationaux…

La revue proposait une sélection d'articles issus de publications françaises ou étrangères et de sources institutionnelles. Son intention était d'améliorer la culture économique en France en présentant de manière objective les débats en cours,  de refléter ce que les revues,  les instituts de conjoncture, les organisations internationales, les centres de recherche publient le tout en les éclairant de repères rédigés par la rédaction de la revue.

Références

Liens externes
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Week 27~ Last Week of the Second Trimester
Posted by Lena at 4:00 AM
The second trimester has not been all that I was "expecting." I guess my problem was that I went into it with expectations. My doctor used a great analogy to explain pregnancy to me a couple weeks ago, "It's like boggle, all you know is that every time it is going to be scrambled." In other words, there really is no way to really know what is going to happen and what wont happen. He made it clear to also point out that if we choose to have a second pregnancy (and we are again blessed with one), there is a high chance that the second time around is going to be nothing like this experience. I've also learned that the explanation to a lot of what I experience is hormones. It's kinda like when in Sunday school as a child every answer to every questions was 'JESUS!' Same concept, yes there are details and tangents to go off on to grasp better understand but boiled down there is the one answer...
Since my last update a few weeks ago a few things have happened worth sharing. I've learned that the amount of water that I think is a lot is not what my body now deems as excessive hydration. I wound up making myself terribly dehydrated a couple weeks ago. On a Saturday my legs started to feel funny, on Sunday I couldn't barely stand for more than a couple minutes before my legs felt as if they were going to give out or charlie horse from the bottom of my foot to my tush! Then, come Monday I went to work feeling a little off but by the time school started my mind felt scrambled, I was disorientated and more or less checked out. My principal and staff really came to my rescue by moving around subs and one teacher working through her overload off time (bless her!) to get my class covered so I could leave. I really had not a clue what was happening to me, I just figured that since I was sick I needed to get electrolytes. I somehow managed to drive to Safeway (took the back road) and bought some Gatorade, but when I left the store I had not a clue where I was or where I was going! I started to just sort of walk and I found a red truck which then reminded me I had a red truck and needed to drive home. I thought the first red truck was mine but it wasn't. Fortunately when I turned around I saw another one, walked towards it and it was mine! After laying in bed for several hours pumping fluids into my body I felt like I had returned to myself. It was at this point that I realized I had been dehydrated...
This last week I also learned that I need to do less jogging and more walking and swimming. I've never considered myself a running but I do enjoy putting in a few miles a couple times a week on the track. Last week after just a quarter of a mile I had some serious pain on the right side of my bump, I'm assuming I pulled/tweaked/strained a ligament or something. I tried walking it off for another quarter of a mile but that didn't work... Called Chris and went home. I'm loving swimming though, I feel so light and free! It's such a freeing feeling to just glide through the water without feeling stress of my baby bump on my weak knees and ankles.
Baby Gabriel is becoming more noticeably active. Some of his movements make me giggle because of how strange and awkward of a sensation they create! Makes me so curious to know what exactly he is doing in there!
Speaking of giggly, those silly hormones have been causing quite the spike in happiness! I've always been sort of a giggler when it comes to laughing but my giggle has morphed into what Christopher explains as the perfect child's giggle. And then of course once I start I cannot stop. He than catches it and we spend countless minutes laughing and giggling until we are teary-eyed and cannot breath.
We're counting down the days now, which is exciting but is sorta creating a sense of urgency to get ready. I know we'll get there and that once school is over I'll have more time (though probably less energy...) to devote to preparing our home for the arrival of or blessed little one.
Thank you for your continued sweet words and prayers. Though things are not always peachy we know that God is greater and that this child is a blessing gifted to us and for that we are extremely joyful.
Lena...
I just so enjoy reading your blog and vicariously experiencing your pregnancy along with you. You are such a lovely and wonderful woman and writer! You and Chris are truly blessed! So glad you are ok now and healthier!!!
I love reading your comments so please don't be shy! I'll usually even invite myself over after you've dropped a note to see what you're up to!
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Q: chart location of pie chart in iText pdf in java I'm creating a pie chart using jFreechart and add the chart in pdf created in iText. The problem is chart is always added at the bottom of the page and not after the last line.
A sample code for regenrating the error is:
Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter writer;
File file = new File("c:/myPdf.pdf");
writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(file));
document.open();

try {
        DefaultPieDataset pieDataset = new DefaultPieDataset();
        pieDataset.setValue("OPT 1", 10);
        pieDataset.setValue("OPT 2", 0);
        pieDataset.setValue("OPT 3", 17);
        pieDataset.setValue("OPT 4", 11);
        JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createPieChart3D("Option click count",
                pieDataset, true, false, false);

        final PiePlot3D plot = (PiePlot3D) chart.getPlot();
        plot.setNoDataMessage("No data to display");
        chart.setTitle(new TextTitle("Option Click Count", new Font("Times New Roman", Font.PLAIN, 14)));

        PdfContentByte pdfContentByte = writer.getDirectContent();
        PdfTemplate pdfTemplateChartHolder = pdfContentByte.createTemplate(225,225);
        Graphics2D graphicsChart = pdfTemplateChartHolder.createGraphics(225,225,new DefaultFontMapper());
        Rectangle2D chartRegion =new Rectangle2D.Double(0,0,225,225);
        chart.draw(graphicsChart,chartRegion);
        graphicsChart.dispose();
        pdfContentByte.addTemplate(pdfTemplateChartHolder,0,0);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
document.close();

Here the options are fetched from database so not sure on the count of the option. I want to show chart right to the table. How can I do this?

A: You are adding the chart as a template, and per definition they are added with absolute coordinates.
If you are using floating elements, as I assume you are, you can use com.lowagie.itext.Image (version 2.1), and in newer versions com.itextpdf.text.Image.
You can use the Image class to create the template, and add it as a Element:
See here (iText API).
PdfContentByte pdfContentByte = writer.getDirectContent();
PdfTemplate pdfTemplateChartHolder = pdfContentByte.createTemplate(225,225);
Graphics2D graphicsChart = pdfTemplateChartHolder.createGraphics(225,225,new DefaultFontMapper());
Rectangle2D chartRegion = new Rectangle2D.Double(0,0,225,225);
chart.draw(graphicsChart,chartRegion);
graphicsChart.dispose();

Image chartImage = Image.getInstance(pdfTemplateChartHolder);
document.add(chartImage);

The code example above shows the gist of it. You should as often as possible use Element objects such as Image if you don't want to handle heights and positions absolutely.


A transgender wrestler won the Texas girls' Class 6A 110-pound division title.
CYPRESS, Texas -- For the second year in a row, a transgender wrestler has won the Texas girls' Class 6A 110-pound division.
Mack Beggs, an 18-year-old senior from Euless Trinity High School near Dallas, entered the tournament in Cypress outside of Houston with an undefeated record. He beat Chelsea Sanchez -- who he beat for the title in 2017-- in the final match Saturday.
Beggs is in the process of transitioning from female to male and taking a low-dose of testosterone. It was his steroid therapy treatments while wrestling girls that stirred a fierce debate about competitive fairness and transgender rights last season.
Beggs had asked to wrestle in the boys' division, but state law requires athletes to compete in the league that matches the gender on their birth certificate.


If you are looking for a romantic place with pretty gardens and fresh tropical air, the Blue Moon Chapel is the one. This chapel enable you to create such a stylish atmosphere is an ideal place for you to start a new beginning.
You will change your vows in this glassy Blue Moon Chapel construction that brings out all of the affections. Whatever your choice of time in exchanging your vows, whether it is in the middle of morning tranquility, in the stunning brightness of midday, or in the warmth of sunset, this chapel is just great. But, the sunset creates contrast color of a night sky with the wonderful vistas. This particular time is highly recommended.


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Frank is a trial lawyer, litigating cases in federal and state courts throughout Vermont. He concentrates in all areas of criminal defense and family law.
Frank treats his profession as a lifestyle, rather than just a job and is known to always put his client's interests first. He's all in at all hours. This dedication is recognized by his peers and reflected in his memberships and affiliations. Among numerous accolades is his premier ranking in Super Lawyers and his admission to invitation-only organizations, including the National College for DUI Defense. Frank regularly teaches and trains fellow attorneys and his peers recognize him as a resource, often relying on his willingness to help them solve complicated legal issues. He currently is a Director of the Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and was hand-selected to the Vermont Supreme Court Advisory Criminal Rules Committee.
For the past two decades, Frank has dedicated a substantial portion of his work week to providing free legal services to indigent Vermonters. He was awarded the Pro Bono Service Award by the Vermont Bar Association in 2018, in recognition of his assistance to victims of domestic and sexual violence. Frank's volunteerism extends to his hometown, where he has continually chaired the Hinesburg Recreation Commission since 2003, organized and chaired the Trails Committee from its inception in 2004 through 2009, has been a Trustee of the Peck Estate since 2012, served as Town Agent, and has been Town Moderator since 2015.
Suffolk University Law School, J.D.
University of Vermont, B.A.
Bar Admission
U.S. District Court, District of Vermont
Memberships, Affiliations, and Publications
American Association for Justice (AAI)
Chittenden County Bar Association (CCBA)
National Advocacy for DUI Defense (NAFDD)
National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
Vermont Association of Criminal Justice (VTACDL) (Past President)
Vermont Association for Justice (VTAJ)
Vermont Bar Association (VBA)


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The Five: Season 1
by Tom Cullen, Hannah Arterton, Harry Bloor, Alfie Bloor, Mark Tonderai, Megan Bradley, Freedom Doran, O.T. Fagbenle, Lee Ingleby, Karen Lewis and Sarah Solemani
by Richard Clark, Lee Ingleby, Angel Coulby, Hermione Norris, Fionn O'Shea, Adrian Rawlins, Tony Gardner, Daniel Ryan and Jeremy Gwilt
George Gently: Complete Collection (Series 1 - 8)
by Lisa McGrillis, Ciaran Donnelly, Peter Flannery, Lee Ingleby, Martin Shaw, Simon Hubbard, Nicholas Renton and Various Others
The Last Legion
by Harry Van Gorkum, Colin Firth, Beata Sonczuk-Ben Ammar, Robert Pugh, Lee Ingleby, Aishwarya Rai, John Hannah, Owen Teale, Alexander Siddig, Ben Kingsley, Rupert Friend, Doug Lefler, Iain Glen, Murray McArthur, James Cosmo, Kevin McKidd, Thomas Sangster, Nonso Anozie, Peter Mullan, Martha De Laurentiis, Tarak Ben Ammar and Raffaella De Laurentiis
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You can show your support for the Injured Jockeys Fund's latest fitness and rehabilitation centre, Peter O'Sullevan House, being built in Newmarket and become a part of it, by making a donation.
Any amount is gratefully received and will be put to good use helping fund this project. For donations over £100 you will be allocated a horseshoe in recognition of your support and this will be used in the creation of a 'Horse Shoe Sculpture' in the grounds of Peter O'Sullevan House itself.
Donations will be recorded in a formal journal located within the Peter O'Sullevan Atrium, which they will be able to come and visit.
This Sculpture, created by renowned steel sculpture artist, Tom Hill, will be made up of approximately 800 horseshoes that have been worn by racehorses from the Newmarket racing yards kindly supplied and donated by the towns racing farriers, trainers and owners.
The sculpture will be a life size scene of a racehorse galloping and will provide a lasting visual focus at the centre.


You've got to admire Google - while the world flatly rejected the first iteration of the Google Glass, they're hard at work bringing its successor back to the world's faces.
Sorry, not "admire" - "laugh at".
Tech site The Information has word from inside the resurrected Google Glass venture - now titled 'Project Aura' - that former Apple employee Tony Fadell has been handed the task of making the project consumer-friendly. The secretive team is currently working on three models of Auras, set to be cut to two final models before going to launch in 2016.
One version, targeted at "enterprise" businesses (yep, we think that's ambiguous as well), will be a revamped version of the first Google Glass, rocking an augmented reality screen in one of the lenses and feature a built-in camera.
Two other concepts scrap the screen to focus on audio connection - so they're not really glasses at all. Targeted at the "sports" sector (people who enjoy keeping a record of their sweat), these models use the same bone conduction technology of the original Glass to pick up your voice through vibrations in your skull.
Quite how they'll allow users to interact with what the 'glasses' record, or what information they can provide on the spot, is yet to be revealed.
The Aura glasses are going to need some pretty nifty tricks to impress in what's becoming an increasingly crowded wearables market. Would a new, Apple-style set of wearable smart glasses convince you to pick up a pair?


Lipolaser Treatment: Does It Work?
In a world where weight loss programs are the ideal mantra for the majority of the population, many people are egged on to stay in the best of health conditions by adopting certain fat reduction techniques. However, you have to be careful about the kind of program that you choose that can help you combat obesity or weight problem without inviting any adverse effects. In today's world, weight-loss treatment is a proliferating business, but the non-invasive treatments claim most effective results with least side effects. If you were to pick any one of the most impactful and the safest treatments, Lipolaser treatments are highly recommended.
To explain in simple words, Lipolaser is described as non-surgical and laser-assisted Lipolysis treatment. It works by breaking down stored fat present in fat cells, which are accumulated on the waistline, back side, abdomen area, arms, thighs, buttocks and underarms. The treatment is widely popular across the United States and Canada.
If you are apprehensive about whether Lipolaser treatments work really or not, then you should know that they are absolutely safe and painless for inch loss and fat reduction. Let's get into the details of how the treatment works.
Lipolaser Treatments: Does it work?
If scientifically explained, Lipolaser treatments function by penetrating the walls of fat cells. As a result, stored triglycerides, water and fatty acids break out from the walls. The treatment works by irradiating fat cells, but not by removing fat cells. Due to draining of excess water and acids from the fat cells help to shrink them significantly.
Lipolaser operates at a very low energy level, which is not harmful, but strong enough to create small holes in the fat cells. There are no Lipolaser treatment negative effects and it creates no bleeding, bruising, or damages to blood vessels. However, Lipolaser treatment benefits are immense.
During the treatment, you will have to lie down with only that part of your body exposed where the laser rays will be applied. Now a technician attaches two small laser probes in your inner thighs so as to trigger energy to the lymph nodes that eventually help your body to eliminate fat. The treatment starts working on the fat cells. In addition to this, two multi-laser paddles are put round your fatty area using an adhesive belt. In every 10 minute interval, the paddles are shifted constantly to ensure that all areas are covered. As a result, you just feel a warm sensation and nothing else.
The method is highly intrusive, so patients hardly face any pain or trauma. This means less scaring and quick recovery time.
Laser treatment helps to coagulate blood in the area where the ray is applied. Eventually, patients do not lose much blood and no kind of swelling happens in the treated area due to blood coagulation.
The treatment has been scientifically proven highly effective when it comes to eliminating excess fat. However, bear this in mind that nothing can actually replace a healthy diet system.
The Lipolaser treatment benefits cannot be ruled out, since the treatment has hardly observed any adverse effect. It instead lets you recover as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, Lipolaser reduces any likelihood of infection too.
Lipolaser treatment negative effects are very minimal, so you can go for it, but you need to be aware of the cost first. Want to know what is the Lipolaser treatment cost? Well, these treatments come in packages. Along with this, patients are given infrared sauna session, which is 20 minutes for each session.


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Today I will reveal you just how to change the interior lights on a 2014 Toyota 4Runner with super power LED replacements light bulbs detailed. These installments are very easy, it ought to just take around 15 mins with just standard devices needed. let's get going.
We'll begin with the map lights which you'll require a plastic wedge removal device for to take the lens off. Just pry it into the rear of the lens, simply pop that off, as well as you'll obtain your original T10 bulb, after that you'll take the very power T10 canbus LED bulb, insert it straight into the housing, making certain you have a good protected fit and then you'll re-install the factory lens cover back right into area. Before complete, you'll wish to check it to see to it you have actually the bulb placed properly. Move over the opposite side, comply with the very same procedure to complete the map light installment.
Proceed to the vanity light place, which begins when you open the mirrors. So we'll take our plastic wedge removal tool and function it back with the lens to pry this off to gain access to the OEM w5w led canbus bulb.
However you can take out, take your data and Super canbus LED light bulb, insert it directly into the outlet.
And then we'll re-install the socket back into place and also examination the light bulb to make certain that it's working correctly.
For the dome light location, we'll take our plastic removal device and also work our way with the OEM lens between the housing and lens to stand out off the clips, which are holding it in position and afterwards when the lens is eliminated. We'll remove the original light bulb with our device.
While factory bulb is taken out, we'll take LED bulb and put straight into the outlet. Once it's been installed, you'll wish to test it to ensure that it's working correctly, and afterwards we'll reinstall the lens cover to finish the installation.
For the trunk light locations, you utilize your plastic wedge device and also insert it into the side of the housing to depress a clip to ensure that it appears of the out of the socket. We'll simply dispirit the clip to draw the housing off the car, make it a little bit less complicated to function with. Then they'll see 4 clips hanging on the lens, which we can utilize the plastic device to kind of work our means around. We can pop it off simpler.
Once you have actually stood out off the lens, you can take the OEM bulb out quickly, take your canbus led bulb and also insert it directly right into the housing. Make sure you have the LED radiating the correct method. As well as make sure it's firmly fastened, test it by connecting it back in to make sure that you have the right polarity. You'll re-install your lens cover, making sure you break every little thing securely in place, putting the housing back in and then relocate over the other side, following the very same procedure to finish the setup of the trunk lights.
For the four-door light locations, we'll take our plastic wedge device as well as insert it on the side of the housing to depress a clip to make sure that we obtain the setting up off the car. After that we'll pull the housing down, dispirit this clip to take the assembly off the automobile completely. We'll press back on the housing to ensure that we can remove this lens assembly, take the OEM light bulb out, take our LED replacement bulb, insert it directly into the housing, re-install the lens cover back on, see to it you break every little thing back in position, then you'll reinstall the setting up back onto the factory connector, install it back onto the vehicle, test it to make certain it's functioning properly and then we'll place it back on the car, break it right into place. Comply with the same steps for all 4 doors to complete the LED setup.
While all point total, you'll have far more useful output in the cabin in the evening along with a nice awesome light appearance. Setup just took about 20 mins for the entire car with just a plastic wedge device needed, extremely easy, right?


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Q: VS2010 Web Load Testing with User Logins I am looking to create a Web Performance test that can be bound to a CSV file with usernames and passwords so that I can run concurrent tests with different users. How do I modify a recorded WebTest in order to accomplish this?

A: Have you checked out Walkthrough: Adding Data Binding to a Web Performance Test (CSV File)?

A: Once you have added the csv file as a datasource to the webtest,

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*right click on the webtest.

*select "properties"

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Separate LLC's for buy and hold and flips?
ForumsArrowTax, Legal Issues, Contracts, Self-Directed IRAArrowSeparate LLC's for buy and hold and flips?
Some members of my REI group have separate LLC's to separate their active work in flipping and wholesaling from their passively held rentals. As a single-member LLC- does this make any difference when they are going to be "disregarded entities" anyway?
Flipping and buy and hold are taxed differently therefore you want to have them separate.
Actually, you dont have to set up a different entity for different business activity thinking each business activity are taxed differently.
Even if you have one entity, the income from rental will still be passive and income from Flips will still be an ordinary income. And, they will be taxed differently even within the same entity. You do not need a different entity.
On top of that, you save on self-employment taxes if you do flips under S-corporation. That is why people have flipping activity under s-corp.
Rental income is never taxed as self-employed income, so you can put it under LLC because Scorp is more complicated than LLC.
You can have an LLC and elect to be taxed as an S-Corp for your flips.


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Is your office a place of soul-destroying negativity? Shola Richards—keynote speaker, award winner, and creator of The Positivity Solution blog—is about to change that . . . forever. "My mission was clear: I needed to fix the problems facing the workplace. As quickly as I came up with my new mission, I came up with the solution: We need to treat each other better. Period." Shola Richards had reached the end of the road: after nearly two years at a soul-sucking job, he felt numb and suicidal. So he quit and devoted himself to nothing less than transforming the workplace, turning it into a space of respect, courtesy, and endless energy. Making Work Work focuses on inspiring current and future leaders to start a movement that will banish on-the-job bullying, put meaning back into work, and enhance coworkers' happiness and engagement. Richards, whose popular blog has a worldwide following, explains why inaction is insane, why we must move forward with positivity, and why the "abc" employees (asshats, bullies, and complainers) are so destructive. This motivational guide will stay in listeners' hearts and minds long after they finish listening to it.


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Book Review: "The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty" by Sarah Gristwood
On November 1, 2021 November 1, 2021 By hmalagisiIn Book ReviewsLeave a comment
When we think about love, we have ideas about how people fall in love through dating and wooing one another. Sweet words and gestures. Flowers and chocolate. Dates at fun venues and romantic dinners. This is a more modern interpretation of romance and love, which was vastly different than the concept of courtly love that was common in royal circles in medieval Europe. What exactly was courtly love, and how did it play a role in the Tudor dynasty? Sarah Gristwood explores this topic in her latest nonfiction book, "The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty."
Before we dive head deep into Tudor history, Gristwood gives us a history lesson into the origins of courtly love and how it evolved. We begin with the 12th century and the stories of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, and Lancelot that Chretien de Troyes wrote. Troyes' romantic tales were known to Eleanor of Aquitaine and the troubadours that would spread them to every royal court in Europe. This game of romance between royals and the ideas of knights protecting their fair maidens from danger would change over time. Still, the basic idea that emotions and feelings were central to courtly love would remain prevalent. We see different authors, like Chaucer and Dante, approach the concept of courtly love from different directions and specific rules of this love game set in stone for future generations.
Gristwood traverses the complex family drama known as the Wars of the Roses to show how both Lancaster and York played the courtly game of love. The ways that the sides played the game were different with the various couples involved, but the ideas culminated with the marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. The imagery of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were passed down to their sons, Prince Arthur and King Henry VIII. Henry VIII would play the game of courtly love with each of his six wives, with varying degrees of success. He would find out that courtly love and politics would be a complex combination to maintain, and this lesson would pass onto his children as they tried to play the game.
Edward VI and Mary I tried to play the game, but they soon realized they were destined to be more involved with politics than love. It was their half-sister Elizabeth who brought back courtly love to its former glory with her numerous favorites. Although the actions of the Tudors can tell us a lot about their intentions, their letters and poetry gave a better understanding of how this courtly love game was played.
I found the new information that Gristwood provided in this book was fascinating. It gave a new dimension to the Tudor dynasty and the relationships between the monarchy and their courtiers or mistresses. An innovative nonfiction book about love, chivalric stories, and the desire for power that any Tudor fan will adore. If you love books by Sarah Gristwood and learning new aspects about Tudor court life, you must have "The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty" in your collection.
Book Review: "A Wider World" by Karen Heenan
On August 4, 2021 August 4, 2021 By hmalagisiIn Book ReviewsLeave a comment
The year is 1558, and Queen Mary I is dying. England is engaged in a war between the Reformation and Catholicism. Caught in the middle is an older man named Robin Lewis, who is being taken to London to face his death as a heretic. Fearful that his story may never be told, Robin Lewis tells his captor his tale through the reigns of three Tudor rulers, Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I. Can his story save his life from certain destruction, or is Robin doomed for all eternity? This is the premise of Karen Heenan's second book in The Tudor Court series, "A Wider World."
I want to thank Karen Heenan for sending me a copy of this book. I really enjoyed her first novel, "Songbird," so I was looking forward to seeing where Heenan would take the series.
We have met Robin Lewis in "Songbird" as the rival of Bess and the stuck-up kid in Music. We don't see much of his story in the first novel. Heenan has decided to take this side character that is a bit polarizing and write a novel about his life, which I love.
It is a bold choice to start a novel with the protagonist being sentenced to death for being a heretic, but the way Heenan structures this story is brilliant. Heenan begins her novel with Robin's arrest and his captor, William Hawkins, taking him from the countryside to London to be locked in the Tower. Robin acts like a Tudor Scheherazade to delay the inevitable, telling his story through flashbacks to Hawkins.
What makes this story so unique are those flashbacks that are so vivid and filled with men and women that shaped Robin into the man that he became. Robin is a bookworm who prefers the company of texts to other people, so to see him interact with others is just a delight. They include brothers of a monastery, a servant named Seb, and a beautiful Italian woman named Bianca, who shared Robin's love of learning. Of course, it wouldn't be a Tudor novel without famous figures such as Wolsey, Cromwell, and Holbein. Heenan uses these figures as secondary characters to enhance Robin's story.
At the heart of this novel is the dissolution of the monasteries and Robin's travels abroad, especially his stops in Italy. Although Cromwell forces Robin to help dissolve the monasteries, his past with monks makes him question the assignment he has been given. Robin's faith and his relationships with the church in England and Italy are very distinct and shape how he views the charges brought against him at the beginning of this novel.
Heenan has once again made a delightful tale of struggles inside the Tudor court by someone on the sidelines. The blending of English history with elements from other cultures was inspiring. Weave current events with a character's past is extremely difficult, yet Heenan does it seamlessly. This enchanting novel is the perfect sequel to "Songbird." If you are a fan of Tudor historical fiction, "A Wider World" is a must-read.
Book Review: "Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey" by Nicola Tallis
On February 28, 2021 By hmalagisiIn Book ReviewsLeave a comment
"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." This famous quote from William Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part III has been used throughout the centuries to describe how difficult it is to rule a country for any duration of time. Most kings and queens of the past lasted for a few years, but there was one queen who lasted for a handful of days. She was the successor of Henry VIII's only male son, King Edward VI, and was meant to replace his eldest half-sister, who would become Queen Mary I. It was a battle between Protestantism and Catholicism with a 17-year-old scholar caught in the middle. Her name was Lady Jane Grey, but many refer to her as the "Nine Day Queen of England". Lady Jane Grey's tragically short story, how she became queen, and the consequences of her reign are discussed thoroughly in Nicola Tallis' beautifully written debut biography, "Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey".
I have been a fan of Nicola Tallis' other biographies, "Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Monarch" and "Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Life of the Countess of Leicester: The Romance and Conspiracy that Threatened Queen Elizabeth's Court". I had heard about this one through recommendations from other Tudor history fans, so naturally, I wanted to give it a try. Lady Jane Grey has been one of those historical figures that I have felt sympathy for in the past and I wanted to learn more about her life.
Lady Jane Grey was born into a royal family full of fighting for the throne of England and for the right to either be Protestant or Catholic. She was the eldest daughter of Henry and Frances Grey. It was through her mother Frances that Jane had a claim to the throne because Frances Grey was the daughter of Mary Tudor, the younger sister of Henry VIII, and Charles Brandon. If Frances and Henry Grey had sons, we would not have to talk about Jane's claim to the throne, but Jane had two sisters, Katherine and Mary Grey. Jane was a rather unusual royal girl because she was not concerned about who she would one day marry. Lady Jane Grey has been known throughout history as a young scholar and a martyr for Protestantism. Her zeal for learning is so admirable and relatable. It makes you really wonder what her life might have been like if she had not been coerced to become Queen of England.
Unfortunately, on his deathbed Jane's cousin King Edward VI declared that Lady Jane Grey would be his heir, not his eldest half-sister Mary, who his father had named as Edward's heir if Edward had no children of his own. Jane never coveted the throne, but her father-in-law, John Dudley 1st Duke of Northumberland saw the opportunity to make his son Guildford king of England. It was not the role that Jane wanted in her life, but she was outspoken and courageous about things that mattered to her, even as she approached the scaffold that would seal her fate on earth.
Tallis' writing style and her attention to detail brought Jane out of the shadows to uncover the truth behind the myths that surrounded her young life. This biography could have easily become a Mary vs. Jane book, but Tallis took the utmost care to make sure it was balanced for both women. It was dynamic and thoughtful, full of drama and revelations of the life of Lady Jane Grey. In short, it is a magnificent biography of one of the Tudor monarchs whose reign was quickly forgotten. Jane may have been a scholar, a lady, and a martyr, but she should also be remembered for another position she held in life. Jane was a Queen of England. If you want a stunning biography about Lady Jane Grey, I highly suggest you read, "Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey" by Nicola Tallis.


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PIH Health Hospital - Whittier is a hospital in Whittier, California. It has 548 licensed beds. Founded in 1959 as Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital,  it has been managed by the nonprofit InterHealth Corporation since the mid-1980s. The organization changed its name to PIH Health in 2012. The PIH Health organization started as one hospital in Whittier but now operates three including PIH Health Hospital - Downey which was formerly known as Downey Regional Medical Center added in 2013  and PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital located in Downtown Los Angeles, added in 2019 making it the third hospital in the medical network. Between all locations PIH Health has 7,100 full-time employees, three hospitals totaling 1,130 licensed beds, and 26 outpatient clinics The organization operates  medical offices in primary care, specialist care and urgent care centers in the region that were formerly branded as Bright Medical and Pioneer Medical Group which was added in 2019 to expand the geographic footprint. PIH Health is the largest employer in Whittier, and one of the largest in that region of Los Angeles County.

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Obama Foundation Launches Workforce-Training Program for Chicago Youth
By Catherine Gewertz — March 23, 2018 4 min read
Former President Barack Obama's foundation announced Thursday that it has begun a new program that provides workforce training and paid internships to high school students on the South Side of Chicago.
The Obama Youth Jobs Corps was formed in partnership with Urban Alliance, a national youth-development organization that has years of experience providing job training and internships to high school students.
The new jobs corps aims to build economic self-sufficiency for young people in one of the city's most economically distressed neighborhoods by offering job training to high school sophomores and juniors, and paid internships to seniors.
Without a prior announcement, the program began this spring with classroom teaching for about 160 sophomores and juniors at three high schools: Hyde Park Academy High School, Kenwood Academy High School, and Little Black Pearl Art & Design Academy. Two dozen seniors from those schools are working in paid internships.
Preparing for the World of Work
The curriculum, taught three hours a week to 11th grade students by Urban Alliance staff, is being piloted this year, and will be fully rolled out next year. It covers "soft skills" students need to get jobs—such as writing a resume and interviewing—and to do well on the job, such as managing time, conducting themselves professionally, and dressing appropriately. It teaches students how to set up a bank account, work out a budget and understand their paychecks. Students spend part of the course setting goals and planning for life after high school.
Sophomores at the three Chicago schools are attending five workshops this spring that are designed to introduce them to workplace skills, Urban Alliance officials said. The organization is working with the Obama Foundation to infuse civic engagement components into the curriculum as well, such as organizing, storytelling, and leadership skills.
The plan is to add more schools to the roster in 2018-19. Sophomores and juniors will get training in school, and seniors will get 10-month, paid internships that start at $12 per hour, with two possible merit-based increases during the year. The project's goal, five years from now, is to provide training each year for nearly 200 10th and 11th grade students, and paid internships for 200 12th graders.
David Simas, the CEO of the Obama Foundation, said that the new project lines up nicely with the philanthropy's mission: giving young people the tools they need to make change.
"Access to opportunities is the key to success for young people living on Chicago's South Side," he said in a statement. "... [t]he Obama Youth Jobs Corps is one initiative that will help reduce barriers and open up more opportunities for young people in Chicago, and we're excited to get started."
Eshauna Smith, the CEO of Urban Alliance, said the jobs corps will "help underserved youth expand their idea of what is possible for their future and set them on a path to economic stability."
Two Major Corporate Partners
Hyatt and Bank of America have committed to roles as "signature partners" in the Obama Youth Jobs Corps. Bank of America already offers five student internships through Urban Alliance, and will boost that by another 10 each year starting this fall, Urban Alliance officials said. Its foundation will also donate $500,000 over two years to support the program.
The Chicago-based hotel chain will double the number of internships it offers through the new program, from four to eight, and its foundation will make annual donations to Urban Alliance through the 2022-2023 school year to support the project. Hyatt officials would not specify the amount of the planned donations.
Research on Urban Alliance's work has shown that completing its internships can boost students' chances of going to college. But the organization said that it wants to connect with low-income students in Chicago earlier in high school, to ward off disengagement and dropping out. The jobs corps is one way to do that.
The partnership with Urban Alliance isn't the first project of Barack and Michelle Obama's foundation to focus on young people. It has also hosted a series of "training days" in Chicago, Boston and Tempe, Ariz., to teach students how to "put civics into action" in their neighborhoods. The Obama Foundation has also become the base for one of Obama's signature initiatives, My Brother's Keeper, which is designed to better support young men of color.
The foundation is building a presidential library that will open in 2021 and serve as a hub for civic engagement. Some of the students from the new Obama Youth Jobs Corps will do there internships there.
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Urban Alliance Program Manager Deldric Henderson leads the first workforce training session with juniors at Kenwood Academy High School in Chicago earlier this year. --Photo courtesy of Urban Alliance
Catherine Gewertz
Senior Contributing Writer, Education Week
Catherine Gewertz is a writer for Education Week who covers national news and features.
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Jamaica: Education Ministry providing food to PATH students amid school closure
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As part of its education in emergencies response plans, the Ministry says , in collaboration with school leaders, teachers and educational partners, it has already provided significant support to enable continued teaching and learning while students are not in school. It says the support includes the activation of online, virtual, computer-based teaching and learning augmented by traditional radio and TV media. The Ministry says it is also aware that the nutritional needs of the most vulnerable are paramount to their educational success, especially in this period of disruption. As such, under the food support plan, Nutrition Products Limited will prepare snacks comprising baked products, fruit juices, milk and water for students on PATH at the primary and secondary levels. A limited number has been prepared for today, Monday, March 16, while the distribution points are finalised.
- in-kind support (food) for PATH program students
The Ministry of Education says it will be providing nutritional support through Nutrition Products Limited to students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) for the period that they will be out of school over the next two weeks.
As part of its education in emergencies response plans, the Ministry says , in collaboration with school leaders, teachers and educational partners, it has already provided significant support to enable continued teaching and learning while students are not in school.
It says the support includes the activation of online, virtual, computer-based teaching and learning augmented by traditional radio and TV media.
The Ministry says it is also aware that the nutritional needs of the most vulnerable are paramount to their educational success, especially in this period of disruption.
As such, under the food support plan, Nutrition Products Limited will prepare snacks comprising baked products, fruit juices, milk and water for students on PATH at the primary and secondary levels.
A limited number has been prepared for today, Monday, March 16, while the distribution points are finalised.
Principals will be asked to suggest distribution points for schools, which will be utilised over the next two weeks.
At the same time, the Ministry says it is looking at collaborating with selected food suppliers, supermarkets and other major areas to distribute food packages at specific drop off points in each community.
The list of PATH beneficiaries would be shared with the suppliers and drop off schedules arrived at in collaboration with the schools or regional offices
The list of distribution points will be announced via traditional and social media at which PATH beneficiaries could visit and obtain food supplies to ensure students are fed during the period of school closure.
The total number of packages will be limited by the number of households benefiting from the PATH programme.