A collaborative approach to planning that involves the local community is a key digital civics interest. A road scheme so controversial it had to be scrapped presented the opportunity to try this out in Newcastle.
Proposals for a new Blue House roundabout received so much opposition that the Council went back the drawing board, enlisting the help of residents to find a solution to one of the city's most dangerous junctions.
A Blue House working group was set up, supported by Open Lab researchers, to look into alternative proposals and bring the community into the planning process. Representatives from residents' associations, transport providers and other stakeholders were invited to take part, including Tony Waterston, chair of the Jesmond Residents' Association.
In his three years in charge of the JRA Tony has tried to encourage a more positive attitude towards planning, and his participation in the Blue House working group exemplifies this.
Tony has generally been impressed by the process and sees it as a step in the right direction from the Council. Compared to previous schemes such as the redevelopment of Acorn Road, which attracted considerable opposition in Jesmond, Tony feels the Council has been more committed to consultation this time round.
"I think there is definitely a learning process going on in the Council," he added.
This learning process also applies to the working group itself.
Tony also pointed out the difficulty in engaging the wider public with the working group. Despite his efforts to circulate questionnaires around Jesmond residents, he has received little response, and other residents' groups have faced similar problems.
Indeed, the most significant public involvement with the Blue House roundabout discussions has been at a town hall meeting organised by Chi Onwurah MP in August. The meeting was organised before the Council dropped their plans, but took place just hours after the announcement.
While the meeting was useful in engaging people and increasing awareness of the proposals, Tony believes that smaller meetings, like the Blue House working group, are the best way to get actual change.
Instead of the opposition that arose from the town hall meeting, the working group has looked at alternative plans and discussed the core issues. Tony pointed out that traffic growth is not inevitable and that the Blue House roundabout may not need to be made bigger, as the Council had originally proposed. He suggested that people could be encouraged, "with inducements and pressure to make it harder to drive", to use alternative modes of transport, including cycling.
Balancing the needs of different users of the roundabout is no easy task. Tony is aware that there is no guarantee the working group will find an acceptable solution, but sees this as best way to keep the most people happy.
Once the working group have finalised their suggestions these will be fed back to the Council, who will put their latest plan for the roundabout out to consultation with the wider public.
Tony hopes the working group method will be applied to other planning issues, even if it is a long-winded system. He also suggested, "the next stage, if we're really going to be serious about that, is to give the group funding." This kind of participatory budgeting, already used successfully in many cities across the globe, could really empower local communities to shape the environments in which they live.
Written by Mark Sleightholm. For more information, please contact Clara Crivellaro.
Popular participation in politics may have declined in recent decades, but the ways politicians communicate with their voters have multiplied thanks to digital technologies, and the image they present is more than ever. Come September, James Earley will be joining the Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Civics, but he is currently working as communications officer for Liam Byrne, the Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill.
The past two decades have seen a new front open in political engagement, with social media, websites and email lists now a vital part of each MP's overall communications strategy. Some politicians are able to use these new tools effectively, while others lag behind on digital affairs. James spoke of government generally playing "catch up", admitting, however, that digital technologies can enhance the ways in which MPs run their operations.
"Where things get interesting is where you go into campaign mode," he added. "You're basically looking to get as much meaningful information as possible, but we are still learning how to do this." MPs receive dozens of emails every hour, and responding to each of these in a consistent way is no easy task. Many of the concerns raised by constituents are also complex and potentially sensitive cases; James describes MPs as occasional social workers, and record keeping and effective communication are vital.
Technology can help with this. "It's basically customer management relationship systems that we're specifically trying to mod and use for the purposes of case work and volunteer management," James explained. The aim is to build a profile of Labour's support in Birmingham Hodge Hill, and – crucial to on-the-ground campaigning – where their volunteers are.
Online platforms have enabled new, bottom-up approaches to political engagement, but James was unimpressed with online petition sites and the "artificial sense of urgency" – and frequent disappointment – they create. In his view the more significant changes that technology is bringing to politics is through the organic organisation of groups online, such as Uber drivers uniting to secure better workers' rights.
This is something that James hopes to build on through his research at the CDT. He explained: "My long-standing political fantasy is to engineer some kind of reinvigoration of the municipal government model. For a long time local government was seen – perhaps I'm being romantic here – as some kind of benevolent force in people's lives. Now it is increasingly being seen as something which frustrates your ambitions or fails to live up to expectations.
"Participation rates are low, turnout in local elections is low, by-elections are terribly low, and finding ways for local government to become more effective, more nimble, and better able to deliver and understand people's points of view – I see that as a really important part of potentially restoring local government.
"That's where I see the bottom up thing; I don't think it will come through atomised individuals signing petitions. I think it has to involve a lot of offline hard work, face-to-face kind of stuff, but there will be digital technologies which will enhance that in ways that we weren't able to do before." This is exactly the kind of online-offline combination that digital civics seeks to explore.
Following Newcastle City Council's decision in August to rethink their plans for the Blue House roundabout, a working group was set up with representatives from the Council and local community groups. Open Lab has helped to facilitate this process, including documenting the consultation process on the working group's website.
The working group has held regular meetings to discuss the plans for the roundabout, which has one of the highest accident rates in Newcastle. The idea behind the group was to increase public consultation and engagement in the planning process, something which resonates with much of Open Lab's work.
Open Lab's involvement with the Blue House roundabout working group also builds on work by Ian Johnson, Zander Wilson and Jen Manuel, who have all researched ways of engaging the public, and in particular voices that are not often heard, with planning decisions.
While the working group was designed to include the voices of a range of residents and users of the roundabout, the planning process can still be made more transparent. Both textual and graphic minutes of the meetings are uploaded to the working group's website, but the press are not allowed access to the meetings themselves.
This demonstrates a need to balance the requests of the working group participants with public accountability and involvement in planning processes, which feeds in to Open Lab's digital civics research. The Blue House roundabout working group is not just about finding the best solution to the increased traffic at the roundabout; it is an opportunity to explore new ways of using technology to engage the public in planning decisions.
For a month in the summer of 2016 suburban Newcastle went to war. The Council's proposals for major changes to Blue House roundabout in South Gosforth outraged many local residents, and after a month of petitions, feedback and rallies, the Council decided to redesign its plans.
The debate about Blue House roundabout demonstrates how digital technology is changing the planning process. Much of the consultation, both formal and informal, happened online, and as a result of the public reaction to the plans the Council are looking at new ways of engaging with the public.
Within days of the Council announcing the plans, which involved enlarging and moving the roundabout, residents had taken to Twitter to express their views. This use of social media in planning processes forms the basis of work by Open Lab researchers, including Zander Wilson.
"I'm a PhD researcher interested in citizen participation in town planning, undertaking a study looking at how Twitter was used in a campaign against the proposals," he explained.
"Through looking at the proposals, my study will document the process of citizens using a combination of platforms to rally against the proposals.
The council's own website to collect feedback on the plans attracted 2,642 comments, "mostly negative", and nearly 4,000 people signed a Change.org petition opposing the proposals. A similar petition hosted by the Newcastle Liberal Democrats attracted 621 online signatures, and over 1,000 once signatures from a paper version were included. The local Conservative and Green parties also opposed the plans, as did Labour MP Chi Onwurah.
Local community groups, such as Jesmond Residents Association and Space for Gosforth, also got involved in the opposition, and helped to organise the March for the Moor, a physical rally with over 2,000 attendees. A lot of this organisation, as well as the feedback and petitioning, happened online, from Council-run websites to social media, showing the importance of digital technology to a 2016 planning process.
The March took place on 21 August, the same day that the Council's public consultation ended. Chi Onwurah organised a Town Hall meeting for 24 August to discuss the proposals, but on 23 August the Council announced that they would redesign their plans. "This initial stage of engagement enabled us to take on board the public's comments before plans are finalised," the Council explained.
The Town Hall meeting went ahead, with Chi changing the focus to be a general discussion on the future of West Gosforth. Technology was largely absent from the meeting, but six members of the Digital Civics team went along, including Clara Crivellaro.
"In the meeting we facilitated passionate discussions, centred around the premises for the proposed changes at the Blue House roundabout, alternative possible solutions as well as around ways in which public consultations could be done differently in the future," Clara explained.
Over 300 residents attended the meeting. Many complained that they could not hear all the speakers, and others were frustrated that there was no time for questions from the floor. However, everybody at the meeting was encouraged to write down any concerns and suggestions they had, which the Open Lab team digitised and analysed. This combination of traditional meetings and digital technology allowed for more public engagement in the planning process.
The Council used the meeting to announce the creation of a working group, with representatives of various stakeholders, including the community groups that were so involved in campaigning against the proposals. Open Lab are helping this working group to share ideas with each other and with the public. The team have created a website for the group and produced video roundups of meetings.


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Feels like a dumb question but I have been trying to teach myself GIS and would like to share a map I created privately to someone without ArcGIS. How can I do this? I have watched Publishing a map service with ArcGIS 10.1 - YouTube in my attempt to share my map but repeatedly ended in disappointment. I have my own organization but also cannot seem to find my desktop organization url.
You could create a map and publish it to ArcGIS Online(AGOL). This would effectively be a web version of the map you create in ArcMap and could be accessible by anyone who has internet access.
Okay I tried to fix it and got a little further.
I have been able to locate my server URL which I found on my profile but when I copy my Organization url to the server it says "Invalid URL"
Proving screenshots of where things are failing will help the community understand where you're at. What organization URL are you referring to? Are you trying to publish to ArcGIS Server? If so, have you followed this documentation? Step 3 of that page will provide information on making an administrative or publisher connection to your Server, giving you access to publish. If you're publishing to ArcGIS Online, you'll need to sign in through the File menu. The steps to publish to ArcGIS Online from ArcMap can be found in this link.
If you're looking to go a different route from ArcGIS Online you can use Google Earth. If you created the map with ArcGIS Desktop, you can export the map to a kml using the "Map to KML" tool and send the file to them to have them open it up in Google Earth. I've used that in the past to share maps with those who do not have ArcGIS.
In the "In this topic" section, you'll see a Publish from ArcMap link.
Actually J J is publishing service to AGOL account. He cannot (doesn't need to) connect to AGOL via Connect to ArcGIS Server.
He can just sign-in to AGOL from ArcMap (File > Sign-In). And start publishing (File> Share as > Service).


ORCID is an international, interdisciplinary, open, and not-for-profit organization created for the benefit of the research community, including research institutions, funding organizations, publishers, and researchers. ORCID aims to solve the name ambiguity problem in research and scholarly communications by providing a registry of persistent unique identifiers for individual researchers and, through embedding in key workflows, links between ORCID, other ID schemes, and research works. Adoption of ORCID by the research community enhances discovery and reporting processes by supporting systems interoperability.
What is the Adoption and Integration Program?
Research Universities and Institutes that intend to create new ORCID iDs and ORCID Records on behalf of their researchers, integrate ORCID IDs into repository management practices, integrate ORCID iDs into local profile systems, integrate ORCID iDs into personnel or other identifier systems, use ORCID iDs as a component of federated identity management systems, and/or another broadly applicable integration use case.
Science and Social Science Professional Associations that intend to support researchers in linking ORCID iDs with their membership record, and/or integrate ORCID iDs into their meeting registration and abstract management systems.
ORCID is committed to providing a supportive development environment for Adoption and Integration program participants. ORCID will provide a number of program benefits, including grants to successful applicant organizations, in-person support to elicit use cases, and priority technical and development support to ensure the ORCID system supports integration use cases. Participants can share ideas with others in the program, attend online webinars, workshops, and Q&A sessions with the ORCID team to get the help and ideas you need to develop tools and integrate ORCID identifiers.
Organizations based in North America are eligible to apply. Please submit a 2500-word application describing your integration plan, including use case(s), workplan, timeline, budget, and stakeholders involved. All awardees must be prepared to share progress at an Outreach meeting within six months of award, demonstrate readiness to complete the proposed integration within 9 months of award, and serve as a reference integration site. ORCID is an open initiative, and all integration code products must be shared on the ORCID open source repository. Proposals will be reviewed by the ORCID Outreach Steering Group and finalists will be interviewed to ensure readiness. Up to 10 grants of $15,000-$20,000 each are available. Please note that indirect costs are not allowed. Submit proposals to [email protected] by August 31, 2013.
Proposals will be reviewed by our Outreach Steering Group, chaired by Amy Brand, Assistant Provost for Faculty Appointments and Information at Harvard University. The Group will use the following criteria to evaluate proposals: (1) Does the organization demonstrate readiness to integrate and the ability to demonstrate a prototype within six months of award? (2) Will the organization make their integration code available as open source? (3) Does the integration involve a common platform, such as DSpace, Fedora, PeopleSoft, or similar that can be broadly repurposed to expand ORCID adoption? (4) Is more than one office or school involved, such as Arts and Sciences, Library, Research Office, Graduate School, and/or Provost Office? (5) Is the proposal from a large research university? (6) Is the proposer willing to serve as a reference for other organizations interested in carrying out a similar ORCID integration?


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News - January 2, 2020
AfDB to focus on continental free trade, infrastructure in 2020 – Adesina
Bassey Udo January 2, 2020
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will focus on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as well as investments in infrastructure in 2020, the President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has said.
Mr Adesina, who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday on the bank's performance in the outgoing year as well as the outlook for 2020, said the AfCFTA has the potential to become "the biggest thing to happen to Africa in the near future."
Reviewing the growth of the African economy in 2019 against the performance of other regions in the world, Mr Adesina said the AfDB was "very proud of what Africa achieved in terms of economic growth in the past year (2019)."
"Essentially, this year (2019), there are 37 countries that are growing at 3 to 5 per cent, and 20 countries that grow at above 5 per cent. That is incredible," he said.
He said the growth could be validated by understanding what is happening globally, particularly the foreign direct investments coming to Africa, which he described as fantastic.
"Africa's foreign direct investment this year grew by 11 per cent. When one looks at Asia, which grew by 4 per cent, while globally, foreign direct investment declined by 13 per cent and developed countries declined by 23 per cent, one will appreciate that Africa is actually doing quite well," he said.
'Sustaining growth'
To sustain the economic growth going forward, Mr Adesina said the priority should be to support the AfCFTA, estimated to be worth over $3.3 trillion in terms of trade volume.
"At the end of the day, this will be the biggest thing to happen to Africa, which is why we have resolved as a Bank to focus our attention and resources on in the coming year.
"We will continue to do a lot in infrastructure. We are working very hard in the Lagos-Abidjan Highway, the construction that will start by 2022, all the work is currently being done.
"We will continue to invest quite a lot in energy, power, which is the source of development. Without energy, there cannot be development. So, the bank is going to do quite a lot this year and beyond," he said.
With the bank's shareholders giving a new boost of capital, he said his bank secured a $115 billion 'new capital' that will enable it to dedicate more resources to support African countries, Nigeria and other countries to be able to do more.
Aid, Trade support
On aid to African countries, Mr Adesina stated what the AfDB is doing to ensure the free trade agreement does not affect locally produced goods.
On issues to facilitate trade and competitiveness, he said there are still some basic things that have to be done to realise these goals, particularly infrastructural development.
He said Africa currently has an infrastructure gap of between $68 billion to $108 billion financing gap, adding the AfDB has been working hard to close the gap.
To attract capital for infrastructure development, he proposed the use of the pool of funds totaling about $1.8 trillion from sovereign wealth, pension and insurance (mutual) funds.
"If we can just tap a little from these funds, we will close very quickly the infrastructure gap that we are talking about.
However, he said there is "the investment of a lot of the sovereign investment funds in other sovereigns outside the continent, thereby making them become the sovereign wealth of others, which they go back to borrow."
He said the African Investment Forum was to enable the bank to garner investment into Africa and to address some of the political, market, and high risks that hinder development in Africa.
Reviewing the achievement of the forum since into operation last year, Mr Adesina said the AfDB was able "to secure an investment interest of $37.8 billion in less than 72 hours, with the second forum yielding investment interest of $40.1 billion."
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Netflix now available on 4 out of 5 Android devices
Kevin C. Tofel Sep 9, 2011 - 12:28 PM CDT
It took several months, but Netflix (s nflx) for Android (s goog) is now available to most Android smartphones and small tablets. The company updated its software in the Android Market and no longer limits the download to specific device models. Instead, any phone or tablet running Android 2.2 or 2.3 can now use the video streaming service.
I was tipped off on the update from Gotta Be Mobile and verified it in the Android Market. The timing was nearly perfect for me personally. I got tired of waiting for official Netflix support and just installed an unofficial build earlier this very week on my 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab, which runs Android 2.3.
Now that there's an official version direct from Netflix, I've installed it to ensure future updates, as the small slate with integrated 3G and Wi-Fi makes a great, portable Netflix machine.
When Netflix first launched for Android in May of this year, it only supported a few handsets while Netflix was testing its app on individual models. The company either sped up its testing efforts or at this point has simply tested enough on various Android 2.2 and 2.3 devices to be comfortable with a blanket launch. And for all of the valid talk on Android fragmentation, this means that Netflix is capable of running on roughly 81.9 percent of all Android devices now.
One Response to "Netflix now available on 4 out of 5 Android devices"
ML September 9, 2011
Netflix has been great for my android devices. With the change in netflix plans/prices and the upcoming expiration of the Starz licensing agreement, I'm not sure it's going to have the same value in the future. We'll see how long I remain a subscriber.
On the other hand, I will be really excited when HBO GO is available on my cable system because that would offer a ton of content on my phone with no additional charge (for HBO subscribers).


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Justia Dockets & Filings Eighth Circuit Arkansas Eastern District Brooks v. Rorex et al Filing 16
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ORDER: The Clerk is directed to prepare a summons for Defendant Kim Muse at her sealed private mailing address, 15 . The U.S. Marshal is directed to serve the summons, Complaint, Amended Complaint, and 6 Order on Defendant Muse without prepayment of fees and costs or security therefor. Defendant Muse's private mailing address must be redacted from the return of service and all other public portions of the record. Signed by Magistrate Judge J. Thomas Ray on 8/15/2017. (jak)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS JONESBORO DIVISION JEREMIE M. BROOKS, ADC #660149 V. PLAINTIFF 3:17CV00085 JLH/JTR STEVE ROREX, Jail Administrator, Poinsett County Detention Center, et al. DEFENDANTS ORDER The Clerk is directed to prepare a summons for Defendant Kim Muse at her sealed private mailing address. Doc. 15. The U.S. Marshal is directed to serve the summons, Complaint, Amended Complaint, and May 30, 2017 Order (Doc. 6) on Defendant Muse without prepayment of fees and costs or security therefor. Defendant Muse's private mailing address must be redacted from the return of service and all other public portions of the record. IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 15th day of August, 2017. ____________________________________ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 1


A family in San Jose is looking for justice after a father of two was stabbed to death in front of his home early Sunday morning. Ian Cull reports.
A family in San Jose is looking for justice after a father of two was stabbed to death in front of his home early Sunday morning.
The Sheriff's office is still searching for Francisco Santos Junior's killers and organization Mothers Against Murder is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who can help deputies find the suspects.
"It's horrific, it's empty," said mother Erica Rego. "You call to hear a voicemail just to hear his voice. He doesn't answer. You can't have your long talks with him anymore."
Friends say Santos arrived home around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when there was a confrontation with someone outside of his house and he was stabbed in the chest. He later died at the hospital.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office released a picture of a full sized dark Chevy or GMC investigators say is associated with the killers.
"I pray that nothing ever happens to you because you're somebody's son," Rego said addressing the suspects. "You have a mother and I pray that she will never feel the pain that I feel."
The family believes the attack was random and say Santos did not have any enemies.
Deputies don't have much of a suspect description, they said it was two men in their 20s.


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How to build a bio-bot: Researchers share design and development of biological machines
by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Creating tiny muscle-powered robots that can walk or swim by themselves—or better yet, when prompted—is more complicated than it looks.
Rashid Bashir, the head of the bioengineering department at the University of Illinois, and Taher Saif, a professor of mechanical science and engineering at Illinois, will speak in Boston on the design and development of walking and swimming bio-bots at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Through the National Science Foundation-funded Emergent Behavior of Integrated Cellular Systems center, Bashir, Saif and colleagues have developed small, soft biological robots, dubbed "bio-bots," that can walk and swim on their own or when triggered by electrical or light signals. The researchers make a soft 3-D printed scaffold measuring a centimeter or two in length, seed it with muscle cells, and the cells self-organize to form functional tissues that make the bio-bots move.
"These machines are now viewed as partially living, with the ability to form, the ability to age and the ability to heal if there's an injury," Saif said. "Now that we've got them working, we are beginning to look back and try to understand how the cells organize themselves and what language they use to communicate. This is the developmental biology of living machines."
In the talk "How to Engineer a Living System," Bashir will describe the methods that the group has used to build the bio-bots and to direct their behavior.
"As engineers, we usually build with materials like wood, steel or silicon. Our focus here is to forward-engineer biological or cell-based systems," Bashir said. "The design is inspired by the muscle-tendon-bone complex found in nature. There's a skeleton or backbone, but made out of soft polymers similar to the ones used in contact lenses, so it can bend instead of needing joints like the body does."
Bashir's group developed multiple designs to make bio-bots walk in certain directions and to control their motion with light or electrical currents.
In the talk "Engineered Living Micro Swimmers," Saif will describe bio-bots that swim and the physical and biological interactions that cause the cells to come into alignment. They form a single muscle unit that contracts to beat a tail, propelling the bio-bot through liquid.
"They align themselves in a direction where the tail of the swimmer can be bent most. Which is exactly what we wanted, although we did not pattern or direct them to do it," Saif said. "Why do they behave this way? If each cell beat at its own time, we wouldn't have the swimmer. What made them synchronize into a single entity?"
Bashir and Saif will share insights learned from these questions and more.
"The objective is not to make a walker and a swimmer, but to lay the scientific foundation so we have principles for building biological machines in the future," Saif said.
Now you can 'build your own' bio-bot
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Home > bitcoin digging > bitcoin fast > bitcoin mining > Cloudmining > earn bitcoin > free bitcoin > making bitcoin > What is Bitcoin?
The most important feature of Bitcoin, however, is that it is decentralized. No single institution controls the Bitcoion network. This means that no central bank can control the assets of the owners.
A software developer called Satoshi Nakamoto has allegedly created the BTC. The idea was to create a digital currency that can be separated from the central institution and transmitted electronically at very low cost.
The Bitcoin protocol has been developed for a maximum of 21 million Bitcoins, which can be mined by miners. These coins can be divided into smaller parts (the smallest part is a hundred millionths) and are called "Satoshi" - named after the inventor.
The software is also a so-called "open source" software which means that everyone can check what this software does exactly and whether it fulfills its purpose. The Bitcoin underlying technology is known under the name "blockchain" and, like Bitcoin, is currently attracting much interest from many companies, institutions and governments.
The network is not controlled by any central institution. Each computer of the bitcoins is calculated and transferred is part of the network and they all work together. This does not mean a central institution can get the upper hand over bitcoin with a monetary directive - or take the bitcoins away from the users, as for example. In Cyprus with the European Bank. If the system should go offline for some reason, the coins still remain.
Bitcoin can be sent anywhere and it only takes a few minutes until the network confirms the payment.


As your trusted Beaverton family dentist, Dr. Richard Barrett wants to stress the importance of treating your oral health with just as much care as your overall health. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't brush or floss frequently enough to lower their risk of serious disease, nor do they schedule enough regular dental checkups and cleanings.
If you don't consider your oral health a top priority, you're probably unaware of the potential damage gum disease and tooth decay can do to your body.
There are a variety of reasons patients neglect their oral health, but there are far more reasons why you shouldn't.
Hopefully understanding why proper oral hygiene is so important to your health will provide you the motivation necessary to make caring for your teeth and gums a top priority.
Here are a few reasons why you cannot afford to ignore your oral health.
Individuals who suffer from periodontal disease – a severe form of gum disease – have twice the risk of developing heart disease, according to several studies. The elevated risk can lead to the narrowing of the arteries that allows plaque and bacteria to travel through your mouth and gums into the bloodstream.
This harmful bacteria contains protein that causes blood clots to develop that can also clog arteries, which significantly increases your risk of a heart attack. Oral bacteria that travels to the arteries of your heart also has the ability to clog arteries that carry blood to the brain, which increases your risk of stroke, as well.
Early tooth loss and poor oral health have also been linked to the early onset of memory loss in adults. Additionally, studies have found that poor oral health increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Inflammation of gum tissue caused by infection can also cause inflammation in the brain and the death of certain brain cells.
The bacteria that causes gum disease to develop has the ability to travel through the bloodstream to your lungs where it can negatively impact your respiratory system. If you have a previous history of respiratory problems, then you have an even greater chance of having future problems due to poor oral hygiene. If you suffer from gum disease this also puts you at further risk for developing pneumonia and other respiratory conditions.
Studies have found that 95 percent of adults in the U.S. who suffer from diabetes have also experienced from tooth loss caused by periodontal disease. This is due to the fact that individuals with diabetes have a higher risk of infection. However, it's a two-way connection: diabetes contributes to the development of gum disease and gum disease increases an individual's risk of diabetes.
Not only can poor oral health harm your overall health, it can also impact the health of your unborn baby. If an expectant mother doesn't practice quality oral hygiene during pregnancy, oral infections can develop that can increase the risk of a premature birth.
Beaverton family dentist Dr. Richard Barrett hopes every patient enjoys a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums.
If you have any questions about what poor oral health can do to your overall health, feel free to ask any member of our staff during your next appointment at Barrett Family Dental.


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RusAutoNews.Com – The representative of St. Petersburg GM factory has announced that the number of shifts will be reduced to one, as of October. In addition, the production will be cut at the factory and around 500 white and blue collar workers will be laid off. The company's current number of staff is approximately 2000 people.
The GM representative has stated that as announced before, the factory will suspend operations for the duration of one and a half month, between the end of August and November. The representative has added that the localisation process will be accelerated. The company had previously announced plans to increase the localisation rate to 60% before 2018. However, the representative avoided going into details.
Currently, TrailBlazers are being assembled at the factory, along with Chevrolet Cruze and Opel Astra production.
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AVTOTOR has tripled car production within the first half of the year
Subaru has increased the car prices in Russia for the first time since 2016
Derways may manufacture within the frame of the industrial assembly regime
AVTOVAZ has registered new names for future LADA models
KAMAZ has announced the production figures for the first half of the year
KAMAZ production up by 6.8% in the first quarter of 2018
The first Haval will roll off the production line at Great Wall Motor plant in Russia
Car production in Russia has grown by 21.5% in March


This week on #InTheLab I get to talk to Kirstin from Wiegers Financial & Benefits. I've talked about them lots over the past year. They do things differently, they aren't afraid to zag in a market of a lot of zigging going on. They do things like "Wiegers Care For Kids" which this past year raised $225,000 for the Children's Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan. They have a very dedicated staff, they seem like a high level sports team. They just click.
I asked Kirstin about culture in the video above and what it's like working at Wiegers in beautiful Saskatoon.
"It's really hard here some days", Kirstin says, "it's a demanding job and you work a lot some days but that's what makes the fun days so worth it." They're a very busy financial and benefits firm that has been doing business in Saskatchewan for over 20 years. Started by Cliff and Deb Wiegers, they've built the company from the ground up. It's truly a Saskatchewan entrepreneurial story.
Scavenger hunts, dress-up days, office valentines, potlucks, and BBQs just to name a few. The Social Committee collects a fee from every employee (approximately $24 per year) and with it they plan themed days that get the team outside the office and outside their comfort zones!
I thought for sure they would have some pushback from employees who may not think a scavenger hunt is a "professional thing to do" for a business like Wiegers. But Kirstin said everyone loves to be a part of a "fun" office. It allows people to get along outside of the workplace walls, where you can really get to know someone.
If you expect unbelievable results from your employees you better be able to provide unbelievable culture. All these little "perks" add up to create a career It's a lot easier to try and over-deliver at work for a company that cares about you and is willing to The heavy workloads are followed up with lots of training opportunities and of course all the different team building days they host.
I think all organizations can learn something from Wiegers. They aren't the "norm", they are anything but boring, they care about company culture. If you expect people to perform at a high level day in, day out, you better be prepared to treat them at a high level.
For the cost of $24 per year, the staff pay into a fund that creates the coolest team building experiences possible.
***Side note about teams. I can relate. Every year a Volleyball team of mine doesn't do so well, it 9/10 is because they didn't get along good enough. A team that doesn't get along off the court will never get along on the court. I discovered it the hard way. Don't make my mistake, make sure your team gets along before playoffs start!
Ever since I was a little kid I was fascinated with Venture Capitalists. Maybe little kid is a stretch, but in University we heard about these folks who lived in the big cites in the U.S. were pitched all sorts of business ideas and they got to pick their favourites and most of those businesses made them tons of money. Money they used to fund more and more businesses and the cycle went on.
These companies and people are behind some of the most revolutionary companies of our generation. We must learn what they did and ensure that the same progress and technological advancement occurs throughout our tenure.
So who's going to be the next Arthur Rock? Who's going to look at a business like Don Valentine in the future?
If you want to read more about the movie you can check out their website here or find the movie on Netflix.
Could You Stand Up To An Overwhelming Majority Who Disagree With You?
Barbara Lee was a Congress Person when the September 11th attacks occurred in the United States. In the hours following the attacks the United States Congress drafted a 60 word sentence that would change the way the U.S. could use to military force from then on. The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) was signed by George W.Bush on September 14th, 2001, and has been the legal foundation for the war on terror for the past thirteen years.
Barbra Lee was the only Congress person to vote against the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
Of the 420 people in the United States Congress, 419 of them voted in favour of the Authorization to Use Military Force, only one person voted against it. Immediately after she began to receive hate mail, a tons of it, and for months on end. She had the courage to standup for what she believed in. She had to vote against an overwhelming majority because she knew she had to live with the repercussions of that vote.
Fast forward thirteen years and the United States has been evacuating troops for the past several years now admitting the "war on terror" wasn't the success they hoped it would be. Looking back Barbra seems to be the smartest person in that room at the time. She's truly an inspiration.
Could you standup for what is right even though you know everyone around you disagrees?
I first heard this story on the podcast titled "60 words" from Radiolab is an amazing listen. They interview many of the people who were there the day the vote went through and the backlash that followed.
Buzzfeed covered this story as well in a long article titled; The Untold Story of the Most Dangerous Sentence in U.S. History.
Here's a video of her explaining her position. She's very smart and courageous.
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that's why most events aren't that good. How many presentations, conferences, lecture's, speeches, keynotes, and guest talks have you been in that have completely bored you to death? It's become an epidemic, and I hate it.
If you don't intentionally try to create a memorable event why do you think people will remember it?
Start with: why will people remember this? Why will my event be different? How do we get people walking out after the event saying "holy $#!& that was amazing!!". Maybe therein lies the secret: to create "holy $#!&" moments.
Most events aren't meant to be remembered, but why not? Don't you want your next event to go down in history as one of the best _________ of all time?
When planning you must ask how are we going to get people to remember this? If you don't you're almost guaranteed that people will do the opposite.


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Q: jQuery Auto Refresh Send Value Variable I want to pass value of variable using jQuery Auto refresh like this :
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But it show output : p_box_sn.
What I wanted is to get value from var p_box_sn and sent it to load function. Is it possible?

A: Since p_box_sn is a variable, you need to concatenate it using +:
$('#counts').load('load.php?p_box_sn=' + p_box_sn).fadeIn("slow");

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I was surprised to get image to the left as spam from the Wandsworth Guardian.
I don't often get the Wandsworth Guardian, so missed their sensational story that the council has used 'anti-terrorism' powers 300 times in the past four years until someone pointed it out to me last night.


"What happens when the Vault server is in a different time zone as the client?"
"How do cultural settings affect the DateTime value? (Example: 01/31/2010 versus 31.01.2010)"
There are basically two ways that Vault handles DateTime values. Which way is used depends on how the information is being passed to or from the server.
If you are dealing with a DateTime object, life is simple. The object will always reflect the local time. Things like leap year and daylight savings time are automatically taken into account. If the client and server are in different time zones, the web services framework automatically converts things for you.
Example: File.CreateDate. This value will always be the time in your local time zone. Even if somebody from another time zone created the File, you will see the CreateDate as if the File was created from your time zone.
Sometimes the DateTime value needs to be passed as a string. In this case, the web services framework will not help you. The Vault solution is to convert to Universal Time then write out the value in a specific format. Specifically, "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss" is the time format. It's OK if this format doesn't match your current culture's format. The point is for the Vault client and server to use a common format.
Example: When doing a search on a DateTime value, you need to call ToUniversalTime().ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss") on the DateTime object you are using. PartialMirrorCommand.cs in the Vault Mirror sample has an example of this search.
Through the API, you download a file and place it in the local workspace. But when you open up Vault Explorer, it says that the file has been edited out of turn.
After downloading the file, you need to set it to read-only (unless you have it checked out to you) and you need to set the create date of the local file to match the create date of the File object.
The problem isn't that the file was downloaded wrong. The problem is that Vault Explorer expects things in a certain way. If you want to "play nice" with the Autodesk clients, then you need to perform a few extra steps.
The Vault 2012 version can be found here.
A utility that sets the Vault path as a file property.
I've had a few requests for this one. Since it was a pretty cool idea and not too hard to write, I decided to go for it. Don't ever say that I never did anything for you.
Under the hood, this is just a re-write of Vault Mirror. Just like with Vault Mirror, this utility can be run from the task manager. And this utility also has 2 ways of running. There is a "quick mode" that only works on new files and a "slow mode" that scans every file in the Vault. The recommendation is to create a Windows scheduled task that runs every 10 minutes or so to keep things mostly in sync.
The Folder Property is not as reliable as Vault Mirror. Because locked files can't be edited, you will find that several files won't have the property set. Another difference is that The Folder Property edits data, so it consumes a license while it is running. To mitigate the impact, the utility only consumes a license during the actual file editing. When scanning for files, no license is consumed. Once all the edits are made, the utility frees up the license.
See the readme file for additional instructions and command line parameters.
Shares is a feature that dates all the way to Vault 1 and maybe even earlier. It's still around in Vault 2010, but mainly for legacy purposes. If you are new to Vault, odds are you never even heard of shares. Even though the feature isn't used often, the fact that it's there affects other parts of the system.
This article isn't about whether shares are good or bad, and I'm not going to advocate use or non-use. I'm just going to go over the purely technical details.
A share is the idea that a file can live in multiple folders equally. The word "equally" is what makes things unique. It's not like Windows where a file lives in only 1 location and you can create shortcuts. With Vault, the file truly lives in multiple locations. There is no shortcut, there is no primary folder, there is no folder prioritization. The file lives in each folder equally. A file has to live in at least one folder, but there is no upper limit.
Likewise, a shared file is the exact same file in all locations. The file is not copied to different folders or anything like that. They are truly the same object. Change anything about the file in one location, and you change it for all locations.
It's harder to get the folder that a file lives in or to "jump to" a file. Even if the file lives in only 1 folder, it could live in multiple folders.
There's no Folder property on a File object.
When you delete a file you are really just deleting it from the share. The file will still be around if it lives in other shares. To truly delete a file, you need to delete it from every folder that it lives in.
When you move a file, you are just changing the location of one of the shares.
If you set security on a folder, all files in the folder get updated with the folder's security settings. This is still true even if the file is shared. So it's a "last one wins model" where the file has the security settings of the parent folder that updated security last.
On a user's local folder, a shared file gets downloaded to multiple locations as separate Windows files. However, on the Vault Server's file store, there is only 1 copy.
At the API level, you can find all the file shares with GetFoldersByFileMasterId. The Folders are not returned in any order, so don't assume any sort of prioritization. In fact, the order my change from call to call.


Tickets for the January 24, Joliet West High School away sophomore & varsity boys basketball games against Bolingbrook will be on sale starting January 18.
K-8 students admission is $2 (MUST be accompanied by an adult).
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Иван Терентьевич Осинин (, Копенгаген — , Санкт-Петербург) — , попечитель женских гимназий и председатель учебного комитета ведомства учреждений Императрицы Марии.

Биография
Сын псаломщика русской посольской церкви, родился в Копенгагене; мать его была датчанка.

В 1847 году И. Т. Осинин поступил в Санкт-Петербургскую духовную семинарию, которую окончил в 1853 году. Затем окончил Петербургскую духовную академию — первым магистром, в 1857 году оставлен при академии, назначен бакалавром по кафедре сравнительного богословия и, кроме того, занял должность преподавателя немецкого языка. В начале 1858 года Осинин защитил диссертацию «Римский новый догмат о зачатии Пресвятой Девы Марии» и вскоре был утверждён в должности магистра богословия. В этом же году Осинин женился в Англии на дочери настоятеля посольской церкви в Лондоне протоиерея Е. И. Попова. Неоднократно посещал Данию, Германию и Францию. 14 октября 1863 года И. Т. Осинин был утверждён в звании экстраординарного профессора. В том же году он был приглашён преподавателем истории великой княжне Марии Александровне, а затем преподавал этот же предмет великим князьям Сергею и Павлу Александровичам.

Написал ряд статей, напечатанных в журнале «Христианское чтение», преимущественно по истории иностранных вероисповеданий, важнейшие из них: «Римский новый догмат о зачатии Пресвятой Девы Марии без первородного греха перед судом Св. Писания и св. предания св. отцев» (1858), «Ирвингианство» (1859, Ч. II), «Взгляд на современное положение папства» (1861, Ч. I), «Взгляд на характер и направление западных христианских вероисповеданий» (1862, Ч. I), «О коренных свойствах и истинном значении церкви Христовой» (1862, Ч. I), «О церковном состоянии Англии» (1864, Ч. II), «Попытки протестантов к соединению с православною церковью в XVI в.» (1865, Ч. I), «Обзор 39 членов английского вероисповедания» (1866, Ч. I), «Об английском священстве» (1869, Ч. II); в журнале «Православное обозрение» — «Жизнь религиозная в Англии» (1862, Кн. 1). В 1865 году была напечатана его статья: «Торжество в Крестовоздвиженской общине сестер милосердия и несколько слов о самой общине» .

В 1867 году Осинин был назначен вместо вышедшего в отставку Н. А. Вышнеградского исправляющим должность начальника Санкт-Петербургских и Царскосельской женских гимназий и с этих пор в течение 20-ти лет энергично работал на пользу женского образования, не покидая в то же время до 1883 года и своей профессорской деятельности в Духовной академии.

В начале 1870 года И. Т. Осинин был командирован от Святейшего Синода за границу для участия в церковном конгрессе, по возвращении из которого явился одним из деятельнейших членов-основателей петербургского отдела общества любителей духовного просвещения, поставившего себе задачей поддерживать начинавшееся в иноверных церквях движение в пользу соединения с православием. В 1874 году Осинин принимал деятельное участие в богословских конференциях, происходивших в Бонне, и некоторые из его речей были потом напечатаны (в том числе на английском языке).

В 1872—1876 годах И. Т. Осинин состоял главным редактором в «Педагогическом Листке Санкт-Петербургских Женских Гимназий», переименованного в 1876 году в «Женское Образование». Здесь им было напечатано множество статей, в которых он отстаивал необходимость общего образования для женщин. Те же принципы он защищал и в комиссии 1874 года по учреждению в России высших женских учебных заведений, а также в книге «Замечания по поводу объяснительной записки по вопросу о высшем женском образовании».

В 1885 году он стал председателем учебного комитета ведомства Императрицы Марии, в 1886 году — попечителем женских гимназий и почетным опекуном.

Скоропостижно скончался в Петербурге  года и был похоронен на Никольском кладбище Александро-Невской лавры, вместе с Марьей Васильевной Осининой (1809—1893).

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Литература

Выпускники Санкт-Петербургской духовной семинарии
Выпускники Санкт-Петербургской духовной академии
Похороненные на Никольском кладбище Александро-Невской лавры

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First, reputable rabbit breeders will have lots of bunnies.
They'll keep some of them for their own breeding programs, but they'll also have some that will make great pets.
Second, it's a great season for acquiring a pet bunny.
It's a great season because it's rabbits' natural breeding season, and they're more than happy to do what they're famous for doing - breed. That's why there are lots of bunnies to choose from around Easter time. Your chances of getting a really great pet rabbit are good.
We strongly recommend you get one from a reputable breeder, or from a Pet Shop that purchases from good breeders.
Speaking of really great pet rabbits, we heard recently from Michelle, a preschool teacher, who got a pet rabbit for her classroom.
"I have a Siamese Satin. She wasn't considered good enough for show, because one ear has a habit of falling sideways, but she's smart as a whip, and sweet as sugar. I got her for my preschool classroom when she was 7 weeks old. We've had her for about 8 months, and she's out of her cage for most of the day, along with the children. She's NEVER nipped, bit or scratched anyone, and sometimes kids can be a bit rough. She's perfect!"
I felt very happy. That's exactly how well-bred, sound rabbits are -- healthy, calm, and delightful.
getting sick after they leave momma give me a holler.
That is my biggest problem."
That's all Maurice told us initially. But we put together everything we knew about bunny diarrhea, and posted it at Bunny Enterotoxemia.
It's a fairly extensive page. If your rabbits are regularly experiencing 'sticky butts' before, during, or after weaning, then it's time to evaluate their environment, which should be clean but not sterile, your methods of weaning, which should be as stress-free as possible, and the bunnies' diets, for any nutritional imbalance (too many carbs and not enough fiber) that could contribute to a bloom of unfriendly disease bacteria.
Free feed both pellets and hay.
Give a scant handful of BOSS or whole oats per litter, once a day.
There seems to be some question 'on the street' as to the connection between weaning age and the incidence of bunny diarrhea. For the record, the risk of bunny diarrhea between the ages of 4 weeks to 9 weeks is elevated, whether or not the bunny is weaned.
"I will be weaning our baby rabbit soon at 7 weeks. I have read that a broad spectrum anitibiotic is successful in aiding in weaning. Terramycin is difficult to locate so Oxymycin 10 Soluble powder was suggested. What dosage should I use and for how long. Thank you."
My question for Kelli was: Why Antibiotics?
"Antibiotics are completely unnecessary, in my opinion. Why kill the friendly and essential gut bacteria your bunny is trying to grow? Instead, give Benebac (probiotic), if you think you need to give something.
"During weaning, no people-food, no treats, give lots of hay (either stemmy alfalfa or grass hay), and 16% protein feed. Whole oats or black oil sunflower seeds also recommended, 1 tsp of either, every day.
"Your bunny will do great, and by the way, it's probably already 99% weaned by the doe... Have fun!"
Find additional information about weaning rabbits and selling bunnies at Baby Rabbits. This page was written in response to an absurd harangue on the Portland Craigslist. I may have to apologize for being a little cranky -- I feel really badly when people bawl other people out for no reason at all.
But, I'll just let you read it for yourself, because I hope it will allay any worries about the rights and wrongs of weaning and selling bunny rabbits.
If you get a chance to see the movie, "Rabbit Fever," we recommend it! If follows several youth as they compete to become Rabbit King and Rabbit Queen. You'll get to see everything about the sport of showing rabbits, and maybe you'll see why WE are so excited to breed and show our own Rex rabbits.
Your friends at Raising-Rabbits.com wish you a wonderful April and a wonderful Easter.


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Q: selecting data from pandas panel with MultiIndex I have a DataFrame with MultiIndex, for example:
In [1]: arrays = [['one','one','one','two','two','two'],[1,2,3,1,2,3]]
In [2]: df = DataFrame(randn(6,2),index=MultiIndex.from_tuples(zip(*arrays)),columns=['A','B'])
In [3]: df
Out [3]:
          A         B
one 1 -2.028736 -0.466668
    2 -1.877478  0.179211
    3  0.886038  0.679528
two 1  1.101735  0.169177
    2  0.756676 -1.043739
    3  1.189944  1.342415

Now I want to compute the means of elements 2 and 3 (index level 1) for each row (index level 0) and each column. So I need a DataFrame which would look like
                                 A                            B
one 1 mean(df['A'].ix['one'][1:3])  mean(df['B'].ix['one'][1:3])
two 1 mean(df['A'].ix['two'][1:3])  mean(df['B'].ix['two'][1:3])

How do I do that without using loops over rows (index level 0) of the original data frame? What if I want to do the same for a Panel? There must be a simple solution with groupby, but I'm still learning it and can't think of an answer.

A: You can use the xs function to select on levels.
Starting with:
              A         B
one 1 -2.712137 -0.131805
    2 -0.390227 -1.333230
    3  0.047128  0.438284
two 1  0.055254 -1.434262
    2  2.392265 -1.474072
    3 -1.058256 -0.572943

You can then create a new dataframe using:
DataFrame({'one':df.xs('one',level=0)[1:3].apply(np.mean), 'two':df.xs('two',level=0)[1:3].apply(np.mean)}).transpose()

which gives the result:
            A         B
one -0.171549 -0.447473
two  0.667005 -1.023508

To do the same without specifying the items in the level, you can use groupby:
grouped = df.groupby(level=0)
d = {}

for g in grouped:
    d[g[0]] = g[1][1:3].apply(np.mean)

DataFrame(d).transpose()

I'm not sure about panels - it's not as well documented, but something similar should be possible

A: I know this is an old question, but for reference who searches and finds this page, the easier solution I think is the level keyword in mean:
In [4]: arrays = [['one','one','one','two','two','two'],[1,2,3,1,2,3]]

In [5]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(6,2),index=pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(z
ip(*arrays)),columns=['A','B'])

In [6]: df
Out[6]:
              A         B
one 1 -0.472890  2.297778
    2 -2.002773 -0.114489
    3 -1.337794 -1.464213
two 1  1.964838 -0.623666
    2  0.838388  0.229361
    3  1.735198  0.170260

In [7]: df.mean(level=0)
Out[7]:
            A         B
one -1.271152  0.239692
two  1.512808 -0.074682

In this case it means that level 0 is kept over axis 0 (the rows, default value for mean)

A: Do the following:
# Specify the indices you want to work with.
idxs = [("one", elem) for elem in [2,3]] + [("two", elem) for elem in [2,3]]

# Compute grouped mean over only those indices.
df.ix[idxs].mean(level=0)


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Rodriguez re-elected as APC Athlete Representative at General Assembly in Lima
By Patrick O'Kane
Ileana Rodriguez was re-elected Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) Athlete Representative at the APC's governing body's General Assembly.
The US Paralympian was first elected in 2015 and received 32.24 per cent of the vote from athletes at the elections, which were held in Lima in Peru during the Parapan American Games.
Rodriguez said: "I want to thank all athletes who voted; it is an immense joy that such a big percentage participated in the elections.
"This is proof of the growing interest they all have in actively participating in debates that affect all Americas Para athletes.
"I am filled with emotion to see that so many feel represented and value the work we started four years ago, and trust me to take it to the next level.
"It is an honour and a beautiful responsibility to be an ambassador for them all.
Colombian Julio Cesar Avila was elected as Americas Paralympic Committee President during the General Assembly ©APC
Brazilian Simone Camargo was second in the vote on 27 per cent with Argentinian Giselle Muñoz taking 19.17 per cent of votes.
A total of 1,518 athletes voted, representing 82.09 per cent of the total number of Lima 2019 competitors.
Jamaican Shauna-Kay Tawani Hines and Chilean Cristian Valenzuela received 11.39 and 10.07 per cent of the votes respectively.
Rodriguez added: "I want to continue contributing to the development of the Paralympic Movement in the Americas, with more athlete leaders in each country at the centre of the decision-making process.
"With their support, from the grassroots level to the Paralympic Games, we will achieve any goal we set."
At the General Assembly Julio Cesar Avila from Colombia was elected as the APC's President.
The APC Athlete Representative is the voice of the Paralympic athletes in the Americas Region and a member of the APC Executive Committee.
August 2019: Newly elected Americas Paralympic Committee President expecting amazing Parapan American Games
August 2019: Avila unseats Dussliere to become Americas Paralympic Committee President
August 2019: Wimbledon champion Fernandez among APC Athlete of the Month nominees for July
June 2019: Incumbent O'Neill Dussliere one of three candidates for Americas Paralympic Committee Presidency
June 2019: Incumbent Rodriguez among five candidates in 2019 APC athlete representative election
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Patrick O'Kane is a junior reporter at insidethegames.biz. He graduated from the University of Sunderland with a degree in Journalism Studies, and built his experience as a sports reporter at The Westmorland Gazette in Cumbria. Patrick was a flash-quote reporter for LOCOG at the London 2012 Paralympics and has covered the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Heineken Cup rugby as a freelance writer.
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It is true that a photograph can speak a thousand words; slideshows can showcase the many sides of the death experience throughout the world. Death has a distinct way of prompting very strong emotions, but it's the one thing that every single person will experience at some point.
Though a person may be gone, they are not forgotten. Many people who are grieving find comfort in honoring their departed loved one, whether it's through exquisite urns for ashes after a cremation, beautiful monuments to place in a cemetery, or flower sprays to adorn the casket at the funeral. Lovely caskets and beautiful headstones will not only serve a practical purpose, but can help mourners feel as though they are providing the deceased with a fitting exit.
Etiquette doesn't require people to send gifts to people mourning the death of a loved one, but an unexpected gesture can help a person feel a little more supported in their time of grief. Sending flowers is quite acceptable, as is arranging for meals for the family left behind. The gift of helping can be greatly appreciated, especially when difficult tasks are taken out of the hands of the people mourning. Helping write an obituary or dealing with getting the word out about the memorial service can take some of the pressure off those close to the deceased.
The death of a child is a jolting, life changing experience that is fraught with anguish and profound grief. Parents need to be surrounded by loving, caring people while they adjust to life after the death of a child.
Stillborn babies require a period of mourning, just as any other death will. Choosing a headstone for a child is an incredibly difficult task, but many parents choose angel themed statues to memorialize their deceased child. The symbolism of angels and the ascent to Heaven can help comfort mourners in such a sensitive time.
Everyone experiences death, although each death experience is unique. While mourners in Victorian England considered it acceptable and customary to take photographs with the bodies of people who passed away, some cultures treat death as though death is a taboo topic.
Some people find the topic of death to be fascinating, especially when a celebrity passes away. Celebrities may seem untouchable, but they're just as susceptible to terminal disease as everyone else. Annually, Americans face the topic of death when they recognize Memorial Day, which has oddly evolved from a somber holiday into an ushering-in of the summer months.
Grief is known as the silent epidemic. People die every day and many grieve alone or with family members at home. Turning to the Internet for support is not uncommon. Finding pictures to which people can relate can help with the bereavement process. Individuals will realize they are not alone on their journey and may actually find some much-needed hope.


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An interesting statement by Intel has apparently placed some blame for the delay of coming Ivy Bridge CPUs on the 22nm fabrication process. Whether or not the previously thought reason of 'overstock of current-gen based products' or issues with the 22nm process are to blame for the delay, is more of a hindsight that detaches mind from task. All that is important is there will be a delay.
SweClockers have presented a revised schedule to help try and clear a few things up.
April 8th 2012: The original launch date for 'Everything' however this will now only be the release date for the Intel Z77, Z75, H77, and B75 chipset which will mean motherboard releases, anyone buying a board now would have to use a 'Sandy Bridge' CPU' in the meantime.
April 29th 2012: This is when the quad core i5 and i7 CPU parts will be launched, reviews will be able to go live this day from associated press and media, however it is not clear if they will be available in retailers for purchase this day.
June 3rd 2012: Intel will launch the Q75 and Q77 chipsets, the notebook platforms, dual core CPUs, and the Ivy Bridge based Ultrabooks.