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Friendship From Childrens Literature Quotes
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1. "Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path"
Author: Abdu'l Bahá
2. "Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends."
Author: Alphonse De Lamartine
3. "It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn't wait to leave."
Author: Anatole Broyard
4. "Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy."
Author: Anita Brookner
5. "I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. Books are unconvertible assets, to be passed on only to those who possess them already."
Author: Anthony Powell
6. "I had all the normal interests - I played basketball and I headed the school paper. But I also developed very early a great love for music and literature and the theater."
Author: Carlisle Floyd
7. "The sensuality, delicacy of literature does not exist for me; only the passion, energy and struggle… Most of my friends deplore this: they are always telling me what I should leave out in order to have success. But I know that nothing has more success in the end than an intelligent ferocity."
Author: Christina Stead
8. "What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote."
Author: E. M. Forster
9. "[A]s people are beginning to see that the sexes form in a certain sense a continuous group, so they are beginning to see that Love and Friendship which have been so often set apart from each other as things distinct are in reality closely related and shade imperceptibly into each other. Women are beginning to demand that Marriage shall mean Friendship as well as Passion; that a comrade-like Equality shall be included in the word Love; and it is recognised that from the one extreme of a 'Platonic' friendship (generally between persons of the same sex) up to the other extreme of passionate love (generally between persons of opposite sex) no hard and fast line can at any point be drawn effectively separating the different kinds of attachment. We know, in fact, of Friendships so romantic in sentiment that they verge into love; we know of Loves so intellectual and spiritual that they hardly dwell in the sphere of Passion."
Author: Edward Carpenter
10. "Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth."
Author: Edward Dahlberg
11. "These people know the reality and laugh at it. Such laughter has little concern with what is funny. It is often bitter and sometimes a little mad, for it is the laugh under the mask of tragedy, and also the laughter that masks tears. They are the same. It is the laughter of people who value love and friendship and plenty, who have lived with terror and death and hate." - , Return to Laughter (1954)"
Author: Elenore Smith Bowen
12. "If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs - and I'm not the first person to say this, it's been said over and over again in literature - there's a sense of normalcy."
Author: Eric Bogosian
13. "My hapless peers with their lofty dreams--how I envy and despise them! I'm with the others, the even more hapless, who have no-one but themselves to whom they can tell their dreams and show what would be verses if they wrote them. I'm with those poor slobs who have no books to show, who have no literature beside their own soul, and who are suffocating to death due to the fact that they exist without having taken that mysterious, transcendental exam that makes one eligible to live."
Author: Fernando Pessoa
14. "She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them."
Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
15. "The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy."
Author: Gustave Flaubert
16. "An acquaintanceship with the literature of the world may be won by any person who will devote half an hour a day to the careful reading of the best books. The habit of reading good books is one that gives great comfort in all the stages and among all the vicissitudes of life. The man who has learned to love good reading is never alone. His friends are the great ones of human history, and to them he may always go for stimulating and helpful communion. --GQ 71 (GQ is A Guide for Quorums of the Melchizedek Priesthood, 3rd Edition, 1930)"
Author: John Andreas Widtsoe
17. "True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions."
Author: Joseph Addison
18. "Don't mistake me, Treasure. I can offer you many things, but friendship ain't one of them. Now, for once in your life, be a sensible girl and run away."
Author: Kady Cross
19. "Much like books, she could tell how voiceless things had provided a brand of companionship more compatible to his nature than human friendship had ever been. These things, locked in their inanimate ways, fed him ideas, she thought. They whispered their tales to him through unmoving lips and he listened, opening himself to their world so much more than any normal passerby. That much was evident in the way he'd taken the photos, as if he'd caught each soulless thing in a candid moment of secret animation. Like they'd sensed him coming and so turned themselves his way because they knew that he held the power to translate their silence into words."
Author: Kelly Creagh
20. "Men may congratulate themselves for writing truly and passionately about the movements of nations; they may consider war and the search for God to be great literature's only subjects; but if men's standing in the world could be toppled by an ill-advised choice of hat, English literature would be dramatically changed."
Author: Michael Cunningham
21. "I meditated on the nature of friendship as I practiced the craft. My friends had always come from outside the mainstream. I had always been popular with the fifth column of my peers, those individuals who were princely in their solitude, lords of their own unpraised melancholy. Distrusting the approval of the chosen, I would take the applause of exiles anytime. My friends were all foreigners, and they wore their unbelongingness in their eyes. I hunted for that look; I saw it often, disarrayed and fragmentary and furious, and I approached every boy who invited me in."
Author: Pat Conroy
22. "SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible."
Author: Piers Anthony
23. "The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart."
Author: Ryszard Kapuscinski
24. "Family isnt about blood relationships, its about the meaning behind them. I relize now that sharing chromosoms is not the only way to having a family, its about the friendship behind it."
Author: Sarah Dessen
25. "And I found both literature and the church very dramatic presences in the world of the 1950s."
Author: Thomas Keneally
26. "There is no literature anymore, there are just single books that arrive in bookstores, just as letters, newspapers, advertising pamphlets arrive in mailboxes."
Author: Tõnu Õnnepalu
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If we could get a glimpse into the future, what would clinical practice a decade or two from now look like? For certain, it would include a heavy emphasis on telemedicine that involves some form of artificial intelligence (AI). We've just witnessed the first fast-track FDA-approved example of an AI system (IDx-DR, IDx Technologies) to detect diabetic retinopathy, so AI has definitely entered the field of medicine and eye care in a formal fashion. Teams around the world are using AI for imaging diagnostics (image analysis and machine learning tools) to detect early macular degeneration and glaucoma. And I'm certain there's much more to come.
By any standard, AI is not a recent development. We've used AI in its crudest form for many years—most of us just haven't realized it. Glaucoma management relies on regression analysis from images of the nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell complex. When we interpret visual fields, we receive automated information that helps us determine the best course of action for each patient.
Machine-learning AI also plays an important role in disease diagnosis verification with multiple optical coherence tomography (OCT) image readings and intraocular lens calculations of corneas with significant pathology or after corneal surgery to improve outcomes in cataract surgery patients.1 Machine learning is a sub-field of AI, and deep learning is a sub-division of machine learning.1 Diabetic retinopathy detection currently uses machine-learning algorithms, which will continue to serve us well in other areas in the future.
Some experts worry about AI's limitations, such as the technology's ability to evaluate context accurately and the applicability for a system's use.4 AI systems will need model and performance metrics to assess efficacy and accuracy at the same standard as the rest of us. We'll still need humans to oversee the machine-driven technologies that will be developed in the near future.
Artificial intelligence and, in particular, deep learning, will surely change the way we work and will indeed help us serve a broader patient base. AI is just one of the many ways practice will change in the future. As resources advance, disruptive technologies will flourish. It's difficult to predict how significantly future advances in AI systems will impact the management of anterior segment conditions. The future will be exciting but also poses new challenges to all of us engaged in practice.
1. AI Applications in Ophthalmology Achieve Human Expert-Level Performance. Healio Ocular Surgery News. June 10, 2018. https://www.healio.com/ophthalmology/technology/news/print/ocular-surgery-news/%7B373d8cf8-f72b-43fe-b362-29ba35c416ba%7D/ai-applications-in-ophthalmology-achieve-human-expert-level-performance. Accessed November 15, 2018.
2. Roach L. Artificial intelligence. EyeNet. 2017;77-83.
3. Varma R. How AI benefits patients and physicians. Ophthalmology Times. 2018. http://www.ophthalmologytimes.com/article/how-ai-benefits-patients-and-physicians. Published September 15, 2018. Accessed November 15, 2018.
4. Trikhar, S. Embracing and managing AI in the eye care workplace. Ophthalmology Times Europe. http://europe.ophthalmologytimes.com/ophthalmology/embracing-and-managing-ai-eye-care-workplace.


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The AIDS Quilt: Celebration of Life
Jan 01, 1997 by Randy Ash in Journeys
Today I saw the AIDS quilt for the first time. It was a nearly perfect autumn afternoon with a gentle breeze and crystal blue sky. After church I went down to the National Mall with a couple of friends. Beginning on the west side of the Washington Monument at 15th Street, the patchwork of memorial panels stretched on the length of 24 football fields down the Mall to 3rd Street in front of the Capitol.
As it turned out, the pieces beginning at the Washington Monument represented the first panels to be completed moving chronologically toward the most recent at the Capitol end. The earlier ones were generally more austere and less personal — many were simply painted on sheets of canvas or broad cloth. The further east I walked the more interesting and creative the offerings became.
So many characteristics wove in and out of the panels. Symbols were everywhere, and of all, the rainbow was most common — along with red ribbons and pink triangles. Many had religious images, crucifixes, Stars of David, crosses and verses, and one with the Episcopal Shield and the Kyrie eleison complete with notes on the staff.
Language was important. Besides the obvious prominence of the name and dates of birth and death, there were personal messages from loved ones, poems — Edna St. Vincent Millay, Paul Monette — newspaper clippings — time and again chronicling of the death in some local metro or community section, breaking new ground, an accidental activist — pages from journals. In one a man reflected on an average day in his life, a day very much like today. The choice of language also, some in Spanish, one in Hebrew, another in French.
Titles spoke of accomplished lives. M.D., D.D.S., D.V.S., R.N., Esq., and Ph.D. among others. Some panels were dedicated to the unknown and one to the infants of the third world.
I saw one for Ryan White, Jonathan found one for Paul Monette.
As I walked the distance of the Mall, I encountered five separate stages where people announced the names of the dead: my dear brother Kyle; my faithful lover Peter; my little baby Micah. The litany of names echoed across the Mall. Weirdly, I would zero back into the tolling of the names when Randy was called out. It humbles me to realize the advantage of being a little younger, shier about sex, opposed to promiscuity, isolated in central America or central Kentucky, I know that after experience the AIDS quilt, I am more aware than ever of the horror of AIDS, more ready to speak out — no one deserves to die like that.
Eventually it's all just a massive blur. I remember only a few. Two which remain with me were those of a couple. The panels were sewn side by side. Both men were from Atlanta and had died in 1987, one in April, the other in November. Under their names were strips with short phrases — lives summed up simply: "He loved plants. He loved animals. He loved his friends. He was an accomplished pianist. He believed in the goodness of everyone. He always smiled." It made me cry.
There was another panel for a woman who was born in 1926. The message read: "Who would have believed that you, a grandmother, a straight woman, could get this disease. They diagnosed you only two weeks before you died. The made us swear an oath of silence. They were wrong — we were wrong. The only way to end this epidemic is to end the silence. We love you! Elizabeth & Sarah."
Like the myriad panels with photographs of the dead, the impression of intensely personal memorials is the ultimate message. These panels are not simply fabric, not even works of art, they are rather works of love. And lest I leave you with the notion that they are all sad — many are humorous. My personal favorite was a panel expressing a life which loved architecture and building. The man's name was constructed from Lego blocks. It made me laugh gently.
As I left the Mall, I was filled by the reality that I had just traversed a holy shrine, a place of celebration and not, despite the current status of the epidemic, despair. For the love of God was evident, the presence of God palpable, the promise of God — even to the least of these, my brethren — true.
Randy Ash
Michigan native Randy William Ash is an educator living in Maryland and has a blog at https://randuwa.blogspot.com.
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New Zealand university using traffic data to predict GDP activity
By Adam Frost on May 9, 2019 Data & Modeling, Traffic Management
A team of academic researchers from Massey University in Auckland has started using traffic data processed by artificial intelligence (AI) to help predict GDP (gross domestic product) trends in New Zealand's economic activity.
Massey University is partnering with NZ businesses and government agencies in the quest to develop machine learning-based solutions to estimating key economic indicators like GDP in real-time using data from multiple and diverse sources. The team has now integrated a new source of data provided by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) into GDPLive, the group's real-time GDP predictor of New Zealand economic activity. The GDPLive machine learning algorithm, which currently incorporates a huge amount of industry data including real-time data on payments (Paymark) and shipping (PortConnect), has recently become a lot more accurate and the researchers say it will be interesting to see if the new transport data improves the machine learning even further.
With the addition of the NZTA data, GDPLive now incorporates traffic data from over 100 national telemetry sites covering state highways. The raw data is broken down into regions, which will ultimately be useful for augmenting the regional economic activity forecasts. For now though, NZTA traffic data will only be deployed for national GDP predictions. NZTA data is recorded once a month and is provided one week after the end of the month that the data covers. The team says it will be watching closely to see if the NZTA data improves its predictions for GDP as traffic flows have been described as a good proxy for economic growth. However, the traffic volume data connection with GDP can also be volatile. For instance, truck movements get affected by weather and roadworks, although overall the link has been remarkably consistent
The new information from the NZTA is the same data that the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) uses for its successful ANZ Truckometer economic indicator, which has been running for seven years, is made up of two indexes: The ANZ Heavy Traffic Index based on flows of vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes on 11 of the country's major roads, and he ANZ Light Traffic Index, which is made up of light traffic flows (primarily cars and vans) on nine roads around the country. The ANZ has found that heavy traffic volumes show a strong contemporaneous link to GDP, while light traffic volumes are a good forward indicator of what GDP will be in six months' time.
"The new data offers some exciting opportunities to refine GDPLive's current and future predictions of GDP," explained GDPLive's data scientist, Dr Teo Susnjak. "We expect the models to respond to changes in light/heavy traffic volumes, however, there is uncertainty right now as to what the degree of response will be. While it is tempting to think of more data as being helpful, it can actually deteriorate the accuracy of machine learning if the data is 'noisy' and irrelevant. Data quality will always trump quantity."
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The bugle has been one of the military's most used tools for years. While there are those who think that the Army bugle is outdated and could be done away with, the majority disagree with the side of tradition of Army bugle calls. I really doubt the Army bugle call will ever leave, and in today's post, we are going to take a look at the different types of Army bugle calls. But first, let's take a look at the history of the Army bugle call.
Even before there was a United States Army, armed forces of other countries used the bugle to communicate. The reason for this was the bugle could be used to communicate to soldiers and officers over long distances, and even in noisy environments such as war will cause.
The bugle is a simple instrument made of brass. It has a loop to the mouthpiece, and the bell that releases the sound faces away from the individual. The sound of a bugle can be compared to a trumpet, but the bugle has no valves. The keys are made via the one who is playing the instrument.
One of the first known uses of a bugle by an Army is documented in the Bible. For those who don't know it, in the Old Testament, Joshua was ordered to march his Army around the walls of Jericho, and to blow the "trumpets," which were actually bugles. To make a long story short, the walls of Jericho tumbled down, and Joshua's Army took the city.
Armies everywhere have used bugle calls to bring formations, to yell retreat or charge, to call for meals, and much more. The United States Army uses bugle calls each, and every day to call troops to certain tasks, missions or other things.
Are you completely aware of every bugle call? If one were to play, would you know what you are supposed to do? I am going to go through the different types of bugle calls. While I am not putting the music here, I suggest that if there are any you do not know, you should simply search it out and learn it. I will also attempt to put links to samples of each bugle call.
Each day has a prescribed set of bugle calls. Sundays have their own set. There are also formation bugle calls. I will go through the formations first, and then the daily bugle calls. Some of the calls are optional, and I will notate that in parenthesis after each call. The first instance of a bugle call will be a link to the music and an example.
And Captains are the worst of all.
Like a good Girl Scout!
If you have ever been to a Horse Race, or watched the Kentucky Derby, you should be familiar with First Call. It is known as Call To The Post for horse racing fans.
I would love to hear from any of you Army Bugle players. Did I accurately list all the bugle calls? If I missed any at all, please tell us in the comments area.
Also, we would love to hear any and all opinions. Do you believe the Army bugle still has a place? Do you think that it is outdated and should be "put to sleep?" We do have many other ways to communicate with soldiers and officers in the field. Personally, I believe that the tradition of the bugle should be maintained forever. If technology fails, the bugle will not fail. I also believe the bugle, and the daily bugle calls enliven the motivation and morale of Army units. Along with that, I say that we go back to the old system where an actual Army bugle player plays every day, and get rid of the loudspeakers playing a recorded version. I actually think that the loudspeaker playing bugle calls drives morale into a negative side. But, that is just my opinion.
I have much respect for the Army bugle player. To me, they are similar to a Color Bearer in wars and battles. With bullets and bombs blaring, they put that piece of brass to their lips and blow music that signals soldiers and officers of their next move.
I suggest that for once, you just stop taking those daily Army bugle calls for granted. Listen to them closely and picture the soldiers who during the Revolution, the Civil War, the War of 1812, World War I and II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars and recently War in Iraq and Afghanistan who stood tall and brave, playing that bugle to provide soldiers with their next move.
Ok, I have said enough, but I want to share with you a great video of Pershing's Own Army Bugle player playing Taps at Arlington National Cemetery. Thanks.
You left out Minute Call. Only one long note.
Thank you Normand. How did I miss that one?


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World's Largest & Diverse Hackathon 'Humane Code' to be held from November 29
By siliconindia | Friday, 23 November 2018, 21:18 IST
Global hackathon "Humane Code", an effort by global coding communities to solve problems faced by humanity has so far attained distinction of being the largest and most diverse hackathons ever held. Top 20 entries shall get total prize money of $20800 and a chance to visit Bengaluru during the Summit.
Theme of the event is 'INNOVATION & IMPACT' and it will witness the participation of countries like Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands,Estonia,Japan, Australia and Czech Republic.The major highlight of this year's conference is India's biggest Start-up zone, a platform for companies to showcase their innovation, meet tech founders, innovation executives and investors to build partnerships and shape the future.
The Start-up zone is expected to have 200 plus start-ups and 3000 delegates. Top technology experts from India and globally, futurists, policy makers, thought leaders, research heads and other industry officials from across the globe are also expected to participate. Also, Path-breaking initiatives such as Bio-Excellence Awards, Showstoppers (Product Launch), Wall of Fame, Innovation Zones, Conferences will be witnessed this year.
The Government of Karnataka is playing a vital role in supporting the IT, ITES and ESDM industry not only in policy implementation & monitoring but also in providing various technology & communication services which includes internet, datacentre, hosting, technology consultation, IT security audit, support for e-Governance etc.
"The Karnataka Government has always been on a continuous quest to encourage innovations and this Summit is one step to ignite that spark and enthuse people about entrepreneurship. The event also aims to leverage technology as a catalyst to boost entrepreneurship in the state and enable business-to-business meet ups" says Shri. K.J. George, Minister for Large & Medium Scale Industries, Sugar, IT & BT, and Science &Technology, Govt of Karnataka.
"Our endeavour is to bring all stakeholders-policy makers, Industry and academia together to celebrate the wonderful technology ecosystem that Karnataka has, and to strive to retain our position of leadership through strategic investment of resources on people, places and technologies" says Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary, Department of Commerce & Industries and Department of IT, BT and Science & Technology.
"Reinvention in the field of IT is an on-going process and looking at the present scenario we have exciting times ahead. VR, AR, Big Data, Blockchain etc. are the new technology trends that are currently blooming in the market and a lot will be leveraged around this. This year's theme being "Innovation & Impact", we are looking forward to further clout the R&D bit and take technology to the next level", says Smt. VinothPriya R, IAS, Director, Directorate of IT & BT and Managing Director, KITS.
In addition to this, India's biggest and most extravagant drone racing competition will take place at the Bengaluru Tech Summit this year where the top drone racing pilots in the country will face off to prove their racing skills in front of a huge audience.
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Fox News: Endangered Species… Who Cares?
According to a survey by the American Museum of Natural History, seven out of ten biologists believe we're experiencing a mass species extinction: one that poses a major threat to human existence in the next century.
The phenomenon is known at the Sixth Extinction and we humans are the cause. Human overpopulation, overconsumption and technology contribute to the loss of a living species every 20 minutes. According to Jeff Corwin's article featured in the LA Times, The Sixth Extinction, "If this rate continues, by century's end, 50% of all living species will be gone. It is a phenomenon known as the sixth extinction. The fifth extinction took place 65 million years ago when a meteor smashed into the Earth, killing off the dinosaurs and many other species and opening the door for the rise of mammals. Currently, the sixth extinction is on track to dwarf the fifth."
Those mindlessly tuning into Fox News will never understand the ethical implications of our species causing such a mass extinction. They certainly won't shed a tear over the suffering we impose upon "lesser" living creatures. Perhaps arguments do exist that will catch their attention? What if we explain that nature provides medicines that cure human disease? No, that's probably not strong enough an argument. It's best that we lead with their ass… as it's literally on the line.
Corwin explains why we humans should be concerned, "Meanwhile, around the planet there are massive die-offs of amphibians, the canaries in our global coal mine. When frogs and other amphibians, which have existed for hundreds of millions of years, start to vanish, it is a sign that our natural world is in a state of peril. Bat and bee populations are also being decimated. Without bees, there will be no pollination, and without pollination, the predator that is decimating these other species -- humankind -- will also be headed toward its own extinction."
http://www.lli-manassas.org/uploads/Documents/classes/The%20Sixth%20Extinction%20%28ActionBioscience%29.pdf
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Edenic_Period?topic=49480
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I am a bit stuck in getting a particular scenario for Tableau.
I am trying to get total sales for a particular sales order which includes only beverages.
I just need sum of total which has beverages in it. So, as per above examples, I should get Total = 25$ i.e. (Beverages + Chicken = 15$) and (Deserts+ Beverages = 10$) and it should not include the salesorder2.
Also an extension top this is getting all by a store name?
I created two calcs to do this. You can filter on this calc, I just left it in there for you to see how it worked.
which version of tableau desktop you are using. The second calculation was done by using LOD expressions which will be supported by the (>x versions. Please make sure that you are using the 9.0 or higher versions.
I have Tableau 8.2 version. Now how can I solve this?
You are using lower version than 9.0 . So, LODs are not supported in that 8.2 version. if you want to use LOD then you need to upgrade your TD to 9.0 or higher version or else you need to write the calculations manually by breaking down them it into several parts.
Any idea on doing the above?
I tried to calculate the things the way you have want but I am stuck at an issue, which is my calculations are giving the proper order ID which contains the beverages. When I use them it only considers the Beverage and ignores the second item from the order. I think it need to be achieved using some restructuring of data.
Guys Please take it forward from here if possible.
Truly need some expert advice/guidance. Mahfooj, can this be achieved without using the LOD?
We have to biuld "BRIDGE TABLE" at DB level to implement the N: N Relationship. (Namy to Many Relationship between 2 Tables).
is there any workaround for this in tableau 8.2 version?
I think your suggestion is right. Can you try to demonstrate it? Even I had a say that there is some data restructuring or something at the data level needs to implement which will consider multiple items for one order.
Do you mean to say that need to restructure the database? Or it can be done directly through Tableau?
As per the SalesTable, Total Sales Volume is 400.
Here we get the Total Sales as 600, but as we known there is Total Sales AMT is 400.
Here 1 Book (B1) is authored by 3 Authors, so B1 sales AMT is reflecting to 3 Authors.
We can say 1 Book can be written by multiple Authors and 1 Author can write multiple Books. (Many to Many).
Here we have to create a NEW BRIDGE TABLE @ DB Level.
compute the table calculation in filter at cell level.


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Jacques Benveniste was a French immunologist. In 1979 he published a well-known paper on the structure of platelet-activating factor and its relationship with histamine. He was head of INSERM's Unit 200, directed at immunology, allergy and inflammation.
Benveniste was at the center of a major international controversy in 1988, when he published a paper in the prestigious scientific journal Nature describing the action of very high dilutions of anti-IgE antibody on the degranulation of human basophils, findings which seemed to support the concept of homeopathy.
Biologists were puzzled by Benveniste's results, as only molecules of water, and no molecules of the original antibody, remained in these high dilutions. Benveniste concluded that the configuration of molecules in water was biologically active; a journalist coined the term water memory for this hypothesis. Much later, in the nineties, Benveniste also asserted that this "memory" could be digitized, transmitted, and reinserted into another sample of water, which would then contain the same active qualities as the first sample.
As a condition for publication, Nature asked for the results to be replicated by independent laboratories. The controversial paper published in Nature was eventually co-authored by four laboratories worldwide, in Canada, Italy, Israel, and in France.[1] After the article was published, a follow-up investigation was set up by a team including physicist and Nature editor John Maddox, illusionist and well-known skeptic James Randi, as well as fraud expert Walter Stewart who had recently raised suspicion on the work of Nobel Laureate David Baltimore.[2]
With the cooperation of Benveniste's own team, the group failed to replicate the original results, and subsequent investigations did not support Benveniste's findings either. Benveniste refused to retract his controversial article, and he explained (notably in letters to Nature) that the protocol used in these investigations was not identical to his own. However, his reputation was damaged, so he began to fund his research himself as his external sources of funding were withdrawn. In 1997, he founded the company DigiBio to "develop and commercialise applications of Digital Biology."
Benveniste died in Paris at the age of 69 after heart surgery. He was married twice and had five children.


We're back again this Easter for 3 weeks of cracking fun at our Multi-Sport Camps on Wandsworth Common and bookings are OPEN!
Our camps are a great way for kids to burn off energy, make new friends, have a go at new sports and above all have fun and as always are wholly inclusive and open to both boys and girls of all abilities, aged between 4 and 14.
Sports included are football, baseball, athletics, rugby, ultimate frisbee, football tennis, plus obstacle courses and of course lots of games.
And our wonderful friends at the Skylark are also offering all those attending our camps 10% off their bill - the perfect place to grab a drink/lunch after an active morning. Vouchers can be collected at our registration when you drop the kids off.
Just a reminder that the fun starts on Monday April 1st at our Easter Holiday Camps on Wandsworth Common for all kids from the age of 4.
Final week of our fun Multi-sports Easter Kids Camps coming up on Monday 15th April.
And we've just got 4 days next week as Friday is Good Friday.
You can book for just one day, you don't have to book for the whole 4 days.


Closing date for applications is 5pm Friday 12 April 2019, and anyone interest in applying for the voluntary roles should submit their CV and a covering letter to robin.thomaides@liverpool.gov.uk or call 0151 233 0470 for more information.
Chair of St George's Hall Charitable Trust, Claire Dove OBE, said: "Being a trustee of an incredible building like St George's Hall is not only a real honour, but is vitally important in securing the heritage of the Hall for future generations to come.
City Halls Manager, Alan Smith, said: "We are hoping to recruit new additions to the team who have a passion for the Hall and really want to make a positive difference.
"We want them to bring their experience and forge links with the community, delivering a shared vision for the Hall which will ensure it remains a must-visit destination for tourists and a place residents and local businesses use as often as possible.


A hotel forged from snow and ice has opened for fans of "Game of Thrones" in Finland where winter is at its peak.
For a month earlier this fall, professional ice sculptors from Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Latvia turned about 20 million kilograms of snow and 350,000 kilograms of ice into a frozen village spanning an area of 20,000 square meters, which, this year, includes a GoT-themed hotel.
Located 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, the GoT-themed hotel was built in collaboration between Lapland Hotels SnowVillage and HBO Nordic and transports guests to the medieval world with impressive recreations of the Braavos Hall of Faces, an Ice Throne, dragon-shaped slide and White Walker demon, reports Condé Nast Traveler.
Like the cut-throat world of GoT, the ice hotel is not for the meek, as guests must be brave enough to sleep in 23 degrees Fahrenheit (-5 degrees Celsius) conditions.
Guests are given sleeping bags and morning cups of hot berry juice to warm up.
All 24 rooms and suites are unique, with their own GoT-themed ice sculptures and ice carvings.
Aside from the hotel, other activities and features of the SnowVillage include reindeer and husky rides, snowmobile safaris, ice movie theater, ice bar, and ice restaurant that serves up local fare like reindeer and arctic char.


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Is this robot from the Massachusetts-based company ready to scare the pants off consumers in real life?
Back when eerie robot maker Boston Dynamics was owned by Google Alphabet, one source of concern for its parent company was just how freaked out the public seemed to be by the short demonstration videos of its quadrupedal and bipedal bots. But with Japanese tech colossus SoftBank writing the checks now, the latest updated version of its dog-like SpotMini robot shows the firm is doubling down on its Neill Blomkamp-esque vision of the future.
The company released a new video on Monday showing off the streamlined SpotMini that will one day patrol your property, scan the implanted ID chips of visitors, and terminate anyone who's not on the approved list. Presumably. For now, the not-so-mini robot is content to simply trot into view, briefly peer into your soul, and keep moving in the 20-second clip, with the promise of more information "coming soon" at the end.
But for such a short teaser, there's a lot to unpack. Two big changes are immediately apparent compared with past Boston Dynamics robots: The SpotMini's movements have been streamlined, and it's been given a set of slick yellow body panels. The previous SpotMini's locomotion was always impressive, but between the update's smooth movements and smoother design, it really does look like a piece of CGI when it first bounds into view. It's a big departure from their nightmare-inducing designs of the past, and possibly the biggest sign yet that Boston Dynamics is preparing a consumer-grade robot.
However, if the company's previous robots were stuck firmly in the Uncanny Valley, the updated SpotMini has fallen into the Uncanny Crevasse. Maybe it's the fact that the body panels and updated front sensors give it a much more defined head and face than past versions, but you get an unnerving sense of being stared down and sized up when it looks into the camera. Of course, that's probably a good thing for the robotic guard dogs of the future.


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I've always thought it odd that there is no aural warning when the 'low fuel' state is reached. Unless you glance over and see that the little red light is on, you might not notice until the MINI starts to stutter. There is a warning, however, when the outside temperature gets into the 'ice zone', so that you can adjust your driving style to the risk of ice on the roads. It came on this morning a couple of times on the way to San Diego, temps went down to 29F at one point.
So a while back I got a letter from MINI saying that my car was subject to a voluntary recall to fix a software problem that could mean that emissions do not meet California standards. I called Brecht's yesterday to book an appointment and they said that they were so busy with recall work right now that they are currently booking 2 months out!! The service guy suggested I wait until my next service work needs doing, which for me is currently 8900 miles. He said that there is no time limit on the free software upgrade so I will do just that. And perhaps by that time the software will have even more nifty features – like getting rid of my stumble?
Very unpleasant pictures on the news last night of a nasty crash involving a MINI Cooper . The early reports say that the MINI and a pick up truck were racing on the freeway at speeds of around 100mph. The MINI tried to overtake on the dirt median, lost control, crossed to the other lanes and hit another pick-up. Both vehicles caught fire but the pick-up driver managed to get out; the MINI drivers were not so lucky.
I cringe every time I read a posting on the bulletin boards bragging about doing 100+ on the freeway, or doing 60 on mountain twisties on the wrong side of the road – if you want to die, fine, but there's a good chance you'll take innocent people with you. Please keep the stupid driving to the track or other legal off-highway venues.
Seems like its been a long tine since I had any problems with Sarah which is good as I was getting a little tired of the long drives to Escondido for service. But since the weather has cooled, it takes two turns of the ignition to get her to start in the mornings and evenings. She'll turn over and start but almost instantly the motor dies. I have to take the car back to Brecht for the emissions recall so I shall see if they can look at that same time.
There's a guy here at work thinking of getting a purple convertible MCS, if he does I will find it really hard to resist doing the same.


He wasn't sure it was smart but he decided to try his first patrol. He had bought some black sweatpants and sweatshirt and a bandanna which fit his stealthy costume needs for now. And as he sat on a rooftop keenly aware of every sound within the range of his hearing so when he heard a scream he was on his way to help almost instantly he made it there just in time to help a young woman who was being surrounded by a large man and pushed into a corner. He had thought through a situation like this and so he was ready for action.
He silently leapt down and hid behind a dumpster. From there he made a brick appear to trip the man, as the man stumbled he made another brick appear above his head which knocked the man unconscious and gave the woman a chance to run away. He felt good about his work and the rest of the night went without any other crimes for him to help with. At least none that he noticed.
The next day Zade began his search for a job, careful to keep his ears open for any gossip about his adventure last night, he spent most of the day passing out the half honest resumes of his assumed identity, not many of his Job applications left him with high hopes. Although, as he entered a mini mart he did overhear something that piqued his interest.
"Ya she's pretty shaken up, who knows what that guy would have done to her. She got really lucky" said a woman.
At this point he realized that he was being a dreadfully obvious eavesdropper so he continued on his way happy to know that there was no suspicion of his activities.


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1941 Buick Special Sedanette
By Jeremy Wilson
At a recent cruise-in, a custom rolled in that seemed to catch everyone's eye. One among hundreds of entries, it wasn't just the high-quality workmanship and its unusual light-green color that had heads turning. You could see by the thoughtful looks people were wondering, "What kind of car is that?"
Or more aptly, "What kind of car was that?"
Fortunately, owner Mike Jeffries stationed himself by the car to field questions. "I bought it as a basket case," said Jeffries. "The previous owner began the chopped top, which was sitting on the pillars but not yet welded. The motor was supposed to have been rebuilt, but wasn't running."
Jeffries' car is difficult to identify because it isn't a customized Ford or Chevy, but a pre-war Buick. Add the chopped top and the 1955 DeSoto grill and, for many, its year and make become a mystery.
In 1992 Mike was looking for a car and found this one. At the time he didn't know what a 1941 Buick looked like.
"I went to the annual Portland Swap Meet and it rained both Saturday and Sunday," said Jeffries. "I saw a trailer with a sign and all it said was:
1941 Buick Sedanette, chopped top started, 455 engine
"I was walking with my buddy Robert Stevenson and said, 'Robert, come back here, what's this?' Neither one of us knew what a '41 Buick looked like so we went into one of the buildings and found a book with a picture. Then we went to the see the car. It was a complete basket case and Robert said, 'Mike this is you!' I wanted something different, and that's why I bought it.
"There were no fenders on it--it was just a shell and everything was inside the car. Luckily, Robert is a good metal man. He helped me put it together."
Restoring with a friend can turn into a battle of wills, but Mike let Robert take the lead and was glad he did.
"The biggest challenge was listening to my buddy say 'Mike, just sit there and shut up!'" recalled Jeffries, laughing. "There were certain things I couldn't visualize but when he finished I said 'Robert, you're right!'"
Mike had the car running in 2003 with just a coat of primer, but the "rebuilt" 455 engine had problems so he switched to a Chevy 350 with a 700R4 automatic transmission. The car rides on a Plymouth Volare torsion-bar subframe and a 12 bolt Chevy rear end with 3.73 gears. Now it's a pleasure to drive. Although the car has been on the road for years, it looks brand new--the paint and upholstery are only a year old.
"It runs great! It all turned out beautifully and I can see out very well while driving," said Jeffries. "I thought there would be a problem but the visibility is very good. In the summer of 2009, I had the paint and pin striping done by El Robbo Studios in Battle Ground, Washington, and the interior done by Northwest Auto Upholstery in Vancouver, Washington. My future plans are to just drive it and take care of a few little bugs."
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This book is an authoritative, intimately fascinating story superbly told by two of the most respected automotive historians, each having devoted more than a decade to researching, interviewing, documenting, and recording one of the great sagas of our time. There are first-hand impressions of the men who were there when the first Buicks were built, and recollections of engineers, designers, and executives who have been there in all the years since, as the Buick moved from one era to the next. Accompanying the text are more than 1,000 historical photographs, drawn from historical societies, library archives, museums, and private collections throughout the world, many never before published.
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Celebrate 100 years of Buick history with this wonderful reference, including 20,000 model and price listings. Owners of all types of Buicks and anyone with an interest in the cars will enjoy this comprehensive listing of every Buick ever built, with all new information on models from 2001-2004 now included. Coverage spans all models, including Marquette, Special, Roadmaster, Century, LeSabre, Skylark, Grand National and more. Listings for each year of each model provide vehicle description, serial numbers, original price and weight, technical specifications, production data, engine details, historical facts,VIN information and more. Pricing information is available for all collector models from 1904-1996, in six condition grades.
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American Car Spotter's Bible 1940-1980
Spotting the best American-made cars is easy with this one-of-a-kind color guide! A follow-up to the Ultimate Car Spotter's Guide, the American Car Spotter's Bible 1940-1980 features vehicles from 250 different U.S. manufacturers in a familiar style, coupled with 8,000+ color illustrations.
Restorers and collectors searching for a specific make of car or a new project will appreciate the side, rear and interior views of each model. In addition to detailed illustrations, a quick glance gives car enthusiasts various technical specifications including weight, length, horsepower, distinguishing features and factory price. This indispensable reference gives collectors technical details they'll refer to again and again.
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1941 BUICK Full Line Service Shop Repair Manual Book
This Factory Authorized Reproduction provides information on diagnosis, service procedures, adjustments & specifications. There is none better. Loaded with diagrams and illustrations to help you disassemble, repair and reassemble various components. Approximately 300 pages. Includes Wiring diagrams.
1941-49 Buick Series 40 18X24 Full Color Laminated Wiring Diagram
This diagram covers the complete basic vehicle: interior and exterior lights, engine compartment, under dash, etc. Colors are the same as what is in your car. All text is crystal clear and easy to read. The diagram is laminated in rigid plastic for years of use.
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How Do You Create a Sustainable Safety Culture?
Why is Employee Injury So Expensive to Manage?
Employees as Their 'Safest Self' – What Works?
Strategic Safety in Numbers: Let's Do What Works!
Where Are Your Employees Most at Risk?
What's the real secret to achieving a healthy and safe work culture, week after week, and month after month?
That there isn't a secret at all.
To achieve a strong and healthy work culture, it's directly dependent on the occupational health resources you have in place to both help prevent injury, and keep employees safe on the job after the injury occurs.
In this article, we're going to dive deep into the role occupational health plays – and how it impacts your organization the hardest. To reduce the severity of injury, to minimize claims cost and improve productivity, is dependent on the prevention of workplace hazards that can otherwise hinder the health of your company and its workers.
Occupational health encompasses all aspects of safety and health, with a strong focus on prevention of hazards. Employees that are healthy and physically capable to do their job experience lower injury rates, higher production and an overall increase in morale. How can employers achieve a healthier and more competent workforce? With an occupational health program that encompasses all aspects of employee health from pre-hire through end of service and beyond.
Axiom Medical views this as the Employee Health Journey.
Do you know what type of injury remains your greatest threat?
According to Injury Facts 2016, overexertion injuries make up 35% of all work-related injuries and remain the largest contributor to workers' compensation costs.
It's not just overexertion that causes injury. Recent studies show substance abuse is also on the rise.
Here's what we know, and what we can do to manage that risk.
Cocaine detection continued to increase. The biggest industries that were affected include: waste management, transportation and warehousing.
Drug testing has always been an important preventative tool to maintain a healthy workforce, but given the industry trends, it's now an essential one. Without it, the rate of injuries will continue to rise, and both the direct and indirect costs of maintaining your bottom line becomes a complex undertaking.
An employee drug testing program that offers pre-employment, post-incident, random and reasonable suspicion testing on demand is the key to minimizing your risk. Control the safety of your workforce by proactively testing and holding them accountable.
How confident are you that your internal resource never misses a required employee exam?
Pre-Employment Testing. We provide customized testing that will not only keep your employees safe and fit to do their job, but keep you compliant! Testing includes (but isn't limited to): drug/alcohol, background checks and functional capacity evaluations.
Five years ago, Axiom coordinated a routine DOT exam for Lou, a truck driver of 15 years, and what it revealed changed his life forever.
While a clinic initially recommended a two year DOT card be issued for Lou, Axiom always reviews lab results with a fine-toothed comb.
Lou's results indicated he was likely developing Congestive Heart Failure — a condition in which the heart's function as a pump is inadequate to meet the body's needs.
After contacting Lou, he followed up with his personal doctor and was diagnosed with the condition.
Had his condition continued to go unnoticed (Lou didn't recognize early symptoms), he could have had a health emergency while driving — ultimately taking him away from his pride and joy — his 11 grandchildren.
While many businesses chose to use an internal resource such as an HR manager to take on the role of coordinating and scheduling exams and reviewing for accuracy, will this lead to an efficiently run organization that can effectively dot all their I's and cross all their t's?
Statistics show that on average, clinics have an 15-25% error rate in reporting results, billing and employee data.
This can frequently lead to errors and ultimately produce a greater risk of not remaining compliant.
Outsourcing an occupational health program for your drug testing, respiratory, hearing conservation or industry-specific testing needs (such as asbestos or silica) can provide long lasting benefits.
The direct costs of a workers' comp claim can hit an organization hard.
Did you know that the average cost for a single employee injury is $7,500?
Medical costs can quickly add up, but it's the unforeseen indirect costs that can turn one employee's injury fees into the thousands. In fact, in many instances, the indirect costs far outweigh the direct costs!
Left to a company's own devices to monitor and manage an employee's injury and recovery can be a daunting process; even more so as the indirect costs skyrockets.
No matter how safe of an environment we provide workers, it's inevitable: injuries will take place.
Since we can't stop injuries from taking place altogether, we can minimize those costs. So, the real question is: when it does take place, how much is it going to cost you?
Building a safer and sustainable work culture isn't just about preventative measures in place – it's also about ongoing, and effective leadership.
Let's take a look as to why safety must be modeled from the top, as well as some ways to start a safety dialogue with your employees.
What brings about a sustainable difference in injury outcome?
By approaching your employees as people, not as a number.
For example, let's take a company that has 10,000 employees nationwide.
The safety manager has all of his ducks in a row: their safety policy is concise, expectations are clearly communicated, toolbox talks occur once a month and the safety program is in place. With such a safe environment, why isn't their overall rate of injury going down?
Because their safety program only exists on paper but there's little engagement with the people. As a result, the management's commitment to safety doesn't translate to its workers.
With the motivation piece missing, employees don't take action.
According to the SAFE Dialogue technique, employers need face time in order to engage with their employees.
The SAFE technique creates an opportunity to engage and connect with your employees – the perfect jumping off place for workers to participate and actively become part of the solution.
Crafting relevant toolbox talks, according to season, industry, demographics, trending injuries, etc.
Make yourself visible. Show up for some face-to-face time with your employees.
Hold yourself accountable, and take ownership over your own safety practices – using it as a lesson to teach others.
Lean on the support of an occupational health program. Employment testing such as periodic drug/alcohol, hearing conservation and functional capacity evaluations throughout the employee life cycle can make a significant impact.
How do you keep employees safe, and minimize the injury outcome when it does occur? By effective, engaging leadership! Whether that means holding safety meetings more often, or applying the SAFE dialogue technique, everyone wins: the individual employee, the entire team as a whole and the organization at large.
What does a 'wrong worker' mean?
The WRONG worker is anyone who is unable to perform essential job functions that's required.
It can also be someone who can do the job but is at a high risk of injury from repetitive motion or job functions that their role requires of them.
If you were considering buying a used car, would you base you decision on the outward appearance of the vehicle or take the owner at their word that the car was in good condition?
You'd test drive the vehicle, inspect it, and even go the extra mile to have it looked over by a mechanic to ensure everything was operating.
When it comes to new employees, the same rule applies!
The key to checking each candidate before they're hired is to make sure they can do the job you hire them to do!
This client was experiencing an employee population that was facing health issues and could not complete their job duties on a regular basis. They were experiencing a high frequency of injuries and additional time taken off for medical reasons. The high number of qualified individuals that were applying became a top concern: who was right for the job?
Axiom's Occupational Health Programs ensured the new applicants were not only qualified as a great hire, but that they were able to physically handle the duties required. In the first quarter of testing, approximately 20% of the applicants were found to be incapable of passing a Functional Capacity Exam and/or Pre-employment Physical. They quickly realized that their new hire population would experience a lower injury frequency, a higher level of productivity, and less time off work.
Being a great leader isn't really about you—it's about your employees.
In order to motivate the masses, you've got to set an example for everyone to follow—and that really means keeping your employees happy and healthy at work. Here are three powerful ways to motivate your employees to up their game so you can boost your bottom line.
As a manager, you know that you can't (and you won't) always perform perfectly. Maybe your presentation didn't hit it out of the park like you expected it would.
Maybe you had a higher number of reportable injuries than you expected.
Maybe you didn't meet your objectives for last quarter like you thought you would.
No matter what challenges you're facing, a successful leader continues to hit the ground running, learn from mistakes swiftly, and change course when needed to improve their outcome.
Leadership Lesson: One trait all leaders possess is the understanding that growth can't happen when you feel like you have all the answers.
There's no shame in the 'imperfection' game.
Reflect on your actions (and those of your employees') that didn't give you the outcome you wanted, and try another route to success next time.
From time to time, everyone experiences burnout. But, the most successful leaders initiate a preventative wellness plan to minimize it.
According to a Harvard Business School Survey, the compounding stress from the never-ending workday is damaging. It can hurt relationships, health and overall happiness. Improving your turnover rate and employee efficiency means giving your workers the opportunity to improve their health, boost their productivity and maintain a greater work/life balance.
Leadership Lesson: Set your employees up for success by encouraging them to unplug from their tech devices when they're off the clock. Discourage late night emails or text messages so that work can end when they're with their loved ones.
By eliminating late night emailing or text messaging, you will help them develop a stronger habit of resilience.
"Resilient people feel a greater sense of control over their lives—and that sense of control leads to less stress professionally and personally," says Robert Brooks, professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School.
Many people realize that leadership requires vision, great ideas, being a solid role model and humility. But, emotional intelligence? Many good leaders never become great ones because they fail to develop solid interpersonal relationships.
Leadership Lesson: While using your head in business to get ahead, don't forget to have a heart by being the kind of leader that communicates an investment in your employee's health and well-being!
The pathway to employee health isn't straight and narrow, but ever-changing with dips and detours. Axiom Medical provides a comprehensive occupational health program fit for all of your organization's needs from pre-employment (so you hire the most qualified applicants), to intra-employment (to cover both ongoing/on-demand and industry-specific testing) to exit testing.
Give us a call at 877-502-9466 to learn how streamlined our occupational health solution really is!


The perfect springboard for your professional future: vocational training at KOCH.
Training is extremely important at KOCH. This is made clear by the above average trainee rate of 12 % (12 out of 100 employees are trainees) and, above all, by the great commitment with which we support the next generation. During their dual training they are part of the team from the beginning and can benefit from the knowledge and experience of their colleagues. In parallel with practical experience in the company, the vocational schools in Freudenstadt and Horb give them a solid theoretical foundation for their careers. Their technical or commercial training lasts 3 or 3.5 years depending on job description (reduction of the training period as possible). Since KOCH prefers to fill as many positions as possible with young people from its own staff, they have an excellent chance of being offered employment after their training.


After for a few weeks since my dad died I felt like not doing anything. I realize this is not good for me, both for my soul and health. I slept and woke up late, didn't exercise, and didn't have appetite. Is it a self-destruction? Maybe. For a second I thought I was slowly killing myself. But then I remember that I had made a promise to my dad that I would take care of my mom. Who's gonna take care of my mom if I couldn't take care of myself? And deep down inside I know my dad wouldn't like it. He would be angry with me if he saw my condition. So, I pick up my tab and choose an e-book to read. When I feel I don't want to talk to anyone, I find consolation in reading.
Now I'm reading Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. I was reading chapter "People Prescription" and I was interested in that chapter. It was about health institutions, hospitals, doctors, and nurses treat their patients. We often hear complaints about doctors and nurses have lack of empathy, less appreciate their patients, and make no attempt to build rapport with their patients. I bet we also hear gossips about how hospitals try to make more money from their patients. Just like Goleman quoted Aldous Huxley from The Perennial Philosophy, "Our institutions are organized lovelessness." I've been there. I was with my dad when he was in that position. So, I do know how it feels.
I know what it feels like to see doctors and nurses seemed not really care or when they treated my father in "I-It" attitude. This blog post isn't about those complaints, though. Here I want to share our family's experience when my dad was treated with good, kind, and loving care.
Based on our experience, the most important thing to help my dad was treating him in more humane way, not as an object. And that we felt from my dad's doctors, Dr. Tan Yew Oo and Dr. Tay Khoon Hean, and nurses at Dharmais Hospital, Jakarta. They all asked what my dad really wanted and what he felt. They wanted to make him comfortable and felt less pain. It's not about what doctors want or what they feel good for their patients, but it's more what patients want for themselves.
Both my dad's doctors had become very good listeners. They listened attentively my dad's complaints and his stories. I think when patients have disclosed themselves to their doctors, it means they trust their doctors. When trust is earned, it'll be easier for doctors to give treatment for their patients. And that happened to my dad. My dad trusted his doctors. My dad trusted Dr. Tan. He followed the treatment program that was made by Dr. Tan. Dr. Tan not only help him by medications, but also he helped my dad in ways that we couldn't say and thank enough.
My dad trusted Dr. Tay, too. I even think my dad really loved Dr. Tay. I remember when my dad was in recovery after his liver surgery, he felt pain and didn't want to eat. Dr. Tay came to visit him and asked him to eat. After he left the room, my dad then asked for meal. Still in recovery, one day my dad had schedule to see Dr. Tay. While we were in our hotel, he said he had fever and pain in his body. Albeit fever and pain, we still went to see Dr. Tay. Do you know what happen next? After seeing Dr. Tay, my dad said his fever and pain had already gone.
In 2012, I forgot in what month, my dad had another surgery. This time he had his lung operated. Even though Dr. Tay wasn't the one who operated him, but Dr. Tay came to visit my dad every day at Mount Alvernia Hospital. Every day. I believed what Dr. Tay did, by visiting my dad, gave him confidence and boost his spirit to get well soon. And when things weren't getting any better, my dad came to Dr. Tay and sought for solace from him. I remember when we came to him and told him that my dad's cancer was back to his liver, Dr. Tay soothed him. He told my dad not to give up and my dad should follow treatment from Dr. Tan. And before we left, Dr. Tay hugged my dad.
At Dharmais Hospital, we felt the same thing. The nurses there were tremendously good. We could see that from the way they nursed my dad and the way they talked to him. They cheered my dad up. Because my dad spent his last 20 days at the hospital and he was taken really good care by the nurses there, we couldn't thank them enough. Their genuine hearts helped my dad to have less pain and I bet my dad was happy because of them. If he were alive, I was so sure my dad would give many compliments to the nurses and he wouldn't stop talking about them to every person he would meet.
Let God solve the rest.
Oh yeah, i ever watched a talkshow (Hitam Putih). The host said that the better cure of cancer is happiness deep inside the person. And it's proven by a kid who have cancer.


The approach of GOG is based on simulating a human player's thinking mechanism. As a Go-playing program requires basic AI techniques such as searching, processing ambiguous patterns, exceptional processing, and cooperative problem solving, it is a suitable research subject for knowledge processing technologies.
Due to the high branching factor of the Go game tree, computer chess type full board search becomes hopeless in this domain. In the stage of board recognition and planning, GOG simulates the human player's "focus of attention".


The next Gear VR is going to launch for consumers alongside the new Galaxy Note 5, or at least that's what we can assume by parsing together information revealed by John Carmack.
Oculus' chief technology officer announced at the Game Developers Conference that Gear VR will get a full, consumer launch with Samsung's next hardware cycle, with Samsung putting all its energy into marketing: "We've got a plan now. We've got a date. You can mark this in the calendars," Carmack said. "Oculus is going forward as hard as we can."
Samsung's Gear VR is a virtual reality headset developed by Samsung in conjunction with Facebook-owned Oculus VR. Carmack said Oculus wants to sell as many units as possible with the next Gear VR, but he refrained from discussing Samsung's product roadmap. He only hinted that Samsung has two big releases each year.
The current version of Gear VR, which is labelled as an "Innovator Edition" for developers, launched last autumn and uses the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 as a screen and processor. The Note generally gets an update in the autumn, so the upcoming Note 5 might be timed to launch alongside the consumer version of Gear VR.
Samsung and Oculus have been slow to transition Gear VR (as well as the Oculus Rift) from hardware pieces designed for developers or enthusiasts to user-friendly products for the general public. It looks like both companies are finally planning to make the leap this year, with the Gear VR at least.
Although Gear VR isn't a full, consumer device at the moment, Carmack noted that Oculus has been delighted with the response so far, saying it's great that friends can pull out the device and "get the Oculus face" for the first time. That said, he admitted there is still a lack of virtual reality content available.
As for the Oculus PC VR headset, Carmack didn't discuss any consumer plans. He simply called upon developers getting apps and games ready for Gear VR's formal launch to also get their software ready for the full PC gaming experience.


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My Little Sun
by Sophie Mbugua - 12. June 2018
Did you know that about one billion people mostly from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia live without electricity? This is according to the latest World Bank estimates. Currently, about 640 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa have no access to electricity.
By 2040, it is estimated that Africa will require 700gigawatts of power to meet its demand. This is seven times more than what is currently installed.
Little Sun – a high quality Portable solar lamp. Picture: Sophie Mbugua
It is these challenges that stirred visual artist Olafur Eliasson and engineer Frederik Ottesen to team up in 2012 and form Little Sun as a company, which was originally an art project but soon became a spin-off, to harness the power of the sun and provide affordable premium solar lighting products to communities without electricity.
"We are trying to empower communities who alternatively use kerosene for lighting through clean, affordable and sustainable lighting," explains the director of Humanitarian (director of HR at Little Sun or what) Mason Huffine.
Little Sun uses the on-grid investment to kick-start off-grid small businesses that sell Little Suns, provides funds for their sales agents in developing countries, trains them on how to manage the businesses and facilitates them with the tools they require to start the businesses.
"We sell the products at a higher price in areas of the world with access to electricity to enable us to sell the products in off-grid areas at locally affordable prices" adds Huffine.
Currently, Little Sun is available in over 10 African countries, including Ethiopia, Senegal, South Africa, Rwanda and Burkina Faso – as well as in Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada, and the USA.
Energy is at the heart of development. Access to energy enables investments, innovations and new industries to thrive, a catalyst to jobs creation and economic growth.
With Africa's hydropower capacity generation reduced by effects of climate change, hundreds of millions more live with unreliable or expensive power, which poses a key barrier to economic development in emerging economies.
Severe drought has seen countries reliant on hydropower generation such as Zambia taking on the knock-off effects with electricity deficit rising to 1,000 megawatts in 2016 due to reduced water levels at the Kariba dam, which is the main source of power for Zambia and Zimbabwe.
But Huffine notes that Africa has been undergoing a remarkable energy transformation "There is a lot of competition from existing multiple lighting systems majority of them being renewables in some countries though couples with a low purchasing power, competition from low quality."
Indeed Goal seven of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) acknowledges the importance of affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. Little Sun, which has been teaching children about solar and energy sustainability, hopes this will make them aware of smart energy solutions giving them the tools to make a better future for themselves – and reduce pollution.
"We hope that this will translate into an acceleration of green policies, sustainability research, and innovative technology solutions in the future" explains Huffine.
A solar powered borehole in Northern Kenya. Picture: Sophie Mbugua
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Although erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) are recommended in clinical guidelines to treat anemia in patients with lower-risk MDS, ESAs are not widely approved for this indication.
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of darbepoetin alfa (DAR) in IPSS low / intermediate-1 (int-1) risk MDS patients with anemia, in a phase 3, randomized, placebo(PBO)-controlled trial (EudraCT#2009-016522-14, NCT#01362140).
Patients were enrolled from Dec 21, 2011 to Aug 27, 2014 in 9 European countries. Eligible patients had low/int-1 MDS, anemia [hemoglobin (Hgb) ≤10 g/dL], low transfusion burden (<4 transfusion units in each of 2 consecutive 8-week periods prior to randomization), no previous treatment with ESAs or biologic‑response modifiers, and endogenous erythropoietin (EPO) levels ≤500 mU/mL. Patients were randomized 2:1 to receive 24 weeks of subcutaneous DAR 500 µg or PBO every 3 weeks (Q3W), stratified by IPSS status (low or int-1). The dose was reduced if Hgb was >12.0 g/dL or if Hgb increased by >1.5 g/dL in 3 weeks without transfusion. Investigational product (IP) was discontinued and the patient entered follow-up if >3 dose reductions were needed. Key efficacy endpoints included (1) transfusion incidence from weeks 5-24 and (2) erythroid response (HI‑E) per IWG 2006 criteria, ie, ≥1.5 g/dL increase from baseline in Hgb with a mean rise of ≥1.5 g/dL for 8 weeks without transfusions. Results from the 24-week double-blind period are reported here; patients could then receive open-label DAR 500 µg Q3W for 48 weeks and were followed up for survival and progression to AML status for up to 3 years (ongoing).
A total of 147 patients were randomized; 50.7% of patients were IPSS low risk and 49.3% were int‑1 risk, median Hgb levels were 9.3 (Q1:8.8, Q3:9.7) g/dL, median EPO levels were 69 (Q1:36, Q3:158) mU/mL, rates of good / intermediate / poor IPSS karyotype were 91% / 9% / 0%, respectively, and % WHO classifications were RA:15%, RARS:14%, RCMD:44%, del5q:9%, RAEB-1:16%, and MDS‑U/unknown:2%. There were 146 (97 DAR, 49 PBO) patients in the primary analysis set. Baseline demographic and disease characteristics were generally similar between the two arms. Transfusion incidence from weeks 5-24 was significantly reduced with DAR vs. PBO (DAR:36.1% vs. PBO:59.2%, p=0.008). The proportion achieving HI-E was significantly increased with DAR vs. PBO; DAR:14.7% (11 of 75 evaluable) vs. PBO:0% (0 of 35 evaluable), p=0.016. All patients with HI-E (n=11) had a baseline serum EPO level <100 mU/mL. Adverse events (AEs) occurring ≥5% more frequently in the DAR arm than the PBO arm were fatigue, pyrexia, headache, and myalgia. Safety results from this trial were consistent with the previous DAR phase 2 MDS trial (Gabrilove BJH 2008, 142:379-393).
In this phase 3, randomized, double-blind, PBO-controlled trial in low/int-1 MDS patients with anemia, 24 weeks of DAR Q3W significantly reduced transfusions and increased rates of erythroid response with no new safety signals.


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Археология
В 2018 году недалеко от Каспы на вершине горы Сойок житель села Иван Мундусов обнаружил первые на территории поселения наскальные рисунки (петроглифы). Это композиция, изображающая группу горных козлов.

Каспа () — село в Шебалинском муниципальном районе Республики Алтай России, административный центр и единственный населённый пункт Каспинского сельского поселения.

История
Согласно Закону Республики Алтай от 13 января 2005 года № 10-РЗ село возглавило образованное муниципальное образование «Каспинское сельское поселение».

География
Расположен в горно-степной зоне северо-западной части Республики Алтай и находится по берегам р. Аксу (), Тонгасу.

Уличная сеть состоит из пяти географических объектов: ул. Аксуу, ул. К.Телёсова)также пишется как К.Телесова), ул. Манакудюр, ул. Чанкыр, ул. Чибит.

Абсолютная высота 1042 метров выше уровня моря
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Население

Известные жители
В Каспе родился Кюгей Чырбыкчинович Телесов (4 июня 1937 — 28 сентября 2000), алтайский писатель и поэт.

Инфраструктура
Администрация Каспинского сельского поселения (ул. К.Телёсова, 57).

МБОУ «Каспинская основная общеобразовательная школа» (ул. К.Телёсова, 44)

 экономика
Животноводство, сельское хозяйство.

Транспорт
Проходит автодорога регионального значения «Шебалино — Каспа»

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Населённые пункты Шебалинского района

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Naas Gaelic for Mother's & others.Registration April 6th in Naas GAAAll welcome!
Naas Camogie are holding a fundraising table quiz on Friday 8th March 2019 in the club. All support greatly appreciated.
Naas GAA Disco on 15th March is now sold out. No further tickets will be going on sale.


Architectural Windows and Glazing has recently used Jack Aluminium Systems' PAS24 thermal TD68 Jack Door for 6 schools including The Birches in West Didsbury.
The Jack Door met the high specification of the contractors and the local authorities, with its superb energy efficiency, excellent safety features and quick turnaround times with the added benefit of being Secured by Design.
"The specialist school construction company we worked with on these projects also liked the curved finger guard design feature to prevent fingers trapping in the door and the thermally broken threshold which can achieve a 1.7 U-value. I don't know of any other double door on the market that can do all of this" said David Leeming, Director at Architectural Windows and Glazing.


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Lukáš is a law student of the Faculty of Law at Masaryk University with an expected graduation in 2021. He also pursues a Master's degree programme in the European Studies at the Faculty of Social Studies of the same university. In the past, he worked as an intern in the Czech Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, in which he participated in preparation of a monthly bulletin focused on human rights. Furthermore, he also did an internship for the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic. Currently, Lukáš works as an intern in the Human Rights League, where he participates on various tasks. For the Let´s Give Refugees a Chance IV project, he was preparing several legal researches for the forthcoming analysis of the exercise of the right to compensation for unlawful detention of foreigners. Moreover, Lukáš cooperates on the Refugee Empowerment for Labour Market Integration project. He is responsible for conducting interviews with employers to investigate what motivates them to employ refugees or, on the contrary, which are the factors that discourage them from offering refugees a job position.
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Fall in Honduras is still.....hot! Although today it's a little overcast, I'm wearing jeans and I'm not sweating.
Last week, not so much. But we pretended. We hosted our team for our biannual 2 day long organizational meetings. We splurged and closed the house up and turned the AC on. We had lots of coffee, pumpkin bread, scones, cinnamon rolls, and so much more "fallish foods"
MEDICAL: We have hopes of opening our downtown clinic and lab soon. Construction is almost finished and we are in the stages of obtaining licensing. Please pray that all will continue to go smoothly and we will find favor with the government in getting permits.
PETER PROJECT: The boys moved to a new home with more space and it's closer to our project center. PP is in great need of finances. Will you please seek the LORD on behalf of the boys? Will you please pray about donating to this amazing ministry?
PUERTA DE ESPERANZA (PDE): The last two weeks have been very challenging for one of the moms. The situation that brought her to us is one of violence and abuse. She suffers on many levels and it's effecting life all around her. Please pray for wisdom for Alma, our PDE director, and for the house moms who live at the home and help take care of the single moms and their babies.
SEMINARY: We see it on the horizon! Soon soon construction will be finished and classes will be held in our own facility. We are in process for getting all government paperwork in order to be an actual institution with the ability to offer certificate and degrees. Our hope is that in February of 2018 we start with a class who will become our first graduates with a seminary degree in 2022. Please be praying for those who will be our first students.
SHORT TERM TEAMS: The Cains did an amazing job hosting teams this summer. It was sweet for us to watch them take over and take the ministry to a whole new level. Adam is currently scheduling teams for 2018. If your church is interested in bringing a team down, get in touch with him! Please pray about partnering with us in the area of physically coming here and working side by side with us to further the Kingdom of God here in La Ceiba, Honduras.
This is also our prayer for each of you!
We have served with MTW since 2002. In 2010 we joined the Church Planting Team in La Ceiba, Honduras. John serves as Team Leader of La Ceiba and Country Director of Honduras.


Machinery breakdowns are unfortunately not always budgeted for. In order to avoid these costly inconveniences, farm owners should commit to proper planning, maintenance checks and equipment monitoring. And depending on repair costs, allocated downtime or any other external factor that could impact the production of goods, equipment failure can have a devastating effect on a business' success.
There is no guarantee that when a machine breaks down repair costs will be low. Sometimes your repair is limited to replacing one part and other times it may be the whole unit. So, even though machinery breakdown insurance can provide relief in these odd occasions, try to avoid these situations altogether.
It may sound like a reckless thing to do but many machine operators have not yet read the manual. Before using a unit, ensure that you have a total understanding of the equipment process. The manual will tell you how to set up the machine, what to do in case of failure, and what parts to add, check, change or adjust before starting it up. Should you find yourself in a situation where the machine is giving you problems, be sure to read the troubleshooting section in your manual before contacting a technician.
Similar to any other heavy-duty equipment, the maintenance of farm machinery is essential to having them perform at optimal performance level. Although this is the most important task, many farmers take shortcuts when it comes to these checks (especially when production is underway and they're feeling overwhelmed with little staff). When things are running smoothly, it's easy to brush services off but the minute something fails, farmers can expect to deal with a big delay in production.
Other maintenance checks can be done on-site, for example: checking oil and gearboxes, replacing equipment belts and checking to see if dirt is affecting the machinery performance.
This goes hand-in-hand with servicing your equipment. Take the time to clean your machine, and use compressed air instead of water to keep moisture away from the wires when operating. Often, when you push machines to the limit, you are only doing more damage to the lifespan of your unit. When you put too much strain on all the drives, breakdowns are more likely to show up, and more frequently.
This is just another reason why routine maintenance checks are so important. If one machine part cuts out, farmers should take this as an opportunity to check and replace other parts to ensure that nothing else could have caused the initial breakdown. By replacing only the broken part, you are only temporarily fixing the problem. Additionally, these checks can identify small problems before becoming bigger ones.
Along with maintenance checks, train your operators to monitor the equipment. This way all staff are on par with the condition of your unit, to help prevent unwanted breakdowns and subsequent downtime.
Continuous monitoring is when you make use of sensors to establish baselines and detect subtle changes in parts, which can then be used to predict impending failures. In turn, companies can identify the causes of increased stress on equipment, and adjust workloads accordingly.
Another concern is operating equipment in poor weather conditions. Try not to run machinery when it's raining as it could cause some signals that may be alarming. Signals include those for engine temperature, hydraulic oil, shaft speeds or other parts that might not be turning at the correct speed.
Inexperienced operators need to undergo in-depth training on procedures, basic troubleshooting, and best practices for safe equipment use. Whether or not a person will be operating a specific machine or not, if there is an emergency and shortage of staff, people need to be able to assist.
By ensuring that your staff is always up to scratch and knowledgeable on equipment, you'll benefit from a longer lifespan from your most valuable assets.


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2552 Remek este un asteroid din centura principală, descoperit pe 24 septembrie 1978 de Antonín Mrkos.

Legături externe

 2552 Remek în JPL Small-Body Database
 2552 Remek în baza de date a Minor Planet Center
 Diagrama orbitei asteroidului 2552 Remek (JPL)

Obiecte astronomice descoperite în 1978
Centura de asteroizi


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40 BO1 PredatorPL 1 > 0 Diablerize W.O.
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Add it to your build.gradle with:
```gradle
allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
    }
}
```

Step 2. Add the dependency

```gradle
dependencies {
	    compile 'com.github.aucd29:calendar:1.0.0'
}
```

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