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Spain 2020 | HEALTH & EDUCATION | B2B
Collaborations between healthcare centers, public administrations, and private actors play a key role in the development of a strong healthcare sector that strives to provides better services to Spanish citizens.
CARLOS SISTERNAS
Director of Catalonia, Spanish Federation of Healthcare Technology Companies (FENIN)
VINCENÇ J. CALDUCH
Fedefarma
How has the company evolved since it was founded?
CARLOS SISTERNAS FENIN was established in 1977 as a way to bring companies together in response to a perceived lack of representation, despite numerous problems faced by the private sector, especially payment delays, which could be as high as 400 days. Although, according to the law, payments must be made within 30 days, our actual DSO average is around 80 days. FENIN proved to be highly successful from the outset, and we enjoyed firm relations with the government. Today, we represent around 80% of the market. We also offer legal, compliance, and regulatory services, among others as initially envisaged by the original FENIN incarnation.
VINCENÇ J. CALDUCH Fedefarma was founded in 1928 by a group of pharmacists from Barcelona when pharmaceutical specialties began to be commercialized. We wanted to ensure distribution and dispensation was guaranteed to citizens through the pharmaceutical channel. Under this premise, we evolved from the distribution of medicines to the provision of services to the pharmacy. At present, we are an integral partner that develops value-added projects and transfers them to pharmacies to strengthen their sanitary role and help them become boost their profits.
Can you tell us about your collaborations?
CS We have strong relations with Catalonia Trade and Investment Agency and ICEX in Madrid. We also attend international fairs such as the Arab Health fair in Dubai and European MEDICA, among others. We rent a large space known as the Spanish corner and we bring companies together with smaller stands. We also go on trade missions globally to promote Spanish healthcare companies.
Fedefarma organizes more than 70 training activities per year for pharmacists. What do you intend to achieve with this training?
VJC These activities are in line with our goal of helping the pharmacy sector grow professionally, and, thus, provide better services to citizens. Our training program, which has been going on for more than 30 years, provides updates on new therapeutic advances and health needs. At the same time, we also have specific training programs for pharmacies as well as a management training program. Trainees have the choice of face-to-face or online training through our e-learning campus.
What are you doing to ensure that technological advancements and big data benefit the sector?
CS Technology is transforming healthcare. Digitalization has evolved, and the capabilities that we have in the digital world to improve the healthcare sector are enormous. Spain is one of the oldest countries in the world and has the highest life expectancy after Japan. Intensive care and surgeries have become really expensive, but technology and innovation can help increase efficiency and decrease costs. For example, digitalization enables a patient to do consultation from home through telemedicine.
VJC Digitalization is a challenge for all agents in the drug chain, and pharmacies are no exception. Since innovation is one of our core values, we can help pharmacies take on the challenge of digitalization. We have digital management tools such as IOfnet or IOfwin, a business intelligence service such as BIsualfarma, and Campus Fedefarma, an online training campus. We also have Farmaoffice go, a personalized platform that each pharmacy can use to work on its website, image, and online communication, manage its services and activities agenda, and create and publish content.
What is your mission regarding patient-centered care?
CS Our focus is on personalized medicine. Through, for instance, a liquid biopsy, we are capable of taking a blood sample with particles of a tumor and detecting it. Then, through a sequence of DNA, we can identify exactly the kind of tumor a person has. This allows for tailor-made treatment. For breast cancer, we can find out whether a person will react positively to a treatment. Chemotherapy is expensive, but since the tumor can now be identified at a low cost, we can come up with effective drug treatment.
In Barcelona, there is new trend of grouping companies from the same sector to promote knowledge sharing. Why is such collaboration important?
VJC Barcelona and the surrounding territory is a reference in the health sector for the development of a strong pharmaceutical sector, quality healthcare centers, and trained professionals. One of the keys to this success is the model of collaboration between centers, public administrations, and private initiatives. The main beneficiary of such collaboration ends up being citizens, for whom we all work. It is essential to continue to develop this model and strengthen the role of pharmacies within the public health system.
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We've lived in this small, non-air-conditioned home for 5 years now. This will be our 6th summer here. I've been working from home, so I'm usually here all the time during the day. C is a September baby, so I've also suffered being huge and pregnant though the heat. Average summer temps for my area are mid-high 90s, but we get a few days each summer in triple digits.
1) We are extremely mindful of the changing temperatures throughout the day and adjust behaviors accordingly.
In the early mornings, all windows are opened. When the house starts heating up in the early afternoon, all windows are shut and the window unit in the living room is turned on. In the late evenings, window unit is turned off and windows are again opened up.
2) We choose our summer at-home clothing carefully.
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3) We eat lots of cold things in the afternoons.
Popsicles are a staple. Frozen GoGurts are also popular. Now that we got a Ninja blender from a Black Friday sale last year, I'm going to try to make smoothies a regular this summer as well.
4) I am always aware of the cooling mechanisms available to me and how I can best use them.
We have one window unit in the living room. This helps a lot, but unfortunately doesn't do much to cool the bedrooms, just the dining room and a small part of the living room. But it helps. When we're desperately hot, we play games and read books and eat lunch on the floor in front of the unit.
We just this year (finally!) installed ceiling fans in the bedrooms. We also have a standing fan in each bedroom. C has a small fan just on her bed. KP got a Dyson Air Multiplier on an awesome groupon sale a few years ago that we additionally move to wherever in the house it's most needed. We make it work.
5) Cool showers and baths in the late afternoons/evenings.
Going to bed with damp hair is especially cooling. Either that, or we take a cool, damp washcloth and wipe down our arms, legs and face.
we give up, get out of the house and go somewhere that has A.C. for a few hours: Starbucks, Barnes N Noble, the grocery store, McDonalds, whatever, just somewhere. Heck, even sitting in the car – which has A.C. – is considered a refreshing break.
Ultimately, though the hot season of summer without central air can be unpleasant, we just push though and embrace the sweat. At least once every year during the dog days of late summer I tell KP that I can't do this another summer and that we need to move before next summer. But we never do (because we really like our location and rent). So when it's really, really, hot and miserable, I just have to remind myself that the hot season is just a season. And as with all seasons of weather and life, this time will pass. Things will get better. Fall will come. It will cool down.
And it always has. And it always will.
My question is: How do you SLEEP? I live in Ohio where our summers do get hot–we never hit the triple digits, but we get humid days in the upper 80s and low 90s. My A/C broke a few summers ago and it took a few days to get it fixed, and I absolutely could not sleep, not even with the fans. So how do you do it?!
1) shower before bed, or wipe down with a wet wash cloth, so that my skin is cool.
2) fans on and windows open.
3) wear very little clothing (my kids sleep naked most of the summer).
4) a thin, cotton sheet lightly covering one leg helps keeps my legs from sticking together while trying to sleep.
5) if it's REALLY bad, I'll put a cool damp wash cloth on my forehead as I fall asleep.
We also live without central air — or any air conditioning for that matter. Like you, we keep our windows open when it's cool (all night and into the early morning), then shut up the house for the day. We have fans to circulate the air, and set them up to create a current of air through the house at night. Cool foods and water play and/or baths in the midst of the hot afternoons help.
I think the hot weather is a helpful reminder that we reside on a living, seasonal planet, even if it's not always the most comfortable.
wow, no window unit either? And I agree that in a way, the nice thing about not having air conditioning is that I feel more in touch with the outside world. There's no big temperature shock going from outside hot to inside cold and vice versa. My body stays at a more even temp all day.
There are definitely times when a window unit or something would be nice (especially at night), but when we actually think about buying one, we all decide there are more important things or goals and decide to do without.
I grew up without A/C for a large portion of my childhood until my parents were able to save-up for it. The only window-unit was in my parent's bedroom (and turned-on only while they slept). I concur with many of the suggestions you've outlined. I recall going to sleep with a wet washcloth on my forehead to the point that now it's something that brings be comfort when I'm in pain or ill. When it was extremely hot we slept on my parent's bedroom floor for the A/C. Without A/C it encouraged us children to be out of doors for a majority of the day and to spend ample amounts of time at the city pool, running under a sprinkler, reading under trees. While I'm grateful for air conditioning and the comfort it brings, there are great things to be said for minimal use of it.


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Q: Alerts in bootstrap & pug I would like to know whether i have understood the workings of connect-flash/bootstrap/sessions. I do see the flash messages appear as expected. My question is to do with the colors related to the 'success' and 'danger'. While the messages appear as expected i am not seeing the associated colors,
Below are bits of package.json,
{
  "dependencies": {
    "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
    "bootstrap": "^4.1.3",
    "connect-flash": "^0.1.1",
    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.3",
    "express": "^4.16.4",
    "express-messages": "^1.0.1",
    "express-session": "^1.15.6",
    "express-validator": "^5.3.0",
    "mongoose": "^5.3.15",
    "pug": "^2.0.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "nodemon": "^1.18.7"
  }
}

In my app.js,
const express = require('express');
const path = require('path');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
const expressValidator = require('express-validator');
const flash = require('connect-flash');
const session = require('express-session');

// express session middleware

app.use(session({
    secret: 'keyboard cat',
    resave: true,
    saveUninitialized: true
}));

// express messages middleware

app.use(require('connect-flash')());
app.use(function (req, res, next) {
    res.locals.messages = require('express-messages')(req, res);
    next();
});

app.use(flash());

// my routes

let quotes = require('./routes/quotes');
let subscribers = require('./routes/subscribers');
app.use('/quotes', quotes);
app.use('/subscribers', subscribers);

// In my subscribers route,
router.post('/subscribe', function (req, res)
{
// logic to save to my database here

req.flash('success', 'Subscription confirmed.');
res.redirect('back');
});

In my services.pug file i have,
link(rel='stylesheet', href='/css/style.css')
    link(rel='stylesheet' href='/node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css')
// other code in here
.container
                h1 Subscribe to our newsletter
                //- include subscribe.pug
                form(method='POST', action= '/subscribe')
                    input(name = 'email',type='email', placeholder='Enter email')
                    button.button1(type='submit') Subscribe
                    != messages('message',locals)

// at the bottom

script(src='/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js')
    script(src='/node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js')

In my message.pug i have,
.messages
    each type in Object.keys(messages)
        each message in messages[type]
            div(class = "alert alert-"+ type) #{message}

Like i mentioned above the messages appear as expected. But i do not see the green color associated with success and the red for danger as i have seen in a tutorial i followed. I just see the message blended with the background color of the page. I would like to know what i am missing.
UPDATE
On checking the console on chrome i found the attached error messages. I have included the directory structure of the project as well. The bootstrap.css and jquery.js are not being found by the app.
This is where i set my public folder in app.js,
// set public folder
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

The node_modules folder is available as well.

Thank you

A: You also need to serve bootstrap and jquery dist folders beside the public one:
// set public folder
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
// serve bootstrap and jquery
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules', 'bootstrap', 'dist')));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules', 'jquery', 'dist')));

and use them ( make sure styles are in head tag ):
link(rel='stylesheet' href='/css/bootstrap.css')
link(rel='stylesheet' href='/css/style.css')

and:
script(src='jquery.js')
script(src='/js/bootstrap.js')

of course in production you should use minified versions ( i.e: bootstrap.min.js ) or simply a CDN ( or both: when CDN is not available fall back to local ones )

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Der Pedell ist ein deutsches Fernsehspiel von 1971. Es behandelt einen Abschnitt im Leben von Jakob Schmid, einem Hausschlosser und Pedell der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München vor und während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus.

Der Film beschreibt, wie Schmid die Geschwister Hans und Sophie Scholl, Mitglieder der Widerstandsgruppe Weiße Rose, entdeckte, als sie am 18. Februar 1943 Flugblätter im Treppenhaus der Universität verteilten, sowie die Auslieferung der Geschwister an die Gestapo und ihre Ermordung durch das NS-Regime.

Der Film wurde als Fernsehspiel für das ZDF produziert.

Kritik
"… Ernsthafter und nachdenkenswerter Versuch deutscher Vergangenheitsbewältigung am Beispiel eines Mannes, der 'nur seine Pflicht' getan hat und auch später zu keiner Reue oder Einsicht fähig war."

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Filmtitel 1971
Deutscher Film
Filmdrama
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Weiße Rose
Nationalsozialismus (München)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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 Трстеняк, Тина (род. 1990) — словенская дзюдоистка, чемпионка Европы и мира, призёр чемпионатов Европы, мира и Европейских игр.


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Review: The Big Sick
Posted by Niamh Crosbie | Jul 25, 2017 | Film & TV | 0
Based on the true love story between a Pakistani man and an American girl, The Big Sick deals with issues unique to a generation finding its place between tradition and passion. More than a love story, it is a tale of the struggle between family and identity in an age where they are often incompatible.
Directed by Michael Showalter (Wet Hot American Summer) and produced by Judd Apatow (Freaks and Geeks, Superbad, Anchorman), the film's script is written by Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley, Adventure Time) and his wife Emily Gordon, and is based on their own love story. The non-fictive element lends The Big Sick an air of authenticity and originality. While the character of Emily is played by Zoe Kazan (Revolutionary Road), Nanjiani plays the role of himself.
The film's tone maintains its light-heartedness throughout, despite the dark suggestions in its title, as Kumail performs his subversive comedy routines on-stage, navigates his way through a seemingly endless stream of blind dates set up by his mother, and attempts to bond with Emily's parents, Beth (Holly Hunter) and Terry (Ray Romano), in order to stay by her side at the hospital (meeting the parents is supposed to be difficult, but when their daughter is in the Intensive Care Unit, it adds a whole other layer to the awkwardness).
The plot might not be the most original ever to grace the big screen – the narrative of a man winning back a girl after realising he's made a mistake isn't exactly new to the avid cinema-goer. However, the slight adjustments The Big Sick makes to the common rom-com formula set it apart as an incredibly honest, realistic tale where everything doesn't just fall into place to please the protagonist. Not only does Kumail and Emily's relationship withstand a great deal of suffering, a lot of that suffering isn't the dramatic kind usually employed by Hollywood, but the quiet, life-goes-on-regardless kind of pain. The film is also very genuine in its protagonist's passions outside of the love story, as Kumail also pursues family, friendship, and his career, despite adversity, instead of sacrificing them for the sake of an overly-simplified romance-centred plot.
Kumail's own sense of humour comes across in the writing and in his acting performance, between his stand-up sequences and his general reactions to his environment and interactions with other characters, particularly those of Emily's parents in the run-up to her surgery. Perhaps a missed opportunity for deeper emotional appeal, Emily's parents and Kumail stumble from Emily's hospital waiting room to normal life quite easily; while it's understandable to want to take one's mind off a serious situation, the weight of Emily's impending surgery is swept aside a few times too many, for the sake of creating a light-hearted exchange between Kumail, Beth and Terry. Otherwise, the performance of the cast is compelling and enjoyable to watch throughout the film.
There is use of contemporary culture throughout, from Emily ordering an Uber and ending up with Kumail as her driver, to a comedy show heckler who makes a comment about ISIS during Kumail's routine – and this isn't the only terror-based comment he has to deflect with his subversive sense of humour. Though films generally tend to avoid dating themselves too much, so as not to become irrelevant too quickly, The Big Sick's cultural markers add to its overall character and atmosphere, especially as the issues it raises are unique to its place in time.
The Big Sick is a welcome twist on the romantic comedy, which loses a lot of the unrealistic cliche associated with the genre, weaving a narrative that's complex, yet genuine. While it deals with topics specific to a certain demographic, it in no way denies access to the common viewer, offering a window into the story of the real Kumail and Emily.
The Big Sick is due for general release on Friday, July 28th 2017
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Hidden Gem - Ski Touring and Snowshoeing in the Dolomites
Published 6 November 2017 2 minute read
Our Hidden Gem of the month is Ski Touring and Snowshoeing in the Dolomites, longlisted for Banff Mountain Book Awards 2017. James Rushforth showcases the beauty of the Dolomites with his award-winning photographic talent. It's a wonderful area for walkers, trekkers and adventurers of all types - even in winter.
Ski Touring and Snowshoeing in the Dolomites
50 winter routes
A guidebook to winter in the Dolomites, featuring 50 ski touring and snowshoeing routes in the Italian mountain range. The graded routes, all of which take less than a day to complete, commence from the bases of Cortina, Arabba, Val di Zoldo, San Martino and San Vigilio, taking in stunning scenery, quaint villages and enchanting mountain vistas.
Vital stats:
A veritable winter wonderland
The routes carry an Alpine and when appropriate, a Volo/Toponeige grading
Options ranging from 5km to 18km, taking between 2 and 7 hours to complete.
1:50K mapping and photo topos
Information such as total ascent and descent, aspect, expected duration of route and equipment required.
Also provided is invaluable practical advice on things such as mountain safety and navigation, equipment, transport options to, from and around the Dolomites, ski passes, accommodation and more.
How difficult is it
These routes are not for complete beginners. Good navigational and mountain skills are essential for all routes as the summer tracks are covered in snow. The ski tours require backcountry / mountaineering experience, particularly for assessing the avalanche risk. These will be graded using the 'Volo' or 'Toponeige' scale.
The Dolomites can be enjoyed all year round but to get some skitouring or snowshoeing done you would need to visit in wInter (from early December until mid April).
What is so special about this book?
Nominated for the Banff Mountain Book Awards 2017, James Rushforth's photography is winning in its own right. He really pays tribute to the area which is one of the most beautiful and accessible mountains ranges in the world. The Sella Ronda circuit is a must for piste skiers, while towns such as Cortina d'Ampezzo offer a unique blend of Italian and Tyrolean culture, architecture, history and food. Explore backcountry with views of the Tre Cime (one of the 6 great Alpine North Faces), the Marmolada (the highest peak in the Dolomites), the spires of Sassolungo.
A one-line review:
Trek and Mountain magazine said: "The routes have been chosen carefully to give you the best of what the area has to offer - a must for anyone looking to visit the Dolomites in Winter."
Try this if you liked:
Walking in the Dolomites
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Shorter Walks in the Dolomites
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Alpine Ski Mountaineering Vol 1 - Western Alps
Hidden Gem - Trekking in the Silvretta and Rätikon Alps
50 varied day walks in the mountains
25 multi-day routes in Italy's Dolomites
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Reports show campus crime declining
October 9, 2012 12:00 am by Purhnel Meek
Crime on campus has seen a slight decrease from last year. According to Florida Department of Law Enforcement statistics from January 2012-June 2012, there were 108 total offenses compared to the 112 total offenses that occurred from January 2011-June 2012.
Although the total crime index revealed 108 offenses, there were only four violent crimes reported. In the first two quarters last year, there was one rape, three robberies and four aggravated assaults.
In the first two quarters this year, there was one rape, one robbery and two aggravated assaults. There was also a 30 percent decrease in thefts on campus (from buildings).
The decline in criminal activity can be attributed to the increase in police presence and also the sophistication of campus emergency systems.
Over 75 closed-circuit television cameras are strategically placed across campus and are in operation throughout the university's campus 24-hours a day.
"There are so many of them. Sometimes I feel like they are watching me," said Andrè Carbonell, a freshman psychology student from Jacksonville."
When asked if there was enough of a police presence on campus, Carbonell said,"Yes, but I think they should focus more on the dark areas such as the path to Palmetto. That's where someone is more likely to commit a crime, where there aren't as many people around."
Criminal-minded individuals may also view the emergency blue light telephone system as a crime deterrent. The Department of Public Safety monitors the university's emergency Blue Light system to facilitate reporting of emergencies.
The blue light system is an interactive communications system, which when activated, automatically relays the geographical location of the caller to the Police Communications System. "I can really appreciate the efforts FAMU puts into our safety," said Chelsea Tindal, a junior food science student from Ocala, Fla.


This is where I'm at. At first, innocence; not wanting something bad to happen to him. Then came awareness of what he was doing – and with that came anger, which turned into hatred.
In the years following disclosure, hatred dismantled itself in light of understanding – that, in order to do what he did, he is living a much more miserable existence than I can imagine – and understanding that, actually, his motives are irrelevant to me in the here and now.
In the here and now, I'm wiser, happier and more balanced than ever before, and this renders the abuser redundant in terms of how I live my life today. I hope that all survivors can feel this sense of clarity and release that comes from…. no longer giving a F as to why they did the things they did. Carrying around resentment for too long is no good for me.


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Q: Untangling When and What Values are Clamped in OpenGL Blending on Different Render Targets TL;DR: What values are clamped and under what circumstances (enabled flags and renderbuffer types (esp. RGBA_F32)), when blending is enabled?

*

*The fragment shader output?

*The blending factors?

*The result of the blend equation?

*Others?

The mechanisms I have found for clamping:

*

*Shader output (via glClampColor): This appears to control glReadPixels, but there are extension flags GL_CLAMP_VERTEX_COLOR and GL_CLAMP_FRAGMENT_COLOR which do "something".  As far as I can tell from the extension spec., they clamp the output from the vertex or fragment shader.

*Shader output (via render to fixed-point): See this answer which quotes the GL spec.: "The conversion from a floating-point value f to the corresponding unsigned normalized fixed-point value c is defined by first clamping f to the range [0, 1] . . ."  By contrast, (when writing to a floating point render target, presumably), Nicol Bolas writes here that "What gets written by the fragment shader will always be unclamped.".

*Implied clamping: From the documentation for glBlendFunc: "All scale factors have range [0,1]."  Does this mean the source and destination factors are clamped before the equation happens?

*Implied clamping: From the documentation for glBlendEquation: "For these equations all color components are understood to have values in the range [0,1]."  Does this mean the source and destination colors are clamped before the equation happens?

*Result clamping: From the same page: "The results of these equations are clamped to the range [0,1]."

In my experiments on an RGBA_F32 render target, none of these modes of clamping happen (I confirm this by reading back values from the render target with glGetTexImage).  I need preferably (3) to occur, but I am requesting clarification on the documentation so that I can figure it out myself.

A: Part of the stuff you quoted is very old, and there might lie the root of the confusion. I'm going through your points from the perspective of modern GL, and I'm going to cite the OpenGL 4.5 core profile spec for this. However, none of that is specific to OpenGL 4.x. This is basically unchanged since GL 3.2 core.
1. glClampColor()'s only remaining function is clamping during glReadPixels. Quoting the spec on page 680:

Note that the FrontFace and ClampColor commands are not deprecated, as  they still affect other non-deprecated functionality; however, the
  ClampColor targets CLAMP_VERTEX_COLOR and CLAMP_FRAGMENT_COLOR are
  deprecated."

Clamping the vertex shader output did only make sense for the depracted builtin varyings like gl_FrontColor, gl_BackColor and so on. Those were only needed to mimic the fixed-function vertex processing, and were never a good idea to use at all. With generic outputs, the GL has no chance to know which values are colors and which one's aren't.
2. The situation for the fragment shader is similiar. With modern rendering approaches, the outputs aren't necessarily colors any more, but represent generic data, so implicitly clamping the values is harmful. You always can manually clamp the values in the shader if you want to.
The quote from the spec Reto Koradi's answer is unchanged in the GL 4.5 spec. The shader outputs will only be clamped if the respective render target is of fixed-point or integer format.
3.,4. and 5. Those documentations are outdated. The GL spec has this to say about this in section 17.3.8:

If the color buffer is fixed-point, the components of the source and
  destination values and blend factors are each clamped to [0; 1] or
  [-1; 1] respectively for an unsigned normalized or signed normalized
  color buffer prior to evaluating the blend equation. If the color
  buffer is floating-point, no clamping occurs. The resulting four
  values are sent to the next operation. Blending applies only if the
  color buffer has a fixed-point or floating-point format. If the color
  buffer has an integer format, proceed to the next operation.

The clamping of the blending result happens in the next step, which handles the optional sRGB conversion (however, the clamping step there is not tied to the sRGB conversion). Quoting section 17.3.9:

The resulting cs values for R, G, and B, and the unmodified A form a
  new RGBA color value. If the color buffer is fixed-point, each
  component is clamped to the range [0; 1] and then converted to a
  fixed-point value using equation 2.3. The resulting four values are
  sent to the subsequent dithering operation.

So yes, when using a GL_RGBA32F framebuffer, no implicit clamping happens at all. And actually, this is the only useful mode of operation for the generic case. If you need some clamping to occur at step 3: just clamp the factors before you send them to glBlendFunc().


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Thomas is thriving thanks to autism assistance dog Marky
With Marky by his side, helping him to face the world, Thomas feels safe and secure.
For many youngsters with autism who struggle to make human connections, their autism assistance dog very quickly becomes their new Best Friend.
That happened to eight-year-old Thomas Fletcher and his assistance dog Marky. But it wasn't until Thomas's mother Kim was chatting to another mum at the school gates that she fully realised the transformation that his four-legged friend has made to her son.
"The other morning a mum who has seen Thomas before and after Marky came up to me and said she couldn't believe how much Thomas has changed – and how Marky had changed his life," says Kim.
"This is from someone who doesn't know us very well, yet she had noticed the change too. And it's true; Marky has completely changed Thomas's life. He is that friend he needed who is always there for him."
Thomas who lives with mum Kim, dad Paul and younger brother William in Sheffield, was diagnosed with autism at the age of three.
Thomas finds engaging with other people incredibly difficult. He has no sense of danger and without Marky by his side would run into the road. He has regular meltdowns when he throws himself to the floor, is unable to move, and becomes physically violent, screaming and throwing punches. The school run was running a gauntlet for his parents. On the rare occasion when they could get him out of the house, Thomas would go in his buggy or his wheelchair often with a blanket over himself and his head.
Academically Thomas is incredibly bright. He taught himself to read and can do maths beyond his years. He attends a mainstream school (with one-to-one support) but his ability to make connections and socialise is non-existent and his behaviour is challenging.
Says Kim: "Before we got Marky, Thomas was very unhappy and frustrated, and really emotionally fragile. He had high levels of anxiety and was starting to bang his head on hard surfaces, cutting his head open, and refusing to come home from school."
Paul and Kim first realised the impact a dog could have on Thomas when they visited a family member with a dog and found that Thomas was instantly calmer in his presence.
They did some internet research and found Support Dogs' autism assistance programme. When Support Dogs found the right match for Thomas, he met Marky and there was an immediate and obvious bond.
"As soon as Marky came into the room you could see the change in Thomas – it was amazing," says Kim. "William was in the room too, but Marky instantly knew it was Thomas who needed help."
Adds Paul, who as Marky's handler spent a long period working with Support Dogs' instructors and trainers: "I didn't believe that we could get a dog to be Thomas's best friend. I now realise where all that training goes and where the money goes – you can't compare a home-trained dog with Marky."
One of Marky's most important role is keeping Thomas safe. When they go out Thomas is attached to Marky's harness to prevent him panicking and running off. Now leaving the house is now so much easier and simpler for the Fletcher family, and even Meadowhall shopping centre, formerly Thomas's nemesis with its crowds, bright lights and busy shops, is no longer out of bounds. With Marky by his side, helping him to face the world, Thomas feels safe and secure.
"Thomas would never do anything we asked, but he would do anything for Marky," says Kim. "If we said 'go and put your shoes on' he wouldn't, but if you say 'Marky is ready to go to school' he'll come straight away. Marky has us wrapped round his paw!"
Paul adds:" At eight years old, Thomas doesn't want to hold our hand all the time, and now he doesn't have to. In many ways he uses Marky as a comfort blanket. If he has a meltdown, he is trained to lie on Thomas to calm him down, and within ten minutes he is back to his usual self. Before Marky, meltdowns could last all day."
Over the past few months, things that would have been unthinkable for the Fletcher now seem more normal. Thomas loves high performance cars and was able to spend all day at Birmingham NEC for an auto show last year. The family was even able to take a caravan holiday on the isle of Wight for the first time.
There have been setbacks. Lockdown inevitably caused all kinds of problems for Support Dogs' clients, particularly autism clients, with the change in routine and constraints to normal life. Fortunately, because Kim works for the NHS as a GP Thomas was able to go back to school at Easter last year, minimising the disruption to some extent.
Then Paul then seriously injured his hand in an accident and could no longer be Marky's main handler until his hand fully healed. Happily, Marky adapted seamlessly to working with Kim as his handler. And because of lockdown restrictions Thomas and Marky couldn't qualify as a partnership in May last year, as scheduled, but finally made it in October.
The whole Fletcher family obviously love Marky to bits, and Thomas and Marky are now inseparable. Marky does 'lap rests' with Thomas – resting his head of his knee so Thomas can stroke his head, giving him comfort and reassurance. Although Marky is not allowed to sleep with Thomas, he lies next to him when he is reading before he falls asleep, Marky checks on Thomas again before his bedtime and in the morning comes and finds his best friend.
"Marky came to stay in October 2019, and he is the best thing we have ever done for Thomas," says Paul. I don't know what we'd do without him."
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Young Joins CU Athletic Training Staff
Jul 16, 2019 by Staff Reports
The Chowan Athletic Department and Director of Sports Medicine, Eric Gustafson, announced the hiring of Jessica Young as an assistant athletic trainer.
Jessica Young comes to Chowan after completing her masters' in Human Development and Leadership at Murray State in May 2019. While with the Racers, Young assisted with volleyball, women's soccer, football, men's and women's cross country, track and field, women's tennis, and baseball.
Young finished her undergraduate studies at Bowling Green State, where she graduated with a degree in Athletic Training in 2016. With the Falcons, Young helped with the men's hockey, baseball, women's soccer, women's basketball, and football programs. She would perform her clinical studies at Wellington Mercy Outpatient Physical Therapy and Orthopedic Rehabilitation.
She is an NATABOC certified athletic trainer and is a member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association.


MUSCATINE - Mayor Diana Broderson sat in her office before the city council meeting preparing for her first one back since being reinstated as mayor.
"I'm excited to get back to the people's business, I've wanted to be right where I'm at all along and making sure that I do what the people want me to do," said Broderson.
She received a warm welcome from her supporters as she entered the council chambers.
"I`m happy to see Diana Broderson here," said Melissa Martin, resident.
This city council meeting is the first time the council and mayor are together since the council voted to oust her back in May.
"I think it's probably gonna go just the way it's been the whole time I've been in office, so I don't look for there to be any changes," said Broderson.
The council accused her of abusing her power and making complaints that cost the city thousands of dollars to defend.
However, at the city council meeting, the residents of Muscatine thanked her for jumping right back into her job.
"I want to thank mayor for taking my phone call over the weekend, she understood my concern, she was empathetic," said Muscatine resident.
City council members declined to comment on camera about the mayor being back in her seat but council member Mike Rehwaldt said he believes that will change very soon.
Broderson is allowed to serve as mayor until her appeal hearing set for July 17th.


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Dolphins win NFL's 'Huddle for 100' volunteer competition
By Kevin Nogle@KevinNogle Feb 20, 2020, 4:52pm EST
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The NFL on Thursday announced the results of their "Huddle for 100" initiative, attempting to have 1 million people volunteer 100 minutes of their time to reach a goal of 100 million minutes donated. Launched at the NFL Draft in April 2019 as a celebration of the league's 100th season, the initiative easily surpassed the goal, reaching a total of 397,253,630 minutes donated. The drive ended with Super Bowl LIV in Miami.
Of the nearly 400 million minutes of service the Miami Dolphins, their coaches, players, and fans were responsible for a league-high 75,623,500 minutes. For having the highest total among all 32 NFL franchises, the Dolphins won a $100,000 prize to assist with a future community service project or initiative. The Dolphins also won a $5,000 grant for having the most donated minutes in August with 2,382,200 minutes coming during the preseason month.
Other winners of the monthly winners were the Los Angeles Rams (May - 1,060,700 minutes), Seattle Seahawks (June - 2,287,600), Minnesota Vikings (July - 870,000), Dallas Cowboys (September - 2,458,400), New England Patriots (October - 12,880,200), Carolina Panthers (November - 10,661,100), Kansas City Chiefs (December - 700,900), and Atlanta Falcons (January - 2,039,600). The league also awarded $5,000 grants to the team with the most social engagement (Panthers - 65,300 minutes), most huddle events hosted (Cowboys - 178 events), most volunteers (Patriots - 113,192), and biggest huddle event hosted (Baltimore Ravens - 3,703,300 minutes).
The 757 years worth of donated time was estimated to have a value of over $168 million, with events held in all 50 states.
"I want to thank the NFL for creating the Huddle for 100 program and recognize our team, FOOTBALL UNITES™ community partners and fans for volunteering their time to strengthen South Florida," said Miami Dolphins Vice Chairman, President and CEO Tom Garfinkel via the team's website. "We appreciate our role as stewards of South Florida and believe that the power of football can make a big difference in people's lives and the cultural and charitable organizations that serve our community's needs."
The Dolphins did an outstanding job this past year - as well as in previous years - in getting into the community and providing real help. They continue to do that now, with their Twitter page often highlighting players, coaches, cheerleaders, or staff members assisting families all around South Florida. The fans also did a great job over the past year of supporting the #DolphinsHuddleFor100, volunteering in their own ways and communities, as well as helping the Dolphins lead the way for the league.
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Is she on Tinder?
Posted onDecember 10, 2021 Edit on May 3, 2022 by Swipebuster
USING THE PHONE IS ON LINE CHEATING
Could they be suffering from virtual/cyber or online infidelity?
Why do we not worry about Online cheating? While some people worry only that their spouse or partner do not cheat on them at work, they may not perceive that their partner spends a great deal of time on the phone or on-line.
According to an article published in "The UK Times" (1), messaging can lead to trouble. In 40% of divorce cases in Italy, messages found on "WhatsApp" are used as evidence.
"Time Magazine" published an article by James J. Sexton Esq.; a successful divorce lawyer; who suggests that Facebook "is the single greatest breeding ground for infidelity" (2). He goes on to describe why this is so.
While "The Guardian" (3) published an article based on a study conducted by "GlobalWebIndex" (GWI). Just think about it.; 30% of "Tinder" users are married and 12% are in a relationship. Tinder has severely disputed the claim.
Is It Unfaithful?
It may well be that many or most people do not consider flirting or exchanging photos or conversations in cyber space which are rich in sexual tone as unfaithful. But is it Online cheating?. Relationships break because of this.
Is it unfaithful when a date is not made, and there is no physical contact? Or when and only photos and text are shared on-line?
Well, it all depends of what kind of infidelity we are referring to.
Famed sex educator, researcher, and therapist Dr. Laura Berman as quoted in an article The Truth About Online Cheating published by Everyday Health in their section Emotional Health(4); stated: "Sexual infidelity means you need to have sexual contact with a person who is not your partner, and emotional infidelity means that you're confiding in and emotionally connecting with a person outside of your relationship without the sex," she says. "We're dealing with a whole new category here!" Dr. Berman has named sexting, social media, and e-mail flirting phenomenon "cyber infidelity."
So then cyber space is becoming a preferred space where emotional infidelity is growing.
While this interaction does not necessarily lead to physical sexual infidelity, it does set the stage for getting there. Affective involvement, constant conversation, not having the "other" person in front of you, facilitate the establishment of a sort of bonding which is easier than in the real world. On the other side are social networks and dating apps., which allow the formation of an alter ego that would not otherwise surface in the physical world (day to day reality). Everything is simpler through a computer or phone screen. One can become anything they would like to appear as in particular while Online cheating.
Between Boredom and Monotony
One would think that relationships should get stronger, more solid as time goes by. However, many couples fall into a routine, instead of doing new things together that nurture and strengthen their bonds. Couples fall into a daily and boring situation. Not to blame one or the other, but it is both allowing things to get cold.
Few are the unfaithful that while having a relationship for many years, look to leave their partner for good. Most really look for the emotion, the adrenaline of the first date; of feeling desired, of having someone else tell them how attractive or successful they are. It is here when the internet comes in, and where they feel safer with the dating apps can deliver what they are looking for. It feels safer than being seen or getting caught in a restaurant. Internet is not a solution to avoid getting caught.
The Most Used Alternative
Sexting is the most used alternative these days, as it facilitates sending sexually toned messages, explicit photographs, and blatant video calls. Not only is it a growing and preferred way because it is easy, but because most do not consider they are being unfaithful by using this means for doing what they do.
In their study "Reframing Sexting as a Positive Relationship Behavior" (5); Emily C. Stasko, M.P.H. and Pamela A. Geller, Ph.D. of Drexel University, Department of Psychology; refer that 87.8% of adults polled reported having used "sexting" at least once in their lives and 82.2% in the last year. "Greater levels of sexting are associated with greater sexual satisfaction". Participants who identified as single had significantly lower levels of sexual satisfaction than individuals who were casually dating or in a relationship".
An overall conclusion from the study is: "that sexting is a prevalent behavior that adults engage in for a variety of reasons. Although the relationship between sexting and relationship satisfaction requires further attention, these findings indicate a robust relationship between sexting and sexual satisfaction"… "Given the possible implications, both positive and negative, for sexual health, it is important to continue investigating the role sexting plays in current romantic and sexual relationships".
5 Signals of Possible Infidelity Via Sexting
As with "traditional" physical infidelity, there are some signals, alerts, and/or attitudes that can indicate our partner is being unfaithful:
Hiding to send a message or make calls.
When you get close, they try to hide the screen from you.
Will not share password to phone or another device.
Spends more time in the computer than with you.
Is more irritable or more condescending with you than would be normal.
Not being "here and now while with you" will always be a signal to look for some sort of help. Some reach out for conventional therapy; others wait to prove the infidelity before taking any action.
It is always better to put the cards on the table before embarking on any form of infidelity. Avoid chaos and anguish by being open and honest with your partner. Think about it seriously before embarking on the road of infidelity.
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The Hare is open daily, offering everything from a pint of well-kept cask ale through to a delicious three-course supper. Friday evenings are legendary for the Champagne Happy Hour at 5pm, grab a seat if you can as the weekend gets off to the perfect start!
Trains: The closest train stations to The Hare, are Shipton- under -Wychwood, (1 mile away) and Kingham, (5 miles away.) From Kingham there is a regular service to London and Oxford.
Taxis: It's certainly advisable to book. They are not freely available in the area.
plus salads, sandwiches and bar snacks throughout the afternoon.
From December 1st we'll be offering a festive specials board and a Christmas Party Menu alongside our usual a la carte menu, 'Marine Cuisine' board & bar snacks.
Tuesday 5th December is 'The Hare's Christmas Party!' – join us for live music in the bar, warm mulled wine, snowball cocktails and free festive bar snacks. It's the official start to Christmas!
Tuesday 12th & 19th December – We will be hosting our famous Christmas sing-a-longs in the bar from 8pm. Andrew James will be on the piano and we'll all be belting out the best Christmas classics. We'll be handing out free song books so come in good voice! Come early & grab a bar stool!
27th-30th December – in anticipation of no-one having anything better to do except eat, drink & continue to be merry, we will be open from midday ALL DAY on these dates. Come for snacks, family catch up meals, a pint with old pals- we will be delighted to see you for all your eating and drinking requirements.
NEW YEAR'S EVE – We will be open as normal for lunch and will see in 2018 with live music in the bar, our normal great food & drink offering and a brilliant atmosphere! Call to book a table ASAP- we're already quite full!
Dogs are welcome in the bar but not in the dining rooms- please let us know if you are bringing a dog when you book as we have limited bar tables available to book. Our bar isn't terribly roomy & can get very busy so do bear this in mind!
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Russian, U.S. Backers Make New Push for $65B Tunnel
Fri May 18, 2007 - National Edition
Alex Nicholson - AP WRITER
MOSCOW (AP) For more than a century, entrepreneurs and engineers have dreamed of building a tunnel connecting the eastern and western hemispheres under the Bering Strait — only to be brought up short by war, revolution and politics.
Now die-hard supporters are renewing their push for the audacious plan — a $65 billion highway project that would link two of the world's most inhospitable regions by burrowing under a stretch of water connecting the Pacific with the Arctic ocean.
Russians and Americans alike made their pitch for the project at a conference titled "Megaprojects of Russia's East," held April 24 in Moscow.
"It's time to the rewrite the old slogan 'Workers of the world unite!'" said Walter Hickel, a former Alaska governor and interior secretary under President Richard Nixon. "It's time to proclaim, 'Workers — Unite the world!'"
A Russian economics ministry official tossed cold water on the idea, saying he wanted to know who planned to pay the mammoth bill for the project before seriously discussing it. But Hickel was unfazed in his speech, saying the route would unlock hitherto untapped natural resources — and bolster the economies of both Alaska and Russia's Far East.
The proposed 68-mi. (109 km) tunnel would be the longest in the world. It would also be the linchpin for a 3,700-mi. (5,954 km) railroad line stretching from Yakutsk — the capital of a gold- and mineral-rich Siberian region roughly the size of India — through extreme northeastern Russia, in waters up to 180 ft. deep and into the western coast of Alaska. Winter temperatures there routinely hit minus 94 F.
By comparison, the undersea tunnel that is currently the world's longest — the Chunnel, linking Britain and France — is only 30 mi. long.
That raises the prospect of some tantalizingly exotic routes — train riders could catch the London-Moscow-Washington express, conference organizers suggested.
Lobbyists claimed the project is guaranteed to turn a profit after 30 years. As crews construct the road and rail link, they said, the workers would also build oil and gas pipelines and lay electricity and fiber-optic cables. Trains would whisk cargos at up to 60 mph 260 ft. (79 m) beneath the seabed.
Eventually, 3 percent of the world's cargo could move along the route, organizers hope.
Maxim Bystrov, deputy head of the federal agency for managing Special Economic Zones, injected a note of sobriety to the heady talk of linking East and West by road and rail. He said his ministry would invest in the project only when private investors said they were committed to building it.
"As a ministry employee I am used to working with figures and used to working with projects that have an economic and financial base," Bystrov said. "The word 'prozhekt' has a negative meaning in Russian. I want this 'prozhekt' to turn into a 'project.'"
The idea has a long history. Russia's last czar, Nicholas II, twice approved the implementation of a similar plan, perhaps eying the gold- and oil-rich territory that the Russian Imperial government had sold to the United States just before the turn of the 20th century.
The First World War and the Bolshevik Revolution doomed both attempts.
Despite the allure, there were signs Tuesday that there is no light at the end of this particular tunnel. A top economic adviser to President Vladimir Putin, as well as the Russian railway minister, who had been billed to speak, pulled out at the last minute.
The feasibility study alone would cost $120 million and would take two years to complete, organizers said. Actual construction of the road-rail-pipeline-cable effort could take up to 20 years.
Still, Vladimir Brezhnev, president of Russian construction conglomerate Transstroi, said that the technology to tackle the construction work already existed.
"Perhaps not all of us will be involved in this," he told conference participants. "But as an engineer I wish I could be."
A statement adopted at the conference April 24 called on the governments of Russia, the United States, Japan, China and the European Union to endorse the tunnel as part of their economic development strategies. It urged government officials to raise the issue at the G-8 summit in Germany in June.
George Koumal, president of the Interhemispheric Bering Strait Tunnel and Railroad Group — the noncommercial organization pushing for the project — said that while many have seen England from France and vice versa across the Channel, there is little communication between the people living on either side of the Bering Strait.
"There are very few people who have stood on the beach in Alaska," he said. "Seemingly you can stretch out your hand and touch Mother Russia."


Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American businessman and showman who is best remembered as the founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1871. After 146 years, the circus closed in 2017. P. T. Barnum was also a politician who served as Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the Fairfield district.
P. T. Barnum and his circus were the inspiration for the 2017 musical The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum.
One of the more interesting family connections for P. T. Barnum is his connection to one of his most memorable circus performers, Charles Stratton, whose stage name was General Tom Thumb. P. T. Barnum also had a couple of Civil War generals in his family tree, General William Tecumseh Sherman and General George B. McClellan. U.S Presidential kin include Calvin Coolidge, Gerald Ford, and George W. Bush.
Celebrities who are related to P. T. Barnum include Janis Joplin, Chevy Chase, Chris Pratt, Anna Gunn, Edward Norton, Ed Helms, Ben Affleck, and Paget Brewster. Other founders of notable businesses in his family tree include Bill Gates (Microsoft), W. K. Kellogg (Kellogg), Lee B. Loomis (Loomis Armored Car), and Gilbert Clifford Noble (Barnes & Noble).


The study was published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and included 135 children with asthma who were enrolled in the AsthmaDIET Study.
Aged 5 to 12, all of the children were living Baltimore's inner city. Their diet, asthma symptoms, and their use of asthma medications were assessed at the beginning of the study and then again at three and six months into the study.
Blood samples were also taken during each assessment, and devices that measured levels of air pollutants were installed in participants' homes for the duration of the study.
The motivation for the research was to identify the relationship, if any, between omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid intake and pediatric asthma morbidity.
The scientists also wanted to investigate the association between the intake of fatty acids and the severity of asthma symptoms related to particulate matter (PM), systemic inflammation, and the frequency of medication use.
Sources of omega-3 fatty acids include fish and other types of seafood, nuts and seeds, plant oils such as flaxseed, soybean, and canola oil, and fortified foods such as certain brands of eggs, yogurt, juice, and milk.
Omega-6 fatty acids can be sourced from a number of oils, including corn, safflower, sunflower, grapeseed, soy, peanut, and vegetable. It can also be found in mayonnaise and salad dressings.
The results of the study showed that higher intake of omega-6 was "associated with increased odds of increased asthma severity". Increased omega-6 intake also produced higher blood levels of neutrophils, which are a type of white blood cell that play a role in inflammation.
Conversely, higher intake of omega-3 was associated with "reduced effect of indoor PM 2.5 on symptoms". The effects of indoor PM 2.5 of symptoms were amplified with an increased intake of omega-6.
Dr. Emily P. Brigham, who led the study, is an assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins. She addressed the limitations of the study and warned against making large changes to diet and lifestyle in asthma patients before more studies are carried out.
Although the results were not clinically significant, the authors suggest that long-term intake of omega-3 may reduce asthma symptoms.
This conclusion agrees with Brigham's belief that more controlled studies are needed to definitively prove a link between omega-3 intake and reduced asthma symptoms.
Omega-3 and Omega-6 Intake Modifies Asthma Severity and Response to Indoor Air Pollution in Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 29 March 2019.


Addiction is a complex state. It is a brain disease that is indicated by uncontrollable substance use regardless of the damaging effect it may cause. Individuals with the acute substance use disorder have an extreme center of attention on using a conclusive substance(s) to the extent that it takes over their life.
What's your addiction? Whatever addiction you are dealing with in your life right now, confessing that you have a dilemma is always the first step to prevailing over it. It's not going to be easy but it can be overcome. All you have to do is make time in straightening out your plan for quitting, ask for help, and prepare yourself for whatever drawbacks that you will surely experience along the way.
Writing down the harmful effects of your addiction and seeing the list on the paper will help you resolve to stop. Write down all the negative effects that you have experienced since your addiction started.
Think about how your addiction has affected your physical health, maybe you are experiencing a health risk right now due to your addiction. Also, make a list of how this addiction has hurt you not just physically but also mentally. Think about how this addiction affected your relationship with your family and your friends. How many ruined relationship does it caused you? List the amount of money you have spent feeding your addiction? Does it take a big financial toll on you or are you experiencing big debts right now? Determine whether your addiction has affected your job. Did you got fired? Think about such things.
Aside from writing down the negative effects on how these addictions affected you, also, make a list as well of the positive changes that you want in your life. Imagine your life after you have overcome this addiction and how this decision will turn your life around.
Lastly, write down your quitting commitments. Have a list of concrete reasons why you want to stop and stick on those reasons as you plan your life ahead. Your reasons for quitting must be more important to you than continuing your addictive behavior. Whether you're quitting for your wife and children or because you want to live your life longer. Make sure these reasons will motivate you to quit permanently.
You'll be needing all the support and motivation to get through this battle. Seeking professional help and support from your loved ones could be one of your powerful weapon in overcoming addiction. There are plenty of professional institution who can help you get through with this who can serve as your support system who will be helping you to stay motivated, providing you with tips for success and encouraging you to try again if you're finding it hard to succeed.
Make an appointment with a therapist who is an expert in addiction too. You have to find which therapy best fits you whether it is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, gestalt techniques and life skills training. A therapeutic environment guarantees that you will have solitude and the attention will be based on your specific needs and goals.
Look for support from your closest loved ones and friends as well. Let them know how much this means to you and how much you really want to change to get better. Ask them to keep reminding you of your goals and keep you motivated until you succeed with your addiction battle.
This is some sort of habit you execute right before you act out the new habit you're trying to perform. If you're trying to quit smoking, this could be something as simple as chewing gum or drinking a glass of water every time you fight the urge to smoke a cigarette. If you're addicted to gambling, passing a casino on the way home might make you feel pressured to quit.
Also, know what's stressing you out. Oftentimes, stress triggers addiction. Furthermore, situations and peer pressure can also trigger so make sure that you stay away from what can trigger your addiction.
Get your environment ready too. Remove whatever reminds you of your addiction. Get rid of all the objects that go along with it, as well as other items that remind you of your addiction.
Keep yourself busy. If you need distractions, take up new but interesting hobbies like exercising, learning new skills and hanging out with friends who will be a good influence on you. Positive social interactions can revitalize the release of neurochemicals which induce feelings of pleasure and contentment without the need for drugs or other addictive substances.
The physical and mental pain of addiction withdrawal is existing. Don't listen to the evil voice that is telling you to start back up and don't give up on yourself even when it feels hard. Every bit of pain will be worth it in the end.
Don't let relapse be the end of your fight. Everyone fails from time to time but it doesn't mean that you should give in and return to your addictive habits. If you have a slip-up, go back to what took place and rule what changes you can make if it occurs again, then get back on your feet and start all over again.


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I am short with dark curly hair.I am living in Sweden with two children.
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