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3 Things You Might Have Missed in Johnson & Johnson's Q3 Results
By Keith Speights – Oct 20, 2021 at 4:52AM
Just three products generated 63% of J&J's total revenue in Q3.
COVID-19 continued to have a big impact beyond J&J's vaccine sales.
The healthcare giant is near an international tipping point after its Q3 results.
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There's more to the story than the healthcare giant's revenue and earnings numbers.
The "tl;dr" (too long, didn't read) scoop on Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ 0.88%) third-quarter results is that they were good overall. The company reported revenue increased 10.7% year over year to $23.3 billion. Adjusted earnings per share jumped 18.2% to $2.60, well above the consensus estimate of $2.35.
With a big earnings beat, you'd probably think that the healthcare stock would have risen on Tuesday after its quarterly update. And you'd be right. J&J's shares opened around 1% higher and picked up more momentum later in the day. The gain would have probably been greater except the company's Q3 revenue came in below the average analysts' estimate of $23.7 billion.
But there was more to the story for the healthcare giant than just the topline numbers. Here are three things you might have missed in Johnson & Johnson's Q3 results.
1. 63% of growth driven by 3 products
Many investors like Johnson & Johnson in large part because of its diversification. The company has three multibillion-dollar business segments targeting different areas of healthcare. These segments market hundreds of products. In 2020, J&J claimed 28 products or platforms that generated annual sales of more than $1 billion.
While Johnson & Johnson's business is highly diversified, its growth drivers in the third quarter weren't. Roughly 63% of the company's overall revenue growth came from only three products. These products generated nearly 90% of J&J's pharmaceutical sales growth.
Unsurprisingly, the first product on the list is the company's COVID-19 vaccine. It raked in $502 million in the third quarter compared to no revenue in the prior-year period.
Multiple myeloma drug Darzalex came in a close second. Sales for the drug in Q3 totaled $1.58 billion, up 43.7% from nearly $1.1 billion in the same quarter of 2020.
J&J's third-biggest growth driver in Q3 was Stelara. The plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis drug brought in $2.38 billion in sales in the quarter. This total reflected a 22.2% year-over-year increase from sales of $1.95 billion in the year-ago period.
2. COVID-19's continued big impact beyond the vaccine
Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine obviously contributed significantly to the solid Q3 results. And it could make an even bigger splash going forward. J&J is likely to benefit quite a bit from booster sales (assuming it wins authorization for boosters, as expected). However, COVID-19 also continued to impact J&J's fortunes in a major way beyond the vaccine.
For example, Johnson & Johnson's consumer health business was helped by increased sales of Tylenol. The company noted that some of the sales growth for the over-the-counter medication was due to use in relieving symptoms caused by vaccinations. J&J also said that its ORSL HCP electrolyte drinks experienced sales growth in relieving symptoms of COVID-19.
It wasn't all good news, though. Lockdowns in parts of the Asia-Pacific region hurt sales of K&J's baby care products. The company said that sales growth for cancer drug Imbruvica was held back in part due to COVID-19-related dynamics. In addition, J&J's orthopedic medical devices in its "spine, sports & other" category fell primarily due to the market impact of COVID-19.
3. Near an international tipping point
Although Johnson & Johnson is a U.S.-based company, it has also been a major competitor in global markets for much of its history. And now, the healthcare giant is near an international tipping point.
In the third quarter, J&J's U.S. sales rose 7.9% year over year to just under $12 billion. Its international sales jumped 13.8% to $11.4 billion. International markets now generate 48.7% of total revenue. At the current growth rates, more than half of Johnson & Johnson's revenue will come from outside the U.S. by this time next year.
Investors should view this as a net positive. Increased geographical diversification of revenue could make Johnson & Johnson even more stable than it already is.
Keith Speights has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Johnson & Johnson. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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Meghan Ripple, a parent at Henry, speaks at the School Board's Oct. 18 meeting on the boundary process.
(Updated Wednesday at 4:10 p.m.) As the heated process of setting new boundaries for eight South Arlington elementary schools lurches forward, parents at Patrick Henry Elementary are trying to deliver a single message to school officials: don't break up the community in the move to Alice West Fleet Elementary.
Fleet's planned opening next fall precipitated this process of drawing new boundary lines for the schools in the first place, with most Henry students set to move to the new school and the Montessori program currently housed at Drew Model School will move to Henry's building.
Parents at Henry have long sought reassurances from Arlington Public Schools officials that the community would move as one to Fleet, without any neighborhoods being redirected elsewhere. The school system has released two different maps for public scrutiny over the last few months, and both have so far stuck firm to that request.
That fact was not lost on roughly a dozen parents who testified at the School Board's meeting last Thursday (Oct. 18). Though the new boundary proposals have stoked outrage among families at Drew and Abingdon alike, they've largely satisfied parents with kids set to make the move from Henry, who are urging school leaders to stay the course throughout the remainder of the boundary process.
Erin Wasiak, co-president of the Henry Parent-Teacher Association, similarly praised the Board for keeping families along the Pike together, noting that the road acts as "our 'Main Street' and our town square." Even still, she would note that the school system's latest proposal would divert a few neighborhoods on the east side of S. Courthouse Road to Hoffman-Boston instead, a change that would only affect a relatively small number of students, but still struck Wasiak as a bit concerning.
"We're as close or closer to Fleet as we are to the school you want to put us in," Nicole Hallahan, a parent of a current Henry student set to move to Hoffman-Boston, told the Board.
Nevertheless, between the changes with the Henry boundaries and the proposal to send some South Fairlington students to Drew instead of Abingdon, parents say the county hasn't always managed to meet that particular goal.
APS planners only proposed those Fairlington changes in the first place to create a more even spread of students eligible for free and reduced price lunch, a measure of their families' economic means, at schools across South Arlington. Some parents worried too many economically disadvantaged students were being lumped in at Drew, and Henry parents also urged the Board to keep the issue as a prime focus throughout the rest of the boundary-setting process.


I think it all started when I was about eleven years old. My Dad came home from a two month backpacking trip in Southeast Asia with a scary beard and a backpack full of exotic presents. I couldn't help but be intrigued and amazed by his adventures.
So he promised me on that day if I did well at school and learned English, he would take me with him. Five years later I graduated from high school and he took me to El Salvador for a two week surfing trip where he taught me all his travel tricks, and gave me the travel bug.
What kind of tricks did your Dad teach you?
Simple stuff like taking super care of your passport, and how important it is to have all your money stashed in different places. Put some in your jean pocket in your bag, some in your pharmacy bag, some on you, some in a shoe… just in case something happens, you will always have a bit of cash on you.
But the most important lesson was to smile and say hello to people; to be social and polite.
Oh! And how to negotiate for prices (haggle, no?!).
But the other tricks I won't reveal… for they are my family secrets!
So I left in search of adventure, fun, friendship and excitement.
But after years of travelling and learning from new experiences I could definitely feel a shift in inspiration. I felt like I learned what I had to learn from traveling and socialising, and that it was time to travel with a different purpose. So now I am travelling with the idea of reaching financial freedom.
I feel that with financial freedom, I will be able to travel anywhere, live anywhere, learn anything without having to worry about income.
What has been your most memorable experience whilst travelling abroad?
I kinda travel with the cheap flights, so when I realised I could fly to Europe much cheaper if I arrived in Norway, I decided that the best way to get back to the south of France (home), was to do a Euro trip from Oslo to Marseille, and hitch hike a big part of the way.
Hitch hiking really is a great way to travel. It's exciting, a bit scary, but the people who usually pick you up turn out to be kind and loving people! Even the scary looking ones! Three years ago a guy in Turkey picked up me and my friend Ryan in his car. He was a big guy with a mean face, and a soldier tattooed on his arm!
When he ask us in bad English if we wanted to stay at a place with him, we didn't feel so comfortable… but said yes! Eventually he brought us to his apartment where his entire family was waiting. Babies… grandparents… the neighbour even joined us later, and they welcomed us like Kings… fed us until we nearly exploded. He gave us comfortable places to sleep, a great breakfast, and he even dropped us to the next town!
That would have never happened if we had travelled in a coach filled with other tourists.
What has been your most difficult or testing experience whilst travelling?
I think the most difficult part about travelling, is leaving people behind.
First you have to leave your family and friends at home. Then you create a new family and new friends on the road, and you will have to leave them as well. And there's that weird feeling of leaving multiple homes behind. Buddhists believe that attachment is one of the biggest sources of suffering. Fortunately you get used to it, and I think it becomes a strength.
You basically become really good at saying goodbye.
Today I just got home after another year on the road. I live in Hyeres, a small medieval town in the south of France. Its awesome being from a cool place, that you're happy to come back to! And being back with family and friends is always a pleasure!
I left in the summer, and headed for Bali for a month of surfing, and a family trip! It's so nice seeing your family after six months, and to be able to travel together!
What survival advice would you give to be travelers in this place?
The French people are very proud of their language and will appreciate a foreigner trying to speak it. This applies to many other countries.
If you had to recommend one place in the world to visit, where would it be, and why?
For any new travelers who want a culture change, adventures, and fun for a first travel, I suggest Thailand.
Thailand is a great country, easy to travel in, easy to meet new people (local and fellow traveler), beautiful, and full of surprises.
I know it's becoming a backpacker Disneyland, but I think it is a great introduction country for solo traveler. Plus if you enjoy yourself, from Thailand you can easily get into many other countries.
Where are you planning to visit next?
Next I'm going to California. I will be reunited with my friend and associate, Ryan. Together we will try to mix travel and business with the promotion of a new product which you can find at http://www.coloredison.com – the first completely wirelessly controlled 12V RGBW outdoor lighting system.
We will be traveling in a 1974 Volkswagen van, surfing the coast and using the lights in fun and creative ways.
Do you have any blogs, websites or any other form of social media you would like The Darby Diaries to share with our readers?
Ryan and I started a YouTube channel at the beginning of our travels where we try to inspire and entertain with our crazy shenanigans !


Teachers gonna teach. This time, not only to students, but also too drug surrenderers undergoing community rehabilitation programs.
Romblon Mayor Trina Firmalo-Fabic recently announced on Facebook they are currently finalizing a partnership with the Romblon State University College of Education for the rehab and counseling of drug dependents who yielded to Duterte's anti-illegal drugs programs.
In her post, Fabic thanked the teachers and the school for their commitment to help and serve Romblon.
Why not? I'm sure the drug surrenderers will respect you and call you, Sir and Ma'am.
But please don't allow them when they ask: "May I go out?" Let's get it on, Teach!


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If a new column is added to the PROMOTION table, where will the new column be listed?


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At least the weather will be perfect today. The football-like substance on the field won't be s0 much. As usual, the comments are open for what may be the worst game of the Big Ten season. Was it really 8 years ago these two played for a championship. Shoot, was it four years ago (the game after The Fumble).
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There are a total of 96 degree and certificate programs offered at Saint Charles' 4 colleges and universities. You can choose to study in fields ranging from psychology, general to accounting to french language and literature.
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The retention rate for Saint Charles colleges and universities, which is the percent of students who return to college after their first year, is about 77%. Approximately 90% of students eventually graduate. Graduation rates, however, can vary from college to college. Vatterott College-St Charles Campus has a graduation rate of 68%, while Lindenwood University has a graduation rate of 44%.
Saint Charles schools have a student population that is approximately 64% female. 32 students are over 24 years old for every 100 college students In Saint Charles, . In 2009, 44% of Saint Charles college students identified themselves as belonging to a racial or ethnic minority. Lindenwood University had the highest percentage of diverse students in Saint Charles, with 45% of students identifying themselves as being from a minority background.
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IFS Labs Sri Lanka gets 'hands on' with VR & AR development
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In the modern age of software, it's no longer enough to simply have an application development and programming department.
A new breed of emerging (sometimes experimental) app development and data fabric exploration needs to be part of the total 'IT shop' that a vendor uses to drive forward its technology proposition — this is the world of labs.
Enterprise IT vendors have been building these kinds of operational departments for a while. IBM's alphaWorks (now called developerWorks) is perhaps a good example. Oracle, Microsoft, SAP and many others have established similar operations to explore ideas and build so-called Proof of Concept (PoC) working models of both hardware and software.
Embrace failure
This is the kind of department where you'll likely managers say things like "70% of our innovations work… and that figure is far too high for me"… or perhaps, "if all our ideas worked, then we're not pushing ourselves hard enough to innovate" — so failure is embraced and speed of thought is championed.
The Computer Weekly Developer Network team recently got to meet with enterprise applications company IFS at its Sri Lanka headquarters in Colombo to explore the work its IFS Labs division is currently undertaking.
Under the leadership of Bhagya Kandage in her role as manager of software development, presentations were provided by Harshana Yapabandara, who is principle software engineer for IFS Labs and Kasun Perera, who is also a principle software engineer for IFS Labs.
IFS is known for its Field Service Management (FSM) software and its wider stack of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and digital operations management software.
Yapabandara demonstrated new Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) headset equipment (running with IFS software) that allows service engineers working in the field to get contextual information displayed on their Heads Up Display (HUD) to allow them to perform equipment maintenance jobs more effectively.
"What this does, effectively and practically, is allow a customer to send lower skilled employees to do more complex jobs," said Yapabandara. "It also allows these same customers to direct more skilled employees in the execution of their tasks so that they are carried out in the correct order."
Locally in Sri Lanka, IFS has been demonstrating this equipment in schools to inspire students to think about new and emerging applications development when they start to make their career plans.
Tracking trends
Team leader Kandage explained that IFS Labs exists as a function to help the company track the latest trends, often in places where technologies are still embryonic.
"We then explore ways of working out how we can architect elements of these still-nascent technologies into the IFS stack. We develop a Proof of Concept model to see what works and what doesn't… and then ultimately we may push the more effective new functions forward into product development," she said.
Successes in hard core development for IFS Labs in Sri Lanka have included IFS Touch Apps, which are mobile app extensions for IFS applications. Based on the Microsoft Azure Cloud platform, the Sri Lanka programming team has developed a full referernce architecture and reference framework to support this technology.
Additional Sri Lanka built additions to the IFS stack include IFS Streams. This is a 'push notifciations' technology that resulted from a Xamarin-based Proof of Concept development.
IFS Labs development timeline
Concept 'Handover' (annotation & documentation)
Early Adopter Release
Release To Market (RTM)
AR in the case of this story means Augmented Reality, but in the world of Field Service Management (FSM) and the need to guide engineers working in the field, it also (actually even more directly) refers to Assisted Reality… and this is part of the way hands-on engineers will now expect to be able to work.
Pass the virtual grease gun please!
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The cabin will come with the much more large space which will advantage the area for the head plus a lower leg. The car seats will likely cover with the excellent quality of natural leather that will boost the ease and comfort in the seating system. Besides the chairs, the cabin will also include some features that are added to the new technologies. They are Bluetooth relationship, USB ports, LCD touch screen system, new audio system, air conditioning unit, and others. Then, in the safety measures, there will be the chair straps, atmosphere bags, rear perspective camera, new front door panels, mountain commences, ESS, city car system, yet others. All around, the new design in the interior of the car will increase the comfort in driving a vehicle new Honda Fit.
The new 2020 Honda Fit is expected it is going to be run with the 1.5-litre engine capacity along with the Atkinson 4-cylinder unit. This engine will be able to provide strength up to 130 horsepower plus 114 lb-ft of torque. Some rumours also point out that the company may also offer this car with the 1.3-litre engine potential that can produce energy up to 130 hp and besides 103 lb-ft of torque. The gearbox that can be used is the 6-speed gearbox or even CVT system. The transmission system will probably be the 7-speed double transmission system. The engines that are outfitted to this car are expected will result from much better performance as well as gas utilisation.
This car will be introduced in the market place in close to the previous quarter of 2019. Nevertheless, the precise information about the release date of the vehicle is not confirmed, however. The price that is branded of this car begins at $22.000 up to $31.000. People that are enthusiastic about this car need to await the precise information of 2020 Honda Fit from the Honda.


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Europe is famous for its centuries-old yachting industry. Shipbuilders have been producing yachts in Italy, Holland, and Germany for hundreds of years.
In America, the yachting industry may not be what it is. Yet today's top luxury yacht builders in America continue to come up with award-winning, cutting-edge designs. So who are the best yacht builders in America?
From Christensen to Trinity, we count down America's top yacht builders and highlight what makes each shipyard unique. Here are our favorites:
Christensen is one of the most well-known yacht builders in the United States, and the company is best known for making fully custom yachts. Each yacht produced by the company is designed to the owner's specifications.
Known for its classic hull design and high-end finishes, Christensen produces some of the most luxurious luxury yachts in the United States, thanks partly to the company's internal design team. Many other builders outsource the design. In addition, the builder is famous for its exquisite interiors, distinguished by spacious designs and the finest finishes. Christensen also regularly wins innovation awards for efficient, robust displacement systems and the latest in stability.
Since 1964, the Westport has been a leader in the design and manufacture of yachts in United States and has built a reputation for developing classic-style sports superyachts.
This was not always the case. Originally, the Westport designed and built commercial fishing vessels, but today, Westport focuses exclusively on luxury motor yachts, including 34, 38, 40, and 50m yachts. Westport's high-rise and triple-decker yachts feature classic nautical hulls with modern touches. The interiors are elegant and comfortable and are known for their spacious outdoor deck areas.
Derecktor
Derecktor is one of the oldest yacht builders in the country. It was founded on Long Island, New York, in 1947, and during its early years, the company produced commercial fishing vessels and passenger ships. (Even today, Derecktor manufactures high-speed ferries for cities worldwide.)
Director's production has changed little in its 70-year history. Today, the company continues to build commercial ships and is a top maker of custom-engine yachts. In addition, Derecktor produces both exploration and motor yachts, and many luxury motor yachts feature designs inspired by explorers. Many Director yachts, for example, feature towering superstructures up front. This opens up an abundance of aft deck space for outdoor dining areas, beach clubs, and even helipads.
In addition to elegance, Director yachts are known for their performance. It may be significant. But it is fast, and the ride is stable.
Hatteras is a legendary name in the American shipbuilding industry, known for its beautifully-engine, high-speed yachts. Initially, the shipyard focused entirely on sports yachts - something they are still known for today. After that, however, the range of boats the company produces offers the best luxury yachts.
Hatteras offers a complete line of superyachts, including the 100 RPH, the stunning 102-foot Pelotus Motory yacht, and the M90. Hatera shows her sporty roots in all her designs. The Hatteras' exteriors are sleek and streamlined, sharing design details with their sportfish line.
At Trinity, size is name of the game. The Gulfport shipyard produces yachts up to 123 meters (400 feet) in height, including some of largest super yachts ever built in the United States.
The yacht maker has many signatures. For example, classic naval architecture is one. Trinity produces the most inspiring superstructure designs featuring elegant lines and an abundance of glass. When you charter a Trinity yacht, you will have plenty of places to relax, as most of his designs include plenty of deck space. In the past, this included beautiful sky lounges and sprawling dining/bar areas on the rear floor.
Below the surface, Trinity Yachting offers extensive charts. The yacht maker is known for its owners' lavish suites, rooms, and stunning saloons.
Broward Marine
Founded by legendary boat builder Frank Denison in the 1950s, Broward Marine has been a leader in luxury yacht design throughout its history. For example, in 1954, Broward launched her first luxury superyacht, the ALISA V. At the time, it was a giant 96-foot-long ? similar in grandeur to a 150-foot-tall superyacht.
Alyssa paved the way for the company, which has shifted its focus exclusively to luxury yachts. In 1980s, for example, Broward was quick to respond to the luxury yachting trend. As a result, Broward sold about 80 yachts in the 1980s, an impressive sales feat.
Under the new management in the early 2000s, the company continued its focus on stunning mega yachts in the 100 to 160-foot range. Broward's oversized yachts, with stunning triple deck designs and raised shafts, were also among the first to feature farmhouse kitchens. Today, the company mainly focuses on renovations, but many majestic yachts are still available for the charter.
Hargrave
Hargrave has been producing the yachts since the 1950s, and throughout its history, the shipyard has earned a reputation for inspiring yacht designs. The company initially focused only on design. However, founder Jack Hargrave, a renowned marine designer, worked closely with major American yacht builders, including Burger and Hatteras, helping launch several brands.
In 1997, the company moved from designing to designing and building its luxury yachts. The company quickly made the name for itself. The Hargrave has won numerous awards for its sporty triple-decker and fishing-inspired motor yachts. Hargrave yachts feature contemporary interiors matched by elegant contours.
The Horizon yacht is distinguished by its distinctive appearance. The company's yachts feature a luxurious exterior design with plenty of classic nautical architectural details. Inside, too, Horizon Yachting has plenty of character. Most Horizon yachts feature sprawling windows, creating a light and airy interior.
Today, the company produces the yachts in the 56 to 150 foot range, and its offerings include powerboats, triple decks, and powerboat yachts Pillowhouse.
This is Horizon's specialty if you're looking for a demanding cat. The company's PC series features the range of mid-sized electric cats that stand about 80 feet in height, with several model yachts in the pipeline. However, Horizon does it all. You will find Horizon yachts in just about any style, from the Fast Displacement (FD Series) yachts to the Custom Triple Decks (CC Series).
The most historic shipbuilders in the United States, Burger Boat Company was initially launched in 1863. The company has built over 500 yachts in its history (more than 250 are still operating). The company was a pioneer in building steel yachts, but today, Initial Burger Corporation builds aluminum yachts.
Burger produces a range of custom 3-deck motor yachts, ranging from 112 to 214 ft. motor yachts. Burger boats have a distinct look and feel. They have spacious deck areas, including the wrap-around deck in its current 214-foot concept, and innovative outdoor lounge areas.
Delta Marine
For more than 50 years, the Delta Marine has been producing world-class motor yachts from its headquarters in Seattle. The boat builder is known for its elegant exterior designs. The Delta Marine yachts feature clean, flowing lines throughout, and the company produces a range of high-rise and three-deck motor yachts.
Plus, the interiors are entirely customized. No two Delta Marine yachts are alike, and the interiors are as unique as the owners. Delta Yachting is also known for its performance. Many features performance-minded architecture and feature state-of-the-art displacement systems.
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Q: Backup local Git repository (notes, stashes, reflog included) and restore it on another machine As in the title, how can I backup completely a local Git repository and its state, restore it on another machine, and have the new repository to be in the exact state as the one on the previous machine?
I mainly care to not loose local stuff, like:

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*stashes (that's the most important thing)

*reflog (I want to keep my operations history)

*notes

*all the rest (possibly)

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I already tried to compress my local directory, including hidden files like .git, and restore it on the other machine.
What I get, after that, with git status is:

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*a HUGE list of changed files (and I don't recognize the changes)

*the repository is in a detached HEAD
If everything is in the .git folder, why I get the HEAD detached and I don't get the same pointing of the old repository?
And what are all these modified/deleted/typechanged files?
It seems that .git is not really taking everything from the old repository.

A: If you copy/paste your whole directory from one machine to the other (including hidden files like .git, ...), you will be keeping:

*

*stashes (that's the most important thing)

*all your history, including all local branches, ...

*notes

Git always stores the data of one repository inside the .git repository, and nowhere else

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Sri Ram Enclave is a big Residential Appartment at Basargarh, Hatia, Ranchi. Another landmark real estate housing project of Anaadi Group.
25% Flat Sold Out. Hurry Up!!!
Project is approved by Canara Bank for Housing Loan.
Project is approved by Syndicate Bank for Housing Loan.
Project is approved by LIC Housing Finance for Housing Loan.
As per standard applicable design evaluate from soil test report.
RCC Frame structure with TMT Iron / Brick work Number #1 quality.
Vitrified tiles in complete carpet area, vitrified flooring in common area and stair case.
Sal wood door frame, flush doors (Water Proof).
Anti skid tiles on flooring, 7 ft height dado tiles white glazed sanitary work..
Working platform finished with black granite stone.
Concealed wiring proper & adequate point for lights and fans, arrangement of TV, AC, Inverter connection in each flat.
Proper arrangement pipe line with branded quality material.
Jogging Track, Water Bodies Outs, Proper Lighting etc.
Site proper services, plumber, electrical, S.T. etc, Over head water tank.
Thoughtful design principles applied to maximize view of landscaped greenery, natural light & ventilation while planning fewer apartments per floor and relatively more elevators.
Towers are placed with adequate spacing between them avoiding any two towers being joined together with a shared common wall, as seen in most neighbouring projects.
Due to seamless airflow, lower air temperature and other benefits could occur which would promote a better living environment for the residents.
Through masterfully planned layouts and carefully placed windows, maximum efforts are made so that neighbours may avoid any direct view of private areas in homes, ensuring that private life remains private for the residents to the best extent possible.
Interiors are functionally designed and well thought through, to induce a feeling of openness and ensure that no space goes to waste.
Spacious lift lobbies and corridors on all floors and most apartments have an individual entrance foyer instead of direct access to the living room, ensuring utmost privacy.
Superbly finished tower reception lobbies, club facilities and landscaped greenery may contribute to making this project one of the most sought after addresses in entire Delhi NCR.
One of the very few projects in the entire NOIDA region to be pre-certified as 'Gold' by IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) due to its exceptional investment on green features.
Waste water will be recycled through treatment plant and used for gardening and flushing.
Provision for installing solar water heaters and solar street lighting and through usage of energy efficient & recycled building materials, contributing to reduction of carbon footprint.
Otis or similar branded energy-efficient elevators consume upto 30% less energy.
Smart gated community ensuring utmost safety and vigilance before entry of visitors.
Infrastructure ready for installation of automation system for electrical switches and appliances by the residents (add-on feature) with remote operation through mobile app.
Smart metering of utilities such as Electricity & Power Backup for reduced costs.
Italian or other imported modular kitchen with maximum utility space, hob & chimney.
Italian or other imported marble flooring in Living, Dining & Kitchen.
Engineered Wood in Master bedroom & Doubly-charged vitrified tiles in other rooms.
Artificial green cover created in one of the balconies of each flat, even if more expensive than installing natural grass for the developer, it is easy to maintain & reduces insects.
Grohe, American Standard or similar branded bathroom fittings and sanitary ware, with foam flow rating according to green building norms, wherever possible.
All external doors and windows are made of Lead-Free Green-rated material with tinted and toughened glass, ensuring minimal passage of UV rays.
Provision of multi-function Godrej or similar branded manual/ electronic lock at the entrance of each flat, along with branded Video Door Phone (VDP).
Sky Deck on roof of all the towers with various outdoor facilities such as putting green, play area, yoga area for exclusive use of designated higher floors of each tower or subscribed members.
Automatic fire detection, fire sprinklers, smoke detectors for fire safety in each apartment, fire extinguishers & fire hose reel on every floor.
Provision for Fiber to the home (FTTH) technology which will enhance audio and video quality of TV/ telephone/ broadband and LAN cable pre-installed in each master bedroom.
Valet parking service for all residents and provision for need-based future installation of automated car parking in basement (add-on feature).
No Dues certificate for land premium issued by NOIDA, no pending land premium installments.
SBI-approved and approved by almost all major private and PSU banks/ HFCs for home loans.
Construction finance sanctioned and disbursed by Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI).
In-house architecture team (Designarch) teamed up international architects and in-house construction team teamed up with the expertise of Ahluwalia Contracts for this project.
Earthquake safety precautions such as shear walls, richer mix of concrete, use of treated water for construction, proper ductile detailing have been taken into consideration.
Each individual customer will receive a customer docket, enclosing the list of service providers & products with the necessary Do's & Don'ts and warranty terms and information.
Future Iconic Tower can contribute to making the project one of the most sought after addresses in Delhi NCR and perhaps command a significant premium forever.
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Mark Newman Drops Blues-Infused 'Empirical Truth
by Admin | Jul 16, 2019 | Tattoo.com | 0 comments
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Newman dropped Empirical Truth, his new album on July 12, via Danal Music.
The monarch of almost any instrument with strings, including electric, acoustic, and lap steel guitar, along with the dobro and mandolin, Newman has played with Sting, Elvis Costello, and Travis Tritt. He's also opened for Don Felder, David Bromberg, and The Doobie Brothers, and shared the stage with John Oates, Jim McCarthy, Willy DeVille, Sam The Sham, Bobby Whitlock, and Sam Moore.
Along with Naomi Margolin, Newman has run the "Music From the Hive" series, as well as "The Original Music Series" for bands on Long Island.
Empirical Truth comprises a dozen tracks, beginning with "Scapegoat," which opens on delicious bluesy guitars flowing into a down and dirty melody full of driving energy. A potent bassline and crisp drums provide the rhythm, as a drawling organ infuses the tune with oozing tones. Newman's rasping tenor glides with gritty timbres over the music. When the keening organ solo kicks in, the song blazes with heat.
Outstanding tracks on the album include "Mississippi Mile," which exudes yummy viscous Mississippi blues textures, gooey and sticky. Layers of gummy-flavored guitars leer on sweltering tones, imbuing the tune with delectable dripping savors. Put simply, this track delivers sweaty blues, the kind you rarely hear anymore.
If slow yawning blues is your thing, don't miss "Sharin' The Blues." This track positively brims with dark seeping colors, thick and syrupy. Newman's voice grinds with passion and gravelly tones. Another stellar track is "Are You Lonely for Me," opening with bluesy gospel vocal harmonies flowing into a chugging, undulating blues melody with R&B aromas. The rhythm section on this track really pumps it out – taut snapping drums and a cavernous bassline. Combined with the searing guitar licks and the glow of the gospel-laced harmonies, this song is a tasty gem.
All twelve tracks on Empirical Truth offer superb blues dynamics, surging rhythms, grand harmonies, and the delectable scratchy voice of Mark Newman.
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I finished making my seasonal shortbread and had a little more chocolate left over than usual. I hate wasting ingredients—especially CHOCOLATE.
What could I do in a jiffy (and not add to the mess already stirred up in the kitchen)?
Peel some mandarins and DUNK them in CHOCOLATE …it can't go wrong!
1. Start Melting Your Chocolate.
I prefer to use the stove top to melt the chocolate rather than using the microwave. But I know both can work just the same. I prefer the stove, cause after I melt the chocolate, I can just leave it in the bowl over the hot water and it stays nice and melted for as long as I need while I'm dipping.
2. Peel and Pull Apart the Oranges.
While the chocolate melts, peel your oranges. as many as you like. The beauty of this snack dessert is you really can't eat too many. It's basically a health food, really. Antioxidants, vitamin C, fiber, and your recommended daily dose of yumminess.
Before you start dipping, lay out a sheet of wax paper on a tray or cutting board…something that you can fit in your fridge and will hold as many orange slices as you're wanting to make.
Start dipping. It's up to you how much coverage you want. All? Half? Just the tips?
4. Sprinkle with Sea Salt. Set in the Fridge.
Once you have them laid out, sprinkle them with a little Sea Salt, to taste. Note: If you're doing a HUGE batch of these, you might want to stop and sprinkle the salt on a partial batch before moving on to make sure the chocolate really grabs ahold of the salt before it hardens up too much.
Put them in the fridge (or freezer) for 15-30 minutes.
Happy holidays. Look forward to seeing you again soon.


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Trump pledges to help bring home Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea
President Donald J. Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leave the Akasaka Palace Monday, May 27, 2019, following their afternoon of meetings at the palace in Tokyo. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
May 28, 2019 Tomohiro Osaki - The Japan Times
U.S. President Donald Trump pledged Monday to support Japan's effort to repatriate citizens kidnapped by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s as he met with a group of the abductees' kin in Tokyo.
Monday marked the second time for Trump to sit down with family members of the abductees. The families have "suffered the unthinkable heartbreak of having their loved ones abducted by North Korea," Trump told a joint news conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the State Guesthouse at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo.
"The United States also remains committed to the issue of abductions, which I know is a top priority for Prime Minister Abe," Trump said, adding that his country "will continue to support Japan's effort" to bring its citizens home.
Trump's renewed commitment to the abduction issue was perhaps reassuring for Abe, who has gone to great lengths to press the president to raise the topic with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Abe himself hasn't been able to secure a one-on-one meeting with Kim, thus relying heavily on Trump to serve as his messenger.
"There is no meeting that he's had (with me) where he doesn't bring up the abductees," Trump said of Abe as he met the family members.
At the joint news conference, Abe said Trump had promised him that the U.S. will "spare no effort" to help achieve the repatriation of the abductees. Trump, Abe said, "looked each family member directly in their eyes and at times nodded as he attentively listened" to their stories of heartache.
Repatriating abductees is a top priority for Abe, who played a pioneering role in spotlighting the issue early in his career as a politician, successfully carving out a support base that later helped him win his first prime ministership in 2006.
In what has been widely seen as a shift from his previous policy, Abe has recently said he is willing to meet Kim on an "unconditional" basis, apparently softening his long-held stance that any summit meeting with Kim must yield tangible progress on the abduction issue.
On Monday, Abe repeated that he is willing to meet Kim unconditionally, stressing that he will "discharge my responsibility as the prime minister to do my best to put this matter to rest — even if there is no guarantee that I can sort it out in just one single meeting" with Kim.
At a news conference held after the Abe-Trump summit, the kin of abductees said they have high hopes for Trump.
But Takuya Yokota, whose older sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korean agents more than four decades ago, said he had conveyed to Trump an important caveat when they met. He said the family members' collective wish remains the "comprehensive, immediate return of all abductees," and that the U.S. shouldn't fall for any attempt by Pyongyang to water down this goal, such as the partial or incremental return of abductees.
"I also told the president that just like he loves first lady Melania and his daughter Ivanka, my father and mother love their daughter dearly, and that it's an unforgivable human rights violation that they haven't been able to see her for 41 years," Yokota said, revealing that Trump then responded to him off-the-cuff by saying efforts to bring them back "must not stop here."
During a summit in Pyongyang in 2002, then-North Korean leader Kim Jong Il apologized for the abduction issue when he met then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. But there has been no significant progress in repatriating more abductees, with North Korea having treated the issue as a settled matter.
© 2019 the Japan Times (Tokyo)
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Trump pushes off war talk on Iran, says 'regime change' is not US goal


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A Decade After FDA Authorized to Regulate Tobacco, the Epidemic Rages On
It's been ten years. Ten years since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was given the mandate from Congress to fully regulate the tobacco industry and tasked with the critical responsibility of protecting the health of our nation. And still, the FDA has not fulfilled its mission to reduce the deadly toll of tobacco use, an epidemic that persists in our country and around the world. Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in our nation, and according to a U.S. Surgeon General report, more than 20 million premature deaths over the past half century can be attributed to cigarette use in the U.S. We cannot achieve our mission of ending death and suffering from cancer without significantly driving down tobacco use.
Signed into law by President Obama in June 2009, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA) was a milestone piece of legislation in our fight against the major public health epidemic of tobacco use. The TCA granted the FDA the authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of tobacco products and created the Center for Tobacco Products. Prior to the law, tobacco products went largely unregulated, boosting Big Tobacco's profits and its ability to mislead the public about the danger of its products and to target youth and other vulnerable populations with its marketing. This landmark law represented an unprecedented opportunity for the FDA to directly address tobacco use, the leading cause of preventable death in our country.
Certainly, the FDA has taken deliberate action in the past 10 years to address tobacco addiction, including:
Implementing several phases of "The Real Cost" prevention campaign aimed at reducing the number of youth who experiment with cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and, most recently, e-cigarettes. It is estimated that these successful campaigns prevented 350,000 teens ages 11 to 18 from smoking between 2014 and 2016.
Issuing a final rule in 2016 deeming all categories of tobacco products, including cigars, e-cigarettes and hookah, under its authority. To ensure the tobacco industry can't skirt regulation with new and emerging products like e-cigarettes, it was critical that the FDA extended its authority over all products, with no exceptions.
Taking steps to implement meaningful regulation of the tobacco industry and its dangerous products, including prohibiting menthol flavoring in combustible cigarettes and flavors in cigars, restricting the sale of some flavored e-cigarettes to age-restricted locations; and issuing a proposed rule to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes to levels that no longer cause addiction.
And we have seen results. The number of young adults aged 18 to 24 years who smoked combustible cigarettes dropped from 13 percent in 2016 to 10 percent in 2018. However, despite these discrete steps, nearly one-third of cancer deaths in the U.S. are still caused by smoking. And more alarmingly, E-cigarette use has increased by 78 percent from 2017 to 2018, and previous declines in other tobacco product use has stalled. In the same timeframe, an additional 1.3 million and high school students became new tobacco product users. These surging rates in youth use of e-cigarettes are very alarming. There's simply no denying that more work needs to be done to make sure that our children do not succumb to nicotine addiction and tobacco use. Ultimately, the FDA is responsible for protecting the nation from the dangers of tobacco and must do much more protect the lives of the American public.
For the past 10 years ACS CAN and our partners have continually urged the FDA to exercise its full regulatory authority.
ACS CAN and several partner organizations sued the FDA in March 2018 for allowing e-cigarettes and other new tobacco products to remain on the market for years without review of their public health impact. A federal judge ruled in our favor earlier this month, deciding that the FDA had acted illegally by delaying review of these products, which allowed the tobacco industry to continue targeting youth with their addictive products, at a time – as the judge noted – "when minors' use of tobacco products like e-cigarettes is at an epidemic level and rising."
In a separate lawsuit, a federal judge ruled in our favor that the FDA must expedite a rule requiring graphic warnings on cigarette packages and advertisements, a key provision of the TCA. We continue to press the FDA to issue the final rule by January 2020.
We urged the FDA to take strong, immediate action to address the rise of teen use of Juul e-cigarettes, including removing any Juul flavors on the market without required FDA review and authorization and suspending internet sales of Juul until stronger rules are established to prevent sales to kids.
It's been ten years since Congress passed the monumental Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act and it is unacceptable that an entirely new generation is falling victim to Big Tobacco as we witness a public health epidemic evolve before our eyes. The FDA must, once and for all, exercise its full regulatory authority over all tobacco products and take concerted, comprehensive measures to protect this nation's children from Big Tobacco.
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World No Tobacco Day: We Must Take Action, Now
Each year, World No Tobacco Day shines a global spotlight on the devastating effects that tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure have on public health worldwide. Everyone – lawmakers, public leaders, parents – should heed the World No Tobacco Day call-to-action, and seize the opportunity to join us in this fight.
Lung Cancer: Reducing Risk and Supporting Patients
As the cause of one in every four cancer deaths, lung cancer impacts a significant number of Americans each year.
San Francisco Votes to Uphold Prohibition on Flavored Tobacco Products
We join the city of San Francisco in celebrating a victory for public health. Last week, voters approved Proposition E, preserving a local ordinance that prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.


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Q: Why doesn't this Objective-C++ program compile? I'm using sfml to write a game, and I thought that since I was working in Xcode I would make a Mac version and a windows version. In the mac verision I thought that it would be nice to take advantage of NSMenu to make a menu for the game. Here's what I've tried so far in a file called main.mm:
#include <iostream>
#import <AppKit/AppKit.h>

void Launch()
{
    NSMenu* menu = [[NSMenu alloc] initWithTitle:@"string"];
}

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Mac main\n";
    Launch();
}

The code doesn't compile. Xcode doesn't show any errors in the code itself. Any idea why this doesn't work?

A: You must return from main.  Also, you should call NSApplicationMain() if you are using AppKit.  For games, this means that you write your game in C++, and you call the C++ code from Objective-C classes.
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    std::cout << "Mac main\n";
    return NSApplicationMain(argc, argv);
}

To call into your C++ code, I would create an application delegate and launch your C++ code from -applicationDitFinishLaunching:.  You can create the application delegate in your main nib file, as well as your menus.
I don't know how to integrate with SFML.  I would either use NSMenu and AppKit, or use SFML and avoid Objective C.


Chad and Bekah's RV-7: Ordered Finishing Kit.
I might be a bit premature on this order, but Van's pricing goes up every Feb 1st. I wanted to get my Finish Kit order in before the prices went up, and during this time Van's is usually backlogged anyway. I wrote "no rush" on my order as I did last year with the Fuse Kit and it took about 3.5 months for delivery. If it takes that amount of time this year for the Finish Kit I will be good.
Also, They say the Finish Kit is the 1/2 way point in the build.. So at this pace, I can say it looks like I have a couple years left before this thing can get off the ground.. !


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Buddha as a Beautiful Elephant
In this story, the Buddha is an elephant. When he was an elephant he lived alone in a beautiful jungle that was surrounded by a vast desert. He lived alone with the plants and the animals, but he rarely ever saw human beings because they didn't come through the desert into the jungle. So he lived a very happy solitary life.
One day he was in the jungle, and he heard some noise on the outskirts of the jungle, and he wondered what it was. So he wandered over towards the edge, and he looked and he saw hundreds and hundreds of people all with ragged clothing and very disheveled looking. They were all very hungry and thirsty and sick-looking. He wondered what was wrong with these people. So he went a little bit closer, and he saw even more people, and they were all very, very tired and ragged looking.
And as he got closer, the people caught sight of this huge elephant and they all got very frightened. But they we were so weak that they couldn't even run away. When the Elephant realized they were all frightened, he spoke to them in a human voice and he said, "No, no, don't be frightened. I am not here to hurt you, I want to help you. What's wrong?"
And the people said, "Oh, it is a very, very sad story. The king in our homeland got very angry with us one day and forced us all to leave our homes and wander through the desert. Our king has a very bad temper, we've all been wandering, and many of the people that left have already perished because of hunger and thirst, and we are so weak we don't know what we can do.
The Elephant was so moved by the story of these people and their condition that he began to cry. He felt so bad that he thought and thought of something that he could do to help these people, because he knew the desert was vast and that there would be no way they could cross it unless they had food and water. The Elephant thought and thought and thought.
And finally, he came up with a plan. He decided that he could give up his body to these people, and that they could use his flesh for nourishment and his entrails as waterbags to carry the water from the lake in the jungle.
The Elephant was going to go through with this plan, so he told the people that there was a lake with crystal blue water and many lilies and lotuses over near the mountainside. So, he lifted up his great trunk and pointed towards the mountain and told them to walk towards the lake. He also told them that once they had reached the lake and rested, that if they looked over near the mountainside, there would be the body of a dead elephant and that they could take the elephant and use his flesh as nourishment and his entrails as waterbags to carry water through the rest of their journey.
The people were very grateful and very happy. So they all thanked the Elephant and began to walk toward where he had pointed. The Elephant took a back way to the top of the mountain, and as he walked to the mountain he felt very happy and content in what he was doing. He knew that human beings had more opportunities than any other animals to do good in their lives and to reach different levels of spirituality. So he was very happy that he was going to help these people survive. And he realized that his body was just a material, earthly thing, and that his spirit would be able to live on.
The Elephant was very happy and content as he walked towards the mountainside. As he climbed up to the high peaks of the mountain, he made a vow to himself that he wasn't jumping off of this mountain to get into heaven, or to please the gods, to gain merits, or even as an escape from his life. He was doing it so that he can help these people because he felt compassion for their plight.
As the Elephant reached the top of the mountain, he tumbled down the high cliffs to the bottom. All the plants and the animals in jungle were aghast as they looked at the scene, and they said that it looked like the moon had fallen out of the sky, as this huge white elephant had tumbled down the mountainside. All the animals came to look, and some of them even cried. And the plants were all amazed, and they were so amazed by this feat that the flowers began to bloom out of season, and the fruits began to come on the trees, and the jungle smelled so sweet with all the flowers and fruits of the plants.
By this time, the people had journeyed to the lake, and they were ecstatic that they had found water and they drank and drank and drank and got well rested. And then they looked to the side of the mountain and, sure enough, there was a body of an elephant. Some of the people thought, "Maybe the elephant is the brother with the elephant that we saw earlier, or his father, because he looks just like the elephant we saw earlier." But then some people went closer and looked at the face and the gentle eyes and the trunk and realized that it was the same elephant they had seen earlier. They were all very sad at what had happened. They couldn't believe that the elephant would make such a sacrifice for them. All of the people were moved with emotion at this feat. Some of the people in the group said that it would be wrong for them to eat him now, that they should give him a formal cremation to honor his death. But some of the more levelheaded people in the group realized that that would not be honoring his death if they didn't do as he had wished and they would not survive if they could not eat him and take his entrails as waterbags. So they felt that the best thing to do would be to do as the Elephant had wished them to do, and take his flesh and entrails, in order that they could survive and continue on with their lives.
[Ed. Note] This is one of the religious stories that try to justify the eating of flesh by saying that the animals willingly sacrifice themselves for humans. Nothing is further from the truth! All anyone has to do is look at any animal before it is to be killed, and see the fear and the desire to live. They are murdered...they do not sacrifice themselves. See: Animal Exploitation Photo Journal & Gallery
Go on to: Bugadyl in the Evenki Religion


There are 27 hospitals in North Dakota from 21 counties.
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(701) 456-4463 Volunteer Details: Volunteers at St. Joseph's are instrumental in helping us provide quality, compassionate health care. The volunteers give over 20,000 hours annually of dedicated service in 30 different areas of the hospital. A hospital volunteer is a person who donates their time, skills and supports the hospital staff. They are dedicated individuals who work daily to benefit patients, families, staff and the community in a variety of ways. St. Joseph's has a volunteer program for adults and students.
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FIU's First Generation Scholarship Program brings the American Dream within reach of our first generation students, those who are first in their families to pursue a college degree. Donations to the scholarship are matched 100% by the state of Florida, providing donors an opportunity to help facilitate access to higher education and make a lasting difference in the lives of first generation FIU students and to the generations that follow. Since the program's inception in 2006, nearly 10,000 First Generation Scholarships were allocated to FIU students, totaling more than $7.9 million.
Approximately 84% of FIU undergraduate students are minorities and more than 53% are first generation college students. In addition to its diverse ethnic groups, FIU serves a large percentage of economically disadvantaged students. Ninety-one percent of First-Time-in-College students depend on financial aid and nearly 56% of all FIU's financial aid recipients come from families with annual household incomes less than $30,000.
Despite significant need, a high percentage of FIU students receive only partial financial aid. As a result, many talented and highly motivated students with limited resources are forced to attend only part-time or postpone their education altogether. The First Generation Scholarship Program is, therefore, a vital source of financial support for many of FIU's underserved students. Increased scholarship and program financial aid is critical to ensure that all deserving students receive the assistance needed to enroll, succeed and graduate. Investments in FIU and our students are more than just scholarships – they are investments in the greater community of Miami.


Yes, Consider Haiti is a 501c3 non-profit organization under section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, all donations are considered tax deductible.
How much of your contributions go directly to your programs?
At least 95% of our contributions go directly back to our programs in Haiti. We do our very best to provide the best medical and nutritional resources to our Haitian agents without sacrificing quality. We keep our administrative costs down so we can optimize the amount of proceeds that go to help the children of Haiti.
How can I get involved with Consider Haiti's efforts?
We are always looking for help! We have big dreams and plans for our programs and will remain true to our core mission— to create awareness of and to solicit resources to address the struggles of those in Haiti. However, maintaining funding for our programs is an ongoing struggle. Our work is continuous and we need your help to continue helping thousands of kids.
Donate: At the moment we are accepting monetary donations. Part of our mission is to support and train locals so that our efforts are sustainable, so if it can be purchased or produced in Haiti, we don't bring it.
Volunteer: We are always in need of help. Although at the moment only trained medical professionals are needed in Haiti, we need help organizing local fundraisers, spreading news, and coordinating resources.
Share our story: Link to us on Facebook, tag us on twitter, or simply tell a friend. It would mean so much to us and the people of Haiti.
Choose us for a meaningful gift: Know someone who has everything? Donate in their name. We will work with you to send a note explaining your gift. It is truly the gift that keeps giving.
Consider Haiti is 100% volunteer based. We have elected board members who provide leadership support. Our volunteer teams help with everything from fundraising projects to helping gather supplies for upcoming trips to maintaining our website and sending out newsletters.


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by Steven Wolin | Dec 15, 2014 | December 2014
Dear SSPC Colleague,
I hope you are planning to attend our 2015 conference. The theme this year, global mental health (GMH), is on the minds of many cultural psychiatrists right now. Look over this year's program which can be found on the SSPC Annual Meeting page. You will see the people and issues you definitely will want to hear, Right now you can get a head start on these issues by looking at the special issue of Transcultural Psychiatry (December 2014) which is largely devoted to GMH. It is available to members online at no cost. If you haven't accessed your copy of the Journal until now here's how to get there: On the website under Membership, go to the "For Members Only" section and once on your profile scroll down to "Transcultural Psychiatry Online." Board member and TCP editor, Laurence Kirmayer, opens the issue with a very helpful framework for understanding GMH. This is followed by five articles covering important issues in the GMH discussion: why mental health matters to global health; research ethics in global mental health; creating synergy between global mental health and cultural psychiatry; ritual healing and mental health in India; and, the making of global and local scale.
In addition to our theme, there's more good news about the 2015 meeting. With our increased membership and careful budgeting we have been able, for the first time, to reduce the registration fee for trainees. We also have been able to hold our general members' registration fees at the same very reasonable rate we have had for the past three or four years. You won't find another meeting where you get more for your money than SSPC, with a three day program filled with interesting sessions; meals and receptions; and most important, numerous opportunities to meet your colleagues and share interests in a small, casual and friendly setting.
I want to mention two important developments that are currently in the works The first is a major website revision which is now scheduled to "go live" in January. The second development is a unique mentorship program that will connect senior SSPC members to younger members in their research, clinical and training careers. Watch the website for information about both of these additional benefits of SSPC membership.
2015 elections – Last year the Board completed a major revision of its Bylaws. Two major changes going forward are the size (smaller) and term limits for all Board members. The Board will now consist of 18 individuals: 5 members of the Executive Committee – President, Vice President/ President elect, immediate Past President, Secretary and Treasurer – plus 12 elected Board members, each serving a 3 year term with the option of election to a second term, plus a non-voting Executive Director.
In March 2015 we will elect 3 members of the Executive Committee – Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer – and three Board members, for a 3-year term beginning at the annual meeting in Providence. I hope you will consider running for one of these positions, or joining one of our Committees. Finally, please plan to attend our brief but important business meeting on Friday April 24th where we will thank the retiring officers and Board members for their excellent service, and introduce our new officers, Board members and committee chairs.
Lastly, don't forget to contribute to the President's Fund. We are presently working on a way for you to donate when you pay your dues or register for the annual meeting.
With best wishes for the holidays I look forward to seeing many of you in Providence.
by Steven Wolin | Jul 15, 2014 | July 2014
The 2014 annual meeting is only a memory. However, from my personal experience, discussions with those who attended, and from the evaluations we've received, the memory we share is of an exciting and gratifying professional experience with old and new friends which demonstrated the quality of the organization and the importance of cultural psychiatry as a field. Congratulations are in order to those who made it happen: Jim Jaranson and the staff of Survivors of Torture International, Jeff Hugger and his staff at the Joan Kroc Center, and our team for making our stay in San Diego easy, rewarding, and fun; Liz who produced and directed the entire show, Roberto and his committee (Kenneth, Brandon and Liz) who developed a first-rate program; Connie Cummings, our newest board member, who designed the program book that's a keeper; John Onate for the wonderful pictures, some of which you see in this newsletter, and Jaswant Guzder, for giving us permission to use one of her paintings for the cover of the book.
The meeting opened with a unique keynote panel on the theme of trauma. Three senior clinicians, reporting on the treatment of trauma victims in three cultures (Vietnamese, Jewish, and Sudanese) told us powerful stories — first as traumatized victims themselves and later as healers. Their presentations reminded us that telling personal stories, combined with lifelong work, demonstrates their resilience and their continued healing. The session was therapeutic for us all.
The first day included fine keynote addresses by historian Mark Micale, Hughes and Speigel award winners Claire Fantus and William Hartmann, two films, and a poster session. Days two and three were filled with 14 symposia and individual presentation sessions, many on the conference theme of "Trauma, Recovery and Culture", others on training, the use of translators, the care of refugees, womanhood and many more. My brief summary here can't do the program justice. Consult our website for a listing of all presentations and read full descriptions of the presentations in the official program, which (if you did not attend the annual meeting) is available on request.
The Program Committee has already begun to prepare for the April 23-25, 2015 meeting, which will take place at the Omni Hotel in Providence. The Brown University Department of Psychiatry will be our local host next year, with a team headed by Board member, Robert Kohn. The Program Committee has selected "Culture and Global Mental Health" as our theme. I hope you are already thinking about a presentation for next year and potential speakers from outside SSPC. A call for papers, with guidelines on the theme, a timetable and detailed instructions about developing your abstract is included on pages 5-7 in this issue of the Newsletter.
Annelle Primm, Deputy Director of APA/
Director of APA Office of Minority Affairs and Steven Wolin, SSPC president
Photo Credit: John Onate
At the May Board meeting we welcomed three new members: Renato Alarcon, Artha Gillis and Connie Cummings. They joined SSPC Committees working to expand the benefits of membership and to provide additional services to the cultural psychiatry field. Steven Chan, a PGY 3 resident at UC Davis and APA SAMHSA Minority Fellow, under the supervision of Artha (Communications) is developing a second upgrade of our website, www.psychiatryandculture.org. Connie is designing a new membership recruitment brochure. Albert Yeung and his colleagues, including Renato (Research), are conducting a survey to identify potential mentors in CP research, clinical and administrative activities offering supervision to APA SAMHSA Fellows, younger SSPC members, and trainers in residency programs. This survey will be used to supplement your bio sketches in the Members Only section of our website, thereby enhancing communication between colleagues who share similar interests; Sadeq Rahimi (Education) intends to launch our videoconferencing project, providing live and archived clinical cases with senior SSPC supervisors and discussions of recently published papers with their authors.
I hope your summer is restful and rejuvenating. While the 2014 meeting memory may fade, we're already dreaming of Providence in 2015. Best wishes to all.
by Steven Wolin | Feb 15, 2014 | Winter Special Edition 2014
2014 is off to an excellent start for SSPC. Under Roberto's leadership, the Program Committee has put the finishing touches on what will prove to be one of our best meetings ever. We received an abundance of excellent abstracts on this year's theme of trauma. It was sometimes difficult to select the most outstanding presentations.
On the first day of our three day meeting we will have plenary sessions, award winning lectures, a film festival, and a poster session focused primarily on the theme of trauma. On days two and three we have organized 15 first rate symposia. Apparently the word is already spreading about the meeting since registration is at an all time high with more than 2 months to go. If you haven't yet made your plans, this is one SSPC meeting you won't want to miss. Our recently upgraded website is getting better with age and the contributions of our hard working membership. Although we had some glitches in the process of accepting your annual dues and registration for the annual meeting, most of these understandable problems are now fixed. (Thanks to Liz and our very competent new web manager Bahman Mahdavi.)
We have just opened a section of the SSPC website for members only. I encourage you to enter that section from the Home Page and complete the information section on the Profile Page so that other members can contact you, learn about your interests and professional activities, and you can reach out to them in return. Over time, with everyone contributing to this section, we will develop a very valuable communication instrument, (better, I predict, than Facebook and LinkedIn, where I never go.)
In the Members Only section you should also sign up for your free online subscription to the journal, Transcultural Psychiatry. Finally, by the time you have read this letter our videoconferencing program (produced and directed by Sadeq Rahimi) will have been launched. Sadeq has planned an exciting rotation of monthly discussions, alternating between clinical cases, interviews with authors of recently published articles in the field, and conversations with investigators of current research projects. You won't want to miss your Society's exciting venture into the digital age.
With all these changes, and more planned, we need your help. We have openings on several committees as well as positions on the Board, so please volunteer for something that interests you. Please tell your colleagues about our work, collegiality, and encourage them to join SSPC and come to our meeting in May.
Welcome to 2014 and the next phase of SSPC! I look forward to seeing you in San Diego.
Our 2013 meeting in Toronto may only be a memory but the good feelings about it are still strong. I've heard from many of you since we wrapped up the program on May 5th and the opinions were that this meeting was one of the best. Thanks to all who made it successful, but especially to our Toronto hosts, Kenneth Fung, Lisa Andermann, Ted Lo, and the Hong Fook Mental Health Association who brought an important clinical focus to our discussion of stigma on the first day.
Although the ink is not dry on the 2013 meeting files the Program Committee has begun gearing up for the 2014 meeting in San Diego. The theme is "Trauma, Recovery, and Culture". The dates are set for our standard three full days of sessions: Thursday through Saturday, May 15-17, with the possibility of a special half day workshop on Sunday. We will be at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego. Look for further details about the meeting on the SSPC website, www.psychiatryandculture.org and in forthcoming newsletters.
A block of rooms is being held at the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Old Town, which is just a few minutes from the Kroc Institute. The room rate is $139.00 plus tax, including breakfast. The hotel's reservation telephone number is (619) 299-7400 . Rooms are limited and May is a busy time in San Diego, so please be sure to book early and tell them you will be attending the SSPC meeting.
The most important date coming up is the deadline for abstracts — September 16th. We have new guidelines for submitting abstracts this year, so please read them carefully and follow the instructions completely, including the requirements for a reference in each abstract and learning objectives for every presentation.
The SSPC Board met on June 21 to consider several time-sensitive proposals:
Transcultural Psychiatry, edited by Board member Laurence Kirmayer, proposed an affiliation with SSPC that includes an online copy of the Journal for each SSPC member and a loose commitment on the part of TCP to publish papers from members' presentations at our annual meetings in special issues. TCP, a Sage publication, is one of the most important journals in our field. This is a great value added benefit to membership in SSPC. There will be a $15 increase in 2014 dues ($5 for trainees) to cover the cost of the online subscription, which is usually only available to members. SSPC members will be able to supplement their online subscription with a print subscription for only $30/yr, well below the $111 cost for an individual subscription. The Board unanimously accepted the proposal and is proud to include this affiliation with TCP as a new SSPC membership benefit. Online subscriptions will begin with the first issue of 2014.
The Board also took two additional actions. A committee was formed with Larry Merkel as Chair, to consider publishing an SSPC casebook on cultural psychiatry. While there was considerable enthusiasm for this project, Board members are aware of the time and effort involved in producing a quality book and approach the project cautiously. Larry and his committee will report back to the Board within three months with their committee's recommendation.
Finally, at the recommendation of Francis Lu, the Board endorsed the APA Council on Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities suggestions to the APA's Milestone Project, which advises the APA Council of Medical Education and Lifelong Learning. Simply, but I hope accurately put, the Board is hoping to include the cultural formulation and culturally-sensitive treatment in every psychiatric training program.
Farewell to Friends and Colleagues
by Steven Wolin | Jan 15, 2013 | January 2013
by Steve Wolin and Elizabeth Kramer
This year SSPC lost 4 members of the organization. Their loss to SSPC, the professions in which they served, and to their families is immeasurable, but we honor them here and remember them fondly.
Wen-Shing Tseng (1935-2012) was born in Taiwan in 1935, graduated medical school at the National Taiwan University in 1965, and additional training in psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center of Harvard Medical School 1965-68. He taught psychiatry in Taipei from 1965-71, but began a two year stint as a research associate at the East-West Center in Honolulu in 1971 and in 1972 he joined the psychiatry faculty of the University of the Hawaii School of Medicine as an associate professor. In 2009 he was promoted to full professor. For many years Wen-Shing was a principal ambassador for cultural psychiatry around the world. He visited China in 1981 as a WHO fellow, and later became a guest professor at the Institute of Mental Health, at the Peking University. He taught psychotherapy to young psychiatrists there for two decades. He was chair of TP section of the World Psychiatric Association and later was the founding President of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry (WACP), where he organized numerous congresses around the world, including the inaugural meeting of WACP in Beijing in 2006. He published over 50 books and monographs in three languages, including his autobiography in Chinese. (sw)
Raymond Harold Prince (1925-2012), a pioneer in transcultural psychiatry, was born in Barrie, Ontario. He studied medicine and psychiatry at the University of Western Ontario where he experimented with LSD supplied by a pharmaceutical company. Although an atheist, he spent his life studying religious experiences. Ray's career in transcultural psychiatry began in 1957 while working at Aro Hospital in Abeokuta. The only 'alienist' in the pre-independence colonial government of Nigeria, he observed how differently the Yoruba people treat mental illness. Ray noticed an unusual condition that was prevalent among students in Nigeria. He wrote that "here, the somatic complaints were focused upon the head; burning, pain, vacancy, prickling, the sensation of worms crawling – and there was a concomitant inability to concentrate and grasp the meaning of the written word. Students sometimes had to abandon their studies… It gradually dawned on me…that this was a distinctive syndrome…I called it 'brain fag', because some of the students referred to it in that way and attributed it to too much use of their brains." This was Ray's description of what became his first psychiatric paper in 1960: "The Brain Fag Syndrome in Nigerian Students", published in the Journal of Mental Science (later The British Journal of Psychiatry). In that same year Ray published two other papers: "Curse, Invocation and Mental Health among the Yoruba" in what is now called the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry and "The Use of Rauwolfia for the Treatment of Psychoses by Nigerian Native Doctors" in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Ray's classic observations and questions on the treatment of psychoses by indigenous healers became an essential component of cultural psychiatry. "I began to see a whole series of patients who described obvious psychotic episodes and who had been treated by indigenous healers. It became clear that their treatments [worked]… How did they do it?"
He was research director of the Montreal Mental Hygiene Institute at McGill University, and became Professor of Psychiatry at McGill in 1979, and Professor Emeritus in 1991. He was the director of the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry 1981-91, and editor of Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review, now Transcultural Psychiatry.
Ray's interest in research in cultural psychiatry included the nature of consciousness, in altered states of consciousness, in psychological healing, and in spiritual healing.
He was fascinated with the physiology of these phenomena, as well as with trance and possession states; those induced by religious ecstasy and those induced by drugs; and how they are related to 'insight', to healing and to psychopathology. He organized several important conferences on these topics, which led to numerous publications on the subject. Ray published 154 papers between 1955 and 2002, including 22 since he retired in 1991, and especially a series of articles on the "pioneers of transcultural psychiatry".
We owe a great debt to Raymond Prince for the innovative contributions he made in psychiatry, to defining a major aspect of cultural psychiatry and by extension his importance to our organization. Thank you to Ron Wintrob for providing me with many of the details of Ray Prince's life work. (sw)
Herbert Campbell (1959-2012)
We learned only a few weeks ago that long-term member and friend, Herb Campbell, died suddenly and unexpectedly on August 25, 2012, at the age of 63. Herb was a career psychiatrist with the Department of State whose posts included Cambodia, India and Athens, where he was based at the time of his death. According to one of his colleagues at the State department, Herb was passing through Germany en route to regional work, went for a hike and was not heard from. He was found lying on a rock with his hands behind his head as a pillow, looking up at the sky. We will sorely miss his wonderful quirky humor and the impish grin that infected all of us. (ejk)
Houshang Hamadani (1936-2012) died Saturday, October 6, 2012.
He was born in Tehran, Iran on October 14, 1936. He came to the United States in 1960 for his residency in Psychiatry and had a clinical practice in Allentown since 1979. He specialized in treating adolescents and their families, often over many years. As a loyal member of SSPC, Houshang contributed numerous clinical presentations which illustrated the value of knowing one's patients and their relatives over an extended period. In the tributes to his memory, many families spoke of his importance to them as a wise, compassionate clinician. (sw)
"Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides."
—Lao Tzu, 550 BC
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SCITUATE — The town is looking to start a conversation with coastal residents who say they feel unprepared for what the future holds.
On Wednesday, the town's planning department will host a public forum to discuss the results of a recent coastal community assessment that showed residents are skeptical of the town's approach to coastal issues. The study was done by the Consensus Building Institute and presented to selectmen earlier this month.
The results of the study will be presented in detail at a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30 in the library's community meeting room.
More than 40 people who live or work on the coast were interviewed for the study, Project Manager Carri Hulet said, which found that they're eager to see a cohesive strategy for the changing coastline with clearly-defined steps and goals. Hulet said people wanted more community engagement, but weren't confident the town would make that happen.
Hulet outlined four recommendations for the town: develop a long-term coastal resilience vision and strategy; simply summarize the steps that have already been taken; facilitate community conversations about managed retreat; and document emergency management protocols for coastal storms.
"People are nervous and they're worried, and there is a lot of anxiety about coastal issues. That leads to the desire to see the town have a strong and cohesive strategy moving forward," Hulet told selectmen this week. "People need to know more about what you know. That will help build some confidence in the ability of the town to bring together a strategy."
For more information on the study and upcoming meeting, visit scituate-ma.gov or call 781-545-8730.


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Q: JPA HBM2DDL creating invalid foreign key constraints I'm having an issue with JPA and Hibernate. I have 2 classes (actually more but those are the 2 that are giving me a headache).
They have a OneToMany/ManyToOne relationship, and I have specified on the OneToMany that I want it to cascade every possible change (CascadeType.ALL).
However, when I let HBM2DDL run in "update" mode, it is creating foreign key constraints that are not fitting what I want to achieve. It is creating a constraint in RESTRICT mode, which is absolutely not what I have specified. Perhaps the error is in my code ? I've joined it below.
@Entity
public class Department {
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private int id;
@Column(name = "name", nullable = false)
private String name;
@OneToMany(mappedBy = "departmentByDepartment", cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
private Collection<Article> productsById;
@OneToMany(mappedBy = "departmentByDepartment", cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
private Collection<User> usersById;

And then :
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public class Article {
@Id
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private int id;
@Column(name = "name", nullable = false)
private String name;
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@Column(name = "price", nullable = false)
private double price;
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private Department departmentByDepartment;
@OneToMany(mappedBy = "productByProductId", cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
private Collection<Stock> stocksById;

Also, I cannot seem to be able to delete an Article instance with EntityManager.remove(). It's not producing any query and not doing anything. Maybe it is linked ?
Thanks in advance,
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Child band finals to kick off in SW China
Xinhua 11:11,November 22,2019 Beijing Time
The final of a national child band competition will be held on Nov. 23 and 24 in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The event, officially named the Midi Kids Band Competition, will delight audiences with a feast of multiple music styles, including punk, pop-rock, Brit-pop and metal, said Liu Huan, the CEO of Midi Art Communication Co., Ltd., the sponsor of the competition launched in 2016.
This year's final will see 22 bands and 55 individual contestants. Among the participants is a band consisting entirely of blind children and another whose members play instruments crafted from discarded garbage.
"We have been beefing up efforts to promote the development of child music in China, offering children a professional platform to show their musical talent," said Liu.