The department of higher education and training is running workshops in a bid to find a way out of the annual protests over shortages in state funding for students.
It is hoped effective and sustainable solutions for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funds will be found.
These should entail much more than a mere recommendation to the department to find more money, as was the case with the 2010 ministerial committee appointed by the minister of higher education and training, Blade Nzimande.
South Africa has a shrinking tax base that has to cater for the ever-growing demands on the fiscus. This cannot be ignored in planning year-on-year priorities.
The announcement after the meeting of the stakeholders on September ?30 does not, however, create the impression that this has been recognised. If anything, it amounted to saying nothing because urging universities to announce NSFAS plans annually is what the institutions are already doing.
But that is not the heart of the problem. The greatest challenge lies in how we use and manage the limited resources.
Protest actions and property destruction at universities and colleges are symptomatic of the deeper problems NSFAS faces in its current model.
Regrettably, higher education institutions have had this albatross around their necks for many years and, if interventions remain the same, the department is likely to carry the burden for many years to come.
The solution, in my view, lies in a total overhaul of the NSFAS model. Departments of education and local communities should be structurally involved in supporting children to success. I will explain this below.
Prior to that, I would like to highlight the crucial role played by NSFAS in the broader society.
The reality is that NSFAS is, for most recipients, the lifeblood of families because of the socioeconomic conditions in the student's background. This renders any form of material assistance to individuals less potent than it is intended to be because the resources are shared with the recipient's family.
Take, for example, the situation I once managed at the University of Pretoria.
There were an institutional nutrition programme, merit bursaries, university funds that NSFAS administered, an access fund known as the Tsenang Loan Scheme and the Tuks "Rag" (Receive and Give) food parcels for needy fellow students, but there was always a need for more assistance.
Colleagues at other institutions confirmed that students were sharing the little they received from the institution and NSFAS with their families. In most cases, NSFAS funds do not cover all the needs students have for their academic success in a given year, let alone subsistence needs.
If this happens at institutions that were formerly white and well resourced, what then is the experience of students in historically black and disadvantaged institutions? Most students are not there because of historical ties but because they do not have the wherewithal to attend the historically white and prestigious institutions where conditions are slightly better.
Students from disadvantaged communities in particular have to deal with more complex problems than tuition fees: they not only need a place to stay, food to eat and books to study but also money to maintain their siblings, or entire families, at home.
Attending university after matric is perceived by some families as delaying or postponing the possibility of uplifting the family from the cycle of poverty that is experienced by its different layers of generations.
Hence the pressure on students when they get to university. They, in turn, panic to the extent that institutions find themselves under tremendous pressure. This is but one indicator of the nature and extent of the problem.
What ought to be done in order to turn the situation around? Three things ought to happen.
First, the country has to ask itself some tough questions. Included among these are questions pertaining to whether the majority of students who spend a number of unproductive years at universities ought to be allowed into the system in the first place and whether they should not be redirected to technical and vocational education and training colleges (formerly known as FETs – further education and training colleges).
We also need to ask whether communities are playing the role they have previously played in ensuring the success of their children. The sooner this is done, the more resources will become available for deserving students.
Second, planning has to take precedence over reaction. This will help the country to move away from the kind of approach to problems that creates the impression that money can suddenly be found somewhere if students make institutions ungovernable (as occurred this year).
Most of the time, unbudgeted additional monies mean that, elsewhere in the system, another important item will be eliminated. Is there no way of finding sustainable solutions as a proactive measure?
•?The institution will be allocated money covering the total needs of the number of such students it is admitting. It will have to sign an undertaking that such students will receive academic support and constant performance management.
In addition to the advantage this has for budgetary processes, it would also help institutions of higher learning to know the needs of its prospective students and prepare for that.
An obligation to perform will apply to recipients.
This is working well with accounting students on the Thuthuka Programme. It should work with NSFAS as well.
What about the immediate situation? What I have just said will not bring an end to the protests today or next year. Students need answers to their immediate needs so they can approach the forthcoming examinations with peaceful minds.
The department of higher education and training alleges that, of the R12-billion it requested, only R8-billion was made available. Now NSFAS says it needs more than R15-billion to cover everyone.
Would the private sector and the treasury not be able to share the shortfall that could make a huge difference to the stability of our institutions between now and the beginning of 2015?
There should surely be tax benefits for businesses that support such a good cause.
I suggest that the treasury and the private sector should be roped in to supplement the current budget. Provision should be made, however, for the next two academic years while a sustainable solution to the NSFAS model is being worked out.
It should be possible to phase in a new model that involves schools and communities by 2017.


Lord Jesus, You are powerful. You are complete. You are all we need. When the world tries to tear at us and make us question what's truly most important, remind us of Your love and grace. We worship You! We love You, Jesus. Amen.
You're probably wondering about the title of this blog. This isn't a bait-and-switch. When I first heard this song, it reminded me of a story about my life as a little kid.
Our house growing up had two floors and a basement. For those of you in the South without basements, they're really cool. I mean, literally, cool. Plus they give you all this extra room! I digress.
My room was on the second floor and everyone else slept on the first floor. My room was at the end of the hall and I had to walk down the creaky wood floors, pass a creepy closet, turn the corner and finally arrive at the bathroom. In the middle of the night without light, that was not fun. To make it worse, the light switch for the hall was way down by the creepy closet, so I couldn't turn it on before I made my dash.
I talked to my dad about it at some point and he replied, "Well, have you prayed about your fear?" As a kid, I remember rolling my eyes and and thinking, "Yeah, yeah, that's a good idea. I know, I know. I should pray about it. Everything to God in prayer." I'm a pastor's kid and I knew the words, but it hadn't really been applied or made real to me yet.
My dad explained that Satan wants us to be afraid. He wants us scared and running and forgetting about the power of God. My dad reminded me that Jesus had defeated Satan by dying on the cross and rising again on Easter morning and now just the power of his NAME – JESUS – is enough to send Satan and his minions running for the hills. Jesus' name is a sword and powerful weapon against the enemy who would try to cut us down and make us question our peace and safety in our loving God.
Jesus is always with us. There is power in His name. Just call on Him. In the car, at home, in the dark, when you don't know what to do, when you're questioning your next step, when you feel alone or anytime Satan is trying to deny you the hope found in Jesus.
Swing your sword carrying His name, Jesus. Help me Jesus. JESUS. JESUS! There is power in Your name!
John 14:14 (Jesus said) You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Psalm 89:24 (God said) My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
John 16:23 (Jesus said) Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
When we pray for protection and healing, sometimes that comes in the form of being called home to our eternal home in Heaven, where the protection and healing are full and complete for eternity. Other times, we find the exact care we need right here where we are. Either way, God's powerful name has saved us and kept us close to Him. We can thank Him, in all circumstances, for the power of His Name.
Let's not forget the powerful weapon we have at our sides. Jesus.
Jesus, you are our unstoppable power and weapon that we can call upon day or night. 24/7/365 You never leave us. You always want us. Fill us with Your Spirit and may Your name be ever on our lips. We praise You and cherish You! Amen.
Beautiful, Seth. Such power in one name. Your stories make the message so real. Perfect words for today. Thank you!!
You're welcome, Mom. I'm so happy to hear that!


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Q: How to use session variable in PHP for mysql queries? I have no experience on using session variables for mysql queries. This is the sentence that I would like to use session variable:
mysql_query("UPDATE viewcounter SET `views` = `views`+1 WHERE pagename='$_SESSION['pro_title']'");

Please let me know how to do it in correct way...

A: you mispell the quotes. Also you'd better use ID for pages instead of page titles.
mysql_query("UPDATE viewcounter SET views = views+1 WHERE pagename='{$_SESSION['pro_title']}'");

A: Using sprintf can make things a bit clearer. Using %s here because I assumed that 'pro_title' is a string.
$query = sprintf( "UPDATE viewcounter SET `views` = `views`+1 WHERE  pagename='%s'", $_SESSION['pro_title']);
mysql_query($query);

Note: beware that the mysql extension has been deprecated since PHP 5.5 and will be removed in PHP 7.0. More information.

A: Problem with Quote, Try this piece of code:
mysql_query("UPDATE viewcounter SET views = views+1 WHERE pagename='" . $_SESSION['pro_title'] . "');

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Ex-NBA Star Calls Out Woman Who Denied Him Seat On Train
What was she thinking?
Leo Shved
He was normally the one defending the lane. Etan Thomas, a 6'10 former professional basketball player created a social media firestorm when he posted a picture to his Facebook page claiming that a white woman on an Amtrak train refused to share her seat with the black, 38-year-old, New York native.
The problem wasn't that she said no, claiming that the seat was already taken. It's what happened next:
"So I go to the next seat. Now, less than 2 mins later a man (who happens to be white) asks if he can sit there and she says why sure let me move my stuff. So I have to say something so I ask ummmmm did you just not want ME to sit next to you ? Were you scared ? Not comfortable with a Black Man sitting next to you?"
Eton Thomas (Facebook)
The women in the seat reportedly rebuffed Thomas' accusation, saying he was playing the "race card" and saying she had dated a black man in college.
Also for the record, Thomas says the incredibly uncomfortable, but "nice guy" in the picture says he politely offered to move so Thomas could have the seat, which the ex-athlete declined. Instead, Thomas wanted to make a teaching moment out the situation and told the woman he was going to take a photo and share it with his social media following. Angry, the woman called over the conductor. Only problem is the conductor happened to be a fan of Thomas, even thanking him for his work in the community.
The post has now been shared nearly 40,000 times on Facebook alone and become the subject of articles in major news sites like ESPN, where Thomas is probably more accosted to seeing his name pop up in box scores. Still, it's not a totally new situation for Thomas to be in. As The Root notes, Thomas is a "universally accepted all-around great guy," who helps out student athletes and is even a published poet. He's also a human being. Someone, like all people, who deserves a seat at the table, or on the train, without being subjected to drama. Still, he's found a way to bring attention to an uncomfortable situation, one that can hopefully remind people to be more respectful of their fellow commuters. Besides, you never know when that person might just happen to be famous.
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Worms 3D (PS2)
Developer: Team17 Software
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Release Date: March 11, 2004 (US)
Release Date: November 14, 2003 (UK)
T for Teen: Cartoon Violence
Worms 3D
Worms 3D, true to its title, offers rock-solid Worms gameplay in 3D ... even if it's missing the PC version's online play. Read Review
The classic Worms game-play remains unchanged, featuring turn-based fighting and relying on the player to judge the trajectory and strength of their shots in order to inflict maximum damage on opponents, but this time in glorious 3D. Favorite weapons such as bazookas, grenades, dynamite, air strikes and sheep are all present with, the addition of brand new weapons designed to take advantage of the new liberating 3D landscape. With a multitude of tactics available, coupled with the ever changing, randomly generated landscapes, Worms 3D promises to take Worms' award-winning gameplay to the next level.
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PS2 Reviews | Apr 8, 2004
Ballistics. Setting shot power and trajectory has been a staple of console gameplay ever since Human Cannonball on the Atari 2600. If you've ever felt the thrill of a bull's-eye and the agony of a near miss, you've probably played an incarnation of Worms. Now, Team 17 brings the series into the third dimension. Does Worms work in 3D? The answer: yes. What does it add? A little bit of extra depth for the expert player and a little bit of a learning curve for a beginner. While it's no longer a game that immediately rewards new players, the excellent tutorial makes it just a few minutes away from being a great party game. Read More »
Also known as: Worms 6, Worms VI
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Randomly generated, and fully deformable landscape, all in true 3d; teams of worms, dukin' it out for victory the team with the last worms standing wins simple, yet addictive; bizarre collection of ludicrously destructive weapons shake the ground with mighty earthquakes, or call destruction from above with air strikes; customizable teams build your team from the ground up from their names, to what they say and to the weapons they carry; incredible multiplayer action Up to 4 players in turn based action like you've never seen; more game options than you can shake a stick at, plus try random game mode combinations with wormpot; a more immersive single player experience based on unlocking challenges, secret missions, sound sets and landscapes; 3 different camera modes, including 3rd person action, 1st person to look around & blimp-cam to strategically view the situation; environmental conditions such as rain, snow, night and day add to the strategic decisions that you will face; the 'Wormapedia' allows you to view the story behind some of the 'Worms' legends.
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Scottish Health Survey 2017 - volume one: main report
Population Health Directorate
Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2017, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.
Scottish Health Survey
Scottish Health Survey 2017: Volume 1: Main Report (PDF 7.7 MB )
Tables for Chapter 1: General Health, Long-Term Conditions and Cardiovascular Diseases (XLSX 100.5 kB )
Tables for Chapter 2: Mental Health and Wellbeing are available in Excel format (103KB) (XLSX 105.8 kB )
Tables for Chapter 3: Dental Health are available in Excel format (53KB) (XLSX 54.0 kB )
Tables for Chapter 4: Alcohol are available in Excel format (149KB) (XLSX 153.0 kB )
Tables for Chapter 5: Smoking are available in Excel format (115KB) (XLSX 118.0 kB )
Tables for Chapter 6: Diet are available in Excel format (51KB) (XLSX 52.6 kB )
Tables for Chapter 7: Physical Activity are available in Excel format (110KB) (XLSX 112.4 kB )
Tables for Chapter 8: Obesity are available in Excel format (99KB) (XLSX 101.3 kB )
Tables for Chapter 9: Gambling are available in Excel format (49KB) (XLSX 50.1 kB )
8. Obesity
Foreword from the Chief Medical Officer
Editors' acknowledgements
Notes to Tables
1. General Health, Long-Term Conditions and Cardiovascular Conditions
Table 1.1 Self-assessed general health, adults and children, 2008 to 2017
Table 1.2 Adult self-assessed general health, 2017, by age and sex
Table 1.3 Prevalence of long-term conditions in adults and children, 2008 to 2017
Table 9.3 Gambling activities in the last 12 months, 2012 to 2017
Table 9.4 DSM-IV and PGSI scores for gambling in the last year, 2016/2017 combined, by age and sex
Table 9.5 DSM-IV and PGSI scores for gambling in the last year (age-standardised), 2016/2017 combined, by area deprivation and sex
Table 9.6 DSM-IV and PGSI scores for gambling in the last year (age-standardised), 2014 to 2017 combined, by GHQ-12 score
Table 9.7 DSM-IV and PGSI scores for gambling in the last year (age-standardised), 2014 to 2017 combined, by alcohol consumption
Appendix: Glossary
Table 1.4 Prevalence of long-term conditions in adults and children, 2017, by age and sex
Table 1.5 Any CVD, doctor-diagnosed diabetes, any CVD or diabetes, IHD, stroke, IHD or stroke, 2017, by age and sex
Table 1.6 Any CVD, doctor-diagnosed diabetes, IHD or stroke (age-standardised), 2003 to 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 1.7 Blood pressure level, 2003 to 2016/2017 combined
Table 1.8 Blood pressure level (age-standardised), 2003 to 2016/2017 combined, by area deprivation and sex
Table 1.10 Adult prevalence of CPR training, length of time since original training and whether attended refresher, 2017, by age and sex
Table 1.11 Adult prevalence of CPR training, length of time since original training and whether attended refresher (age-standardised), 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 1.12 Type of CPR training last attended, 2017, by age and sex
2. Mental Health and Wellbeing
Table 2.1 Adult WEMWBS mean scores, 2008 to 2017
Table 2.2 Adult WEMWBS mean scores, 2017, by age and sex
Table 2.3 WEMWBS mean scores (age-standardised), 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 2.4 GHQ12 scores, 2017, by age and sex
Table 2.5 GHQ12 scores (age-standardised), 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 2.6 CIS-R anxiety and depression scores, attempted suicide and self-harm, 2008/2009 combined to 2016/2017 combined
Table 2.7 CIS-R anxiety and depression symptom scores, attempted suicide and self-harm, 2014-2017 combined, by age and sex
Table 2.8 CIS-R anxiety and depression scores, attempted suicide and self-harm (age-standardised), 2014-2017 combined, by area deprivation
Table 2.9 Stress at work, 2009 to 2017
Table 2.10 WEMWBS mean score, 2015/2017 combined, by stress at work, work-life balance, job/workplace conditions and sex
Table 2.11 Social capital, 2015/2017 combined, by age and sex
Table 2.12 WEMWBS mean score, 2015/2017 combined, by social capital and sex
Table 3.1 Number of natural teeth and percentage with no natural teeth, 2017, by age and sex
Table 3.2 Number of natural teeth and percentage with no natural teeth (age-standardised), 2008 to 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 3.3 Number of natural teeth and percentage with no natural teeth (age-standardised), 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 3.4 Length of time since last visit to the dentist, 2017, by age and sex
Table 3.5 Dental anxiety, 2017, by age and sex
Table 3.6 Difficulties when visiting the dentist, 2017, by age and sex
Table 3.7 Dental health problems, 2015/2017 combined, by age and sex
Table 4.1 Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level, 2003 to 2017
Table 4.2 Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level, 2017, by age and sex
Table 4.3 Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level (age-standardised), 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 4.4 Estimated units consumed on heaviest drinking day, 2003 to 2017
Table 4.5 Number of days on which adult drinkers drank alcohol in the past week, 2003 to 2017
Table 4.6 Number of days on which adult drinkers drank alcohol in the past week, 2016/2017 combined, by age and sex
Table 4.7 AUDIT scores, 2012 to 2017
Table 4.8 AUDIT scores, 2016/2017 combined, by age and sex
Table 4.9 AUDIT scores (age-standardised), 2016/2017 combined, by area deprivation and sex
5. Smoking
Table 5.1 Cigarette smoking status, 2003 to 2017
Table 5.2 Cigarette smoking status, 2017, by age and sex
Table 5.3 Cigarette smoking status (age-standardised), 2003 to 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 5.4 Children's exposure to second-hand smoke, 2012 to 2017
Table 5.5 Smoking prevalence estimates without and with saliva cotinine adjustment, 2016/2017 combined, by age and sex
Table 5.6 Self-reported cotinine validated non-smokers exposure to second-hand smoke, 2003 to 2016/2017 combined
Table 5.7 Self-reported cotinine validated non-smokers exposure to second-hand smoke, 2016/2017 combined, by age and sex
Table 5.8 Self-reported cotinine validated non-smokers exposure to second-hand smoke, 2014 to 2017 combined, by area deprivation and sex
Table 5.9 Places self-reported cotinine validated non-smokers with detectable cotinine levels exposed to second-hand smoker, 2014 to 2017 combined, by age and sex
Table 5.10 Smoking rules in household, 2017, by age and sex
Table 5.11 Smoking rules in household (age-standardised), 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 5.12 E-cigarette use, 2014 to 2017, by age and sex
Table 6.1 Adult fruit and vegetable consumption, 2003 to 2017
Table 6.2 Adult fruit and vegetable consumption, 2017, by age and sex
Table 6.3 Child fruit and vegetable consumption, 2008 to 2017
Table 6.4 Consumption of vitamin or mineral supplements, adults and children, 2017, by age and sex
Table 6.5 Adult consumption of vitamin or mineral supplements (age-standardised), 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 6.6 Adult food insecurity, 2017, by age and sex
Table 6.7 Adult food insecurity, 2017, by household type
Table 6.8 Adult food insecurity (age-standardised), 2017, by area deprivation and sex
7. Physical Activity
Table 7.1 Adult summary activity levels, 2012 to 2017
Table 7.2 Adult summary activity levels, 2017, by age and sex
Table 7.3 Adult summary activity levels (age-standardised), 2012 to 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 7.4 Adult detailed activity levels, 2017, by age and sex
Table 7.5 Proportion of children meeting physical activity guideline over course of week (including and excluding activity at school), 2017, by age and sex
Table 7.6 Proportion of children participating in sport, 2017, by age and sex
Table 7.7 Proportion of children meeting physical activity guidelines (including and excluding activity at school), 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 7.8 Proportion of children participating in sport, 2017, by area deprivation and sex
Table 8.1 Mean adult BMI, prevalence of overweight and obesity, 2003 to 2017
Table 8.2 Adult BMI, 2017, by age and sex
Table 8.3 Proportion of children with BMI within the healthy range, at risk of overweight and at risk of obesity, 1998 to 2017
Table 8.4 Children's BMI, 2017, by age and sex
Table 8.5 Mean and raised waist circumference (WC), 2003 to 2016/2017 combined
Table 8.6 Health risk category associated with overweight and obesity based on BMI and waist circumference, 2016/2017 combined, by age and sex
9. Gambling Behaviour
Table 9.1 Gambling activities in the last 12 months, 2017, by age and sex
Table 9.2 Number of different gambling activities in the last 12 months, 2017, by age and sex
Diana Bardsley
Around two thirds (65%) of adults were overweight or obese (BMI of 25 kg/m² or greater). This has remained stable since 2008 (fluctuating between 64% and 65%).
Levels of obesity, including morbid obesity (BMI of 30 kg/m² or greater), among all adults remained at 29%, unchanged since 2015. This is significantly higher than in 2003 (24%).
In 2016/2017, the proportion of men and women with a raised waist circumference (men: larger than 102 cm, women: larger than 88cm) had increased since 2003. For women the increase was more profound, from 39% in 2003 to 54% in 2016/2017 (an increase of 16 percentage points), whereas for men the increase was from 28% in 2003 to 38% in 2016/2017 (an increase of 10 percentage points).
Health risk based on BMI and waist circumference increased with age for both men and women.
Prevalence of children at risk of obesity in 2017 was 13%, with levels showing a steady decline since 2014 (16-17% between 2003 and 2014), this is largely due to the decline in prevalence among boys from 20% in 2012 to 12% in 2017.
In 2017, the proportion of children of a healthy weight decreased with age; with children aged 2-6 being the most likely to fall within the healthy weight range (78%), compared with 66% of children aged 12-15.
Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. In 2016, 39% of adults aged 18 and over across the world were overweight, with 13% considered obese. Once considered a high-income country problem, overweight and obesity are now also on the rise in low and middle-income countries. Globally, there are more people who are obese than are underweight, and the majority of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight[1].
Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health[1],[2]. Raised BMI is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders and a range of cancers[1]. Obesity has been found to be the second biggest preventable cause of cancer[3]. There is also evidence suggesting a link between overweight and obesity in midlife and dementia in late life[4],[5],[6].
The impact of overweight and obesity upon quality of life and health is felt across the life course. Childhood obesity is associated with a higher chance of adult obesity as well as premature death, disability, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis and some cancers[1],[7],[8],[9]. In addition to increased future risks, obese children can experience an increased risk of fractures, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, asthma as well as negative psychological effects during the childhood years[1],[10],[11].
Scotland has one of the worst obesity records among OECD countries. Various studies have attempted to estimate the costs to the NHS in Scotland of overweight and obesity combined, with suggested figures ranging between £363 and £600 million (the majority of these costs are incurred as a result of associated conditions such as cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes, rather than direct costs of treating or managing overweight and obesity). The latest estimate of the total (direct and indirect) costs of overweight and obesity to Scottish society, including labour market related costs such as lost productivity, have been put at £0.9-4.6 billion[12].
Due to the considerable individual, social, and economic consequences of obesity, it remains a key priority and a major challenge for both government and public health professionals.
8.1.1 Policy background
In July this year, the Scottish Government published A Healthier Future – Scotland's Diet and Healthy Weight Delivery Plan[13]. The overall aims of the plan are to create a Scotland 'where everyone eats well and has a healthy weight'. There is a significant emphasis on the early years with an ambition to halve childhood obesity by 2030. There is also an aim to significantly reduce health inequalities through both population measures as well as a number of targeted approaches for the most at risk families and individuals. There is recognition that overweight and obesity is a complex issue and is associated with a number of other health behaviours such as physical activity, diet and smoking. As part of a joined up approach to public health it is stated that this plan should be considered alongside A More Active Scotland: Scotland's Physical Activity Delivery Plan[14] and other strategies focussing on Alcohol Prevention, Substance Use and Tobacco Control.
Specifically there are five key outcomes in the diet and healthy weight plan:
Children have the best start in life – they eat well and have a healthy weight
The food environment supports healthier choices
People have access to effective weight management services
Leaders across all sectors promote healthy weight and diet
Diet-related health inequalities are reduced
Reducing overweight and obesity prevalence also contributes to the new NPF outcome that 'we are healthy and active'[15]. There is a related indicator to monitor the proportion of healthy weight adults of which SHeS is the official source used to monitor progress.
The recently published Programme for Government 2017-18 also sets out the Scottish Government's intention to progress measures limiting the marketing of products high in fat, sugar and salt[16].
8.1.2 Reporting on obesity in the Scottish Health Survey (SHeS)
The anthropometric measures presented in this chapter focus on measurements relevant to adult and child obesity. Height, weight and waist measurements have been collected during the survey interview every year since its inception in 1995. SHeS is one of a small number of surveys that collects height, weight and waist measures rather than using self-reported measures, which are known to be less accurate[17],[18]. Height and weight are used to calculate Body Mass Index (BMI), the primary measure of obesity used in the SHeS series. Adults' and children's trends in BMI are examined in this chapter, as are trends in adult waist circumference and health risks categories associated with BMI and waist measurements.
Supplementary tables are available on the Scottish Government SHeS website[19].
8.1.3 Comparability with other UK statistics
Adult obesity is defined consistently in the Scottish Health Survey and the other health surveys within the UK using BMI classifications. Height and weight measurements are self-reported in the National Survey for Wales and are therefore not directly comparable with equivalent statistics in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, where direct measurements are taken. Sampling methodologies differ between the surveys. Of the four UK health surveys, the Scottish Health Survey and Health Survey for England are the most closely aligned.
8.2 Methods and Definitions
8.2.1 Methods
Height was measured using a portable stadiometer with a sliding head plate, base plate and four connecting rods marked with a metric measuring scale. Participants were asked to remove shoes. One measurement was taken, with the participant stretching to the maximum height and the head positioned in the Frankfort plane[20]. If the reading was between two millimetres it was recorded to the nearest even millimetre. No measurement was taken from participants who were pregnant, aged under 2, or unsteady on their feet.
Weight was measured using either Seca or Tanita electronic scales, both of which use a digital display. Participants were asked to remove shoes and any bulky clothing. A single measurement was recorded to the nearest 100g. A weight measurement was not collected from participants who were pregnant, aged under 2 years, or unsteady on their feet. Due to the scale limits, when using a Tanita scale those who weighed more than 130 kg were asked for an estimate of their weight, with estimates required for those weighing more than 200 kg if Seca scales were being used. These estimated weights were included in the analysis presented in this chapter.
In the analysis of height and weight, data from those who were considered by the interviewer to have unreliable measurements, for example those who had excessive clothing on, were excluded.
Since 2012, specially trained interviewers have taken waist measurements from respondents. These interviewers followed a different protocol for taking the measurements than the nurses who previously took the measurements (see below for details). Results in this chapter are calibrated to allow the comparison of interviewer measurements with those previously taken by nurses.
Waist circumference is now defined as around the navel or tummy button. Waist was measured using a tape with an insertion buckle at one end. Interviewers took each measurement twice, using the same tape, and recorded readings. If the reading fell between two millimetres the reading was taken to the nearest even millimetre. Those participants whose two waist measurements differed by more than 3 cm had a third measurement taken. The mean of the two valid measurements (the two out of the three measurements that were the closest to each other, if there were three measurements) was used in the analysis presented in this chapter. Participants were excluded if they reported that they were pregnant, had a colostomy or ileostomy, or were unable to stand. All those with measurements considered unreliable by the interviewer, for example due to excessive clothing or movement, were excluded from the analysis presented in this chapter.
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a widely accepted measure that allows for differences in weight due to height. It is defined as weight (kg)/square of height (m2). This has been used as a measure of obesity in SHeS since its inception in 1995. BMI was calculated from valid measures collected by the interviewer.
Adult BMI classification
Based on their BMI, adult participants were classified into the following groups based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) classification[21]:
Less than 18.5 Underweight
18.5 to less than 25 Normal
25 to less than 30 Overweight, excluding obese
30 to less than 40 Obese, excluding morbidly obese
40+ Morbidly obese
In this chapter, both mean BMI and prevalence for the five categories outlined in the table above are presented for adults. Although obesity has the greatest ill-health and mortality consequences, overweight is also a major public health concern, not least because overweight people are at high risk of becoming obese. Being underweight can also have negative health consequences.
Child BMI classification
BMI is defined for children in the same way as it is for adults: weight (kg)/square of height (m2). The International Obesity Task Force concluded that BMI is a reasonable measure of adiposity in children[22] and it is the key measure of overweight and obesity for children used in the SHeS series.
Despite the relatively wide acceptance of the use of BMI as an adiposity indicator, the establishment of an agreed specific obesity and overweight classification system for children and young people remains challenging. Constant changes in body composition during growth mean that the relationship between weight-for-height and adiposity during childhood and adolescence is age-dependent, and this relationship is further complicated by both ethnicity and gender[23].
The classification of children's BMI used in this chapter, set out below, has been derived from BMI percentiles of the UK 1990 reference curves[24],[25] (referred to as the national BMI percentiles classification); these have been used in each SHeS to date. The national BMI percentiles classification has been shown to be reasonably sensitive (i.e. not classifying obese children as non-obese) and specific (i.e. not classifying non-obese children as obese)[26],[27]. SIGN recommends that these reference curves and thresholds should be used for population surveillance in Scotland. The 85th / 95th percentile cut-off points are commonly accepted thresholds used to analyse overweight and obesity in children. These thresholds have previously been used to describe childhood overweight and obesity prevalence trends in the UK[28],[29],[30],[31].
Percentile cut-off
At or below 2nd percentile At risk of underweight
Above 2nd percentile and below 85th percentile Healthy weight
At or above 85th percentile and below 95th percentile At risk of overweight
At or above 95th percentile At risk of obesity
SHeS uses a method developed by ISD Scotland to plot the exact ages of the children in the sample against the reference population data[32]. While children's exact age was used to calculate the BMI grouping prevalence rates (based on the interview date and the date of birth), results are presented using grouped ages based on age at last birthday.
As noted in the introduction to this chapter, one of the Scottish Government's national indicators relates to healthy weight in both children and adults, defined as neither underweight nor overweight or obese[33]. The presented data for children have been categorised to show the total proportions that are: healthy weight, at risk of overweight, at risk of obesity, and at risk of underweight.
Raised waist circumference (WC)
BMI has some limitations and does not, for example, distinguish between mass due to body fat and mass due to muscular physique[34]. Nor does it take account of the distribution of fat in the body. It has therefore been suggested that waist circumference (WC) may be a better means of identifying those with a health risk than BMI[35],[36],[37].
In accordance with the definition of abdominal obesity used by the National Institutes of Health (USA) ATP (Adult Treatment Panel) III, a raised WC is defined as more than 102 cm for men and more than 88 cm for women[38]. Following the protocol introduced to SHeS in 2012, described in Section 8.2.1, the equivalent cut-offs on SHeS are 102.75cm for men and 91.35cm for women[39].
These thresholds help identify people at risk of metabolic syndrome. Abdominal obesity is reported as more highly correlated with metabolic risk factors (high levels of triglycerides, low HDL-cholesterol) than elevated BMI. It has recently been shown that these levels correspond fairly closely to the 95th percentile of waist circumference for healthy people, indicating that few healthy people have a waist circumference above these thresholds[40].
Combined assessment of health risk from obesity
The SIGN guideline on obesity cites the WHO's recommendation that an individual's risk of conditions such as type 2 diabetes and CVD is better estimated using a combination of both BMI and waist circumference (WC) than using either measure on their own[41].
The classification categories suggested by SIGN[42] are set out in the following table. BMI, derived from height and weight data collected in the main interview, in combination with waist measurements collected in the biological module have been used to estimate the proportion of adults who fall into each of the risk categories. This combined classification designates those with a raised WC as 'very high' WC, while those towards the upper end of the 'not raised' WC range are designated 'high' WC. As the table indicates, the health risk is similar for adults with very high WC and class I obesity and for adults with high WC and class II obesity. The SIGN guidance notes that increased WC can be a marker for disease even among people of normal weight. The analysis presented in this chapter classifies people with normal weight and a very high WC as at increased risk of disease.
Assessment of health risk from obesity
BMI Classification
'High' WC
Men WC 94-102cm
Women WC 80-88cm
'Very high' WC
Men WC >102cm
Women WC >88cm
Normal weight (BMI 18.5 - <25(kg/m2)) - -
Overweight (BMI 25 - <30(kg/m2)) Increased High
I - Mild (BMI 30 - <35(kg/m2)) High Very high
II - Moderate (BMI 35 - <40(kg/m2)) Very high Very high
III - Extreme (BMI 40+(kg/m2)) Extremely high Extremely high
Source: based on Table 3, P11, in SIGN 115[43].
8.3 Adult Overweight and Obesity Prevalence
8.3.1 Trends in overweight including obesity prevalence since 2003
Adult overweight, including obesity (BMI of 25 kg/m² or greater) prevalence remained at 65% in 2017. As shown in figure 8A, the longer trend for overweight including obesity showed a significant increase between 2003 and 2008, when prevalence increased from 62% to 65%. Since 2008, prevalence has stabilised, fluctuating between 64% and 65%.
The trend pattern in overweight, including obesity for men was similar to that of all adults. As shown in Figure 8A, prevalence of overweight, including obesity rose amongst men between 2003 and 2008 (from 65% to 68%), and has remained steady since, with 67% of men in 2017 overweight including obese.
Prevalence of overweight, including obesity among women was consistently lower over the time period than among men, ranging from 60% to 63% with no clear pattern of increase or decline.
Figure 8A, Table 8.1
8.3.2 Trends in obesity prevalence since 2003
Prevalence of obesity, including morbid obesity (BMI of 30 kg/m² or greater), among all adults remained at 29% in 2017, unchanged since 2015, although significantly higher than in 2003 (24%). A similar pattern was found for men and women.
There has been little difference in the prevalence of obesity, including morbid obesity, between men and women in Scotland, since 2003.
8.3.3 Trends in mean adult BMI since 2003
Mean BMI has shown a general slight upward trend since 2003, and was highest since the start of the time series in both 2016 and 2017 (increasing from 27.1kg/m² in 2003 to 27.7kg/m² in 2016 and 2017). The trend in mean BMI for women was largely in line with that of all adults, for men mean BMI increased up to 2009 but has changed little since. Table 8.1
8.3.4 Adult BMI in 2017, by age and sex
In 2017, 33% of adults were in the healthy weight category. Women were significantly more likely than men to be in the healthy weight range (35% of women compared with 31% of men). This difference was largely due to the significant difference in the overweight category (BMI of 25 kg/m² to less than 30 kg/m²) of 7 percentage points between men 40%) and women (33%) whilst there was no significant difference between men and women in the obese category of BMI of 30 kg/m² or more (27% and 30% respectively).
In 2017, as in previous years, overweight and obesity prevalence and mean BMI varied significantly with age. Overweight including obesity prevalence (BMI of 25 kg/m² or over) increased with age (from 36% of those aged 16-24 to 78% of those aged 65-74) before dropping among those aged 75 and over (68%). A similar pattern was observed for prevalence of obesity including morbid obesity (BMI of 30 kg/m² or over) which increased from 14% among those aged 16-24 to 37% among those aged 65-74 before declining to 28% of those aged 75 and over.
The association between overweight including obesity (BMI of 25 kg/m² and over) and age followed a similar pattern to that of all adults for both men and women (Figures 8B and 8C).
However the patterns in obesity (BMI of 30 kg/m² or more) by age were significantly different for men and women, as shown in Figures 8B and 8C. Among men, prevalence of obesity markedly increased up to age 45-54 (from 11% to 36%), and then stabilised up to age 65-74 (ranging from 36% to 37%) before dropping to 34% among those aged 75 and over. Among women obesity prevalence increased more sharply at an earlier age, with the largest increase between age groups 25-34 and 35-44 (from 24% to 36%); prevalence then stabilised between ages 35-44 and 65-74 (ranging from 34% to 37%) before declining to 24% among those aged 75 and over.
There was a strong association between mean BMI and age for all adults. Mean BMI increased as age increased, before decreasing amongst people aged 75 or over. A similar pattern was found for men and women. Figures 8B and 8C, Table 8.2
8.4 Child Overweight and Obesity Prevalence
8.4.1 Trends in child healthy weight, overweight and obesity prevalence since 1998
In 2017, the proportion of children aged between 2 and 15 in the 'healthy weight' range was 72%, remaining at a similar level since 2015. The longer-term trend in the prevalence of children in the 'healthy weight' range has fluctuated since the beginning of the time series in 1998, with the lowest prevalence occurring in 2011 (65%) and the highest in 2015 and 2017 (both 72%).
The pattern over time was significantly different for boys and girls. There is some indication of a general trend of increasing prevalence of healthy weight in boys. In 2017 three quarters (75%) of boys were within the healthy weight range; this is the highest percentage since data collection began in 1998. Although this change over time for boys is statistically significant, there has been fluctuation over the time series so it will be important to monitor these figures next year to establish whether the indicated trend continues.
As shown in Figure 8D, there was no significant change in the prevalence of healthy weight for girls in 2017, with 69% of girls falling into within the healthy weight range. Following the trend for all children, healthy weight prevalence amongst girls has remained relatively steady since 1998.
Prevalence of children at risk of obesity in 2017 was the lowest recorded since time series began, at 13%. The percentage of children at risk of obesity has shown a steady decline since 2014 (with prevalence from 2003 to 2014 steady between 16-17%) to 15% in 2015, 14% in 2016 to 13% in 2017. The decline among all children in prevalence of risk of obesity has largely been driven by the decline in prevalence among boys from a peak of 20% in 2011 and 2012 to 12% in 2017. Figure 8D, Table 8.3
8.4.2 Child BMI categories in 2017, by age and sex
As in previous years, prevalence of healthy weight amongst children significantly decreased with age, with children aged 2-6 being the most likely to fall within the healthy weight range (78%, compared with 66% of children aged 12-15). The effect of age on prevalence of healthy weight was most profound amongst girls, with 76% of 2-6 year olds falling into the healthy weight range compared with 59% of 12-15 year olds; a difference of 17 percentage points (figures for boys were 79% and 70%, respectively, a difference of 9 percentage points). Table 8.4
8.5 Waist Circumference and Disease Risk (Based on BMI And Waist Circumference)
8.5.1 Trends in mean and raised waist circumference since 2003
Waist circumferences of adults aged 16 and over, on average, have increased since 2003 (men: 95.3cm in 2003 compared with 98.1cm in 2016/2017, women: 86.3cm in 2003, compared with 90.5cm in 2016/2017) using nurse equivalent measures. For both men and women, there was no significant increase in waist circumference between 2014/2015 and 2016/2017 using nurse equivalent measures.
As shown in Figure 8E, the proportion of men and women with a raised waist circumference continues to follow an upward trend. The proportion of men aged 16 and over with a raised waist circumference increased from 28% in 2003 to 38% in 2016/2017. The increase in raised waist circumference was more profound for women, increasing from 39% in 2003 to 54% in 2016/2017. For both men and women, the proportion of those aged 16 and over with a raised waist circumference in 2016/2017 was the highest since data was first collected for all adults in 2003. Figure 8E, Table 8.5
8.5.2 Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference, 2016/2017 (combined)
Overall, 69% of women and 58% of men had at least an increased health risk based on their BMI and waist circumference in 2016/2017, with little change since 2014/2015[44]. Women were more likely than men to be categorised as 'high risk or above' (57% of women, compared with 42% of men).
As shown in Figures 8F and 8G, health risk increased with age for both men and women. Those aged 16-24 were least likely to have increased risk (24% of men and 41% of women), whilst those aged 65-74 were the most likely (78% of men and 83% of women).
Figures 8F and 8G, Table 8.6
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This article describes the surge protection available for certain Datto Managed Power units, and what to do if surge protection is depleted.
A power surge is an intense, brief spike of high voltage energy within an electrical current. Power surges are caused by a variety of environmental or abnormal electric conditions, and can permanently damage electric devices. Select Managed Power units come equipped with surge protection, which guards against power surges by preventing large voltage spikes from entering devices.
Repeated small, noisy spikes above the clamping voltage. These are frequently caused by large appliances on the circuit which are transitioning from on to off, or off to on, affecting the rest of the circuit.
Environments with many large or old equipment motors that draw a lot of power on the same circuit, are more susceptible to surges.
Lightning strikes can generate an average of 1 billion to 10 billion Joules of energy. For example: if one strikes inbound power lines, the MP60 will break all of its internal fuses and built-in protection in a failsafe manner to prevent equipment damage.
Contact support if surge protection depletion is validated, and you have not received a message.


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Homicide Was Leading Cause of Death for Peoria County Youth in 2018
By Tim Shelley • Jul 11, 2019
Peoria Public Radio
Four hundred and forty. That's the number of potential years of life lost in Peoria County last year to homicides.
That startling statistic comes from Peoria County's 2018 Mortality Report.
"I think what we saw this year that was kind of striking this year in 2018 was the increase in death due to homicide," said Monica Hendrickson, administrator of the Peoria City/County Health Department.
2018 saw a 62.5 percent spike in the number of homicides compared to the previous year. Twenty-four deaths in Peoria County were homicides last year. Nearly 80 percent of the deaths were connected to gun violence.
Homicide deaths among people aged 15 to 24 doubled, and black residents saw 17 homicide deaths, compared to 6 among whites. Notably, homicide was the leading cause of death for people aged 15 to 24, and the second-leading cause of death for people aged 25-44 after overdoses.
Overdoses, homicides and accidents were lumped together into one category before 2017, when the health department split them apart to put a brighter spotlight on a spike in overdose deaths. Homicides were also the leading cause of death for the 15-24 age group in 2017.
Heart disease and cancer were the overall leading causes of death in Peoria County last year.
Peoria City/County Health Department
2018 homicides
Overdose Deaths Plunged In Peoria County in 2018
Proactive measures by community health organizations helped make a dent in Peoria County's overdose death numbers last year.
That's according to Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson.
The 2018 Mortality Report shows that Peoria County saw a 22 percent drop in overdose deaths from 2017. Hendrickson says there are a few factors at work.


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Airbnb targets as much as $33B valuation for IPO
Range is higher than expected, showing its strength in the pandemic market
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky (Getty; iStock)
Airbnb executives plan to target a higher-than-expected valuation range of as much as $33 billion for its initial public offering, which is expected sometime next month.
On Tuesday, the company will start marketing its offering to mutual funds and hedge funds, the Wall Street Journal reported. The investor roadshow will take place via Zoom meetings, rather than the usual meetings across the nation.
Companies and their underwriters typically set a relatively conservative initial offering range, leaving some room to improve before trading starts. But in the case of Airbnb, the initial range is higher than expected. People close to the company's offering thought the offering would be $30 billion, according to the publication.
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The higher-than-expected pricing may be a reflection of the short-term rental company's rebound from the early days of the pandemic.
At the onset of the pandemic, people stopped traveling, and Airbnb's valuation took a nosedive to $18 billion from the $31 billion mark set in a 2017 investment round. Bookings at Airbnb rebounded by summer as people preferred to stay in short-term rentals rather than hotels.
But the pandemic still pummeled the company's finances: According to its S-1 prospectus, filed in November, bookings totaled $18 billion as of Sept. 30, a 39 percent year-over-year drop. Revenue for that period dropped 32 percent, to $2.5 billion.
Airbnb and its underwriter will set the final IPO price based on feedback from investors in the virtual roadshow. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are leading Airbnb's IPO.
[WSJ] — Akiko Matsuda
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Rebels: Air strike hits east Libya oil town
BREGA, Libya - An air strike destroyed two government military vehicles on Tuesday in the east Libyan oil town of Brega, where rebels have clashed with Muammar Gaddafi's forces for five days, rebel fighters said.
"An air strike hit two of the enemies' vehicles," said a rebel army officer in military uniform who gave his name as Colonel Abu Mohammed told Reuters.
The remains of the two trucks mounted with heavy machine guns smouldered near the entrance to the eastern residential area of New Brega, their burning tyres giving off a cloud of acrid smoke.
Trucks drove towards the centre of Brega hauling multiple rocket launchers and heavy machine guns.


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On Saturday, June 3rd, nine hardy representatives of First Presbyterian Church Gallatin completed the landscaping for their 5th annual Apostles Build with Habitat for Humanity of Sumner County.
The yard was cleaned. Trees and shrubs were planted. Flowers and ornamental grass were added with mulch. Meanwhile, the yard was raked and soil was added where needed to make the yard level. Fertilizer was spread and the lawn was seeded. Then the task was completed by spreading hay over the lawn area and watering the trees, shrubs, flowers and monkey grass.
Volunteering for Habitat is much more than work. Laughter and fun are major parts of the fellowship of those on the job site. This particular build was called an Apostles Build as several churches teamed together, along with the homeowner and family who contribute "sweat equity". Much like the NFL, each church represented "special teams", each being called on for specific parts of the process.
for Lisa Harris, a grandmother raising her three grandsons.
Thanks to Bob Young for organizing the group and Anna Dismukes for 'supervising' the project!


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A lethal agent of the CIA (Johansson), a victim of bullying in his teens, returns home to attend a school reunion. With the excuse of working on a secret case, enlists the help of popular boy in school years (Hart), which is now a boring accountant and lives pining for his glory years. For when the poor clerk realizes the imbroglio in which you're getting into, it is too late to ignore and his new friend, with increasingly unpredictable maneuvers, drags him to a world of shootings, betrayal and espionage force them to play neck countless times.


The basketball hoop in my driveway was not straight. When my mom and I assembled it, we saw the marks on the sides showing where the poles needed to line up only after pounding the poles into the cement. This guaranteed the backboard would never be parallel with the ground.
Still, I was convinced it would make me a better shooter. Throughout the summer before college, I spent many nights shooting on that crooked hoop. I shot until the streetlights came on, until almost all the lights in the house were turned off. I shot until I couldn't see the hoop anymore. I would just let the ball rotate off my fingers and guide it from memory.
The heft of the leather on my fingertips made me feel in control. At night, in my driveway, the things that defined and confined me dissolved into the darkness. I could let go of being the first-born daughter of Vietnamese immigrants—the family translator for all things mundane and necessary—and the oldest sister of a brother with cerebral palsy. There was just me and the ball, and the satisfying sound of leather going through nylon.
We were at the neurologist's office again. It was a weekday afternoon during my senior year of high school, and I was with my dad and my brother, Ghandy. My mom was at work. My sister was at track practice and I didn't play any spring sports. It wouldn't have mattered even if I did. My brother's doctor's appointments were always more important.
There was a routine to these visits. We would arrive on time, sign in, and wait hours; the neurologist was always overbooked. The waiting game was nothing new, and yet my dad was rustling in the waiting room chair and cursing in the timbre that I had become accustomed to.
Ghandy couldn't sit still either. He repeatedly drove the palm of his hand into his jaw. His face scrunched up and he let out a dull wail.
He hit himself again, so I stood up behind him and threaded my arms through his, supporting most of his ninety-pound frame. There were other people in the waiting room and I didn't want us to become a spectacle. But my brother was up now and there was no way he would just sit quietly. We walked tight circles around the room, steering clear of the little girl who was playing with the maze toy that resides at every doctor's office, the one with moveable wooden beads and a tangle of colored wires.
I felt her intruding stare. I sensed how my brother's unnatural gait and slightly crossed eyes horrified her. My brother took tenuous steps on his toes, like a baby giraffe's first attempt at walking. A stream of drool flowed from his chin. He made a loud croaking sound in the back of his throat. I spoke to him softly and sang him a little song. These things soothed him but embarrassed me. I hated being in that girl's gaze. My feelings didn't matter, though. I was Ghandy's sister, and this was my role.
We continued to walk around the waiting room, passing the same fake plant and array of Highlights magazines. By the twentieth traverse, I realized that I had one thought in my mind: Soon, I would go to college and wouldn't have to do this anymore. I could be normal. I could be myself.
It took only one trip to get everything from the car to my third-floor dorm room. I had one suitcase full of clothes, a green and white comforter I ordered from a catalogue sent from the school (I thought everyone would have these), and some school supplies. I hung up my clothes as my mom inspected the small room. The walls were exposed white bricks. There were two beds stacked on top of two desks. There was a small refrigerator and microwave. My roommate hadn't arrived yet.
"So this is what college in America is like?" my mom said.
My dad walked in after finishing his cigarette outside.
"What else do we need to get from the car?" he asked.
"All done. That's it," I said.
I didn't want to draw out the goodbye. I knew this was the moment a lot of parents got emotional.
"OK, I should get ready for the first day. Fill out paperwork and things." I had no idea what I was talking about.
I walked my parents down to the entrance of the dorm. I watched them climb into their car and head toward the CA-99 for their ninety-minute drive north.
I imagined my parents' ride home was a quiet one. They had given no indication that they were overjoyed or relieved or proud, but how could they not be? What they had done the last two decades now meant something. They must have looked back on the years spent awaiting American sponsorship in refugee camps, the various Section 8 houses that sheltered us, the many mornings my dad left the house before sunrise to work the early shift at Jack in the Box and the many nights my mom worked in Asian restaurants or nail salons.
To my parents, college meant an equal opportunity for me to achieve what every other American-born kid could achieve. But the weight of my parents' expectations became too much to bear at times. They came to this country for their children. For me. What if my life wasn't worth their sacrifice? To me, college meant a reprieve. Basketball gave me an identity completely severed from my family.
By the time my parents left, I had already decided that I would walk into the women's basketball office and ask to try out for the team. I didn't tell anybody about this plan, not even my sister. Because what if, after finally being able to say what I wanted to be, I was told that I wasn't good enough?
I sat in the bleachers and watched players run suicide drills and jump on boxes half my height. I could match players with the names and faces I saw on the roster on the school website, knew their jersey numbers and positions. I kept my eyes on Lindsay, the starting point guard from the previous year. She was from Utah and one of the best guards in the conference. I analyzed the way she ran, how she controlled the pace of the game with her dribbling.
The season hadn't started yet, so the team couldn't officially practice. This was the fourth or fifth or sixth conditioning session I had been to. When I had asked Coach S about tryouts the week before, she'd told me the team was still undecided about having them. She had told me when conditioning sessions were. Though it was not exactly an invitation to join, I was just so excited that she hadn't flat out shut down my request upon seeing my small hands, short legs, and 5-foot-3 stature. I decided I would just come and figure everything out later. Only now that I was here, there was no one to ask and I didn't know what I was doing. I came. I watched. I left without anybody saying a word to me and I kept coming back, hoping somebody would notice me, give me a cue.
I felt like some kind of apparition haunting the bleachers. I was wearing the baggy basketball shorts I excitedly purchased from the campus bookstore and the shoes I had gotten years ago for a slightly cheaper price because they were in a kids' size. They were a few games away from retirement. The flowery scent of my shirt was a taunting reminder—it smelled just as it did when it first came out of the dryer the night before.
A loud whistle indicated the session was over, and the players huddled up. After a cheer, they dragged their tired bodies and sweat-drenched jerseys back to the locker room. I worked up the courage to approach Coach S.
I walked to the South Gym, to a court no fancier than the one I played on in high school. The freshly swept floor patiently waited for shoe treads to squeak against the grain. I sized up my competition—about seven freshmen and sophomores from the team and two other walk-on hopefuls. I wasn't sure how I'd measure up to the players, but I knew I had to be the best out of the walk-ons.
The three of us formed a team with two sophomores. Players fell into position and an unspoken hierarchy was revealed. Each lined up against whom she thought her equivalent was on the other team. Clearly, I was not fit to be across from V-Mack, the sophomore guard who played behind Lindsay. When she realized I was the only person without a defender, she took begrudging steps in my direction. Her gait was commanding. As she got closer, it felt as if we were tethered together in a tight space; her overwhelming presence left little room for me.
I fidgeted with my shirt and bent down to double-knot my shoelaces. All the feeling left my arms and legs. I had to steady myself. I needed to run up and down the court a few times, get my legs adjusted to the familiar pattern of sprinting and stopping, cutting and backpedaling. To me, basketball was organized chaos, and we were all just charged atoms waiting for a chemical reaction. The ball was a flickering current and passing lanes were different routes on the circuit board. When the ball passed through the right circuits, the results could be electric.
We were on offense. The point guard dribbled across midcourt and passed me the ball. I was on the right side just beyond the three-point line. V-Mack backed off, daring me to make a move. I barely looked at her before passing the ball right back.
Once it left my hands, she didn't resume her defensive stance. It seemed she had made up her mind about me. I wasn't a threat to her anymore.
But soon the unrelenting pace of the other team's scoring snapped me out of my reluctant play. I needed to prove myself. I decided to drive to the basket the next time I got the ball. It didn't take much to get past V-Mack. I tried to stay calm and aim for the spot right in the middle of the square on the backboard. Easy layup, I told myself. Easy layup . But as the ball left my hands, Jasmine, the six-foot transfer from Oregon, came over and swatted my shot with her tentacle arms.
There is no act on the basketball court more humbling than being blocked, but I didn't have time to worry about it. The other team was a couple baskets away from winning and ending the game. This was my chance and I was wasting it. When I got the ball again, I didn't think. I just reacted.
Three dribbles with my right hand.
V-Mack got caught in the traffic jam of players in the key. Jasmine came over to make the same block, but I hesitated before I took two swift steps, flew under the rim and flipped the ball up over my head for a reverse layup. It bounced just above the spot where the backboard met the hoop.
"Ooh, V-Mack better D up because Maggie brought her A game," one of the players said.
I tried to hide my smile as I ran back on defense.
I sat down across from Coach W, the lead assistant coach. It had been a few days since my reverse layup triumph, and I had been called into the women's basketball office before conditioning. I still had not done anything more than sit in the bleachers and watch.
I sat up a little straighter. Does this mean I'm on the team? I thought to myself. I didn't ask for clarification because I worried it might make Coach W and the other coaches change their minds.
With an oversized red-and-white reversible jersey in my hand, I walked into the women's locker room. I felt like a timid houseguest, fighting the need to explain myself to every player who walked past, to hold the large jersey against my chest and say, "See? I am supposed to be here." That jersey was my proof, and yet I still felt like an imposter.
I set my things down near an empty locker. The other players were in various stages of undress. I tried to keep myself from being conspicuous, but I couldn't help noticing how different their bodies were from mine. Pronounced muscles along the ridge between shoulders connected defined biceps. Every player had clear lines popping out of their legs to delineate flesh and muscle, something I could only attain by standing on my toes.
I waited for everyone else to finish getting ready before I hastily tore off my regular clothes and threw on my jersey and shorts and dingy basketball shoes. I grabbed my things and ran after them toward the South Gym.
The excitement I felt about participating vanished as soon as practice started. I was not good at the kind of basketball that came with instructions. I remembered how confused I was when my high school coach scribbled Xs and Os on a white board, arrows in every direction. I didn't like confined basketball. But I had no choice now. Practice was about drills and following instructions. It wasn't long before everything fused together and it became impossible for me to decipher the order.
Tension was high in the gym. The head coach had already thrown down her clipboard and yelled at us for not getting a drill right. The assistant coaches barked instruction after instruction.
Pop out at the wing.
Go to the opposite line from where you passed.
Executing meant absolute focus, but concentration had an inverse effect on me—the more I tried to follow the directions, the harder it was to understand. Louder than the voices reciting those instructions was the admonishing one looping in my head. Don't mess this up. Don't mess this up. Don't mess this up.
The one thing I could do effortlessly was run. Even though I hated sprints, I was relieved when we ended practice on something I was actually good at. As soon as I heard the whistle, my body went into a trance. I chased the feeling that came in dreams, the nexus of running and floating. It always surprised me that this extra gear was something I could rely on, something other people didn't seem to have.
I paced myself with Lindsay, one of the fastest players on the team. I matched her stride for stride. Whenever she bent down to touch the baseline, I did too. I had studied her long enough in the previous weeks to know her tendencies. In the moment between finishing and waiting for everyone else to cross the line, I felt a rush. It wasn't just adrenaline but the high of knowing that I could keep up. That I could be a part of the team.
A whistle signaled the end of practice. All the players gathered at midcourt and placed their hands on top of one another. I was in the huddle too, but my presence felt like an imposition. After a cheer, the players seemed buoyed; there was a collective sense of relief that I wasn't a part of, an inside joke I didn't get. We walked toward the gym's double doors.
They turned left toward the locker room. I turned right toward my dorm room.
The next day, my anxiety grew rather than lessened. Each practice put another fine china plate on top of the stack that I was already having a hard time balancing. Each drill seemed like it was designed specifically to test my competence. It was no wonder sprints had become my favorite part. Not only did it mean that I got through another practice, but that I could let my guard down. Sprinting required no thinking.
During one practice, the coaches were being particularly brutal. They wanted the whole team to finish a set of suicide sprints in a minute and thirty seconds. If one person failed, the whole team had to do another one. Everyone knew who to worry about: the post players and Jasmine. Even though Jasmine was long and lanky, running did not come naturally to her. She had the same body type as Tiffany, a track runner who moonlighted as a basketball player, who glided from baseline to baseline, the angles of her knees and arms precise and her pace smooth. But what were assets to Tiffany were detriments to Jasmine. Her arms flailed. Her big feet slapped the hardwood. Her long torso swung from side to side. She almost always came in last. We were all getting tired but the coaches wouldn't concede. We all had to cross that line before time was up.
Jasmine and I were next to each other. I wanted her to make the cutoff. She was the only kind player among a group of indifferent ones. She told me to keep working hard and that eventually the others would come around.
Halfway into the drill, Coach W crouched down near the far baseline to get in Jasmine's face.
I can't remember if Jasmine beat me, but it didn't matter. In the moment, I realized what my place on the team was: the coaches' measuring stick. Even during the part of practice in which I felt most comfortable, I was the person everybody else needed to be better than. I would always be at the bottom.
On my walk back to the dorm after practice, I wondered what this was all for. It wasn't for playing time. Or the team. Or the coaches. This was for me. This is what I wanted. So why did it always feel like my lungs were deflated and my airways constricted? Why couldn't I just breathe?
This was my first shot at forming my own identity, but I felt like I was becoming something by default. I was being forced into a role all over again. And then, another question. What if I quit? That word caught me off guard. It came to me in a soft whisper; the consonants resonated in my head.
The next day, I walked into Coach W's office and told him I was really grateful for the opportunity but that I was going to focus on school.
"Are you sure, Maggie?" he asked.
The rest of my first year of college came a lot easier. I grew close to my roommate. I made friends. I flirted with boys. And I played a lot of basketball. I joined every intramural team and was often the only female player during pickup basketball games.
Walking back from games late at night, I often passed the empty blacktop court just outside the resident dining hall. Most times, I would go straight to my dorm, since games usually ended around 9 p.m. Sometimes, though, the open hoop was hard to resist. I would set my things down and pick up a ball, dribble it between my legs. Juke phantom defenders. Post up as if I were two feet taller. I would remember why I hated shooting on outdoor courts. Those double rims were not as forgiving as indoor ones. Every missed shot was punctuated by an emphatic clank.
And that's when I would take a breath that released my tense shoulders, slightly bring my right elbow up and just let the ball spin off my fingers. Those were the best shots, the ones that seemed to know just where to go, even when it was hard for me to see the hoop.


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Q: Upload a file from a server to Hdfs in another server I want to upload a file from an external Windows server to Hdfs in a different server. Hdfs is part of cloudera docker container in that server.
I connected to the Hdfs from Windows server as below:
Configuration conf = new Configuration();
conf.set("fs.defaultFS", "hdfs://%HDFS_SERVER_IP%:8020");
fs = FileSystem.get(conf);

When I call fs.copyFromLocalFile(localFilePath, hdfsFilePath); , it throws below exceptions and it creates the file without any content in Hdfs. :
org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException(java.io.IOException): File /user/test/test.txt could only be replicated to 0 nodes instead of minReplication (=1).  There are 1 datanode(s) running and 1 node(s) are excluded in this operation.
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockManager.chooseTarget4NewBlock(BlockManager.java:1595)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.getAdditionalBlock(FSNamesystem.java:3287)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.addBlock(NameNodeRpcServer.java:677)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.addBlock(AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.java:213)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.addBlock(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:485)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java)
    at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:617)
    at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:1073)
    at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2086)
    at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2082)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:415)
    at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1693)
    at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:2080)

    at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1475)
    at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1412)
    at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Invoker.invoke(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:229)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy15.addBlock(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.addBlock(ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java:418)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler.invokeMethod(RetryInvocationHandler.java:191)
    at org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler.invoke(RetryInvocationHandler.java:102)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy16.addBlock(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOutputStream$DataStreamer.locateFollowingBlock(DFSOutputStream.java:1455)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOutputStream$DataStreamer.nextBlockOutputStream(DFSOutputStream.java:1251)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOutputStream$DataStreamer.run(DFSOutputStream.java:448)

And there seems a problem in datanode, the below is copied from its log:

Retrying connect to server: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:8022. Already tried 0
  time(s); retry policy is
  RetryUpToMaximumCountWithFixedSleep(maxRetries=10, sleepTime=1000
  MILLISECONDS)

I formatted the datanodes and restart hdfs but still can't upload the file in this case. Besides other functions such as reading, writing file are working with the configuration and the file can be transferred if the local system and Hdfs are in the same server.
The servers are connected to the proxy server and I configured proxy environment of the docker container of Hdfs. How is the file transferred by using Hdfs Java Api between different servers?
Update 1:
hdfs dfsadmin -report :
17/04/05 07:14:02 INFO client.RMProxy: Connecting to ResourceManager at /127.0.0.1:8032
Total Nodes:1
         Node-Id             Node-State Node-Http-Address       Number-of-Running-Containers
quickstart.cloudera:37449               RUNNING quickstart.cloudera:8042                                   0
[root@quickstart conf]# hdfs dfsadmin -report
Configured Capacity: 211243687936 (196.74 GB)
Present Capacity: 78773199014 (73.36 GB)
DFS Remaining: 77924307110 (72.57 GB)
DFS Used: 848891904 (809.57 MB)
DFS Used%: 1.08%
Under replicated blocks: 0
Blocks with corrupt replicas: 0
Missing blocks: 0
Missing blocks (with replication factor 1): 0

-------------------------------------------------
Live datanodes (1):

Name: XXXX:50010 (quickstart.cloudera)
Hostname: quickstart.cloudera
Decommission Status : Normal
Configured Capacity: 211243687936 (196.74 GB)
DFS Used: 848891904 (809.57 MB)
Non DFS Used: 132470488922 (123.37 GB)
DFS Remaining: 77924307110 (72.57 GB)
DFS Used%: 0.40%
DFS Remaining%: 36.89%
Configured Cache Capacity: 0 (0 B)
Cache Used: 0 (0 B)
Cache Remaining: 0 (0 B)
Cache Used%: 100.00%
Cache Remaining%: 0.00%
Xceivers: 6
Last contact: Wed Apr 05 07:15:00 UTC 2017

yarn node -list -all :
17/04/05 07:14:02 INFO client.RMProxy: Connecting to ResourceManager at /127.0.0.1:8032
Total Nodes:1
         Node-Id             Node-State Node-Http-Address       Number-of-Running-Containers
quickstart.cloudera:37449               RUNNING quickstart.cloudera:8042                                   0

core-site.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?>

<configuration>
  <property>
    <name>fs.defaultFS</name>
    <value>hdfs://quickstart.cloudera:8020</value>
  </property>

  <!-- OOZIE proxy user setting -->
  <property>
    <name>hadoop.proxyuser.oozie.hosts</name>
    <value>*</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>hadoop.proxyuser.oozie.groups</name>
    <value>*</value>
  </property>

  <!-- HTTPFS proxy user setting -->
  <property>
    <name>hadoop.proxyuser.httpfs.hosts</name>
    <value>*</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>hadoop.proxyuser.httpfs.groups</name>
    <value>*</value>
  </property>

  <!-- Llama proxy user setting -->
  <property>
    <name>hadoop.proxyuser.llama.hosts</name>
    <value>*</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>hadoop.proxyuser.llama.groups</name>
    <value>*</value>
  </property>

  <!-- Hue proxy user setting -->
  <property>
    <name>hadoop.proxyuser.hue.hosts</name>
    <value>*</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>hadoop.proxyuser.hue.groups</name>
    <value>*</value>
  </property>

</configuration>

hdfs-site.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?>

<configuration>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.replication</name>
    <value>1</value>
  </property>
  <!-- Immediately exit safemode as soon as one DataNode checks in.
       On a multi-node cluster, these configurations must be removed.  -->
  <property>
    <name>dfs.safemode.extension</name>
    <value>0</value>
  </property>
  <property>
     <name>dfs.safemode.min.datanodes</name>
     <value>1</value>
  </property>
  <property>
     <name>dfs.permissions.enabled</name>
     <value>false</value>
  </property>
  <property>
     <name>dfs.permissions</name>
     <value>false</value>
  </property>
  <property>
     <name>dfs.safemode.min.datanodes</name>
     <value>1</value>
  </property>
  <property>
     <name>dfs.webhdfs.enabled</name>
     <value>true</value>
  </property>
  <property>
     <name>hadoop.tmp.dir</name>
     <value>/var/lib/hadoop-hdfs/cache/${user.name}</value>
  </property>
  <property>
     <name>dfs.namenode.name.dir</name>
     <value>/var/lib/hadoop-hdfs/cache/${user.name}/dfs/name</value>
  </property>
  <property>
     <name>dfs.namenode.checkpoint.dir</name>
     <value>/var/lib/hadoop-hdfs/cache/${user.name}/dfs/namesecondary</value>
  </property>
  <property>
     <name>dfs.datanode.data.dir</name>
     <value>/var/lib/hadoop-hdfs/cache/${user.name}/dfs/data</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.namenode.rpc-bind-host</name>
    <value>0.0.0.0</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <name>dfs.namenode.servicerpc-address</name>
    <value>0.0.0.0:8022</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.https.address</name>
    <value>0.0.0.0:50470</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.namenode.http-address</name>
    <value>0.0.0.0:50070</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.datanode.address</name>
    <value>0.0.0.0:50010</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.datanode.ipc.address</name>
    <value>0.0.0.0:50020</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.datanode.http.address</name>
    <value>0.0.0.0:50075</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.datanode.https.address</name>
    <value>0.0.0.0:50475</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.namenode.secondary.http-address</name>
    <value>0.0.0.0:50090</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.namenode.secondary.https-address</name>
    <value>0.0.0.0:50495</value>
  </property>

  <!-- Impala configuration -->
  <property>
    <name>dfs.datanode.hdfs-blocks-metadata.enabled</name>
    <value>true</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.client.file-block-storage-locations.timeout.millis</name>
    <value>10000</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.client.read.shortcircuit</name>
    <value>true</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>dfs.domain.socket.path</name>
    <value>/var/run/hadoop-hdfs/dn._PORT</value>
  </property>
</configuration>

A: The RPC ports are in conflict between the properties fs.defaultFS in core-site.xml and  dfs.namenode.servicerpc-address in hdfs-site.xml.
Modify this in hdfs-site.xml and restart the services.
<property>
    <name>dfs.namenode.servicerpc-address</name>
    <value>0.0.0.0:8020</value>
</property>

A: I only changed conf.set("fs.defaultFS", "hdfs://%HDFS_SERVER_IP%:8020") to conf.set("fs.defaultFS", "webhdfs://%HDFS_SERVER_IP%:50070") and then I succesfully upload the files to the hdfs in the different server. I referred to this link.


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Tag: Tea N' Bowl
BoBa Cha Brings Taiwanese Flavor to Over-the-Rhine's Northern Liberties
Post author By Drew Baugh
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BoBa Cha Exterior (Provided)
After opening earlier this month, BoBa Cha has been attracting a healthy crowd for its bubble tea offerings at 1606 Main Street.
The small Over-the-Rhine bubble tea shop is owned by Ingrid Huang and Andrew Lui. The couple previously owned Tea N' Bowl in Clifton Heights, and said they wanted to open a shop closer to where their customers were coming from.
Huang and Lui moved to Cincinnati from California to raise their family and open Tea N' Bowl in April 2007. The restaurant offered both the bubble tea in which they now focus, but also healthy Asian food selections. They won a Best of Cincinnati award in 2012, but after seven years their bubble tea had become so popular that they thought it was time to consider a new concept.
1606 Main Street (Google Street View)
In Chinese, cha (茶) means tea and boba (粉圆) is a slang term that stands for the tapioca pearls typically found in bubble tea, which was popularized in Taiwan in the 1980s.
With their family and cultural roots in mind, Huang and Lui said they were looking for a new location with a steady stream of customers that would also serve as a place that would bring the community together; where friends and families can meet with no worries.
"We decided to move to OTR to make our place more accessible and now focus, 100%, on making the bubble tea better and healthier, and using fresher ingredients than before," Huang explained.
The new shop does not serve any food, but the owners have set up an arrangement with Maki to deliver sushi to the location should customers chose to order it. In addition to the fresh ingredients, the primary focuses of BoBa Cha is on the overall health benefits of the tea they serve.
"The common thing [among flavors of tea] is antioxidants that help to clean the body and help metabolism," said Huang. As a result, they are also offering more tea bases like Oolong, Jasmine, Green Tea, Black Tea, Golden Tea, Thai Tea, as well as organic herbs like Lotus, Ginseng, Dandelion Root, Peppermint and others.
In addition to their new Over-the-Rhine shop, BoBa Cha has a drink cart that can be found on Fountain Square every Tuesday and in Washington Park each Wednesday. Huang also says that they hope to bring the cart to Findlay Market on Saturdays and Sundays in the near future.
The owners say that BoBa Cha will close down during the cold winter months, but that they are working on arrangements with area Asian restaurants to sell their tea while they are closed for the season. In the meantime, however, the couple says they are excited to be in Over-the-Rhine.
"Right after opening we felt the welcome and support of our neighborhood," Huang explained. "It made us feel like we were a big part of the community and so far."
Located inside a 154-year-old building that was renovated in 2008, BoBa Cha is open Monday through Friday from 10am to 8pm, and on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 8pm.
Tags Andrew Lui, Boba Cha, Bubble Tea, Cincinnati, clifton heights, findlay market, fountain square, Ingrid Huang, Maki, Northern Liberties, over-the-rhine, Taiwan, Tea, Tea N' Bowl, uptown, Washington Park


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Certain ideas of Europe
Mandelson's "golden goodbye" from Brussels
Bankers aren't the only ones getting fat pay-outs
By The Economist
WHEN Gordon Brown began his Cabinet reshuffle last week, the details were largely overshadowed by one controversial appointment: the return of Peter Mandelson from his job as a European commissioner in Brussels to take up the post of business minister. The British media positively howled over the move, and Labour ministers were said to be speechless. They noted his two past resignations from the Cabinet and a cloud of controversy (one tabloid headline writer labeled it "sleaze") that has dogged Mr Mandelson for years. Mr Brown stood by his decision, saying he needed to draw upon the best people available.
The critics are sure to be dumb-founded with the news that as Mr Mandelson ascends to the House of Lords (now to be known as Baron Mandelson of Foy and Hartlepool) he will be double-dipping on taxpayers for a while. As the BBC reports, he is eligible for EU pay totaling £234,000 over the next three years, on top of his ministerial salary of £104,386 per year. The pay-outs are in addition to his EU pension and resettlement costs for the move to London.
The "transitionary payments" will be especially hard for some to swallow because Mr Mandelson served as trade minister in Brussels for only four years, left of his own accord, and will benefit from preferential tax rates specially crafted for EU officials.
But the Mandelson case raises a broader question: is the preferantial system for EU officials worth keeping?
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Is class back?
Posh v plodding with the masses
Special offer: one-way ticket from Guantanamo to Europe
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Patronyme

 François Just Marie Raynouard (1761-1836), historien, philologue romaniste et dramaturge français.

Toponyme

 Rue Raynouard, voie du  arrondissement de Paris ;
 Square Raynouard, voie du  arrondissement de Paris.

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