Within many sectors, clinical skills may be required as part of other job roles, or you may be required to hire dedicated health staff under certain circumstances. Either way, the development of staff in this area will in many cases be the responsibility of the human resources department, as we often find. Training and education might be required for staff dealing with health and clinical work, whether they are medically registered individuals or not. Even hiring staff who start off with particular qualifications, you will often find that they require more training later to keep up with modern standards and the latest best practices.
Some businesses and organisations find it daunting moving into any area that requires medically trained staff, as often there is nobody suitable within the business to supervise their training. A lot of clinical skills will have to be brought in and taught by external sources. However, this may not be as complicated or prohibitive as it could seem at first. Clinical skills training and courses on health and safety are available from many different UK providers and suitable for any staff to help them learn the necessary skills to do the job required of them.
Depending on the requirements of both employee and employer, it often falls to human resources staff to coordinate this training as and when it is required. Fortunately, there is usually some flexibility in how this can be achieved. Depending on the course required, most training providers will offer various options for study, including designing courses so that they can be taken whilst working normal hours. Taking time off work to train can be counterproductive, and often this leads businesses to under-develop their workforce through fear of losing money overall. That's why it's a great benefit that most medical training courses will allow participants to be flexible.
Aside from the involvement of HR departments in facilitating general medical or clinical training for other staff in the workplace, many medical courses will be directly relevant to other aspects of HR. For example, courses on stress management and time management training are two very common examples of courses that come under the health category but actually have very broad benefits in terms of productivity and improving the workplace as a whole. It may be a good idea for many HR departments to get more involved with this kind of development and conduct more research on relevant health training that could help colleagues in these areas.


After serving as a missionary in Africa for many years, Henry C. Morrison (1857-1942) became sick and had to return to America. He happened to travel on the same ship as President Theodore Roosevelt, who was returning from a hunting expedition in Africa where he had shot a number of wild hogs.
On the dock at New York thousands cheered. Whom would you say they cheered? Of course they cheered the killer of hogs, who was also president of the United States. No one was interested in the man who had saved souls.
Then Morrison and Roosevelt traveled in the same train. On the train station platform, there again were thousands cheering Roosevelt, and no one cheering Morrison.
Miserable are Christians who hope for recognition in this world for doing what is right. Let us wait for our full reward in heaven.
I Corinthians 4:1-5 — Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself. I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.
II Timothy 4:8 — Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day— and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
O Lord, grant us always, whatever the world may say, to content ourselves with what thou wilt say, and to care only for thine approval, which will outweigh all words.
From Cotton Patch Sermons, by Clarence Jordan (1912-1969), pages 80-81.
My daughter Eleanor used to be interested in Indian lore, and our farm is located on what was a former campground of an old tribe of Indians called the Cheehaws. We found a lot of artifacts of various kinds there and Eleanor had always been wanting to find some burial ground. One day, way down in the swamp, we were walking around and came upon a great mound of earth. She got all excited, and I did too, and we ran to the house and got our picks and shovels and started excavating. We had read that the Cheehaws always buried their dead near a creek. This was near the creek, and it was a fairly small mound, but we were sure it would have some tremendous artifacts in it. So we started digging. We were carefully pulling things away, and finally, after a little while, her pick hit something hard. I knew we had struck pay dirt then, and we went over and started brushing the dirt away. The artifact had a curving effect to it, and we carefully unearthed it– and do you know what it was? It was an old fender to a Model T automobile.
I do not know how those Indians get that Model T Ford way down there.
The tin on that old tin lizzy was all eaten away. Rust had gotten that. But there was the big iron beam that outlined it enough to tell what it was. And as I sat there (Eleanor was ready to cry at those Indians burying something like that) I got to thinking. You know, there was a time when that old Model T fender was a pretty nice thing. It was fastened to a nice swank automobile. And I imagined that it was owned by some college kid, the only one of its kind on the campus. And he would flit around all over the campus with the prettiest girl in the class by his side, going at the break-neck speed of twenty miles an hour. He was the envy of all his peers.
Years passed. The rust had eaten his fender and I presume the worms had eaten him.
Sooner or later, the rust and worms are going to get it all.
Job 21:23-26 — One person dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease, well nourished in body, bones rich with marrow. Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having enjoyed anything good. Side by side they lie in the dust, and worms cover them both.
O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.


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Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park is located at 2800 S. Bentsen Palm Drive (FM 2062)
south of the city of Mission in  Hidalgo County in the U.S. state of Texas.  It serves as the headquarters for the World Birding Center.

History
The park had its beginnings on January 28, 1944, when the parents of Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Lloyd M. Bentsen Sr. and his wife Edna Ruth Bentsen,  along with Elmer and Marie Bentsen, donated  of land to the State Parks Board for a nature habitat. The park currently encompasses

The park has become a prime area for bird watching and butterfly watching. When the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park became the headquarters of the World Birding Center's network of nine sites in 2004, vehicular traffic was banned and RV camping was no longer allowed in the park. The other sites, all located in south Texas, include Edinburg Scenic Wetlands;  Harlingen Arroyo Colorado, Resaca de la Palma State Park, Roma Bluffs, Quinta Mazatlan, Old Hidalgo Pumphouse Nature Park,  Estero Llano Grande State Park, South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center. More than 325 species of birds, and more than 250 species of butterflies have been noted in the Bentsen park. The park is popular to butterfly watchers. The North American Butterfly Association operates the National Butterfly Center adjacent to the park.

Facilities, hours, admission
Entrance fee

The park is open year-round. Park tram available

Y Cafe, Texas State Parks Store

Exhibits, hiking trail, cycling, birdwatching,  butterfly watching, picnicking, tent camping, meeting facilities

See also

Museums in South Texas
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hidalgo County, Texas

References

External links
TPWD: official Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park website
Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park and World Birding Center
City of Mission, Texas official site
Video segment on the Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park from Exploring the Texas State Parks System on Texas Archive of the Moving Image

State parks of Texas
Nature centers in Texas
Protected areas of Hidalgo County, Texas
Lower Rio Grande Valley

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Fish assemblage production estimates in Appalachian streams across a latitudinal and temperature gradient
Myers, Bonnie J.E.; Dolloff, C. Andrew; Webster, Jackson R.; Nislow, Keith H.; Fair, Brandon; Rypel, Andrew L.
Ecology of Freshwater Fish
Production of biomass is central to the ecology and sustainability of fish assemblages. The goal of this study was to empirically estimate and compare fish assemblage production, production-to-biomass (P/B) ratios and species composition for 25 second- to third-order streams spanning the Appalachian Mountains (from Vermont to North Carolina) that vary in their temperature regimes. Fish assemblage production estimates ranged from 0.15 to 6.79 g m−2 year−1, and P/B ratios ranged from 0.20 to 1.07. There were no significant differences in mean assemblage production across northern cold-water, southern cold-water and southern cool-water streams (p = .35). Two warm-water streams, not included in these comparisons, had the highest mean production and biomass values. Mean assemblage P/B was significantly higher in northern cold-water streams relative to southern cold-water and cool-water streams (p = .01). Species evenness in production declined with stream temperature and differed significantly across the lower latitude cold-water, cool-water and warm-water streams and the higher latitude (i.e. more northern) cold-water streams. Our fish assemblage production estimates and P/B ratios were both lower and higher compared to previously published estimates for similar stream habitats. This study provides empirical fish assemblage production estimates to inform future research on southern Appalachian streams and on the potential impacts of varying temperature regimes on cold-water, cool-water and warm-water fish production in the coming decades as climate change continues to threaten fish assemblages.
assemblage composition; assemblage evenness; biomass; P/B ratios; secondary production
Myers, Bonnie J.E.; Dolloff, C. Andrew; Webster, Jackson R.; Nislow, Keith H.; Fair, Brandon; Rypel, Andrew L. 2017.Fish assemblage production estimates in Appalachian streams across a latitudinal and temperature gradient. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 10(10): 231-. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12352.
Last updated on: August 18, 2017

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At the Center de la photographie Genève, kaleidoscopes of exile
The exhibition Dryto be discovered at the Center de la photographie Genève (CPG), opens with a small black and white reproduction of the bewitching allegorical painting Isle of the Deadby the Basel painter Arnold Böcklin. In the wake of the eponymous symphonic poem by Sergei Rakhmaninov depicting the approach of the mortuary boat in the lapping, the photographer Abdo Shanan retains here a fantastic exile suspended between worlds.
To read: If Algeria was told to us
"I started this project in 2017 with a reflection on the geophysical and social nature of an island. It is imbued with a mineral and dry atmosphere like the entry into a new metaphorical space. In Algeria, I feel like an island in the middle of a society, in particular in opposition or compromise with it", explains the man of images. If painting inspired him in the visual and plastic aesthetics of his series Dryits atmosphere derives from the labyrinthine chromatic music of Rakhmaninoff.
Non-membership
The initial purpose of the exhibition? Trying to understand what the assignment or not of a nationality means and covers by going back to the fundamentals of a common humanity. In the spirit of Abdo Shanan, it is thus a matter of investigating through a contemporary poetic tale what national identity means. It is these "social constructions" that are called into question here. Like that of the Cameroonian Josiane, who remained in Algeria for eight years, who is the poster of Dry, the color portraits work on the cast shadow of the subjects joining a quest for absence and trace. In a subtle weaving made of echoes and patterns, they are accompanied by handwritten testimonies of the subjects portrayed, inscribed on the walls of the exhibition as if in a diary. "I have never had the privilege of being at home anywhere. I therefore strive to feel at home in this state of non-belonging.
Human and poetic experience of exile, Dry is an impressionist research around identity and its loss, a way of expressing lack. While wondering about what remains. The series invites us to abandon the ideas of citizenship and the nation-state, as its storytelling is of "collective nature". The people interviewed by the artist are chibanis or North African workers who immigrated to France between 1950 and 1970, students from sub-Saharan Africa. And more broadly members of the Algerian diaspora, like M'mmar, who will only return to Algerian soil to die there.
Ghostly black and white
We discover portraits of relatives of a youth regularly in turmoil or simple neighbors seized in a sometimes uncertain reality, as evidenced by this bearded figure with closed eyes dangling between sleep, unconscious and mortuary. Past and present under tension in these neoclassical monuments and sculptures dating back to the French colonial era. Or a fresco representing the Emir Abd el-Kader, spiritual and military leader who fought the French armies from 1832 to 1847 before laying the foundations of an Algerian state. "We live in a society traumatized by this colonization. A statue with a broken hand can then be the allegory of a sore country", underlines the artist.
Read also: Dignity in exile at the African Cinema Festival
The whole is occasionally bathed in a ghostly whiteness. Abdo Shanan approaches black and white film often using flash, strong contrasts and harsh light. This in order to translate this uncomfortable feeling of exile felt in Algeria, thus deepening its dramatization.
Identities and experiences
After an internship in the archives department of the Parisian agency Magnum, he notably imagined floating snapshots in close-ups reflecting the very soul of the Algerian popular protests of the Hirak ("movement"), severely repressed by the regime. We then measure how quickly he feels cramped under the iconic constraints of the emblematic image dear to photojournalism. Eager not to let himself be embattled by a reality formatted by certain media, he pursues a desired sensory work, while sometimes practicing a form of "self-censorship" in the face of a tense and uncertain social climate.
In Dry, the self is combined with the multiple, identity branches out in resonance with other lives dictated by exile and migration. This networking saw Abdo Shanan co-found Collective 220 in 2015, a collective bringing together photographers linked to Algeria to promote the 8th art, which lacks support and recognition in the country.
Abdo Shanan – Dry, Geneva Photography Center, until August 21.
TF1 and M6 want to say yes, but not at any price!
Panama hosted the preview of the film The Minamata Photographer


This charming design features playful monkeys leaping, hanging by their tails, or just sitting, in a forest of highly stylised trees, flowers and berries. Little birds flit in here and there, perch serenely or nibble at the magical fruit. An exquisite, understatedly playful, rhythmic shirt with a single button cuff.


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AMU Careers Careers & Learning Federal Intelligence
Intelligence Certifications: Coming to an Agency Near You
By Erik Kleinsmith, Staff, Intelligence Studies, American Military University
Why is the late Muhammad Ali considered by many to be the greatest boxer of all time? Simple: He told us he was. If only it were that easy for the rest of us.
Ali was a great boxer, but what about a baseball or football player? Is there a measurable difference between a good and great player? How about an actor, author, doctor, teacher or stockbroker? What's the measure of greatness in a career or profession? In almost every walk of life, there are many achievements and measures that help define greatness in an individual. Some are quantitative and many more are simply subjective.
For those looking to recruit or hire intelligence personnel, finding ways to discriminate between candidates' varying qualifications is a never-ending challenge. It's extremely difficult to determine and define which analysts are good, great or exceptional.
You can scrub thousands of resumes in an effort to find a match for a particular position and find several that meet the minimum qualifications. However, you will never have a guarantee that the person with the best resume will be the best performer or the best fit for the job. All recruiters have said at one point, "Hey, they looked great on paper."
How to Identify Great Intelligence Professionals
Besides the sheer diversity in the type of work of intelligence jobs, the main reason it's so hard to rate intel personnel is because the primary purpose of the job is to support someone else; that is, to support a customer, a decision maker, an operational planner, an investigator or even another analyst. An analyst's success is largely based on the customer's success. Whether customers are targeting enemy combatants, assisting in building a case for the prosecution, identifying bad people trying to enter the country or determining who is attacking a network, intelligence professionals provide support for customers to successfully do all these things.
Off the top, there are some obvious things that hiring managers and recruiters look for in candidates. Besides actual experience in a similar job, they also look for completion of academic degree programs and, most recently, professional certifications. Candidates who have a degree or certification in an intelligence-related subject show they have achieved a certain level of knowledge and applied skills, albeit dependent on the area of study.
Growth of Intelligence Certifications
While intelligence studies degree programs have been offered by American Military University and a handful of other universities for decades, intelligence certifications are relatively new compared to other professions like information technology and the medical field. These intelligence certifications are offered by the federal government as well as certain professional organizations. For example, two professional organizations that offer intelligence certifications are the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) and the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF). Both organizations are dedicated to advancing the standards of law enforcement and geospatial professionalism.
Agencies are working to develop more certifications, but, like any endeavor that involves a paradigm shift within the intelligence community, it is a slow and deliberate process.
Certifications in Development
The most recent certification development is managed by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Training & Education Board (DITEB). The DITEB has existed for several years within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD(I)) and has just recently started to create a series of accredited certifications and standards for intelligence professionals within the DoD.
Under the DITEB leadership, each of the various DoD intelligence schoolhouses are responsible for the development of certification standards and testing within their respective intel disciplines. There has been a growing emphasis on intelligence certifications that demonstrate analysts' understanding of some fairly foundational topics and have been designed in multiple levels. For example, the Level I certification standards for All-Source analysts developed by a program office within the Defense Intelligence Agency tests an analyst's knowledge of the joint intelligence process, creative and critical thinking, structured analytic techniques, and analytic communications (how to present and write in intel-speak).
Such initial levels of certification primarily show that an analyst has the aptitude to start in an entry-level position in intelligence. As an analyst seeks higher levels of certification (at this point, the concept is for four levels), they will prepare for a board of review that will investigate their level of knowledge in context with their relevant experience and presentation abilities.
How Certifications Will Change the Intel Job Market
While there are several sets of knowledge and experience standards in intelligence, we must acknowledge that the DITEB certs, as part of the DoD, will become the defining standards. As these intelligence certifications are released by the DoD, they will take hold within the intel community allowing other agencies to avoid reinventing the wheel.
Further, these standards will make their way into the commercial intel market, through both defense contractors who will need their people certified for specific contracts as well as in academia where these programs will undoubtedly be integrated into training and education programs.
[Related: Intelligence Work Expands Beyond the Core Intelligence Community (and so should your job search)]
Don't believe me? Take a look at the consequences of the recent DoD Regulation 8570, now superceded by DoD Reg. 8140. These regulations detail requirements for IT personnel to hold positions as network engineers, system security managers and other IT-related positions; even ethical hackers. These certifications, some of which are simply known as CISSP, CNDSP, CEH and Security+, have taken root within both government and commercial sectors, completely changing the qualifications that hiring managers look for to fill IT positions. Intel certifications also originating from within the U.S. DoD are expected to have the same effect as these IT certifications.
As of today, there are no requirements to be certified in order to be hired or stay in any specific intel position. But make no mistake, certifications are coming and will affect almost everyone in intelligence. As these certifications are accredited and accepted within U.S. DoD intelligence agencies, they will be seen as a discriminator among job applicants. As certifications become more widely accepted and assigned to contractor positions within the federal government, they will become disqualifiers for job applicants. Those seeking jobs as well as those currently working in intelligence positions should consider completing the DITEB and similar professional certifications as they become available.
About the Author: Erik Kleinsmith is the Associate Vice President for Strategic Relationships in Intelligence, National & Homeland Security, and Cyber for American Military University. He is a former Army Intelligence Officer and the former portfolio manager for Intelligence & Security Training at Lockheed Martin. Erik is one of the subjects of a book entitled The Watchers by Shane Harris, which covered his work on a program called Able Danger tracking Al-Qaeda prior to 9/11. He currently resides in Virginia with his wife and two children.
Leischen Kranick
Leischen Kranick is a Managing Editor at AMU Edge. She has 15 years of experience writing articles and producing podcasts on topics relevant to law enforcement, fire services, emergency management, private security, and national security.


Comforter, truth-giver, inspirer, sanctifier, advocate, breath of life, heavenly dove, wind, fire, power, gift-giver, third person of the Trinity… The Spirit has been perceived in a huge range of ways, in Scripture, and over the centuries. The last 100 years have seen the particular visibility of the Holy Spirit in the rapid rise of Pentecostal and charismatic churches and movements. The Reformed tradition has had a specific emphasis on the work of the Spirit, seeing the Church as semper Reformanda –"always being reformed" – by the Word and the Spirit. The Spirit blesses the Church as the immediate presence of God, lifting God's people closer to the glory of the Trinity. The Spirit is encountered in worship, both as the focus of worship, and in lifting people closer to God. Sunday services, baptism, confirmation, daily prayer – each is given life in the power of the Spirit.
An emphasis on the power of the Spirit can be seen as pointing to the Spirit's impersonal nature. Yet, Scripture sees the Spirit as personal, as one of the three persons of the Trinity, and, in relating to people as persons and drawing people into relationship with the triune God, redefining our understanding of what it means to be human.
The Holy Spirit is the "someone" (not "something") who most needs a radical welcome into the Church's life! Though often ignored, resisted or misunderstood, his role is so fundamental that Jesus banned his disciples from mission until the Spirit had first clothed them with power for the task. With Jesus now seated at the Father's right hand, it is the Holy Spirit who continues his work on earth, who makes God's presence real in our experience and who equips us for our task. Four aspects of his role are vital for the Church.
First, the Holy Spirit is the one who brings about spiritual birth into the Kingdom of God. Individual experiences are unique, and the details of the Spirit's activity are as unpredictable as the wind. But one fact is plain: If a person is a Christian, it is because the Holy Spirit has been at work. Nobody can call Jesus their Lord unless the Spirit has birthed that faith in them.
The Holy Spirit is the most elusive person within the mystery of the Trinity. Our capacity to encounter this person is not a question of intellect and study but of prayer and contemplation. He or she comes to us in different ways, awakening us to the presence of God in the deepest intimacy of our souls.
Countless books have been written on this question and numerous answers given. Many have gone straight to Scripture and said: "This is the Holy Spirit." However, I fear that a dogmatic approach causes us to miss out on a fuller, more dynamic view and experience.
Avoiding blasphemy, "the invisible man" is what I call the Holy Spirit. We can get our heads around the idea of God even if we haven't seen him, as many believe there is a higher being, or force, somewhere out there in the universe. Jesus is a matter of historical evidence, but Spirit?
"The invisible man" is all that Jesus says he is in the Gospel of John; he truly is our helper, our comforter and teaches us everything that pertains to life and the Christian faith.


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			}
		},
		y : function(py) {
			if ( arguments.length ) {
				this._string[this._positions[1]] = py - this._oy;
				return this;
			} else {
				return this._string[this._positions[1]] + this._oy;
			}
		},
		z : function(pz) {
			if ( arguments.length ) {
				this._string[this._positions[2]] = pz - this._oz;
				return this;
			} else {
				return this._string[this._positions[2]] + this._oz;
			}
		},
		position : function( px, py, pz) {
			this._string[this._positions[0]] = px - this._ox;
			this._string[this._positions[1]] = py - this._oy;
			if ( arguments.length >= 3 ) this._string[this._positions[2]] = pz - this._oz;
			return this;
		},

		  /////////////////////////////////////////////
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		move : function(px,py,pz) {
			this._string[this._positions[0]] += px;
			this._string[this._positions[1]] += py;
			if ( arguments.length >= 3 ) this._string[this._positions[2]] += pz;
			return this;
		},

		  /////////////////////////////////////////////
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		rotationX : function(rx) {
			if ( arguments.length ) {
				this._string[this._positions[3]] = rx;
				return this;
			} else {
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			}
		},
		rotationY : function(ry) {
			if ( arguments.length ) {
				this._string[this._positions[4]] = ry;
				return this;
			} else {
				return this._string[this._positions[4]];
			}
		},
		rotationZ : function(rz) {
			if ( arguments.length ) {
				this._string[this._positions[5]] = rz;
				return this;
			} else {
				return this._string[this._positions[5]];
			}
		},
		rotation : function(rx,ry,rz) {
			this._string[this._positions[3]] = rx;
			this._string[this._positions[4]] = ry;
			this._string[this._positions[5]] = rz;
			return this;
		},

		  /////////////////////////////////////////////
		 //////////// Rotation / relative ////////////
		/////////////////////////////////////////////
		rotate : function(rx,ry,rz) {
			this._string[this._positions[3]] += rx;
			this._string[this._positions[4]] += ry;
			this._string[this._positions[5]] += rz;
			return this;
		},

		  /////////////////////////////////////////////
		 /////////////////   Scale  //////////////////
		/////////////////////////////////////////////
		scaleX : function(sx) {
			if ( arguments.length ) {
				this._string[this._positions[6]] = sx;
				return this;
			} else {
				return this._string[this._positions[6]];
			}
		},
		scaleY : function(sy) {
			if ( arguments.length ) {
				this._string[this._positions[7]] = sy;
				return this;
			} else {
				return this._string[this._positions[7]];
			}
		},
		scaleZ : function(sz) {
			if ( arguments.length ) {
				this._string[this._positions[8]] = sz;
				return this;
			} else {
				return this._string[this._positions[8]];
			}
		},
		scale : function(sx,sy,sz) {
			switch(arguments.length){
				case 0:
					return this._string[this._positions[6]];
				case 1:
					this._string[this._positions[6]] = sx;
					this._string[this._positions[7]] = sx;
					this._string[this._positions[8]] = sx;
					return this;
				case 2:
					this._string[this._positions[6]] = sx;
					this._string[this._positions[7]] = sy;
					//this._string[this._positions[8]] = 1;
					return this;
				case 3:
					this._string[this._positions[6]] = sx;
					this._string[this._positions[7]] = sy;
					this._string[this._positions[8]] = sz;
					return this;
			}
			return this;
		},

		  /////////////////////////////////////////////
		 /////////////////  Origin  //////////////////
		/////////////////////////////////////////////
		origin : function(ox,oy,oz) {
			// failed attempt at auto-centering the registration point of the object
			if ( typeof(ox) === "string" ) {
				/*
				switch(ox){
					case "center":
						this._string[this._positions[0]] = -this.offsetWidth>>1;
						this._string[this._positions[1]] = -this.offsetHeight>>1;
						debugger
						console.log("centering");
						break;
				}
				*/
				var cs = window.getComputedStyle(this,null);
				console.log(cs);
				console.log("w:"+ cs.getPropertyValue("width") + " || h: " + cs.height );
			} else {
				if (arguments.length<3) oz = 0;
				this._string[this._positions[0]] += this._ox - ox;
				this._string[this._positions[1]] += this._oy - oy;
				this._string[this._positions[2]] += this._oz - oz;
				this._ox = ox;
				this._oy = oy;
				this._oz = oz;
			}
			return this;
		},

		  /////////////////////////////////////////////
		 ////////////  Transform Origin  /////////////
		/////////////////////////////////////////////
		transformOrigin : function(tx,ty) {
			this.style[ Sprite3D._browserPrefix + "TransformOrigin" ] = (Number(tx)?tx+"px":tx) + " " + (Number(ty)?ty+"px":ty);
			return this;
		},

		  /////////////////////////////////////////////
		 ////////////  Transform String  /////////////
		/////////////////////////////////////////////
		transformString : function(s) {
			var parts = s.toLowerCase().split(" "),
				numParts = parts.length,
				i = 0,
				strings = [],
				positions = [ 0,0,0, 0,0,0, 0,0,0 ],
				n = 0;

			for(i;i<numParts;i++){
				switch( parts[i] ){
					case "p":
					case "position":
					case "translate":
					// todo: use rx ry rz (regPoint) when re-defining transform order
						n = strings.push( "translate3d(", this._string[this._positions[0]], "px,", this._string[this._positions[1]], "px,", this._string[this._positions[2]], "px) " );
						positions[0] = n-6;
						positions[1] = n-4;
						positions[2] = n-2;
						break;
					case "rx":
					case "rotatex":
					case "rotationx":
						n = strings.push( "rotateX(", this._string[this._positions[3]], "deg) " );
						positions[3] = n-2;
						break;
					case "ry" :
					case "rotatey":
					case "rotationy":
						n = strings.push( "rotateY(", this._string[this._positions[4]], "deg) " );
						positions[4] = n-2;
						break;
					case "rz":
					case "rotatez":
					case "rotationz":
						n = strings.push( "rotateZ(", this._string[this._positions[5]], "deg) " );
						positions[5] = n-2;
						break;
					case "s":
					case "scale":
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						positions[6] = n-6;
						positions[7] = n-4;
						positions[8] = n-2;
						break;
				}
			}

			this._string = strings;
			this._positions = positions;

			return this;
		},

		  /////////////////////////////////////////////
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		/////////////////////////////////////////////
		updateJoin : function(){
			this.style[Sprite3D._transformProperty] = this._string.join("");
			return this;
		},

		update : function(){
			var s = "";
			this._string.every( function(value){ s += value; return true; } );
			this.style[Sprite3D._transformProperty] = s;
			return this;
		},

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		//////////// Perspective helper function ////////////
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			switch(arguments.length) {
				case 0:
					return this.style[Sprite3D._browserPrefix + "Perspective"];

				case 1:
					this.style[Sprite3D._browserPrefix + "Perspective"] = (typeof(value)==="string")?value:value+"px";
					return this;
			}
		},

		//////////// CSS helper function ////////////
		css : function(name, value) {
			switch(arguments.length) {
				case 0:
					return this.style;
				case 1:
					return this.style[name];
				case 2:
					this.style[name] = value;
					return this;
				case 3:
					this.style[Sprite3D._browserPrefix + name] = value;
					return this;
			}
		},

		//////////// HTML helper function ////////////
		html : function(value) {
			if (arguments.length){
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				return this;
			}else{
				return this.innerHTML;
			}
			return this;
		},

		//////////// SIZE helper function ////////////
		size: function(width, height){
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			this.style.height = Number(height)?height+"px":height;
			return this;
		},

		//////////// BIND helper function ////////////
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			if(typeof(events)==="object"){
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					this.addEventListener( i, events[i], false );
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				this.addEventListener( arguments[0], arguments[1], false );
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					this.removeEventListener( i, events[i], false );
				}
			} else if(arguments.length===2) {
				this.removeEventListener( arguments[0], arguments[1], false );
			}
			return this;
		},

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			return this;
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			return this;
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		set : function(name, value) {
			this[name] = value;
			return this;
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China Medical System (0867.HK): Accelerating Development and Stepping to a New Height Driven by Innovation
April 2, 2021 July 19, 2021 RJ
HONG KONG, Apr 2, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – As the earning season approaches, once again listed pharmaceutical companies are attracting the attention of the public. Recently, China Medical System Holdings Limited ("CMS" or the "Company") has released its annual results, with both revenue and profit higher than market expectations. According to its 2020 annual results, turnover is up by 14.4% to RMB6.946 billion; net profit up by 30.7% to RMB2.556 billion; basic earnings per share up to RMB1.024, with a proposed final dividend of RMB0.20 per share.
In the past, influenced by expectations of the effects of China's centralized procurement policy and the Company's product transition, CMS's valuation in the capital market was once under pressure, but with the Company's strategic transformation from a CSO to an innovative pharmaceutical company, coupled with its own solid business growth, its share price has gained a significant increase in the past few months, but is still relatively low in the capital market. The Company's current dynamic P/E ratio is only about 13x, with a market value of HK$ 39.4 billion. However, market values of innovative pharmaceutical companies without profits such as BeiGene and Junshi Biosciences have well exceeded HK$50 billion or even HK$100 billion in HKEX. This shows that the share price of the Company does not reflect its real value after its transformation. It's worth digging deeper into the innovative pipeline of the Company to take a look at its long-term growth potential and the inevitability of valuation increase.
1. Firm in transition, the Company is using S&D model to drive its innovative development
Looking back at its history, the Company began introducing exclusive or original drugs from multinational pharmaceutical companies through rights control or exclusive sales agreement early in 2010, creating a unique "CMS Model". Under this model, the Company has accumulated a strong network of overseas upstream resources and good reputation, and formed a strong product evaluation system. However, considering the potential impacts of the Company's existing products, which are all original or exclusive drugs with expired patents or no patents, and China's centralized procurement policy on performance growth, CMS began to actively adjust its business strategy and transformed into an innovative pharmaceutical company at full speed since the end of 2017.
The true meaning of rebirth lies in the courage to kill your past self. As a CSO leader, CMS takes advantage of its competences in deployment of innovative drugs in its gradual transformation, and has formed a development path that is different from most other biotechs and innovative pharmaceutical companies.
First of all, the Company's original business has maintained a steady growth over the years and generated strong cash flow, which has given itself the confidence to further expand its business, while its long-term accumulated resources and networks overseas have also given it more opportunities to quickly deploy overseas innovative resources. For various reasons, CMS has transformed itself into a venture investor in overseas pharmaceutical companies and actively promoted its presence in the innovative drug field. Through equity investment in overseas biotech companies and strategic cooperation, the Company has rapidly formed a R&D pipeline covering a number of innovative products in just around three years.
The following are some highlights of the Company's deployment of innovative drugs:
a) Excellent BD capability and mature system help CMS enter into the innovative drug field quickly
Compared with the R&D (research & development) path, which is common in pharmaceutical companies, the Company adopts an S&D (search & development) model, i.e., gradually enriching its innovative pipeline through global search for quality innovative drug projects and early R&D participation. This model particularly tests the Company's ability to screen and evaluate products.
Looking back at the Company's history, as a leading CSO company, CMS' unique vision and product selection ability has been fully verified by the introduction of a series of blockbuster original products with clear efficacy, sufficient clinical evidence and competitive differentiation in the past. The Company has also achieved excellent performance with these quality products for a long time. And with the transition, this long-tested ability is continuing to help its selection of innovative products.
In fact, as the fastest way to deploy innovative drugs, the Company has also polished a complete and mature BD system. From top-level design, introduction strategy, clinical development in China, to the match with existing products and sales teams, and even product commercialization, CMS has built a thorough mechanism and cultural foundation that are suitable for the growth and commercialization of innovative drugs.
In the past three years, CMS has quickly acquired more than 20 innovative products with unique competitive advantages, including Diazepam Nasal Spray, Tildrakizumab, Cyclosporine Eye Drops 0.09%, etc., and achieved great results, which fully validates its strong and sustainable BD capability and forms a competitive moat, providing CMS with opportunities to achieve a higher premium valuation.
b) Avoiding competition in overpopular products, CMS tries to find "diamond in the rough" with a differentiated product selection strategy
In fact, according to its footprint in innovative product deployment, due to its innate promotion-driven genes, the Company is more capable of exploring new products from the perspective of marketing and promotion. It does not blindly pile up popular products, but takes cost effectiveness, market potential and whether meeting unmet market needs as the benchmarks, and takes a long-term view of the commercial prospects and the localization value of the innovative pipeline.
In recent years, there have been pharmaceutical companies who spend a lot of money to buy some seemingly sexy, but very competitive drugs. Taking PD-1 for example, its R&D costs hundreds of millions of dollars, but the competition between pharmaceutical companies is fierce. With the price reduction caused by national centralized procurement, it is clear there has been serious involution in this field. This is the kind of fields that CMS has been intentionally avoiding in its selection process. The innovative drugs that the Company has acquired all have differentiated competitive edges and considerable market potential. Taking the products mentioned above as examples, Diazepam Nasal Spray is an innovative drug targeting acute repetitive seizures that is convenient to use outside the medical setting with a very rapid onset of action; Tildrakizumab is a novel monoclonal antibody targeting IL-23 with high cost-effectiveness for the treatment of psoriasis; Cyclosporine Eye Drops 0.09% is a novel, preservative-free, clear ophthalmic solution using a globally patented nanotechnology for the treatment of dry eye.
In addition, let's take the Methotrexate Pre-filled Syringe/Pen introduced by the Company last year as an example to see the characteristics of its deployment of innovative drugs. Methotrexate is an API with a long history, and is referred to in many articles as one of the ten landmark drugs in human history, while many biological agents under development now are also clinically compared with methotrexate injections for equivalence. But even so, as an inexpensive and efficacious old drug, there are severe gastrointestinal side effects in oral preparations resulting in decreased patient compliance, and there is currently neither pre-filled methotrexate injection products approved, nor methotrexate injectables for the treatment of RA on Chinese market. It is based on this typical unmet clinical need that the Company chose to introduce this drug to fill the market gap.
c) Rapid clinical advancement capability with significant organizational and institutional strengths
Although CMS does not have a CMO with a strong background for the time being, its medical team and clinical capabilities should not be underestimated. In terms of clinical works, CMS plays its resource advantages in clinical development by strictly controlling the core clinical processes such as clinical protocol formulation, patient enrollment and quality control, and cooperates with CROs to jointly promote clinical projects in China.
Most of CMS's innovative drugs are in late clinical stages or already marketed in the U.S. or Europe. So, in the design of clinical trials in China, the Company's medical team needs to refer to the clinical protocols of its overseas partners, and then make adjustments and innovations to make the protocols suitable for the Chinese market. Currently, all of the registration trials are progressing smoothly. In addition, with its 3,000+ professional promotion staff and a wide range of hospital and physician resources, CMS has the solid strength needed to quickly enroll clinical patients and promote the clinical development of products. For example, on March 11, the Company announced that it had completed enrollment of all 220 subjects required in the registration bridging trial of its blockbuster innovative drug Tildrakizumab in China in just 2.5 months.
d) Strong academic promotion capability helps commercialization of innovative drugs
With more than two decades of successful experience in academic promotion, the Company has accumulated extensive industrial and network resources to carry out the commercialization of innovative products in the future. Its well-established system has also been providing great support to the commercialization of innovative products whether in terms of compliance management, digitalization, or team management and training.
The Company has repeatedly mentioned in financial reports its efforts in refining management and compliant marketing, such as optimizing organizational structure, strengthening application of digital tools, enhancing compliance training, etc. Meanwhile, the Company has made continuous efforts on digital promotion for many years, thanks to which, its selling expense ratio has remained at around 22% for years, which is at a relatively low level in the industry. In addition, the Company has a professional team and organizational system. By the end of 2020, the Company's academic promotion system has covered about 57,000 hospitals and medical institutions nationwide, with 3,300 professional academic promotion staff. As a company noted for sales and promotion ability, its strong professional academic promotion capability and compliant and efficient system will bring broad market prospects for its innovative products once commercialized.
2. Great market potential for the innovative pipeline and great room for growth for the Company
According to the Company's financial report, by the end of 2020, the Company has more than 20 innovative products with relatively high innovation level, high market potential and competitive differentiation advantages, among which, 9 products have been approved for marketing in the U.S. and/or Europe, and 3 products are in the registration clinical trials in China.
According to the R&D progress of its products, the Company is expected to have a number of blockbuster products marketed in succession, which may provide new growth points for the Company.
Next, let's take a look at some of the blockbuster products that are expected to be marketed soon as well as their market potential:
a) Diazepam Nasal Spray
The product is indicated for acute repetitive seizures in patients six years of age and older, and is expected to be marketed this year. It has received marketing approval from the U.S. FDA, and the Company has completed dosing and blood sample collection of all subjects in the registration trial in China in 2020, and is expected to submit an NDA in the near future.
According to Chinese epidemiological data, it is estimated that there are approximately 6 million active epilepsy patients in China, with an additional 400,000 new patients each year. According to the 2002 WHO Demonstration Project, only 37% of Chinese patients with active epilepsy received medication with a treatment gap of 63%, which means only about 2 million patients with active epilepsy received regular treatment. Of the 2 million patients, 20-30% are out of effective control, with an average of nearly 70 recurrent seizures per year. Therefore, it can be estimated that the product's target patient population is at least 400,000, assuming an average of 30 seizures per person per year, and a selling price of RMB300 per spray (with reference to the selling price of about US$300 per spray in the U.S.), the market potential of the product will exceed RMB3 billion per year.
b) Cyclosporine Eye Drops 0.09%
Expected to be launched next year, Cyclosporine Eye Drops 0.09% is used to increase tear production in patients with dry eye, and has a global nanotechnology patent. The Company received the clinical trial notice of the product from NMPA of China in June 2020 and completed the first subject dosing in December, expecting the product to be launched in 2022.
Data shows that the incidence of dry eye in China is about 21-30%, while epidemiological data shows that patients with moderate-to-severe dry eye account for about 40% of dry eye patients. According to this projection, there are over 100 million patients with moderate-to-severe dry eye in China. Since there are various channels of treatment for eye diseases in China, assuming a 10% hospital visit rate for patients with moderate-to-severe dry eye, the target treatment population would be about 10 million. In terms of treatment cost, the clinical study of Cyclosporine Eye Drops 0.09% shows significant improvement in the primary endpoint after 12 weeks of treatment with 2 doses of the product per day, so assuming a 12-week treatment course of the product and a treatment cost of RMB25 per dose (with reference to the selling price of about RMB25 per dose of Zirun(R) 0.05% Cyclosporine Eye Drops (II) of Sinqi Ophthalmic Medications), the product would cost about RMB4,000 per treatment course. Combined with the target population of about 10 million projected above, the market potential for this drug will exceed RMB3 billion if the Company could cover 8% of the patients.
c) Tildrakizumab
Tildrakizumab is used for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, and has already been approved for marketing in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Japan. In China, with the completion of all subject enrollment in the registration clinical trial, the product is expected to be marketed in 2022.
Chinese epidemiological data shows that the incidence of psoriasis in China is about 0.47%, with a total number of patients exceeding 6.5 million. Among them, about 30%, or 2 million patients, are with moderate-to-severe psoriasis. Regarding the current market size of monoclonal antibodies for psoriasis in China, according to the prices of monoclonal antibodies already approved, which generally cost tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands in RMB for annual treatment, and taking into account the price reduction in NRDL price negotiations, RMB100,000 can be taken as the average annual treatment cost. Assuming that the penetration rate of biologics in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis can reach about 20% in the future, the entire market size of monoclonal antibodies for psoriasis will exceed RMB40 billion. With the Company's strong sales and promotion ability, assuming that the product takes 12% of the market share in the future, the peak sales could reach about RMB5 billion.
d) Others
By 2023, the Company's products such as Plenity (an innovative weight loss product), Desidustat (indicated for CKD anemia), Methotrexate Pre-filled Syringe/Pen (pre-filled injectables indicated for RA) and Methylene Blue MMX (enhancing lesion detection during colonoscopy) are expected to be approved for marketing, all of which also have a market potential of at least RMB1 billion.
Taking Methotrexate Pre-filled Syringe/Pen as an example, it is easy to use, convenient for self-administration at home, and strikes a greater balance of efficacy and safety, excellent tolerability and compliance. With 5 million RA patients in China, the peak sales of this product is estimated to exceed RMB1 billion . Methylene Blue MMX is also a product with promising market potential. It has been clinically proven to improve the detection of all lesions during colonoscopy and is easy to use. If it is included into the routine procedure of full-spectrum colonoscopy in the future, the sales potential of this product is estimated to be at least RMB1 billion as there about 10 million colonoscopy cases in total in China.
To conclude, CMS's advantages in deployment of innovative products come from two aspects. On the one hand, the Company's strong BD ability built up in its long-term development gives it the confidence and strength to quickly enter the innovative drug field, and at the same time, it does not blindly chase after popular products, but focuses on digging overseas quality innovative products with relatively high market potential and unmet market demand using its differentiated product selection strategy. On the other hand, the resource advantages based on the strong marketing and promotion system empower the Company with rapid clinical advancement ability and strong academic promotion ability, which strongly supports the clinical development and commercialization of innovative products. Based on all these, CMS has made remarkable achievements in its transformation, and it is believed that with the marketing of blockbuster innovative products, the Company's value will be re-recognized by the market and its valuation will usher in a new leap.
After CMS released its annual results, several institutions have published research reports that are optimistic about the Company's transformation focusing on innovative drugs and its long-term potential. First Shanghai Financial Group emphasized CMS's unique vision of product selection, strong profitability of BD projects, and high efficiency in clinical development of blockbuster innovative products. It projected that CMS will have six innovative drugs marketed in China in the next three years, and with the Company's strong academic promotion ability and the products' own differentiation advantages, it's believed that once these products are marketed, they're expected to bring considerable contribution to the Company's performance. Industrial Securities mentioned that the Company's Cyclosporine Eye Drops 0.09% and Tildrakizumab are expected to be approved in 2022 and four other innovative products to be approved in 2023. With the successive launch of these innovative products, the Company's product mix is expected to be significantly optimized.
In addition, Citi reported that the Company's management is committed to acquiring licenses for five competitive innovative drugs each year, and the nasal spray for epilepsy is also planned to be launched in China this year, which are expected to continuously contribute to its revenue; meanwhile, the Company has several other drugs that are expected to be launched in China in the next few years, based on which Citi raised its earnings forecast for 2021 and 2022 by 39% and 57%, respectively. At the same time, Citi raised its target price of CMS by 134% to HK$26 from HK$11.1, with a "buy" rating.
In summary, it is not difficult to find that all these institutions have full recognition of CMS in its presence in the innovative drug field. They have all raised their target prices of the Company based upon the Company's performance and potential. Compared with ordinary investors, professional institutions tend to have a deeper understanding of the industry and the enterprise. These bullish reports have all shown that, despite the fact that the Company's share price has almost doubled in the year, they still have full confidence in the Company's future potential.
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Public Release: 21-Jan-2014
Small elliptical exercise device may promote activity while sitting
IMAGE: This image shows the small, under desk elliptical exercise device. view more
Credit: Penn State
People may be able to keep the weight off by using a compact elliptical device while sitting at a desk or watching TV, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
"Adults in the United States spend more than 11 hours per day sitting while doing things like watching television and working on a computer," said Liza Rovniak, assistant professor of medicine and public health sciences. "Evidence suggests that this sedentary lifestyle has contributed to average weight gains of one to two pounds per year among U.S. adults over the last 20 years."
While moderate and vigorous physical activity are usually emphasized in exercise programs, low-intensity physical activity may also help with weight control. Combining low-intensity physical activity with things like watching television could also help eliminate the time barrier that prevents regular physical activity.
The researchers looked at using a compact elliptical device to increase physical activity while sitting. They chose this device because it is lower in cost than other options like treadmill desks, is quiet and requires only a small floor area.
Scientists selected 32 participants who used the elliptical device while sitting in a standard office chair. The researchers monitored their energy use, heart rate and other biometrics. They were also asked how much interest they had in using the device while watching television, using a computer, reading, in a meeting and in general.
The results suggest a majority -- 86 percent -- of participants could expend enough energy in one hour a day to prevent weight gain. The other 14 percent would have had the same result if they increased the pace of pedaling slightly.
"Assuming participants held other components of energy balance constant, daily use of the elliptical device for one hour might result in a weight loss of 5.2 pounds per year and help prevent the one-to-two pound annual weight gain among U.S. adults," Rovniak said.
Participants also reported a high interest in using an elliptical device while watching television and using a computer, but not while in office meetings.
"Since watching television and using a computer are among the most common reasons people sit, the compact elliptical device might hold potential as a way to increase people's daily caloric expenditure," Rovniak said.
Because of its compact design, it can be placed in areas that are close to where a person sits, giving visual prompts to use the device.
The researchers still need to study whether compact elliptical devices can sustain increases in the amount of energy expended over longer periods of time and whether the devices improve health.
"By continuing to explore how best to use elliptical devices and other energy expenditure strategies across diverse settings, it may ultimately be possible to reach enough people to alter rates of chronic diseases associated with inactive lifestyles," Rovniak said.
Other researchers on this project were LeAnn Denlinger, Ellen Duveneck and Christopher Sciamanna, Department of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; Lan Kong, Department of Public Health Sciences; Andris Freivalds, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Penn State; and Chester A. Ray, Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine.
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Foods That May Have Been on the Menu
Seafood: Cod, Eel, Clams, Lobster
Wild Fowl: Wild Turkey, Goose, Duck, Crane, Swan, Partridge, Eagles
Meat: Venison, Seal
Grain: Wheat Flour, Indian Corn
Vegetables: Pumpkin, Peas, Beans, Onions, Lettuce, Radishes, Carrots
Fruit: Plums, Grapes
Nuts: Walnuts, Chestnuts, Acorns
Herbs and Seasonings: Olive Oil, Liverwort, Leeks, Dried Currants, Parsnips
Surprisingly, the following foods, all considered staples of the modern Thanksgiving meal, didn't appear on the pilgrim's first feast table:
What Was Not on the Menu
Ham: There is no evidence that the colonists had butchered a pig by this time, though they had brought pigs with them from England.
Sweet Potatoes/Potatoes: These were not common.
Corn on the Cob: Corn was kept dried out at this time of year.
Cranberry Sauce: The colonists had cranberries but no sugar at this time.
Pumpkin Pie: It's not a recipe that exists at this point, though the pilgrims had recipes for stewed pumpkin.
Chicken/Eggs: We know that the colonists brought hens with them from England, but it's unknown how many they had left at this point or whether the hens were still laying.
Milk: No cows had been aboard the Mayflower, though it's possible that the colonists used goat milk to make cheese.
Thanksgiving Shares
Though it was not called Thanksgiving at the time, what we recognize as the first Thanksgiving feast was celebrated in 1621 by the pilgrims of the Plymouth colony along with about 90 Wampanoag Indians. The Pilgrims had suffered through a devastating winter in which nearly half their number died. Without the help of the Indians, all would have perished.
After the first harvest, Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and prayer to God. The food, which was eaten outdoors, included corn, geese, turkeys, ducks, eel, clams, leeks, plums, cod, bass, barley, venison and corn bread. The feast lasted 3 days. Though the exact date is unknown, the feast clearly took place in late autumn.
In 1623, a period of drought was answered by colonists with a proclamation of prayer and fasting. This prayer and fasting was changed to another thanksgiving celebration when rains came during the prayers. Later that year, Governor Bradford proclaimed November 29 as a time for pilgrims to gather and "listen to ye pastor and render thanksgiving to ye Almighty God for all His blessings."
Throughout American history, there were many thanksgiving proclamations and celebrations. In 1789 George Washington proclaimed a National Thanksgiving Day on the last Thursday in November, in honor of the new United States Constitution. Thomas Jefferson, the third president, later discontinued it, calling it "a kingly practice."
In 1863, Sarah Joseph Hale, the author of the poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb," convinced Abraham Lincoln to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday. For the date she chose the last Thursday in November because of Washington's proclamation. In 1941, it was officially changed to the fourth Thursday in November.
Since Abraham Lincoln's proclamation, it has been a custom that all presidents of the United States make Thanksgiving proclamations every year. One of geowgr W. Busch's proclamations came just two months after the September 11 tragedy. He stated that In thankfulness and humility, we acknowledge, especially now, our dependence on One greater than ourselves.
All of the early Thanksgiving celebrations had one thing in common. The thanksgiving was directed toward God. It did not matter that many had very hard times. The people knew that God was their creator and provider and that all good things ultimately came from Him. It is in this spirit that we bring you the following passages from God's Word:
Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
--1 Chronicles 16:8
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
-- Psalm 100:4
--Psalm 105:1
He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
--Romans 14:6
Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
-- 1 Corinthian 15:57
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
--Colossians 3:17
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
--1 Thessalonians 5:18
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Q: Generate szenarios with differnet means from data frame I have the following data frame:
           Cluster  OPS(4)  mean(ln)  std(ln)
0           5-894  5-894a     2.203    0.775
1           5-894  5-894b     2.203    0.775
2           5-894  5-894c     2.203    0.775
3           5-894  5-894d     2.203    0.775
4           5-894  5-894e     2.203    0.775

For each surgery type (in column OPS(4)) I would like to generate 10.000 scenarios which should be stored in another data frame.
I know, that I can create scenarios with:
 num_reps = 10.000
 scenarios  = np.ceil(np.random.lognormal(mean, std, num_reps))

And the new data frame should look like this whith 10,000 scenarios in each column:
scen_per_surg = pd.DataFrame(index=range(num_reps), columns=merged_information['OPS(4)'])

OPS(4) 5-894a 5-894b 5-894c 5-894d 5-894e
0         NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN
1         NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN
2         NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN
3         NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN
4         NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN
5         NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN    NaN
...

Unfortunately, I don't know how to iterate over the rows of the first data frame to create the scenarios.
Can somebody help me?
Best regards

A: Create some experimenting data
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame(data=[
                          [ '5-894' , '5-894a'  ,   2.0 ,   0.70],
                          [ '5-894' , '5-894b'  ,   2.1 ,   0.71],
                          [ '5-894' , '5-894c'  ,   2.2 ,   0.72],
                          [ '5-894' , '5-894d'  ,   2.3 ,   0.73],
                          [ '5-894' , '5-894e'  ,   2.4 ,   0.74] ], columns =['Cluster', 'OPS(4)', 'mean(ln)', 'std(ln)'])
print(df)

create an empty dataframe
new_df = pd.DataFrame()

Define a function that will be applied to each row of the original df and generates the random values required and assign it to a column in new df
import numpy as np
def geb_scenarios(row):
  # print(row)
  col, mean, std = row[1:]
  new_df[col] = np.ceil(np.random.lognormal(mean, std, 10))

Apply the function
df.apply(geb_scenarios, axis=1)
print(new_df)