Earlier this month I had the opportunity to participate in a fascinating conference panel at the 17th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Panel sessions explored mediumship, spirit possession, depression and others issues from an anthropological perspective. All presentations can be heard under the Events tab on the website of the Afterlife Research Centre. My paper looked at a phenomenon in which people are allegedly transported from one location to another by non-physical means. In the research literature this phenomenon is sometimes known as parateleportation and it has frequently been reported by Aboriginal people of the Australian Western Desert area. I am making a written copy of the conference paper available here.
This paper is essentially about paradigms and genuine scientific engagement with things we do not yet understand. It reflects my strong view that anthropology can make significant contributions to our understanding of consciousness and the full spectrum of the human experience. There are two key aspects that strongly position anthropology to make such contribution in my view: first is our relationship with peoples whose paradigms of the world are not confined by materialism and who instead view life to include both physical and extraphysical dimensions. In other words, we are consistently confronted with experiences and world-views that challenge us to go beyond our own cultural preconceptions. Second, is the requirement of our positioning as cultural translators, to not simply accept the paradigms and interpretations of our informants, but continuously seek to distill universal human principles that underpin cultural variation, and thereby develop new models of understanding the human experience.
I have on previous occasions focused on the out-of-body experience (projection of consciousness, astral projection) as a significant area of research (e.g. McCaul 2003, 2008). Not only does that experience go to the heart of our understanding of life beyond the physical dimension, but it is also both ubiquitous among indigenous cultures (Sheils 1978) and potentially achievable by the anthropologist. This latter aspect is relevant not only from our own disciplinary priority of participant-observation, but also means that the experience can be explored "from within" in accordance with Charles Tart's proposal of state-specific sciences (Tart 1998). A full understanding of the OBE profoundly challenges the conventional materialistic paradigm and challenges us to develop new models of understanding reality (unless of course we seek to explain away the significant data about the experience from a position of fundamentalist reductionism).
This again advocates that there is a need for a broader paradigm if we want to genuinely understand the full range of experiences of consciousness, but the experiences it draws on are, in my view, of a different order than the by now very extensively reported and documented OBE (Vieira 2002). It was prompted by accounts of seemingly impossible human feats from among Aboriginal people of the Australian Western Desert region. They were the type of accounts that most non-Aboriginal people who heard them would smile at benignly while "knowing", from within the security of their own paradigm, that they could be no more than "old wives tales". If we move beyond that security, however, into the space of genuine scientific inquiry we need to consider whether these accounts are more than simple indications of cultural beliefs, but may in fact be pointing to an understanding of reality that reflects genuine experience rather than misguided tralatitious belief.
Life beyond the physical dimension features strongly among Australian Aboriginal people. The benign and malign actions of spirits, the ability of old people to connect with creation ancestors in their sleep through out-of-body experiences, and the ability of humans to influence the natural environment through song and ceremony are all widely reported and well documented (Berndt 1947, Elkin 1977). Significantly for the phenomenon discussed here, song appears to be a methodology for interdimensional communication, i.e. a way in which physical people evoke and obtain particular assistance from extraphysical people.
The ethnographic data for this paper is derived from the Western Desert of Australia. The Western Desert area is the largest homogenous cultural area in Australia stretching from just to the east of the coast of Western Australia at Broome to Oodnadatta and Coober Pedy in South Australia and from the Nullarbor Plain in the south to Yuendumu and Balgo in the north (see map). This vast area is marked by significant linguistic and cultural cohesion, argued convincingly by Berndt (1959) to reflect a single cultural bloc. This cohesion is expressed up until the present through significant mobility across this region including for the purpose of large ceremonial processes uniting people from the far-flung communities (Peterson 2000). The information discussed in this paper is from the south-eastern extent of this vast area, in South Australia where I have been working in Aboriginal affairs since 2000.
The Western Desert area is one of the main bastions of traditional Aboriginal culture in Australia and widely known for its conservative approach to ceremonial business. Men from many other areas where ceremonies are no longer practiced regularly travel to Western Desert communities to "go through the law", i.e. to achieve full classificatory manhood by going through initiation ceremonies. As well as maintaining what could be considered the bedrock of classical Aboriginal religious structures through the standard male initiation processes, the Western Desert is also one of few areas in Australia that continues to produce a significant number of traditional healers (Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council Aboriginal Corporation 2003). Known as ngangkari, at least in the eastern part of the region, these healers could be broadly considered as part of the shamanic spectrum with much of their healing focused on managing subtle energies and battling extraphysical consciousnesses (spirits).
Soon after starting work with Aboriginal communities in South Australia I heard the story of Aeroplane George – a story that I have since heard in slightly different variations at least half a dozen times. According to this story, Aeroplane George earned his name for his uncanny ability to travel at seemingly impossible speeds.
I already had an interest in so-called paranormal phenomena at that time and so I registered that story among many others involving spirits and out-of-body experiences, all of which seemed to be treated as common-place and natural by the Aboriginal people I spoke with.
It was not until several years later, however, that I spoke with a Pitjantjatjara man called Murray, who actually claimed to have experienced what Aeroplane George had. After telling me about the making of a traditional healer and the significance of the out-of-body experience in his culture, he spoke about an experience he once had as a young man when some old men showed him and a group of youngsters something he referred to as walpa ("wind"). He described this as a skill that involved using an emu feather and certain songs, which allowed them to all travel from Ernabella to Alice Springs and back in 2 or 3 hours. A return trip from Ernabella to Alice Springs is about 660km through the desert as the crow flies.
On this trip the group apparently passed through hills, cars and buildings. They went into a bank vault and saw all the money but were not allowed to pick any up. There were lots of white people there, but they did not see any of the Anangu (the term by which these Western Desert people describe themselves). Murray said that this was the skill Aeroplane George used. He said he and others were a bit ambivalent about this skill as it could be used to steal things or commit other crimes. In other words it had to be used with caution and could be dangerous in the hands of unscrupulous individuals.
Despite my long-term interest in such matters, this account seemed quite fanciful to me. I had studied OBEs for many years, had met many people who had experienced them and had experienced my own. I knew that traversing matter is a common feature of those experiences. In that state it makes sense as the consciousness is using a body that is more subtle than physical matter and can therefore pass through it. So I double checked. Was he talking about travelling in his spirit body? No, he was very clear that this was not a "spirit journey". His physical body had gone on this trip.
It would have been easy to dismiss this experience as one step too far, but doing so would have been hypocritical. If I were to only accept those accounts I could relate to from a basis of personal experience, my position would be just another variation on the classic paradigmatic limitations of inquiry. And I should emphasis here that I am not advocating blind acceptance of all beliefs and accounts of experiences, but open minded and genuine inquiry.
I discovered that Elkin reported the phenomenon of 'fast travelling' in his classic and still unrivaled account of Australian Aboriginal shamanism (Aboriginal Men of High Degree, Elkin 1977) as occurring among numerous groups across Australia. He in turn drew parallels between the accounts he had recorded and accounts recorded from Tibet (David-Neel 1965). Clearly, the phenomenon was not isolated in its occurrence or simply the result of a localized delusion.
that the person experiencing it usually has no self-awareness or recollection of the period between disappearance and reappearance.
The account given me by Murray of course differs on all these counts as the experience was deliberately induced by a group of men and experienced as a conscious journey. Similarly the apparent ubiquity of Aeroplane George's feats suggests some degree of conscious control over the phenomenon.
A parallel, however, is found in Vieira's observation that the experience is often referred to by references to "whirlwind" or "wind" in ancient traditions and Murray' Pitjantjatjara name walpa ("wind") for it.
A key reference in Vieira's analysis is Fodor (1962) who provides a summary of accounts of the experience in historic texts and in the context of mediumistic sessions. Accepting the consistency with which the phenomenon has been reported in the mediumistic literature as carrying some weight, it certainly appears as if in rare circumstances human bodies can traverse space, including physical objects in ways as yet not understood. Many of the mediumistic accounts bear out Vieira's suggestion that the phenomenon usually involves an unconscious medium. The usual pattern appears to be that the dematerialization is provoked by extraphysical consciousnesses while the medium is in a trance state. Even in the remarkable case of the spontaneous parateleportation of the famous Brazilian medium Carlos Mirabelli who was waiting at one train station when he suddenly disappeared in front of numerous witnesses and was then found at his final destination, 90kms away, circa two minutes later, there is no suggestion that he intended to induce the phenomenon or recalled any of his journey (Goes 1937).
A partial exception among the cases reported by Fodor, is one that took place in 1871 which involved the serial parateleporation first of a Mrs Guppy and then of two other mediums whose séance had in fact provoked the whole affair. The latter two both recalled interactions with other physical people at brief stops in the course of being parateleported from one location to another and then returned, i.e. they disappeared from the local of their séance, found themselves elsewhere where they interacted with people and objects and were then returned to the original location. In fact, both returned with physical objects (Fodor 1962:112-121), providing support to Murray's expressed belief that he could have taken money from the bank if he had wanted.
In summary, there is in my view sufficient supportive information to warrant taking seriously the accounts by Aboriginal people. In fact, it appears that the Aboriginal cultural context could provide a privileged environment for its study, because unlike the generally spontaneous and involuntary occurrence among western mediums, Aboriginal people appear to have a ceremonially encoded methodology that offers high levels of control and replicability of the experience.
I want to conclude this paper with a brief discussion of the importance of paradigms in understanding this phenomenon, and multidimensional phenomena more broadly.
It is in my view incumbent on a researcher to start with the hypothesis that the account is genuine. Fantasy, fraud, deceit or delusion are of course all possibilities, but in my view they do not represent sound or productive starting points. We may eventually arrive at the conclusion that those are factors in play, but in my view we need to precede this conclusion with careful inquiry. In my case, I did not have the opportunity to pursue the account with further research. Ideally, the participant-observer would of course not only seek other informants on the topic, but participation in the described ceremony.
For the purposes of this paper, I will assume that the accounts about Aeroplane George and by my informant are accurate. In that case they clearly point to a reality that is broader than our conventional paradigm allows for. The differences between the way the experience manifests in Aboriginal culture and the way it does at the fringes of our cultures (i.e. in the "spiritualist" circles) could plausibly be explained on the basis of the different world views in operation.
Firstly, mediums in our culture are already operating outside the mainstream paradigm. Every aspect of mediumship is subject to derision, criticism or incredulity by the majority of the other members of the medium's cultural group. Within its own reality, much of the mediumistic tradition is passive, which means the medium enters a trance to allow the work of spirits (or of God depending on the tradition) to be done through them. It is the extraphysical consciousnesses (spirits) who are in control.
In Aboriginal culture, on the other hand, the phenomenon of "fast travelling" is embedded in an overall world view in which it is not only plausible but something to be expected (Elkin 1977:). The creation narratives of the Dreaming, which provide the blue-print for human society are replete with accounts of "supernatural" feats by the creation beings. In the traditional philosophy, every human being who participates in ceremony across a life-time has the potential to ultimately embody these creation beings who are considered both the spiritual and "genetic" origin of humanity. In other words, anything that was done by the creation beings is potentially available to human beings as well. Reaching a state where a person can induce this and other kinds of paranormal phenomena is consequently built into the expected life trajectory for at least some members of the community and accepted by all.
A second significant difference is the notion of agency. I believe the ultimate question of the locus of agency in Aboriginal culture is fairly complex and would involve careful consideration of kinship networks and the position of the individual as a link in the chain of ancestral traditions. This would go beyond the scope of this brief paper. What is most relevant here is that, unlike the European medium, the Aboriginal ceremonial leader knows that he (or she) can achieve particular results through the "technology" of song and ritual. I use the term technology here to indicate the clear causal link between certain ceremonial actions and an expected outcome. In singing the requisite songs the human actor is evoking and drawing on powers that surpass him – the ancestral beings – but rather than submit to their superior powers, my interpretation of the Aboriginal context is that the humans are in a sense temporarily aligning themselves and essentially occupying the same ontological space as those creation ancestors.
Beyond this brief comparison of distinct cultural differences around the same phenomenon, what should be the working paradigm of the anthropologist in their analysis? In brief my view is that it should allow for an engagement with the experience as a possible reality. I expect there are numerous ways in which this could be construed. Personally, I do not profess any expertise in quantum mechanics, but imagine that this field may offer models that could explain de- and rematerialisation. My personal preference is for a paradigm originally stipulated by Vieira (Vieira 1994) that I have adopted following long-term study of subtle energy (chi, qui, prana) and the projection of consciousness. This paradigm essentially considers the manifestation of life (consciousness) to occur on a range of interconnected yet seemingly distinct energetic frequencies. In addition to the gross physical dimension we are all aware of every day, there are other more subtle dimensions that we can access through projections of consciousness or perceive if we have developed the appropriate senses. From this perspective, physical matter is simply one way in which energy can manifest, and while it is more solid and stable than some of the other forms, it can nonetheless behave like those more subtle energies on certain occasions.
There are other key elements to this paradigm which I will not go into here, but it is important to emphasise that while it may be simple to summarise the paradigm as I just have this does not mean that it is a simplistic model or that the reality it points to is unremarkable. On the contrary, the reality it points to is vast, complex and awe-inspiring and it is precisely for this reason that every attempt at deepening our understanding of it is valuable. In the case of parateleportation, the challenge for us as European trained anthropologists is in the first instance to maintain an open mind. This is the first challenge before we can even contemplate the next step, which is to explore the possibility of pursuing the experience ourselves so as to understand it, and the reality described by our informants from the inside.
Berndt, R. 1947. Wuradjeri magic and "clever men". Oceania 17(4): 327-365.
Berndt, R. 1959. The concept of the 'Tribe' in the Western Desert of Australia. Oceania 30(2):81-107.
Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council Aboriginal Corporation. (ed.) 2003. Ngankari Work - Anangu Way. Alice Springs: NPY Women's Council Aboriginal Corporation.
Vieira, Waldo. 2002. Projectiology: A panorama of experiences of the consciousness outside the human body. Rio de Janeiro: International Institute of Projectiology and Conscientiology.
It is true what you write, I once experienced this while at a nightclub. The whirlwind came. There is a spirit that resides over us, that controls our bodies. we cannot stop it when it wishes to take us. My heart beat very rapidly and I couldn't stop breathing heavily knowing that something was coming or going to happen. The mandala painted by Ste. Hildegard von Bingen is EXACTLY what I saw in my eyes before I was taken with cherubim around the circle, etc. By the way, my teleportation experience was preceded by a dream by a lover two years prior to its occurrence, thus it was foreseen by someone else.
Thank you for taking the time to comment and share your experience. What else happened in your teleportation?
I saw myself hovering over the crowd at the club moving very fast like wind. I ended up at the back door but I did not "go through" the door. Couldn't go through material objects, it was not allowed. A voice inside me told me my ex girlfriend was outside and someone else that I had known and did not like. And it was true, she was inside of the car just as she had told me what her dream was years before this happened. I didn't realize or remember that she had dreamt this a few years before it happened until right after it happened. I was like "wow", that was the dream she had told me one day she woke up with a bad night's sleep. If you look at the paintings of Ste. Hildegard von Bingen "9 choirs of angels", that is exactly what I saw in my eye before I teleported. I did not see any angels. Just the symbol. I had also left my body in consciousness once and saw myself re-living Christ being crucified and seeing the nails in my wrists, I actually thought I was there on the cross and was going to die, feeling the pain and a voice spoke to me telling me this is how strong my spirit is during this vision. This wasn't a teleportation. It felt as if I had left this time period and went back in time and when I came back I did not know what year it was. These were very odd times of my life and none of this has occurred for many years now. I am not of aboriginal or native descent. I still do not understand these situations I was in since I did not even want to see my ex-girlfriend or like her yet the great spirit forced me to see her again. I also saw a light go into Mt. Shasta one night in 2006 while walking up the mountain road at night, probably a spaceship. Looked like a falling star. I had also experience one the channeling of energy into the left hand, very much like high voltage electricity yet not harmful, it felt as if this energy was so powerful that it was the key to creation of life and sustaining life. I have had a few unusual experiences, perhaps they were glimpses of what we are capable of although priests say that not teleportation is not a gift from heaven meaning that one does not have any control over it, that which lies about us or above us and within does control it. My body dematerialized or vanished somehow, what I could remember was that I felt all of a sudden that I had to breathe very heavily and my hearting started to pound and then it happened. When I came back in the building one of my friends asked me what I did. He knew something happened. He said he saw in his eyes that I had left to a higher plane or dimension. This all occurred while people were dancing and there was trance music so that all seems to correlate. Interesting that I have a new friend that I might journey with to Western Australia. I have no interest in aboriginal folk but I was told I am on a sacred journey. I have studied reiki, other healing arts and shamanism for many years. There is nothing unusual about my family, just ordinary folk of northern European descent. But I can never forget some of these experiences because it reminds me of how little we all know and perhaps the natives do know so much more about the mysteries beyond the veil, afterlife, etc. I wouldn't waste my time to contrive this. I thought to share this since people should know of what the possibilities are and what could happen and also there is definitely more to us than just our bodies. Simply stated after that experience I don't see how I could be in ownership of my body since the great all above can move it when it so desires to and that my main concern is to be a good manager of my body and affairs. I am still not clear on what "god" is or which one there is. Pagan religions have existed for perhaps 25,000 years or more so I am not so convinced that Christianity and modern religions have all the answers or are the final say. A goddess could be the ruler of all. Or is it just "source energy?" Not sure. I am not even sure if these interactions were with beings of light or darker entities. Nothing terrible occurred from the experiences but sometimes they were very riveting, startling and frightening. I am also a priest of Melchizedek (a lightworker).
Parateleportation is a confusing topic to read. I have heard about it from my friend who lived in Australia who has an uncle that told stories about a man who suddenly appeared in the middle of the dessert. Maybe, the man was just hallucinating or delusional because I believe that it is impossible to teleport in and out of a specific place. Physics and its fundamentals would be shattered if this parateleportation phenomenon would be true. Anyway, I look forward to seeing more blogs about teleportation from you!
Kim McCaul is an anthropologist with a long term interest in understanding consciousness and personal transformation.
This blog is about my interests in consciousness, energy, evolution and personal growth. My understanding of consciousness is strongly influenced by the discipline of conscientiology and I have a deep interest in exploring the relationship between culture and consciousness.
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It is useful from time to time to pause and ask ourselves if we are, like the child Jesus, growing in wisdom and grace. Does each evening see us farther on the path of perfection? When we lie down to rest, is it with the feeling that the day just passed has been one of progress in the spiritual life, of merit and victory over self? Have we crushed the promptings of self-will and trampled on our pride? Have we spent ourselves for God and wearied ourselves in works for Him? Have we been a help to the weak, the comfort of the needy, a light to the wandering one? If so, thank God for His goodness and resolve on nobler things.
If you have spent the day profitably, you will always be happy at eventide.
Almost invariably we will have to accept that our day could have been better. We could have been kinder, we could have been more patient, we could have worked harder or taken more advantage of opportunities for apostolate or lived more consciously in the presence of God.
In such a situation we do what Fr Doyle would suggest – thank God for what was good, ask pardon for our failings, and resolve with God's help to improve tomorrow.
I have never commented before, although I have been following your site for many weeks now. I just wanted to tell you what an inspiration and help your posts have been. I am so grateful to learn about Fr Doyle and his priestly ministry and life. It has touched me, inspired me to examine my own life and is a great help in my aily life. May God bless you – and thank you so much.


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VATICAN, Feb. 4, 2017– Pope Francis has named Archbishop Giovanni Becciu, substitute of the Secretariat of State, as his personal delegate to oversee the "spiritual and moral" reform of the Order of Malta, with particular attention to the professed members.
In a letter to Becciu dated Feb. 2, the Pope named him "as my special delegate to the distinguished Order" of Malta, and emphasized that he will work in "strict collaboration" with the Order's interim leader, Fra' Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein.
The two of them, he said, must work for "greater good of the Order and for the reconciliation among all its components, religious and lay." Additionally, they will be responsible for developing together "a study in view of the appropriate spiritual renovation" of the Order's Constitution.
Pointing to Becciu's role in particular, Francis said he will be charged with caring for "everything related to the spiritual and moral renewal of the Order, especially the professed members," who number about 55 worldwide.
Becciu's mandate will end with the conclusion of the extraordinary Council to elect a new Grand Master, after the former, Matthew Festing, resigned last month upon the request of Pope Francis.
In his letter, published Feb. 4, Pope Francis said Becciu will be "my exclusive spokesman" in in everthing relating to relations between the Order and the Vatican.
The appointment of Becciu falls shorly after Festing's Jan. 24 resignation from his position as Grand Master at the request of Pope Francis, and the reinstatement of ousted leader Albrecht von Boeselager as Grand Chancellor.
Festing's resignation marked the end of a month-long power struggle between the Order of Malta and the Holy See, which began with Boeselager's forced dismissal from both his position, and his membership in the Order, in early December.
The Holy See then intervened, establishing a committee to investigate the decision. When the Order refused to cooperate with the argument that the decision to dismiss Boeselager was an "internal act of governance" and therefore the Holy See's investigative group was "legally irrelevant" given the Order's sovereignty, the Holy See responded Jan. 17 by reiterating its confidence in the group and its work.
Shortly after that Festing was called in for a private meeting with the Pope and was asked to resign. Three days later the Order's Sovereign council voted to accept Festing's resignation and named Grand Commander Fra' Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein as "lieutenant ad interim" until a new Grand Master is elected.
Boeselager, whose brother Georg von Boeselager was appointed a member of the Board of Superintendents of the IOR Dec. 15, was also reinstated as Grand Chancellor.
The "Council Complete of State" to elect a new Grand Master must be held within three months of the former's resignation or death.
Though no dates have yet been set, at a Feb. 2 news conference highlighting the Order's priorities in the aftermath of the crisis, Boeselager told journalists the council is expected to take place in late April.


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on September 18, 2018 1:12 PM
The studio behind the Dead Rising series has been laid to rest.
Today, it was announced that the studio behind the Dead Rising series, Capcom Vancouver, has closed. The news isn't too surprising considering that back in February, employees at Capcom Vancouver suffered mass layoffs, with 30% of the studio affected. In fact, employees at Capcom Vancouver noted that job loss and transfers to studios like EA Vancouver have been happening for a while now.
Despite the issues Capcom Vancouver has suffered over the past few years, it's still sad to hear about the studio's closure. Capcom Vancouver founded in 2005 and released several hit games, most notably the Dead Rising series. Up to 158 employees will be out of work thanks to the shutdown, while the future of the Dead Rising series remains up in the air.
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Future projects may be shelved, though it's also possible the next rumored entry in the Dead Rising series will be passed along to Capcom in Japan. Speaking with Kotaku, a representative from Capcom Vancouver stated:
"As a result of reviewing titles in development at Capcom Vancouver, Capcom has decided to cancel the development projects at this studio, and will concentrate development of major titles in Japan. A skeleton crew will remain until January 2019 to finalize closure operations and logistics."
Our hearts go out to the employees facing layoffs due to the closure of Capcom Vancouver. We'll be sure to update with more information as it's released, including the future of Capcom Vancouver titles like the Dead Rising series. In the meantime, what are your thoughts on the studio's closure? Are you upset at the decision, or is this something you've seen coming for a while? Let us know down in the comments below.
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RN Careers in the District of Columbia: Becoming an RN
The District of Columbia Nurses Association has launched a FUTURE RN program (http://www.dcna.org/future-rn-program). FUTURE RNs — all caps – is an acronym for Fostering Understanding, Teaching Unity, Reaching Emerging Registered Nurses. It's part of the vision for the future of the nation's capital. Washington DC, like other jurisdictions, is concerned with its registered nursing workforce: the dedicated professionals who staff hospitals and provide professional nursing services in settings such as clinics and nursing homes.
RN Work Settings
Hospitals are the most common setting in DC and nationwide. RNs work in diverse units such as the following:
Cardiac Recovery Unit
Hematology/ Oncology
Post-Partum
Some registered nurses utilize specialized knowledge related to particular branches of medical care. An example would be renal care specialist. RNs in specialized areas may be responsible for not only performing technical duties but determining who's at risk of complications – and, ultimately, improving outcomes. Well-educated RNs may also be hired into roles like clinical nurse coordinator or nurse educator.
Registering nursing is not all about hospital inpatient care. Other common settings include ambulatory settings, nursing facilities, and home health organizations.
Education for Licensing and Advancement
Individuals qualify for initial licensing by completing approved RN programs and passing the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Programs grant degrees at different levels.
Practicing nurses may opt for academic progression to increase their employment options (for example, going from Associate Degree in Nursing to Bachelor of Science in Nursing). Data collected by the Board of Nursing during the 2012 renewal indicated an unusual high proportion of master's educated RNs in DC (16% compared to 3% nationwide). It is becoming increasingly common for nurses who wish to act as healthcare providers to pursue clinical education as high as the doctoral level and seek additional credentialing; RN represents a higher level of practice than LPN but is not the highest credential available.
Nurses may also opt for certifications in their areas of specialty. At the RN level, these are voluntary.
Premier DC Healthcare Facilities
The District of Columbia may be small, but it boasts two hospitals that have earned magnet recognition through the American Nurses Credentialing Center: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Children's National Health System.
Opportunities to begin one's career at a premier experiences can come as early as nursing school. Children's National Health System offers a summer externship program. Nursing students can be hired as part-time safety attendants after as little as a year of nursing school. And of course some nursing students have the opportunity to complete clinical nursing rotations there. There are also opportunities for new grads. The one-year residency helps nurses transition from student to professional level. It includes preceptorship.
Large and successful medical systems can often offer generous benefits. MedStar offers assistance in obtaining higher degrees. The organization also touts its various incentive and recognition programs as well as wellness options like opportunities for yoga, meditation, and walking.
Nurses also have opportunities to work with children in community and school settings. Those who are employed in schools do far more than take children's temperature and give them prescribed medications.
Children's National was among those advertising recently for school health nurse; District of Columbia Public Schools has a contract with the organization to provide LPNs and RNs (https://dcps.dc.gov/service/school-nurses-dcps). Included among the job tasks of the recently posted position were conducting vision and hearing screening, carrying out individual assessments, making referrals, interpreting immunization needs, and addressing needs of student populations, including those with chronic conditions or multi-handicaps.
DC school nurses have received grant-funded training in to prevent long-standing issues from concussions (http://washingtonlife.com/2017/12/11/health-wellness-medical-innovator). Children's National created a mobile app for kids with head injuries that can go home with them — and that can facilitate communication with school nurses.
Among the current areas of advocacy of the District of Columbia Nurses Association: providing for a full-time nurse in every school (http://www.dcna.org/). DCNA notes that 15% to 18% of U.S. students have chronic conditions that require management. The DC goal is a nurse is in each school for 40 hours (as opposed to the 20 hours on the books in 2017).
Evolving Healthcare Roles
Healthcare is constantly evolving; it's not all about biochemistry, and it's not just physicians doing the innovating. Providence Health System has even considered creation of a health village in DC (https://www.hhnmag.com/articles/8656-health-village-proposal-sparks-discussion-in-dc).
As the healthcare arena changes, nurses take on new roles in areas such as public health, case management, clinical leadership, and infection control. Areas of focus include better managing transitions between settings, helping patients become partners in their own healthcare, identifying the small mistakes that increase the chance of poor outcomes, and utilizing technology and research to improve care. These are all potentially within the scope of nurses.
Career Outlook and Average RN Salary in DC
DC registered nursing has been predicted to see 11% occupational growth over the course of the 2014 to 2024 decade.
Registered nurses in the District of Columbia averaged $38.70 an hour in 2016. The Bureau of Labor Statistics equates to $80,500 for a year of full-time work.
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Once upon a time, there was a boy called Alan who dreamed in Technicolor. In this modern take on the life of renowned codebreaker Alan Turing, electrifying music and a surreal text take us to the heart of a genius who longed for connection in a world he couldn't understand. The psychedelic and strange weave together to create a deeply human story of love, loss, creation, and destruction. Find the man behind the machines in this rich fantasy of poisoned apples, loving robots, and the father of the modern computer. Regional Premiere.
Don't miss the show critics have called:
"…a jolting dose of adrenaline to the heart and brain." – Chicago Tribune, 2013
"…a necessary testament of injustice and of transcendent love that deserves to be heard and seen." – Long Beach Post, 2014
"…a psychological, metaphoric and often fantastical rendering of Turing's life." – Signal Tribune, 2014
"Alan Turing's story is a tragedy; Pink Milk is a love story." – The Fourth Walsh, 2013
Intergenerational Interviews!
As part of our community engagement efforts around Pink Milk, Single Carrot partnered with Chase Brexton to pair LGBT community elders and youths for intergenerational interviews. Listen in!
Historical Research from our Dramaturg Abby Cady!
Learn more about the history behind Pink Milk: Alan Turing, Christopher Morcom, the experiments, Alan's trial and conviction, and more!
Meet the Guest Artists!
Christian Gonzalez (The Authority Figures) is a Colorado native excited make his Single Carrot debut. Favorite past credits include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity(Mace), Orphan Sea(Odysseus), La Llorona(Gatekeeper) with Cohesion Theatre, In the Heights (The Piragua Guy), The Full Monty (Malcom), Rent (Collins), The Addams Family (The Gambler) with Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre. Christian would like to send a BIG thank you to his friends and his TEK Systems team. Follow my journey on IG: @gonz0665 Enjoy the show!
Isaiah Harvey (Christopher) is an actor and playwright from Baltimore City. He is a senior in the acting BFA program at Towson University. Favorite past credits include: Othello(Iago), Pride and Prejudice(Mr. Darcy), Fuente Ovejuna(Frondoso), In the Blood(Chilli/Jabber), Dance on Bones (Ensemble), The Bluest Eye(Daddy). Isaiah is very excited to be doing his first production at Single Carrot; it's been a dream of his to work at SCT since he saw Utopia Parkway there in his sophomore year of high school. He hopes to do more work with SCT in the future!
Benairen Kane (Arnold/Snow White) is a graduate of The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts where he played rolls such as Professor Hornus-Maximus (The Perjured City) and Bottom (Midsummer's Night Dream), Felix (The World We Live In), Danny (Stand-Up), Milton (Words Words Words), Sir. David Attenborough (Time Flies), Jim (Curtains), Jason & Tyrone (Hand To God). Benairen is excited to make his professional debut performing Pink Milkat Single Carrot. He would also like to thank you for coming out to support the theater and local art.
"An unorthodox , imaginitive and highly empathetic exploration of the mind of British mathematician and famed World War II codebreaker, Alan Turing." –WYPR
"A Times Square-level sensory experience." –The Baltimore Fishbowl
"The kind of brave, meaningful, experimental fare that has made Single Carrot an award-winning asset to the Baltimore theater community." –DCMTA
"The acting and ambiance are other-worldly, and the entire performance's surreal storytelling will leave you in a wonderment of disbelief. This is performance art at its finest." –BITR Sisters
Alan …………………….. Mohammad R. Suaidi
Christopher …………………….. Isaiah Harvey
Arnold/Snow White ………….. Benairen Kane
The Mothers ……………………. Meghan Stanton
The Inanimate Objects …….. Lauren Jackson
The Experiments …………………….. Paul Diem
The Authority Figures ….. Christian Gonzalez
Ariel Zetina ……………………….. Playwright
Ben Kleymeyer ……………………… Director
Abigail Cady ………………………..Dramaturg
Valerie Branch ……………….Choreographer
Kate Lynch …………………….. Stage Manager
Cydney Cohn ……. Assistant Stage Manager
Cheryl J. Williams ………………. Lighting Design
Ariel Zetina ……………………..…….. Sound Design
Susan MacCorkle ……………….. Costume Design
Mika J. Nakano ……………..……… Props Design
Allison Campbell …………..……….. Set Design
Ariel Zetina (Playwright) is a latinx trans female playwright, composer, and DJ based out of Chicago. Her plays include British Honduras Fantasy (Trans Theatre Festival, NYC; dev. @ Berkeley Rep); Pink Milk (Oracle Theatre, Chicago); Lovedrug (dev. @ Magic Theatre, SF). She is a resident DJ at Smartbar, the oldest still running house-music club in North America. Her debut EP Cyst was released on Paris label Boukan Records in September. Upcoming: Commissions for House Theatre of Chicago & Pride Films & Plays.
Ben Kleymeyer (Director) is a multidisciplinary queer theatre artist– usually working as a director, performer, or deviser– focused on new and devised work. Single Carrot credits: Samsara (Assistant Director), Short Reunion (Director, Ensemble), Wendy, Peter. Peter, Wendy. (Peter/Wendy), Putin on Ice (Putin with the Animals). They have also worked at Fells Point Corner Theatre, Cohesion Theatre Company, Nine Dollar Bill Theatre, Charm City Fringe, Capital Fringe, and the National New Play Network's Playwrights Workshop. Ben is a graduate of The University of Maryland.
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Health & FitCalifornia governor signs bills limiting vaccine exemptions
17:21 10 september 2019 Source: cnn.com
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How One State Is Effectively Tackling Its Vaccine Problem
As public health officials continue to fight the greatest outbreak of measles in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, there has been a lot of talk about how to stop its spread. California might hold an answer.
(AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills Monday to crack down on doctors who write fraudulent medical exemptions for school children's vaccinations . The Democratic governor acted less than an hour after lawmakers sent him changes he demanded as a condition of approving the bills .
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills Monday to crack down on doctors who write fraudulent medical exemptions for school children's vaccinations . The Democratic governor quietly acted less than an hour after lawmakers sent him changes he demanded as a condition of approving the bills
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed two bills that limit medical exemptions for vaccines of schoolchildren.
© Thinkstock Among vaccines delayed until a child grows older, the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine topped the list.
Under SB 276, California's Department of Public Health would investigate medical exemptions from doctors who have granted five or more in a year. The bill was first introduced by Democratic state Sen. Richard Pan in February and was approved by the legislature last week. Newsom also signed SB 714, a companion bill, which includes changes proposed by him, such as "allow(ing) a child who has a medical exemption issued before January 1, 2020, to be allowed to continue enrollment until the child enrolls in the next grade span."
How California made a 'dramatic' impact on kindergartners getting vaccinated
Interventions lowered the rate of kindergartners in California without an up-to-date vaccination status, according to a new study.
Activists take over state capitol and demonstrate outside governor 's office as he signs measures.
(AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills Monday to crack down on doctors who write fraudulent medical exemptions for school children's vaccinations . About 200 opponents earlier filled the hallway in front of the governor 's office, asking Newsom to veto both vaccine bills .
Newsom's approval of the stricter regulations comes a week after health officials in New York City said a massive measles outbreak that spread across parts of Brooklyn since October has ended. The crisis reignited a nationwide conversation about vaccinations and the need to implement tighter vaccine laws. California is among a handful of states -- including New York -- that do not offer personal, philosophical or religious exemptions from school vaccination requirements.
California, which previously had notable levels of unvaccinated schoolchildren, has recently seen an overall decrease after the state outlawed non-medical exemptions.
2 new vaccines required for some Kansas school students
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Thursday that students entering kindergarten and first grade will need two doses of a hepatitis A vaccine.
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Tuesday to make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children for communicable diseases in the aftermath of a measles outbreak at Disneyland that was linked to low inoculation rates.
California governor signs bill banning religious exemptions for vaccines . Measles outbreak linked to Disneyland is cited as stimulus to legislation. California Sen. Richard Pan, a pediatrician who co-introduced the proposal, said the measure would close a " vaccine exemption loophole" and has
Under the new laws, the state will issue a standardized medical exemption certification form for doctors to complete and send to a child's school. The form would outline the details of the exemption and include information about the medical basis for the exemption. In addition to reviewing doctors who grant five or more exemptions in a year, the state would also investigate schools "with an overall immunization rate of less than 95 percent." Additionally, the legislation gives California the authority to revoke a medical exemption deemed "inappropriate" by a state physician or public health officer.
Pan praised the signing of the bills on Monday, saying in a statement that Newsom was "once again making California a leader in safeguarding children and communities from diseases that threaten our public health."
The signing of the bills, which will take effect January 1, 2020, came as anti-vaccination activists protested the legislation on Monday in Sacramento, arguing the new laws are an overreach by the state on medical problems that cannot be completely prevented by vaccinations.
California Parents Home-School Kids to Bypass Mandatory Vaccination Law
California implemented one of the strictest vaccination laws in 2016, requiring all children be vaccinated, despite personal or religious beliefs.
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California fires prompt governor to declare state of emergency
© Stephen Lam, Reuters The Kincade fire ravages the city of Healdsburg, California on October 27, 2019. The governor of California declared on Sunday state of emergency in the face of forest fires ravaging the north of the state. Some 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate.
Forest fires continue to ravage northern California , Sonoma County, where the authorities on Sunday (October 28th) ordered the evacuation of some 180,000 people.
Around 3,000 people were fighting the "Kincade Fire," which damaged or destroyed nearly 400 structures and forced Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency throughout California.
Gavin Newsom said that the fire was contained at about 5%, contrary to a previous estimate of 10%. The fires ravaged 20,230 hectares, while gusts of winds up to 145 km / h pushed the flames south, north of Santa Rosa.
Indeterminate origin
The "Kincade Fire", which was declared Wednesday, ravaged more than 200 km2 of viticultural lands and destroyed 79 buildings, without making any victim for the moment.
The investigators have not yet determined the source of the fire, although he said he was near a damaged transmission tower of the PG & E power company. Forecasts of strong winds on Saturday forced PG & E to cut off power to approximately 940,000 customers in 43 counties to guard against the risk of forest fires. The company said the failures could last two days.
The California governor said firefighters had largely mastered the "Tick Fire" near Santa Clarita, 56 km north of Los Angeles. The fire, which occurred Thursday in the south of the state, ravaged 1,868 hectares and destroyed 22 structures. Most of the 40,000 people who had been evacuated were allowed to return home on Saturday afternoon.
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Vaccine exemption rates among US kindergartners continue to climb, CDC says .
The percentage of kindergartners with an exemption from one or more required vaccines ranged from 0.1% in Mississippi to 7.7% in Idaho and Oregon.The finding, published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on Thursday, shows that rates of young children not receiving vaccinations against certain diseases, including measles, continued to climb in recent years.
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Newsom signs vaccine exemption bills
Two California bills that limit medical exemptions for vaccines were signed into law Monday by Gov. Brian: the bills AIM to clamp down on vaccine exemptions . California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills Monday to crack down on doctors who write fraudulent medical
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Championship As home team 7 0 0 24:6 (18)
As away team 3 2 1 8:5 (3)
Total 10 2 1 32:11 (21)
Cups As home team 3 0 0 11:2 (9)
Total 3 1 0 13:4 (9)
All As home team 10 0 0 35:8 (27)
As away team 3 3 1 10:7 (3)
Friendlies * 0 0 2 1:7 (-6)
I Division As home team 6 0 0 18:6 (12)
Total 8 2 1 23:11 (12)
III Division As home team 1 0 0 6:0 (6)
Total 2 0 0 9:0 (9)
Cup of Bulgaria As home team 1 0 0 1:0 (1)
Soviet army Cup As home team 2 0 0 10:2 (8)
* The statistics for the friendly matches may not be complete
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South-West "V" Group 2015/16 — 22nd round
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Premier Professional Football League 2000/01 — 6th round
"А" Professional Football Group 1999/00 — 17th round
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I wonder: do they feel like they NEED to offer forged irons/wedges in order to stay competitive? Are they feeling pressure from other OEM's or do they have customers asking why they don't have anything forged?
Ping is nothing if not traditional ... hopefully they're not straying from that, but I do understand the need to remain aggressive in this market.
Will be curious how these compare to their cast offerings.
I was trying like hell to post the hyperventilating Sheldon Cooper meme before you posted, saying "A live look at Shankster" but ran into technical difficulty.
Very cool. I love how they mention PING's reliable product cycles. The integrity they carry with their business practices is one big reason their clubs are in my bag.
I would put their engineering / R&D against anyone and would expect these to be top notch.
Every time someone puts PING in a category with players blades (718mb / MP18 / 730 / Callaway Forged MB) the first thing we always hear is yeah, well they're cast, they aren't true blades. This is their way of turning the tables on the skeptics.
If these are half as good as they look, they'll turn some opinions as well as heads.
If anyone finds my meme offensive I will gladly remove it. But that was the first thing that came to mind when I saw that beautiful club. Plus his glasses match the clubs.
I guess that means all that talk about castings not being inferior they did all those years was a lie?
oh wow...didn't take long for this to diverge into a forged vs. cast debate.
I thought this was settled long ago.... HELP @GolfSpy_X !!
I will definitely be following this very closely, especially since I'm looking to get into some new/better wedges soon. I've read & heard a bit about PING's one and only forged irons (Ansers I believe) in the past that were apparently very expensive to make & market and ultimately didn't sell very well at the time. I understand that PING stated not long after they stopped making those that the forging process was simply too expensive. Perhaps that has changed, but I suspect this time around this may be more of a "keeping up with the Joneses" thing...I hope I'm wrong.
I love the iBlades, but make them FORGED?! The feel was the worst part about them, so this could be unreal!
Very exciting to see. I love the simple look that ping has been going for in their irons recently. Makes them very classic and smart looking!
Forged is nothing more than a marketing tool now. Companies have the ability to make cast clubs that sound/feel like a forged iron. Ping iblade is a prime example.
100% I bet they could just stamp forged on the current iBlade and no one would even know the difference.
I'm a big ping guy, but these are pretty boring looking. Doesn't really look like they designed any tech into these at all. I get that they are "tour' irons, but even the pros look for tech advantages. I do like that they are jumping back into the forged game though, I think they gave up on the forged anser line too soon and should have evolved it. Just my opinion of course.
I like the no nonsense over use of carbon fiber or graphics. Just the brand name and a number on the sole.
If I were a shoe salesman and I said "these are the softest running shoes, they're grain flow foam" you would automatically think, wow these must be soft. Now if I was a competitor shoe maker and said my "non grain flow foam is soft" you'd probably automatically think they'd be harder.


How Often Should I Turn My Bull Run Valve?
When a system is first installed, we recommend keeping it on the new system for about five years. After that, we recommend having it switched once a year if you have a garbage disposal or a big family. If neither of those apply to you, you can switch it every other year.


Are you taking the kids or grandkids on a camping trip for the first time? Many parts of the campground sleeping experience will be new to your child, from the sleeping bag to the hooting of owls outside. Discussing these things in advance will allay your child's fears and help them understand that these are normal parts of the camping experience.
A number of night noises can be scary for kids when they hear them for the first time. Yipping coyotes, hooting owls, and whirring insects are worrisome noises if you don't know what they're all about. Before you take your trip, spend some time talking about the kinds of animals that live in the area you're visiting. Are there bears, coyotes, raccoons, opossums, or other animals that are active at night? Talk about the kinds of noises these animals might make and explain that this is normal for them - the animals are just out doing what they always do.
When you're talking about night noises, don't forget the smaller critters like frogs and mosquitoes. Talk about the way frogs "sing" and explain that there will be more bugs at the campground than you normally have at home. Mention other night noises that they might hear too, like semi trucks braking on the highway or fog horns blaring in the early morning on coastal inlets.
If you can, let your child test out their sleeping bag at home before the trip. They can use the sleeping bag in their own bed and get used to climbing in and out of it. If you'll be camping in a tent, you can pitch the tent in your back yard and do a test run, sleeping a night or two out in the tent. That will help everything seem more normal—and more fun—when the actual camping trip arrives.
With a little preparation, your child will know what to expect when it comes to sleeping on your camping trip. Be sure to start slow, with settings that are as comfortable for your child as possible. Before you know it, you'll have worked your way up to sleeping underneath the stars!


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About EISIPS
About the Handbook
Dr Jitendra Uttam
jnucampus@gmail.com
Dr Jitendra Uttam is Assistant Professor in the Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. He has been awarded PhD Degree in 2002 from the Department of International Relations, Seoul National University, Korea on the comparative international political economy. His area of expertise includes international relations/political economy with particular reference to Asia. He has published two books; first, 'The Political Economy of Korea: Transition, Transformation and Turnaround' (Palgrave Macmillan, Dec. 2014); and the second book, 'Varieties of Capitalism in Asia: Beyond the Developmental State', co-authored with David Hundt (London: Palgrave Macmillan, August 2017. His publications also include research papers in journals, book chapters and articles in news papers. He has presented several research papers at national and international conferences and lectured at various international institutions, universities and forums.
Affiliation(s) and current position at institute
Kkeywords of research fields (both on Indo-Pacific and other)
East Asia, Asian Relations, India-Korea, Political Economy. Capitalism, Catch-up Development
Works/publications on Indo-Pacific
Uttam, Jitendra & Chanwahn Kim, Shifting Contours of India's Asian Relations: Domestic Constraints Versus International Opportunities, International Studies, 54 (1-4), (2018): 2-21.
Uttam, Jitendra Fractured Strategic Alliance, Restructured Economic Cooperation: Korea at the Helm of the Emerging Northeast Asian Order" in Werner Pascha and Bernhard Seliger (ed.), Towards a Northeast Asian Security Community: Implications for Korea's Growth and Economic Development, New York: Springer, 2011, pp. 217-237.
Uttam, Jitendra, "Economics of a Regional Strategic Re-imagination: Korean Economic Interests in the Evolving Indo-Pacific Frame", in an international Conference, 'India-East Asia Relations: A South Korean Perspective', on 30 July 2018 at KE Auditorium, Block IV, 5th Floor, CHRIST University, Bangalore.
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Telus announced the closing of its $700-million acquisition of ADT Canada on Nov. 6. The executive responsible for Telus's security business said the company is poised to take advantage of its new assets and offered a glimpse of what the future might look like under a combined organization.
Telus kicked its security division into gear last year with the acquisition of AlarmForce's western assets (BCE currently owns the remaining AlarmForce assets). The company subsequently launched a consumer security division called Telus SmartHome Security and Telus Secure Business for its small business customers.
Jason Macdonnell, president of security and automation at Telus, said that the addition of ADT will enable the company to broaden its reach across Canada. It will also bring to bear ADT's longstanding assets in Canada including three central stations and a dealer network, along with its heritage in the market and brand awareness. Telus had more than 100,000 security customers at the time of closing, according to Macdonnell, and added about another half a million via the ADT deal.
"For us, there's an opportunity to take the structure, the experience and the professionalism of the ADT organization and really build around it," he explained. "At a high level, in terms of integrating the two organizations, there's a lot more that's complementary than redundant. For us, we're really going to leverage the brand, especially as we look at central and eastern Canada, wrap our arms around the organization in terms of our marketing and pricing prowess and value in the marketplace."
The company plans to go to market under the brand "ADT by Telus" in the immediate future but that could vary region by region or business unit by business unit, said Macdonnell. "We'll keep our options open as we go forward." Telus will also be contacting ADT Canada customers with "an extensive outreach program… it will involve heightened levels of value opportunities to the broader ADT customer base."
Macdonnell stressed that the scope of the company's security business is about to get much bigger. It will offer a broad portfolio of security services that includes ADT as well as Telus's hosting, cybersecurity and emergency management businesses, and communications infrastructure. "There's a number of complementary capabilities that we can bring," he said. "Think about the importance of video verification riding on a world-class reliable network and the importance of both fibre and wireless in that regard."
In addition to the dealer channel that has expanded via the ADT acquisition, Telus will utilize other avenues available to grow its security business including online and retail. Likewise, ADT dealers could become a channel for Telus's other product offerings.
"We look forward to being able to leverage that dealer organization for our broader breadth of services like cybersecurity and IoT and our health services," he explained. "When you look at the long-standing relationships between ADT and their dealer network, I think that's a fantastic asset for us to be able to leverage — not only for security as we broaden our positioning in national and commercial accounts, but also as we give them the opportunity to sell other products of value to the marketplace."
Telus offers a mix of home security options, including professional monitoring and self-monitoring packages for customers and will continue to assess its product roadmap, said Macdonnell, with ADT now in the mix. (Telus currently utilizes a Qolsys panel and Alarm.com.)
A major driver for Telus is its home health business — a point that was stressed in the initial announcement regarding the ADT acquisition and again upon closing. The company launched its LivingWell Companion product — a wearable device with GPS and cellular enabled and with features like two-way voice and fall detection — following the AlarmForce acquisition. It also offers a remote video service called Babylon by Telus that connects patients with doctors via their smartphones.
"There are a multitude of ways we can pair the technology we have at Telus and the technology at ADT and the services there and bring those to bear to solve some very challenging problems that we're facing as Canadians," said Macdonnell. "One of them certainly is being able to extend people's time at home to improve their quality of life. Being able to make sure they can be in a home or in a residence that is safe and keeps them connected with family and loved ones."
He said the company has also piloted biometric monitoring options for home health users. "You'll see that come to the forefront more."
Macdonnell also noted that ADT Canada customers will now be served by a Canada-based business in Telus. "For me, it's as much a cultural and Canadian event, if you will, as it is one that's both strategic and tactical," he said of the acquisition. "It's not very often where we get the opportunity to repatriate Canadian businesses."
This story originally appeared in the Nov/Dec 2019 issue of SP&T News.
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Since coming back to school I've found myself procrastinating on One Kings Lane and Pinterest too often looking at bedrooms and other accessories. This year I'm living in a dorm room again, but I already can't wait to live in an apartment next year. Dreaming of more space, a kitchen and all that comes with the rite of passage. Is it embarrassing that I've already started planning how I want to arrange my room? I may or may not have a "secret" pinterest board dedicated to design ideas.
I found these pillows the other day while browsing online and absolutely fell in love. They're sophisticated but still have a lot of color, which is so fun to design around. I love the pinks, blues, and yellow that are present in the pillow's pattern.
What design finds have caught your eye recently?


No Presidents' Trophy winner has ever been swept in the opening round of the playoffs. Yet Tampa Bay finds itself from an unprecedented postseason exit heading into Game 4 (7 p.m. EDT, CNBC).
Three games against the largely unknown and decidedly unheralded New York Islanders have come and gone. The Penguins , Crosby doesn't have a point and if Pittsburgh can't find a way to solve New York's byzantine defensive structure and red-hot goaltender Robin Lehner (7:30 p.m. EDT, NBCSN), a team that entered the playoffs in search of a third Stanley Cup in four years will head into an offseason of soul searching.
The Lightning have been outscored 12-2 since taking an early 3-0 advantage in Game 1 and Pittsburgh has led for all of 3:17 through nine-plus periods against the Islanders. Though Tampa Bay will get star Nikita Kucherov back after serving a one-game suspension on Columbus defenseman Markus Nutivaara in Game 2, the Lightning understand their issues run far deeper than Kucherov's absence.
The home team is still searching for its first victory in this topsy-turvy series. The Blues lead 2-1 heading into Game 4 on Tuesday but rookie goaltender Jordan Binnington allowed more than four goals for the first time in his young career in Game 3. The puck slipped past the 25-year-old as the Jets regained some of their swagger.
The Golden Knights took a step toward knocking the Sharks out of the playoffs for the second straight year by rolling to a 6-3 win in Game 3 to take a 2-1 lead. Vegas forward Max Pacioretty stressed his team is wary regardless of how easy they've made it look by taking Games 2 and 3 by .


R. Moses de León, Sefer Mishkan ha-Edut, Critically edited, introduced and annotated by Avishai Bar-Asher, (Sources and Studies in the Literature of Jewish Mysticism 37), 2013, 272 pp., in Hebrew, ISBN 1-933379-42-1.
R. Moses de León is considered to be the central figure responsible for the composition and early diffusion of the main part of the Zohar. Mishkan ha-Edut the last full-length book composed by de León to remain in manuscript form and is published here for the first time in a critical edition, introduced and annotated with copious notes that explain the text and show the many parallels to the zoharic texts. This volume is a major contribution to the study of the Zohar and thirteenth-century Kabbalah and is a must for any scholar or scholarly library.


If you have a child with a food allergy, you know how stressful and scary it can be for them to participate in food-related events at school or during holidays.
Place a teal pumpkin in front of your house to indicate you have non-food treats such as toys, glow sticks, stickers or school supplies. Teal is the official color for food allergy awareness and has been used to recognize the condition for the past 20 years, according to FARE.
Feel free to hand out candy, too—just be sure to keep it in a separate bowl from the non-candy treats so that children with allergies will not be exposed. Also ask trick-or-treaters if they have food allergies before distributing candy or non-candy items.
Be aware of non-food items that can still contain allergens. These include moldable clay (some brands contain wheat) and latex items, for example.
Spread awareness about the Teal Pumpkin Project by handing out FARE's fliers or using the hashtag #tealpumpkinproject on social media.
Host a teal pumpkin-painting event at your house or community center.
Check out other participating locations by using the Teal Pumpkin Project Map 2016.
The Teal Pumpkin Project was started by the Food Allergy Community of East Tennessee (FACET) and launched as a national campaign by FARE in 2014. According to the organization, last year households from all 50 states and 14 countries took part in the project.
At Integrative Nutrition, we love the Teal Pumpkin Project because it not only keeps kids safe from food allergies, but it also reduces the amount of sugar consumed this Halloween. (Read here for other ways to eat less sugar.) It's also a great way to spread awareness, education, and start conversations with those in your community about food allergens and keeping kids safe.
Here's to a happy, healthy and safe Halloween!
Do you have a child with a food allergy? Share your story with us here.
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Governor George Nigh on helping shape an international Oklahoma
Landlocked and situated more than five hundred miles from the nearest international border, Oklahoma is not typically known for its international ties. Yet the Sooner State is a top destination for foreign students, travelers and companies. Oklahoma-made products are shipped far and wide, stimulating the state's economy while adding to employment. According to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce's 2014 Global Report, foreign companies employ more than 48,000 Oklahomans, while the state exported more than $6.3 billion worth of goods and products.
These vital economic metrics are the result of decades' worth of work by local business and government leaders in raising Oklahoma's international profile. One such leader was former Governor George Nigh.
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Nigh's focus on building the state's international ties truly began with his affiliation as a member of the Junior Chamber International. The then-lieutenant governor played a key role in campaigning for Oklahoma City's role as host for the group's annual international congress. As both a governmental representative and junior chamber member, Nigh attended international meetings in locales as far flung as Paris and Hong Kong to promote Oklahoma City as a host for the International Jaycees.
"It wasn't easy because the Jaycees had rules that allowed for only one host city per country," explained Nigh. "That meant Oklahoma City had to be selected by the junior chamber's members above everywhere else in America, and then win the international selection process as well."
With Nigh helping lead the charge, Oklahoma City was selected above major metropolitan areas like Los Angeles and San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1965, Nigh was one of the participants in the international congress taking place in the heart of Oklahoma City at the Skirvin Hotel. Nigh even arranged for the conference's official hostess to be Perle Mesta, a member of the Skirvin family and a famous Washington D.C . socialite, former ambassador to Luxembourg and subject of the Broadway musical "Call Me Madam."
"We had representatives from 70 countries from around the world come to Oklahoma City to attend that conference," said Nigh. "Getting that international conference held here, that is what got me interested in more international things as they related to Oklahoma."
He recalled that one of his biggest challenges in building Oklahoma's international ties, one shared many governors' who've followed Nigh, was trying to put the state's best foot forward to potential investors abroad while being criticized back home. Legitimate concerns about funding for international delegations often times became muddled with sniping by opponents looking to score easy political points.
Nigh's experience in drawing multinational company Hitachi to Norman stands out particularly in this regard.
After months of discussions with the Japanese corporation, Nigh and Hitachi's president reached a tentative agreement that would see the company open a location in Norman. The only condition was that the governor hold on releasing the announcement until the company president had time to present the plan to Hitachi's board of directors.
"Word got out that I had been in Japan, and someone at The Daily Oklahoman ran an editorial cartoon looking into the cabin of an airplane as I ate rice with chopsticks," recalled the state's longest serving governor with obvious disappointment. "Hitachi called me and said that if that is how Oklahoma saw Hitachi, that we could forget about them coming."
In a last minute bid to save the deal, Nigh boarded an airplane that very night and flew to Japan alone. Meeting with the Hitachi board, Nigh explained the political dynamics at play in the state and the cartoon's true target.
Said Nigh, "I told them that is not how our state viewed Hitachi, but rather how one newspaper viewed me."
The governor's last minute bid proved effective, as Hitachi's ongoing presence in Norman can affirm.
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc. of Norman, Okla.
Nigh found challenges in overcoming misconceptions about the state abroad too, many of which were fueled by the United States greatest export; its popular culture.
"I was at a reception for a trade delegation in Hong Kong where the host came in late, walked by me without introducing himself and took to the podium to say that the only thing he knew about Oklahoma was what he read in 'The Grapes of Wrath'."
While he combated misconceptions about the state's true potential versus the landscape popularized by the Jodes, Nigh credits the association with one native son, Will Rogers, and one play, "Oklahoma!" for presenting the it in a better light.
In fact, Nigh's association with the latter extends further than his role as the politician responsible for introducing legislation making it the state's official song. As he tells it, during his participation in a delegation of five U.S. governors touring Japan in 1982, the country's emperor met each member of the delegation with a hand shake.
"He greeted us individually and said something nice about each state, but didn't speak more than that initial greeting to any of the other governors. I'm the last one he shakes hands with, and he tells me that when he thinks of Oklahoma, he pictures wheat, cattle and oil," recalled Nigh. "Then he turns to walk away. But then he turned back to me and says very enthusiastically, 'Great musical!'."
The former governor has dozens of stories like this, each told with an enthusiasm about the experience but also for the state that each tale centers on. This unbridled passion for Oklahoma and its potential for connections globally is just one reason why he was awarded the Sister Cities International OKC Global Vision Award in April 2015.
"George Nigh was a visionary in understanding how important international relationships would be for Oklahoma's future," said Vicki Clark Gourley, president of Sister Cities OKC in a release regarding the award.
Looking back to where Oklahoma has come from the days when Nigh was first promoting Oklahoma City as a premier destination for the International Jaycees, the Sooner State has benefited greatly from the foresight of its longest serving governor.
July 13, 2015 /by John VanPool
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Oklahoma exporter profile: Head Country
Started from a family BBQ recipe in 1947, Ponca City, Okla.'s Head Country is a well-known commodity in the country's grocery stores and dinner tables. Yet this domestic success is just one facet of this Oklahoma exporter's story. Under Vice-President Paul Schatte, Head Country began to explore expanding into global markets.
"Outdoor cooking is the oldest form of food preparation in the world," said Schatte during a presentation to the Oklahoma Governor's International Team in May 2015. "And no one does it better than Americans."
Head Country VP Paul Schatte – Photo courtesy www.okbs.us
It was that prowess for the American grill that first brought Schatte's attention to the potential in exporting Head Country. As he describes it, several emails and phone calls from a potential customer in Sweden about how best to prepare a Head Country BBQ recipe resulted in Schatte's visit to the Scandinavian country for a personal demonstration. The successful contacts and business resulting from that foray resulted in Head Country's expansion to other international markets.
Schatte spoke with the OKGIT about Head Country's experience in exporting as an Oklahoma company.
How many employees do you have in Oklahoma?
"We have 27 employees in-state, and occasionally use temps outside of Oklahoma when necessary."
Can you give me an idea of how much Head Country relies on exporting its products outside the U.S.?
"Our international sales account for around five percent of our total business."
What are your biggest markets to date? Are there some new markets you see worth exploring in the future?
"Head Country is currently established in foreign markets in Europe, Canada, Mexico and Australia. Some new and potential markets of interest include China, other parts of Asia and central and South America."
What are some of the challenges Head Country faces in exporting from Oklahoma? Are there some benefits from exporting from Oklahoma as well?
"Some of our main challenges of late include a strong U.S. dollar, European food standards and the understanding of our products.
"In terms of positives, Oklahoma is received favorably around the world. Our state's history of cowboys and Native Americans is found intriguing to the international community. The state is looked at for honesty and being diversified.
"In that vein is Head Country, which proudly represents Oklahoma in foreign trade!"
Looking back to when Head Country first began producing items for export, is there any advice that the company would provide to fellow firms in Oklahoma who are considering forging international ties and exporting?
"Evaluate every question that the foreign distributor asks. What special requirements do you need to meet to manufacture products for them and to get the product imported into their country?
"And finally, charge appropriately for your company's investment into producing international commodities."
In terms of trade, what are some challenges for an American food firm in exporting?
"Today Head Country's export destinations include Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) partners in Scandinavia, Spain and Germany. We also export to Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) nations like Australia and hope to export to other Asian nations that are part of that agreement.
"In some TPP countries, we face tariffs as high as 20 percent on our product. Should these two trade agreements, the TTIP and TTP, be ratified, Head Country could face lower tariffs and easier regulations, making our products more competitive abroad and consequently, benefiting our workers here in Oklahoma."
May 28, 2015 /by John VanPool
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Governor's International Team well represented at 2015 Offshore Technology Conference
Dr. Jim Collard, John Curzon, Jennifer Springer and Ray Brown, Pipeline Equipment, Inc.
Among the estimated 94,000 attendees to this year's Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas were several representatives from the Lone Star State's northern neighbor, including members of the Oklahoma Governor's International Team.
Dr. Jim Collard of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Economic Development Department, John Curzon of CCK Strategies and Jennifer Springer of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce were on hand as group representatives for an evening reception co-sponsored by the ODOC and OKGIT.
"Simply put, it was a great opportunity to showcase Oklahoma for companies from across the country and across the world," said CPN's Dr. Collard.
The annual offshore technology conference is an international affair with energy professionals from across the globe converging on Houston to meet and showcase new technologies, practices and ideas. While the conference is focused on energy industry issues, the diversity of industries represented by the 94,000 attendees offers opporunities to discuss issues as wide ranging as international trade, technological updates and financing for future projects.
If you'd like to learn more about the 2015 Offshore Technology Conference or future events like it, visit their website here. If you'd like to learn more about the Oklahoma Governor's International Team's participation in the 2015 event, please contact Dr. Jim Collard, John Curzon or Jennifer Springer for more information.
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Mills Machine Co. investment in Oklahoma recognized with state entrepreneur award
Closing out a successful 2014, Shawnee-based Mills Machine Company was honored by Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Mark Costello for its innovative commercial success and investment in Oklahoman jobs. Commissioner Costello presented company owner and president Chuck Mills with the Entrepreneurial Excellence in Oklahoma Award.
"I am constantly in awe of Oklahoma and the many successful and profitable private companies that I have been exposed to," said Costello. "Each of these amazing business owners has a unique story about why they started their company and how it has evolved over the years. I want to honor these entrepreneurs for their commitment to Oklahoma and for their success in creating opportunities for other Oklahomans."
The award was presented at the company's Shawnee manufacturing facility on Dec. 18, 2014.
"Our company has been under the leadership of the Mills family for 106 years here in Shawnee," commented Mills upon receiving the award. "But none of our success would have been possible without our loyal and hardworking employees."
District 17 Senator Ron Sharp and District 26 Representative Justin Wood, who represent the Shawnee-area at the state capitol, were also in attendance. Both presented commendations to Mills.
Founded by the Mills family in 1908, Mills Machine Company is a leading manufacturer of earth drilling tools. It has become a multimillion dollar company providing a full line of specialty earth boring tools and accessories for water, mining, construction, utility and environmental applications. Under current owner and president Chuck Mills, the company has expanded to new domestic and international markets over the past 35 years.
Mills focus on investment in Oklahoman jobs is reflected in his service as the acting Chairman of the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce and the Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development. Mills' has previously served as the chair of the Oklahoma Governor's International Team, an organization he continues as an active member.
The Entrepreneurial Excellence in Oklahoma Award recognizes Oklahoma-based entrepreneurs who have created profitable employment for their fellow Oklahomans and to foster a positive business atmosphere. Legislators, local Chambers of Commerce, civic organizations and the public nominate deserving businesses regardless of size or age, though the decision of award winners is left to the labor commissioner.
(Pictured above: (Left to right) Commissioner Larry Costello, Rep. Justin Wood, Chuck Mills, Sen. Ron Sharp, Shawnee Mayor Wes Mainord.)
January 21, 2015 /by John VanPool
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