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A Holistic Take on Senior Living
By BusinessWest Staff June 4, 2013 950
Monastery Heights Caters to the Mind, Body, and Spirit
Monastery Heights resident Arlene Welsh relaxes during a Reiki session conducted by practitioner Michelle Noel Plante.
A peaceful oasis sits high on a hill in West Springfield, surrounded by 18 acres of grounds that are punctuated by walking paths and a beautiful grotto with a gazebo.
For more than 75 years, the historic stone building on the site was home to Passionate priests and brothers, and when a retreat center was added, people who visited Our Lady of Sorrows Monastery found hope and healing there.
Today, the well-known property is still a place that tends to the emotional, spiritual, social, and physical well-being of people. However, it has been transformed into a senior-living community known as Landmark at Monastery Heights, which caters to elders at all stages of life, from those in independent-living and assisted-living apartments to individuals in its Morningstar memory-care neighborhood, which offers 24-hour supervision and a full schedule of activities in a secure setting.
Residents who live on the independent- and assisted-living floors are housed side by side, which makes it easy for them and their families to add additional care when needed. It also makes moving unnecessary, and no one receiving extra assistance is ever identified as living within a particular unit.
But the hallmark of this senior community is the philosophy behind it — a holistic approach to life and the concern paid to the total well-being of each resident, which has been enhanced by a plethora of new offerings this year that range from pet therapy to massage therapy to Reiki.
"We've added new programs that incorporate people's mind, body, and spirit as we want to promote optimal well-being and health," said Marketing Director Mary-Anne DiBlasio. "People want their parents cared for from a medical perspective, but also want them to live in a place where they are loved and respected, and that has a home-like setting.
"Everyone wants a beautiful location, but what really matters most is how the residents feel," she continued. "This is a whole new way of community-based living that promotes the independence some people may have lost. Pride and dignity are very important to us."
Residents have input into what happens, and as their interests are varied, they are encouraged to attend resident council meetings. Some have started their own programs, which include cribbage and Scrabble groups, while a close affiliation with the West Springfield Senior Center has allowed others to institute programs there such as a Seder service started by a Jewish resident.
"We try to give them as much say as possible," said Regional Marketing Director Sharon Beaudry, adding that the facility recently met a request to add an extra day to the schedule of the hairdresser who works at Monastery Heights.
There is also a lot of interaction with the community, and the Monastery is home to family events as well as programs open to the public, such as a Fall Festival with a farmer's market on the lawn, which features horse-drawn carriage rides and a vendor fair that includes a booth where Monastery residents sell crafts, photography, and artwork they take pride in. "It really brings out their creativity. The more engaged they become and motivated they are, the higher their level of self-satisfaction and self-worth, which is reflected in better health and wellness," DiBlasio said.
The West Springfield Parks and Recreation Department holds its summer concert series at Monastery Heights, and residents join the public for relaxing evenings on the lawn. "It's a way to continually keep ties between the community and what is happening here," Beaudry said.
DiBlasio said choosing a new home for oneself or a parent can be difficult. "When people come to us, they are overwhelmed. But even if Landmark Heights is not appropriate, we take the time to listen and will make referrals," she told BusinessWest. "Although we are always making improvements to the property, our focus is always on people."
Renovating History
Mary-Anne DiBlasio, right, says developing a strong sense of community is a key to growing a successful facility.
Beaudry said that, when the building's interior was gutted by developer Simsbury Associates after it purchased the property in 1996, the company took care to maintain its historical charm.
"Whenever possible, they left exposed wood and marble as well as the brothers' chanting chapel," she said. Thought was also put into what is now the Morningstar neighborhood for people with dementia, which has its own courtyard and garden area.
And since the property opened as Landmark at Monastery Heights, elements such as bird feeders have been added outside and benches placed so people can enjoy nature whenever they venture outdoors.
But creating a strong sense of community is even more important than the surroundings, DiBlasio noted. "This is a new beginning for people, and we have modified our programs in the last year," she said as she talked about meditation, reflexology, aromatherapy, and extras added to promote health and relaxation. For example, after each yoga class, a licensed reflexologist gives each (willing) participant a hand massage using essential oils.
Art therapy also proves soothing to the spirit, while a wide range of exercise classes that include tai chi, strength training and weekly yoga offer physical benefits.
Monastery Heights also boasts a walking club, and many residents, such as DiBlasio's mother, Rosemarie Fernandes, enjoy walking the grounds.
Other physical needs are addressed by three full-time nurses, who are in charge of a range of programs and services that include balance assessments and laboratory and pharmacy services.
The former Passionate chapel, with its vaulted, carved ceiling, is a place where peace is almost tangible, and since Monastery Heights is interdenominational, both Catholic masses and Christian services are held there.
Residents also enjoy activities and performances at the West Springfield Senior Center, as well as on-site baking classes that people in independent living, assisted living, and the Morningstar neighborhood participate in. "There is no 'us' and 'them' here, and our residents with memory impairment are always co-mingling," Beaudry said.
However, she noted that the number of people seeking independent-living apartments at Monastery is on the rise.
"People come here because they are isolated at home. Even if their children live locally, it is very difficult for them to manage their care, and it doesn't solve the problem of their isolation," Beaudry explained, adding that many can no longer drive.
"Living here gives them a level of independence again," she continued, adding that residents are age 62 and older. "We take them to the grocery store, to do their banking, and to doctor's appointments."
A podiatrist visits the facility, and physical and occupational therapy are also administered on site, due to collaboration with a local agency. In addition, everyone who moves in is given a free physical evaluation to determine special needs, such as a raised toilet seat or having fluorescent tape put at the edge of a shower stall and grab bars to help those with poor vision.
"Someone with a walker may also be walking with it incorrectly," Beaudry said. "We do things to help increase strength, agility, and core balance, and really keep a watchful eye on people. All of our staff is very mindful of that."
Monastery Heights has its own store, which is stocked with items residents tend to run out of. "We want to be able to accommodate people and maximize their stay. This is their home, and we want to make sure they are completely happy. We always think about them as if they were our own mom or dad," Beaudry said.
And there are two resident cats, as research shows that pets improve the overall quality of life. Residents can also bring their own small dogs to live there. "Studies have shown that having pets around brings health and happiness to people," DiBlasio said, adding that the facility recently hosted a dog show.
Dementia Program
Three certified nursing assistants provide care to residents who live in 18 apartments in the Morningstar program, created for residents with dementia. "We invest equally in them as well as in our staff," said Beaudry. "It all fits into the holistic aspect of our community."
When residents in this area of the building — or any other — are experiencing anxiety, which can occur for people with dementia at sundown, specially trained staff members are able to give them hand massages or administer Reiki.
"They talk to them while quiet music plays," Beaudry said. "We also have pet therapy. A woman comes in once a week with her dog, and you can see the residents' demeanor change."
In addition, Monastery staff members work with the Alzheimer's Assoc. to determine the best way to engage residents in meaningful activities and help them express their feelings, since their verbal capacity is diminished.
Beaudry said the facility has adopted the association's 'Memories in the Making' program, which uses artwork ranging from drawing to sculpture and cutting paper, then organizing it, as a creative outlet. "We frame their art and put it on display once a year. It makes the residents feel proud and very special," she told BusinessWest.
There are also monthly outings to places such as vegetable stands or to take a cruise on the Connecticut River, as well as weekly trips to get ice cream.
"When people have memory loss, they still know who they are as a person and remember their history," Beaudry said. "We find out what they used to enjoy doing and capitalize on that so our residents feel purposeful and proud."
For example, a special area was set up for a man who enjoyed workworking, while those who loved to garden can do so in the Morningstar courtyard. Some residents help set the tables for meals, while others enjoy folding laundry.
"They love the tactile feeling, and it makes them feel useful," Beaudry said. "We promote as much independence as possible, and knowing that they still have the ability to perform simple tasks gives them self-satisfaction, confidence, and a feeling of purpose. We focus on what they still can do."
Thought is also given to the menu. "Research shows that diet is extremely important to the body and mind, so we work with nutritionists to create food that is reminiscent of what our residents grew up with, and we use organic, local vegetables whenever possible," she noted.
Rounded Approach
DiBlasio said the facility's low vacancy rate is the result of a community-based, comprehensive approach to senior living. "Our success comes from the respect and friendship we earn from our residents.
"We are committed to enhancing each resident's sense of well-being and fulfillment," she added, "by understanding and meeting their physical, social, and emotional needs on a daily basis."
Which is, indeed, a truly holistic approach.
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The Charles Page High School varsity baseball team improved to 14-4 on the season with an 11-3 run-rule victory over Highway 97 rival, the Sapulpa Chieftains (1-10) Friday evening. Junior Josh Cordell (1-1) got his first win on the mound this season with three strike outs and five hits.
Cordell pitched a no-hitter in the first inning and the Sandites ran up a 3-0 lead. Treyce Tolbert and Rhett Rutledge walked and Josh Taber brought Tolbert home on a single to short. Joey Montgomery was hit by pitch to load the bases, Rutledge stole home on a wild pitch, and Taber came home on an error before Chieftain pitcher Garrett Estes struck out his third batter of the inning to end the scoring onslaught.
Sapulpa tied things up in the top of the second as Cale Collins singled in Wyatt Sellers, and Alan Shibley doubled to score Collins and Ethan Williams. Sand Springs reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the inning, however, and wouldn't give it up for the duration.
Jake Ward and Hunter Greathouse singled and Taber was hit by pitch to load the bases. Montgomery walked in Ward, Tyler McCallie singled in Greathouse, Jake Terry walked in Taber, and Mack Thompson walked in courtesy runner Malachi Walton for a 7-3 lead.
Cordell struck out two in the third for a no hitter, but the Sandites failed to capitalize on it as they landed only one hit and stranded Greathouse. The Chieftains walked one in the fourth but left him stranded and the Sandites came in for two hits, two walks, and Walton scored on an error at home plate.
Roberto Lino relieved Estes on the mound in the bottom of the fifth, but that didn't deter the Sandites from scoring two more. Cody Motes scored on a passed ball, Taber scored on a wild pitch, and the host team stranded loaded bases with a 10-3 lead.
Rutledge walked in the bottom of the sixth and scored on a Greathouse single to secure the game by run-rule, which is eight runs after six innings.
The Sandites return to action Saturday at 5:30 in a double-header at Enid.


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- [Step 1: Get Docker](#step-1-get-docker)
- [Step 2: Install Docker](#step-2-install-docker)
- [Step 3: Verify your installation](#step-3-verify-your-installation)

## Step 1: Get Docker

* [Docker for Mac](#docker-for-mac)

* [Docker for Windows](#docker-for-windows)

* [Docker for Linux](#docker-for-linux)

### Docker for Mac

Docker for Mac is our newest offering for the Mac. It runs as a native Mac application and uses
[xhyve](https://github.com/mist64/xhyve/){: target="_blank" class="_" } to virtualize
the Docker Engine environment and Linux kernel-specific features for the Docker daemon.

Get Docker for Mac

#### Requirements

- Mac must be a 2010 or newer model, with Intel's hardware support for memory management unit (MMU) virtualization; i.e., Extended Page Tables (EPT)

- macOS 10.10.3 Yosemite or newer

- At least 4GB of RAM

- VirtualBox prior to version 4.3.30 must NOT be installed (it is incompatible with Docker for Mac). Docker for Mac will error out on install in this case. Uninstall the older version of VirtualBox and re-try the install.

#### Docker Toolbox for the Mac

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### Docker for Linux
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For full instructions on getting Docker for various Linux distributions, see [Install Docker Engine](/engine/installation/index.md).

## Step 2: Install Docker

- **Docker for Mac** - See [Install Docker for Mac](/docker-for-mac/install/).

- **Docker for Windows** - See [Install Docker for Windows](/docker-for-windows/install/).

- **Docker Toolbox** - Install instructions are at [Docker Toolbox Overview](/toolbox/overview.md).

- **Docker on Linux** - For a simple example of installing Docker on Ubuntu Linux so that you can work through this tutorial, see [Installing Docker on Ubuntu Linux (Example)](linux_install_help.md). Full install instructions for all flavors of Linux we support are at [Install Docker Engine](/engine/installation/index.md).

## Step 3: Verify your installation

1. Open a command-line terminal, and run some Docker commands to verify that Docker is working as expected.

    Some good commands to try are `docker version` to check that you have the latest release installed and `docker ps` to see if you have any running containers. (Probably not, since you just started.)

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        Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally
        latest: Pulling from library/hello-world
        535020c3e8ad: Pull complete
        af340544ed62: Pull complete
        Digest: sha256:a68868bfe696c00866942e8f5ca39e3e31b79c1e50feaee4ce5e28df2f051d5c
        Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest

        Hello from Docker.
        This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly.

        To generate this message, Docker took the following steps:
        1. The Docker Engine CLI client contacted the Docker Engine daemon.
        2. The Docker Engine daemon pulled the "hello-world" image from the Docker Hub.
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        4. The Docker Engine daemon streamed that output to the Docker Engine CLI client, which sent it
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        Share images, automate workflows, and more with a free Docker Hub account:
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3. Run `docker ps -a` to show all containers on the system.

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        CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS                      PORTS               NAMES
        592376ff3eb8        hello-world         "/hello"            25 seconds ago      Exited (0) 24 seconds ago                       prickly_wozniak

    You should see your `hello-world` container listed in the output for the `docker ps -a` command.

    The command `docker ps` shows only currently running containers. Since `hello-world` already ran and exited, it wouldn't show up with a `docker ps`.

## Looking for troubleshooting help?

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## Where to go next

At this point, you have successfully installed the Docker software. Leave the
Docker Quickstart Terminal window open. Now, go to the next page to [read a very
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Flew to ATL tonight for a meeting and could get a rental car as there is a NCAA basketball final here tonight.
Always good to catch up and visit. Drew and I have randomly run Into each other over the years.
Thanks drew. Next times on the mojo.
I need surf lessons from the girls.
That's what friends are for... Nice job Drew!!!
Ole drew is a good fella.
Ha! It was my pleasure.
I just feel bad for the folks you have to meet with tomorrow & sitting next to you on the plane. Maybe you should get one of those FAE things?
Funny, I was just reading the gym rat thread with bca's, abc's rojo's , mojo's and hojo's.
I'm with you on that one. Too bad for the seat mates. Glad to hear you fellas got together for some grub.
I'm in Nw Arkansas for a few days now. Don't know any forum folk here? Who will drive me and take me for food???
I fly up here normally but drove from here back to LA once. One day I may drive it again.


Cotton wool/buds/pads is a relatively stable category which does not experience any major innovations that would significantly impact it. In addition, the level of investments in marketing is low as there are risks that they might not be compensated with the higher sales as most of the consumers know their products and buy them only as much as they need. However, the latest trends indicate that also in this category products made out of natural materials are growing in demand.
In terms of branded products, cotton wool/buds/pads is relatively concentrated with the biggest three players controlling 65% value share in 2014. The leader is Beiersdorf which dominates with its well- established and trusted brand Nivea. The company managed to acquire 28% value share in 2014. Poslovni Sistem Mercator dd was ranked second which is mostly positioned with its cheaper private label brands. Currently it holds 27% market share. Ranked third is well-known domestic manufacturer Tosama which gained much lower share of 10% after experiencing big difficulties due to consumer shifts towards cheaper products.
The future for cotton wool/buds/pads does not look too bright in Slovenia as many budget-conscious consumers are expected to continue reducing their purchases over the forecast period in order to save some money. The category is therefore set to decline by a 3% value CAGR at constant 2014 prices over the forecast period to reach €1.5 million in 2019. The performance is therefore expected to be marginally worse than the average of the review period.
Discover the latest market trends and uncover sources of future market growth for the Cotton Wool/Buds/Pads industry in Slovenia with research from Euromonitor's team of in-country analysts.
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Sid Meier's Starships
Sid Meier's Starships announced, is set in "Beyond Earth" universe
By Phil Savage 2015-01-19T15:02:49.18Z
Firaxis has just announced Sid Meier's Starships; a turn-based space strategy set in the Beyond Earth universe. A follow-up of sorts, it details what happens after man colonises a new planet, and then gets bored, builds new ships and sets off to have a big fight in space.
Normally I'd raise an eyebrow at the idea of inter-connected meta-fiction set across 4X strategies. Sure, you could say that Beyond Earth was set in the same universe as Civilization V, but that supposes a very specific ending and that everyone who went into space was a massive jerk. You might as well say that Eastenders, the BBC's London-based miserabalist fantasy, is set in the same universe as Silent Running.
For Starships, though, Meier plans a more direct follow-up to Beyond Earth's events. "When designing Starships, I was intrigued by the idea of exploring the next chapter in the story of Civilization: Beyond Earth," Meier told Gamespot, who announced the new game. "What happens after we colonize our new home and eventually build starships to take to the stars? What has become of our long-lost brothers and sisters from the planet Earth?"
"My goal was to create an experience that focuses on starship design and combat within a universe filled with interstellar adventure, diplomacy, and exploration."
In fact, Starships will feature cross-connectivity with Beyond Earth, although Firaxis are yet to announce exactly what that will involve.
As for the specifics, Starships is due out early this year, and will be available for Windows, Mac and iPad. In it, you'll direct your fleet of ships to explore the galaxy, completing missions and protecting planets. You'll also collect new technology and partake in dynamically generated combat encounters.
Phil Savage
Phil leads PC Gamer's UK team. He was previously the editor of the magazine, and thinks you should definitely subscribe to it. He enjoys RPGs and immersive sims, and can often be found reviewing Hitman games. He's largely responsible for the Tub Geralt thing, but still isn't sorry.

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Ahmès-Satkamosé ou Sitkamose (Née de la Lune, fille de Kamosé) est une princesse et reine de la fin de la  – début de la , qui vécut sous le règne d', dont elle fut probablement l'une des épouses. Comme son nom l'indique, elle est la fille du roi Ouadjkheperrê Kames.

Ahmès-Satkamosé figure dans la liste des ancêtres royaux adorés durant la . Elle apparaît notamment dans le tombeau de Khâbekhnet à Deir el-Médineh (Thèbes).

Généalogie

Il est établi aujourd'hui, comme l'indique explicitement son nom, que Satkamosé est la fille de Ouadjkheperrê Kames, née durant son court règne de trois ans, ou avant.

Considérant les titres d'épouse qui lui sont souvent attachés, elle fut probablement unie au roi  dont elle fut la contemporaine. Dans ce cas, elle pourrait avoir épousé le tout jeune souverain dans la première partie de son règne, quand il fut en âge de procréer. Elle ne porte jamais le titre de Mère de roi, mais elle pourrait avoir donné naissance à un ou plusieurs des enfants attestés d'Ahmôsis.

Une reine peu connue

Parmi les différents titres de la reine, tous postérieurs à l'époque où elle vécut, on trouve ceux de : « épouse du roi » (hm.t-nisw.t-wr.t) ; « fille du roi » (s3T-niswt-nt) ; « sœur du roi » (snt-niswt). Elle eut aussi celui d'« épouse du dieu » (HmT-nTr), mais selon Aidan Mark Dodson et Dyan Hilton, il est probable que ce dernier ne lui fut donné qu'à titre posthume. Le titre Sœur du roi fut retrouvé uniquement sur les bandelettes de la momie et rédigé tardivement. Il peut se rattacher à sa fonction d'épouse royale, au même titre que la reine Ahmès, épouse du roi . Elle ne portera jamais le titre de « Grande Épouse Royale » (HmT nswt wrT) qui fut réservé à la reine Ahmès-Néfertary.

Sur une stèle conservée au British Museum, ainsi que dans la liste royale de Khâbekhnet, Satkamosé porte le titre d'« épouse du dieu », fonction officialisée par la reine Ahmès-Néfertary dont Satkamosé fut la cousine.
Si ce titre lui fut bien attribué, ce fut peut-être de manière posthume, comme ce fut le cas pour la mère et la grand-mère d'Ahmès-Néfertary.

On ne sait rien de la vie d'Ahmès-Satkamosé. Considérant son âge au moment du décès, elle meurt sans doute avant l'avènement du roi . Son culte funéraire se maintient jusqu'au milieu de la  au moins et possède notamment une fondation à Thèbes, ce qui peut expliquer qu'elle fut considérée plus tard comme une épouse du dieu, au même titre qu'.

Sépulture

Enterrée dans la Nécropole thébaine, la momie de Satkamosé fut déplacée pour la protéger des pilleurs de tombes et inhumée de nouveau dans la cache DB320 de Deir el-Bahari, comme un grand nombre de dépouilles royales du Nouvel Empire. Elle y a été découverte en 1881. La dépouille, qui avait été endommagée par des pilleurs de tombes, se trouvait dans un cercueil réemployé au nom de Padiamon, qui vécut sous la .

La momie fut démaillotée le  par Gaston Maspero. L'analyse du corps permit d'estimer que Satkamosé avait environ trente ans au moment de son décès. Grafton Eliot Smith la décrit comme une femme ayant une forte stature, presque masculine, et note son étroite parenté, quant à la technique d'embaumement, avec celle du roi Ahmôsis.

Elle est maintenant au Musée du Caire.

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1,707 teachers, non-teaching staff unvaccinated against Covid in Kerala
After the government started toughening its stance against unvaccinated school staff, their number dwindled from over 5,000 last week to 1,707.
Published: 05th December 2021 06:48 AM | Last Updated: 05th December 2021 03:46 PM | A+A A-
By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A total of 1,707 teachers and non-teaching staff in the state have not taken the Covid vaccine, General Education Minister V Sivankutty has said. These employees have been served show-cause notice and those who do not give satisfactory reasons can go on leave without pay, he added.
After the government started toughening its stance against unvaccinated school staff, their number dwindled from over 5,000 last week to 1,707. The highest number of teachers and non-teaching staff who have not taken the vaccine is in Malappuram while the lowest is in Wayanad.
The 1,707 unvaccinated staff includes 1,495 teachers and 212 non-teaching staff. While 1,255 school staff in the lower primary, upper primary and high school sections have not taken the vaccine, the number of unvaccinated staff in the higher secondary and vocational higher secondary section was 223 and 229 respectively.
"RT-PCR test every week will be mandatory for teachers and non-teaching staff. Those who cannot take the vaccine due to medical conditions such as allergy should produce a certificate from a government doctor," the minister said.
Though the government had earlier decided to publicise the names of the teaching and non-teaching staff, it decided against such a move in the wake of requests from teachers' unions. The government instead released district-wise figures of the unvaccinated staff.
The minister also said that differently-abled students in schools as well as special schools can attend offline classes from December 8. School uniforms will be made compulsory from December 13 to avoid confusion over students' concession in buses.
The minister also announced that 72 new Plus-I batches have been sanctioned in 21 taluks where there is a shortage of seats. This includes one batch in science, 61 batches in humanities and 10 commerce batches.
Centre flags mortality rate in 4 districts
T'Puram: The Ministry of Health and Family Affairs has directed the state health secretary to keep a watch on four districts which reported more number of Covid deaths in the last two weeks. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote to state Health Principal Secretary Rajan Khobragade about rising number of deaths in Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kollam districts and directed him to initiate steps to reduce fatality.
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The students of activities in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Drug Manufacturing held a seminar entitled " Law of Attraction" on Tuesday 25/10/2016. The seminar was given by Mr. Ahmed Gomaa, the Human Development Specialist in the presence of faculty members, teaching assistance staff, along with a number of students. The students of activities took some photos with the keynote speaker and the staff members for memory's sake. The seminar was under the supervision of Dr. Hesham Nematallah, the leader of activities in the Faculty.


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Road Rage archive #1
This is a scan of the chapter plan for my 'avant-pulp' novel Road Rage! which I found filed among quote sheets and other bumf when I updated the Press section of this site.
Road Rage! is long out of print, but see below for information on a strictly limited number of mint-condition copies that are newly available for sale.
The manuscript was written over the course of a two week period in 1995. From memory I wrote this plan about halfway in (i.e. once I'd reached about Chapter 7 or 8) because I needed to organise the remaining chapters. I'm amazed that it survived.
Chapter plan for Road Rage!
It is odd to see this piece of yellowing A4 and its sparse contents; the cringe-making use of words like 'shag'; the 'daisy-wheel' printer type from the Amstrad word processor I used at the time. All seem to belong to another age.
Because it was another age.
Strange too to remember the writing process, which was: do no research whatsoever, write a minimum of one chapter per day, and try to ensure there is at least one 'transcendent act' (as I would say when talking about this at the time) of sex or violence per chapter. The idea to write 'a crusty novel' along these lines, using a process that consciously explored connections between an imagined pulp productivity and automatic writing, had been reinforced in a throwaway conversation one afternoon in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield with friends Tim, Roy and Robin when I was visiting that city.
Road Rage cover – photograph 'Fire Artist' © David McCairley, 1997
Writing Road Rage!, getting it published, was a way of contributing to what I saw as a kind of 'conversation' about London, about British pulp fiction generally and the 'Richard Allen' skinhead novels in particular that was being conducted in print around the east London where I lived at the time. This appropriation of Allen's novels had been anticipated in the mid-1980s by the aforementioned Roy Bayfield who incorporated the books into his rambling spoken-word-act-come-job at the Zap in Brighton. It was also prefigured by the appropriation of skinhead imagery in the work of artists including Gilbert and George, Psychic TV, and independent artist film-maker John Smith with his short film OM (1986).
In the early 1990s I was tuning in to this conversation via novels like Victor Headley's Yardie, which was published by the then London Fields-based X-Press and was for sale in various local newsagents, and Stewart Home's Red London, which was set in and around the home in Grove Road, Mile End, that would become known after it was demolished as Rachel Whiteread's House.
I didn't know when I started who might want to print this, but I'd wanted to make a connection, too, with Michael Moorcock's pulpier sword-n-sorcery novels from the late 1960s and early 1970s which were written at the breakneck speed of three days per volume (putting my 'chapter-a-day' regime to shame of course).
Road Rage! takes some liberties with the 'sprawling consensual hallucination that is Hackney', chiefly by relocating a lightly-drawn (no research, remember) analogue of the then M11 Link Road protests (which centred around the proposed 'East Cross Route' in Leytonstone) a few miles west to Well Street, E9. Events take place in a number of expedient and/or contingent locations around Well Street and London Fields: in the Pub on the Park, on Hackney Central railway station and the trains of the North London Line, in the Hackney DSS office and a still markedly pre-gentrification Broadway Market that would be unrecognisable now. This was where I lived at the time.
Psychic cross on the door of 50 Beck Road, London, former residence of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
Looking at the chapter plan again, my gaze is drawn to the blue felt-tip pen drawings at the foot of the page. I'm aware that these 'sketches towards' a 'runic pictogram' of a tree that I'd realised was needed at a particular point in the story may have taken fewer minutes to refine than there are iterations here.
Whether I realised it at the time or not, it seems obvious now that this device was almost certainly psychic cross-inspired (see left, and this blog thread on John Eden's uncarved.org). Judging from the second sketch (counting from L-R) in particular, I effectively did little more than move a couple of the horizontal bars around (see figs.1 and 2 below). It would appear that I immediately circled and ticked the fifth attempt (where two bars are used to form an inverted chevron above the central cross-piece), as if to say, 'That'll do.'
John Smith, OM, film still
It's interesting the kinds of sources that a deadline forces one to draw upon. In the case of Road Rage! this extended to more than simply adapting the psychic cross symbol that was marked out in studs on what by then was Barry and Nick's front door down the street. Having mentioned John Smith's OM, above, it seems obvious that the barbershop scene which opens chapter two of Road Rage! incorporates an unconscious reference to that film. In those pre-YouTube days I had only seen OM once, when Smith came and did a talk to our year on the Fine Art course at the then Sheffield Poly in perhaps 1988. I had practically fallen out of my chair to see that the film's central character was played by an old friend of mine at the time. After the screening I asked Smith how he'd come to cast John Harding in this role and he said something like, 'Oh they were just some Psychic Youth art school skinhead types who lived down the road from me in Forest Gate.'
'Runic tree' as adapted psychic cross? fig.1 pictogram sketch (detail)
There is another surprise in this chapter plan. I had completely forgotten that at any stage I was considering Chapter 12 or 13 taking place at a 'Julian Cope concert', even one accompanied by that tentative question mark. I have also, unfortunately, forgotten why I changed my mind and crossed it out. Maybe there was a gig happening that week which I couldn't get to.
I loved and still love David McCairley's dramatic photograph that was used (see above) for the front cover of the Low Life paperback of Road Rage! The picture was taken that same year at a demonstration outside Hackney Town Hall protesting evictions from some squatted former office buildings on the opposite side of the road. There's another blog to be done about George Marshall's short-lived Low Life imprint. Too much to say here, other than that I am indebted to him as ever.
'Runic tree' as adapted psychic cross? fig.2
Some press is collected here, but this is what Steve Beard wrote in i-D magazine when Road Rage! was published, nailing that early 1990s moment at least as far as Victor Headley and Stewart Home:
Who would have guessed that Richard Allen's range of '70s bootboy novels would have proved so influential? First Stewart Home samples the speed and aggression in order to turn round the political message and make the link with Burroughs and Blake; then Victor Headley steals a few riffs to draw up a map of the Black Atlantic in London. […] what subculture could be appropriated next? Tony White's Road Rage makes it clear. Mixing psycho-social realism and techno-pagan fantasy, Tony White stakes out a position between Stewart Home and Martin Millar to offer a vision of London which is romantic, revolutionary and conservative all at the same time. […] a signpost to the fantastic worlds of a Michael Moorcock or an Alan Garner.
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N.B. a very small number of secondhand copies of Road Rage! in varying conditions are available on Abebooks where the only 'near fine' edition is currently £19.95 inc p&p.
*Novel or novella? There is much discussion (any excuse) about this non-question, some of it pseudo-technical e.g. here and here, and some more informal, like Robert Collins's recent piece for the Guardian. This is not to mention that individual readers may have their own expectations about what a novel should look or feel like or that publishers and trade might make assumptions about those expectations, let alone that there would be commercial considerations about price and volume and what it may or may not be viable to print or sell. Road Rage! weighs in at around what might be called 'the NEL-standard' of 45,000 words, which is certainly short-ish, although the book was described as a novel at the time, including on the back cover. Since then I've also occasionally referred to Road Rage! as a novella. This may also be because when I wrote it I'd imagined it eventually being bundled into a larger work with parts 2 and 3 (which were written to the same chapter-a-day formula during the months immediately following completion of Road Rage! and are trailed in the endpapers) like those Moorcock three- or four-parter omnibus editions, but that is another story…
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The 5th annual Herbie Hancock Tribute night is scheduled to take place on Friday, April 12 at Nietzsche's in Buffalo, NY.
Herbie is a man of many talents: pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer, and actor.
Herbie Hancock courtesy of NEC.
His 79th birthday will be celebrated by The Truth Travelers consisting of Donny Frauenhofer on the keys, Ellen Pieroni on sax and flute, Brian Calisto and Adam Bronstein on the guitar, Sam Pavlovich on bass, Jon Fohl takes the drums, and last but not least, Ryan Campbell on aux percussion.
Additionally, The Jon Lehning Band will be performing for the crowd. This group is made up of Jon Lehning on the saxophones, Brandon Choi on the trumpet, Max Greenberg playing the piano, Adam Bronstein Music on the guitar, #AnthonyHenry takes bass, and Ryan Cavan will be playing the drums.
Doors for this event open at 9 p.m., followed by a 10 p.m. show time.
The cover for the evening is $5, and you must be 21 or older unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.


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Spell combinations are the result of multiple, specific spells being cast onto the same target or area. When a new spell combination is discovered, an entry is created in the Codex (see Codex: Spell Combinations for more details).
Advanced Reanimation summons a skeleton minion, at (0.9*[Caster's level]), gaining additional abilities.
If a target afflicted with Death Hex enters the Death Cloud, the Death Hex is dispelled and the target suffers Entropic Death, dealing (200+2.0*SP) spirit damage instantly.
A Grease Fire is eliminated.
If Grease is set on fire, it causes a Grease Fire, burning intensely for 30 fire damage every 1.5 seconds for 20 seconds. Friendly fire possible. It is easier to torch the grease with fireball, but it is possible with flame blast if it hits an enemy.
The Drain Life spell deals 100% more damage and generates 100% more healing and Mana Drain steals 50% more mana.
Nightmare deals (100+1.0*SP) spirit damage instantly, removes the Sleep effect and applies the Horror effect.
Paralysis Explosion will cause all targets within 7.5 meters to be paralyzed for 20 seconds*(target rank). Friendly fire is possible. Note that if you are too close when the two spells combine, you and your party will be paralyzed, making you an easier target for incoming enemies.
Instant kill (doesn't work against Lieutenant-ranked enemies and above). See Combat mechanics (Origins)#Shattering for more information.
Note: Notice that abilities such as Overpower, Cripple and Slam cause critical hits which also shatters the opponent. See Shattering for further information about talents that may cause critical hits.
Deals (50+0.5*SP) physical damage and knocks down all nearby targets. No effect on primary target, other than immediately ending effects of Force Field / Crushing Prison. Friendly fire possible. Can be used on friendly characters suffering from an enemy mage's Crushing Prison.
Drains the caster of additional 100 mana, when the final component is cast. Duration: 30 s. Damage: (30+0.3*SP) electricity damage every 2 s. Drains amount of stamina equal to the damage dealt. Friendly fire possible.


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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) again denounced the militarism of South Korea, in an opinion piece of the Korean Labor Party newspaper (PTC), Rodong Sinmun.
The newspaper criticized that recently under the pretext of exchange, cooperation and promotion of friendship, docked in the harbor of the naval base of Pusan, at the southern end of the peninsula, East Sea of Korea, the flagship of the VII Fleet from the United States, Blue Ridge.
This event happens for the first time in 36 months, and the objective of this anchoring was to land in neighboring territory a part of the North American reinforcements that will participate in joint military exercises called Key Resolve.
These warlike maneuvers are planned for the beginning of March in areas bordering on the jurisdictional territory of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The media of the PTC reminds that the arms increase and the war exercises in the South of Korea totally contradict the references made by delegations of the DPRK and the US, in their path to reach a true detente and peace, in the peninsula from Korea.
Also to texts signed at the end of April 2018, in Panmunjom, and last September 19 in this capital, by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, and the president of South Korea, Moon Jae In.
For this reason, the conduct of those who speak face-to-face of detente and peace is causing concern within and outside the DPRK, and they are trying, from behind, to resume the joint military exercises of South Korea-USA, introducing military equipment to the DPRK. South of the 38th parallel, says the newspaper.
Rodong Sinmun said that dialogue, war training, peace, military hostility and military pressure against North Korea are incompatible, with the improvement of relations between Seoul and Washington with Pyongyang.
It warns that the awkwardness in the communications between the North and the South of the peninsula and DPRK-US, can lead to a serious result for the enemies of North Korea.
He asked Seoul for prudence before the consequences of the dangerous military actions that give continuity to militarism and military maneuvers that will not intimidate North Korea.


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Q: DrawerNavigator lag I'm updating an Expo app from react-navigation 1.5 to 3.0.9, I noticed a very annoying issue: the drawer is reaally laggy. The video is for the development mode, but I tried the release mode, little less laggy but still a problem. With react-navigation v1 I've never had this kind of problem.
This is the code
const CustomDrawer = (props) => {
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                    <Image style={{resizeMode: "contain", width: 72, height: 72, marginLeft:10, marginTop:10}} source={require('./assets/images/icon.png')} />
                    <Text style={{ color: 'white', paddingLeft:10, paddingBottom:10, fontSize: 20 }}>
                        Title
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                </ImageBackground>
                <DrawerItems {...props} />
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        </View>
    )
}

this is the demo
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QGL8UarKcqVmWzQzhmN2aWwDrH2qPBht

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Toowoomba touch player Emilee Cherry will be Australia's vice-captain at the trans-Tasman series in New South Wales this week. Contributed
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SHE might still be in her teens but Emilee Cherry will take on a leadership role in the Australian women's team at this week's trans-Tasman touch tournament in country New South Wales.
The 19-year-old national touch and rugby sevens representative has been named vice-captain of the Australian women's team for the three-match series against New Zealand in Mudgee, which starts today and also features open men's and open mixed teams.
Speaking just before the Australian squads attended Anzac Day services in Mudgee, the Rangeville talent said she was honoured and humbled to have been bestowed with such a position.
Taking on challenges at a young age is nothing new to Cherry as she became the first schoolgirl to represent an Australian open touch team back in 2010.
Cherry has faced New Zealand in previous trans-Tasman series and also ran in two touchdowns as Australia beat the Kiwis in the final of last year's World Cup in Scotland.
Australia may have the wood over our rivals from across the ditch but Cherry expects competition to be tough over the next three days.
"They're starting to adapt to the Aussie way of playing so they're improving and it will be close," she said.
Toowoomba twins Nikki and Gemma Etheridge will also take on New Zealand this week as they will play together in the Australian mixed team for the first time.
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To Deter Refugees, Norway Readies Fence on Ex-Cold War Border
August 24, 2016, 3 years ago
The reception centre for asylum seekers is pictured in Kirkenes, northern Norway, November 11, 2015. REUTERS/Gwladys Fouche/File Photo
By Alister Doyle
OSLO, Aug 24 – Norway is putting up a steel fence at a remote Arctic border post with Russia after an influx of migrants last year, sparking an outcry from refugees' rights groups and fears that cross- border ties with the former Cold War adversary will be harmed.
The government says a new gate and a fence, about 200 metres (660 feet) long and 3.5 metres high stretching from the Storskog border point, is needed to tighten security at a northern outpost of Europe's passport-free Schengen zone.
For decades, the Nordics have enjoyed the image of being a reliable haven for asylum seekers.
But the erection of the fence, at a spot where 5,500 migrants mainly from Syria crossed into Norway last year, reflects a wider shift in public attitudes against refugees.
This is seen too in Sweden, Norway's neighbour, which was once touted as a "humanitarian superpower", but is setting up border controls this year and has toughened asylum rules.
Refugee groups and some opposition politicians say Norway's fence will deter people fleeing persecution and is an unwelcome echo of the Cold War in a region where relations have generally flourished since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
The fence will be erected in the coming weeks, before winter frosts set in, to make it harder to slip into Norway via a forest. Workers have so far done some preparatory work, clearing away old wooden barriers put up to control reindeer herds.
"The gate and the fence are responsible measures," Deputy Justice Minister Ove Vanebo told Reuters, defending the move.
Both Moscow and Oslo have cracked down on the Arctic route, one that a few refugees found less risky than crossing the Mediterranean by boat, since last year's inflow of migrants.
So far this year, no one has sought asylum via the northern frontier, according to the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration.
"I can't see a need for a fence. There are too many fences going up in Europe today," said Rune Rafaelsen, the mayor of the Soer-Varanger region which includes the border, told Reuters, pointing to barbed wire in nations such as Hungary.
Russia still maintains a fence the length of the 196 km frontier with NATO member Norway, sometimes several kilometres back from the dividing line. It has not complained about the Norwegian plans to build a fence.
But Rafaelsen, of the opposition Labour Party, said the region had made great progress in improving civilian ties since an Iron Curtain divided Norway from the Soviet Union and he, and others, saw the plans for a fence as a backward step.
"We've an obligation to be a country people can flee to," said Linn Landro, of the Refugees Welcome group in Norway. "The fence sends a very negative signal, including to Russia because it says that 'we don't trust you'."
Norwegians and Russians in the region can visit visa-free for short trips. About 250,000 people crossed the border last year, a decline from recent years but to be compared with just 5,000 a year in the Cold War.
Norway's border Commissioner Roger Jakobsen said a weak rouble has made Norway more costly for Russians, road repairs have made crossings harder and ties have cooled after Norway and other Western nations imposed sanctions after Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimea region in 2014.
He doubted the fence would be a new deterrent and said there had been no complaints from Russia. "We shouldn't make a storm in a teacup out of it," he said.
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Q: Cannot connect in SSMS with Windows Authentication
I found and added the server name through <Browse for more...> -> Network Servers so it exists and is correct.
What seems weird is that the Password field is empty and I cannot modify it...?
And when I try to Connect, I get this:

I am complete noob in DB management, so guide me thoroughly, please.

A: In windows authentication, you don't have to type the password, it will validate by AD.
The reason for Login error could be your login does not have access to the database server.
Please ask the database administrator to grant access to your login.

A: This error happens when the default database for some of the database user is dropped. From:
Fix : Error: 4064 – Cannot open user default database by Pinal Dave

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*Click on the Option>> Button of the "Connect to Server" prompt.

*Change the "connect to database" option to any existing database like master or msdb.

*Click connect and it will successfully log you in.

Once you login, run following statement to change the default database:
ALTER LOGIN [your_login_name]
WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE = [your_choice];