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2022 Warriors Championship Parade By Rakuten in San Francisco
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2022 Warriors Championship Parade, presented by Rakuten, to be Held in San Francisco on Monday, June 20.
How To Watch Live 2022 Warriors Championship Parade, presented by Rakuten, to be Held in San Francisco on Monday, June 20
The 2022 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors and the City of San Francisco will host a Championship Parade, presented by Rakuten, to honor the 2022 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors on Monday, June 20, beginning at 11:20 a.m. The parade will begin on Market Street at Main Street and will end at Market and 8th Street. The parade, which will be 1.40 miles in length, will conclude at approximately 2 p.m.
How To Watch Warriors NBA championship parade: Date, time, TV info, live stream
The Warriors and the City of San Francisco will host a free-flowing and engaging celebratory event for fans, with the opportunity to share in the up-close excitement of the 2022 NBA Championship with the Warriors, their players, coaches, legends and staff. Below, please find details on the parade presentation and media information.
Warriors NBA championship parade 2022 date, time, route and how to watch Golden State's celebration
NBC Sports Bay Area will begin their TV coverage of the Warriors Championship Parade, presented by Rakuten, from the studio at 9:30 a.m., hosted by Bonta Hill, Chris Mullin, Monte Poole and Raj Mathai. NBC Sports Bay Area's programming from the parade route will begin with a pre-parade show at 10:20 a.m., hosted by Bob Fitzgerald, Warriors play-by-play announcer, and Tim Roye, the Warriors play-by-play voice on Warriors Radio, followed by live parade route coverage beginning at 11:20 a.m. NBC Sports Bay Area's coverage will be available online and streamed on NBCSportsBayArea.com and on the NBC Sports app. On the radio side, 95.7 The Game and the Warriors Radio Network will begin coverage at 6a.m. with Bonta Hill and Joe Shasky, followed by Mark Willard and Dan Dibley from the parade route at 9 a.m.


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Extended Trading Permit
Effective date: 3 April 2019
This policy guideline is designed to provide information in regard to the subject matter covered, and with the understanding that the Director of Liquor Licensing is not passing legal opinion or interpretation or other professional advice. The information is provided on the understanding that all persons undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its contents.
This document provides guidance on the legislative requirements relating to extended trading permits (ETP) for extended areas and the circumstances that the licensing authority may have regard to when considering applications for this type of permit.
Pursuant to section 60 of the Liquor Control Act 1988(the Act), on application by the licensee, the licensing authority may grant an extended trading permit authorising the licensee to sell and supply liquor under the licence, according to the tenor of a permit,in a place to which that licence would not otherwise apply.
Legislative provisions
Section 60(4)(h) of the Act provides the authority that enables a licensee to sell liquor in a specified area that would not otherwise be authorised under the licence, on such days and between such hours on those days as may be specified. Permits can be issued for up to a period of 10 years.
Section 61 of the Act sets out the pre-requisites for the grant of such a permit which includes:
the premises or area must be adjacent to the premises to which the licence relates;
the licensing authority must be satisfied that it is not more appropriate to redefine the licensed premises or grant an occasional licence; and
the licensee will, at times when the sale of liquor under the permit is authorised, be entitled to use the premises or area to which the permit is sought.
Applicants are advised that they are responsible to contact their local authority to ensure they have that authority's required approvals to operate in the ETP area; for example;health or planning approvals, or noise exemptions.
Alfresco dining permits
The application requirements of this policy do not apply to ETP areas for alfresco dining. For information relating to Alfresco ETP's please refer to the online lodgement guide available on the department's website.
Factors involved in assessing relevant applications
In considering an ETP for an extended area, the Director will take the following factors into account:
the proposed hours of operation in the area;
the type of entertainment to be provided in the area;
whether there is likely to be any adverse impact on the amenity of the locality in which the licensed premises is located;
how the area is to be defined;
the size and capacity of the area taking into account the existing toilet facilities;
if the area covers a public thoroughfare, how the applicant will manage the potential for conflict between patrons of the venue and pedestrians or juveniles passing through the area; and
depending on the size and proposed operation of the area,whether there should be a requirement for the licensee to provide notice to the Liquor Enforcement Unit of the local police when the area is to be activated.
In addition, it is important to consider the type of liquor licence that the permit relates to as the conditions of the licence will apply to the extended area. For example,should the holder of a restaurant licence apply for an extended area permit, the conditions of the licence will still apply to the extended area i.e. liquor will only be able to be consumed by persons ancillary to a meal provided by the licensee (unless a liquor without a meal ETP applies); or, if the holder of a small bar licence applies for an extended area the maximum number of persons permitted in the whole of the area will not be able to exceed 120 persons. Restaurants holding a liquor without a meal permit for 120 persons or less will likewise be limited to the numbers imposed on the licence.
Ongoing extended area permits will not be issued to extend an area that is for the purpose of packaged liquor sales.
Standard conditions
To ensure that the area operates in accordance with the Act, and to minimise any impact on the amenity of the locality conditions that may be imposed on the permit include, but are not limited to, the following:
Numbers limitation
The number of persons permitted entry to the area covered by the extended trading permit licensed area is not to exceed (the number specified). Note: Where this permit applies to a small bar licence, the maximum persons permitted under the areas defined by the licence including the extended trading permit cannot exceed 120.
Appropriate fencing or another means of physical delineation is to be positioned around the boundary of the licensed area so as to clearly define the licensed premises.
Packaged liquor
The sale and supply of packaged liquor for consumption off the licensed premises from the permit area is prohibited.
Unsealed containers only
Liquor sold or supplied in the area must be supplied in unsealed containers.
Notice must be given to the Liquor Enforcement Unit of the Western Australian Police Force a minimum of 14 days before the area is to be activated when more than 200 persons are expected to be in the area.
In addition to the above conditions, it is open to the licensing authority to impose additional conditions on a licence or permit in order to:
ensure that the premises trades in accordance with the tenor of the licence or permit;
minimise alcohol-related harm;
reduce the likely or potential impact on the amenity of the area; or
for any other reason considered by the licensing authority to be in the public interest.
The fee applicable to an application for an area ETP (section 60(4)(h)) is outlined in Schedule 3 of the Liquor Control Regulations 1989.
Lodging an application
An application for an (ongoing) ETP for extended area is to be lodged with the Local Government, Liquor and Gambling Division. An application kit can be obtained from the department's website.
Applicants are advised that the Director may require the lodgement of a public interest assessment and the application maybe required to be advertised pursuant to section 67 of the Act.
Customer service officers are available during office hours to assist applicants understand the requirements relating to the lodgement of an ETP for extended area. Enquiries can be made by email at rgl@dlgsc.wa.gov.au or by telephoning +61 8 6551 4888.

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Conor McGregor: Fighting Nate Diaz For Lightweight Title 'Would Be Something Special'
Ahead of his UFC 257 return, Conor McGregor previews his fight with Dustin Poirier, addresses Khabib Nurmagomedov's retirement, and hints at the possibility of fighting Nate Diaz for the title
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The return of Conor McGregor is nearly upon us, but we have not heard much from Conor himself. Now he speaks ahead of the fight, previewing his matchup with Dustin Poirier, and addressing Khabib Nurmagomedov's retirement.
McGregor will be facing Dustin Poirier at UFC 257. Although this is a rematch of a fight from several years ago, that Conor won easily, it is expected that this might be one of his toughest fights to date, and a completely different fight.
Fans have been wondering about the Irishman's mindset leading into the contest. However Dana White has been assuring fans that Conor is as motivated and focused as ever before.
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Remembering The First Fight
As previously stated, Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier fought back in 2014. At the time, they were each young in their careers and still fighting at featherweight.
There was a lot of attention on this first fight, as it was early in Conor's rise. Speaking in an interview before the rematch, Conor reflected on the first fight, and what things were like more than six years ago.
"I remember it all very well. Dustin, number five ranked in the division, one of the top fighters. He always was, he's always there or thereabouts. He rose up to be a champion," McGregor said.
"He's a phenomenal fighter and I'm very excited to get in and compete with him again. From back then, I was just doing my thing, rolling in, enjoying the experience.
"It was my first time fighting in Las Vegas. We did a press conference in the MGM Grand out in the open, so I was just taking it all in.
"I had a blue pinstriped suit that I loved, that I wore, and I had my grandfather's shoes that I polished on the way over, on the plane."
"I remember it very well," McGregor continued. "I know he got a little bit riled up with the fans and this type of thing. He's a lot more mature now.
"I'm excited to get in and compete. I have respect for Dustin, I did then. There's elements of gamesmanship and these types of things. It's the fight business at the end of the day.
"He has his skills that he brings to the table, I have mine and let's bring it."
Conor McGregor Is Ready For War With Dustin Poirier
This will be the first fight for Conor McGregor in about a year, with his last bout being the Donald Cerrone win. However this only his second fight in a little more than two years.
Conor admits that he prefers to stay more active than this, but he is excited to return against Dustin. While he is not overlooking the task at hand, the Irishman says he is prepared for all comers moving forward.
"There's a lot of options," McGregor said. "We're not looking past Dustin, we're not looking past anyone. But we are certainly looking through him, and that's where I will go with my punching.
"We'll see what happens after, but we're ready for this year in a big way."
Of course, before he gets to any other opponents, McGregor first has to beat Dustin Poirier. Conor feels that Dustin has matured as a man and a fighter, and that he is excited to have this fight again.
"It's going to be a good bout. Similar with Donald (Cerrone), there will be blood spilled but it will not be bad blood," McGregor said.
Conor previously said that he expects to knock Dustin out in 60 seconds, while Poirier wants to make this an all-out war. When asked who's prediction of the outcome is correct, Conor's answer was what you would expect.
"The man who always gets it right, Mystic Mac," McGregor said. "He was born on the night of the first Poirier fight.
"However, Dustin is a tough competitor, and I would love that also, to be honest. I would love a war, I would love to be in the mix with it. I am certainly ready for that, so let's see.
"I will have landed devastating blows within that first 60 seconds. If Dustin can withstand and stay in there, more power to him and let's get it on. Let's put the gloves up, and let's go."
Conor McGregor On Khabib Nurmagomedov's Retirement
The most heated retirement in MMA is, without a doubt, the one between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov. Last year, the lightweight champion announced his retirement from the sport.
At the time, Conor was respectful towards Khabib. However that somewhat faded when he was asked about it during this interview.
"It is what it is. How you could walk away at this stage is baffling to me, but each to their own," McGregor said.
"There's so many amazing fights out there. Even the carry-on around the Tony situation. I don't care about nothing. You're scheduled to fight a man, no matter what the fight must take place.
"You can't scurry away from bouts. It's been the hallmark of his approach. I was not surprised to see him walk away, or scurry away I should say. It is what it is, we carry on."
With Khabib's apparent retirement, fans have called for this bout between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier should be for the title. However Dana is not letting that be the case, as he is still trying to get Khabib to fight again.
When asked if he felt this fight should be the title, Conor was direct in his answer that it should be the case. However he does understand why this is not happening.
"I feel it should be. I don't think Dana's going to be bouncing in to give me a belt straightaway… but I understand that," McGregor said.
"What are the belts? I'm here to compete, and get some good competition in. The belts will come. I think maybe the next bout's fair.
"I would have liken to see it this fight, but there were circumstance surrounding the man scurrying away, to a certain extent. They've given him a bit of time, and we'll see what happens. It's no odds to me."
Fighting Nate Diaz For The Title
With this fight not being for the title, Conor McGregor is thinking about who he could fight for the title. While the winner of the UFC 257 co-main event between Michael Chandler and Dan Hooker is enticing, he has someone else in mind.
"I heard Dana talking in the MacLife interview, was Nate Diaz coming back down to lightweight. I love that. I'd love to compete against Diaz," McGregor said.
"We will compete again. If it happens at lightweight for the title, that would be something special also. There's many great options that are in the works, and we'll see what happens. I'm ready."
When Dana White announced that Nate Diaz was returning at lightweight, he said it would be against a great opponent, but not Tony Ferguson. When asked who he thought Nate should fight first, Conor had a somewhat surprising answer.
"I think if he's going to come down to 155, he should come down for me to be honest with you," McGregor said.
"Nate's a warrior, Nate's a go-er, Nate shows up, steps up, and fights… It's not necessary I don't feel, to have him fight a 155-er, against another contender.
"I think it should be me and Nate. If he's going do 155, we could possibly do that for the belt. If not, I'll probably just fight at 170lb again."
Before Conor McGregor fights Nate Diaz or anybody else for the title, he must first get by Dustin Poirier at UFC 257. It will be interesting to see how he does in this return to action.
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The Sketchnote Workbook Update 4 - I Need Your Sketchnotes!
Don't worry about your drawing skills, because I want to encourage all levels of sketchnoters with the book.
Chapters I'm writing now will require sketchnote samples, to show readers what the end results can look like.
I have samples of my own, but want a wider variety, just like the variety of work used in The Sketchnote Handbook.
Idea Generation - Using sketchnotes to generate and capture ideas you have for writing, building things, design, whatever you are creating.
Idea Mapping - Sketchnotes that show ideas mapped out. Maybe you've mapped out a writing project work projects, your life plan, etc..
Planning - Sketchnotes you've used to create a task list, plan a project (large or small), plan a vacation or even your garden layout.
Idea Documentation - Any sketchnotes you've created to capture a recipe, a series of steps in a process are great. Brewing coffee, baking a pie, etc.
Travel - Using sketchnotes to document your travel experiences and vacations. Sights you've seen, daily activities and so on.
Food & Drink - Sketchnoted meal, coffee or tea experiences, like coffee cupping are great. I would love to see a wide variety of food choices.
Movies - Watch your favorite film and sketchnote details like the characters, plot, setting, conflict and resolution, your observations, etc.
TV Shows - Capture the details of your favorite TV show episodes. Map out characters as you watch to see how their character develops over time.
Sporting Events - Sketchnoting competition, like the Olympics, a baseball, hockey, soccer, basketball or football game, noting key plays, final score, etc.
Music - Capture the feeling you have listening to or watching your favorite music. Sketchnote the band members, lyrics, the tracks played, etc.
Have sketchnotes in the categories bellow? Great! submit them.
Want to create new sketchnotes for the book? Great! I need new ones too.
Must be G-rated because lots of kids will read this book.
All drawing quality sketchnotes are acceptable! I want variety.
Must be a sketchnote. Both text and images used together. It can be more text or more images, but must use both text and images together.
Can be black and white or color. Be aware that the final art will be printed in black and gray. Colors can be adapted nicely to grays in Photoshop.
Low res scans or photos are OK. I'll need high res if chosen.
If chosen, I will have a usage document for you to sign and return.
DEADLINE: Submission deadline is March 15th. Sooner is always better!
I am a secondary school teacher who started sketchnoting a year ago.
I have referenced your book with every workshop I have run - everyone says how helpful it is!
@Jeff - I will have a look!
@Nicki - Digital is OK!
@Kristine - English not required, but most samples will likely be that.
Hi Mike, many things come to mind, but the one set of sketchnotes I'd really like to see featured in your book, are these I made about the Libyan media landscape. I'd say they kind of fall halfway in the idea generation and idea mapping categories, as I was mapping out somebody else's research in order to generate ideas for a graphic rendering of this research.
I think I will make a new one in english for the book, hope you like it!
Julian, these are good for consideration - adding them to my list! Thanks!
Kristine, I will add these to my collection for review - thanks!
Here are a few from me! Enjoy! Let me know if you need high res scans.


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Q: Foreach command with a folder with many files using a template txt file Using the following code to select help select 1 file from a list of many dated files and then copy to share. Using the following code very kindly provided by fellow Stacker
$pastdays = -7

$pastdate = [datetime]::Now.AddDays($pastdays)

$files = Get-ChildItem "V:\Capacity Manager Size reports\"

$filename = ($files | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "Database_Server1_Userdb1_" + $pastdate.Day  + "_" + $pastdate.Month + "_" + $pastdate.Year+ "*.pdf"})

Copy-Item -Path $filename.FullName "\\Server50\report_Archive"

I need to expand this process to run for many files in the folder – each with slightly different names but following a common template to the file name
Original filenames examples:
Database_Server1_UserDB1_30_10_2012_00_20_51
Database_Server2_UserDB2_30_10_2012_01_20_51

Etc
Etc
But im not sure how to best do this in a foreach ?
I was thinking create a template file to load into a variable that holds all the examples of the files to examined before copying
So:
$Report_Template = Get-Content "C:\Powershell\FileTemplate_Name.txt";

FileTemplate_name.txt:

Database_Server1_tempdb_

Database_Server1_UserDB1_

Database_Server1_UserDB2_

Database_Server2_UserDB2_

Database_Server2_UserDB4_

$Report_Template = Get-Content "C:\Powershell\QCM_Template_Name.txt";

$pastdays = -7

$pastdate = [datetime]::Now.AddDays($pastdays)

$files = Get-ChildItem "V:\Capacity Manager Size reports\"

foreach($template in $Report_Template)

$filename = ($files | Where-Object {$_.Name -like $template + $pastdate.Day  + "_" + $pastdate.Month + "_" + $pastdate.Year+ "*.pdf"})

Copy-Item -Path $filename.FullName "\\Server50\CapacityManagerReports_Archive\"

A: Try this:
$Report_Template = Get-Content "C:\Powershell\QCM_Template_Name.txt";
$pastdays = -7
$pastdate = [datetime]::Now.AddDays($pastdays)
$files = Get-ChildItem "V:\Capacity Manager Size reports\"
foreach($template in $Report_Template)
{
    $filename = ($files | Where-Object {$_.Name -like $template + $pastdate.Day  + "_" + $pastdate.Month + "_" + $pastdate.Year+ "*.pdf"})
    Copy-Item -Path $filename.FullName "\\Server50\CapacityManagerReports_Archive\"
}

But do you really need template file? Can't you use file extension, or some part of the name, or just copy everything from this date? Maybe your inital folder with files has wrong structure and you should better switch to multiple folders, like separate folder for each Database_Server1?

A: Ive done the following which seems to work
$Report_Template = Get-Content "C:\Powershell\QCM_Template_Name.txt";
$pastdays = -3
$pastdate = [datetime]::Now.AddDays($pastdays)
$Results = Get-ChildItem "V:\Capacity Manager Size reports\"
Foreach ($Files in $Results)
{foreach($template in $Report_Template)
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  {Copy-Item -Path $files.FullName "\\Server50\CapacityManagerReports_Archive\"}
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Coming across rock landscaping ideas backyard can be a bit hard but designing a rock garden is one of the most fun and creative forms of gardening there is. A proper recommendation for first timers is; try not to think too much and too big. If you are looking into a giant hillside, you will be totally overwhelmed. Instead, try to visualize your garden like a beautifully painted jewel box and then design from there. Most people want a rocky garden that has a perfect point of view; where they can sit all day and stare. They can always look forward to evenings and morning just to see the sun set and rise.
When it comes to rocks, you may be looking for different sizes. Your first search should be looking for the exact landscaping stone that goes well with your backyard. You can ask around from friends or a nearby local nursery as to where you will easily access the best landscaping stones. With this you will be prompted to leave big holes that are big enough for rocks, between your plants, and then from there once you have found the best rocks you can work with, place them carefully on those holes.
You do not want a place that doesn't look anything like an awesome rocky backyard. If you are lucky enough to have a hill, then you need not strain yourself. If you don't then you can make your own. In this case you will need to include some larger stones if you are looking to achieve a certain height. Such hills are usually known as berm.
It would be a lot easier if you could draw it on a piece of paper before you begin building. This will help save a great deal of work and time since you may not be sure about moving the rocks to and fro for the right place to put them. While making the necessary arrangements, you should try your best to mimic nature such as; making random groupings looks more natural than a straight rock alignment.
In most rock landscaping ideas backyard, it is never only about the rocks but also the vegetation. The best plants are the drought-tolerant and alpine origin. They all require good drainage. Also think of incorporating smaller plants and creeping plants. They are both pretty and fun. Mostly creeping plants soften the edges of rocks.
When it comes to combining rocks and sand, go for the small rocks and a few inches of sand as well. It is advisable to use soil with low nutrients, just to give your plants the rock garden plant like look.
With the right rock landscaping ideas backyard, you can never go wrong. Start transforming your backyard into that rocky chilling spot you have always imagined.
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"The worst thing you can do is read the [ethics] law like a lawyer and look for loopholes."
—Richard H. A. Washburn, training manager with the New York State Commission on Public Integrity in a training session with St. Lawrence County's new ethics board and other officials, according to an article in this week's Watertown Daily Times.
Washburn also told the reporter, "I tried to instill to them that it's to their benefit to have someone objective to ask and get an honest answer."
Problems with an IG Approach to Local Government Ethics
New National Government Ethics Survey Shows That Too Few Local Governments Have Strong Ethical Cultures


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Q: Android: Get App-Name from Intent I'm currently working on a multi image picker control. I'm using this Allow user to select camera or gallery for image solution for generating a list of possible intents from which the user picks one.
As seen here:
List<ResolveInfo> listGall = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(gallIntent, 0);
for (ResolveInfo res : listGall) {
    final Intent finalIntent = new Intent(gallIntent);
    finalIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName(res.activityInfo.packageName,     res.activityInfo.name));
yourIntentsList.add(finalIntent);
}

But all names I can resolve by ResolveInfo and its properties are not user friendly labels. So I'm looking for way to get the launcher name for the given activities.

A: Use loadLabel() on the ResolveInfo to get a "user friendly label". Here is a sample app that demonstrates this.


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Patient safety culture in Peking University Cancer Hospital in China: baseline assessment and comparative analysis for quality improvement
Xiyao Zhong1,
Yuqin Song1,
Christine Dennis2,
Donna J. Slovensky3,
Lim Yee Wei4,
Jie Chen5 &
Jiafu Ji1
BMC Health Services Research volume 19, Article number: 1008 (2019) Cite this article
Limited information is available regarding the patient safety culture in Chinese hospitals. This study aims to assess the patient safety culture in Peking University Cancer Hospital and to identify opportunities for improving the organization's safety culture.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in April 2018 and 2019, respectively. Data on patient safety culture were collected from clinical and administrative staffs using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC).
Twelve composite dimension variables were hierarchically clustered. Three highest positive response dimensions include 'Organizational Learning and continuous improvement' (92.9%), 'Teamwork within units' (89.7%), and 'Hospital management support for patient safety' (83.7%), while 3 lowest positive response dimensions included 'Frequency of events reported' (43.9%), 'Non-punitive response to error' (51.1%), 'Communication openness' (52.2%), and 'Staffing' (53.7%). Compared to the average scores of the United States, the scores of the Peking University Cancer Hospital was significantly lower on 'Communication openness' and 'Frequency of events reported'. After targeted continuous improvement based on results in 2018, all 12 dimensions surprisingly increased in the safety culture conducted in 2019.
Inadequate feedback and communications about error and lack of communication openness are key challenges for patient safety in the delivery of care in this hospital. Results of this baseline survey indicate the need for a modified approach and attention to context when designing interventions aimed at improving the safety culture in this organization.
Patient safety is receiving growing attention in China. Developing and maintaining a positive patient safety culture among clinical and administrative staff is widely recognized as a crucial element in the improvement of patient safety in healthcare organizations. A culture of safety has been defined as "a collaborative environment in which skilled clinicians treat each other with respect, leaders drive effective teamwork and promote psychological safety, teams learn from errors and near misses, caregivers are aware of the inherent limitations of human performance in complex systems (stress recognition), and there is a visible process of learning and driving improvement through debriefings" [1]. Simply put, safety culture refers to the beliefs, values, perceptions and attitudes of patient safety shared among members of the organization. It is recognized as a key element in improving quality of care, and in decreasing/preventing medical errors. Assessment of the safety culture helps leaders in healthcare organizations to determine areas for patient safety improvement, to evaluate the success of patient safety interventions, to benchmark against other organizations, and to meet regulatory requirements.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is a unit within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services dedicated to "producing evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable" [2]. In support of this mission, AHRQ developed a tool to assess healthcare organizational culture regarding patient safety. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) was released in 2004 and has been widely used by healthcare organizations in the U.S. and internationally [3]. The HSOPSC measures an organization's safety culture based on 42 items that measure 12 composites (10 safety dimensions and 2 outcome dimensions), staff perceptions on patient safety issues, and adverse events reporting. The English language version of the survey is available from the AHRQ.gov website [2].
In this study, a Chinese-translated version of the HSOPSC tool was used to conduct a baseline assessment and comparative analysis of the patient safety culture in Peking University Cancer Hospital (PUCH) to identify opportunities for improvement in the organization's safety culture.
The Peking University Cancer Hospital, one of the most comprehensive cancer centers in China, has a total capacity of 790 beds with all major medical specialties and services represented. The hospital, located in the capital city of Beijing, is an academic medical center with a strong basic and clinical research focus in addition to providing cancer treatments using a wide variety of interventional approaches.
Participants and assessment tool
The HSOPSC provides a comprehensive assessment of patient safety culture. The guideline is comprised of 42 items that measure 12 composites (10 safety dimensions and 2 outcome dimensions).
The investigation instrument was a validated Chinese version of the HSOPSC [4]. It has also been used in many Chinese studies [5, 6]. The translated HSOPSC was delivered as an anonymous online survey, during April 2018 and 2019, respectively, to all the clinical and non-clinical hospital staff members whose jobs contributed to patient safety. Specifically, these respondents, included physicians, nurses, clinical and non-clinical staff, pharmacy and laboratory staff, dietary and radiology staff, supervisors, and hospital managers. The defined study sample comprised 1931 individuals.
Data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0. Univariate analysis was conducted to summarize the demographic characteristics of respondents. Respondents' gender, job category, work unit, experience (in current hospital, department, and work area), and weekly hours of work were presented.
The HSOPSC is comprised of 42 items that measure 12 composites (i.e. each composite was calculated based on responses to 3–4 items). Items were scored on a five-point frequency scale and included both positively and negatively worded items. For each positively worded item, the percentage of positive responses was calculated, i.e., the percentage of respondents answering the question as "Strongly Agree/Agree" or "Always/Most of the time".
Similarly, for reverse worded items, disagreement indicates a positive response, so the responses 'Strongly Disagree/Disagree' or 'Never/Rarely' are considered positive.
Composite level scores were computed by summing the items within the composite scales and dividing by the number of items with non-missing values. Cronbach's Alpha was used to test for the internal consistency and reliability of the 12 composites.
The Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to examine the association between frequency of events reported and overall perception of safety and the remaining 10 composites at the bivariate level. The 'number of events reported' question asks for the number of adverse events reports the individual had submitted in the previous 12 months.
We used generalised estimating equations with an independence working correlation to fit a proportional odds logistic regression model for number of events and patient safety grade. The two outcomes were grouped into 3 categories: 'Poor of Failing', 'Acceptable', and 'Excellent/Good' for patient safety, and '> 5', '1–5', and 'no events' for number of events.
Finally, the percent positive responses for each composite variable calculated for Peking University Cancer Hospital, and published data from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Turkey and the United States were compared collectively. A one-sample t-tests was used to compare the results of Peking University Cancer Hospital against these other countries in pairs.
Respondents' characteristics
A total of 1562 of the 1931 questionnaires was returned for a response rate of 80.9%. Respondents' characteristics are presented in Table 1. The majority of respondents were female (72.7%). Almost one-third of respondents worked in surgical units (29.3%), while 20.5% worked in medical units, 27.3% in diagnostic units, 14.3% in administration, and 8.7% in other units. Doctors comprised 22.1% of the sampled respondents, 38.8% were nurses, 25.5% were technicians, and 13.6% were administrative staff. A third of respondents had between 1 and 5 years of experience (32.5%), while 23.1% had between 6 and 10 years of experience. Almost three-quarters of respondents indicated that their work required direct contact with patients (72.7%).
Table 1 Characteristics of respondents of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) conducted at the Peking University Cancer Hospital
Approximately half of respondents gave the hospital a 'Good' patient safety grade (48.7%). 60.5% of the sampled respondents reported no adverse safety events, approximately a third (29%) reported 1 to 2 events, and 6.7% reported 3 to 5 events. It is notable that only 1.6% of respondents reported 11 or more events although this still equates to several hundred reported events.
Patient safety culture composite scores
The twelve composite variable scores were hierarchically clustered. Cluster I (highest positive response) grouped 'Learning and continuous improvement' (92.9%), 'Teamwork within units' (89.7%), and 'Hospital management support for patient safety' (83.7%). Cluster II (lowest positive response) included 'Frequency of events reported' (43.9%), 'Non-punitive response to error' (51.1%), 'Communication openness' (52.2%), and 'Staffing' (53.7%).
Results reported in Table 2 indicate that internal consistency and reliability of the 12 composites were acceptable, with Cronbach's values ranging from a low of 0.53 (Staffing) to a high of 0.87 (Teamwork within units). According to the HSOPSC user's guide [7], a Cronbach's α 0.6 is acceptable, whereas Bowling [8] states that a value of 0.5 or above indicates good internal consistency. However, when using psychological constructs, lower values of Cronbach's α are expected due to the diversity of the constructs being measured [9].
Table 2 Distribution of positive responses and scores for survey composites and items
Correlations between patient safety culture composites
Table 3 shows correlations between the 12 patient safety culture composites, which were found to be significantly correlated. Within the composite on 'Frequency of events reported', the strongest correlation was observed for 'Feedback and communication about error' (Pearson's r = 0.41), while the weakest correlation was for that on 'Staffing' (Pearson's r = 0.17) and 'Non-punitive response to error' (Pearson's r = 0.17).
Table 3 Correlations between patient safety culture composites*
As for the composite on overall perception of patient safety, the strongest correlation was for 'Management expectations and actions promoting safety' (Pearson's r = 0.63), and the weakest was for 'Communication openness' (Pearson's r = 0.47).
Generalized estimating equations for the patient safety composite scores and respondent characteristics against the patient safety grade and the number of events reported
As shown in Table 4, five safety composites were found to be significantly associated with patient safety grade. Patient safety grades has 2.3 higher odds (95% CI: 1.5, 3.4) for every unit increase in 'Hospital handoffs & transitions', 2.1 (95% CI: 1.3, 3.2), for every unit increase in 'Organizational learning-continuous improvement', 2.0 (95% CI: 1.3, 3.1), for every unit increase in 'Hospital management support for patient safety', 1.6 (95% CI: 1.1, 2.4), for every unit increase in 'Supervisor/Manager expectations' & 'Actions promoting patient safety', 1.4 (95% CI: 1.0, 2.0), and for every unit increase in 'Communication openness'.
Table 4 Results of the generalized estimating equations for the patient safety composite scores and respondent characteristics
An increase in 'Hospital handoffs & transitions', 'Hospital management support for patient safety', and 'Staffing' led to higher odds of reporting a higher number of events.
OLS was tested as sensitivity analyses. Findings were similar.
Comparison of the 12 composite means with international and regional findings
Data in Fig. 1 show the variation in differences of patient safety culture composite means in the United States [10], Beijing [11], and other countries or regions [12,13,14,15,16]. Taking into account the differences between health policy and economic conditions, we focus our discussion on another survey in Beijing [11] similar to our hospital's overall situation. Compared to average scores of hospitals in Beijing, the scores of PUCH were significantly higher in all 12 composites. Since China is a developing country, we also concerned about the differences with developed countries such as the United States [10]. Compared to the United States, the sampled hospital scores were significantly lower on 'Communication openness' and 'Frequency of events reported', and other scores were significantly higher except 'Staffing'.
Composite-level average per cent positive response for PUCH compared to that of other countries and regions
Comparison of the 12 composites data of 2018 with the data of 2019
The HSOPSC was conducted in April 2019, with a total of 1562 of the 1972 questionnaires was returned for a response rate of 79.2%. Surprisingly, all 12 dimensions increased in the safety culture conducted in 2019 (Table 5), and 4 dimensions remain in the lowest positive response group, include 'Frequency of events reported' (47.9, 43.9% in 2018), 'Non-punitive response to error' (54.3, 51.1% in 2018), 'Communication openness' (55.3, 52.2% in 2018), and 'Staffing' (55.9, 53.7% in 2018). It indicates that results of the baseline survey in 2018 might be helpful in designing interventions aimed at improving the safety culture in this organization.
Table 5 Distribution of positive responses and scores for survey composites and items in 2019 compared with 2018
'Frequency of events reported' (43.9%), 'Non-punitive response to error' (51.1%), 'Communication openness' (52.2%), and 'Staffing' (53.7%) had the lowest scores. Of the two outcome composites, 'Frequency of events reported' and 'Overall perception of patient safety', the strongest correlation was for 'Feedback and communication about error' (Pearson's r = 0.41) and 'Management expectations and actions promoting safety' (Pearson's r = 0.63). Five safety composites were found to be significantly associated with patient safety grade.
Comparison of the 12 composites means with international and regional findings
Compared to Beijing, the sampled hospital scores were significantly higher in all 12 composites, suggesting the sampled hospital has a relatively positive safety culture compared with the average safety culture level in hospitals in Beijing. Compared to the United States, the sampled hospital scores were significantly lower on 'Communication openness' and 'Frequency of events reported', which is consistent with the hierarchy of clustered findings. PUCH performance is weak in the dimensions 'communication openness' and 'frequency of events reported', indicating a need for management changes to improve performance. There is no significant difference in 'Staffing' between the sampled hospital and the United States average, which is clustered in the lowest group.
Policy implications for hospital management
A culture of safety is fundamental when seeking improvement of quality in healthcare delivery. It is defined as shared values, attitudes and perceptions of safety within an organization that have the goal of minimizing risk of patient harm. It includes the following components: (1) recognizing that high-risk settings are more error prone, (2) nurturing a blame-free environment, (3) management allocating resources for safety concerns, and (4) collaboration among professional disciplines to seek solutions. Organizations with a positive safety culture are characterized by mutual trust, open communication, shared perceptions about safety issues, and confidence about the effectiveness of preventive measures [3].
The findings of this study suggest that hospital leadership must be concerned that interventions focus on feedback and communication about error, as well as communication openness. As stated by Sammer et al. [17], "a common theme running through the literature suggests the role of senior leadership is a key element to designing, fostering, and nurturing a culture of safety." Building safety cultures and improving the quality and safety of care will not occur in environments where staff do not feel supported to communicate and report errors or near miss incidents.
Repeated measurement over several years is needed to track performance evolution in these dimensions. Greater attention to performance in the individual dimensions must be paid by hospital management in order to evaluate organizational readiness to deploy patient safety strategies. In the future, the hospital management should adjust the patient safety strategy based on the results of these two surveys to improve the management and consciousness level to construct a good safety culture in the hospital.
Our study has some limitations. We only studied the safety culture of our own hospital. We are an oncology hospital and the conclusions of our study may not be applicable to other tertiary hospitals. However, our study may be helpful for hospitals willing to assess and improve their patient safety culture in China.
Patient safety is considered to be crucial for healthcare organizations that want to improve overall performance and quality of services. Assessment of patient safety culture in these healthcare organizations is necessary, and more importantly, make changes based on the results of such assessments. As for our surveys, this hospital has potential for improvement in feedback and communications about error and communication openness. A modified approach and attention are needed to context when designing interventions aimed at improving the safety culture in this organization.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the manuscript review by Kurt Darr, Professor Emeritus, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
This work was supported by Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Incubating Program, Code: PG2018016. The funding bodies had no direct role the design of the study, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, or in writing the manuscript.
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The use of smartphone-based applications in the enterprise could explode in the coming years, creating a number of headaches for data center staff.
That's because these applications and their data need managing and backing up from the data center, and phone-related security, network hygiene and compliance issues must also be addressed. "Once you have smartphones running enterprise apps, you need to have the same rules in place as for laptops," said Ken Dulaney, a Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst.
Of course, smartphones and smartphone applications are not new. But despite what the hardware and OS makers would have you believe, phone-based enterprise applications are not widely deployed. "The reason that many companies don't have a management system for their mobile phones at the moment is that 90 percent of all usage is e-mail only," said Dulaney. "It's not until you get applications that reside locally that you a management system — you don't need one just for e-mail."
Dulaney believes, however, that during the next five years, smartphone-based enterprise applications will become much more common, and at some point a management tool of one form or another will become unavoidable for most businesses. The three things IT departments must consider when smartphones are running enterprise applications are:
Operational Continuity: Once employees rely on the applications on their phones, it becomes essential that they work all the time. This means controlling the phone's firmware and the other applications that run on it to ensure reliability.
Reducing Help Desk Costs: The ability to take control of phones remotely or push files (and any other assistance necessary) can be extremely helpful.
Security and Compliance: This includes backups to ensure data can't be lost, and encryption or remote device wiping to protect data when a device is stolen or misplaced. It may also include communications controls, such as archiving SMS messages or preventing them altogether.
Companies becoming active in this space with management tools include Sybase with iAnywhere (for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Palm OS and Symbian), Logmein (for Windows Mobile, Symbian and BlackBerry shortly), and Microsoft with its Mobile Device Manager 2008 module, which is part of its System Center family of management products for devices running Windows Mobile 6.1.
The System Center module is arguably the most comprehensive. It includes:
Active Directory/Group Policy domain join
Mobile VPN with dual-factor authenticated access
Application allow and deny
SMS, Bluetooth and camera disablement with Active Directory Group Policy-based targeting
Over the air device provisioning and software deployment
Device inventory and reporting
Help desk console and role-based administration
Device wipe
Choosing Which Smartphones to Support
Deciding which management tools to use depends to an extent on the smartphone platform (or platforms) deployed in your organization. Currently, many enterprise employees use Symbian-based Nokia phones as well as the ever-popular RIM BlackBerry or Windows Mobile powered smartphones, but two possible rivals are emerging in the shape of Apple's iPhone and Google's open source Android OS.
An open source operating system like Android provides big benefits to handset manufacturers and network operators in terms of lower costs, faster time to market, and the ability to differentiate their products, Delaney said. But, he points out, this differentiation is just what enterprises want to avoid: Management from the data center is much easier if phones and their operating systems are standardized. The implication of this is that Android is unlikely to be a big hit in the enterprise space.
But on the face of it Apple's iPhone should be an ideal enterprise device since the OS is locked down and available only on a limited range of Apple hardware. Yet, it too has its drawbacks, Delaney says. "Apple meets the criteria of hardware and software, but they are not willing to put in the highest level of security."
And, at the moment at least, the only way to activate an iPhone, to get applications on to it and to update firmware is by using iTunes. For a consumer this is fine, but in an enterprise this makes it very hard to control the iPhone centrally, to push applications to it and to ensure that all phones are running the same version of firmware. Essentially, it makes any management system impractical.
It's possibleApple will rectify this problem in the future and allow more central management capabilities, and for the moment the iPhone Configuration Utility lets administrators distribute configuration files to users by way of a web browser. Apple describes configuration profiles as "XML files that contain device security policies, VPN configuration information, Wi-Fi settings, APN settings, Exchange account settings, mail settings and certificates that permit iPhone and iPod touch to work with your enterprise systems."
Certainly a start, but is it enough?
Anti-virus software for mobile phones has been around for years, but the suspicion has always been that it is necessary only in the eyes of the vendors looking to make some money. That's likely to change as smartphones become more complex and a more fundamental part of most organizations' IT infrastructure. Network admission control (NAC) systems may then also have to be updated to check these phones for the presence of this anti-virus software, and to ensure patches and updates have been applied before allowing the devices on to the corporate network.
During the past five years or so, many employees have been given quite a free reign over what phone they want to use, and what they do with it. Once enterprise applications start appearing more frequently on smartphones it's likely IT departments will have to standardize on a single platform, and these devices will have to be actively managed using sophisticated data center-based tools. And that can only mean one thing: More work for data center staff.
This article was first published on ServerWatch.com.
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Composite technologies include the compounding of raw materials and the combination of processes. From the point of view of changes in spunbond technology and market demand that have arisen at home and abroad, spunbond production will enter the stage of two-component or multi-component, multi-functional, ultra-fine spunbond nonwovens. There are five major types of bicomponent fibers currently in use, including skin core type, side-by-side type, sea-island type, segmented pie type, and mixed fiber type.
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Hills (USA) has accumulated rich experience in the development of bicomponent spunbonded nonwovens and completed the construction of more than 30 bicomponent spunbonded nonwovens production plant projects. Recently, Hills has developed an industrial-scale island-type spunbonded two-component production line with a diameter of up to 2 μm. The two-component Reicofil spunbond line meets the needs of developing thin and ultra-thin products.
In the aspect of compounding between processes, Reifenhauser's multi-cassette compound product for spunbonded nonwoven fabrics can reach 7 layers; Italian Fare's multi-cassette composite product can achieve 6 layers; USA Alex Jemas & Associate provides 3 sets of boxes and 3 types of polymer processing lines with a processing speed of 300 m/min. The 4-cassette composite spinning non-woven equipment from Italy's Meccaniche-Moderne company has a width of 1 to 4 m. Up to 150 to 1 000 kg/h, equipped with 4 extruders, can simultaneously spin 4 different polymers.
The composite technology of spunbond + spunlace is a new combination of strength and strength. It is used to dry PA, PP, or PET slices, and the extruder melts and filters them. Two different melts are injected into the segment. Spinning in the module, and then air-drawing, lapping into the spunlace machine, using high-pressure water to disperse the fiber segment of the fiber to make ultra-fine fibers, dried into a roll and become ultra-fine fibers Weaving cloth.
Spunlace fiber nonwoven fabric is a high-grade material, mainly used in high-grade fabrics, high synthetic leather fabrics, high-precision filter materials, clothing and other aspects. Since the production of cloth is done once from the beginning of the slicing, the production cost of this emerging non-woven fabric is much lower than that of other microfiber fabrics. The international price is approximately 10,000 Euro/t, and it is more environmentally friendly. The economic benefits are considerable. The economic benefits of a spunbond/spunlace nonwoven fabric production line are even stronger than those of 10 ordinary spunbonded nonwovens production lines.
In early 2007, Oerlikon Neumag's first non-woven composite production line began industrial production. The introduction of the production line is the German company Ascania Vliesstoffe, which uses a production line width of 4 m and uses three different molding processes: one is Oerlikon Neumag's two-component spunbond die, and the other is M&J's airlaid. The forming head and a carding machine form a three-layer web (SPC) reinforced with Fleissner's AquaJet spunlace equipment. Compared with the traditional production process, this composite process not only optimizes the product quality and characteristics, but also improves the cost structure.
The S PU Nj e t ? technology developed by R i e t e r P e r f o j e t is a spunbond nonwoven fabric production line of PERFObondTM 3000.
JETlace? 3000 spunlace equipment complex production line. In April 2007, RKW expanded its non-woven fabric production capacity at its Gronau plant in Germany by purchasing a SPUNjetTM production line. Recently, the production line has produced the first non-woven fabric products, and can enter the mass production stage within a few months. Excellent product quality, more fluffy, softer, high tensile strength, MD/CD close to 1, its product weight is 20 ~ 300 g/m2, mainly used in medical, health, roofing materials, geotextiles and other fields.
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In terms of meltblown equipment, Oerlikon Neumag's J & M meltblown equipment has an excellent price/performance ratio after being upgraded. It can be used as part of a spunlace production line or as a stand-alone solution. The company plans to add a set of meltblown equipment on top of the original equipment and transform it into a double box. It is expected that the new production line will be open to customers in mid-2009.
PGI recently developed a patented technology for the production of microfibers that utilizes a one-step melt film fibrillation process to produce nonwoven webs, where more than 99% of the fibers are submicron in size. The technology is highly efficient and cost-effective, and its core lies in the design of multi-stage nozzles, in which the polymer film is fibrillated and detached from the hot zone using compressed air. The resulting web is uniform and of high quality. The technology is suitable for processing a variety of polymer raw materials, the diameter of loose fibers obtained is 0.3-0.6 μm, and the weight of the fiber web is 0.1-200 g/m2. In addition, such microfibrils or meltblown fibers can exhibit a one-component or multi-component structure, and their non-woven fabric products have excellent barrier properties, liquid absorption and opacity, and are soft and comfortable to handle.
Biax-Fiberfilm also successfully introduced melt-blown technology that can produce PP fibers with a diameter of less than 1 μm. With this technology, non-woven fabric manufacturers can produce products with better filtration and shielding properties. At the same time, the company also introduced a proprietary process for the production of meltblown cellulose fibers, a process that will provide a new approach to the application of cellulose fibers in the melt blowing field. At INDEX08, Biax and Recofil announced that they will jointly develop a "turnkey" production line for the production of meltblown Lyocell nonwovens. According to the plan, the test line width is 1 m, and the fiber has a wide range of fineness, from ultra-fine fibers to fibers with larger deniers, and its products can be 100% degraded and applied in many fields. Both parties plan to introduce the industrial production line to the market in early 2009.
The use of patented "thin metal plate" extrusion dies by Hills, USA has made a new leap in the fineness of meltblown nonwoven fibers. The company uses high melt index PP and special dies to produce meltblown fibers with average denier up to 250 nm, with fiber deniers ranging from 25 to 400 nm. In order to produce such microfibers at a reasonable production rate, the special die employs spinneret orifices of up to 100 holes/inch or more, and also has a large aspect ratio. These process conditions allow the meltblown fibers to reach a fineness that can only be achieved by electrospinning.
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Phylostacyhs aureosulcata "Yellow Groove Bamboo"
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Pseudasasa japonica "Arrow Bamboo - Yadake"
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We specialize in mostly clumping bamboo (non-invasive), although we do carry a very limited selection of running bamboo, most of which we propagate from our our own personal bamboo collection.
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...and this is what I wore. An outfit well-suited for October, not almost-April. In fact, this Eddie Bauer/Gap ensemble is straight-up from fall/winter collections. Nothing springy happening around here. This could be my next Christmas card picture.
He kept telling me to smile. So I refused to look at the camera.
I'm not bitter. Really. Not. at. all.
It is what it is, I guess. I seem to remember this same nonsensical snow phenomenon happening last year.
2. Did anyone else want to give Daryl a big ol' hug on Sunday night? Oh that poor boy...I won't be a spoiler in case you haven't seen it, but I felt awful for him. And Scott's reaction? Well, he fell asleep in the middle of the episode.
3. What are you doing for Easter? I'm currently in "Operation Eat all the food so we don't have to throw it away" mode. We might just have pizza.
Got a good Easter dinner recipe to share? I'm thinking this Carrot Cake Roll might be nice for dessert (a.k.a. TWD/GoT/The Bible t.v. watching time).
For real. We'll probably just eat pizza.
Kind of a step up from the jelly bean binge of Easter 2012, right?
Sharing at WIWW, Random Wednesday, Walkabout Wednesday.
Oh my goodness!! I didn't get to watch TWD on Sunday so Rick and I watched it Monday night! I had to stay away from Twitter because I didn't want to know what happened. I totally cried when Daryl started crying. It was so sad but then I felt like when he ended it he was kind of taking out some aggression that he had been holding in from Merle. I can't wait for the final episode this week. It's going to be intense!
I love that scarf! This outfit is cute. And TWD... I spaced out. When the gov did what he did I completely forgot what happens to them. So sad. And I agree with Kim, there was definitely some pent up agression there.
Ugh! Snow! You look adorable in that outfit, though. I'm with you on the pizza thing for Easter. We'll probably do the same thing--with the dough recipe you shared! Hope you thaw out soon!!
I love this outfit! So cute! No Easter celebrations for me this year, I will be holed up in my house.
As usual, love your outfit...and as usual, wishing we were not still wearing sweaters and scarves and boots...sigh.
Seriously. This weather bites. I don't even want to come back here to visit. Not ever!!
2. It's not springy here either. AT ALL. On the weather the other day, they stated that our seasonal average is 51. We haven't even been close. It's *supposed* to be 52 on Easter Sunday. I'll believe it when I see...errr...feel it.
3. I think pizza is a great idea for Easter. It'll definitely be a step up from the jelly bean binge.
Loooooooooooooove your skirt. And the color combination too!!
Ooh super cute outfit! I totally wanted to bear hug Daryl after Sunday's episode. So sad for him.
2. 77 degrees and sunny today.
3. I started watched TWD on Netflix. IT"S SO GOOD.


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Cigna-Anthem Merger 2017: With Billions Of Dollars At Stake, Proposed Health Insurance Deal Is Blocked By Federal Judge
By David Sirota @davidsirota
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy. Photo: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images
A federal judge Wednesday blocked Anthem's proposed merger with Cigna -- a move that appears to shut the door on what could have created the largest health insurance conglomerate in American history. The judge in the case said the merger -- which could have affected up to 53 million consumers -- would unduly reduce competition in the healthcare economy, according to Bloomberg.
"The antitrust laws are designed to protect competition, and the claimed efficiencies do not arise out of, or facilitate, competition," Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote in the ruling.
The blocked deal was worth more than $50 billion.
Read: Secret Records And Lack Of Hearings Raise Concerns In Merger Review
The American Medical Association called the ruling "an important victory for consumers."
"The AMA agrees with Judge Jackson's conclusion that Anthem's strategy of gaining size to strong-arm physicians would not have benefited consumers," said the statement released by AMA president Andrew W. Gurman. "Instead, it would diminish prospects for innovation in health care delivery and payment."
Less than a year ago, the merger proposal was flying under the radar, generating little controversy or opposition. In June, however, an International Business Times investigation detailed how the Connecticut state regulator leading the national antitrust review of the merger had personal, financial and familial ties to Cigna.
That regulator, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade, was appointed by Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy -- as Malloy's Democratic political groups received hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign contributions from Anthem and Cigna. Wade, a former Cigna lobbyist, was leading the national regulatory review of the merger because Cigna is domiciled in Connecticut.
Cigna and Anthem lobbied extensively during the merger proceedings. Government documents obtained by IBT revealed that even while Malloy publicly pledged to remain impartial, his administration explicitly offered to help Cigna with the merger. As Cigna and Anthem campaign cash poured into the governor's political apparatus, Malloy also quietly signed legislation designed to help Wade keep insurance industry information concealed from the public.
Read: What Malloy's Insurance Commissioner Told Ethics Officials
The disclosures prompted bipartisan calls for recusal and a state ethics probe, while also drawing national attention to the deal's potential healthcare implications for millions of Americans. The companies argued that the merger would generate cost savings that could be passed onto consumers. Critics charged that the merger could raise prices and limit medical options for consumers -- and that the regulatory review had been tainted by conflicts of interest.
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Both mergers have now been blocked. It is not yet clear whether the companies will appeal the rulings.
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You ought to be terrified right now.
They vote on the Net Neutrality repeal in TWO DAYS.
But it gets worse. Much worse.
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/364336-fcc-ftc-announce-partnership-to-police-internet-after-net-neutrality-repeal
This is not fake news. The source is reliable and it can be cross referenced.
"Bad actors" is code for the resistance. It doesn't specifically say citizens will be policed. But it's what they actually are intending to do. Big Brother has arrived.
They're consolidating power at a much faster pace now. Did you know they're also planning on a privatized army led by Erik Prince? Did you know there is a plan to repeal the 17th Amendment, which would mean we could no longer vote for the Senate? You probably already know the end game of the tax bill is to explode the economy so they can say they can no longer afford to keep social security and Medicare (even though we pay into it with each paycheck) and then take it all away. Yes, it's happening. It's real. It's terrifying.
I feel sick. They are taking away everything. Turning us into a dictatorship. I can't even imagine what other horrors they have in store. These monsters will stop at nothing to make sure we have no healthcare, no social security, no freedom, no rights, no voice, nothing.
Text RESIST to 50409. Jam the phone lines. Write letters. Email. Tweet. Whatever. This is an attempt to shut us down and silence our voices.
Tomorrow we can Break the Internet — please read:
https://www.battleforthenet.com/breaktheinternet/
You can also sign the petition. Please share as much as you can.
https://www.change.org/p/save-net-neutrality-netneutrality?recruiter=813120835&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial.combo_new_control_progress_110217winners&utm_term=204570&sharerUserId=813120835
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7 thoughts on "You ought to be terrified right now."
bobcabkings on December 12, 2017 at 2:02 am said:
LuckyOtter raises an alarm, but with resources for action.
nowve666 on December 12, 2017 at 2:14 am said:
This can't be! It's unthinkable. But I the net nutrality act was passed in 2012. What did we have before that?
luckyotter on December 12, 2017 at 2:48 am said:
It's true. 😦 But if somehow this thing doesn't pass in 2 days (as usual the voting is done in secret, no transparency, they never listen to us), we'll be ok…for a little while anyway. Buys us more time until Trump and his pack of criminals are taken down and they're all thrown in prison where they belong. Yep, this was a coup.
I'm not sure what we had before net neutrality was passed, tbh. But the internet was free. Now they want to change all that.
IreneDesign2011 on December 12, 2017 at 5:42 am said:
Signed and shared.
adamjasonp on December 12, 2017 at 4:14 pm said:
Big Brother was already here. It's just going to be managed by actual bad actors. (If the public doesn't resist.)
dennis on December 12, 2017 at 4:37 pm said:
Protection Echelon (translation of Schutzstaffel, i.e. SS). Check.
Criticism of glorious leader forbidden. Check.
Must worship glorious leader as 'the (singular and nonpareil) god. Check
Official version(s) of truth promulgated by a modern-day 'people's overwatcher' (translation of Völkischer Beobachter) other sources of information forbidden. Check
Glorious leader declares himself dictator for life, after 'setting fire to the reichstag'. Check
Only two classes of people now exist: 'national comrades' and 'community aliens'. Check
Community aliens are to be destroyed for the pleasure of Glorious leader. Check.
No, not check on that last one.
"Hail Victory."
And people like me will become soot in the ***hadamar chimneys***, due to a resumption of Aktion T-4.


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Family dinner somehow becomes more mundane after Uncle Colin does a fatal face plant into the plum pudding. A lonely old widower sits at home and participates in conversations he records whilst riding the bus. Curled up like a comma, a woman lies in bed and remembers the exclamation-mark man her partner once was.
These brief, vivid glimpses into the lives of others lay bare the ugliness and absurdity — but also the beauty — of existence. In his flash fictions Gary Duncan explores what it means to be human with insight, compassion and humour.
"Trigger warning! After you read one, Duncan has you hooked. Don't read this collection in one sitting — parcel these stories out and take time in between to reflect on what just took place. These stories are headshaking original, funny, fascinating, at times chilling, and no subject is sacrosanct — all things a 5-star collection should be. Buy two copies — you won't want to lend your only one out." — Paul Beckman, author of Peek
"In his expertly crafted collection of flash, Gary Duncan offers us a 20-20 glimpse of post-modern society with its quirkiness and deviance. A must read that you can't put down." — Pulitzer nominee Niles Reddick, author of Drifting Too Far From the Shore
"Wide-ranging and wise, You're Not Supposed to Cry is a wonderfully human and often humorous exploration of the timeless and the everyday. A thoughtful and engaging collection of flashes that is sure to become part of the flash fiction canon. It is very good." — Peter Blair and Ashley Chantler, Directors, The International Flash Fiction Association
"Gary Duncan's stories will tickle you one moment and slap you in the face the next. They'll bite, scratch, caress, and hold you. Whether Duncan's stories leave you shocked or amused, you will remember them." — Santino Prinzi, author of Dots: And Other Flashes of Perception
"Gary Duncan's stories are sharply incisive slices of life, sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, sometimes both." — Paul D. Brazill, author of The Last Laugh and Guns of Brixton
"Gary Duncan's flash fiction is vivid, sharp and memorable. I was immediately drawn into each of these stories and enjoyed the short rides immensely. They're never predictable, often surprising, and the endings left me thinking — in a good way." — Tom Hazuka, editor of Flash Fiction and You Have Time for This
"Gary Duncan, in his capacity as an editor, has proved more times than anybody should need to that he knows good flash fiction, and you should know he writes it too, with consummate skill and grace. This collection of gritty snapshots, of lives passing you by like the countryside through the window of a train carriage, is written with remarkable lucidity and compassion for lives and scenes that may otherwise have passed unremarked. One is reminded of the Joyce of Dubliners, waiting for an epiphanic truth to be revealed in a casual exchange of dialogue, the glow of sunlight on a brick wall, or in a gesture that might suddenly reveal the world. Duncan's work encompasses the urban mundane and the liminal, and one has the sense that, at the edge of these stories, is some great revelation bursting to enter. Each story is its own universe, its own dream. Without a single wasted word, Duncan has created a powerful body of work. It's Carver meets Lynch by way of Hemingway, and it's quite wonderful." — Gareth Spark, author of Snake Farm and Marwick's Reckoning
"Gary Duncan knows flash fiction. Anyone who has visited Spelk is aware of this. Sit back, and allow a master to show you how it's done." — Paul Heatley, author of An Eye for an Eye
"Excellent, mordantly funny flash stories about fucked up lives that feature bad decisions, partial knowledge, strange fetishes (one for ankles here), and greed. ... Reading Duncan is like a series of jolts, electricity delivered through ordinary lives, people dealing with the bad and the ugly, not often the good." — Alan Beard, author of Taking Doreen Out of the Sky and You Don't Have to Say
"As the editor of top-notch UK flash site Spelk, Gary Duncan has probably read more short fiction in the last few years than most people encounter in a lifetime. He steps away from the editorial hot-seat to bring us a new collection of his own flash fiction, You're Not Supposed to Cry, which blends the surreal, the macabre and the everyday to great effect. Cheeky, playful and thoroughly British, this well-judged collection is crammed with small but perfectly formed delights." — Tom Leins
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