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AngelList Ventures Review: Buy A Well-Diversified Fund Of Startups
Updated: July 21, 2022 By Hannah Rounds
Vanguard founder, Jack Bogle, was credited with founding the first index funds. Index funds are investments that track certain market indexes, including the S&P 500, and automatically give investors access to a broadly diversified portfolio.
Today, index funds are a common part of the investment landscape. They are collections of stocks of publicly traded companies.
AngelList Ventures is creating a similar concept in the world of private equity. The company gives accredited investors access to hundreds of early-stage startups with a single investment. The broad diversification increases the odds that an investor will invest in a "unicorn" company that provides 100X returns or more.
AngelList also has a range of other early-stage investment opportunities that may be a fit for accredited investors. We explain how it works, and how investors can start to explore opportunities with AngelList Ventures.
AngelList has funded more than $10 billion to startup companies.
Investors can invest in startup funds (directed by specific Venture Capitalists VCs) or invest in a "fund of funds" to gain access to deals.
Option to invest in specific deals syndicated on AngelList
AngelList Details
Depends on the kind of deal
Investor Fee
Open to Non-Accredited Investors?
What Is AngelList Ventures?
What Does It Offer?
How Does AngelList Ventures Compare?
How Do I Open An Account?
Is It Safe And Secure?
How Do I Contact AngelList Ventures?
AngelList Ventures Features
Founded in 2010, AngelList Ventures is famously one of the earliest investors in Uber. What started as a simple email list has since expanded into one of the largest venture capital marketplaces on the planet. The company seeks to bring more successful startups into the world by expanding access to private equity investment opportunities.
AngelList not only gives investors access to a continuous flow of investment opportunities but also allows investors to invest in managed funds. The managed fund creates a sort of "index" of all the private equity deals on the AngelList platform.
To date, investors have invested more than $10 billion through AngelList, and the investment opportunities continue to expand.
AngelList is an online marketplace matching investors and startups seeking investment. But the company does more than creating markets. It smooths the startup investment process by managing the legal side of investments. Plus it enables broader investment diversification through the funds hosted on the AngelList platform.
Invest In Syndicated Deals
If you want to try your hand at true venture capital investing, review the individual investment syndications on the AngelList Ventures website. Each syndicated deal has a minimum investment and may carry certain fees. If you want to go for syndicated deals, you need to do your homework.
The companies seeking funding may be an investment unicorn, but many of the companies will fail. Research further to figure out whether the company is likely to succeed.
Invest Like a VC With Rolling Funds
Rolling funds are investments where a fund manager continually invests on behalf of fund subscribers. Fund subscribers commit a certain amount of money to the fund (typically $5,000+ per quarter) for a minimum of four quarters. The fund manager then invests their own money as well as subscriber money, according to an investment policy statement.
Most fund managers on AngelList are successful startup founders or successful VC investors. The investment funds may have a broad focus, such as a startup in India, or a narrow focus like sustainable agriculture in the American Midwest, but investors are made aware of the investment philosophy before they start.
You'll only gain access to investments in the fund based on your investment date in the fund. Investing one quarter gives you access to past or future venture capital investments. Investing over time helps to boost diversification.
Diversify With Managed Funds
Managed funds like the AngelList Access Fund are broadly diversified funds that allow you to buy a piece of hundreds of startups each year. This "index" fund of startups carries similar costs as the rolling funds, but it offers broader diversification.
This can be a great way to invest in startups if you don't have a strong investment philosophy leading you to invest in a rolling fund.
No Need To Do Private Equity Homework
Rather than researching every single investment deal on the market, you can invest using one of AngelList's many funds. These give a fairly diversified range of investments that may boost returns over the long run.
It is important to note that investing in a single quarter does not produce a particularly diversified portfolio. If you continuously invest over many years, you'll gain greater exposure to the investments.
Illiquid Investments
Typically venture capital investments have an exit after seven to 10 years. At this time, you don't have the option to sell your investments in a secondary market. If you earn a positive return, you can expect to hold onto your investments for a decade or more before seeing the return.
Be prepared to lose money and to have it locked away for a long time. This is part of the reason that AngelList is only open to accredited investors.
Fee structures on AngelList vary by investment type.
The fund fees are structured like hedge fund investments where investors pay an annual management fee (typically 1 to 2%), and an administrative fee (0.15% annually). These fees are deducted from the overall investable capital which tends to mute returns.
On top of those fees, it is typical for funds to require a "carry" fee. The carry is the fund limited partner's cut of profits when a fund outperforms. Typically, the fund limited partner receives a 20 to 30% carry fee. Sometimes the fee is reduced as well, depending on the individual investment.
Because this fee structure is a bit complex, AngelList has a fee calculator that breaks down investment fees for investors.
AngelList is the largest VC investment site in the United States, and it gives investors access to global startups as well. Unlike many crowdfunding sites, AngelList leans heavily into the fund concept.
When looking at competitors, you're unlikely to find another site that has the volume of deal flow that AngelList has.
Your can "de-risk" by investing in large numbers of startups through funds. This increases the fee cost of the investment (managing the legal structure around these investments is expensive). On the flip side, it means you may worry less about losing your money on a single deal, and increase the odds that one investment yields a huge multiple.
One downside to investing through AngelList is the large capital requirements. You may need $75,000 or more per year to invest through the site.
Other crowdfunding sites like SeedInvest, Propel(X), and MainVest have much lower investment minimums. However, those sites have much lower deal flow than AngelList. These alternative investment platforms also have long holding periods and low liquidity.
Depends on the deal, can be as low as $1,000 or higher
Fees For Investors
$1-2%
2% (up to $3,000)
Fees For Companies
0.75% of fund size
You need to apply to join AngelList Ventures as an investor. The application process is a bit more rigorous compared with other accounts because it requires you to verify your accreditation status.
You must explain how you intend to use AngelList ventures, and add your LinkedIn profile. You must be approved for investment, which typically takes one day, before you can start investing. Anyone who invests through AngelList must separately be approved for fund investing and syndicated investing.
To access individual investments in a syndicate, you must also apply to join the syndicate and be approved. Some syndicates are much more selective in their approval process.
AngelList requires a lot of personal information. You must provide information about your income and net worth as well as provide access to your LinkedIn profile.
AngelList protects users through multiple layers of safety. On the digital security side, the company encrypts data and follows international and stateside rules associated with the use of personalized data. It only processes payments using encrypted data sources.
On the legal side, AngelList has a suite of tools designed to help investors and founders invest safely and securely. Investments are processed through a legal structure called a Special Purpose Vehicle. This ensures that all investments follow required laws to ensure investment returns end up in the hands of investors.
AngelList is based out of San Francisco, California but has offices worldwide. It does not publish contact information for investors. However, people with questions can use a contact form to direct inquiries to AngelList.
Investing in startups is risky, and AngelList is only open to accredited investors who can either sustain losses or endure illiquid investments for a decade or more. Those who invest don't necessarily rely on these investments in order to meet their overall investment goals.
That said, venture capital investing is alluring. It's exciting to invest money in startups that could change the world. The prospect of outsized returns is thrilling, especially for people with very long investment time horizons.
AngelList does a great job focusing on "deal flow" and diversification within the startup investment world. Not all investments will pay off, but the fund structure increases the likelihood that you'll ultimately see positive returns.
Accredited investors who see value in startup investing, and have six figures or more available to invest are good candidates for AngelList.
It's not for everyone, but AngelList is a great platform for investors who want to diversify away from publicly traded companies.
Rolling Funds
Varies by the type of deal
Most funds charge a 2% annual fee
Administrative fee 0.15%
Carry fee is 20%
Fund fees calculator
Investor Requirements
Must be an accredited investor
Investment Term
Yearly or quarterly commitment
Customer Service Options
None listed on the website, besides a contact us form.
AngelList Review
AngelList Ventures gives accredited investors access to hundreds of early-stage startups with a single investment.
More than half of all major private equity deals in the United States are accessible through AngelList.
Worldwide exposure to startup investments.
Investors can choose to invest in single deals or funds.
AngelList does not have any liquidation options, and most private equity deals require seven to ten years to reach maturity.
Fees can be very high. Most funds charge a 2% annual fee plus the fund limited partner takes 20% of all profits (Carry fee)
Hannah Rounds
Hannah is a wife, mom, and described personal finance geek. She excels with spreadsheets (and puns)! She regularly explores in-depth financial topics and enjoys looking at the latest tools and trends with money.
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Keith is an IT Professional, Singer Songwriter, Published Author and Website Designer.
Andrea is a Talented Artist, Professional Photographer and Website Designer.
Highlights from the SPCA concert. Live performances by Gray Bartlett, Sel Nash, Keith Lightfoot and Eddie Low.
SPCA: "Our mission is to encourage the humane treatment of all animals and to prevent cruelty being inflicted upon them. We do everything we can to ensure that all animals are being looked after. We want everyone to know how to look after their animals and give them the love and respect they deserve.
This means rescuing animals in trouble and providing medical care, love, and shelter for the animals. It means our Inspectors and Education Team working in different communities teaching people how to look after their animals.
All profits from album sales go to help animal rescue, shelter and care.
I have had numerous opportunities to meet, socialise, watch and listen to Keith and on each occasion found him to be totally engaging, informative, motivational and inspiring.
"Keith has the wonderful ability to communicate from real life stories, underpinning strong messages of vision, commitment and teamwork that coupled with his humorous delivery, leave you with fond memories not only of the presentation, but salient points that will stay with you well after the event has concluded." I thoroughly recommend Keith to anyone who wants to develop both personally and within a team to greater levels of success, life and business goals.
Keith Lightfoot was recently invited to be a Keynote speaker at our Queenstown Partnership forum. I had never met or heard Keith speak before, however he came highly recommended from one of our managers. Keith was professional, thoroughly prepared, and was able to adapt his presentation to the mood of the audience. Keith's performance and meaningful discussions with all participants at our forum was very well received. Keith's thought provoking topics left everyone in the room with a desire to continue strongly on the path of self awareness and improvement within our companies and personal lives. "I have no hesitation in recommending Keith to any prospective client and would definitively use Keith and his lovely wife Andrea again."
"Safely back in Melbourne after 4 great days in Auckland with our associates from NZ & WA.
It's great when like minded people come together with the goal of being better people & therefore better businesses.
Your contribution last Friday gave the conference attendees, life direction, importance of goal setting, reading body language & great thoughts on effective communication.
You are an entertaining, excellent & effective communicator. We all enjoyed your session."
Over the years I have been fortunate to listen to quite a number of local and overseas speakers. Recently I had the privilege of hearing Keith Lightfoot speak and it was like a breath of fresh air. We had never met previously but I am sure that Keith was speaking directly to me. How did he know that I was needing to hear what he had to say. Keith speaks from the heart and reminded me of things I had learned years ago but had put to one side. Attitude is everything. Thanks for the mental chain jerk Keith, I needed that. "If you ever get the opportunity to hear Keith speak, grab it with both hands as I have no doubt that he has a personal message for everyone. Keith is also a talented songwriter and musician, see if you can extract a song or two out of him!"
By far the majority of Members and Guests really enjoyed your presentation and the messages it conveyed – that it created so much discussion and debate was a real positive to me. We all appreciated the massive amount of research you had obviously put into preparing the presentation Keith – particularly given that I had "Given you a topic to present on rather than you presenting on a topic/speciality of your choice". I felt your presentation was uniquely researched and extremely well delivered – it was challenging, provocative in places however importantly, it got us all thinking! I was very happy with both your presentation and the discussion/debate it drew out from the group. Overall you left us all with a great message… you certainly shook a few up with your call to action Keith! Again our sincere thanks and appreciation for a highly meaningful contribution to us all- we will all take some action which hopefully will see us better understanding how we identify and cope with " Depression- to be or not to be". Great Job….Well Done!
something that I didn't expect and rarely see. What I would say to someone else in recommending you would be; "Keith has an ability to draw an audience in and hold their attention before delivering a powerful message that comes straight from the heart".
In this video Keith combines his positive psychology with his passion for music and delivers very effective lesson.
Even though this video is for ukulele players, it gives us a glimpse into Keith's relaxed presentation style and reminds us all of the importance of enthusiasm.
His enthusiastic style of tuition, for public speaking, goal setting and music appeals to people all over the world and reaches out via his youtube channel.
I was attending a New Zealand Computer Society conference when in the middle of our dinner we were interrupted by the announcement of a guest speaker.
Dinner is not a good time to be a guest speaker especially if you are carrying a guitar.
I was well prepared to suffer the usual line of jokes and anecdotes and with a few drinks under my belt happy to become the heckler from hell.
Boy was I in for a shock, Keith was disarming and delightful and a very funny, sometimes poignant but a speaker who held the crowd in the palm of his hand.
I heckled of course, but with wit and good humour Keith rose above my occasional jibe and delivered a first class evening of entertainment. Keith's ability to get the whole audience to sing at the end is a testament to his ability to engage his audience.
"I would thoroughly recommend Keith to anyone looking for a world class speaker with soul, humour and something a little different to offer".
"Training should impact beliefs in order to deliver a permanent change." Building skills is important but in critical situations we revert to our default position- and in doing so we abandon new skills- old performance standards return. I have seen Keith Lightfoot impact beliefs and skills. I have loved the way he uses humour to engage, disarm and transform. I have seen Keith speak on several occasions and he has consistently delivered high quality performances. His business experience is extensive, and this supports his analytical mind in developing affective strategies and approaches to situations.
Lyn and I both thoroughly enjoyed your inspiring seminar and the comments you made. It is fair to say we both had preconceived ideas on what you would be talking about with it being something quite boring with intermittent yawning followed by head nodding and eventually dozing. Well the 85 second rule kicked in and we liked not only what you were saying but how you were saying it. "What you were saying actually made sense to both of us."
When the key is in the lock all you have to do is turn it to enable you to walk through the door. Don't wait for someone to come and open it as it might never happen.
Keith I have seen you speak many times here in NZ and on international stage, you have always inspired me and made me laugh with that awesome sense of humor of yours. Many thanks for those special times mate and in helping me as you have..cheers!!!
I have been very blessed to listen to a speaker of Keith Lightfoot's calibre. In May 2014 my son (9 years old) and I had the privilege of hearing Keith Lightfoot speak at the Camp Columba Father & Sons camp. We had never met him before so as you do you always weigh the content up and by nature I automatically kick my discernment side into gear but it didn't take long before my spirit was reassured by this "Man of God" Keith, whom God was using to speak directly to me. Keith is someone that speaks from the heart and shares a lot of life's experiences. He reminded me that a positive Attitude is everything. If you ever get the opportunity to be blessed by hearing Keith speak then you are one of the lucky ones. Keith is a truly talented songwriter, musician, speaker and entertainer oh and a comedian too!! Bless you Keith you are really doing the Lord's service in such a humble and encouraging way!
I liked the presentation style – perfectly suited to the occasion. Very light-hearted and with plenty of humour.
"Absolutely worthwhile, great at engaging with his audience through humour".
Thank you for a great seminar and your book. The message that you present in both is not new, but the simple and personal way that you present it is. This message would be of little value for someone who is not ready to hear it, but for many it would be one of the most valuable discoveries that they could make.
I have been privileged to listen to Keith for many years, before he took to the stage. Unfortunately I have never heard him in front of a big crowd. But if all the wisdom, love, common sense, along with the huge amount of knowledge he has comes together in one place, I would want to be back in NZ to be there and listen.
Keith offers a timely reminder, in a light hearted, pleasant way the key ingredients for us as humans to better get along.
"I very much enjoyed his presentation".
Interview is overlaid with photos and videos to give a unique insight into Keith Lightfoot's life, his inspiration for song writing and his positive philosophy on people and life.
The new album and live concert is scheduled for later in the year.


OK, I'm a bit late on this one since the election was 6 weeks ago. But I recently watched this video where Sol Sender describes the process of creating Barack Obama's brand and the now legendary "O" logo. And designer that I am, I couldn't help but think, "Why not combine the logo and the Gotham font into an Obama branded version of the font?" So I did.
It was pretty straightforward. I grabbed the 1-color logo from the Obama downloads page. I then used VectorMagic to convert it into a vector. Then I opened Gotham Bold (which was the weight closest to that of the logo) in TypeTool and replaced both the majuscule and miniscule O's with a proportionately-scaled logo.
A bit cheesy, perhaps, but then there have been far worse abuses of the Obama brand.
Update: And just for fun, I created the Obama sez "LOOK..." site.
Of course, when they came across a state without an "O" in it, say, "Texas", they'd add the stripes to an A's crossbar. Still works.


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Silvano Martello
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
For more details, see the personal home page
http://www.or.deis.unibo.it/staff_pages/martello/cvitae.html
1967: high school diploma (classical studies)
1973: laurea degeree in Electronic Engineering
1974–1980: Teaching and scientific formation study grant, University of Bologna
1980–1985: Assistant Professor, University of Bologna
1985–1990: Associate Professor of Operations Research, University of Bologna
1990–1994: Full Professor of Operations Research and Management Science, University of Turin
1994–2018: Full Professor of Operations Research, University of Bologna
2018– : Alma Mater Adjunct Professor, University of Bologna
1. Authored Books
· Il Problema dell'Assegnamento: Metodi ed Algoritmi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, 1984 (with G. Carpaneto and P. Toth)
· Knapsack Problems: Algorithms and Computer Implementations, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester-New York, 1990 (with P. Toth)·
· Assignment Problems, SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009, revised reprint 2012 (with R. Burkard and M. Dell'Amico)
· Ricerca Operativa per l'Economia e l'Impresa, Esculapio, Bologna, 2012 (with M.G. Speranza)
· Ricerca Operativa, Esculapio, Bologna, 2014
2. Edited Books
· Surveys in Combinatorial Optimization, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1987 (with G. Laporte, M. Minoux and C. Ribeiro)
· Annotated Bibliographies in Combinatorial Optimization, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester-New York, 1997 (with M. Dell'Amico and F. Maffioli)
· Meta-Heuristics: Advances and Trends in Local Search Paradigms for Optimization, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 1999 (with S. Voss, I.H. Osman and C.Roucairol)
· Surveys in Operations Research, Springer, New York, 2007 ( with D. Bouyssou and F. Plastria)
· Surveys in Operations Research II, Springer, New York, 2010 (with D. Bouyssou and F. Plastria)
- Computational Issues in Combinatorial Optimization, Springer, New York, 2013 (with L. Escudero and V. Strusevich)
· Surveys in Operations Research III, Springer, New York, 2013 (with L. Liberti and T. Marchant)
· Surveys in Operations Research IV, Springer, New York, 2016 (with L. Liberti and T. Marchant)
· Seven Surveys in Operations Research, Springer, New York, 2018 (with Y. Crama and M. Grabisch)
3. Other publications
. Over 190 publications, mostly appeared on international journals
. Guest Editor of 17 special issues of international journals
Editorial activity
1. Editor-in Chief:
4OR-A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research 2003 -
Ricerca Operativa 1997-2002
2. Editor/Associate Editor/Advisory Editor:
Advances in Operations Research (2008–2017)
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Discrete Applied Mathematics
EURO Journal on Computational Optimization
Investigacion Operativa
Journal of Heuristics (1995-2018)
Journal of Operations and Logistics
SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and Applications (1998-2005)
Yugoslaw Journal of Operations Research
IFORS Distinguished Lecturer 2012
EURO Gold Medal 2018
Listed in Top 10 Italian Scientists in Mathematics
Chairman of ECCO (European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization) 1997–
Senior Fellow of the Center for Management of Operations and Logistics, University of Texas at Austin (1996–1999)
Vice-President of EURO (the Association of European Operational Research Societies) 2014-2018
On the lecture of October 8.
Published on: October 09 2021
Important: Updated class start time
Relevant information on the course Network Optimization M (Ottimizzazione su Retli M)

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Cary Cemetery
About the Cemetery
The Cary Cemetery dates back to the early 1800's, with tombstones indicating burials as early as 1839. Tombstones of soldiers who fought in the Civil War are commonplace throughout the cemetery. Early leaders and developers of the village are also buried in the cemetery. William D. Cary, the founder of the village, is one of the cemetery's most visited gravesites. In 1986, the Cary Cemetery became an honorary historic landmark by the McHenry County Historical Society. With its historic burials, ornate headstones, and peaceful scenery, the Cary Cemetery is one of the most revered properties in the village. The Village of Cary is the proud caretaker and protector of the cemetery, one of Cary's most important sites.
Apart from its historic significance, the Cary Cemetery remains a functional burial ground. The cemetery offers interments and cremation burials to individuals and families. Burial in older sections of the cemetery is limited to individual spaces. However, the southeast section of the cemetery remains a viable option for those interested in purchasing multiple lots.
Please review the Cary Cemetery Standard Operating Procedures
Fees & Burial Services
The following is a list of services offered by the Cary Cemetery. Please contact the Village of Cary at (847) 639-0003 for more information on lot purchases or burial services.
Resident of Cary
Non-Resident of Cary
Burial Lot $900 $1,000
Full Interment Services
Weekdays, Saturday $950 $950
Cremation Burial Services
Sunday, Holidays $1,800 $1,800
Cremation Interment
Sunday, Holidays $950 $950
Harper-Freeman Historical Collection
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Floods, Politics and Science: The Case of the Somerset Levels
Published on 02/10/2014 by Robert Dingwall
The Somerset Levels at the height of flooding in 2003. (Photo by Emma Stilling © Copyright Bill Stilling and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence )
The British Isles have been experiencing the wettest winter since records first become available in the 1760s. Parts of the country have received something like 200 percent of the average winter rainfall. There is no obvious let-up in the storm systems swinging across the North Atlantic. These simultaneously pile sea water onto coastal communities, as the gales drive tidal surges, and deposit rain water on the sodden countryside of southwest England. It is hardly surprising that there has been widespread flooding with large areas having been under water for more than four weeks. The flooding, however, has been largely confined to farmland, although farm buildings and small villages have been collateral victims. Flood defences have successfully protected many of the urban areas that used to be submerged in even quite ordinary years of rainfall.
One of the areas worst affected is known as the Somerset Levels, about 250 square miles (650 km2) of low-lying land just south of Bristol. Much of this area is below sea-level, even before the sea began to rise as a consequence of climate change. People have been draining this land for at least a thousand years. Over that period, it has also been subject to occasional catastrophic floods, as in 1607 and 1872-3. The villages sit on small rises in the ground that would, historically, have been islands throughout most winters. Rivers and drainage channels are above the level of the land around them, carrying run-off from the surrounding hills. When they reach the Levels themselves, though, water has to be pumped up into them. In short, once the Levels fill with water, this is very difficult to get rid of. The run-off carries silt which progressively reduces the capacity of the waterways. Traditionally the waterways have been dredged every 10 years or so to deal with this.
In the last 20 years or so, there has, however, been a growing global consensus among water systems professionals that routine dredging is pointless. It may even increase flood risks by bringing water off the hills more quickly. The current scientific and engineering view is that the way forward is to focus on upstream measures that slow run-off. This includes measures like afforestation, the restoration of meanders and bogland, and restrictions on the creation of hard surfaces in new housing or commercial developments. At coastal margins, as in the Levels, salt marshes are also being reinstated. Big engineering solutions are seen to be costly and ineffective. This professional view has become embedded in environmental agency practice, although it is often difficult to implement because of conflicts with agricultural land-use policies and demands for deregulation by farming and development lobbies. Nevertheless, it has formed a principled basis for action by UK environmental agencies.
In the Somerset Levels, the results this winter have been a personal tragedy for many people, although there have been no fatalities. The British media have been full of demands that something be done, accompanied by much criticism of the perceived failures of government and environmental agencies. In the end, politics have trumped science. The minister currently responsible for the flood emergency has apologized to the displaced farmers and villagers for not funding a dredging programme they had demanded. It was, he said, a mistake for politicians to have listened to experts rather than to popular voices.
In expressing this opinion, the minister is echoing a conventional wisdom that has been around in science and technology studies since Brian Wynne's 1992 work on Cumbrian sheep farmers and the tracing of radioactive contamination following the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Wynne argued that the farmers' knowledge of the terrain gave them a better understanding of the location of risks than the blanket approach used by the scientists who were seeking to decide where sheep could safely be grazed. However, this conclusion has been increasingly questioned as a generalization by other social scientists.
The Somerset case is a nice example, where the local knowledge is very much downstream and the problem is mainly upstream and, to some extent, out at sea. Dredging is an expensive patch, which damages ecosystems and offers, at best, an uncertain benefit. It is, however, highly visible and looks like an obvious solution. For a beleaguered government, with a minister known for populist rhetoric, meeting this demand and blaming woolly-hatted environmental scientists looks like a quick win. However, it obscures the need for a proper debate about the politics and economics, as well as the science of the decision.
In effect, the government is conceding to the resident population the right to an indefinite subsidy funded by taxation on the remainder of the population to support ineffective interventions to preserve a small number of villages and farms. Clearly, this is a cherished way of life for those who enjoy it and the distress caused by the flooding is something with which we can all sympathise at a human level. However, there are other questions to be asked.
Firstly, there is the ethics of using tax revenues on projects that are not demonstrably efficient or effective. As Murray Rothbard, a libertarian economist rarely read by sociologists, observes, this is the key difference between taxation and extortion. Morally, it is wrong to use taxation to fund projects without a clear public benefit. The science is reasonably clear and the conclusion about the ethics of the political response is inescapable.
Secondly, there is clearly some measure of market failure here. An indefinite public subsidy in the form of dredging and drainage works means that the risks of flooding have not been correctly priced into the value of properties and farmland. As climate change progresses, many other communities globally will have to face the same choice about whether it is more appropriate for governments to manage retreat from environmental challenges than to expend resources in futile resistance. In other, equally flat and low-lying, parts of England, that decision has already been faced: local governments have collaborated with environmental agencies to develop new policies which respond to rising sea levels and storm surges by creating natural buffers and planned withdrawals from existing coastlines. Elsewhere, valuable experience is being gained, despite limited funding, in upland catchment management.
Thirdly, there are questions about the ability of governments and media to address long-term planning issues. There simply is no way in which the Somerset Levels will see out the present century in anything like their present form. Rather than using the present crisis to explain this to local communities, and to promote a dialogue about compensation and relocation, both government and media have demanded an instant fix. This does not bode well for responses to future challenges.
Residents of the Levels argue that they should receive special protection to defend their way of life. Urban dwellers, it is alleged, do not really understand the virtues of rural living. There is a certain irony in that we are currently marking the thirtieth anniversary of the great miners' strike in the UK, where mining communities made exactly the same demands. For good or ill, the government of the day decided that the level of public subsidy was too great to justify the perpetuation of this industry, its associated communities and their way of life. The questions today are the same and we should not allow them to be obscured by sentimental rhetoric. Regardless of the present austerity, how far is it really justifiable to expend national resources on any sectional interest? If we think that this is appropriate, what does it say about our country and its politics that our first preference seems to be to support the residents of a pleasant part of rural England through interventions that lack any real evidence base?
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Robert Dingwall is a consulting sociologist, providing research and advisory services particularly in relation to organizational strategy, public engagement and knowledge transfer. He is co-editor of the SAGE Handbook of Research Management.
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The Importance of Gaming
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Video games are electronic games that require interacting with the user interface to produce visual feedback. Input devices may include a keyboard, joystick, controller, or motion sensing device. The user interacts with the interface through visual feedback and actions. It is the interactive process of playing a game that is the main focus of video gaming. However, not all video games use the same input devices. Read on to learn more about the differences in input devices and video game play.
The term "gaming" was initially used to denote gaming in the traditional sense. However, the term has now come to mean the running of electronic games. Many of these games are run on game consoles. There are also online versions of video games, such as the popular online version of Minecraft. These platforms allow players to communicate with each other and play cooperatively with others. Some games are free, while others require the user to pay a fee to download them.
Gaming is a popular hobby for many people. As an activity, it is an excellent way to relax and pass the time. With the rise of mobile devices, more people are playing video games on their computers. It is also a great way to make new friends and meet new people. Some games are even able to be played with friends. The possibilities are almost endless. For instance, the World Health Organization has recognized gaming as a medical disorder.
Despite the risks, gaming is a great way to get in touch with new ideas and meet new people. There are countless online communities dedicated to gaming, and there are even games devoted to helping people overcome their struggles. The internet is one of the fastest growing industries. In fact, there are hundreds of millions of people who enjoy gaming, and there is a game out there for just about every person. That makes it a very inclusive medium.
The gaming industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. While video games have traditionally been dominated by Hollywood, this industry has grown to become one of the most important tech sectors in the world. It also has a profound impact on culture, social networking, and social interactions. The importance of video games cannot be overstated. The popularity of gaming continues to grow and it is a vital part of society today. In addition to the entertainment and productivity it provides, gaming is an exciting and vital part of our culture.
The gaming industry has expanded beyond traditional video game genres. Today, more than 100 million people across the world engage in gaming in one form or another. The popularity of video games has surpassed its original popularity in the 1990s, and many people feel that the trend has reached a new level. As a result, the industry has become a popular entertainment outlet for millions of people around the world. It has also become a significant source of jobs in the media, with a large percentage of games being created by independent developers and designers.


Email and HIPAA Compliant Practice: Is It Possible?
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You've heard by now that email, as a general medium, lacks those technological things we would want it to have for security. Those of us that are required to be HIPAA compliant need to be thoughtful about the ways we use it. Here's the kicker, though: we need to be thoughtful about when we don't use it, too.
We get deep into what makes email vulnerable (and not so vulnerable) in our Level I Digital Confidentiality course, and I'll explain some of it here, too.
Email is part of a modern culture of high-transparency communication. We clinicians sometimes find ourselves using it for sensitive conversations despite our usual vigilance around confidentiality.
Sounds pretty bleak, right? In some circumstances it is. But that's what risk management is for — to empower us with creativity to make the bleakest situations workable.
Email addresses can be used to identify people very easily, and email addresses are on the list of 18 identifiers that HIPAA defines as without-a-doubt personally identifying.
This means that any email between clinician and client needs to be protected. But here's where we go off the rails: "protected" doesn't always mean what you think it means.
"Protected" means using encryption, right?
"Protected" means that we apply a risk management lens to the confidentiality problems raised by email and come up with appropriate risk management strategies. That's it.
So what are the confidentiality problems raised by email?
Good question. Let's find out. And while we're at it, let's talk about some risk management solutions, too.
Email is like a postcard passing through the wild hinterlands of the open Internet. Various nefarious elements may be able to see its contents as it goes by.
The most obvious and powerful risk management measure would, indeed, be to encrypt all emails. Encryption means using secret codes, so encrypted emails would appear as useless gobbledygook to anyone who sees them as they zip by on the Internet.
The rub, though, is that encryption is not an invisible add-on that we can slap onto anything we want to secure. Encryption is a secret code, and everyone who wants to read the email needs to be in on the code.
So just like an encrypted email would be useless gobbledygook to hackers who watch it fly by, it would also be useless gobbledygook to the client who receives it without some predetermined setup for unlocking the encryption.
Actually encrypting all emails would require a society-wide decision to cooperate in making all emails encrypted. As a society, we had a chance to do that back in the late 90s and early aughts. As a society, we opted against it.
Google and like-minded companies have been pushing for a slightly less powerful but still effective version of encryption for all our emails. They've been pretty successful in getting most email providers to set up encrypted tunnels between each other. So even though our emails would not be encrypted themselves, many of them would travel through tunnels of encryption when being sent between providers who are onboard with this plan.
Google, et al's big plan is not something we can rely on for practice management purposes (yet), but it can certainly help when things go south. See Google's Transparency Report for some more details on how that project is coming along. Also see Rob Reinhardt's article on how encrypted tunnel notices show up in Gmail.
Secure messaging services help us get around the problem of figuring out how to share the secret code of encryption with our clients. The result is clumsy, but still perfect for when encryption is the only reasonable solution to your confidentiality problems. Some examples of such services can be found below in this article.
So, how about those emails, eh?
An alternative to using encrypted email or secure messaging services is to just not send anything that a hacker would care to see.
It may sound overly simple. And to be honest, it is. There is a lot that goes into the idea of collaborating with clients who want you to send them ordinary, unencrypted emails. While it is more than achievable and completely reasonable to do, you need to approach it with a good sense of how risk management works and with a good knowledge of the risks at play.
For starters, you can check out our article, Clients Have the Right to Receive Unencrypted Emails Under HIPAA. The process is covered depthfully and thoroughly in Level I of our Digital Confidentiality Course Series.
We also discuss email and texting as part of informed consent in our recorded webinar with Maelisa Hall, How To Take a Load Off Your Informed Consent Process.
When email is sitting in one place, it has a place to sit in. This place can be a smartphone, a computer, an account on a server on the Internet, etc. If you've ever worked with clients who have nosy or abusive people in their lives, you may be familiar with the vulnerability of any of these things.
And here's what's really problematic about this one: even if you and the client are encrypting your messages, that won't stop the nosy or abusive intruders. Why not? If the client can unlock the encryption for their own viewing, then they can certainly do so for the abuser. And abusers generally demand passwords from their targets.
Thus we see one of the many reasons why "encrypted" is not a synonym with "secure," despite the advice we so frequently get in our professional circles.
A less obvious application of this problem is in work or school email accounts. Those accounts are held on the servers of the client's employer or school. Admins and managers can (and do!) view the emails on those servers. Legal precedents protect employers who do this. You can imagine where the story goes from there.
Last application of problem 2: what's going on with your own email account? Which company holds your emails for you? Why do you trust them to hold emails exchanged with your clients? How well are your own devices protected from intrusion?
Regardless of what other risk management measures we take, HIPAA requires that our email services execute a Business Associate Agreement with us. Just like you would require a reception person in your office to sign confidentiality agreements, HIPAA requires you to sign a BAA with your email service. Later in this article is a short list of email services who will oblige on this point.
Note: We offer our free Email and Texting Risk Questionnaire form to our (also free) newsletter subscribers. This questionnaire helps you and your clients cover the problems described above. Subscribe to our newsletter here to get access to these and other useful forms.
Problem 2 shows how much we need to collaborate with clients on risk management. Once again, that is covered depthfully and thoroughly in Level I of our Digital Confidentiality Course Series.
Many Practice Management System also provide secure messaging. See Rob Reinhardt's reviews of those systems to find ones that do.
Finally, we can't emphasize enough the value of Level I of our Digital Confidentiality Course Series for tackling the issue of email and texting with clients.
Email is not something we want to to ignore in our practices. Clients often want to use it, and that is perfectly fine when the risks can be managed. Take appropriate steps to do that, and you can leverage the empowerment of risk management.
This was in the context of talking about how to send copies of electronic health records to patients who request them.
Have you have a template for the aforementioned "email authorization"? I have created my own but it does not sound nearly detailed enough to comply with the above rule.
We do have a consent for non-secure communications form available to our free newsletter subscribers. I recommend at least reading our article, Clients Have the Right to Receive Unencrypted Emails Under HIPAA, before using them.
You can get them by subscribing to the free newsletter here!
What are potential ethical issues for giving client's email addresses to a service like MailChimp for distributing newsletters and other non-identifying information?


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SWV Debuts Comeback Video
Girl groups haven't really been bumping the airwaves since the demise of Destiny's Child. Yet, two decades ago those all-female music acts certainly ran the show, ruling the 90's charts with an unstoppable reign, pitch-perfect melodies, infectious beats, and universal lyrics for the ladies. Undoubtedly one of the best girl groups of all time, SWV has returned to revive some of the harmonious sounds that have been lacking from this musical generation. Kicking off their comeback with a new video for their 2011 track entitled "Co-Sign," these Sisters With Voices easily show listeners that they've still got it as they croon about co-signing the special men in their lives. Decked in all white and smiles galore, Coko, Taj and Lelee sound just as fresh and young as they did when they first arrived on the scene in 1992.
Having signed a record deal with E1 Entertainment and Mass Appeal Entertainment in 2011, SWV has their fourth studio album "I Missed Us" slated for release this April. Time and age seems to have had no effect whatsoever on these three talented woman. Given the easy, breezy, effortless sound of this jam, "Co-Sign" may very well spark a retrospective 90's movement on the radio and music at large. Will "Co-Sign" prove to be a comeback hit for SWV? Does the group and their 90's sound have a place in today's industry?
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I'm a bit of a Soup Nazi. I don't mean this in the sense that I do not like to share my soups, because in reality it's quite the contrary. I force them on people.
I spent a year working in a soup restaurant – yes, a restaurant centered solely around soup. This experience allowed me to discover a wonderful world that spanned far beyond chicken noodle. All of a sudden I was serving up such delicious soups as Tomato Gorgonzola, Mulligatawny, White Bean & Italian Sausage, Chicken Curry, Chipotle Black Bean – and my life was forever changed.
The first recipe I'd like to share is my recipe for "The Soup." It got its name after it became such a staple in our house that every time we were mulling over what to make for shared dinners, "the soup" was consistently the decision. It only makes sense as the first recipe I would share.
So without further ado: The Soup.
1. Slice the celery and carrots and chop the onion and garlic. In your large soup pot combine the ingredients and pour in the olive oil. At this point I add a generous amount of salt and pepper. Feel free to add other spices to taste. I recommend: a pinch of garlic powder, cumin and coriander. Cooking is about what you like, and I like to think about recipes as a loose framework in which you can experiment and make every dish uniquely your own.
2. Most recipes say to "cook until the onions are see-through." I typically like to wait about 15-20 minutes to let the natural flavors really marinate/make love with one another.
3. When ready add the water, the vegetable broth, and the lentils. Make sure to wash the lentils prior to adding them.
4. Cook at a medium-high heat for 45 minutes and then add the spinach. You can substitute pre-packaged spinach, but if fresh make sure it is washed – otherwise you might get a crunchy layer of dirt at the bottom of your bowl. Let this cook on low for 10-15 minutes.
5. Where you cannot afford to be cheap is with the cheese – get a block of Parmesan and shred. Use as a garnish (or be like me and dump in an entire fistful) with some fresh toasted bread.
This recipe makes not only enough for you and your friends to have a seconds, but will last in the fridge for the week to follow. In addition to leftovers, if you're frugal like me, you can make a pot for about $11 – and when you are perpetually living as a college kid such as myself – this is a great, great thing.
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HELENA (AP) – State lawmakers have tabled a proposal to create a campaign practices and ethics review board to decide if criminal charges should be pursued in cases of alleged campaign violations.
Members of the House State Administration Committee deadlocked and subsequently tabled House Bill 623 on Thursday, leaving little chance it will be revived before a Tuesday deadline.
The measure would have created a four-member board to decide whether litigation proposed by the Commissioner of Political Practices is necessary. Currently, the governor appoints one commissioner who enforces Montana's campaign laws. That person opposed the proposal.
Republican Rep. Ryan Osmundson said he brought the proposal to infuse bipartisanship in the state's only political watchdog role.
Republican Rep. Art Wittich, who faces trial for a campaign violation, said existing oversight seems skewed.
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Julie Reynes joined FFAR in February 2017 as the Chief Operating Officer. As a self-employed entrepreneur over the past six years, Reynes has contributed to the success of more than 10 organizations in the Washington, D.C. area, through leadership as interim CEO at several nonprofits and as Founder and CEO of her own food company. Reynes has held a variety of executive positions in the health, science and technology nonprofit sectors, including Vice President of International Services at American Red Cross. There, she established the organization's first grants-based approach to disaster response. As the first President of Patient Access Network Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting cancer and chronic disease patients, Reynes established initial policies and procedures, cultivated donor relationships and developed a strategic plan. In the food sector, Reynes founded and built Julie's Datery, a startup manufacturer and wholesaler of stuffed dates. She led all aspects of brand-building, finance, and operations and expanded product availability to eight states and 85 stores in two years.
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At the weekend, inspired by the arrival of spring, I visited Bickershaw Hall Nurseries, a small garden centre just outside Wigan. This friendly family-run business also sells seasonal plants, fruit and vegetables at the town market, so as I was passing by I decided to have a look around.
Despite the record-breaking warmth of the past week, it is still February after all, and the big greenhouse looked almost bare apart from a few splashes of colour. This time next month it will be fragrant with herbs and bursting with botanical brightness.
Whilst perusing the perennials I chatted with the owner who told me her family had established the business nearly 50 years ago on land which had been bought much earlier following the demolition of Bickershaw Hall in the 1940s. Built in the 17th century, the Hall fell into disrepair, made uninhabitable by coal mining subsidence. The only remains are this house which had been servants' quarters and the cattle shelter which you can see below, now both used by the Nurseries.
Our conversation turned to another local history connection. In 1972, the land where Bickershaw Hall had once stood had gone to seed. Bizarrely, a consortium of Manchester business people and others from the music industry selected the site to host a massive music festival. One of the organisers was a certain Jeremy Beadle, and the headline band was The Grateful Dead. Other illustrious artists included The Kinks and Bryan Ferry, and the list went on… It was to be a spectacular event and the crowds arrived from all over the country.
Of course, by today's standards the special effects look unsophisticated. A high-diver who descends gracelessly into a burning paddling-pool even seems comedic.
Unfortunately, severe rain made the event a washout, and the field looked like a scene from Glastonbury but without the associated coolness. The Grateful Dead were not feeling very grateful as this short clip shows.
My curiosity roused, I asked for directions to the festival site. A short walk led me to a path off the main road with woodland to the left.
A couple of cars passed me from the direction I was heading, making me feel less wary about venturing alone into what seemed quite a secluded place. I smiled to myself, picturing the hoards of party people ambling this way in the summer of '72.
The path opened out into a car park at what I could now see was a fishery: artificially created ponds stocked with fish for paid-up anglers to spend whole days trying to catch. One pond looked quite tranquil with nobody around.
Whilst others took on a more sinister appearance. I hope that was a just scarecrow….
I followed a path to the right in the direction of a familiar looking field, but not before passing the remains of a burnt tree stump, strangely decorated.
Then there it was…. the venue!
Try as I might, I wasn't feeling that vibe. The festival spirit had been washed away in that July deluge.
Bickershaw Festival has achieved a quiet cult status; the 40th anniversary reunion held in 2012 (a much, much smaller affair) was even covered by the BBC. Needless to say, Bryan Ferry and the Kinks were unavailable on that occasion.
Today I went into Manchester to have lunch with a dear friend. Such is the pace of life and its many demands that we don't get together as often as we would like. With both of us being off work this week it was an ideal opportunity for a catch up.
I arrived in the city with a couple of hours to spare so I decided to head to one my favourite food places, Earth Cafe at the Buddhist Centre. It's run as a separate business nowadays but still serves a delicious and healthy vegan menu.
It's an informal cafe where the staff are always polite and accommodating if not exactly gregarious – though that can vary from one visit to the next. For me, it's just so refreshing to not to have to enquire about any ingredients, and everything is fresh and tasty.
Manchester Buddhist Centre is within a repurposed former industrial building whose design legacy still remains, incorporated into the very different 21st century space.
In near solitude I quietly enjoyed my food for thought: coffee and walnut cake….
…..with only the laughing Buddha for company.
I pondered the changing face of this city where industry had been replaced by commerce and hospitality, including the very spot where I sat. What would the Mancunian industrial giants of a century ago make of all of this? Of how we can choose to live now. Of our choices about what we consume. About what we revere and how we find spiritual expression in the 21st century.
Manchester, one-time exporter of textiles to the world, now weaves philosophies from the east into the fabric of city life. No wonder the Buddha is laughing!
I chatted with one of the staff who told me that yesterday had been an important date: the anniversary of Buddha's death. For the community, this commemoration had been the focus of a special meditation ceremony which took place at the main shrine. I was asked if I would like to take a look, and of course I happily accepted.
The larger of the Centre's two shrines is a peaceful and airy space painted in an uplifting shade of sunflower yellow. Its focal point is a beautiful and unusual representation of the Buddha, of somewhat European appearance, including blue eyes.
Placed around the shrine were some photographs of loved ones who had died within the last 12 months, along with floral tributes, trinkets and treasured possessions. I haven't included any photographs close up for obvious reasons.
A bowl of white flowers, still fresh and slightly fragrant, will remain in place until they fade and finally decay, at which point they will be removed; a reminder of the natural cycle of life and death.
Left to look around on my own, I sat for a while enjoying the peace before bidding the dead farewell and returning to rejoin the living and life in all its colour.


Europe's Emissions Trading Scheme is about to get a major reboot. Carbon prices are expected to rise, with significant implications for the power industry and other carbon-intensive industrial sectors. But will the new revamped system really work? S&P Global Platts senior carbon market analyst Frank Watson and Energy Economist managing editor Ross McCracken take a look at the ETS 2.0 to see if this time round, it really will deliver.


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by Miriam Curran
Having a place at the oval table with the flags of the G7 countries was intimidating. Nevertheless, the cordial greetings from the delegates showed their receptivity as they trickled in to take their seats for the Second G7 Working group of Health Experts meeting.
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ERPIC, the Emerging Researchers in Integrated Care, was invited to present at this G7 preliminary meeting as part of civil society. As the executive team member closest geographically and available, I had the honour of representing ERPIC.
The meeting took place in Paris, France at the Ministry of Solidarity and Health on Tuesday, April 16th. Youth involvement in the future of primary health care was the theme of the session, prompting the presence of four early career associations: Y7, the youth engagement group of the G7; Young Leaders for Health; ONE, the global forum for young leaders; and ERPIC. Delegates included not only chief medical officers of the G7 countries, but also international organizations such as OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), WHO (World Health Organization), The Global Fund, and U.S. Aid.
The French delegation began the session with welcoming addresses by the Ambassador for global health, Mrs. Stéphanie Seydoux; the Delegate for European and International affairs of the Ministry of Solidarity and Health, Mrs. Christiane Labalme; and the Director General of Health of the Ministry of Solidarity and Health, Mr. Jérome Salomon who chaired the session. Strengthening of primary care, gender equality, and creating a common culture incorporating LMICs were the key themes to develop through inclusivity, sustainability and taking into consideration life changes.
As civil society spokespersons, our colleagues from Y7 spoke first, followed by Young Leaders
in Health, and ONE presented last after me. The three representatives urged the delegates to consider the provision of primary healthcare to all as a human right. They also requested that G7 sustain movements that are especially critical for new generations, such as climate change and migration.
I went to the G7 working group session with three specific goals: to explain who ERPIC are, to describe our vision and values as ERPIC, and to present models of integrating primary care that have been proven to be effective around the world.
The brief introduction outlined ERPIC as an international platform for collaboration and knowledge transfer through tools to promote networking and training in integrated care. As an example, our newly launched international Mentorship Program has matched emerging professional mentees from 13 countries to senior IFIC associate mentors from 7. I was most keen to highlight our fundamental guiding principles of inclusivity and leadership in promoting integrated care.
"The focus today is youth and the young. But some of us are not chronologically young." As I said this, the room broke out in hearty laughter. "Yet we are young to integrated care or some of us even new to healthcare." I continued. We of the ERPIC executive team chose the term emerging because we embrace a life course perspective, a sequence of social events and roles as opposed to a chronological approach. In fact, referring to gender equality and life transitions, points made by the
Ambassador and Ministers, emerging researchers and professionals include women on their second careers, like me. After life changes, such as motherhood, migration, and/or divorce, women may begin a new career or further their education to become part of the formal and informal carers of people with chronic and complex needs.
Additionally, climate change refugees and migrants who may not meet the language skills or qualifications of the new country, are also not only users of primary health and social care, but also join the workforce.
A report published in March of this year by the WHO entitled 'Delivered by Women, Led by Men, an investigation of gender and equity in the global health and social workforce', found that women make up 70% of the global workforce yet hold only 25% of senior roles. I used this as evidence for ERPIC's drive to train leaders in integrated care, with a natural predilection toward women (in our Mentorship program mentees are 21 female, 5 male; mentors 19 female, 6 male).
Recent data of median ages of Italy's, Japan's, UK's and US' health and social care workers portray a middle-aged workforce. These data further supports ERPIC's life course perspective. These are frontline workers, many in primary care, who are also emerging in the movement of integrating care, in what is traditionally a fragmented system. Professionals, organizations, sectors, disciplines, generations, nationalities, languages and levels need to collaborate, communicate and cooperate in order to strengthen primary health and social care.
This brought me to the final aim of my presentation. I wanted to remind the G7 health
experts how primary care can be integrated. As a first stop, primary care can act as a filter of needs. Following Leutz's model of integration, the more complex an individual's needs are, the more integrated the care system s/he will need. People with mild needs require a linked care system; moderate needs require a coordinated system; and complex and chronic needs require a fully integrated system. This filtering can lead people to receive the care they need, reducing redundancy and duplication, increasing prevention and early-intervention, thus improving cost efficiency and care quality.
Context based models of integrated care was the second example. Adopted from Glasby & Dickinson (2014), this model puts outcomes first (what do we want to achieve), evaluates the context (environment, structures, resources in place), and finally explores what processes are needed to attain those outcomes in that context. I offered my own PhD research in Central America as an example of setting outcomes based on context. Even in the same region, the same country, the same city, contexts can be strikingly different. I also described the Jigsaw project in Ireland, which integrated the youth mental health system through participatory action research involving adolescents and young adults.
We four presenters were applauded and thanked for advising on such important topics. The reactions of the delegates were positive, with the chair praising our enthusiasm. The Ambassador of Global Health stated that we are "very important spokespeople". The OECD representative affirmed "we will take into account what you've said". The Chief Medical Officer of Italy stated that having us at the session was "a great opportunity for dialogue with the future of healthcare". "It is inspiring to have civil society [in the session]" was U.S. Aid's comment. Representatives from Japan, Canada and UK echoed these comments.
Ultimately, this was a very important experience, on a personal level as well as for ERPIC. I feel proud to have sat at the table of global health experts and decision makers, and in awe of their enormous tasks. We of ERPIC see this event as an opportunity to grow our network and our collaborations, and to believe that our contributions help lead the movement of integrating health and social care.
Nereide Alhena Curreri is a Gerontologist and the Research & Development Lead for Emerging Researchers in Integrated Care (ERPIC). She is also currently researching integrated care for her PhD in Dementia Studies at the University of Stirling, UK.
Email: ERIC@integratedcarefoundation.org
Webpage: www.integratedcarefoundation.org/ERPIC
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It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Ross Held on October 20, 2016.
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Q: Parsing and editing HTML files using Python Issue is following:
Got some basic HTML auto-generated file as a dump from object database. It's table-based information. The structure of file it's same for each generation, generally coherent content.
I have to process this file further, do some remarks, etc, thus I wish to edit a bit this HTML file to let's say add extra table cell with writeable text field to add remarks in file and maybe some final button to generate some additional output. Now the questions:
I choose to write Python script to handle this changes in file. Is this a right choice, or you can suggest something better?
For now I'm dealing with that as follows:
1) Make workcopy of base file
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A: I would recommend you use the following general approach.

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*Load and parse the HTML into a convenient in-memory tree representation using any of the existing libraries for such tasks.

*Find relevant nodes in the tree. (Most libraries from part 1 will provide some form of XPath and/or CSS selectors. Both allow you to find all nodes which satisfy a particular rule. In your case, the rule is probably "tr which ...".)

*Process the found nodes individually (most libraries from part 1 will let you edit the tree in-place).

*Write out either modified tree or newly generated tree.

Here is one particular example for how you could implement the above. (The exact choice of libraries is somewhat flexible. You have multiple options here.)

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*There's multiple options for HTML parsing and representation library. Most common recommendation I hear these days is LXML.

*LXML provides both CSS selector support and XPath support.

*See LXML etree documentation.


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Is karate the Olympic sport
Karate is not an Olympic Sport. Taekwondo, a Korean based sport, has been in the Olympics. One of the challenges is that you have to make the activity a sport, and the rules have to be the same throughout the world. Karate is a combat art and many do not want to water it down.
Q: Is karate the Olympic sport
When was karate introduced to the Olympic Games?
Karate has not been demonstrated as an Olympic sport yet.
Has US won gold in Olympic karate?
Karate is not an Olympic sport. However, Tai Kwon Do is an Olympic sport and there have been a number of gold medals for the United States in this sport.
What is the maximum age to compete in karate in the Olympics?
Karate is not an Olympic sport.
Is karate an olympic sport?
Karate is not a sport and as such cannot be in the Olympics. Taekwondo, a Korean sport that draws on many karate techniques, is codified to allow it to be done as a sport.
Is karate a olymipic sport?
No. Karate is not an olympic game. There are talks going on to include it in Olympics but currently it is yielding no result. However other martial arts like judo, taek won do and wushu are in Olympics.
Who was the first man to win an olympic gold medal for karate?
karate has never been an olympic sport unfortunatly.
Is the karate team participating in the 2012 Olympics?
Karate is not one of the Olympic sports. Taekwondo is an Olympic sport and the US is participating.
How many people have won medals in the olymipics through karate?
That would be none, as Karate is not an Olympic sport. Taekwondo is in the Olympics.
Is karate a contact sport?
Yes, Karate is a contact sport.
Is karate a boy sport?
No, karate is a unisex sport. It is made for both male and female.
Where was the sport karate from?
Karate originated from Okinawa, japan.
Are karate is an Olympic game?
At one time the karate was suggested but they could meet not the specifications. The present summer olympic includes both Judo and Tae Kwon Do Both these martial art s have a single world body to provide uniformity in their sport.
Is karate a cruel sport?
No, Karate is not a cruel sport, no it teaches people how to defend themselves and have fun.
Why is karate the best sport?
karate being the best sport is your OPINION, it cant be proven or given a reason why. i like karate and think it is a great sport, but you cant call it the best
Is basketball an Olympic sport?
Yes, it is an Olympic sport.
Is Kung Fu an Olympic sport?
No it is not an Olympic sport.
Is surfing an Olympic sport?
No surfing is not an Olympic sport.
Who made Karate a sport?
World Karate Federation (WKF)
What sport is better karate or tennis?
Tennis is a sport. Karate is a martial art and should not treated as a 'game.'
Is karate going to be in the Olympics?
If Karate is able to obtain 2/3 votes of the Olympic committee then it can. Recently, the Committee announced that Wrestling is not a part of the Olympics, so karate has got a chance. But still, as there is already taekwondo in the Olympics, they can argue as to why to keep another martial art (karate). Part of the issue with karate is that it is not designed as a sport. There is no single governing body to set rules for competition. Judo was designed as a sport and Taekwondo has been codified to make it a sport, which allows them to be eligible for the Olympics.
When did all volleyball become an olympic sport?
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Is ballet an Olympic sport?
No, it is not an olympic sport it is an art of soul.
Is cricket an Olympic sport?
cricket is not an olympic sport (i am not sure )
When was bowling an Olympic sport?
Unfortunately, bowling is not an Olympic sport
Is sledding an Olympic sport?
It should be but no, it is currently not an olympic sport.
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Messi was forced to limp out of Barca's 1-1 draw at home to Atletico Madrid on September 22 with a groin strain and without him his side has won two and lost one of their three La Liga matches, reports Xinhua.
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