not getting the approval of my application to TPVA BY AM.
myself ayush kumar from district bhojpur.Actually ;our AM sir is not responding to my application form.from last 1 month; it is seen in the same status.
It tells that ur application form is pending that should be verified by AM sir.
I have applied for BSCC on 15 Jan, 2018 at DRCC SITAMARHI, DUMRA with [CM7RBSCC012018001649240]. When will the education finance corporation process be complete. It is very necessary for me. It is told from DRCC in enquiry that software of education finance corporation is not running yet. So You are requested to complete this process fast so that I can pay my semester fee in July. I have to pay semester fee in July and I have no other source to pay this fee because economic condition of my family is very weak. So please continue the process ahead and issue loan soon. I will be very thankful to you for this act of kindness.
Please inform me whatever will be done & required.
this person om prakash ujjain at drcc saran whose name and number is given at the drcc website for inquiry is not helping at all.infact he is arrogant.when i went for applying for bihar student creditcard also he gave me wrong information and told me to come again several times and when even when i have applied now when i call to ask my status that too on their own given time he started shouting at me for no reason.i tried to remind him that it is a government office and it is his responsibility to answer the queries of the people.he got angry and said go complain wherever u want i wont answer.he is not giving me the number of any other person there.how will the people know their application status if the online status is not clear.?
what is the purpose of having so many people work there if the people are not willing to work.?
and shouting at people when the ask question on a time given by them and on a number given by them without any reason..is it right?
this person om prakash ujjain at drcc saran whose name and number is given at the drcc website for inquiry is not helping at all.infact he is arrogant.when i went for applying for bscc also he gave me wrong information and told me to come again several times and when even when i have applied now when i call to ask my status that too on their own given time he started shouting at me for no reason.i tried to remind him that it is a government office and it is his responsibility to answer the queries of the people.he got angry and said go complain wherever u want i wont answer.he is not giving me the number of any other person there.how will the people know their application status if the online status is not clear.?
I am Prakash Kumar from Sitamarhi, Bihar. I have applied for BSCC [CM7RBSCC012018001649240] on 15 Jan, 2018 at DRCC, DUMRA. My bank (SBI, Sitamarhi bazar) returned application. In status "RETURN AM FORWARD BSCC"is shown.
In the latest update of BSCC (17 Mar, 2018) it is announced that loan of bscc will be issued by EDUCATION FINANCE CORPORATION. In enquiry at DRCC, DUMRA it is told "Letter regarding education finance corporation has not been received yet, after receiving letter they will call me and then sanction my loan.
So, You are requested to come in force education finance corporation soon and send letter regarding this to DRCC ,Dumra (843301) and issue loan soon otherwise l wiil not able to pay my semester fee in my college, and l will have to take withdraw from college because my financial condition is very poor. So please take action right now so that I will continue study. I will be very thankful to you for this act.
Dear sir/ma'am, I would like to write in Hindi.
I, kumar shubham, have applied for BSCC on 30th December 2017. My registration id is CM7RBSCC122017001567485.
I was told by the officers' in charge that i would get a confirmation call or SMS regarding this scheme within 60 days after the registration.
But till date, its been around 80 days so far, I haven't got any call or SMS regarding my approval. Please take a serious concern on this matter.
I'll be ever grateful to you for that.
I (Anshu Kumari) had applied bihar Student Credit card and and verified all documents at DRCC Center Gaya at 04/09/2017. But six months has gone.Our application is still pending.
Sir, I am not in position to pay education fee from our self because my financial Condition is very low.How will I deposit 2nd year fee,as I am waiting from Bihar Student Credit card.Our education is fully dependent on this scheme.
I applied for the student credit card from kishanganj DRCC and my ID CM7RBSCC012018001683471 is the current situation which has been sent by the DPO to the TVPI. Sir, I need Rupee just now that my admission is going on. I have not been able to get admission because of not having a rupee so that I request you to verify Verify of my Credit Card as soon as possible so that I can get my enrollment time Can take.
It was given in the newspaper that the students who are native of Bihar and had passed 12th from CBSE board from the school reciding in other states are also eligible for the Student Credit Card scheme. But during the certificate verification the designated person tells that it was given in the newspaper but we have not got any written application or order from the state government.so sir please resolve this issue as soon as possible.
Sir my registration ID is CM7RBSCC082017001154552 sir current status show it is pending for am. sir I verified it at drcc samastipur so process it as soon as possible. Now my family conditions is not in position to pay college fee .
I am not in position to pay education fee from our self. because my financial condition is very low.
I had already took admision in college I didnot deposit the semester fee and Hostel as I am waiting from bihar student credit card. Our education is fully dependent on this scheme.
I (Nitish kumar jha ) had applied bihar student credit card and verified all the documents at DRCC center madhubani.But one month has gone. our application is still pending and status is showing that your application is pending from AM. pending TPVA by AM. How much time it will take to get approval from TPVA .Please do some needful from your end.
Otherwise I will be in trouble. I am not in position to pay education fee from our self. because my financial condition is very low.
I had already took admision in college I didnot deposit the semester fee as I am waiting from bihar student credit card. Our education is fully dependent on this scheme.
I ( nitish kumar jha ) had applied bihar student credit card and verified all the documents at DRCC center gaya.But one month has gone. our application is still pending and status is showing that your application is pending from AM. pending TPVA by AM. How much time it will take to get approval from TPVA .Please do some needful from your end.
I (Nitish kumar jha ) had applied bihar student credit card and verified all the documents at DRCC center gaya.But one month has gone. our application is still pending and status is showing that your application is pending from AM. pending TPVA by AM. How much time it will take to get approval from TPVA .Please do some needful from your end.
I ( SAPNA KUMARI ) had applied bihar student credit card and verified all the documents at DRCC center gaya.But one month has gone. our application is still pending and status is showing that your application is pending from AM. pending TPVA by AM. How much time it will take to get approval from TPVA .Please do some needful from your end.
I m from nawada district.
I have verified my all documents at drcc center at 6 june.but yet my application status show pending for TPVA . According to its officially rule for this scheme given in the website, the application must be verified by TPVA with in 15 days. Then it can say that government of bihar is telling a lie to all student.this scheme is failed.
The government of bihar should take action against this problem.
myself ayush kumar from district darbhanga.Actually ;our AM sir is not responding to my application form.from last 1 month; it is seen in the same status.


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Marketing Manchester activity update: July 2019
We were delighted to hear that the Government has announced the launch of the Tourism Sector Deal. This is fantastic news for British tourism, representing two years of hard work.
Marketing Manchester has worked closely with its partners at VisitBritain to generate ideas, inspiration and commitment that aligns with the Greater Manchester Industrial Strategy and the UK Government's Industrial Strategy. We are ready to implement and play our role as the third most visited UK city by international visitors.
The Tourism Sector Deal aligns very closely with Greater Manchester's own tourism ambitions which were referenced in the recent launch of our Local Industrial Strategy. We are delighted that there is a focus on Productivity and Skills as these are areas in which Marketing Manchester, as part of the Growth Company, has particular strength. The Sector Deal focuses on five key pillars: ideas; people; infrastructure; place; and business environment.
Two weeks ago, on the same day as the Greater Manchester Industrial Strategy launch, we announced a new Business Tourism Strategy which sets out ambitious growth targets which will improve productivity and address seasonality, as mirrored in the Tourism Sector Deal. Furthermore, we plan to work with our partners across the north of England to create an innovative approach to tourism zones to reflect and strengthen Manchester's position as the gateway to the North.
With regards to skills, we already work as part of the Growth Company to provide a comprehensive approach to skills and training. The Growth Company has established a Tourism Skills Hub and we will be looking to extend and strengthen this activity with the support of the Tourism Sector Deal.
Overall this is fantastic news for tourism with an enormously significant opportunity for Greater Manchester and we will work hard to deliver national priorities of the Tourism Sector Deal at a local level.
Marketing Manchester will continue to engage with the tourism industry across Greater Manchester and with you as key stakeholders to ensure that the potential of the Sector Deal is delivered to maximum effect for the benefit of Greater Manchester.
To read more about the Tourism Sector Deal, click here.
Manchester goes 'all out' in pursuit of Indian investment
Marketing Manchester and the Manchester-India Partnership made the most of last month's ICC Cricket World Cup activity, with four days of events and activities over the weekend of Friday 14 – Monday 17 June – aimed at amplifying the mutual business and tourism opportunities available to communities in both regions.
At the Manchester-India Business Summit on Friday 14 June, hosted at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum, around 80 delegates met to discuss bilateral trade, investment and innovation; promoting Manchester as the gateway to the north of England and its thriving creative, digital and tech sector.
On the evening of Saturday 15 June, a Manchester-India Partnership Dinner for 100 guests at the National Football Museum provided a chance for informal networking on the eve of the most anticipated game of the ICC Cricket World Cup when India played Pakistan.
Two events held at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Manchester on Monday 17 June provided a deeper dive into tourism and the importance of India as a new inbound market for the UK.
On the Monday morning Marketing Manchester and VisitBritain brought top decision makers from India's biggest tour operators together with the chief executives of key destination partners and tourism businesses to freely discuss the market in a closed-door environment and seek advice on how best the north can reach and exploit its potential.
In the afternoon, an Indian Market Seminar for up to 150 delegates from across the north of England and including members of UKinbound – the UK's trade association for inbound tourism – saw Indian guests informally present the opportunities that the market presents and how any tourism business can make the most of the opportunity.
Across the weekend there was also an India-Pakistan Fanzone in Cathedral Gardens featuring live screenings of all ICC Cricket World Cup action, along with live music, entertainment, food and drink, and street cricket activities for all to try. Visit Manchester branding – as part of Marketing Manchester's partnership with Lancashire County Cricket Club – was also visible in extensive media coverage over the weekend, leading to 2,200 visits to the Visit Manchester website from India, an uplift of 20% compared to previous weekends in June.
Manchester engages top tier media at Los Angeles launch
Marketing Manchester attended the media launch of Virgin Atlantic's new direct route from Los Angeles to Manchester on Thursday 20 July, with over 60 high-profile media and influencers in attendance including the Los Angeles Times, Forbes and GQ. The communications team networked with journalists to secure future features and press trips to promote Manchester.
The event was also attended by Virgin Atlantic's founder, Sir Richard Branson, who gave a speech about the airline's plans for Manchester, and shared news that bookings for the new route have been extremely popular. Celebrating Manchester and Los Angeles, the event brought together two artists, chefs, musicians and mixologists from each city for a unique collaboration, and guests were able to visit a Lake District themed room to showcase Manchester as a Gateway to the North.
Following the event, the team also brought four travel journalists writing for titles including Conde Nast Traveler US, Thrillist, Eater LA, Malibu Times and LAX Magazine, on a media visit to Manchester which showcased the city's history, culture and latest openings.
New business tourism strategy aims for £1.2 billion target
Marketing Manchester launched a new five-year business tourism strategy on Thursday 13 June at an event which featured input from speakers including Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council and Robin Johnson, director of Europe at VisitBritain, Shaun Hinds, chief executive of Manchester Central, and Neil Fairlamb from Manchester City Council, alongside members of Marketing Manchester's senior management team.
By adding £345 million to Greater Manchester's existing value of £862 million over five years, the strategy seeks 40% growth in the sector by 2025, taking its total value to £1.2 billion a year.
The launch called on partners across the destination to seize the opportunity that business tourism presents whilst outlining four key pillars of delivery: attracting more conferences to the city, collaboration, delivering a 'world class delegate welcome', and the development of the product overall.
The full Greater Manchester Business Tourism Strategy is available to view and download here.
To find out more, contact Stephanie.Newton@marketingmanchester.com
Manchester handed 'Best International Destination' title at Condé Nast Traveller awards
The Spanish edition of prestigious travel bible Conde Nast Traveller magazine awarded Manchester the title of 'Best International Destination' at its annual Gold List ceremony held in Madrid on Tuesday 4 June.
One of 21 prizes awarding the very best in travel and tourism and voted for by Conde Nast Traveller Spain readers, Manchester's win was one of the most significant of the night as the city faced stiff competition in its category from a long list of 16 other international destinations including Bangkok, Mexico City, Istanbul, and Vienna.
The award recognises the work that Marketing Manchester and national tourism board VisitBritain have undertaken to promote the city in Spain over many years, alongside Manchester's generally improving tourism offer that includes new hotels, attractions, restaurants and nightlife.
According to the latest available data Manchester currently receives around 64,000 annual visitors from Spain each year, which has grown by 36% from around 47,000 in 2015.
Peterloo star presents new short film inviting people to mark the 200th anniversary
A star of Mike Leigh's historic political protest drama, Peterloo, has presented a new short film encouraging people to visit the city of Manchester and learn more about the landmark story for themselves.
Neil Bell, who played radical reformer Samuel Bamford in Peterloo, guides viewers through the history of the Peterloo Massacre, exploring locations in Manchester where visitors can discover more about the history of the tragic events that unfolded on 16 August 1819.
Commissioned jointly by Marketing Manchester and Manchester Histories, the film forms part of a city-wide series of events marking the 200th anniversary of Peterloo.
Manchester Histories is leading Peterloo 2019 (#Peterloo2019) a programme of activity that will mark the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. From June – August 2019 there will be over 150 public events taking place across Greater Manchester and beyond.
The Peterloo Visitor Film is available free for use by media and can be downloaded here; or via YouTube for embed and link here. Photographs are available here.
To find out more, contact Simon.Donohue@marketingmanchester.com
A step-change in accommodation supply on its way
Greater Manchester's hotel market continues to perform well and is quickly approaching a period of unprecedented levels of new supply entering the market. 2020 is due to welcome an additional 2,600 rooms with a further 2,850 rooms planned for 2021. This compares with an annual average of 810 new rooms entering the market over the last five years.
If the level of growth in the number of room nights sold continues at its current rate, within three years the occupancy rate in Manchester city centre for 2021 would be around 69%, down from 81% in 2018. At the Greater Manchester level, if the growth in the number of room nights sold continues at its current rate, in 2021 the occupancy rate would be around 70%, down from 79% in 2018.
This means that as the supply levels go through a step-change, demand levels will need a step-change also, to support occupancy levels and sustain Greater Manchester's ability to attract new businesses and investment in the industry and to maintain its competitiveness in the national and international marketplace.
To find out more, contact Joanne.Cuff@marketingmanchester.com
Manchester to host Swimming Canada's 2022 Commonwealth Games staging camp
A newly developed partnership between Swimming Canada, Manchester City Council and Marketing Manchester will bring Team Canada to Manchester for its staging camp in July 2022.
Before moving into the Commonwealth Games Village, athletes will train at the Manchester Aquatic Centre, and rest at a stylish IHG partner hotel. The Aquatic Centre, which was the venue for the last Commonwealth Games in England in 2002, includes an eight-lane, 50-metre competition pool, four-lane, 50-metre warm-up pool, 25-metre diving tank, and strength and conditioning facilities.
Aside from offering Canadian swimmers a location to prepare for competition, this new relationship aims to expand interest in the sport and spark community engagement. With potential for swimming clinics, coaching workshops, and community events, there is ample opportunity to work together to promote swimming and to showcase the city as a travel destination.
To find out more, contact Laura.Mason@marketingmanchester.com
Manchester Visitor Information Centre relocates
From Monday 1 July Manchester Visitor Information Centre (MVIC) will be relocated to Manchester Central Library where it will be one of the specialist services available on the ground floor for both visitors to the city and for the million plus annual visitors to the library.
The current staff will be transferring to the new location. St Peter's Square is now a key public space in the city centre and Central Library is the starting point for the Discover Manchester Daily Walk which starts from the library entrance every day of the year at 11am. MVIC will be open from 9.30am to 5pm Monday to Saturday.
The new email address for the public will be visitorinformation@manchester.gov.uk
To find out more, contact Gill.Gourley@marketingmanchester.com
Monuments honouring LGBTQ history around the world – National Geographic Travel (USA)
The Best LGBTQ-Friendly Destinations of 2019 (number 6) – TripSavvy (USA)
India's Biggest Cricket Fan – ESPN cricinfo (India)
Manchester – a Gateway to Northern England with new El Al flights – The Jerusalem Post (Israel)
Manchester city guide (pages 22-24) – Atmosphere (El Al Airlines inflight magazine – Israel)
High on the Spirit of Revival – Australian Financial Review
Manchester city guide – Corriere Della Sera Living (Italy)
The best Brexit-proof holidays – Independent (UK)
Why Manchester is the underrated jewel of the north – The Sunday Post (UK)
What's new in Greater Manchester: July 2019
To find out more, contact Andy.Parkinson@marketingmanchester.com.

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"There's Too Many Polar Bears Now!"
The Religion Of Man-Made Global Warming says the polar bears are dying. But the polar bears don't know it, and they keep multiplying.
The fact-free, empty heads of the Liberals will surely find some reason to keep believing in their false religion.
Sane people – people who get up early in the morning, go to work, care for their home and family, cook for their children and teach them to pray – keep living in the normal world, which keeps going on in its normal way whilst good-for-nothing failed students and future failures in life keep obsessing about various stupidities, making profiteers a' la Al Gore very rich in the process.
You just can't eliminate stupidity.
Tags: Al Gore, Environ-mentalism, Environmentalism
How The Left Is Aborting Itself
Basically, he aborted his candidature...
Interesting article from Instapundit.
It points out to the fact that in the same way as abortionists tend to, well, abort, environmentalist with their fanatical fear for the Earth tend to make fewer children too (egotism, of course; the eternal adolescence typical of the breed; the desire to be an anorak forever).
Meanwhile, conservative Catholics (and conservatives, in general) reproduce like it's going out of fashion. Give it one or two generations, and the results will not be late in showing up.
I liked very much the reference that Gore in 2000 (not 2004, of course; in 2004 Bush run against Kerry) lost because of the children aborted in Florida. Tragic for the murdered children of course, but ruthlessly true; apart for the fact of course that if the Florida democrats had been less abortionists in some measure, they would have been, unavoidably, less Democratic in pretty much the same measure.
Incidentally, this reminds me of the pacifist nutcases in the Eighties' Italy, seriously (or so it might seem) telling you that it didn't make sense to make children in a world destined to be destroyed in a nuclear catastrophe. Whereas, apart from the obvious madness of the argument, no one ever explained to me why it would be better not to be born than to be born and die in a nuclear war.
One was reminded of the vegetarian's mantra: I love cows so much, that I don't want them to be born.
And in fact, the clear resurgence of pro-lifers in the United States – particularly evident in the new generations – might be the result of the refusal of the abortionists to generate little abortionists, preferring to murder them instead.
As the author of the article very funnily observes,
Childlessness is inherited. If your parents don't have kids, you won't either.
Tags: Abortionists, Al Gore, Conservative Catholic, conservative catholicism
The Pope, The President And The War
Not perfect for sure; but sorely missed in Mundabor's quarters.
In just a few days, the autobiography of George W Bush will hit the bookshelves. From the parts already given to the public as appetizers it would appear that Bush was moved from the firm stance of the Pope about embryonic stem cell research to severely (if not completely) restrict research activities which would lead to the killing of embryonic lives.
This piece of information is important for several reasons. The first is to show that Bush (a great president if you ask me; not as great as Reagan for sure, but infinitely better than Al Gore would have ever been, every day of the week) was, ever after becoming the most powerful man on the planet, humble and perceptive enough to change his mind about important moral issues. One compares with Obama, and stuns.
The second is the fact that the separation of Church and state doesn't mean that a President can't think Christian, let alone that he shouldn't be guided in his actions by Christian motives. Again, the comparison with a President who comes to the point of expunging references to God when mentioning the Declaration of Independence is evident. Bush's life rests on his faith, Obama's on his absence of it.
The third is – and it is sad to have to say it here, but say it we must – that when the two men were obviously disagreeing, it was – if you ask me; but you are reading this, so you are – the President who was right.
The widely publicised personal opinion of the Pope, that the war in Iraq was wrong, has been too often manipulated and misconstrued as a kind of "Catholic doctrine of pacifism", which would be open heresy but which has been eagerly seized by pacifists, cathocommies and assorted lefties the world over. The parallel affirmation of Joseph Ratzinger – that it be perfectly legitimate for Catholics to disagree whether the Iraq war is opportune, or not – is on the other hand ignored with beautiful regularity and when it was first uttered did not fail to shock honest but misinformed Catholics confusing JP II's protopacifism with Catholic teaching.
The truth is that John Paul II – whether because of sincere desire for peace or because less and less able to think clearly, or more probably for both reasons together – abandoned himself, particularly in his last years, to a sort of "kindergarten Catholicism" never short of a trite banality and of a common place but very palatable for the masses, particularly the non-Catholic ones. He drove things to the point of giving a completely distorted perception of Catholic Doctrine on a series of issues: on the legitimacy of war, where the ultima ratio criterium was pushed to absurd consequences, just two millimetres away from open heresy; on the Crusades, where carefully worded anodyne declarations spread the impression (make no mistake: wanted) that he had asked for forgiveness for them; on ecumenism, where to the much-publicised Assisi madness the effrontery of the kissing of a Koran was added; on the prestige and dignity of the Papacy, where he went to the point of participating to a rock concert and being publicly scolded as a result; or on the death penalty, where two thousand years of Christian teaching were conveniently re-interpreted as to give the impression that nothing short of Holocaust would ever justify the capital punishment.
Thankfully, our Dubya was rapid in following the Pope when he was right but equally as prompt in disappointing him when he (the Pope) was wrong. Granted, Bush is not a Catholic (for now at least: rumours of his conversions have made the round of the blogosphere already), but he certainly has that kind of solid common sense thinking, deep felt religious feeling, and ability to act with courage when necessary which have been the stuff of many an excellent Catholic converts before him.
I am in no doubt that he would make a much better convert than Tony Blair, although like the latter he'd have to fight the negative influence of his spouse. On the occcasion of the publishing of his book, I'd be glad if you would join me in a short prayer for his health and serenity, and for his conversion.
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Tags: Al Gore, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Conservative Catholic, conservative catholicism, Embryonic stem cell, George W Bush, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, Tony Blair


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Supervised home based care models as a driver to health equity in India, Health News, ET HealthWorld
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by Rohan Lobo
Equity in health is the fair and equitable opportunity for each individual to realize his or her full potential in all aspects of health and well-being. India has made rapid progress over the past decade in improving access to health care. However, as with many countries, access to health care is often determined by the ability to pay for services and proximity to health care infrastructure. People in poor, rural, and tribal communities often have limited or no access to hospitals, treatments, or vaccines. Health outcomes also vary differently around socioeconomic dimensions such as gender, income, education, and geography.
While the symptoms reported in recent cases of the latest CoVID-19 Omicron variant have been largely mild, experts believe it will take weeks to understand just how severe the true variant is. It will be important to understand some of the lessons learned from the response to previous COVID waves because this can help improve the way communities and healthcare organizations respond to health emergencies in the future.
During both waves, goodwill support was received from various public and private sources including civic-minded citizens. However, it has been largely limited in its impact because it has only addressed critical failures in the value chain – such as supplying oxygen cylinders, building hospitals or delivering meals. This fragmented approach did not take into account the interconnections that exist across the value chain.
For example, many field hospitals were unoccupied due to a lack of trained medical staff or a lack of oxygen supply – putting pressure on area-wide specialist care hospitals. In some cases, oxygen concentrators and ventilators have remained unused because they lack skilled local resources for installation, operation and maintenance. People were not tested because labs were either far away, curfews imposed in lockdown conditions, or because they needed to balance daily work with pay against time lost traveling to medical facilities. Labs struggled to manage the backlog of tests and deliver results in a timely manner. Patients cannot be transported in home care/health centers due to lack of ambulances.
Civic authorities across states, counties, and cities quickly recognized the advantage of adopting a centralized, citizen-centric approach based on a supervised home care model with local participation at the grassroots level. This approach revolved around identifying needs across the healthcare value chain and patient ecosystem and largely led to equitable outcomes.
A 5-step approach to view the entire healthcare infrastructure and response to the pandemic is as follows:
Deployment of an integrated command and control center Leverage low-cost, fast-to-deploy, and replicable open-source tools for hospital workers and front-line workers. This will be complemented by analyzes to enable the identification of hotspots and the dissemination of standardized procedures for patient triage and care across the patient lifecycle. Such an approach would reduce wastage in allocating scarce resources, near-instant updates of patient health records, and timely identification of all urgent needs in the region to strengthen healthcare and epidemic response.
Enabling Virtual Healthcare Active patient management systems and programs with participation of local grassroots community organizations such as local self-governing bodies (panchayats), government approved health activists (Asha/Nurse Auxiliary/Midwife/Anganwadi staff). This would help enhance public awareness about preventive/investigative epidemic protocols, bring about changes in behavior and combat reluctance to vaccinate. These systems can be developed as required by engaging medical students to communicate remotely with patients and support telehealth services to reduce pressure on medical professionals
Comprehensive assessment of medical infrastructure Create a platform for identifying, prioritizing and integrating healthcare needs so that the value chain/ecosystem can be strengthened. This can be achieved by providing field hospitals with ICU beds/ventilators, oxygen concentrators, cylinders, ambulances, oximeters, thermometers for home crews, awareness campaign brochures or engaging with mobile pharmacy providers to support in-home vaccination and in-home laboratory testing.
awareness building – Partnering with reputable public health organizations to deliver the latest regional contextual content tailored to the target demographic across urban, rural, and tribal populations
Prepare for the pandemic Build playbooks of the necessary repeatable and scalable capabilities so that standardized processes can be built, tested and deployed while health care personnel are appropriately trained to implement them.
India has made great progress during the last decade due to the concerted efforts of the central and state governments. The pandemic has exposed weaknesses in our healthcare programs, our primary healthcare infrastructure is being strengthened by advanced healthcare models and insurance capabilities, and targeted investments are being made to address structural weaknesses. Creating digital health capabilities should enable the ecosystem to work together to expand healthcare availability across the country. Quality healthcare must be provided at reasonable costs and access must be expanded beyond 1/2/3 tier cities in India.
There is merit in the socioeconomic argument that we need to achieve and ensure equitable health outcomes across all of India's diverse groups. Our response to CoVID-19 shows that looking at health care in its entirety and calling for immediate action will spark an outburst of creative ideas that can address the root causes of health inequality in the long term while developing sustainable measures to address the immediate. Need.
Rohan Lobo, Partner, Deloitte India
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James Franco Starrer 'I Am Michael' to Be Released by Brainstorm Media
12:25 AM PST 11/30/2016 by Gregg Kilday
Written and directed by Justin Kelly, the film tells the true story of a gay activist who became a straight Christian pastor.
Brainstorm Media, the Beverly Hills-based indie distributor, has acquired writer-director Justin Kelly's I Am Michael, starring James Franco, Zachary Quinto and Emma Roberts, which it will open theatrically Jan. 27 in 10 markets along with a day-and-date VOD release.
Based on a New York Times magazine article by Benoit Denizet-Lewis, the film, which debuted at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, tells the true story of Michael Glatze, played by Franco, who was a high-profile gay youth activist who provoked controversy when he became a straight Christian pastor and claimed he was no longer gay. Quinto plays Glatze's boyfriend, while Roberts plays the woman who becomes his girlfriend
"I Am Michael is an incredibly original film on a very important topic: identity. As we move into a new presidency where sexual orientation might once again be called into question, a film that examines this from such an unusual perspective is invaluable. I'm proud to be a part of it," said Franco, who also collaborated with Kelly on the recently released King Cobra.
The film was executive produced by Gus Van Sant and produced by Franco and Vince Jolivette of production company Rabbit Bandini, Michael Mendelsohn of Patriot Pictures, and Scott Reed and Ron Singer of That's Hollywood. The picture was financed by Mendelsohn's Union Patriot Capital Management, LLC.
The deal was negotiated by Brian O'Shea of The Exchange, Michelle Shwarzstein for Brainstorm Media and Mendelsohn. DADA Films will handle theatrical booking and Required Viewing will handle PR on behalf of Brainstorm.
Gregg Kilday
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Viewpoint | July 2013 Digital Edition
What Does 'CCSS Aligned' Even Mean?
Schools need more than a checklist approach to the new standards.
By Therese Mageau
This article appears in THE Journal's July 2013 digital edition, focused entirely on preparing for the Common Core.
I have just returned from ISTE 2013, where everything is aligned to the Common Core, even the tables and chairs.
OK, maybe not the furniture. But in my 25+ years in ed tech, I haven't seen this kind of mania--not even iPad mania. The frenzy reminds me, a bit, of the state standards movement in the 90s, where every product and lesson plan had to show how it was aligned to "the standards."
The difference between the old and new world orders, however, is that the CCSS kicks the performance requirements up a whole new level. The new standards are challenging and complex in ways that prior iterations of academic standards were not.
Which means that teachers need tools and resources that will help them and their students master these new standards. I have a concern about the ubiquitous claim of "CCSS aligned." What does that really mean? During the state standards movement, proof of alignment turned into a checklist. Third grade language arts standard 3.2.a? Check! How well does it align to the standard? Well, that's for the teacher to figure out.
A checklist approach can't happen this time around. When states across the nation are tying teacher compensation, state funding, and student graduation to performance on the CCSS assessments, schools need serious and thoughtful support--not a tally sheet. (On a side note: I truly hope that states and districts heed the advice of the Learning First Alliance, and not tie anything of consequence to the first year of CCSS assessments. Schools need a year to transition; anything less will be deeply unfair and potentially destructive.)
To help schools find the best possible CCSS resources, this month T.H.E. Journal is launching a new e-newsletter, Common Core Tech Update, where we will be sharing best practices on leveraging technology to teach and assess the new standards. To subscribe to this free monthly resource, click here. E-mail the editor, Christopher Piehler, with suggestions or questions. And, as always, please reach out to me with your thoughts and ideas on any topic.
Therese Mageau is the former editorial director of THE Journal and Campus Technology. She can be reached at [email protected].


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Highly motivated, well-read learners are advantageous in any classroom, from undergraduate programmes to taught doctorate settings, and these dual attributes have encouraged and inspired increasing numbers of HE tutors to introduce modifications on what has become known as PBL (problem-based learning), incorporating this element into their courses (Stevenson, 2005). Whatever its title - it is diversely known as PBL, EBL (enquiry-based learning), and PSL (problem-solving learning) - the criteria underpinning this student-centred approach to learning and teaching require learners to reflect equally upon their skills of enquiry and knowledge accrued, although some precise distinctions have been made (ibid, 2005). It is a philosophy of learning that enables students to see the relevance of the learning they need to achieve targets and succeed.


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'Watergate' moment for Brazil?
Evidence judge collaborated to convict ex-Brazilian president worries Unite
Ryan Fletcher, Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
Evidence that a senior Brazilian judge collaborated with prosecutors to unjustly convict former Brazilian President Lula da Silva and others for corruption vindicates a year of campaigning for his freedom and could be a "Watergate" moment for the country, Unite has said.
Judge Sergio Moro provided prosecutors with advice and tips on what to investigate during the sprawling Operation Car Wash corruption investigation that saw hundreds jailed, according to leaks obtained by the Intercept news website.
Unite, which is a prominent backer of the Brazil Solidarity Initiative, said "the consequences of this miscarriage of justice are huge".
Trade unionist and leftist politician Lula was likely to be reelected president of Brazil until he was jailed for nine years in April 2018, purportedly for taking a bribe in the form of a renovated apartment.
Lula's replacement candidate Fernando Haddad was then beaten by far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro, who appointed Judge Moro as justice minister after he secured the presidency.
The reported collaboration between Moro and the prosecutors came to light after the Intercept published portions of "an enormous trove" of group chats from the encrypted Telegram messenger app, as well as video and audio files and other documents.
Additionally, excerpts of the messages obtained by the Intercept appear to show lead prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol voicing concerns over the strength of the case against Lula in September 2016 – four days before the indictment was filed.
Prosecutors also discussed ways to prevent Lula speaking to the media during the 2018 election campaign in order stymie support for Haddad, according to the Intercept.
Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke said, "At the time of Lula's arrest, myself and others made it clear that the investigation against him was an abuse of the judicial system – illegal wiretaps on his family and legal team, lack of material evidence, and evidence of his innocence were systematically ignored – and this is now indisputable.
"The released documents show that Judge Moro acted with blatant disregard for the basic principles of neutrality, justice and fairness. While claiming to be acting impartially, as preceding judges in any legal system around the world must, Moro was designing the very charges he was supposed to be ruling over.
"Not only were the investigators attempting to discredit Lula, these documents show that they wanted to destroy the Brazilian Workers Party (PT), and the huge progressive gains they made in poverty reduction, social mobility and other areas, ensuring that the right-wing returned to political dominance in the process.
"This case hasn't just affected Lula's freedom or the democratic right of 200m Brazilians. The example he sets for aspiring far-right authoritarians, wherever they may be, affects all of us.
"The only response from Brazil's right has been outright denial and personal attacks on the journalists involved. In a climate where progressive councilwomen and human rights campaigner Marielle Franco was politically assassinated last year, we need to take this fight seriously, and stand strong with those in the defence of democracy.
"These revelations could be a 'Watergate' moment for Brazil. Trade unionists and progressives in Britain must continue to push for Lula's freedom, and show that the consequences of this investigation have been far-reaching and must not be ignored."
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Q: "to + inf." or just the infinitive I have recently discovered this beautiful forum to ask my questions as a student learning English as a second language.
Today, I have read a BBC article with the following title: "Spain to allow children outside after six weeks" and I am not sure about the meaning regarding "Spain to allow" as it sounds weird for me as a learner. Does it refer to the future like "Spain is going to allow [...]"?
Furthermore, how can I differentiate when to use the form "to + infinitive" or just the infinitive in a sentence?
Thank you!
Kind regards

A: As pointed out in the comments, this structure is only acceptable in news headlines, where saving space is of more importance than grammar. If you wanted to inform someone of this event through speech, you would NOT say:
"Hey, did you hear that Spain to allow children outside after six weeks?"
As to the meaning, I would say "Spain to allow" is analogous to "Spain will allow" or "Spain has decided to allow". Notice that a verb must follow "Spain" if we want to be grammatically correct. "Spain is going to allow" is also correct, but for me it seems to imply just a hint of skepticism. I might say that if I expected the person I'm talking to to respond with, "I'll believe it when I see it". So personally, I would favor one of the other two interpretations I mentioned.
Basically, just don't take grammar lessons from news headlines. It's a very bad idea. Hope this helps!

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Trade Unions (often just called Unions) are organisations that protect the rights of workers in their jobs.
Industrial Relations is all about how the workers and the managers get along.
In this section, we'll look at what Trade Unions do for their members and also what can happen when the workers and the managers fall out.
There are loads of different Trade Unions and workers in nearly every different type of job can join a union. Workers pay a monthly fee to become a member of a union and in return they will get help if they ever have any problems at work, like with their pay or being made redundant.
Each union has people who listen to the members' views and opinions at Union Meetings. These people are called Union Reps (short for 'representatives'). The 'rep' then speaks with the management to try and sort the situation out. This saves having a hundred people all banging on the boss's door!
Sometimes the workers and the management of a company fall out. For example, the workers might want a £100 payrise, but the management will only give them a £50 payrise.
Sit-in: This is when the workers turn up for work but refuse to do any work.
Boycott: The workers decide not to do a certain part of their job.
Work to Rule: The workers decide to only do the work that they have to do, but nothing extra.
Overtime Ban: The workers decide that they will not help the company out by doing any overtime.
Strike: The workers decide not to go into work at all. The workers will not get paid for the days that they are on strike, but the company also will not have anybody to do the work! This is a last resort for everybody, but it is sometimes necessary so that the workers get their point across.
It's important to note that workers can only do any of the above if their Union says they can. For example, if a worker who wasn't in a Union just went on strike, they could be sacked straight away.
Sometimes the union and the management just don't seem to be able to agree. Even when the workers have been on strike, which nobody really wants, it can sometimes be the case that both sides cannot agree. When this happens, the union and the managers can ask for ACAS to get involved.
ACAS stands for the 'Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service'. They sit down with both sides and try to make them come to an agreement that will resolve matters. It might end up being an agreement that nobody is totally happy with, but at least it gets the workers back doing their jobs and it means the company can start earning money again.


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Q: Open Debugger tools via Javascript I want to create my own context menu that changes depending on where I click on the screen.
However I don't want to lose the easy access to chrome dev tools via right click > inspect. Ideally I want to add my own entry that only appears if I compile the program in DEBUG.
Can this be done? Or is it prevented to avoid websites being annoying?
Thanks.

A: Instead of replacing browser's contextmenu with yours, you could add entries to it, so you won't lose "Inspect" command.
To do that, you can use HTML5 <menu>.
You can read a tutorial here: http://davidwalsh.name/html5-context-menu
<section contextmenu="mymenu">
    <!-- Content -->
</section>

<menu type="context" id="mymenu">
    <menuitem label="Refresh Post" onclick="window.location.reload();" icon="/images/refresh-icon.png"></menuitem>
    <menuitem label="Skip to Comments" onclick="window.location='#comments';" icon="/images/comment_icon.gif"></menuitem>
    <menu label="Share on..." icon="/images/share_icon.gif">
        <menuitem label="Twitter" icon="/images/twitter_icon.gif" onclick="goTo('//twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=' + document.title + ':  ' + window.location.href);"></menuitem>
        <menuitem label="Facebook" icon="/images/facebook_icon16x16.gif" onclick="goTo('//facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=' + window.location.href);"></menuitem>
    </menu>
</menu>

But be aware that it is not widely supported.


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Reach out to prospects and simply ask what you could have done different and you may be able to resurrect the deal. Maybe it wasn't the right time and maybe just seeing that you are dedicated and want to improve will be enough to turn things around for the next time they want to buy or sell a home or even for them to refer you to someone who is looking.
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First up, my mate Mark met me at the station and drove me via the beer shop to his house, where his partner had prepared us a mighty pasta feast (with home-made pesto no less!) – they continued to feed me like an absolute king all weekend, including home-made soup on saturday lunch and a packed lunch box of leftover pie from the night before to take with me for the train home on Sunday. Quality stuff. Cheers guys.
Walking through the front door I was greeted by this sign, and then soon after met by Rachel from juice festival and Laura from New Writing North – I'd been chatting to these guys on phone and email for ages so it was great to finally meet them in person. The welcome party was made completed by the arrival of Kirsten from Apples and Snakes, and also by the presentation of my Juice Festival 'welcome pack'. These guys know how to do what they do properly!
Some poems are so good they make me want to put the book down and start writing. And like a lot of poets I find it hard not to read as a writer these days – I automatically start assessing the use of language or form, I'm constantly on the hunt for clues or stepping stones to write better poems myself, and whilst that can be inspiring it is also frustrating at points.
'Everything is Everything' by Cristin O' Keefe Aptowicz is the first collection for a long time to lift me out of this, to make me want to not stop, but to keep on reading. As a reader.
Aptowicz has a style I find easy to take in; simple and clean but full of such brave, quirky beauty within that. She uses everyday language to spark such strong poetic images, and fills each poem with a sense of something felt beyond the words themselves; of the hearts of the poems, their reasons for being poems rather than words in some other form.
The blurb on the back of 'Everything is Everything' (her fifth collection) states that inside Aptowicz 'polishes her obsessions until they gleam', but as I read the poems these obsessions shone out to me almost as personas – without being a straight autobiographical narrative in any way, the collection gave me a real sense of character and life-journey, of the different sides to her personality that seem to shape her writing, or rather personas that appear through it. By no means exclusively I enjoyed getting to know the geeky teen on the academic decatholon team, the passionate slam poetry ambassador, the proud lover and New Yorker, the shy and awkward recluse, the quirky trivia queen, and the embattled commuter on her 9-5 office grind. I also enjoyed finding I had been left space to read creatively, to imagine connections between the moments and experiences described.
Coming back to the collection with my writers head on was fun too, and particularly to read Aptowicz as a performance poet who is currently thinking about how best my stuff might work on the page. I hear her poems clearly as I read them, and the strength of her voice is enhanced by how the poems look. Second time through I also realised that part of the reason the book flowed so well for me is because Aptowicz uses shorter poems brilliantly throughout – they almost take the role of pre-amble in a spoken word set by giving you a break from such an intense level of required focus, and help her to frame or give context to the following poem or poems.


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Fort Amherst – 4th March 2016 – Kym
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
Fort Amherst ghost hunt 4th March 2016
Area: Lower Gun Floor
Ouija & Table Tipping
With my first group we had a female spirit called Olivia come through on the Ouija, who may have come through to the guests at a previous event elsewhere. With the table we only had slight movement, so switched to glass, and they were able to communicate with a General connected to the fort. Back on the Ouija a male soldier had come through, and kept spelling N and Z. Asking if he could spell he said no. So asking spirit to try and communicate through us, we worked with yes/no. We got the word "hang", spirit had hung someone for doing something bad to his wife. We asked if his wife could spell, answered yes, and she stepped forward. However, all we got was O and Z, asking if they were from Australia – yes. We asked if the spirits would join us for some table tipping and they said yes, so we did just that. We had a lot of movement with the table rocking and moving a lot. We were also feeling a lot of coldness around us, and the feelings of being touched.
With my second group we had a female spirit come through on the Ouija, that may have been connected to the guests there. I joined two guests on the table tipping, but only had slight movement so with the other guests finished on the Ouija, we all tried the table tipping again. We did have some slight movement, but had a little more from the glasswork, however we couldn't determine who the spirit was.
With my last group we tried the Ouija first, and immediately had a male soldier come through, however couldn't quite determine his name, age or year. We did ask if he liked what we were doing and he said no. Simon (guest) thought he saw someone standing behind me, asking spirit to take the glass to where he was standing, the glass went to me. We then switched to table tipping, and had some incredible movement, with the table rocking fast, tipping and twisting at random. Moving across the room too. We were also asking spirit to copy our taps on the table, which we did hear and feel back.
With the free session I joined guests on the Upper Gun Floor, who wanted to do a human pendulum. The spirit that came through was female that seemed to be looking for someone. She was killed by her father, was also pregnant by her father. We asked if she wanted any help but she said no. The guests all were amazed that spirit were able to move them to answer yes and no, saying quite an odd feeling.
A fun night, with evidence of spirit coming through, and a lovely group of guests who were all willing to join in and participate.
Tags: chatham, communication, energy, fort amherst, ghost, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, glass divination, human pendulum, investigation, kent, ouija, ouija board, soldier, table tilting
Fort Amherst – 4th March 2016 – Steve
This marks 10 years of me going to Fort Amherst for ghost hunts, I have no idea how many times I've visited, one day I'll work it out but needless to say that every time I visit something different or interesting happens on a paranormal level.
My first session in the Upper Gun floor the guests experienced lots of movement; arms being lifted, swaying, pushing and being pulled backwards. One guest also felt being prodded in his back as well as feeling cold spots. This was all attributed to a young male spirit called Jez or Jeremia. He was 15 or 16 years old and from 1660s and was a Soldier.
In the Sally Port I saw a dark mass, like a shadow behind two of the guests although there was a female spirit in the room as she was waiting for us to leave.
The second group once again experienced lots of arm movement, pushing and swaying. Although this time there was a more Nordic feel about it. The arm movements were that of a Nordic greeting.
Once again cold and warm spots were felt by the guests.
There was also a female spirit from 1700s but she did not give her name and continued to watch us.
The third group didn't experience much at all, although they didn't ask for anything to happen or seem to engage with the activity.
All in all, an excellent ghost hunt with the majority of the guests getting some paranormal occurrence or evidence of the paranormal in their sessions.
Tags: arm movement, chatham, dark mass, fort amherst, ghost, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, kent, nordic, paranormal, psychic medium, pulled, pushed, seance, shadow, spirit, swayed
Fort Amherst – 29th January 2016 – Steve
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
Fort Amherst ghost hunt 29th January 2016
For this event I chose the Guardhouse for all my sessions
The first group experienced Thomas (spirit) downstairs who pushed some of the guests, upstairs there was a Captain and a Sergeant who seemed to only make noises (footsteps) upstairs when we were downstairs. Odd smells were smelt by many including some very unpleasant ones. Hot and cold spots were also detected but it was a windy cold night in Chatham.
The second group didn't feel the same spirit energy as the first group, mainly because no one really asked for anything or even spoke. There were a few odd smells again but they were not as strong as the first group session.
The third group experienced lots of movement in the séance including pushing and pulling of different people and everyone experienced their arms being moved in some way or spirit pushing down on their shoulders. There were two spirits with us at the time George; a key holder to the building and Thomas who I met with the first group who said that he wanted to talk, although I have no idea what was meant by this statement as he didn't say anything.
This was another excellent ghost hunt and as ever we look forward to returning later in the year.
Tags: arm movement, chatham, energy, fort amherst, ghost, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, kent, noise, paranormal, psychic medium, seance, smells, spirit, swaying
Fort Amherst – 29th January 2016 – Kym
Area: Radio Room
Kit & Human Pendulum
I started the night by giving the VIP's a personal tour around the tunnels, showing them how to use the Ghost Pro's and KII's. We stopped for a short while on the Gun Floor, and immediately we were sensing spirit around us. I started feeling a static energy around me, and a pressure on my head, as if I was wearing a very tight hat. I was also being pulled back. I asked spirit to do this to others, and Pat (guest) to my left started being pushed & pulled back too. We were also asking spirit to copy our whistles, and were very surprised when we heard whistles back twice, especially Luke & Jay (guests) when they heard it right next to them.
With the event starting we headed back to the guest's area, and commenced with the three controlled sessions. I started with the first group by showing them all the equipment, and we explored the Radio Room. No activity on the KII's and Sprit Box, but a lot of interaction with the Ghost Pro's. We then did a human pendulum, and was able to communicate with a French male from the 1600's, aged 40+ and not married. He was not connected to this fort. We then had a young female spirit who had a small child, was not married, and had died young. Then we had a male prisoner from Fort Horsted. He had killed someone, but said he deserved it. He had killed another person, and the prisoner had seeked revenge. The prisoner had escaped once but had been recaptured.
With my second group again just activity on the Ghost Pro's. With the human pendulum we first communicated with a female who had miscarried. Her husband was in the Navy and connected with the fort. The second spirit that came through was her husband, who confirmed he was in the navy in WW1. He said his ship was bombed, but by the Russians. The ship sank but he survived. He worked as a deck hand cleaning the ship. After his wife had lost their child, he had an affair and fathered two children. He was born and lived in Kent. I wanted to know the spirit's name, so I asked all the guests to clear their mind and ask spirit to tell them his name. Initially we had John, then Sam, but three of us all had George, including Jenny (guest) who was in the middle with me. Spirit confirmed that was his name but moving Jenny to yes.
My last group was too small to do a human pendulum so we just concentrated on kit. We had a lot of activity on the ghost pro's, communicating with George again. On the spirit box we kept hearing a female calling what sounded like "help".
Throughout all the sessions, people did comment that they felt they were being touched.
At the end of the night I joined most of the guests on the Gun Floor for some amazing Table Tipping with a very large table.
Tags: chatham, communication, emf, energy, fort amherst, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, ghost pro, investigation, kent, KII, Kit, paranormal, paranormal investigation, pushing, radio room, spirit, spirit box, table tilting, vip
Fort Amherst – 11th December 2015 – Kym
Fort Amherst ghost hunt 11th December 2015
Human Pendulum
We had kept all the guests together for this event as the numbers were low enough, therefore I only had one controlled session. My first guest in the middle was Nina, and the spirit we were communicating with was a male in his thirties. He had murdered someone, over a woman. He had children but had not married. The second guest in the middle was Dean, and we had a female spirit, who was the daughter of the previous spirit. Then we had a female friend of the daughter. The last spirit to come through was connected to one of the guests called Sharon, she was an Aunt who had passed away just a short time ago. Sharon was thrilled to have her come through, and although this isn't normal for spirits we know to come through, she obviously need to receive that message.
Tags: chatham, communication, energy, fort amherst, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, human pendulum, investigation, kent, paranormal, paranormal investigation, spirit
Fort Amherst – 11th December 2015 (Kerry)
The Radio Room – Ouija, table tilting
We began this session by trying some table tilting, and for quite a long time, nothing happened but eventually the table started to rock gently, and after a while it tilted up on two legs. After much encouragement for spirit to do more with the table, it still was not responding very well, so I decided to move on to the Ouija. First of all, we were joined by a female spirit by the name of Wendy who was from 1885, and was 62-years-old. She seemed happy to communicate and told us that there were 6 spirits in the room with us including herself, but that not all of them were friendly. When we asked if she knew any of the other spirits, she replied no. The glass then stopped moving and we realised she had left us, but we were then joined by a male spirit called Timothy. Interestingly, our medium Steve had seen a spirit called Timothy in the same room during the previous session. Timothy then went on to tell us that he had been shot during the war in 1945, he was never married and had no children. One of the guests asked if he was happy that we were there and he replied yes. We asked if he had a message for us, to which he spelt out "say goodbye". When asked if he wanted to say goodbye to someone who was still living, he responded with yes, and proceeded to tell us that he wanted to say goodbye to his sister, Ruth. He told us that he is always at the fort and likes being there. We also had a lot of responses on the ghost pro which was corresponding to the responses on the Ouija board.
Unfortunately, in the second session we had no movement on the Ouija after several attempts at asking spirit to join us, so we tried some table tilting. It was slow to start with but the table did start to rock and tilt, and eventually we had some random spins, which the guests enjoyed. Spirit also walked the table a little.
Tags: chatham, communication, energy, fort, fort amherst, ghost, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, glass movements, investigation, kent, ouija board, paranormal, paranormal investigation, spirit, table tilting
Fort Amherst – 21-03-2015 (Kerry)
Fort Amherst ghost hunt 21st March 2015
Chatham. Kent
Location: The Cave
Equipment: Ouija and table tilting.
Session 1 – Group C (VIPs)
We began the session by splitting the group so that some were on the Ouija and the others around the table. As soon as we placed our hands on the table it began to rock gently and the movement gradually got stronger. When requested to do so, spirit tilted the table up onto one leg and did a complete rotation. I came off the table at this point and asked spirit to try and walk the table down the two steps beside us, which it did to the guests amazement. We continued encouraging spirit to walk the table and it continued walking towards the barrels and tried to manoeuvre between two of them. It was a bit of a struggle as there wasn't much room between them, but spirit seemed very persistent and eventually managed to squeeze the table through! The table then started picking up speed and continued walking down into the tunnel. Kym and I started calling out asking spirit to bring the table back, but the table just kept going! After a while the table did stop walking and started rocking from side to side quite violently as if in protest. It seemed it didn't want to go back to where we started, and just wanted to keep going! We continued asking spirit to bring the table back and after a while it started walking back up the tunnel, re-tracing its steps, and took the table right back to where we started. The guests were amazed by what they had just experienced.
Sue was with the other guests on the Ouija table and they connected with a male spirit of 71 years, although they were unable to get a name. Sue sensed this man had breathing problems. He was never married, had no children, and he used to do maintenance work at the fort. After giving this information it became clear that he did not wish to communicate further.
The guests then swapped round so the others who were doing the table tilting could try the Ouija, and a male spirit by the name of Alan came through. He was 34 years old and died in 1904 via a gunshot to the head, his right temple. He said he was a civilian and not a soldier, was shot by his friend and was sad that his life had ended so early.
Before our session ended we thought we would try asking spirit if they were able to move one of the large barrels in the same way it had moved the table. So we gathered around one of them and placed our hands on the top and to our amazement the barrel started rocking from side to side, gradually getting faster and making lots of noise. Our time was up after a short time so we thanked spirit for their cooperation and finished the session.
Unfortunately on this session we didn't get much activity. The group was split once again, and we had no movement from the glass at all on the Ouija, so a couple of the guests moved over to try the table tilting. There was a slight rocking on the table initially but even with all our encouragement it was difficult to get much more movement than that. Although the table did eventually tilt up on two legs and held this position for a while. The table then moved back to its starting position and there was no more movement. The guests who hadn't tried the Ouija decided to have a go, and again there was no movement on the glass for quite some time. It was only about 10 minutes before the end of the session that the glass started moving, but we were unable to get any information as spirit only seemed interested in randomly moving the glass around the table.
Once again at the start of this session there was no movement on the Ouija so the guests decided to try the table tilting. The table took a while to move, but it eventually started to rock gently. The guests were very quiet so I kept urging them to join me in encouraging spirit to move the table. When everyone started to join in, the table started moving faster and spirit seemed to respond better to the noise we made. Whenever everyone went quiet the table would slow down and stop moving. We eventually managed to get spirit to spin the table on one leg and walk the table down the steps.
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Fort Amherst ghost hunt – 21st March 2015
This was our second visit to this fort and we were hoping for the event to be just as active and interesting as the first event we held back in December 2014. We were not disappointed and the activity here only make us enthusiastic to return.
This time around the tech group were in the radio rooms at the bottom of the tunnel as this is the quietest area and the second group halfway up the tunnel and my group in the upper gun floor.
All of my sessions the same spirit was present, a young lad aged about 29 from recent times 1981 was the year given, who was a local lad who worked on building sites. Whether he worked at Fort Amherst is not known as he didn't want to give his name. He was approximately 6' in height, of an average build wearing a white T shirt and jeans and DM boots. For whatever reason the boots seemed to be more important but unfortunately why was not established.
The first group contained our regular ghost hunters, some of which are sceptics the male spirit was able to manipulate some people easily and lifted their arms and pushed and swayed them, whilst a couple of the sceptics felt their arms tingle, this was the first time that either had felt this sensation and they found it interesting as they could not explain or find a reason for the sensation. Several times Anita (guest on my right) was pushed backwards.
The second group also felt their arms being manipulated but it became apparent that the spirit wanted to do more and started to push people, sway them and gently rock them. A guest next to me could feel his knees twitching to the point that spirit wanted to make him touch the floor. On the other side of the circle another guest had the same sensation. After a lot of encouragement from the rest of the group both Curt and Darren were kneeling on the floor, however it was Darren that felt to full effect of the spirit and he ended up face down on the floor!
However the spirit tried to push Curt, me and Sarah (who was on my right) to the floor, it nearly worked although we were able to stay on our feet. Other guests in the group were not affected unfortunately.
The third group, were all our VIP guests for the night and because their group was the smallest they had more unique activity happen to them. The male spirit started by pushing and rocking everyone as well as moving the arms of a few. The best part though happened about 15 minutes into the séance. I was encouraging the spirit to do something to Jamie (as he booked the event for his friends). It took a while but eventually the spirit touched Jamie twice, once whilst other activity was going on, and again when Jamie was trying to explain what happened the first time around! Watch what happened at https://youtu.be/uNN4FsA9X6M
There was also a female spirit present during the session although she didn't interfere, she just watched and tittered when something funny happened. She was from the Victorian period because of what she was wearing, although she too did not give me her name.
This was an excellent ghost hunt and we as a team hope to return to the venue later in the year.
Tags: arm movement, chatham, floor, fort, fort amherst, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, kent, psychic medium, pushing, sceptics, seance, spirit, swaying, touched


Profitable small businesses can rapidly go out of business if they lack money. Similarly, struggling unprof small businesses can be survived for a long period of time if they have a good cash balance. To puts it simply, cash is the life blood of American small businesses.
Naturally, when times are difficult, inability to obtain capital to pay daily operating expenses typically becomes a source of worry, stress and anxiety and interruption for small business owners.
Unfortunately, most of big city and town traditional loan providers have stiff and rigorous requirements that their customers need to meet.
Companies have a separate credit rating from the business owner. Even if business owner has a high credit score, business might not have a recognized credit rating (especially if freshly established). Therefore, prospective lenders need to use options with that take business owner's personal credit into factor to consider and that accepts candidates with less than best credit.
Usually, traditional loan providers only service organisations doing 20k or more in month-to-month revenue. This disqualifies smaller sized companies doing 10k-15k in monthly earnings.


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Authorities are investigating the discovery of a body in a pond behind a Durham grocery store.Police were called to a nature preserve near Interstate 85 around 2:30 p.m. Monday. Authorities said volunteers participating in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day Service project saw something wrapped in a blanket in the water.The victim's identity has not been determined.Police say the death is being investigated as a homicide. There was no immediate word on the cause of death. No arrests have been reported.
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WHO Confessed People Vaccinated Against MonkeyPox Are Part Of A Clinical Trial To Gather Data On Its Effectiveness! [WATCH]
An official from the WHO confessed this Saturday that people who got the Monkeypox vaccine are part of the clinical study for data gathering, and the researchers can learn more about the shot's effectiveness.
This Saturday, the WHO conducted a media briefing with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and experts to talk about the Monkeypox outbreak.
"I would like to underline one thing that is very important to WHO. We do have uncertainty around the effectiveness of these vaccines because they haven't been used in this context and in this scale before," Tim Nguyen, the Unit Head of Global Infectious Hazards Preparedness at the World Health Organization Emergency Programme.
"And therefore, when these vaccines are being delivered, that they are delivered in the context of clinical trial studies and prospectively collecting this data to increase our understanding of the effectiveness of these vaccines," he said.
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The CDC stated that only two vaccines got a license by the US FDA against monkeypox. The WHO declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency on Saturday, right before the elections.
Tedros overruled the decision of 8 members of the expert committee who didn't support the declaration; only six were in favor.
Two sources stated that an expert committee was split on the decision, but the responsibility for the final decision was on the director-general Tedros.
"The NY Health Department announced plans for its next allocation of the JYNNEOS vaccine." NYC Health Department said in a statement. "Approximately 26,000 additional doses were delivered to New York City as part of Phase 2b from the federal government and state and will be distributed via clinics, mass vaccination sites, and community-based referrals. Individuals will be able to book appointments for July 24 through August 13."
"The Health Department is moving quickly to distribute as many vaccine doses as we can in the most equitable way possible," said Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan. "With cases rising, it's clear that there is a great need for more vaccines in New York City, and we are working with our federal partners to obtain more doses."
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Do Something New: Eat Food That Scares You
by The Frisky June 20, 2019
I grew up with a meat-and-potatoes, South Dakota and Nebraska raised mother. The woman wasn't exposed to seafood much as a kid, except for canned tuna, and in turn she didn't expose us to it much, either. One of my sisters developed a taste for it anyway, but now she's a vegan, so it's a moot point.
I started getting curious about seafood when I worked in a combination meat-and-seafood department in a grocery store in 2010. Seafood does, after all, have tremendous health benefits. It provides vitamins A and D, phosphorus, magnesium, and selenium; and, as I'm sure any even mildly food-savvy person knows, seafood is extremely rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, which protect against heart disease and stroke. Seafood is a powerhouse, so long as you buy it responsibly, which is no doubt a big concern.
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Note that I said that I started getting curious about seafood in 2010. I didn't try seafood, really, until 2013 – rainbow trout in Austin on vacation, and a sardine salad a friend made for me. After that, I was still extremely hesitant about eating seafood. I mean, the smell, guys. I've had neighbors in apartment buildings who were very fond of catfish and left me with catfish-air wafting through my apartment for a full day afterward. And then there's the texture, and the fact that if you know how to cook beef and poultry there is absolutely no guarantee that it will be easy to master cooking seafood.
I made a promise to myself at the start of this year that I would eat fish once a week, and I think I've followed through on that promise pretty well. I've been trying to be more adventurous. So, if you're keeping tabs, it's been five years that I've been interested in but not actually eating seafood on the regular, and it's only fish, as it stands.
Or, as it stood. I've been able do fish because a fish filet looks a little bit like a chicken breast, and the texture isn't too foreign, and I'm learning to like it. But shellfish? No. I have a badly irrational fear of shellfish and crustaceans, especially. People assume that I object because shellfish are bottom-feeders, but that is the least of my concerns. The fear mainly comes from the fact that lobsters and crabs look like giant, out-of-control sea insects, and shellfish don't have eyes. The entire shape of their bodies is nightmarish; they're like pod people who have sensory organs but no sense of vision, who consist literally of muscular tissue attached to a shell. It's all just very strange to me. "Strange" as in "terrifying." I'm not sure I want that in my digestive system, really.
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My original goal was to eat lobster, but lobster is somewhat lacking in availability here in Chicago, so I was forced to move down the seafood development ladder to mussels. If I had to do a cost-benefit analysis of eating mussels, it would look like this:
Benefits – You get to eat it with a teeny tiny fork.
Costs – You are scraping an animal's muscle straight out of its, like, exoskeleton
Frankly, the two just about equal out for me, because scraping a muscle out of an exoskeleton and then eating it is disgusting, but teeny tiny forks are really cute. So, sure. Mussels.
I had them as an appetizer at a meal with my fiancé and his brother and father. I said I'd try one. It was comforting to know that they really do look more like a food object than a mutant hell-alien animal after they're cooked (as opposed to when they're alive, which was my last point of mussel reference, back in the seafood department). I thought they'd be harder to get out of the shell than they were. And taste-wise, well, if I like fried firm tofu, and I've come to love trout, I can't really object to the texture or taste of mussels. In other words, it was not a big deal. I think I had six or seven when all was said and done.
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I still haven't tackled the Scorpions of the Sea, lobsters, and that's a whole other can of… um, lobsters? But I really liked mussels, and I'd gladly eat them again, or oysters, or clams, or even – maybe – scallops. My fear was unfounded, and I was failing to see the beauty in a well-prepared plate of mussels. Being scared of food seems like something you ought to get over early; and hey, better at 28 than never.
Original by: Rebecca Vipond Brink
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Belly Dancing provides a good cardio-vascular workout and helps increase both flexibility and strength, focusing on the torso or "core muscles", although it also builds leg strength. The graceful hip drops, rolls, and pivots of this dance form utilize muscle groups in the abdomen, pelvis, trunk, spine, and neck, working with the body instead of against it.
When movements are done properly, belly dancing can help prevent lower back problems and counteract the almost constant compression of the disks that occurs from sitting and a sedentary lifestyle.
The movements also make an excellent prenatal exercise regimen that strengthens the muscles used during the childbirth process. The toned abdominal muscles and natural hip tucks, teach the expectant mother how to move her pelvis.
The repetitive movements of the dance and the concentration needed to do them can help a mind filled with daily stress to "let go" for a while and relax. It's hard to worry about anything when you are thinking about getting that next drop just right, or while making sure that you are in time with the music.
For even better results, try combining belly dancing with another fitness routine on the days you don't have a class. Your entire body will feel the benefits immediately.


When I received payments from my customers, I made notes about it. It was hard to see, which invoice is paid, which isn't. Sometimes I forgot to mark, that invoice had been already paid and tried to contact my customer. There were a lot of misunderstandings and mistakes with customers. I guess this problem is topical for all business owners. Fortunately, invoicing software offers a solution – administration of received payments.
The main advantage of the invoicing software is connection between all features. For example you added some received payment and immediately invoice status is changing to "paid". So the invoicing software prevents mistakes. If your invoicing software shows the status of invoice, it is easy to see, which invoice is paid, unpaid, partially paid or overdue. You can detect non-payers in a second. It indeed saves your time and facilitates the process of invoicing.
Some invoicing software provides the integration of payment gateways such as PayPal, Authorize.net, World Pay and others. You don't even need to enter payments manually. Payment gateway is connected with the invoicing software and your payments are added automatically. Money collection becomes fast and almost automated. Isn't it a dream? You will have a "robot", which will manage and optimize the cash flow. These useful features will probably have positive impact on your company. Your customers will also become disciplined.
If you want more, there is a possibility to get accounting features into your invoicing software. Market provides such software. This feature will help your bookkeeper. But you will also be interested in different statistical reports, which are easily generated with the accounting software.


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Monchu, a design and communications agency specialising in brand and digital from Oxford, UK, worked with Irregular Folks to develop a brand which reflects this grass-roots passion, irregular characters and thinking that's at the heart of what they do. Using an illustrative approach mixed with clean typography Monchu have organically developed the band as the company has grown.


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