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1 Chapter 15 Preventing Infection
Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
2 Infection Infection is a major safety and health hazard.
The health team follows certain practices and procedures to prevent the spread of infection. Infection control—the practices and procedures that protect patients, residents, visitors, and staff from infection Infection- a disease state resulting from the invasion and growth or microbes in the body An infection is a disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of microbes in the body. Infants, older persons, and disabled persons are at risk. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
3 Microorganisms A microorganism (microbe) is a small living thing seen only with a microscope. Microbes are everywhere. Microbes are in the mouth, nose, respiratory tract, stomach, and intestines. They are on the skin and in the air, soil, water, and food. They are on animals, clothing, and furniture. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
4 Pathogens Some microbes are harmful and can cause infections.
They are called pathogens. Non-pathogens are microbes that do not usually cause an infection. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
5 What microbes need: Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
6 Pathogens (harmful Microbes)
Bacteria germs Fungi Mushrooms, yeasts Mouth,Feet, Vagina Protozoa Blood, brain Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
7 Pathogens (cont) Rickettsiae Viruses Fleas, ticks
Rocky mountain spotted fever Viruses Colds, AIDS, herpes Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
8 Normal Flora Microbes that live and grow in a certain area-think "it is normal for them to grow there" Example is e-coli that normally lives in the colon. It can cause infection if it enters the urinary track or is ingested. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
9 Multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs)
MDROs are caused by: Prescribing antibiotics when they are not needed (over-prescribing)- giving them for viruses! Not taking antibiotics for the length of time prescribed Two common types of MDROs are resistant to many antibiotics. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) Some microbes can change their structures. This makes them harder to kill. They can survive in the presence of antibiotics. The infections they cause are hard to treat. Staph is a bacterium normally found in the nose and on the skin. MRSA is resistant to antibiotics often used for "staph" infections. MRSA can cause serious wound and bloodstream infections and pneumonia. Enterococcus is a bacterium normally found in the intestines and in feces. When not in their normal site (the intestines), enterococci can cause urinary tract, wound, pelvic, and other infections. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
10 Systemic vs Local Infection
A local infection is in a body part. A systemic infection involves the whole body. The chain of infection is a process that involves a: Source—a pathogen Reservoir—where a pathogen can grow and multiply Portal of exit—allows pathogen to leave the reservoir Method of transmission—a vehicle transmits microbes Portal of entry—where the pathogen enters the body Susceptible host—needed for the microbe to grow and multiply Review the contents of Box 15-1 on p. 214 in the Textbook. Review the Focus on Children and Older Persons: Infection Box on p. 214 in the Textbook. Humans and animals are reservoirs. If they do not have signs and symptoms of infection, they are carriers. Carriers can pass the pathogen to others. To leave the reservoir, the pathogen needs a portal of exit. Exits are the respiratory, gastro-intestinal, urinary, and reproductive tracts; breaks in the skin; and the blood. The pathogen enters the body through a portal of entry. Portals of entry and exit are the same. Susceptible hosts are persons at risk for infection. The ability to resist infection relates to age, nutrition, stress, fatigue, and health. Drugs, disease, and injury are other factors. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
11 Chain of Infection =source
12 Malaria Chain of Infection
source reservoir Portal of exit=bite Susceptible host MOT= Portal of entry= bite Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
13 Carrier, Vector, Vehicle
Carrier-transmits the disease but does not show symptoms Human with HIV but not AIDS Vector-a carrier that transmits disease will not have traces of the disease in immune system Mosquitoes-malaria Vehicle- any substance that transmits microbes Think blood tinted with malaria Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
14 Susceptible hosts-young, elderly, sick, poor health care and burn, chemo, transplant patients
15 HAI-think "hospital caused it"
Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) An HAI is an infection that develops in a person cared for in any setting where health care is given. HAIs also are called nosocomial infections. HAIs are caused by: Normal flora Microbes transmitted to the person from other sources The infection is related to receiving health care. Hospitals, nursing centers, clinics, and home care settings are examples. See Box 15-2 on p. 215 in the Textbook. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
16 Definitions: Asepsis-being free from disease producing microbes (can be medical or surgical) Sterile- means the absence of all microbes. Pathogens and non-pathogens Contamination- is the process of becoming unclean. Hand washing is an important common aseptic practice. Review the Focus on Children and Older Persons: Common Aseptic Practices Box on p. 216 in the Textbook. Review the Focus on Long-Term Care and Home Care: Common Aseptic Practices Box on p. 217 in the Textbook. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
17 Infection Prevention How infections are prevented: Asepsis Medical asepsis (clean technique)- reduces numbers-think hand hygiene, cleaning equipment, disinfection (does not kill spores- bacteria protected by hard shell) Surgical asepsis (sterile technique)- keeps items free of all microbes. Microbes can enter the body through equipment used in treatments, therapies, and tests. Such items must be free of microbes. Staff can transfer microbes from one person to another and from themselves to others. The health team must prevent the spread of infection. Review the Focus on Long-Term Care and Home Care: Healthcare-Associated Infection Box on p. 216 in the Textbook. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
18 Rules of thumb for patient care:
Medical Asepsis Rules of thumb for patient care: Supplies and equipment Most health care supplies and equipment are disposable. Discard single-use items after use. A person uses multi-use items many times-there own toothbrush or hairbrush. Do not "borrow" them for another person. Non-disposable hospital items are cleaned, disinfected, and then sterilized. Your hands are used for almost everything. They are easily contaminated and can spread microbes to other persons or items. Review the rules of hand hygiene in Box 15-3 on pp in the Textbook. Review the Promoting Safety and Comfort: Hand Hygiene Box on p. 219 in the Textbook. Disposable items help prevent the spread of infection. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
19 Surgical Asepsis Surgical asepsis (sterile technique) is required any time the skin or sterile tissues are entered. If a break occurs in sterile technique, microbes can enter the body. Infection is a risk. Requires a sterile field and sterile equipment Foley catheters, IV starts etc. You can assist nurses with sterile procedures. Some states let nursing assistants perform certain sterile procedures. Review the Delegation Guidelines: Assisting With Sterile Procedures Box on p. 238 in the Textbook. Review the Promoting Safety and Comfort: Assisting With Sterile Procedures Box on p. 239 in the Textbook. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
20 Barrier Methods (PPE) Gloves Gowns
Wear gloves whenever contact with blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, mucous membranes, or non-intact skin is likely. Gowns Protect your clothes and body from contact with blood, body fluids, secretions, and excretions. Protect against splashes and sprays. Must completely cover you from your neck to your knees Are used once Are considered contaminated when wet Are disposable and are discarded after use The skin prevents microbes from entering the body. Small skin breaks on the hands and fingers are common. Gloves protect you from pathogens in the person's blood, body fluids, secretions, and excretions. They also protect the person from microbes on your hands. Wearing gloves is the most common protective measure used with Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions. Review the Promoting Safety and Comfort: Gloves Box on p. 230 in the Textbook. The gown opens at the back. It is tied at the neck and waist. The gown front and sleeves are considered contaminated. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
21 Standard Precautions-done for every patient, every time!
Reduce the risk of spreading known and unknown infections Are used for all persons whenever care is given Prevent the spread of infection from: Blood All body fluids, secretions, and excretions (except sweat) even if blood is not visible Non-intact skin (skin with open breaks) Mucous membranes Review the information in Box 15-5 on pp in the Textbook. Sweat is not known to spread infection. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
22 Transmission based precautions-Isolation Precautions
Isolation precautions are based on clean and dirty. Clean areas or objects are free of pathogens. Dirty areas or objects are contaminated with pathogens. Clean and dirty also depend on how the pathogen is spread (may need gown and mask if respiratory) Patients in isolation are kept in separate double rooms with their own ventilation areas. If a clean area or object has contact with something dirty, the clean area is now dirty. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
23 Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
The Bloodborne Pathogen Standard (OSHA) is intended to protect the health team from exposure. HIV and HBV: Are found in the blood Are bloodborne pathogens Exit the body through blood Are spread to others by blood Requires exposure control plan-Reason for your Hep B vaccine Blood contaminated items are placed in red biohazard bags and cleaned up with spill kits The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the hepatitis B virus (HBV) are major health concerns. The Bloodborne Pathogen Standard is a regulation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Review the contents of Box 15-8 on p. 236 in the Textbook. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
24 Bloodborne Pathogen Standard (cont'd)
Preventive measures to reduce the risk of exposure include: Hepatitis B vaccination Training for employees Engineering and work practice controls These reduce employee exposure in the workplace. Personal protective equipment (PPE) PPE protects your clothes, undergarments, skin, eyes, mouth, and hair. The hepatitis B vaccine produces immunity against hepatitis B. Immunity means that a person has protection against a certain disease. All tasks involving blood or OPIM are done in ways to limit splatters, splashes, and sprays. Blood or OPIM must not pass through PPE. OSHA-required work practice controls are listed on p. 237 in the Textbook. PPE is free to staff. Correct sizes are available. The agency makes sure that PPE is cleaned, laundered, repaired, replaced, or discarded. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Exposure incidents An exposure incident is any eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parenteral contact with blood or OPIM. Parenteral means piercing the mucous membranes or the skin. Report exposure incidents at once. Confidentiality is important. The source individual is the person whose blood or body fluids are the source of an exposure incident. Medical evaluation, follow-up, and required tests following an exposure incident are free. You are told of evaluation results and any medical conditions that may need treatment. You receive a written opinion of the medical evaluation within 15 days after its completion. The agency informs you about laws affecting the source's identity and test results. Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
26 Practice State Questions
What is the most important way to prevent the spread of infection? Handwashing, handwashing, handwashing What is the most important part of effective handwashing? Friction! For at least 20 seconds! Copyright © 2012 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Ways of Living With 'Alternative Facts': An Anecdote
A couple of nights ago I went to see A Quiet Heart, a fine film about a young Jewish woman, an accomplished pianist from Tel Aviv who had come to Jerusalem, apparently to get away from her family and former boy friend. She moved into an apartment in the ultra-Orthodox part of the city where acute hostility is exhibited toward more secular Jews and local Christians connected with a nearby monastic church. The film was being shown at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, and was a special selection in the 'sidebar' devoted to Israeli films and sponsored by the strongly pro-Israeli NGO, Anti-Defamation League, or ADL. As was the case for all films at the Festival, someone from the sponsors or Festival staff makes a brief introduction to the audience. In this case an ADL staff person gave some helpful background information. He made a closing comment that showing a film set in Jerusalem was especially appropriate in 2017 as it was 'the 50th anniversary of the reunification of the city.'
At the time I was struck by the oddness and insensitivity of such a remark, which from my perspective, was a completely unfamiliar way of acknowledging the impact of 1967 on Jerusalem. I had recently been attuned to the importance of 2017 as tragic anniversaries of the Balfour Declaration (1917), Partition Resolution (1947), and the 1967 War (1967). As I reflected on what 1967 meant from a Zionist/Israel perspective, the conquest and unified control of Jerusalem was a natural way of perceiving, as were the accompanying exclusions of international law (Israel was unanimously instructed by the UN Security Council to withdraw from the city to the pre-war borders with small negotiated modifications) and the Palestinian people (as if they had no claim to Jerusalem, and hence were invisible). It should be expected that contrasting meanings would be attached to the importance of 1967 by most Israelis and Zionists on one side and by those who identified with the Palestinian national struggle on the other side.
Is there a right and wrong about such differing perceptions? On one level, no, merely different ways of 'seeing.' On other level, yes; it is a matter of whether to validate the status quo as authoritative or to allow international law and UN authority to have the last word. Dialogue, especially if among equals, can let us see and feel as the other, possibly narrowing differences, or at least raising consciousness of their existence. In ideal form, Martin Buber's I-Thou spirit of meeting the other suggests the true nature of an authentic quest for an understanding of otherness than transcends our own deeply conditioned and inevitably partials perceptions.
At the same time, if the circumstances that underlie the contrasting perceptions are hierarchical or oppressive, then it is deeply misleading to suggest that both sides are equally responsible for the unhappy situation that prevails. The side in control, in this instance Israel, is primarily responsible for treating Jerusalem as appropriately and permanently unified under Israeli governmental and political control in 1967. This Israeli insistenc defies international public opinion as well as some elementary precepts of international morality, although it reflects the current realpolitik reading of the situation.
This brings me inevitably to Kellyann Conway's reliance on 'alternative facts' to validate the White House claim that Donald Trump's inaugural crowd was bigger than that of Barack Obama. She was contesting contrasting pictures shown by CNN and other media outlets in which even the most casual observer could tell that Trumps crowd was by far smaller. Of course, only a narcissistic lack of self-esteem would lead someone to be foolish enough to call attention to such a discrepancy. The childish comparison of inaugural crowd sizes would have totally disappeared from public consciousness by the next moon had not Trump thrown a fit. With the help of that feisty provocation, 'alternative facts' a seemingly trivial controversy has been given a prominent and likely permanent place in American political discourse. Poor Ms. Conway, normally a refreshingly coherent and informed advocate of Trump's worldview, will now likely be remembered above all, and maybe only, for this one extravagant trope that so blatantly crossed the line of plausibility! Or possibly for pointing to 'the Bowling Green massacre' as evidence that the media was guilty, as Trump complained, of underreporting terrorist incidents. This time Ms. Conway didn't rely on alternative facts but on no facts. As she admitted a couple of nights later, there never was a Bowling Green massacre, there was simply no such event, but this did not inhibit her from repeating the absurd contention of her boss that the media downplays terrorism. From my angle of vision the opposite complaint could much more plausibly be made.
Without getting carried away with glee, it is helpful to remember that our daily existence tends to be dominated by alternative facts. Lawyers make a living by the careful selection of those facts favorable to their client, while ignoring or downplaying those that are unfavorable. And all of us nearly all the time, whether consciously or not, are coming up with our preferred menu of facts. The interpretation of facts is what creates the social and political fabric of life.
Yet there is a distinction between Ms. Conway's alternative facts and those that are the stuff of nightly news debates, Her use of alternative facts flew in the face of what seemed to be a public truth, almost undeniable from the perspective of reason, and hence seemed more a 'lie' than an 'interpretation.' Crossing such a line weakens public discourse in a democratic society, turning politics into a deadly game in which the unaccountable whims of the leader amount to a death sentence imposed on innocence. Without the protection of innocence, there is scant prospect of justice. And so we are led to think that slaughtering political language might properly be viewed as an impeachable offense.
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Categories A Quiet Heart, Alternative Facts, Commentary, Israel/Palestine, Jerusalem, Kellyanne Conway, Reflections, Trump Presidency
UNESCO Censures Israel's Administration of Jerusalem
[Prefatory Note: The post below is a modified version of an opinion piece that was published in Middle East Eye, November 3, 2016.]
UNESCO, Palestine, and Israel
In response to UNESCO resolutions adopted in October that were highly critical of Israel's protection of sacred and cultural Islamic heritage sites in Jerusalem, there is again a fiery confrontation between Israel and this UN organ whose actions have so often touched the raw nerves of Western political sensibilities. The main UNESCO resolution 'deeply deplores' Israel's failure to stop a series of excavations and related activities in East Jerusalem, which are declared to be harming Islamic sites in Jerusalem, and above all complains about Israel's interference with worship and serenity at the Al Aqsa mosque. The resolutions also complain about Israel's general failure to cooperate with UNESCO's cultural and religious conservation work in Jerusalem, especially in the 'Old City,' even to the point of refusing visas to UN officials seeking to carry out their duties.
Of course, not far in the background is Israel's hostility toward UNESCO that has been pronounced ever since 2011 when Palestine was admitted to UNESCO as a member state over the vigorous objections of Israel, the United States, as well as several European countries. Unlike the Security Council, where the US could singlehandedly block full UN membership, there is no veto in either the General Assembly or in UN specialized agencies. Israel has refused all cooperation with UNESCO ever since Palestine gained membership, which presupposes that Palestine qualifies for membership because it has the credential of a state. Obligingly, the U.S. reinforced Israel's hostility by withholding its annual contributions ever since, which amounts to a hefty 22% of the UNESCO budget.
This New Controversy
This latest initiative raised substantive issues high on the UNESCO agenda. This contrasts with the earlier status fight about admission to the agency, which was limited in scope to a procedural matter, that is, whether or not Palestine qualifies as a state entitled to membership. Here, Israel insists that UNESCO is aligning itself with a sinister Arab effort to minimize, or even erase, Jewish historic and religious connections with Jerusalem, and specifically with the area around Al Aqsa Mosque and the nearby Noble Sanctuary. The resolution fails to mention explicitly Jewish connections with the Temple Mount and Western Wall, using only Arab names for these places of overlapping religious significance, although in its general language it was acknowledged in the UNESCO text that all three monotheistic religions possessed historical connections with the Old City in Jerusalem that should be respected. It is accurate for Israel to assert that the Temple Mount and Western Wall are the very most sacred of all Jewish holy places, a reality that should have been acknowledged. It was somewhat invidious, and not really relevant, for the Israeli denunciation of the UNESCO action, to point out that Al Aqsa ranked only third in the Islamic canon, behind Mecca and Medina, and thus seemingly had a lesser claim on UNESCO's protection if competing claims were at issue. Actually, this line of attack is a red herring as there was no UNESCO attempt to denigrate Jewish claims; the resolutions were devoted to pointing out Israel's failures of responsibility with Islamic sites.
Nevertheless, in a typically diversionary spirits, Israel's top politicians insisted that to approach UNESCO's role in Jerusalem in such an allegedly partisan manner effect was deeply offensive to Jewish concerns. Netanyahu, never at a loss for invective, put his objection this way: "Saying that Israel doesn't have a connection to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall is like saying the Chinese don't have a connection to the Great Wall." He went on, "Through this absurd decision, UNESCO has lost the little bit of legitimacy that it has." Let's be clear. The UNESCO resolutions in no way denied Jewish connections with the holy sites of Jersualem, it just failed to acknowledge them by name. There was no 'absurd decision' as the resolutions were above all a fully legitimate, even overdue, call to Israel to start performing its proper role of protecting Islamic sites as Occupying Power in accord with law, and in the interest of cultural preservation. There were strong grounds to believe that Israel was administering Jerusalem in ways that were threatening in various ways to the integrity and enjoyment of Islamic sites. From this perspective it was in no way relevant to mention, much less criticize, Israel's protection of Jewish sites as they were being fully protected by Israel, likely over-protected and allowed to encroach in unacceptable ways on Islamic sites.
Jordan, among the several Arab sponsors, praised UNESCO's "historic decision" as supportive of the very genuine struggle to preserve the status quo in Jerusalem in the face of Israeli efforts to create as much of a Jewish city as possible, diminishing by stages the Palestinian and Islamic character of the place. In recent years there was particular reasons for concern about Israel's effort to administer the holy sites in Jerusalem, especially Al Aqsa. Such an evenhanded role conflicted with Israel's preoccupation with promoting the primacy of Jewish traditions and memories, and deliberately at the expense of Muslim and even Christian concerns.
There has been a series of violent encounters at Al Aqsa during several recent religious holidays. This much beloved mosque was increasingly endangered as a serene place of worship by Israeli policies and practices in recent years. Israel has in the past been severely criticized for the failure to fulfill its legal responsibilities with respect to holy sites in Jerusalem as 'Occupying Power.' With respect to Al Aqsa Israel was specifically charged with denying access to Muslim worshippers and not taking adequate steps to curb the campaign of settler extremists to assert aggressively Jewish claims in the mosque area leading to violent encounters.
Appraising the UNESCO Initiative
Overall, it would seem that there are two kinds of understandable reactions to this latest UNESCO initiative. It was entirely appropriate and even necessary for UNESCO members and the organization to complain about Israel's failures to uphold its several responsibilities with respect to holy and heritage sites throughout Jerusalem. It is one more illustration of Israel's pattern of defiance when it comes to discharging its obligations as set forth in the Geneva Conventions and other international treaties. In these circumstances, it was appropriate for UNESCO to act, and given developments in Jerusalem in recent years, even with a sense of urgency.
At the same time, it was inappropriate and seems irresponsible for the resolution to avoid an explicit acknowledgement of the Jewish connections to Temple Mount and Western Wall. The UNESCO drafters should have anticipated that by referencing only the Arabic names the resolutions would be sufficiently provocative to give Israel a rather plausible pretext for voicing a hostile reaction, and thereby evading the substantive criticism that was the core of the initiative. These wider politics also led a politically acute Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, to join Israel, the United States, and some European states in condemning the resolutions, calling them an irresponsible incitement of violence, swallowing Israel's bait to place all blame on the provocation and give no attention at all to the genuine substantive issues that lie at the heart of UNESCO's mission.
This unwillingness to mention both the Jewish and Arab names for the holy sites in Jerusalem had the dysfunctional effect of shifting attention away from the legitimate concerns of Palestinians and others in the Islamic world about the overall failure of Israel to uphold its responsibilities in Jerusalem, which included a variety of efforts to Judaize the city by stages. These unacceptable occupation policies verge on ethnic cleansing with a focus on undermining the Palestinian presence in relation to religious and cultural claims, residence rights, building permits, and family reunification. Thus, Israeli failures to carry out the legal responsibilities associated with being an Occupying Power with respect to non-Jewish holy and cultural heritage sites should be understood as an inflammatory implementation of Israel's unlawful annexation of Jerusalem.
It is possible that this question of acknowledgement might not have avoided Israel's condemnation of UNESCO's initiative. It seems likely that Israel was enraged by this successful move by Palestine to sidestep Israel's attempt to oppose any Palestinian effort to gain legitimacy and attention for its statehood claims. In this regard Israel's most basic objection to the resolution likely involved the adoption of its title "Occupied Palestine,' giving Palestine the status it is aspiring to establish on its own without any prior agreement by Israel. This by itself infuriates the Netanyahu leadership in Israel, which is evidently seeking to exclude any possibility of Palestinian statehood, and seeks to avoid the legal complications of occupying a foreign state as it proceeds with its own territorial expansion. Finally, it should be appreciated that Palestine has only resorted to this symbolic chessboard of UN legitimation after twenty years of frustration and setbacks resulting from Oslo diplomacy.
Tags: Al Aqsa, Israel, Israel/US Hostility, Jerusalem, Palestine, Palestine statehood, Preserving Holy Sites, Temple Mount, UNESCO, Wailing Wall
Categories Al Aqsa Mosque, Commentary, Israel's Obligations under IHL, Israel/Palestine, Jerusalem, Old City of Jerusalem, Protection of Holy Sites, Reflections, Temple Mount and Western Wall, UNESCO

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Russia, Ukraine Finalize Gas Transit Deal Just Before Deadline
FILE - A picture shows a compressor station of Ukraine's Naftogaz national oil and gas company near the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
KIEV - Moscow and Kyiv on Monday signed a five-year agreement on the transit of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine, finalizing months of difficult talks just ahead of a New Year deadline.
The current deal between the two ex-Soviet countries expires Tuesday and ties between them have been shredded since Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014 and supported a separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed the deal by phone and congratulated each other ahead of New Year's celebrations, a sign that their relations could be on the mend.
The gas deal "creates a positive atmosphere for solving other bilateral problems," the Kremlin said in a statement.
About 18 percent of the European Union's annual natural gas consumption comes from Russia via Ukraine, which put pressure on EU officials to help broker the deal.
"Ukraine has signed a five-year transit contract," Zelenskiy announced in a late-night post on his Facebook page, nearly two weeks after a provisional deal was reached.
A wide range of documents and contracts were involved, and together formed "a package deal which has re-established the balance of interests," Alexei Miller, the boss of Russian gas giant Gazprom, was cited as saying in a statement.
The documents were signed after five days of non-stop talks.
Gazprom is expected to ship at least 65 billion cubic meters (2.3 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas via Ukraine next year, and at least 40 billion per year from 2021 to 2024, said Zelenskiy, from which Kyiv would earn "more than seven billion dollars."
'Great news' for Europe
The agreement should prevent a repeat of so-called gas wars that previously disrupted supplies and in some years caused real energy problems in EU member states.
EU Commission vice president in charge of energy Maros Sevcovic called the deal "great news for Europe's energy security" on Twitter, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked Russia and Ukraine.
"Continued gas transit via Ukraine... is a good and important signal for ensuring our European security of gas supply," she said.
Last year, Gazprom supplied Europe with 200.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas, about 40 percent of which passed through Ukraine for roughly $3 billion in transit fees.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier this month that Moscow wanted to keep some gas flowing through Ukraine, despite having built several pipelines to Europe since the current deal was agreed a decade ago.
The new agreement comes days after Gazprom paid $2.9 billion to Ukraine's Naftogaz to settle a long-running dispute over transit fees that had blocked the deal.
Meanwhile, Russia is pursuing work on the Nord Stream 2 project that is to be completed by the end of next year and would double gas shipments to Germany.
The United States has long opposed the 9.5-billion-euro ($10.6-billion) project and the U.S. Senate voted last week to levy sanctions on companies working on it.
Washington believes the pipeline will give Russia too much influence over security and economic issues in western Europe.
Transit problems for Russian gas began after the fall of the Soviet Union when independent Ukraine took control of the pipeline infrastructure.
Several crises followed, with Russia using gas supplies to put pressure on Ukraine by cutting them repeatedly in 1992, 1993 and 1994.
The last gas crisis disrupted supplies to Europe in 2010.
After Boost From Perry, Supporters Got Huge Ukraine Gas Deal
Ukraine awarded the contract to Perry's supporters little more than a month after the US energy secretary attended Zelenskiy's May inauguration
Profit, Not Politics: Trump Allies Sought Ukraine Gas Deal
A circle of businessmen and Republican donors touted their connections to Trump and Giuliani as they sought to install new management at the top of Ukraine's state-owned gas company
Europe Hoping for Russia-Ukraine Gas Deal Next Week
Russia and Ukraine failed to strike an interim gas deal in Brussels on Tuesday, with both sides holding out for guarantees on payment and price. European Union negotiators, however, are hoping for an agreement next week. After hours of talks, efforts to resolve a natural gas pricing dispute between the neighboring countries proved fruitless, but there was at least a draft accord. Speaking through an interpreter, European Union Energy Commissioner…
By Lisa Bryant
EU Urges Russia to Weigh Improved Offer for Ukraine Gas
Russian gas exporter Gazprom said Monday it was reducing shipments of gas to Ukraine, following breakdown of talks
Spain Declares Climate Emergency, Signals Move to Renewables
UN High-Level Panel Seeks Solutions to Problem of Internal Displacement
US Urges China to Join Nuclear Arms Talks With Russia
Putin Names New Cabinet as Key Members of Russian Government Stay


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Intellectual Property - China Business Team
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Intellectual property issues are often at the core of competition in today's rapidly expanding world market. U.S. and foreign patent protection. Patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright litigation. The Internet. Technology and merchandise licensing. Worldwide trademark registration and protection. Outsourcing and its attendant concerns. These issues and others define not just profitability but survival.
To make sure your company's intellectual property is protected in the U.S. and abroad, you need a law firm that has extensive experience in all areas of intellectual property law and a full range of capabilities to handle any issue that may arise. Alston & Bird is that law firm. Alston & Bird attorneys draw on more than 85 years of commitment to intellectual property as a specialty practice. Numbering more than 180 lawyers, including approximately 100 legal professionals registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark office and 17 with Ph.D.s., Alston & Bird's Intellectual Property group is one of the largest in any general practice firm in the country.
Depth and Experience
The Intellectual Property Group of Alston & Bird provides a full range of intellectual property services including:
Patent preparation and prosecution in emerging technologies such as genetic engineering and hybridoma technology, chip and mask technology and computer technology, as well as the traditional areas of electronics, mechanical, chemical and biotechnology matters. We regularly file over 1,500 U.S. and foreign patent applications each year.
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Transactional expertise in licensing, sponsorship and merchandising matters and information technology transactions, with a core of lawyers focused on emerging IP issues related to electronic commerce and the Internet, including domain name disputes, web-site and on-line development agreements, encryption technology, marketing and advertising.
China Business Team


Now we can focus on the question why (c+v) (c-v) mathematics exist in nature.
I prepared the two figures below to transfer (c+v) (c-v) mathematics to a mechanical setup. I'd like to attract your attention to the similarity between these two figures.
In the first figure, a signal source (which can also be a regular source of light) sends a signal towards the man. In cases when the cart that the man is on moves forward and backward, the wavelength of the signal that goes to the vehicle changes. The speed of the INCOMING signal relative to the man is always c. The rules of (c+v) (c-v) mathematics as we know. I am not going to repeat these as we have dealt with this topic a lot.
In the second figure, the source of the signal is a mechanical arm mounted to the floor. While the arm is swinging up and down at a constant speed, a pen attached to the end of the arm draws on the paper on the cart. The paper goes toward the man at a constant speed (I used c for the speed of the paper to have exact similarity with the figure above.). As a result of these two movements, the drawing that is created is like a regular sine wave. In the cases when the cart moves forward or backward, the wavelength of the drawing changes since the speed of the paper changes relative to the pen. If the cart goes towards the woman, the wavelength shortens; and if it moves away from the woman, the wavelength lengthens. As the speed of the paper is the same as the man on the cart, whether the cart moves or not, the speed of the INCOMING signal relative to the man doesn't change. The case is different for the woman, though; the movement of the cart changes the speed of the paper relative to the woman and, as a result of this, the speeds of the waves change relative to the woman. If the cart moves away from the woman, the OUTGOING waves that go towards the man will speed up and they will slow down if the cart approaches the woman. In this way, we obtained a model fully compatible with (c+v) (c-v) mathematics.
We need to think now. (c+v) (c-v) mathematics is valid for both situations described in the figures above. What is the most obvious difference between these two figures? If you look carefully, there is no PAPER in the first figure. In the second figure, however, the waves travel on a PAPER; the PAPER carries the waves. No matter how, nature needs to have a similar foundation to be able to create (c+v) (c-v) mathematics. If we can delineate and describe a PAPER for the first figure based on the similarity between two figures, we can reveal the physical foundation that leads to (c+v) (c-v) mathematics in nature.
There are some mathematical equations we found thanks to our studies on gravitational force, electromagnetic force and charge forces and we are using them. However, we don't know much about the mechanism of nature that leads to or carry these forces. Right now, (c+v) (c-v) mathematics made us go a full circle; I mean, even if we don't know the reason of (c+v) (c-v) mathematics, we can reach accurate results by using it in our studies now that we reached mathematical equations and that we understand its rules. This is the practical part of the work. When it comes to the theoretical part of the work, there are some serious questions that need to be answered. I wrote some major questions about (c+v) (c-v) mathematics in the previous chapter.
(c+v) (c-v) mathematics gives opportunities and new beginnings in order to discover the mysterious structure of nature, at least related to its own features. Doing experiments and testing ideas regarding (c+v) (c-v) mathematics by using electromagnetic waves are possible, and this is probably the easiest method available to discover the functioning mechanism of nature. Gravitational force, charge forces or other forces cannot provide us with the widespread opportunities to use that electromagnetic waves do. We will undoubtedly make progress on the topic of how forces such as gravitational force, charge forces, and electromagnetic force to the extent that we comprehend the foundation of (c+v) (c-v) mathematics in nature.
After this stage, we need to focus our attention on nature. We now know what to look for; we will try to find traces, clues of a very special structure that can take upon the function of PAPER in nature.


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Q: 2 part about Mustache for Java. Generating a table, appending image to end of email I am trying to set up Mustache so that the email that is sent out will have a table of contents and also at the end of the email a logo.
I've tried to set up the table by passing it the html code:
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When I receive the email, I see the actual text but not a rendered table.
Second part was how can I attach a logo to this email with Mustache?
I am using javax.mail with Mustache.

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There are some instances where a call that is sent to a Lync user really shouldn't be going to voice mail, or to the user's cell phone, or anywhere like that. There's nothing that screams "good customer service" to an agitated customer like being dropped into John Smith's cell phone voice mail ("Hi, this is John. Leave a message") after calling the tech support line. Response Group calls seem to magically ward off UM voice mail and call forwarding, and this has led to some questions: if Response Groups can do it, why can't we do it in UCMA applications? Actually, you can.
Let's first take a minute to talk about what doesn't work. If you scrutinize the UCMA documentation, you may find an enumeration called PrivacyOptions, which is supposed to control whether a call can be forwarded, sent to voice mail, or rung to team members. This enumeration corresponds to a SIP header called Ms-Sensitivity, and you can add the header to your outgoing calls using the Headers collection on CallEstablishOptions. Supposedly, adding this header with a value of private-no-diversion will prevent a call from going anywhere except to the user's own Lync endpoints (no voice mail, no team ring, etc.).
I have never been able to get Ms-Sensitivity to work by itself. In my experience, if you add it to an outbound call to a Lync user, and let the call go to voice mail, it will still end up at the voice mail box. Team ring and call forwarding will still work. If anyone has had different experiences with this, please post a comment because I'd be very interested to hear about it.
From what I can tell, the value of "secondary" for Ms-Target-Class indicates that this call is not meant for just that one specific user – it's a call that could be answered by other people as well, like a Response Group call. This causes Lync to disable a lot of the features that are only appropriate for direct calls, like voice mail and call forwarding.
Another side effect of adding this SIP header is that these calls no longer generate missed call notifications. On one hand, if you miss the call, there's no indication of what happened. On the other hand, users won't have (possibly unnecessary) missed call notifications piling up in their inboxes for calls from your UCMA application.
This technique can be very handy for UCMA applications that send calls to multiple users. Just remember that there's no way to be selective about which features get disabled by Lync for the call – you can't prevent a call from going to voice mail, but allow it to be forwarded to a cell phone. You can't get rid of missed call notifications but leave voice mail working. If you need to keep some of those features, you may need to either recreate them in your own application (e.g., sending calls to a user's voice mail manually after a certain period of time) or use a different approach instead of Ms-Target-Class, like detecting when a UM voice mail box has answered and ending the call.
Let me know if you have comments or questions about this approach.
Based on my experience "ms-sensitivity" header works as expected. If "ms-sensitivity: Private-no-diversion" is included in INVITE then call terminates with reason code 480 Temporarily Unavailable if user does not answer the call. Call is never forwarded e.g. to voicemail. Moreover, "ms-sensitivity" works both for P2P and B2B calls.


Talking politics and the difference of opinions in the office is almost always a terrible idea. But what about when a different form of 'office politics' comes into play?
There are always going to be disagreements and differing opinions among coworkers. That's just human nature – there's no avoiding it.
Talking politics is taboo, unless you want to offend someone with your opinions and beliefs. There's such a thin line between politics and personal feelings.
Whether it's actually political science and governmental policy or the competing personalities of various persons of leadership in your office, politics will always be driven by personalities and pride.
Politics in the workplace might have to do with a hierarchal structure of who reports to who, who does what, and even who eats where. It might even find its ground in personal relationships, workers who fail to keep their feelings under wraps, or that occasional colleague who loves to stir the pot.
Someone who is political can be thoughtful and orchestrated about how they carry themselves. They might over-think the way they speak, act, and present themselves – all to keep a good rapport and a positive image with their peers. And they probably fit into one of these general categories.
You have the person of unwavering arrogance who simply knows everything about everybody that ever was. They're never wrong and their ego is as big as they imagine.
Then there's the semi-educated personality who reads headlines and simply repeats them without formulating an original thought or idea. They are always interesting to question and prod as further prompting will probably stump them altogether.
You'll also find the progressive, informed type who takes offense to every bipartisan policy and seems to have an agenda of finding issue with everything and anything.
And don't forget the conservative who is set in their ways and longs for the olden days where the "good ole boys" ruled the land and times were simpler.
You have the two extremes, which every office has: the left wing liberal and the right wing conservative. These two are always at odds and refuse to listen to each other or engage in a productive debate. They are informed and educated, but also childish and close-minded.
And you have the person who flies below the radar. They're popular because they don't offend anybody and they keep to themselves – no shouting to interject with their opinions. These are observers.
If you need a mantra or a working suggestion as you navigate through life, use this: principles before personalities.
If you take nothing else away from this article, please remember those three words. Put the rules before your desires, put the work before your opinions, put someone's qualifications before their character. It's incredibly challenging, but completely necessary if you want to lead a sane and somewhat peaceful work life.
There are always going to be people you disagree with, people you can't stand, and people you feel like you can't even breathe the same air with. That's just life. Those people help us appreciate the more sympathetic souls that we actually like to spend time with.
We need opposites and dichotomies. Otherwise, we wouldn't notice the difference. If there wasn't bad weather, there wouldn't be good weather — there would just be weather. If you never felt sick, you'd always feel better – there really wouldn't be a better.
So while Jim from accounting might drive you crazy and Susan from HR gets your blood boiling, you have to learn to see past it. Place their principles, the company's principles, the organization's future success, and the project at hand's completion at the forefront. Let the personalities take a backseat.
What if you're stuck in a bad conversation?
Nearly every news headline these days is about a controversial bill being passed, a notable politician being slandered, or a political group staging a protest. With every news story comes an opinion, a unique perspective, and a subsequent disagreement.
Some people are extremely outspoken about what they believe in and others are a little more mature in their approach, only speaking when their opinion adds value to a conversation. Remember, every conversation has a time and a place.
Does it need to be said by you?
Take that little test whenever these situations occur and keep a clear head. The old adage of 'if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all' couldn't be more applicable.
At the end of the day, it's usually better to just stay out of it. Don't raise your blood pressure, stress level, and anger all for the sake of an argument that will lead nowhere. We believe in debate, but it's usually only beneficial in an academic or political setting. Again, principles before personalities.
Life is full of these uncomfortable situations – that's what keeps things interesting. The constant struggle between personalities is what human nature dictates.
It's okay and normal for disagreements to arise every now and then. But when that happens, be prepared to take the high road if things turn sour.
Whatever political personality you encounter, whatever political structure or hierarchy you fall under, whatever political conventions or norms you're expected to follow in your place of work — take the high road, avoid needless arguing, and keep the peace.
Always place the principles before personalities. That will save you from some tense conversations and generally reduce your stress around the office.
What do you do to keep things chill and non-political at work?


HK Models 01E04 1/32 B-17G. This model includes the instructions and decals for building Hong Kong Models B17G model number (01E04). Ships to whole world. The item "HKM's B17G 1/32 01E04, Ships to whole world" is in sale since Tuesday, January 22, 2019. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Military\Aircraft\Airplanes". The seller is "backbranch" and is located in Merritt Island, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.


I seem to have enough film to film two bus spots on Newcastle so I'm going to have to trim down the excess, I was in the fortunate position of having some early tram material and early post war shots which added to the 1950/60s trolleybus era plus formation of the PTE coverage and onward on cine to the 1980s and then my own video plus the material from Tim and Glen Bubb and onward towards the millennium and almost annual coverage so we'll have to cut down a lot even allowing for a 2 hours programme, nobody can say they aren't getting value for money but with such a huge archive as we have we can undertake this type of mammoth project. It certainly gave me something to do today, I went out briefly and surveyed the truck scene which was minimal and the M6 was the usual gridlock even without the trucks. With a freezing cold howling wind chill factor to add to the mix I retreated home. I started the project this morning and I'm up to the 1980s at the moment with the list of masters being worked on as I go adding each clip so I don't get confused which is easily done these days.
The DVD orders are starting to build up again and hopefully when the stats come through for Youtube it will be an upwards curve once Christmas day is out of the system, even with the quiet festive period we shall still be looking at a record breaking month and I can only hope that the exponential growth in 2017 continues and I still look forward to resuming film work once the weather settles again. Orders are being turned round be return of post at present, I'm looking ahead to early February when I start our 2018 overseas coverage with Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore for both trucks and buses at all locations. The tickets and hotels are booked, just one internal flight KL to Singapore to sort. Singapore is easy to get around with a 3 day pass which allows all modes of travel. Well I'd better get back to the editing suite, I'll try and load clips as trailers to whet your appetites as I progress through the Newcastle upon Tyne material. I'll give you some Singapore as a look ahead its all changed now though which is of course why I'm going.


Case was not filed after we uncovered electronic evidence contradicting alleged victims version of events. Law enforcement missed key evidence that exonerated client. Prosecutor's and law enforcement officers are extremely busy and can overlook important evidence. Fortunately, Client retained our services and we preserved the evidence before it was destroyed.
Client charged with assaulting his girlfriend in Everett District Court. Prosecution requested months in jail due to the alleged criminal law violations. Case dismissed before trial. See attached docket for more information.
Client got into an argument with her boyfriend. She tried to leave the residence but he refused to give the car keys back to her. She grabbed the keys and scratched his face in the process. Law enforcement saw his injuries and she admitted scratching his face. She was charged with assaulting her boyfriend in Lynnwood Municipal Court. The other half of the story, that was not investigated by the police, was explained to the prosecuting attorney during intense negotiations. The case was dismissed. Click here to see court document.
Client was charged with vehicular assault in Snohomish County Superior Court after he was involved in a one car rollover accident. A passenger was ejected from his vehicle and sustained a skull fracture. The police suspected our client was under the influence of alcohol and / or drugs. They attempted to locate a Judge but could not find one in a timely manner. The Detectives took a sample of his blood without a search warrant. Our investigation revealed that a District Court Judge informed police dispatch that she was available in five minutes to review the legality of the warrant. The Superior Court Judge ruled after a lengthy hearing that the search was unlawful and suppressed the blood test results.
Client charged with damaging property at a construction site. Client paid for the damages and the criminal case was dismissed against him. Click here to view the court document.
Client charged with improperly tagging an elk. Three day Jury Trial in Redmond District Court. Case dismissed prior to closing argument due to the Government's defective complaint. Click here to see court docket.
Client charged with threatening the alleged victim over the phone. Prosecutor agreed to continue the matter for 6 months and dismiss if no other law violations committed during this time. Case dismissed.
Client stole power tools from Home Depot. The charge was amended to a misdemeanor offense and deferred for 12 months. Case expected to be dismissed on 3/18/16.
Client investigated for threatening a "cable contractor" with a firearm after he discovered the cable driver's vehicle blocking his parking stall. He was arrested and held on $50,000 bail. The case was not filed after a thorough, independent investigation was completed.
Client charged with assaulting her Mother during an altercation at their residence. Our investigation revealed that the Mother's statements in the police report were merely conclusory and not an accurate recitation of the facts or timeline of the events. Case dismissed.


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Nate Oats Replaces Avery Johnson as Head Coach of Alabama Basketball
Alabama News Network Staff,
Posted: Mar 27, 2019 3:48 PM CDT
by Alabama News Network Staff
Alabama has hired Nate Oats, who led Buffalo to three NCAA Tournaments in four seasons, as its new men's basketball coach.
Crimson Tide athletic director Greg Byrne announced the hiring Wednesday, three days after parting ways with Avery Johnson.
Oats was the Mid-American Conference coach of the year each of the past two seasons.
He went 96-43 with the Bulls and won three MAC Tournament championships.
Buffalo won first-round games in each of the past two NCAA Tournaments. The Bulls are coming off a 32-4 season that included repeat MAC regular season and tournament championships.
Buffalo also spent 20 weeks in the Associated Press Top 25 for the program's first national ranking.
Johnson, a former NBA head coach and player, went 75-62 in four seasons with one NCAA Tournament berth.
Categories: Alabama, Sports
SEC Media Days: John Longshore Analysis of Alabama
SEC Media Days: Nick Saban Says Team Needs to Focus
Tuberville, Croom headline 14th annual Gridiron Kickoff


During a working lunch at the Hamburger Store on Tuesday, members of the Marion County Chamber of Commerce brainstormed ways to entice more people into Jefferson, while also deciding what the actual role of the chamber should be.
Speaking to the latter point, Chamber Vice President Tammy Doriot said that in order to be available to businesses more, the office has changed its hours from Tuesday through Saturday to Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Questions were then raised about the Jefferson Visitor and Tourism Center, which is open on Saturday but is not staffed that day.
Although most in attendance voted….


In the Hochsteiermark you can experience untouched nature as far as you can see. Imposing mountains, gentle alpine pastures, refreshing sources, green forests and a sprecial flora and fauna turn the region into a treasure.
In the heart of the region the Hochschwab with a height of 2.277m is located. Underneath the summit the modern Schiestlhaus is located. It is the highest shelter of the Hochschwab-area as well as the high alpine passive house. The mountian area is an impressing limestone plateau from around 400m² and is limited in the west from the Präbichl and in the east from the Seebergsattel. Additionally, this area has the biggest stock of chamois in Europe.
At the foot of the area the lake Grüner See in Tragöß is located. It is a melting water see and was chosen as the most beautiful place of Austria from the ORF show "9 Schätze, 9 Plätze". The water level of the lake is different from year to year and is depending of the precipitation in winter. The special of the lake is the emerald green colour, which is the result of the clearess of the water of the Hochschwab.
For hikers there is not only the Hochschwab interessting, but also the numerous hiking areas and hiking paths. For example, the Eisenerz and the Fischbach Alps, as well as in the east the limestone Alps the Hohe Veitsch, the Schneealm and the Rax. At a hiking tour you can choose between demanding mountain tours and cozy theme paths like the Bründlweg, the Stanzer Sonnenweg, the Wulfingweg or the Aquazelle in Altenberg. The numerous alpine huts and shelter huts allong the paths will impress you with culinary delights from the region and the real Styrian hospitality.
Additionally you can get to know more about the world of plants at guided herbal walking tours with a herbal pedagoge. Thereby you walk through the most beautiful flora of the Alps and you can discover herbs like arnica, gentian, thyme, goldenrod or valerian. You will learn facts about the power of the plants and you can watch the making of these household remedies and herbal products.
Allong the long-hiking trail "Bergzeitreise" you can experience the most beautiful mountain tours at your hiking holidays. This hiking trail is part of the Styrian longe-distance traile "Vom Gletscher zum Wein" (From the glacier to the wine). At altogether 18 hiking stages, which you can choose as you want, you get to know specials from nature, culinaric and culture of the region.


My previous article was about "MongoDB and PHP tutorial for beginners". Recently I came across a task to auto resize textarea based on the input. You may know textarea element doesn't resize automatically as like other html elements, so I need to write a script to update the textarea height based on the content. I have done this using simple script which I would like to share with you.
Download jquery library or Google CDN library link. Include it into your web page.
I have fixed the minimum height to 50px. Paste below code into your html page.
Now paste below code to make our auto resizing to work.
Finally run the page and you can see when you type content into textarea it's height will automatically change.
For a demo, you may have a look at my jsfiddle. Make sure before hit run before you test.
You can see this simple script will auto resize your textarea. You can still improve the script and also can make script into plugin. Hope this helps, if so please don't forget to leave your comments, share and give a small like.


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Mick Mulvaney resigns after Capitol siege: 'I can't stay'
Mick Mulvaney, former White House chief of staff and current special envoy to Northern Ireland, has announced he is stepping down.
"I called [Secretary of State] Mike Pompeo last night to let him know I was resigning from that. I can't do it. I can't stay," Mick Mulvaney told CNBC in an interview on Thursday.
"Those who choose to stay, and I have talked with some of them, are choosing to stay because they're worried the president might put someone worse in," Mulvaney said.
His resignations follow those of several White House staffers, including Stephanie Grisham, first lady Melania Trump's chief of staff, and deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews.
White House Social Secretary Rickie Niceta and deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger also reportedly stepped down on Wednesday.
Mobs of Trump supporters overran the US Capitol on Wednesday as a joint-session of Congress took up certification of the Electoral College that gave President-elect Joe Biden the necessary votes to


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Kathmandu University Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology
Suitability of Electronic Nose as a Reflective Tool to the Measurement of Soil Fertility Factors
S. Lavanya Department of Biotechnology, PES Institute of Technology, 100 Ft. Ring Road, BSK III Stage, Bangalore – 560 085
V. Krishna Murthy Department of Biotechnology, PES Institute of Technology, 100 Ft. Ring Road, BSK III Stage, Bangalore – 560 085
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/kuset.v13i2.21282
Keywords: Electronic nose, Sensor array, Norm aroma index, Soil fertility, Fluorescence spectra, Humic acid, Fulvic acid
Humic Acid (HA) and Fulvic Acid (FA) contribute prominently to soil fertility. They are aromatic in nature and hence can be determined by sensory array. This is apparently the first report on the employment of Electronic nose (E-nose) to detect HA and FA extracted from soil. The aim was to evaluate the E-nose sensor response to HA and FA chemically extracted from different agricultural soils. Humic acid and Fulvic acid were extracted from collected agricultural soils and the aroma was measured by E-nose from each of the seven soils. Their presence was confirmed by fluorescence spectroscopy. The Norm Aroma Index (NAI) was measured for: soil, soil after heat treatment, heat treated soil amended with extracted HA, heat treated soil amended with extracted FA, extracted HA and extracted FA. The NAI values were descending in the order: heat treated soil amended with extracted HA/FA, extracted HA/FA, soil (untreated) and heat treated soil. This indicates that HA and FA are detected by E-nose. It was also observed that the most sensitive sensors were 2, 3, 4, 8 and 5 for all agricultural soils tested. Out of the eight sensors in the sensory array of E-nose, above mentioned sensors consistently exhibited high response and these sensors when customized into a small unit may act as a soil fertility tester.
Vol. 13, No. 2, 2017, page: 39-47
Lavanya, S., & Krishna Murthy, V. (2018). Suitability of Electronic Nose as a Reflective Tool to the Measurement of Soil Fertility Factors. Kathmandu University Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology, 13(2), 39-47. https://doi.org/10.3126/kuset.v13i2.21282


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La lioptila capirotada o gorrinegro de matorral (Lioptilus nigricapillus) es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Sylviidae que vive en el sureste de África. Es la única especie del género  Lioptilus.

Distribución y hábitat
Se encuentra en los bosques montanos y zonas de matorral de altura de una franja cercana a la costa este de Sudáfrica y Suazilandia. Está amenazado por la pérdida de hábitat.

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volumen 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2

Enlaces externos

 Ficha de la especie en Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Sylviidae
Aves de África
Géneros monotípicos de aves
Animales descritos en 1818
Taxones descritos por Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot

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The two new designs can be seen at their Craigieburn and Mount Ommaney restaurants.
Looking to enhance their in-store experience, Red Rooster has unveiled new restaurant designs that showcase "a modern look with a fun and cheeky tone."
The new designs, currently located at their Craigieburn and Mount Ommaney sites, feature a sleeker look that continues to feature the brand's red colour scheme.
"The new restaurant designs are about resetting the Red Rooster across all the key customer communication touch points and to leverage our wonderful Aussie spirit and heritage in a modern and contemporary way," Red Rooster CEO Nick Keenan said. "This new physical bricks and mortar design is synchronised with our overall creative messaging."
The next few years will see the chicken chain rolling out the new design throughout the country.
"Once we settle on the key concepts and final brand guidelines, build and design will be rolled out nationally over the next few years. We are still testing design concepts but it certainly won't be a long testing period. We aim to be thorough and take the learnings and incorporate and implement them nationally," Keenan added.
Aside from the new look, Red Rooster also teased the addition of click and collect bays, integrated music systems, and state-of-the-art operational equipment in their upcoming restaurants.


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ORDER ADOPTING 121 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION; granting 104 Amended MOTION for Summary Judgment. Signed by William Terrell Hodges on 11/27/2017. Summary Judgment is granted in favor of Dr. Perry Cattau on Plaintiff's cla im of deliberate indifference under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. All other claims against defendant Dr. Cattau (either directly asserted in plaintiff's third amended complaint or liberally construed therefrom) are dismissed with prejudice. The Clerk should not enter judgment at this time, and the case is remanded to the Magistrate Judge for further proceedings regarding the plaintiff's case against the United States. (kdm)
Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PANAMA CITY DIVISION RODNEY RODRIGUEZ SHIPMAN, Plaintiff, v. CASE NO. 5:15-cv-00133-WTH-CJK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PERRY CATTAU, M.D. Defendants. _____________________________/ ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION This cause comes on for consideration upon the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation. (ECF No. 121). The parties have been furnished a copy of the Report and Recommendation and have been afforded an opportunity to file objections pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 636(b)(1). Plaintiff has filed objections at ECF No. 124. I have made a de novo review based on those objections. Having considered the Report and Recommendation, and the timely filed objections, I have determined that the Report and Recommendation should be adopted. The Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge that Defendant Cattau's amended motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's § 1983 medical deliberate indifference claim, ECF No. 104, should be granted because Plaintiff has not offered evidence showing that Defendant Cattau was acting under color of state authority or that his conduct constituted more than mere negligence. Also, the Court agrees that all other claims against Defendant Cattau (either Page 2 of 4 directly asserted in plaintiff's third amended complaint or liberally construed therefrom) should be dismissed with prejudice. First, the Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge that plaintiff has no cognizable claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA") against Dr. Cattau because the only proper defendant in an suit under the FTCA is the United States. Simpson v. Holder, 184 F. App'x 904, 908 (11th Cir. 2006) ("The United States is the only proper defendant in an FTCA action."), citing 28 U.S.C. § 2679; Kennedy v. U.S. Postal Serv., 145 F.3d 1077, 1078 (9th Cir. 1998); and Galvin v. OSHA, 860 F.2d 181, 183 (5th Cir. 1988). Second, the Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge that Plaintiff explicitly abandoned his claim against Dr. Cattau based on Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 390–97, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). In his objections at ECF No. 84 p. 6, plaintiff stated, "Plaintiff concedes that he does not have a viable Bivens claim against Dr. Cattau." Also, even if plaintiff had not abandoned this claim, Bivens requires that the conduct at issue be committed by a federal official acting under color of law. As discussed in the Report and Recommendation, plaintiff cannot show that Dr. Cattau was a federal official acting under color of law. Third, any claim of medical negligence or malpractice brought under Florida law should be dismissed. Judge Walker previously found that "Plaintiff has abandoned any state law claim against Dr. Cattau, but he may pursue a federal claim based on state law." ECF No. 86 at 2. However, in his objections, Plaintiff argues that he did not abandon the state-law claim but that he intended the "federal court to hear the state law issue through supplemental jurisdiction." ECF No. 124 at 4. As noted above, however, no FTCA, § 1983 or Bivens claim, or any other federal claim, remains against Dr. Cattau. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c) the Court Case No: 5:15-cv-00133-WTH-CJK Page 3 of 4 may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a claim if "the district court has dismissed all claims over which it has original jurisdiction." Also, plaintiff has failed to satisfy Florida's pre-suit requirements in Fla. Stat. § 766.203, et seq., for medical negligence or malpractice actions. Plaintiff argues in his objections that "[p]rocedurally, the plaintiff's claim against Defendant is not governed by state law and presuit requirments … but by federal law and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure." This statement of law is incorrect. In Woods v. Holy Cross Hospital, 591 F.2d 1164 (5th Cir.1979), the former Fifth Circuit1 dismissed the plaintiff's medical malpractice claims against the defendant, and held that Florida's medical malpractice pre-suit mediation requirement must be enforced by federal district courts in diversity cases. Guided by "the policies underlying the Erie rule," the Woods court determined that "we would do grave damage to the legislative response evidenced by Florida's Medical Malpractice Law if we refused to apply the mediation requirement in diversity cases." Id. at 1168–69. Further, the Woods court stated that: "In our view the result of our holding is essential, as otherwise the principles of Erie and its offspring would be violated non-resident plaintiffs would be encouraged to forum shop in the federal courts, and justice would be inequitably applied between resident and nonresident malpractice claimants." Id. at 1170. While jurisdiction in the instant case would be through supplemental, rather than diversity, jurisdiction, the risk of forum shopping is the same. Those plaintiffs who also can colorably state a federal claim would not have to comply with the pre-suit requirements while those without federal claims would. Also, this Court has previously required plaintiffs bringing Florida medical malpractice or negligence claims to comply with Florida's pre-suit requirements. 1 The Eleventh Circuit in an en banc decision, Bonner v. City of Prichard, 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 (11th Cir.1981), adopted as precedent decisions of the former Fifth Circuit rendered prior to October 1, 1981. Case No: 5:15-cv-00133-WTH-CJK Page 4 of 4 Neal v. Parker, No. 5:15-CV-71-MW-GRJ, 2017 WL 443163, at *6 (N.D. Fla. Jan. 11, 2017), report and recommendation adopted, No. 5:15CV71-MW/GRJ, 2017 WL 440727 (N.D. Fla. Feb. 1, 2017). The Eleventh Circuit, in two unpublished opinions, has also applied the pre-suit requirements to Florida medical malpractice or negligence claims brought under supplemental jurisdiction. See Johnson v. McNeil, 278 F. App'x 866, 871 (11th Cir. 2008) and Gross v. White, 340 F. App'x 527, 532 (11th Cir. 2009). Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED: 1. The Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 121, is adopted and incorporated by reference in this order. Defendant Dr. Perry Cattau's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 104, is granted. 2. Summary Judgment is granted in favor of Dr. Perry Cattau on Plaintiff's claim of deliberate indifference under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. All other claims against defendant Dr. Cattau (either directly asserted in plaintiff's third amended complaint or liberally construed therefrom) are dismissed with prejudice. 3. The Clerk should not enter judgment at this time, and the case is remanded to the Magistrate Judge for further proceedings regarding the plaintiff's case against the United States. DONE AND ORDERED this 27th day of November, 2017 Case No: 5:15-cv-00133-WTH-CJK


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You are here: Home News Headline News Demba Conta expected to take part in Operation 3 Years Jotna protest
Demba Conta expected to take part in Operation 3 Years Jotna protest
Created on Wednesday, 08 January 2020 01:32 | Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 January 2020 01:32 | Written by Saja | |
Legendary reggae singer, Demba Conta will participate in the next Operation 3 Years Jotna protest, according to Sheriff Ceesay.
During an appearance on Mengbe Kering on Home Digital FM, Sheriff disclosed the Sweden-based singer will be in the country before the 20th January.
According to him, Demba will join tens of thousands of Gambians who are planning to fill the streets of Serre Kunda and Banjul to demand that President Adama Barrow respects his pledge to quit after three years in office.
Sheriff further revealed that if the president refuses to ditch his ambition to stay in power until 2021, they will drag him out of the State House.
The chairman of the group, Abdou Njie also told Foroyaa Newspaper: "We are determined to win in the struggle. We have reached the point of no return."
The 20th January protest, which is already on everyone's lips, might plunge The Gambia into one of the most serious political crises since the country gained independence from Great Britain in 1965.


But who could deny our dog's pleading eyes?
How about some drippings to add to the fare?
No wonder this carpet is covered in goo!
Okay, we're no poets here but we've cleaned up our share of carpets. Especially after we've shared our holiday feast with the best of intentions. Christmas tops the list when it comes to making dogs sick from eating too much of a good thing! Here's a list of the top edibles that can ruin your dog's Christmas–and yours too!
A few leftovers won't hurt. But a bowl of turkey skin and ham fat is asking for trouble. Even a few strips may be too much for a small dog. If you're lucky it will just be in the form of vomit and diarrhea. If you're not it will be in the form of a very sick dog suffering from pancreatitis, an emergency trip to the veterinarian and a big vet bill! Hold the fat!
That box of chocolates you put in the stocking? Your dog does have a good nose, you know. Did you really think he'd ignore it while the rest of you went out? If your dog snarfs down a few chocolate chip cookies, don't freak out. It's not like it's strychnine. But if he absconds with a bar of dark chocolate, yes, you have cause to worry. The culprit is the theobromine in chocolate. Depending on dose, it can cause vomiting, diarrhea, restlessness, fever, seizures, coma and death. The toxic dose for dogs is 100 mg/kg. Dark chocolate contains over 14 mg/gram, so a 140 gram dark chocolate bar can be life-threatening to a 20kg dog. Different types of chocolate contain different amounts of theobromine. Milk chocolate has about 1.5 mg of theobromine per gram, semisweet chocolate about 5.4 mg per gram, and baker's chocolate about 14 mg per gram. White chocolate has very little.
Worse than chocolate when it comes to candy, though, is anything sweetened with xylitol, an artificial sweetener found in some gum, candy, peanut butters and even toothpaste. It can cause hypoglycemia or liver failure. The dog's pancreas confuses xylitol with real sugar and releases insulin to store it. The insulin removes real sugar from the bloodstream and the dog can become weak, have tremors and even seizures starting within 30 minutes of eating it. Hypoglycemia can be caused by about 1 gram per kilogram of body weight. A stick of gum contains about 0.4 grams, so a 5kg dog could become sick from one stick. Liver damage requires about 5 grams per kg of body weight, so a 5kg dog could ingest a potentially lethal amount if he ate 10 sticks of gum. Guests with sugarless gum in their unattended purse can be a source of inadvertent poisoning.
Raisins are toxic to some, but not all, dogs. Just 20 grams of grapes or 3 grams of raisins per kg of body weight can cause kidney failure in these dogs. Your dog may be perfectly fine after eating them—or not. Just keep them out of reach! A few raisins in a plum pudding should be fine, but again, does your dog really need plum pudding? And fruit cake will kill anyone, dog or human, raisins or not, so just give it to the next person.
Macadamia nuts won't kill your dog, but they can make him pretty sick, with symptoms including severe lethargy, increased body temperature, vomiting, tremors, joint stiffness, and loss of limb (especially hind limb) control for the next 48 hours. Nobody knows why, but these nuts affect the dog's nerve functions, especially those involved in movement.
Nutmeg contains a toxin called myristicin and in large amounts can cause disorientation, increased heart rate, and possibly seizures. But in amounts used in recipes, it's perfectly safe. Just don't leave the container sitting around.
Alcohol can make dogs drunk and can even kill them. Dogs are far more sensitive to it than people are, and not just because they're smaller. Dogs can be pretty good at sneaking spiked eggnog or White Russians or even rum balls!
Unbaked bread dough with yeast can cause problems. If the dog eats it, the yeast can rapidly expand in the warm moist environment of the dog's stomach. It can expand so much it cuts off blood supply to the stomach wall, killing that tissue. It can press on the diaphragm, making breathing difficult. And the multiplying yeast produces alcohol that the dog absorbs into its bloodstream, resulting in intoxication—even death.
Thank you so much for sending through this important information. We want to include our fur babies in our celebrations, but this is excellent information with fair and proper warning.
I am forwarding it on to my mother, who is guilty of trying to slip our Molly tidbits that she is not allowed. I have also shared it to Facebook.
Thanks again for the great service that shows you are true dog lovers, not just a dog food company.
It bothers her about 60% of the day.. she seems ok at night ..She will sleep right through..But as soon as she s awake ..starts to scratch .. IV been using some essential oils..( like 1 drop of lavender..1 of Melaleuca..Diluted in a tablespoon of coconut oil) Washed in some cold water with only a very mild natural Dog wash… Should I take to vet.. loathe to have any anti histamines?
I would guess that it s the hot humid weather. Check if there will be any relief in the weather coming.
If she is not doing damage to her skin I would not go to the vet myself but it is your call.
and see if that gives her relief.
Hi – love the bit about the fruit cake – bit of a put down to all us good cooks, but yes, do know what you mean. A little goes a very long way…… Merry Christmas.
Dear Robert, love your little ditties about Christmas fare, I love my Dog so much that I never, ever give her table dinner left overs, and Christmas will be no different. The only food I feed her is Stay Loyal, plus 2 teaspoons of steamed veggies per day plus1/2 a fresh chicken wing twice a week. She is the light of my life and I want to have her with me for many years. She is nine years old and her Christmas treat will be a very Squeaky Toy and lots of love.
As a whippet owner, I've learned that dangerous food doses aren't just about body weight either. With such a lean build, even at 15kg my dog has a drastic reaction to fatty/salty foods. He was given a ham bone one year as a christmas treat, and it left him sleepless, panting and salivating all night. Combined with the summer heat, I'm certain we came very close to a holiday tragedy.
Now people think I'm mean for outlawing table scraps, but there's no way I'm letting that happen ever again!
Glad your dog is ok now.


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Before Later @ Adina Bar-On. 2014
Publié le 25 mars 2015 par Olivier Lussac
- BAR-ON Adina, Before Later, 2014.
Born 1951. Lives and works in Tel Aviv
Pioneer performance artist from Israel, Adina Bar-On creates performance-focused work since the 1970s, exploring the relationship between identity and presence, the conflict of identity and conflicting identities, emphasizing a strong connection of art and non-structural ethics of behaviour. Her performances are charged with sensitivity, emotional depth, and with her willingness to tackle difficult and controversial subjects. Bar-On divides her time between teaching performance and visual communication, and her art practice. In the past several years she has toured extensively in Europe and Asia. In Before Later, the materials from which these performances witl be composed are the audience and their physical presence in the place where the artist performs. Given these two facts, the persons who attends this event are the ''soul materials'' from Bar-On shall be motivated to create. In Before After the artist relates, fore most, to the audience as a group, several groups and as individuals; she evokes situations which are visual, vocal and breathing.
Loosing oneself to be with it and taken away by it @ Zai Kuning. 2014. Venice Inter. Art Perf. Week. photo. Monika Sobczak
Layers of Now @ Andrea Hackl & Andy Keep. 2014. photo. Monika Sobczak


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Godgory foi uma banda sueca de death metal.

Biografia
Godgory foi criada em Agosto de 1992 pelos amigos Erik Andersson e Matte Andersson. No início tocavam apenas covers de bandas como Napalm Death, Entombed, Cemetary, Unleashed e Grave.

Dois anos depois, em Abril de 94, entraram pela primeira vez em estúdio para gravar a Demo-94. Esta demo foi enviada a várias gravadoras e obtiveram respostas muito positivas. Uma das gravadoras aceitou gravar um álbum e num fim-de-semana de Novembro Sea of dreams foi gravado. Entretanto o acordo com a editora desfez-se e eles ficaram sem editora, mas com um álbum já gravado.
Foram enviadas cópias deste álbum às editoras. A editora alemã Invasion Records aceitou lançar o álbum, o que só aconteceu em Janeiro de 1996.
Em Outubro deste ano a banda entrou em estúdio novamente, para tentar fazer um álbum melhor que Sea of dreams, que vendeu 5000 cópias. Thomas Heder foi contratado para tocar teclado no álbum Shadow's dance, que viu a luz ainda em 1996.

Shadow's dance também teve críticas positivas e acabou mesmo em 7º lugar na Rockhards Dynamite list, tendo vendido 10000 cópias.

Mikael Dahlqvist, Fredric Danielsson e Thomas Heder deixaram a banda nesta altura, uma vez que Matte e Erik queriam membros completamente concentrados no projecto, e estes três músicos tinham outras bandas.
Stefan Grundel também deixou a banda, mas para se concentrar nos seus estudos. Erik e Matte tornaram-se nos únicos membros.
A editora Nuclear Blast mostrou-se interessada e foi logo assinado um contrato.

Em Maio de 1998 gravaram uma faixa para o cd Beauty in darkness vol 3, intitulada Conspiracy of Silence. Esta canção foi gravada com Mikael Dahlqvist na guitarra e Thomas Heder nos teclados.
Em Outubro foi gravado o álbum Resurrection em 5 semanas. Mikael e Thomas também participaram neste álbum. Fredrik Olsson, que tinha escrito algumas letras para a banda, foi convidado para "sussurrar" neste álbum. Em Maio de 99 Resurrection foi lançado e entrou para o 8º lugar da Rockhard Dynamite list.

Após três anos de pausa a banda volta a lançar um álbum intitulado Way Beyond.

Em 2004 é anunciada a separação da banda, no site oficial.

Membros

Actuais
Matte Andersson - vocais
Erik Andersson – bateria

Fundadores
Stefan Grundel - guitarra (1994-1996)
Thomas Heder - teclados (1996)
Fredric Danielsson – baixo (1994-1996)
Mikael Dahlqvist - guitarra (1994-1996)
Fredrik Olsson - letras e vocais no álbum Resurrection

Discografia
1994 - Demo-94
1995 - Sea of Dreams
1996 – Shadow's Dance
1999 - Resurrection
2001 - Way Beyond

Ligações Externas
Site Oficial

Bandas da Suécia
Bandas de death metal da Suécia
Bandas formadas em 1992
Bandas extintas em 2004