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Cabo Verde MOH Statement On Zika & Microcephalic Birth
Late yesterday we saw the Media: 1st Reported Microcephaly Case With Possible Zika Link In Cabo Verde, and today we have (h/t Pathfinder on FluTrackers) a link and a translation of the Cabo Verde MOH statement.
As suspected yesterday, the restrospective diagnosis of Zika infection was made from the patients recollection of a Zika-like illness during her pregnancy. Lab tests are pending.
Previously 44 of 165 pregnant women with suspected Zika infection in Cabo Verde had given birth, with no indication of microcephaly.
Given the outbreak began in October, most of those would already have been in their 2nd or 3rd trimester when infected. Women infected during their first trimester, between November and January, won't come to full term until mid-to-late summer.
While this case obviously raises concerns, there is a lot of evidence that must be gathered and analyzed before any conclusions can be reached.
Press Release Suspected case of microcephaly - March 15, 2016
The Zika epidemic underway in the country was officially declared on 22 October 2015, after confirmation laboratory of the etiologic agent of fever by Zika virus.
From this period until the date of March 6, 2016 were reported a total of 7457 suspected cases of Zika in parents. Local transmission occurred in the country's four islands: Santiago, May. Fire and Boavista. currently still cases occur on the islands of Santiago and Fogo (São Filipe). The islands of Maio and Boavista not reported cases in recent weeks.
During the epidemic were registered 165 pregnant women with suspected infection zika virus. To the second week of March 2016 were reported births to 44 pregnant (27%), and in any case if the children were considered to have a clinical condition compatible with microcephaly. no also reported cases of Guillain Barré Syndrome (GBS).
The evolution of the epidemic has been considerable decrease in the number of suspected cases, and this resolution phase of the epidemic, a decrease in the order of over 25 times compared with the peak the epidemic that occurred in mid-November 2015.
international context Zika epidemic
Internationally the WHO declared (1 February 2016), the first meeting of the Emergency Committee to the effect that the fever zika virus constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, due to the number of cases of microcephaly reported by some country, and also due to disturbances neurological observed, as the SGB. thus guiding the countries to adopt monitoring measures to
Pregnant and follow-up of cases of microcephaly and also cases of SGB.
On March 8, 2016, held the second meeting of the Emergency Committee that Cape Verde, along Brazil, Colombia, United States and France, was invited to share its experience in the field of management zika epidemic. Following this meeting the WHO decided to keep the fever virus as a zika public health emergency of international concern because of the number of cases of microcephaly reported and SGB. And he made a series of recommendations, emphasizing on:
a) no travel restrictions to countries with zika epidemic and without hindrance to establishment of trade inter-country;
b) the strengthening of vector control measures of individual and collective protection;
c) monitoring the epidemic of reinforcement to prevent its spread;
d) developing an appropriate notice about the risk of virus transmission togeneral population and specific population groups;
e) a better clinical approach to pregnant women with suspected zika;
f) An alert for the possibility of sexual transmission of the virus and suggesting the promotion of safe sex;
g) and the development of measures for the promotion of research and medicine and vaccines.
1 case of microcephaly in the context of zika epidemic in Cape Verde
On March 14 the birth of a child has been reported with clinical and epidemiological evidence microcephaly in Praia. Resulting from a full-term pregnancy, a mother referred retrospectively have manifested signs and symptoms compatible with an infection zika virus. During the course of the disease the lady did not seek health services. And during the prenatal made no reference the previous clinical picture.
The child was notified within the established surveillance for pregnant for health services. This occurrence has been notified to the WHO under the International Health Regulations.
Biological samples were collected for shipment to the laboratory corresponding to the network of WHO Collaborating Centres for laboratory confirmation of both the mother and child infection.
In the context of the DNS Technical Guidelines - 002/2016, the child will be followed in pediatric consultations and pediatric neurology, associating other specialties to precociously stimulate the development of some capacity and child's basic autonomy.
It will be given psychological support to the child's parents and social support will be developed with the competent authorities.ongoing adopted measures:
Following the guidelines DNS techniques - 002/2016, the recommendations of the day of the WHO Emergency Committee March 8, all health facilities are geared to more rigorous monitoring, regular and accompanied by interpersonal communication with pregnant during pre -Christmas. In delivery rooms, all children born to mothers with suspected or not of infection zika viruses are rigorously evaluated to rule out any abnormalities. And for all pregnant women with suspected infection zika virus and who had children without any complications, yet the health structures are oriented to follow these children for a minimum period of 24 months.
The all pregnant with suspected infection zika viruses are collected biological samples for laboratory study of their HIV status.
The media are disclosed information on individual and collective protection measures to prevent exposure to the mosquito vector zika.
To pregnant women:
a) Should pregnant follow the guidance of health professionals, appearing in all prenatal consultations in the various reproductive health services in the country, as well as to carry out the requested additional tests;
b) Should pregnant take personal protective measures to avoid mosquito bites;
Women with intentions of becoming pregnant in the coming months:
a) they must seek health services or their doctors for preconception counseling;
For the general population remain valid previous recommendations of individual and collective protection measures: at home, in the vicinity of the house and in the localities. These measures include the elimination of vessels and containers that serve as mosquito breeding sites; the garbage disposal; among other measures.
And recommended to the population before signs and symptoms consistent with infection by viruses zika seeking health services.
Praia, March 15, 2016.


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I love family art days. When our family gets together at the dining room table to do art together, my heart swells with pride. It's perhaps one of my Top 10 family moments each year.
Fortunately and unfortunately we had time to throw together Family Art this past weekend.
To say that one of my girls was under the weather would be an understatement. It was the kind of illness that leaves you worried around the clock. The result was not only the cancelling of a very big trip but the inability to really do anything at all but sit and soothe.
In the middle of it all, I really wanted to do something fun and special to cheer us all up, especially the sick girl. First we wrote her little notes, which were fine but not enough. By the third day, notes just weren't going to cut it.
And then I remembered a project I had been planning to do: A Family Banner. You can take this project in many directions, but we wanted it to be so simple that everyone could do it, even a very sick little girl. My amazing friend Jena sparked the concept of this project in me when she commented on my Wonder Board post about how she has conversations with her daughters about how to describe their family.
I love how this project requires a little thought, conversation and planning. I love how it gets us all thinking about what family means. I love that it's artistic but also very meaningful to us. I love that it hangs just so under our family photos that mean so much to us as well.
Again, I emphasize that I love creative projects that are easy, accessible and practical. I feel this falls into that category perfectly. Anyone can do this with very simple materials and effort.
Art supplies — whatever you have on hand.
First I cut the papers to fit to a nice rectangle size. I actually used two colors of the background paper and a nice light gray.
We took turns writing those saying on each flag and then decorating those flags.
And then, the magical part, came when we each created our own Name flag for the banner. We wrote our names — I wrote my many names such as Mama, Mommy, Shawn, Writer, etc. — and then we gave them flair with collage!
We had a ton of fun with this part of the banner.
Our banner now hangs lovingly in our family room where we can all see it every day. It's a nice happy reminder of what really matters each day — even when things really don't go our way. A wonderful reminder that the four of us are always here for each other when the going gets tough.
Great idea! We will be doing this soon!
Fantastic! Share photos on my Facebook page if you are willing. I would love to see how your family approaches it. Thx!
I love this! What a great idea, can't wait to do it at our house!
Thanks, Sara! Have fun with it … I know we did!
Love the 'energy' in this beautiful project!
I love this also. You must have gotten some good Casey self care time to be thinking about family art projects.


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Friday, Oct 28, 2016, 5:11 pm
Think Democrats Take Labor's Money and Loyalty for Granted? Here's Proof.
BY Micah Uetricht
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At a time when labor could have chosen the most pro-labor Democratic candidate in decades, Bernie Sanders, all but a handful of leaders rejected his campaign—and some actively worked against it. (Joe Brusky/ Flickr)
This article was first posted at Jacobin.
After the 2012 presidential election, AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka told labor journalist Josh Eidelson that the union federation "won't be taken for granted" by the White House and the Democratic Party. Fast forward to a recent Wall Street Journal article: union contributions to politicians (almost entirely Democrats) are up 38 percent, with the AFL-CIO chipping in $11 million and SEIU over $30 million.
It's possible, I suppose, that unions have devised a secret method for holding Democrats accountable behind closed doors while shoveling ever-greater mounds of money into their coffers. Labor has long backed a party that is addicted to scorning and betraying them, but maybe this time, with some well-timed whispers in politicians' ears and a couple extra million in donations thrown in, things will be different.
But recent WikiLeaks emails of union leaders' correspondence with high-ups in Hillary Clinton's campaign suggest that rather than buying support for a working-class agenda from the candidate through their massive contributions—and through some leaders' efforts to sink Bernie Sanders's primary challenge to Clinton—labor will keep getting more of the same.
Cora Lewis of BuzzFeed has written a helpful breakdown of some of the most noteworthy messages in the leak. The emails show less outright contempt for the unions footing the bulk of the bill for Clinton's impending victory than a careful and constant strategic dance. Her campaign wanted to exert as little effort as possible on labor's behalf and keep unions' expectations low while staying on their good side.
How does the campaign feel about coming out in support of the low-wage Walmart workers who have been organizing for years to escape poverty wages and vicious union-busting? Well, first there are some practical questions.
"[W]ill doing this invite a new round of stories about her walmart days?" adviser Maya Harris asks in one email, referring to the six years Clinton sat on the company's board (during which she voiced nary a word of protest about its abusive labor practices, particularly against women).
The obvious answer is yes—and the campaign doesn't want to draw any more attention to Clinton's Walmart ties.
Okay, so no strong endorsement. Can the Walmart workers at least get a tweet in support, Clinton campaign labor outreach director Nikki Budzinski asks. Just 140 characters? "The tweet never came, and to this day there's never been a tweet from @HillaryClinton uttering the name of the country's largest private employer," Lewis notes.
Final assessment of Clinton and Walmart workers: "Heard, considered, ultimately ignored."
Regarding the Fight for 15, staffers wanted to stay in the good graces of both the movement pushing a $15 minimum wage and the large number of voters who support it, but refused to actually come out in favor of $15. "This reads like she's for a $15 minimum wage and I think we have to choose our language more carefully," strategist Joel Benenson writes in response to prepared remarks for a union rally.
Reacting to an invitation for Clinton to appear at a fast-food worker national conference, Podesta himself writes, "I assume we'll pass on that." Of course.
Also of interest in the emails is how Bernie Sanders's campaign was treated.
American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten shows up a number of times in the leaks. The AFT was one of the first major unions to endorse Clinton (over many members' objections) and has given the Clinton Foundation between $1 million and $5 million. Unlike much of the rest of the labor movement, this appears to have bought her some cachet within the Clinton camp.
"Randi's early endorsement deserves a lot of credit," Budzinksi writes at one point, attributing the endorsement to Weingarten herself rather than to the union's rank and file.
But in response to National Nurses United's endorsement and prominent role in the Sanders campaign, Weingarten wrote, "We will go after NNU and there [sic] high and mighty sanctimonious conduct." Weingarten was positioning herself as attack dog for the Clinton campaign against any challenges from the left.
More shockingly, as Branko Marcetic has reported, the leaks also reveal that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers' now-retired president Tom Buffenbarger secretly moved up the union's presidential endorsement far ahead of schedule in order to choose Clinton—an endorsement that angered many rank-and-file machinists.
"The IAM endorsement is usually made at their Convention," Budzinski wrote in one email in 2015. "But their next Convention is not until 2016. Buffenbarger didn't want to wait." With machinations like these, you have to wonder if the union's endorsement, claimed to have been reached by surveying "both the opinion and sentiments of membership at [an endorsement] meeting, as well as the results of the poll that reached out quite scientifically to over 2,000 [sic] members" really were so scientific.
The Podesta emails underscore the American labor movement's perpetual bind. On one hand, when Republicans gain power, the results are devastating for unions. On the other, the Democratic Party's power brokers clearly have no interest in pursuing even a tepidly pro-labor agenda. They just want the unions' cash.
These revelations should force the labor movement's rank-and-file to reflect a bit on both American union leaders and the party whose ass they're constantly kissing and campaigns they're constantly bankrolling. At a time when labor could have chosen the most pro-labor Democratic candidate in decades, Bernie Sanders, all but a handful of leaders rejected his campaign—and some actively worked against it. They helped secure the nomination for the Republican-lite candidate—hoping, no doubt, for her support from the Oval Office.
But the Podesta emails suggest that the party isn't planning on returning the favor, whether they're receiving record-breaking campaign contributions or not. However Richard Trumka and other American union leaders have tried to ensure labor won't "be taken for granted" by the Democrats, it seems it hasn't worked.
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Micah Uetricht
Micah Uetricht is a contributing editor at In These Times and is a former associate editor and editorial intern at the magazine. He is managing editor at Jacobin, the author of Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity, and has written for the Nation, the Chicago Reader, VICE News, the Guardian and elsewhere. He previously worked as a labor organizer. Follow him on Twitter at @micahuetricht.
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We will see how she handles these situations when she's President. She's done a fabulous job so far at anything she has attempted. Who knew Congress would fight any and all progress by doing nothing but sitting on their hands for 8 years? Democrats are not waiting for the Republicans to come to the table. We are voting out the bums and getting down to work. Don't lie about foreign affairs of which, we the public do not know what goes on behind closed doors. You don't understand that the things you wanted her to do were not her decisions. She has bosses who tell her what to do. Not even the President can intervene in any and all things they don't like
Posted by mamasnothappy1 on 2016-11-04 14:46:11
I'd love to read about how how she stood up to Wal-Mart's anti-union policies in the six years she was on their board of directors. I'd love to read about how she stood up to her friend Madeleine Albright when Albright said the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children were worth it when talking about the sanctions her husband had imposed on Iraq. (I'd love to read how she stood up to her husband for that too.) I'd love to read about how she denounced her friend Henry Kissinger's many war crimes. I'd love to read how, when she was secretary of state, she declared the overthrow of the democratically elected president of Honduras to be a coup, thus triggering sanctions against the coup leaders and avoiding the descent of that country into a pit of violence and the flight of thousands of child refugees to the US. But I can't, because she did none of those things. By all means, go ahead & vote for Clinton, but i suggest you take off your rose colored glasses.
Posted by Pete on 2016-11-03 22:58:13
I do not agree with your description of Hillary. I have always been a fan of hers. Watching her work despite the many impediments thrown in the way of all women. She didn't let it stop her. She has fought and fought well for all Americans. You should read about her early life and all she's done since then.
Don't vote for Schultz.
After her best friend, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was exposed as having rigged the primary against Bernie Sanders and forced to resign as DNC chair, Clinton appointed her as honorary chair of her campaign. DWS was, and still is, a huge booster of the Payday Loan industry.
Who said anything about Trump? In case you haven't noticed, at this point and for most people, this election is an unpopularity contest between a narcissistic racist sexual predator and a neo-con willing to push us all to the brink of WW3. Both are despicable.
Why would you say that about a woman who from an early age knew what she wanted to do and went about doing it. She has spent her life working for others. The Clintons were never about getting rich or they'd have the same kind of wealth that Trump inherited. They have continued to work for the good of mankind. Where do you get the idea that she has self interests? Ever notice that Democratic Presidents worked for the people before, during and after their Presidency? Trump is a despicable man. I can't imagine what damage he would inflict on us. He wants to eliminate the public school system, turn the national parks over to the oil and mineral industry, eliminate opposition to regulating our gun industry, ignoring climate change and pollution. I could go on but he'd have to delegate most decisions since he has no idea of what to do.
The answer is prohibiting corporations, unions and their counterparts from donating at all. Limit donations to individuals and limit the amount any one person can donate. All those faceless donations are essentially bribes. People want legislators who are truly working for the people. Not running for office to change laws to profit themselves. Like the Payday Loan industry. Not to mention Congress is already privy to insider information with immunity.
This reinforces my decision to not give Clinton a penny to help elect her. With apologies to the real animals, she's a snake without principle. If she gets elected, there must be no let up in pressure on her.
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Selectman Brian Ashmankas will host a Smorgasbord on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. in the vestry of the Millbury Federated Church, 20 Main St., Millbury.
A variety of appetizers, meals, and desserts prepared by friends and supporters will be served, including macaroni salad, kielbasa and sauerkraut, lasagna, beef stew, sandwiches, cake, and cookies. Suggested donation: $10 per person ($5 for seniors) or $25 per family.
Non-perishable donations to the Federated Church Food Pantry are welcome. For more information, contact Brian at 774-276-1281. Those unable to attend but would like to donate, checks may be written to "Committee to Elect Brian Ashmankas" and mailed to 5 Millbury Terrace or given at Brianashmankas.com.


Is it a van? Is it a sporty head turner? Is it a taxi? Actually, yes – the Mercedes-Benz Vito can be all of these things and more. As a highly practical mid-range van from an excellent quality brand, it ticks just about any boxes you need.
First launched in 1996, the Vito was revamped in 2014 and now offers a choice of three lengths, two turbocharged engines, five power outputs, front or rear-wheel drive and a variety of seating configurations. As a panel van, it has a payload of up to 1,344kg and a load volume (in its longest form) of 6.6 cubic metres. Then there's a crew van that seats up to six, and a Tourer which seats up to nine. Plus there's an Urban version designed for city driving, a stylish Sport version with alloy wheels, and even a special six-seater taxi design.
Build quality and comfort are excellent; the cabin feels solid, the fabrics are good quality and the dashboard is intuitively laid out, with chunky controls and good visibility. Twelve buttons on the steering wheel allow you to control things like the sound system and your phone. Both the driver's seat and the steering wheel have plenty of room for adjustment, so it's easy to get comfortable, and wide openings and a low sill make loading incredibly easy. Plus, the Vito is less than 2m high, which is useful if you need to park in a multi-storey or use a car wash.
On the road, there's a choice of a 1.6-litre diesel engine with 87bhp or 112bhp, and a 2.1-litre diesel with 134bhp, 161bhp or 187bhp. All offer punchy performance, sharp handling and a refined drive. Fuel economy is good too – up to 47.1mpg – and recommended service intervals are only every two years or 24,000 miles.
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Paint the hair color into your hairline around your face using the brush and only apply it to the new growth. Then, he says, find your part and paint from the center line to the new growth on each side. Set a timer for 10 minutes and then rinse.
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A Beginner's Experience With Medical Spa Treatments in Calgary
by Julia Williams April 28, 2017 June 5, 2019
Shortly after she turns 40, a Calgary woman enters unfamiliar waters and tries medical spa treatments for the first time.
Photography by Julya Hajnoczky
The day before I turn 40, I start researching non-surgical cosmetic treatments. In my mind, the birthday and the research are not connected, but the story assignment from my editor assumes otherwise: "You may want to write in first-person, your recent birthday making you question the state of your skin and youthfulness as you age." Well, sure.
Two weeks later I find myself in a consultation room at the Calgary Institute of Plastic Surgery, scowling, grinning and making surprised faces while the consultation nurse snaps photos. I'm here to have a non-surgical cosmetic procedure; specifically, to have botulinum toxin A, a neuromodulator, injected in my forehead and hyaluronic acid injected in my cheeks. I have not done this before.
These injections, better known as Botox and fillers, are just two of the FDA- and Health Canada-approved procedures I've been learning about. There are several others, involving things like blood plasma, lasers, ultrasound energy and tiny needles. Most of the procedures work by creating small wounds that kick-start the healing process, stimulating collagen and elastin production (the supportive, springy structural proteins that slow production as we age) and generating new skin cells. All are designed to make us look more smooth, defined, fresh and even-toned – in a word, youthful.
The treatments do get results, and they've risen steadily in popularity since the 1990s. The American Society for Plastic Surgeons reported a 158-per-cent increase in demand for minimally invasive procedures like Botox, fillers and laser-resurfacing between 2000 and 2015.
Dr. Andrei Metelitsa, medical co-director of the Institute of Skin Advancement, says 10 years ago the top cosmetic procedures were surgical: facelifts, nose jobs and brow lifts. Today, it's non-surgical procedures: fillers, lasers and neuromodulators (usually called "Botox" in honour of the pioneering product made by Allergan). "[Non-surgical treatments] are safer, more predictable and more accepted by society. They're also cheaper," Dr. Metelitsa says. "They cannot do everything a surgery can, but they can do a lot."
The private facilities that provide these services are generally termed "medical spas," and Calgary has dozens. Some, like Derm.ca and the Institute of Skin Advancement, are dermatology-focused, doubling as treatment centres for skin cancer and cystic acne. Others, like Sante Medical and the Calgary Institute of Plastic Surgery, are devoted to cosmetic procedures.
Wanda McArthur, the vice-president of the Calgary Institute of Plastic Surgery, is the first person to ask if I've ever had anything "done." I haven't. "A virgin!" she says. She books me for a consultation and appointment with cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgeon Dr. Jonathan Lee. McArthur tells me she's a mother of four and she loves to see women take time for themselves. She wants me to have "the full experience."
The full experience begins the following week when I have my scowl photographed. It's two days after Christmas, and when I meet Dr. Lee he tells me he spent the holiday on call at the Peter Lougheed Centre dealing with "turkey-related hand injuries." (Later on he describes avocados as a "danger food.") Dr. Lee fields my questions about fillers and neuromodulators. He explains a service called "BeautiPHIcation," which applies the golden ratio, or "phi" – a mathematical ratio used since ancient times to achieve balance in art and design – to the face. "We try to create that ratio in relation to structures in [a patient's] face so that it optimizes their beauty," he says.
Dr. Lee asks me what bothers me most about my face. I point out my acne scars and the circles (technical term: "tear troughs") under my eyes. He notes the horizontal lines on my forehead, the early folds in my glabella (the triangle where nose meets eyebrows) and my "bunny lines" (scrunch your nose – there they are). My right eyebrow sits higher than my left. I have crow's feet and nasolabial folds (the ones that run from nose to the corners of the mouth). Dr. Lee observes, Sherlock-like, that I sleep on my left, which has caused that side of my face to lose more volume than the right. Also, my chin could be a bit more prominent.
Each of these issues can be addressed using neuromodulator or filler. I thought I'd be up for anything, but I opt to keep my crow's feet and my chin as is. Dr. Lee is happy. He's not interested in giving people treatments they don't want or need. "If it doesn't bother you, there's no point in talking about it," he says. He'll sometimes talk people out of procedures he believes will mute their character or worse, make them look odd or "done." He wants patients to leave looking brighter and fresher, but above all, like themselves.
Looks may be superficial, but identity and appearance are intertwined. It's not wrinkles that are undesirable, it's what wrinkles represent. Dr. Corrina Iampen, medical director of Sante Medical, says most of her patients are trying to "embrace who they are as people." She says she sees mature patients, 60 and over, who hope to look as good as they feel; independent people in the 40- to 60-year-old range who want to sustain their confidence; and 20- to 40-year-olds expanding their self-care regimens. Dr. Iampen's patient demographic spans generations, but across the age groups, motivations are similar: Everyone wants to feel better by looking better.
More than 90 per cent of non-surgical cosmetic patients are women, but men's numbers are on the rise. Ildiko Juhasz, clinic director and medical aesthetics specialist at Derm.ca, says PRP therapy (in which a patient's extracted blood plasma is injected into his or her face), is as popular with men as it is with women – especially CEOs, job seekers and sales reps.
Back at the Calgary Institute of Plastic Surgery, Dr. Lee sets up the syringes. Neuromodulators – a Botox alternative called Dysport, in my case – feel like tiny insect bites. Dermal fillers (I'm having a product called Emervel) feel like needle jabs followed by pressure. They're not particularly painful. I can faintly hear the fluid being injected, like toothpaste being squeezed from a tiny tube. McArthur holds a juice box for me when I get woozy after Dr. Lee inserts a cannula (a very thin tube) under my left eye.
Dr. Lee was an aspiring performance pianist before he became a plastic surgeon, a profession he chose because it's the most creative of the surgical disciplines. He says it's an art form. If you want to see a plastic surgeon's glabella crease, ask how the esthetics industry is regulated.
For qualified practitioners like Dr. Lee, lack of regulation is an ongoing headache. It means he has to fix the mistakes of incompetent and irresponsible practitioners, and it contributes to the stereotype that all cosmetic procedures result in frozen faces, balloon lips and botched surgeries.
Physicians and nurses in this province are overseen by regulatory colleges (the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta and the College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta), but no set qualifications exist for other practitioners in the esthetics industry. Instead, technicians, estheticians and specialists are loosely guided by standards created with other services in mind. For example, practitioners who use needles must follow Alberta's Personal Services Regulation, but this public health act was written with non-medical services like tattooing and piercing in mind. An esthetician can't prescribe Botox, but can administer it despite having no anatomical expertise. Regulations for laser treatments simply require equipment to be registered – practitioners are unregulated.
Patients who choose unqualified practitioners can end up disappointed or worse. Complications range from infections and skin discolouration to allergic reactions and nerve damage. Juhasz says it's up to patients to ask questions and do their research. If a facility is run by a CEO instead of a physician, that should be a red flag. "It has to be sterile. It has to be a medical environment. If the facility is open, the doctor should be on site at all times," she says. Always verify credentials and ask about experience. Look for high standards, not low fees. Make sure there's an after-care plan.
My recovery is swift. It takes the swelling from the fillers a few hours to calm down and the Dysport three days to kick in. I still look like me, but smoother. Dr. Lee says if people can tell his patients have had work done, he's failed. Kane agrees. "People should never ask, 'Where did you get your treatment?' They should ask, 'Have you been on vacation?'"
I ask Dr. Lee how old he is. He's 39 but looks much younger. He tells me gets asked his age all the time, that his youthful looks sometimes cause people to doubt his credentials and experience. "To be taken seriously, some people expect you to have more white hair and wrinkles," he laughs. "I think people judge you based on how you look."
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A new spotlight section, Latino Like Me, to expand dialogue about the vastness of Latino culture and identity. We hope that by featuring different Latinos from the Pittsburgh community we can foster a thoughtful and constructive discussion about different forms of identity.
I am a Ph.D. Student in Political Science at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. My research focuses on Comparative Political Behavior, Public Policy and Latin America.
Please explain what you do for living. I am a special education teacher in San Francisco Unified School District. I spent 23 years in the classroom, and now I am a mentor supporting new SpEd teachers to clear their credentials. Most of my career in the classroom was spent serving Latinx students in the Mission District, where I grew up. I taught many of those years in Spanish.
Currently I am a full-time graduate student funded by the University of Pittsburgh. Before becoming ABD, I worked as a teaching assistant for Pitt's Department of History. I have been researching my doctoral dissertation full-time in Puerto Rico since July 2017. Currently I am finishing gathering newspaper sources and oral history interviews before moving back to Pittsburgh to begin writing the document itself, which I hope to defend by Spring 2020.
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Pitt. I'm currently working on my dissertation on public opinion and trade policy in Latin America. Now that I've finished my coursework, I spend my days collecting and analyzing survey data and government documents, everything for my thesis. In my dissertation, I am trying to find when policymakers are more likely to cater to certain types of voters when they make trade policy, when they regulate international commerce and make related policies concerning globalization.
I am currently a sophomore student at Pitt but I also work part-time as an after-school worker at the Falk School.
My name is Giovanni, I am from Peru. I am a PhD student here in Pittsburgh in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures. I am also a Spanish teacher.
Currently I do three hundred things at the same time. I am a kind of work-alcoholic in a sense: I work full time for Westinghouse Electric company (for the past 20 years) as a Ph. D. Nuclear Engineer, I also work as part-time professor at Pitt University (Computer Science) and sometimes for Penn State (Mechanical Eng), During the weekends I help my wife in her business when needed (Party planner/execution), and if she 'releases me' then I go to my second house that I have been flipping on my own.
I work in the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), which is one of six area and thematic studies centers under the leadership of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. My role as an Assistant Director for Outreach allows me to provide activities and tools that support spreading Latin American and Caribbean knowledge to our students and educators. Pretty much 40% of my time is spent overseeing a school visit program where Pitt undergraduate students have the opportunity to visit and teach Latin American and Caribbean topics with Pittsburgh schools, including ones in suburban areas as well. In the other 60% of my time, I promote and organize cultural events such as film series, outreach fairs, lectures and conferences, furthermore educational events such as workshops for Spanish and Portuguese K-12 teachers and professional development trips.
I am a Community Assistant at the Pointe Apartments in State College, PA. I work in the office and as a part of the maintenance crew. So I not only help residents with questions about their living but I also do some of the hands-on work too.
I'm a visiting lecturer in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh. I came to the United States in 2009 to study an M.A. and a PhD in Hispanic Literature, and I've lived in 3 different cities: Tucson, Boston, and now Pittsburgh. I've been teaching Spanish language, literature and culture the whole time.
I go to Pitt currently, I study Industrial Engineering. I'm a senior technically, but I'm going to graduate in the spring of 2020 because I'm part of the co-op program. I'm actually on my second rotation of co-op right now. And for my co-op, I work for a managerial consulting firm, and that will likely be the field that I pursue upon graduation.
I'm a college student at Pitt, and I also work part-time at Pizza Romano and McCormick and Schmick's.
I am studying here in the United States thanks to the Fulbright scholarship, so the government is giving me the opportunity to study here at the University of Pittsburgh in GSPIA.
What gives me life is music, is performing poetry, is standing on stage with a band of supremely talented fellow musicians and artists liberating an audience of the burdens of day-to-day life through music, through story, through the drum, through a poem. That gives me life. However, what sustains my financial stability is my role as an administrative professional, teaching artist, and program leader in the arts & culture sector.
Yo estudio una maestría en Desarrollo Internacional en GSPIA.
I am currently pursuing a master's in Security and Intelligence Studies at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA). I'm a Fellow for the Center of Latin American Studies and I'm pursuing a Latin American Certificate in Social and Public Policy. I am interested in the intersection of development, gender, and security in the region. I have previously worked as a researcher and intelligence analyst, both in the private and public sector, in my home country of Peru.
Estoy haciendo una Maestria en Desarrollo Internacional en la Universidad de Pittsburgh.
I am a Vice President and Relationship Executive for BNY Mellon Asset Servicing division. I oversee and manage a portfolio of U.S. public funds. As a Relationship Executive, I am a strategic partner with our clients and our stakeholders. In my current role, I drive revenue growth, client retention, and the expansion of BNY Mellon's footprint in the Asset Servicing market.
I am currently pursuing a Masters in International Development at the University of Pittsburgh.
I am a student at the University of Pittsburgh, pursuing a degree in Bioengineering with a minor in Chemistry and Polymer Engineering.
At the moment, I'm waiting in a restaurant, waiting until I get my response for my asylum request. Once I get my work visa and all of that, I will be able to start looking for any job related to my career as a journalist. But yeah, that's pretty much what I'm doing so far.
I am an access and equity advocate and the First Lady of Braddock. I am the founder of Freestore 15104 and co-founder of 412 Food Rescue and For Good PGH. The Freestore works to eradicate food, clothing, diaper etc. insecurity. It is sustainable, volunteer-run and serves close to 1,600 families a month. 412 Food Rescue works to end food waste and food insecurity by redirecting fresh, healthy food to those in need.
I am a senior public relations specialist at Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, a healthcare organization. My main area of responsibility is overseeing internal communications for more than 4,100 employees and clinicians.
I am a playwright, and I'm also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Drama at the University of Michigan.
I teach basic skills writing to mostly student of color in Berkeley at Berkeley City College. I'm also a father of three, editor of two anthologies Rad Dad and Rad Families, as well as a writer and performer.
I am currently a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Brazil in the state of Paraíba in northeast Brazil. And next year I will be coming back as a mentor, so I will be a mentor to a group of ten new 'Fulbrighters' in Brazil.
I am a writer, performer, arts events host organizer and standup comedian. Currently I am the community arts organizer for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, I run their art program managing three gallery walls, and organizer their performance series, as well as other literary and artistic community based events in the center of the Castro at their Strut building. I also regularly host, organize, and curate poetry, and storytelling shows for KQED Arts. I am also the founder and head organizer for ¿Donde Esta Mi Gente? Created in part by a grant from the Galeria de la Raza. ¿Donde Esta Mi Gente? Is a Latinx Literary and performance showcase that I created because I one day realized I had been working as a performance poet for years but had never been in a show with all Latinos. I was usually always the only one on a line up. We've done shows with all Latix performers all over San Francisco, from universities, to bars, to theatres, poetry festivals, and even sexual health clinics.
At present, I am the Associate Director of Education at the Boch Center in Boston, MA. I oversee our award-winning creative youth employment programs, City Spotlights Summer Leadership Program and the Teen Leadership Council. These programs employ over 70 teens throughout the year to train as community artists and advocates for social change.
I am a freelance actor, director, and activist. I am also a teaching artist in the Theatre Arts department at Pitt.
I'm currently an international consultant who trains corporations, not-for-profits and community groups about gender in the workplace, gender-based violence, and soft skills, like conflict management and emotional intelligence.
I'm a Corrosion Specialist, certified by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, here in the USA. I work for Sauereisen, Inc, as the International Sales Manager. I travel around the world, giving sales presentation, training seminars, act as a corrosion consultant and give tech service where people do not speak English.
I manage business operations for a local startup called BoXZY. We make an all-in-one 3D printer, laser engraver, and CNC mill - a true desktop makerspace!
I work for the leading regional economic development organization. I manage federal and local government affairs. But broader than that, I work in economic development.
I am a licensed massage therapist and massage therapy instructor.
I manage all of the human resource compliance needs as well as various accounting functions at Bunting Graphics located in Verona, PA. I also sit on the board of the Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Pittsburgh.
I am an attorney in Reed Smith LLP's Complex Litigation Group. Although my litigation practice encompasses a broad range of commercial cases, I focus on commercial disputes stemming from contractual agreements, class action litigations, restrictive covenants work, and other complex business disputes.
I am a professional actor, teaching artist and improviser. By day, I work for Kaiser Permanente's Education Theatre in Oakland, California, where my team and I use theatre, visual art, and team building to explore mental and behavioral health with teens. I have work in professional theatre for 15 years and have been a part of several world premiere plays dealing with political, social, racial, gender and economic issues. I am also part of an all female improv troupe which is unusual considering the improv/comedy scene tends to be filled with white males.
I work in nonprofit as a program director for the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh, where I oversee a program called Hope For All. Funded by United Way, Hope For All is a collaboration between the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh and YWCA Greater Pittsburgh to identify distressed households and provide them access to benefits and resources that enhance their quality of life. I have operated in this role since June, 2014; prior to that, I was a community organizer for several years in the community of Homewood working with residents to address issues of safety, education, and beautification. At my core, I'll always be an organizer!
I work for BNY Mellon in the Technology sector with Internal Applications, specifically in IT Asset Management.
I am a Partner Operations Lead at Google Pittsburgh, leading the team that provides technical support for our Google Shopping partners worldwide.
I am Community Health Director at the American Heart Association. I create strategies to improve heart health in Allegheny County. I also volunteer at the Latin American Cultural Union, where I lead our team in creating strategies to increase visibility of the Latino community through collaboration with different Latino-serving organizations, while preserving and enriching our culture through community-based events.
I'm a playwright. I found my way to theatre a little over 10 years ago. Before that I was a poet. Currently I'm studying at the Iowa Playwrights Workshop--one of the top MFAs in playwriting programs. So I write plays. Almost always my plays feature Latinx characters.
I am the currently the Youth Community Outreach Coordinator at Casa San Jose. I am also a Junior at Carlow University with a double major in Criminal Justice and Psychology.
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the area of behavioral economics. I run experiments and other kinds of analysis to explore what motivates human behavior and how people respond to incentives.
I am an Assistant Professor of Education (Literacy) in the Department of Instruction and Leadership in Education at Duquesne Education. I teach graduate and undergraduate teacher education courses and conduct research about community schools, critical literacy, and Latino/a education.
I do a few things for a living. First and foremost, I am a memoirist and interdisciplinary theater artist. My writings unpack a range of moments, which collectively capture my coming of age as a Puerto Rican kid growing in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. For example, I reflect on experiences such as the passing of father from cancer, becoming a father myself, and my time tenure being a (Latino) professor at Duke University. My stories embody concepts like home, trauma, coping, healing, and revolution. As a performer, I enjoy bringing my stories to life. Instead of simply reading sections, I love to perform them. Creating aesthetics experiences that captivate and engage audiences. My performances are like sensory overload emphasizes the smells, sights, and sounds of my stories. I am also co-founder of Sons of the Boogie, an arts collective fusing pop culture with the eclectic style of the South Bronx. I, along with renowned artist and trendsetter P.H.A.S.E. TWO, founded a creative space to represent and preserve our respective cultural histories as South Bronx sons. It's a platform for our work and also a space seeking to collaborate with other artists who share and preserve the stories and histories of the Bronx and other communities whose experiences are often misrepresented or untold.
I am a community organizer at Casa San Jose, a project of the Thomas Merton Center. I work with undocumented immigrants to ensure that they are engaged in both civic and social activities in our community. I am an advocate for immigrant rights, human rights, affordable housing, and equitable development. I have my MSW from the University of Pittsburgh with a concentration in Community Organizing and Social Administration.
My name is Diana Gómez-Pereira and I am from Bucaramanga, Colombia. I speak Spanish as my first language and I also speak English at a proficient level and French at a basic level. I came to the United States to study a Master in Education (MEd) with an emphasis in Foreign Language Education. I graduated in the spring of 2010 from the University of Pittsburgh and my undergraduate degree was in Foreign Language teaching at the Universidad Industrial de Santander in Colombia. After graduating from my bachelors' degree, I worked at an International School in Bogotá, Colombia teaching 1st and 2nd grade with two teachers from Wales and Ireland. In this international school, I was teaching all subjects in English but I was mainly helping students with learning disabilities.
I am the Founder + Creative Director of Cafe Con Leche. Cafe Con Leche is an experiential marketing and event production company that focuses on the Latino market in Pittsburgh. Our services help companies, nonprofits and institutions curate unique experiences to build authentic brand relationships with Latinos using influencer advertising, events and digital media.
I've been a Salesforce Consultant with Summa in Pittsburgh since September 2015. I work with clients from around the world, assisting them with setting up, customizing, and deploying their Salesforce instances and other associated software applications to maximize business processes and efficiency. For the 5+ years prior to that, I was the director of a medical non-profit organization that provided quality improvement research, education, and charitable surgical efforts in Latin American countries.
I married on May 2016 so I am living with my husband. I am working in H&R Block since December 2016. I was studying English until I found this job. I still want to keep improving my English so I can find a better job in the future.
I am a teaching artist and arts administrator. A teaching artist is a working artist that chooses to share their practice with students. My primary disciplines are illustration and typography, but I also work in visual poetry and have an interactive installation, the Apothecary of Esoteric Panacea. Currently, I work for the Brashear Association as the Education Coordinator, developing enrichment opportunities for the youth of South Pittsburgh, in particular, the young children of Allentown through our Allentown Learning Engagement Center. In the past, I held a position at the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council with a focus around events, social media, design and organizing teaching artist initiatives. If I'm not at home drawing or work, I can usually be found at community meetings, organizing the Pittsburgh Zine Fair or supporting my friends who are artists and musicians.
I am an educator, scholar, and artist in the field of Theatre and Performance focusing on creating diversity, equity, and inclusion through Applied Theater models for social change. My areas of specialization are in Latinx/Chicanx theatre and performance, Applied Theatre, and Theatre of the Oppressed. My artistic practice, scholarship, and teaching explore Latinx/Chicanx and minority narratives of identity, culture, and social memory. At the intersections of my work is an emphasis on community-building. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Applied Theater at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Director of SPATE (Simulated Patient/Applied Theater Ensemble). I also serve as a Board Member for the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed organization and on the Editorial Board of the organization's journal.
I work for the Global Business Program, Duquesne University Small Business Development Center. I am an international business consultant assisting manufacturers to find new markets overseas. I am currently involved in a project funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce to support U.S. manufacturing companies to increase their business in Latin America. The focus industries are infrastructure, energy, mining, oil and gas, construction equipment and transportation equipment. I meet with the U.S. companies nationwide, translate their business materials into Spanish, organize trips to Latin America to do B2B individual business appointments or buy large spaces at Latin American industry fairs and then I subsidize individual spaces for the U.S. companies. I also run a program for Immigrant Entrepreneurs where I provide business consulting in Spanish talking about how to open a business. I have been meeting Latinos for over 5 years now with much success.
I am a professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh.


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module Locomotive
  module API
    module Resources

      class TranslationResource < Grape::API

        resource :translations do

          entity_klass = Entities::TranslationEntity

          before do
            setup_resource_methods_for(:translations)
            authenticate_locomotive_account!
          end

          desc 'Index of translations'
          get '/' do
            auth :index?

            present translations, with: entity_klass
          end

          desc "Show a translation"
          params do
            requires :id, type: String, desc: 'Translation ID'
          end
          route_param :id do
            get do
              auth :show?

              present translation, with: entity_klass
            end
          end

          desc "Create a translation"
          params do
            requires :translation, type: Hash do
              requires :key, type: String
              requires :values, type: Hash
            end
          end
          post do
            auth :create?

            form = form_klass.new(translation_params)
            persist_from_form(form)

            present translation, with: entity_klass
          end

          desc "Update a Translation (or create one)"
          params do
            requires :id, type: String, desc: 'Translation ID or Key'
            requires :translation, type: Hash do
              optional :key, type: String
              optional :values, type: Hash
            end
          end
          put ':id' do
            if @translation = current_site.translations.by_id_or_key(params[:id]).first
              authorize @translation, :update?
            else
              authorize Translation, :create?
              @translation = current_site.translations.build
            end

            form = form_klass.new(translation_params)
            persist_from_form(form)

            present translation, with: entity_klass
          end

          desc "Delete a translation"
          params do
            requires :id, type: String, desc: 'Translation ID or KEY'
          end
          delete ':id' do
            @translation = current_site.translations.by_id_or_key(params[:id]).first

            raise ::Mongoid::Errors::DocumentNotFound.new(current_site.translations, params) if translation.nil?

            object_auth :destroy?

            translation.destroy

            present translation, with: entity_klass
          end

          desc 'Delete all translations'
          delete '/' do
            auth :destroy_all?

            number = current_site.translations.count

            current_site.translations.destroy_all

            present({ deletions: number })
          end

        end

      end

    end
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Archaeology & Fossils
July 30, 2013 report
New study shows frozen mummy Inca children given coca and alcohol before sacrifice
by Bob Yirka , Phys.org
The Maiden's coca quid: (A) within the cheek in an anterior photograph of face; (B) Axial radiograph of the interior of the mouth, showing the coca quid (green) held between the teeth; (C–D) 3D visualizations of the cranium (yellow), teeth (orange), tongue (red) and the coca quid (green). Credit: Reprinted with permission from ref. 1. Photography by Johan Reinhard.
(Phys.org) —A new study conducted by an international team of experts has resulted in evidence showing that three Inca children sacrificed approximately 500 years ago ingested coca and alcohol in the months leading up to their deaths. In their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team describes how they analyzed hair samples to discern what sorts of drugs the children may have been exposed to before sacrifice.
The three children—a boy and girl each about age 4 or 5 and a girl aged 13—were found entombed near the summit of Llullaillaco volcano in Argentina in 1999. The bodies of all three of the children were in remarkably good condition due to the very low temperatures. Because of the location of their entombment and artifacts found on and around them, scientists have suspected that all three had been sacrificed as part of a ritual. In 2007, analysis of hair samples revealed the children's diet had changed radically over the months prior to their deaths—instead of mainly eating vegetables such as potatoes, the children had been consuming maize and even meat, likely from a llama. In this new study, it appears the children were also given a type of beer called chicha made from maize and coca (the source of modern cocaine).
Historians have believed for years that Inca children were sacrificed, partly out of ritual, and partly as a means of quelling dissent. Stories told to Spanish explorers often mentioned children being killed as part of sacrificial rites. This new study now offers scientific evidence to back up those stories.
As hair grows, evidence of what has been consumed grows with it, providing researchers a timeline of sorts. By analyzing hair samples from the follicles to the tips, researchers can trace a period of time that offers a glimpse of the lifestyle of the person from whom it was taken. In this case, it appears the older girl, known as the Maiden, lived a simple life until approximately a year before her death. From then on, it appears she was fed well and given large amounts of coca and chicha to prepare her for her sacrifice. A large wad of coca was even found in her mouth suggesting she may have been unconscious before she died. The younger children were also given a richer diet and fed coca and chicha during the months leading up to their sacrifice, but not to the degree of the Maiden—this was due, the researchers believe, to their status as attendants to the Maiden.
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More information: Archaeological, radiological, and biological evidence offer insight into Inca child sacrifice, PNAS, Published online before print July 29, 2013, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1305117110
Examination of three frozen bodies, a 13-y-old girl and a girl and boy aged 4 to 5 y, separately entombed near the Andean summit of Volcán Llullaillaco, Argentina, sheds new light on human sacrifice as a central part of the Imperial Inca capacocha rite, described by chroniclers writing after the Spanish conquest. The high-resolution diachronic data presented here, obtained directly from scalp hair, implies escalating coca and alcohol ingestion in the lead-up to death. These data, combined with archaeological and radiological evidence, deepen our understanding of the circumstances and context of final placement on the mountain top. We argue that the individuals were treated differently according to their age, status, and ritual role. Finally, we relate our findings to questions of consent, coercion, and/or compliance, and the controversial issues of ideological justification and strategies of social control and political legitimation pursued by the expansionist Inca state before European contact.
Journal information: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
© 2013 Phys.org
Citation: New study shows frozen mummy Inca children given coca and alcohol before sacrifice (2013, July 30) retrieved 18 January 2020 from https://phys.org/news/2013-07-frozen-mummy-inca-children-coca.html
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1"St. Maarten is Still Striving to Recover from its Worst Hurricane in a Century," The New Yorker. 2 March 2018.