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Direct Patient Access to Lab Results
Are Labs Ready to Respond to Patient Requests?
Author: Bill Malone // Date: APR.1.2012 // Source: Clinical Laboratory News
It takes hard work for labs to maintain good communication with clinicians and help them understand results. Now, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) thinks it's time for labs to get cozy with patients, too. Under a proposed rule currently being finalized, all labs across the country will be required to send results directly to patients upon request, ending a patchwork system of state laws and federal regulation that prevents this in more than half of states. In order to clear a direct line from labs to patients, the proposal makes changes to both the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
As a handful of government agencies work out the details of the final regulation, the implications of this change have begun to sink in, with laboratorians and many in the healthcare community concerned about unintended consequences. A few large labs and other healthcare providers with cutting-edge technology already offer patients rapid, online access to their lab results in certain states. But the HHS plan for direct patient access could catch many labs off guard, according to Joshua Freemire, an attorney with Ober-Kaler.
"There are going to be a lot more compliance issues than people realize, and it's going to take a fair amount of work to get all the policies, procedures, and workflow in place," Freemire said. "Labs should really be paying close attention to this because once the rule is final; there will not be much time to comply." Freemire advises physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, laboratories, and other healthcare providers on regulatory compliance, licensing, and reimbursement for the firm's health law group.
From Zero to 60
Once HHS publishes final regulations, timing will be critical. The proposed rule gives labs 180 days after the effective date of the final rule to comply. Even without a final rule in hand, labs should begin some level of preparation immediately, according to Freemire. "My biggest concern if I were in a lab would be to get started on policies and procedures to address this now so that I have something in place," Freemire said. "That way, I could do any necessary training or workflow adjustments within the prescribed timeframe following the finalization of this rule." Currently, only nine states have laws explicitly allowing test results to go directly to patients (See Box, below).
Sending Results Directly to Patients Will Override State Laws
The proposed rule granting patients direct access to their lab results will overrule laws in 13 states that prohibit such access. Including the 26 states and territories that have no law defining who can receive direct access to results, a total of 39 states and territories will be affected. Nine states allow results to go directly to patients, and seven allow patient access after provider approval.
In the proposed rule, HHS estimates that it will take labs 2–9 hours to develop their policies and procedures for direct patient access. In comments submitted to HHS, Alan Mertz, president of the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA), strongly disagreed with this assessment. "There are several reasons why compliance in such a short period of time will be difficult at best," he wrote. "Some laboratories lack policies, protocols, and mechanisms for responding to requests for access to test reports, for addressing follow-up questions from patients, or for providing patients with direct access to test reports. Such laboratories will have to establish new procedures and new software systems to accommodate the proposed changes. They also will have to develop policies and procedures for verifying an individual's identity." Staff training, as well as concurrent regulatory changes such as meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR), will also make a quick patient access transition difficult.
A significant hurdle for labs could be verifying the identity of the patient requesting his or her information, Mertz emphasized. Labs rarely have direct contact with patients, and so must rely on providers for patient information. "The patient's contact information and demographic information often are provided to the laboratory by the healthcare provider ordering the test, and sometimes that information is inaccurate or incomplete," Mertz wrote to HHS. "Furthermore, laboratories usually do not have access to a patient's medical chart and usually are unaware of the patient's diagnosis, comorbidities, and medical history." While expressing overall support for the concept of patient access to lab results, Mertz urged HHS to give labs a full year to come into compliance once the rule is finalized.
One of the reasons that Mertz and others are expressing concern about correctly identifying patients is that compliance with this rule means sharing more than just individual test reports with patients—labs must be ready to hand over all the information the lab has on that person. As a result, the proposal will bring changes even for the nine states where state law already allows test reports to go directly to patients (See Box, right). "Even if labs started preemptively to mail a copy of test results to everyone that would not comply with HIPPA requirements under this proposed rule," Freemire said. "The lab must be ready to include all of the health information they maintain about the patient. If it's a new patient, that may be very limited, but if it's someone that's been to the lab many times before, it may be a more sizable file."
Direct Patient Access Proposal Requires Changes to CLIA, HIPAA
Under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposal to allow direct patient access to lab results, two areas of law familiar to labs will require significant alterations: the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Under the current regulations, CLIA only allows labs to disclose test results to an authorized person or referring lab. CLIA defers to state law to define who an authorized person is. HIPAA gives patients the right to inspect and obtain a copy of their protected health information, but the Privacy Rule included in HIPAA exempts CLIA-covered entities. Patching both laws will allow direct patient access to lab results in all states, regardless of state law.
However, according to attorney Joshua Freemire, labs must keep in mind that if they will no longer be exempt from the HIPPA provisions excluding lab data, it may not only be lab results that patients have a right to access. It could include any and all data the lab maintains on the patient. This is one reason that labs are eagerly awaiting the details for this area in the final rule, even in those states that currently allow patients to be an authorized person under CLIA.
"This proposed rule is different in that what those states permit is releasing of test results to patients," said Freemire. "Once the exception no longer exists in the HIPPA Privacy Rule, there needs to be a means by which patients can make a formal request for their protected health information, and the information labs will need to provide may not be limited to test results." Freemire advises physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, laboratories, and other health care providers on regulatory compliance, licensing, and reimbursement for the Ober-Kaler health law group.
The change to HIPAA is made even more complicated by the fact that the Privacy Rule is currently in flux. HHS proposed a revised Privacy Rule that has yet to be finalized. According to Freemire, the updated Privacy Rule could change the format in which labs will have to provide health information. For example, it may be required to be available electronically and within a shorter timeframe.
Are Lab-Savvy Patients Healthier?
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has made it clear that giving patients direct access to their lab results is aimed at improving care. "When it comes to healthcare, information is power," Sebelius said when she first announced the proposed rule last September. "When patients have their lab results, they are more likely to ask the right questions, make better decisions, and receive better care."
Exactly how patients independently armed with lab data will go on to achieve better outcomes is uncertain, however. In certain circumstances, such as self-monitoring with blood glucose meters, research does demonstrate benefits for patients. However, opening up lab reports may prove to be quite different. In a commentary published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in December, Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, and his colleague Traber Davis Giardina, MA, MSW, pointed out that up to 26% of abnormal test results are not followed-up in a timely manner, making the HHS proposal seem like a step in the right direction on an important patient safety issue. At the same time, Giardina and Singh, both researchers at the Houston Veteran Affairs Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence, found little consensus in the literature and conflicting empirical evidence to support a conclusion on direct patient access to abnormal test results.
When it comes to lab results, the empirical link between empowered patients and better health outcomes is far from clear. In fact, Singh's research on how physicians share responsibility for test results suggests an unexpected possibility: follow-up could deteriorate rather than improve. Singh published research in 2009 reporting that follow-up was worse when two clinicians—such as the primary care provider and the test ordering clinician—were notified of an abnormal test result. For example, a specialist might order a test but not follow-up on the abnormality because he or she expected the primary care provider to do so. But at the same time, the primary care provider expected the specialist to follow-up since the specialist ordered the test. The result: no one followed-up.
Much of this comes down to responsibility, according to Singh. When responsibility becomes distributed among several clinicians, or possibly between a clinician and a patient, confusion becomes more likely over whose job it is to follow-up. "There are a lot of these soft concepts that we often don't account for in healthcare," he said. "With issues such as responsibility diffusion and role confusion, clearly we're still learning when it comes to teamwork in healthcare. Overall, the movement is toward more transparency, empowerment, and engagement for patients, which I think is a good thing. But how we get there, and what kind of barriers we have to overcome, remains to be seen." Singh is an assistant professor of medicine at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, chief of the Health Policy and Quality Program at the Houston VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, and director of the Houston VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry.
It is significant that the proposed rule keeps silent on which test results might be excluded or delayed due to potential anxiety and confusion for patients. States that currently allow direct access to lab results have provisions that require a waiting period or provider notification in order to make sure that sensitive results, such as a cancer diagnosis, come from the patient's physician. Singh also pointed out another unknown: how will patients respond to abnormalities that are not clinically significant? He noted that existing reimbursement models usually do not cover extra phone calls or face-to-face appointments with patients in order to explain lab results.
Lab consultant Paul Epner also underscored the need to improve follow-up, but he worried that if physicians often struggle to understand lab tests, patients might not do much better. "From a patient perspective, there are too many who are told that 'no news is good news,' which isn't always true," Epner said. "Some literature shows that physicians fail to follow-up on test results." In addition, Epner mentioned what he calls "orphan test results"—results issued after hospitals discharge patients that no one reviews.
At the same time, laboratorians are all too familiar with physicians's often limited understanding of the lab, Epner said. "I don't think physicians have a very solid understanding of all the variables that can impact results," he said. "If the clinician doesn't appreciate all those factors, I worry that patients will have even less of a chance of understanding them."
As physicians and laboratorians debate the effect of giving patients greater ownership of their lab results, HHS clearly has patient empowerment and patient engagement in mind for the future. In the proposed second stage of HHS's meaningful use incentive program for EHRs announced in February, providers will be required to offer patients the ability to view online, download, and transmit their health information. Providers could be required to meet these goals by as early as 2015 or risk cuts in Medicare payments.
Seeking Out Patients
With the federal government's focus on driving adoption of EHRs, certainly the future of patient access to the lab will be electronic. Currently, for those states that don't allow direct access to lab results, patients must get this information from their physician. But most physicians are way behind. A 2011 Deloitte Center for Health Solutions survey of physicians, Physician Perspectives about Health Information Technology, found that only about half of all physicians use the Internet to inform or engage patients, and only 20% provide online scheduling or downloading of test results.
Meanwhile, at least one lab and several health systems have pushed ahead to offer rapid, if not direct, patient access to lab results. Quest Diagnostics now has some 130,000 users of its Gazelle software that allows patients to browse their lab results on their smartphones. Launched in 2010, the system gives physicians a 48 hour window to contact patients before results become available through the mobile app, and it blocks cancer and genetic test results. Quest offers the service in 33 states where either patient access is specifically allowed, or where the law is silent. However, even in states that prohibit direct access, physicians using Quest's Care360 cloud-based EHR can first review results and rapidly release them to patients. Quest developed its own in-house library of patient-oriented information about lab tests so that the app can offer brief explanations of results.
The Gazelle app is part of Quest's mobile-first strategy for patient engagement, according to Neil Desai, Quest's executive director of enterprise architecture. The company does not even offer a companion website to access results from personal computers. "We really believe that if you want patient engagement, you need to have a mobile solution," said Desai. "Our focus is on educating patients, getting them involved, and helping them manage an extremely complex healthcare system, and mobile delivers that." In addition to delivering lab test results wirelessly, the app includes other functions such as medication reminders and storage of other personal health information. These features require users to key in their information.
In a similar move, Kaiser Permanente went mobile in 2011, offering lab results, as well as the rest of their full-featured EHR, via smartphone to Kaiser's nearly 9 million patients. Like Quest, lab results arrive after a 48 hour delay. "Connectivity is the hallmark of the healthcare delivery system of the future," said George Halvorson, chairman and chief executive officer of Kaiser Permanente, in a statement before the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual conference in February. "Kaiser Permanente is leading the way by making health and wellness tools available from anywhere in the world. Now, Kaiser Permanente patients can simply pull out their mobile devices and have immediate access to their own medical information, proving that Kaiser Permanente is the model for connected care. We have had one million page views of the content through smart phones in just the first month of availability. Members love being connected with their own health data and their own caregivers."
Research from the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project released in March shows consumers adopting smartphones at a very rapid pace. Nearly half of American adults were smartphone owners as of February 2012, an increase of 11 percentage points over last year. Moreover, 71% of adults between 25–34 years own a smartphone.
Yet, access to lab results on traditional personal computers is nothing new, at least for about 200,000 Geisinger Health System patients in Pennsylvania. The health system has offered online access via its MyGeisinger EHR web portal for close to a decade. Even though state law does not allow direct patient access to test results, patients can still see this data because of rapid provider review and release. In other words, even though it's technically not direct, it feels that way to patients.
When Geisinger first launched the online EHR, it surveyed patients and found lab results at the top of their wish lists as an output from such a system, according to Jay Jones, PhD, director of regional laboratories at Geisinger. "Lab results go through the system very quickly," Jones said. "Once we enter the result in the lab information system, it almost immediately goes to the inbox of the clinician. If the result is normal, a physician okays it and it's available to MyGeisinger, usually in 24 hours or less. In many cases, if a patient has a morning appointment, by the time the person gets home he or she can look up the lab result." If patients have questions, they don't call the lab. MyGeisinger offers a messaging service for patients to query a nurse or a physician.
Even though patients strongly desire access to lab results, they still value medical supervision, according to Jones. "Having a physician review their results is very important to patients," Jones said. "And if results are abnormal or they have questions, they much prefer to talk to their doctors who know their medical situations."
Labs Need to Get it Right
According to Epner, HHS's proposal presents both opportunities and risks to labs. "On the opportunity side, we have an opening here to improve the awareness of the work that we do in the lab," he said. "However, I think we have a lot of work to do before we're ready to handle patient requests. And even if we direct patients to call physicians with questions, you must assume that some people will call the lab, and so you need to be prepared for that." Epner, who developed the Labs Are Vital public awareness campaign during his tenure as director of health care improvement initiatives for Abbott, worries that if labs have problems with sending results to patients, it could backfire and squander the potential to boost respect for the lab. "It could improve the relationship between patient and lab, which is virtually nonexistent now," he said. "But only if we're able devote the time and resources to do this right."


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Residents of Wroclaw among the laureates of the 11th edition of the "50 Most Creative in Business" ranking
16.11.2021 | Ewa Fedyczkowska | aktualizacja: 27-01-2023
Paweł Biernat, president of the biotechnology company Biotts from Wroclaw, won the first place in the ranking of "50 Most Creative in Business". Among the innovative businesses in Poland there were also other representatives of Wrocław companies and startups: PayEye, CUX, 4SOFT, A4BEE.
Wroclaw residents among the laureates of the 11th edition of the "50 Most Creative in Business" ranking
Among the awarded there are representatives of many industries, including: technological, medical, marketing, educational, financial and environmental.
The ranking of "50 Most Creative in Business" has been organized by the BRIEF.PL portal for 10 years. Each time the ranking chapter draws attention to entrepreneurs and managers who stand out on the market with an unconventional approach to running and developing a company, creating new products and services and promoting them. The organizers emphasize that they distinguish people who inspire others to act and consistently build their brand.
This year's edition of the ranking was won by Paweł Biernat, president of the Biotts company operating in the Wroclaw Technology Park at Duńska street. His startup promises a breakthrough in cancer and diabetes therapies.
The first place in the "50 Most Creative in Business" ranking is a distinction for the entire Biotts team. The place where we are now is the merit of all employees of the company, together with Jan Meler we founded the company less than a few years ago, then we could count our team on the fingers of one hand, today there are several times more of us, we develop unique technology, train and improve ourselves mutually. I dedicate each award to you, colleagues from the band, without you there would be no Biotts. - Paweł Biernat, president of the Wroclaw-based company Biotts.
Wroclaw Biotts revolutionizes the administration of drugs and vaccines
The head of Biotts emphasizes that the current methods of administering drugs do not fully use the therapeutic possibilities of pharmaceuticals: in order to obtain the desired therapeutic effect, we take more and more of them, thus experiencing more and more side effects of therapy.
This is what scientists from the Wroclaw-based Biotts company, who are working on a unique transdermal system, want to change. There is a chance that this Polish technology will revolutionize the methods of administering drugs and vaccines also against COVID-19.
Wroclaw inhabitants among the "50 Most Creative in Business"
Krystian Kulczycki, Daniel Jarząb and Radosław Ruda, i.e. the entire management board of the Wroclaw-based PayEye company, were also appreciated for their creativity. In 2021, PayEye was included in the list of the 5 best biometric security systems StartUs Insights. PayEye is also the winner of the "30 Creative Wrocław 2020".
Joining the group of 50 creative people in business is a great honor for us. The proof that we do not lack creativity is that we were the first in the world to change our view of money. Our creativity was also appreciated in Dubai, where during the international technology fair the world accepted our solution with great enthusiasm. - Krystian Kulczycki, President of PayEye.
The Wrocław-based fintech PayEye was the first in the world to commercially make available a complete payment system based on the acceptance of payments through user identification using iris biometrics.
Innovative companies from Wroclaw
Wroclaw companies in the 11th edition of the "50 Most Creative in Business" ranking are: BIOTTS, PAYEYE, CUX, 4SOFT, A4BEE. Wojciech Krzemień, a member of the Chapter, believes that this year's "50 Most Creative in Business" award was exceptional due to the pandemic that caused increased creativity. This shows that Polish entrepreneurs are brave and do not give up easily. See who was ranked among the 50 Most Creative People in Business in 2021.

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Fab drawing Ella! You capture confusion so well in the facial expression. Personally, much as I hate feeling confused, it does seem to me to be a good and fruiitful place to be somehow. It's like current skin/ habits/ responses don't quite fit, but not really grown new skin/ habits/ responses and everything feels a bit wrong?
Thanks Emily 🙂 and yeah it's kinda like being in between right and wrong haha!


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of college recruiters. In choosing colleges, Sime was careful to balance academic and athletic excellence, finding that many schools offered one, but not necessarily the other.
freshman who was self-admittedly on the smaller side when he first arrived on the UK campus, Sime says that he had a bit of a learning curve before he caught up with his teammates — a challenge he embraced with open arms.
That same ability to beat the odds had already helped Sime assimilate to an American classroom as a 13-year-old high school freshman. In Guadeloupe, the official spoken language is French, and while Sime had taken English classes, they did not prepare him fully for the experience of total immersion in a new language.
Sime is majoring in political science and plans to go on to law school, and hopes to practice in the U.S. afterwards. He says he was inspired to take up this pursuit by relatives who live in France and are both lawyers. Overall, he has come a long way since his first semester as a high school freshman in a new country.


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If you have not been a beta tester yet, you might have wondered how some people easily have a preview of the upcoming version of an app. The same thing happens if you see the latest version of WhatsApp, which is still in beta format.
The beta version of WhatsApp is 2.18.74, which brings along at least 6 new features for the avid users. However, you can get this version if you join as an official beta user from the Google Play Store. On the other hand, you can use the APK mirror to download the most recent version of the app.
Part of the new features released by WhatsApp is the launcher icon that has been located in varied shaped frames. It includes a guitar-pick shape, rounded square, circle, and square, among others. Nevertheless, it still uses the same icon with regards to design.
Three new sticker packs were also added to the new version. These include , Cuppy, Salty, and Bibibmap Friends. You need to take note that the Stickers Store has officially been made unavailable to WhatsApp users. However, the beta version of WhatsApp may not have the translations in which the app doesn't enable any feature without its translation.
Additionally, a new feature has been added to the beta version, allowing users to view and download data that has been collected by the app. This was done with version 2.18.50 beta release. This indicates that users can download a copy of the info which was collected on them by WhatsApp.
With this WhatsApp beta version, it aims to strengthen the data protection among European citizens. However, it might have a positive effect on the protection of user rights in other countries. This is because companies would possibly make changes in accordance with the market regulations in Europe.


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Q: Parsing a JSON values using jq with key containing a '-' character I have a json file that looks like this:
{
    "list": {
        "foo": {
            "host": "www.someurl1.com"
        },
        "bar": {
            "host": "www.someurl2.com"
        },
        "baz": {
            "host": "www.someurl3.com"
        },
        "foo-beta": {
            "host": "www.someurl4.com"
        }
    },
    "currentServer": "foo-beta"
}

When the value of "currentServer" is "foo" or "bar" or "baz", I can read it using the following (for foo):
jq .list.foo.host test.json

However, when value of "currentServer" is "foo-beta", meaning anything that has a '-' character I get an error. I have tried the following:
jq .list["foo-beta"].host test.json

Or
jq .list.foo-beta.host test.json

Or
jq .list | .["foo-beta"].host test.json

I'm an Embedded Software engineer who usually works with low-level programming in C, haven't used jq much before and the constraint is using jq for this as the target platform has this requirement.
Additionally, is there a way I can come up with a jq command usage which will allow me to read the `"currentServer"' and pass it as follows, or similar:
CURR_SERVER=jq currentServer test.json
CURR_SERVER_URL=jq .list.$CURR_SERVER.host test.json

jq version I am using is v1.6.

A: jq '.list."foo-beta".host'

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*but i'm voting to close this question as a duplicate of How to use jq when the variable has reserved characters?


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Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate
by Hyper Crab Tank
Part 16: Wherein Zanthia has Had Enough, and the World is Finally Saved
Welcome back to Kyrandia. Last time, we fixed the Rainbow Machine and conjured up a rainbow. Let's go outside and observe our handiwork.
Aha. Maybe I can climb up from the roof.
There's only one thing to do with a rainbow: cross it. To get up there, we'll be pulling the same trick we tried earlier: icicle pitons.
Huh. Okay, the other one, then.
Dang it. Okay, we've got this. Good old telekinesis to the rescue...
Right, okay. It's really kind of strange how the right thing to click is pretty consistently the least likely one. At any rate, we can climb out of here now.
Pretty, but precarious.
Oh, look who showed up at last. Our newly-discovered nemesis.
Hey, no pushing.
I'll teach you to push me around!
Good effort, Zanthia, but I don't think the Hand has easily accessible vitals to kick.
The Hand just leaves us hanging, assured of Zanthia's imminent doom. However, with a little more clever icicle use, we can make it back up.
My icicle...
I've had it! You don't know who you're messing with!
Watch out Mr. Hand, now I'm mad!
Zanthia has had enough of everyone's shit. This ends now.
Continuing along the rainbow takes us to this rather nice view of the world.
So long, Enchanted Forest.
Okay, let's just move on. The end of the rainbow is right there.
We're here at last! The entrance to the Wheels of Fate. Pretty weird-looking place even by Kyrandian standards.
Is that supposed to be Father Time?
Unfortunately, gaining entry is not going to be as simple as walking through the door. There's a highly focused beam of light blocking our way.
That light beam is too hot to get past.
Well, the light is geing emitted from that... weird bubbly thing on the left, and there's a reflector dish up top there that might be doing something. Let's look around a bit.
For some reason there's a Disney reference here.
I bet the Hand bent it on purpose.
The reflector dish is the key to the place. Our inventory is starkly empty of items, so let's try the only thing we really can try: rub the magnet against the dish.
This should do the trick...
For some reason, this is the only time in the game where Zanthia has to physically maneuver herself to the target in order to manipulate a far-off item. It's especially strange considering all the telekinesis we've been doing recently. Either way, the path is now clear, and we can go inside.
Music: Wheels of Fate (Tindeck)
Kyrandia wheels... Kyrandia wheels... where are you?
There are two places we can go from here. There's what looks like a control booth of some kind in the top left, and some weird thing with three holes in it in the top right. The control booth sounds like the most likely place to find the controls to this place, so let's head up.
Guys, I think I found the problem.
At last! My feminine intuition, my Mystic's vision, and... the sign on the door... all tell me that the Kyrandian wheels must be in this room!
It looks like there's a gear missing from the Kyrandia console there. It seems kind of irresponsible for the powers to be to make it this easy for someone to just erase a country from existence. Then again, our journey up here has been ludicrously bullshit, so maybe it's not that easy.
Okay, so we know what to do: we need to find the missing gear. There's only one other place around here we haven't been yet.
And oh my god fuck this place. Welcome to the other stupid puzzle in this game. It should be instantly recognizable what's going on here, if the name of the room wasn't clue enough: we have to solve a Tower of Hanoi. Not only is this puzzle trivial to solve if you know how it works, it's also tedious as hell even when you do. Worse yet, this is the last real puzzle in the game, which adds an anticlimactic pallor to the whole situation.
I won't show you all of this. All you do is click one slot to pick up the topmost disc, then click another slot to drop it. There are five in total.
After a bunch of clicking, all the discs are in the leftmost slot and the mouth underneath opens up, revealing that stick again.
I've never heard of a walking stick walking around by itself.
This alone is not enough, though. We need to find that gear, and I'm sure you've all figured out where it is by now. Adding insult to injury, the game expects you to solve the Tower of Hanoi twice - both the stick and gear are necessary to complete the game.
Some more furious clicking later, and the gear is ours.
Okay, time to fix the machine and save Kyrandia once and for all.
That's what the stick is for, which makes it absolutely necessary to solve the Hanoi puzzle twice.
Kyrandia is saved!
We did it! The world is safe again! Good thing the Hand just took off like that, leaving us all alone to meddle with his plans. Too bad the stick had to give up its life to save the world.
My poor stick.
Well, shit. But hey, at least Marko is safe! All right, Mr. Smarty-gloves, it's time to take you down.
Music: Confrontation (Tindeck)
At this point, you're given back control, and this next part is on a timer, much like the confrontation with Malcolm in the first game. Hesitate for too long (which means about two seconds), and...
Gross. The same also happens if you try to click anywhere outside the playfield (such as the menu), just like when fighting Malcolm. We need to figure out the right thing to click on in time in order not to die. Okay, new plan: punch him in his stupid... palm, I guess, by clicking the Hand.
Well, that did nothing. You can keep doing this for essentially as long as you like, and the same sequence of events will keep repeating itself. There's only one thing left to do - dodge! Let's try clicking on the right side of the screen.
That didn't quite go as planned, either. We're on the right track though: we do need to dodge the Hand's assault, but we need to do it by clicking on the left side of the screen, near where Zanthia is standing.
Okay, we're still alive. Beyond clicking before the Hand decides to jump on you, there's no timing element to any of these. There's only too late, not too early.
Oh, whoops. We waited too long again, and got flattened. Once again, we have to reload from before the fight started and do it over. Maybe we can dodge to the right this time?
Man, this is hard. I think this scene alone accounts for like half the ways you can die in this game, each lovingly animated by someone. Let's try dodging to the left again, even though that's towards the hand.
Okay, we're back on this side again. Our positions have changed ever so slightly, but we're still not really in any position to actually fight off the Hand. What do we do?
All right, Marko broke free of the ropes! Uh, what's he doing, though?
Marko you're not making any sense with this frog dance you're doing, just talk to us or jump the Hand or something.
Oh, too late. We're dead again. We can't actually interact at all during this scene; as soon as Marko breaks free, you're already dead. However, seeing this scene might give you a clue to what you're actually supposed to do, now that you know Marko is going to break free at this point: it's time to attack the Hand dead on.
Music: Happy End (Tindeck)
Ugh! How disgusting.
At least Kyrandia is safe now.
Did I hear you say "Thanks Marko, for all your help?"
Thanks, Marko, for all your help.
Please stop. You're making me blush.
Okay! Okay! I couldn't have done it without you. Happy now?
I've got two magic parachutes hidden outside.
Sweetheart!?!
We did it! Kyrandia has been saved from annihilation and the Left Hand of Bal-Rom has been torn to shreds, never to bother anyone again. Marko managed to steal a kiss from us, too. Now, all that's left to do is sit back and watch the ending.
The video below also contains the final confrontation with the Hand. The credits have a few jokes and looks back at some of the characters we met on our trip, so I'll transcribe them, but really, watch the video.
Video: Finale (Youtube)
Music: Credits (Tindeck)
Boy, that was a close call!
You said it, pal. I for one am never going hunting again.
Looks the hunters have seen the error of their ways, though in a strange, disturbing roundabout fashion.
How many times do I have to tell you? You're a toad.
I don't get it.
Ew. Gross.
We could never have done it without you, Theodore A. Morris.
You people are all right. For its flaws, this game is gorgeous-looking.
Looks like the scarecrow never did come back.
No. You cut and I'll choose.
Aw, you still wouldn't recognize iambic pentameter if it bit you on the butt!
After this follows a long, scrolling list of all the voice credits for the game.
Brandon is, as you may remember, Joe Kucan.
The Hand gets credited to about half a dozen different people, despite having no spoken lines.
For some reason, the mustard clerk isn't credited.
There's the Frauds of Volcania. "Smarmy" is the guy with the red folio. "Bureaucratress" is a character we didn't see, because we didn't take that path. She comes out if you talk to the grey-looking guy on Volcania long enough.
There are some more credits following this. Go watch the video if you'd like to see them.
Well, that's it! The game is over, and we are victorious. There is one more update to come, though - there are some easter eggs to show off. For now, thank you so much for reading this LP. It's been fun.
Oh, and there's one tiny little cutscene left after the end of the credits.
Music: Dark and Stormy Night (Tindeck)


It was definitely one of those "uh-oh" moments as a parent. My 10-year-old son and I were descending from the 10,358 ft summit of the South Sister. We had completed two-thirds of the round-trip hike, and had just passed the last water hole on the main trail. Not wanting to delay our trip, I gambled that the amount of water left in our hydration packs would be sufficient for the remainder of the descent. But within an hour, we were out of water, and the discomfort of my dry mouth was of little concern in comparison to the signs of heat exhaustion in my 10-year-old son. Suddenly, my knowledge of the surrounding area and the availability of alternative water sources was put to the test.
Whether paper or digital, maps are very important to provide guidance to various situations in our lives. On the surface, maps are just colored paper or collections of pixels. But they represent hundreds or thousands of people who have already experienced that location. A map combines all those different experiences together. Unless you are content with only walking your neighborhood, or constantly getting lost, you're going to need a map to successfully experience all that life has to offer. You will never get anywhere by just looking at a map, nor will you have safe and successful adventures without one.
God has given us His map that exceeds any product from Rand McNally or Garmin. First, He has spoken directly to us through creation, prophets, and His son Jesus. He also continues to reveal Himself to His church, as those who are really in touch with Him experience Him in their daily lives. The pursuit of every disciple is founded in this revealed truth God continues to map out for us.
Fortunately for me and my son, I recalled a lake a couple miles off the trail where we could replenish our supply. My poor decision resulted in painful extra miles and additional delays recuperating on shady snow fields crunching on dirty ice. My opinion that we didn't need to refill earlier had no impact on the truth of the remaining distance of the trip and the heat of the sun. While life may be full of mistakes, the right map can provide the guidance to get back on track. I am reminded that without regular attention to prayer, God's Word, and spending time with others also on the trail, we can quickly lose our way.


I have been diligently working away on my son's sweater. It's funny how quickly things work up if you spend time with them daily!
I really love how this is turning out and more importantly, my son does too! The pattern detail is the same for the front as for the back and I have now memorized it so things are moving more quickly.
I decided to knit both sleeves at the same time so they turn out exactly the same. I usually knit the sleeves of a sweater like this – it's completely psychological – once I finish, I'm done. If I knit them one at a time, I have to start all over for the second one and for some reason that can be daunting. I guess it's akin to the second sock syndrome.
The only piece left to knit after the sleeves are finished is the hood. Then to sew it all together!! Whew! Hopefully I'll be done soon so he can wear it during the winter months.
I knit this sweater years and years ago.
Picture from pattern book "Patons Kid Style" #938.
This is not my son and not my work. This is the picture from the pattern book and I made it for my 13 year old son when he was in Kindergarten. He LOVES his sweater and wore it, and wore it, and wore it until it was too small for him – then he wore it some more! Now, sadly for him, it has been passed down to his younger brother who is also wearing it almost everyday now that it is slightly colder here.
Picture from book "Patons Kid Style" #938.
This is another view from the pattern book. Both sons love this hood – they like how pointy it is – they like the tie – they just like everything about it.
Back of the sweater. Pattern #2 – Hoodie Boy.
I have finished the back. My son picked out the yarn and as it was a slightly more bulky yarn than the pattern called for, I needed to move up one size for the needles. I am thoroughly enjoying the knitting process on this sweater. The markers above show where the shoulders will be when this get sewn to the front of the sweater.
Close up of pattern detail.
I love the detail produced by this stitch pattern. I brought this to show my students and they were amazed that you could produce a fabric like this using only knit and purl stitches. Something most of them already know how to do. I let them know that making a sweater is something that each and every one of them has the knowledge and ability to do – I hope one of them takes the plunge soon!!
Learning a new craft form is always exciting to me!
The book I am using to learn with.
these weaving cards. I started reading the book just as soon as it was delivered to my doorstep. This ancient form of weaving has been around for a VERY long time. The earliest known card comes from a fourth century B.C. Spanish grave, but there is evidence of early card weaving that has been discovered in North Africa, Egypt, Europe, Asia, and Iceland.
It was a time consuming process getting the cards threaded up. There are only 10 of them, but each one has to be threaded in a specific way with a specific order of threads. Just to give you an indication of how easy and straight forward my first sample will be, by contrast some of the fabric discovered that was created by this art form had 272 to 340 threads PER INCH!! And some of the bands with this thread count were between 2 and 5 inches in width. WOW!! Can you imagine how difficult it would be to thread all those cards (remember, 4 threads per card)?
So…after threading the cards, one side of all the threads are tied to a stationary object like a door knob (as seen in the above picture).
Tangles mess at the end of threading the cards.
Then the tedious process of separating the threads at the other end so you have a nice smooth set of threads that you can use as your warp threads. The picture above clearly shows that I had a LOT of work ahead of me to get them all sorted out.
Shuttle all loaded and ready to go.
Here's my shuttle all ready to go.
My very first foray into card weaving.


The meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m. and welcomed everyone. Lance thanked everyone for attending. He announced a change in the agenda – moving item #7 (Gronbeck Award Presentation) to #3 on the agenda.
Lance thanked the officers for their service. He also recognized the immediate past chair (John Tedesco) and the past-past chair (Mitchell McKinney) and thanked them for their help in answering his questions and offering him advice.
Judith explained the history and purpose of the award and thanked the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research for their support of the award. The members of the selection committee were recognized: David Henry, Jim Klumpp, and Bob Denton. There were a total of 15 entries. The winning entry was No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy by Robert Hariman and John Lucaites. The authors were not present to accept the award.
Fourteen candidates were presented for the Nominating Committee: Sumana Chattopadhyay (Marquette University), Jay Childers (University of Kansas), Kevin Coe (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Josh Compton (Southwest Baptist University), Erika Falk (Johns Hopkins University), Lauren Feldman (University of Pennsylvania), Lisa Foster (University of Oklahoma), R. Kelly Garrett (Ohio State University), Dannagal Goldthwaite Young (University of Deleware), Jennifer Lewis (Western Kentucky University), Jennifer Stromer-Galley (University at Albany, SUNY), Natalie (Talia) Jomini Stroud (University of Texas, Austin), Rebecca Verser (New Mexico State University).
Lance thanked Terry for his work and the PCD members for the high level of engagement at this year's convention. He also noted that the social gathering would immediately follow the business meeting in the same room.
Outstanding Dissertation Award: Natalie (Talia) Jomini Stroud (University of Texas, Austin), "Selective Exposure to Partisan Information," Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. Vincent Price, Advisor.
Lance noted that there were four main issues to report from the Legislative Assembly.
No change in student membership ($60) or conference ($70) rates.
Regular, Sustaining and Patron members will now pay the same price for membership ($165). Conference fees will also be the same for all members ($130 pre-registration; $195 on-site).
This is the first part of a two-stage process. The Executive Committee will now decide whether to retain the separate Regular, Sustaining and Patron membership categories or to create just two categories: one for students and one for everyone else. They plan to make a decision by next year. Lance called for comments – there were none.
-All presenters and first authors must pre-register for the conference by August 10th (*Note: There is some confusion regarding whether the date is August 10th or August 6th). Those who fail to pre-register by the August deadline will be REMOVED from the program. All chairs and respondents must also pre-register.
Why the August 10th/6th deadline? The deadline is related to the time frame needed to publish the convention program. NCA claims that this is the latest date that they can make changes to the program.
How did NCA determine the cost of "free riders" ($60,000)? By comparing names on the program to actual conference registration in recent years.
How does this apply to papers with multiple authors? The policy, as currently worded, says that all first authors must pre-register. All presenters must also pre-register. So, if someone other than the first author is presenting, BOTH the first author and the presenter must pre-register.
Will this hurt our division? Will we lose slots? NCA expects that this new policy will create "equal mayhem" for all divisions. However, NCA executives thought that the loss of money was significant enough that they had to take some sort of action.
What about travel funding (many people won't know if they have funding by August)? NCA says that, if a person pre-registers but then must cancel because he/she did not get funding, NCA	will refund their pre-registration fees.
Will program planners have time to adjust? Not sure. But if there are large-scale changes, the program planners will have to get involved.
What if a chair or respondent does not pre-register, is the whole panel dropped? No – that	person will be replaced.
Will everyone know that their papers/panels have been accepted before the deadline? Hopefully.
How will this impact students? No discussion of this at the Legislative Assembly.
Did NCA say if members of any specific divisions were guiltier of failing to register? No idea.
Will pre-registration open earlier to accommodate the August deadline? No discussion – but Lance said he would ask at tomorrow's Legislative Assembly meeting. Will also ask about questions about planners' involvement in the process.
Will presenters find out sooner whether their papers/panels have been accepted? No change in deadlines, so probably not.
Why does the planning process take so long? Mary explained that May 7th is the deadline for planners to turn in their completed programs. Also noted that the pre-registration deadline might	be August 6th, not August 10th.
What if there are problems with pre-registering online? No idea.
What about dues – will they be due at the same time as registration, even though the fees are no longer bundled? Not sure, but you should be able to just pre-register if your membership has not	expired.
Financial Health of NCA. NCA is doing well financially. There are currently 7,850 members. NCA wants to expand its investments beyond CDs. An Investment Advisory Board has been created. 98% of the discussion, according to Lance, was related to where NCA should put its money. The new board has been asked to come up with recommendations based on the "values" of NCA. Various funds are being examined.
* It was noted that this discussion would be more efficient if NCA provided copies of its previous 5-year plan so it can be used as a guideline for discussion.
Top papers will be presented twice – once as a traditional panel and again as a scholar-to-scholar session. PCD has 27 program slots, 3 are scholar-to-scholar. The object is to attract more attention to the scholar-to-scholar sessions, which is an "unconventional" way to present research. Mary asked the members if they support this idea. It was noted by one member that this could be good for the division's visibility. The question was raised regarding whether this would take away from other work being accepted – Mary has a plan to deal with this. Finally, it was asked if these sessions could be scheduled on the same day – Mary said that might be possible.
Bringing in scholars from allied disciplines. The goal is to show how communication research intersects with other disciplines. There is the chance that PCD could get additional program slots for such panels. Also, NCA might have funding available (pool of $5000) to help defray costs for invited guests. However, the funding probably won't be available until after acceptance. Guests will not have to join NCA or pre-register. They will be covered by NCA's guest policy, so they will attend the conference free of charge. Send these program ideas directly to Mary.
Wandering scholars. These senior PCD members will attend the scholar-to-scholar sessions. The goal is to get a mix of junior and senior scholars involved in the scholar-to-scholar sessions. So far, Lynda Lee Kaid and Judith Trent have agreed to serve as "wandering scholars." Others can expect e-mails from Mary requesting their participation in this program.
Lance passed the pink highlighter to Terry. Terry thanked Lance for establishing the three new awards. Noted that the social would immediately follow the meeting in the same room.


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Q: How to display QSpinBox in QTableView when it is not in the edit mode I was able to add the QSpinBox widget in a QTreeView using QStyledItemDelegate.
QWidget *NoteDelegate::createEditor(QWidget *parent, const QStyleOptionViewItem &option, const QModelIndex &index) const
{
    if (index.column() == 2)
    {
        QSpinBox *spinBox = new QSpinBox(parent);
        spinBox->setRange(0, 9999);

        return spinBox;
    }

    return QStyledItemDelegate::createEditor(parent, option, index);
}

void NoteDelegate::setEditorData(QWidget *editor, const QModelIndex &index) const
{
    if (index.column() == 2)
    {
        int value = index.model()->data(index, Qt::EditRole).toInt();

        auto spinBox = static_cast<QSpinBox *>(editor);
        spinBox->setValue(value);
        return;
    }

    QStyledItemDelegate::setEditorData(editor, index);
}

void NoteDelegate::setModelData(QWidget *editor, QAbstractItemModel *model, const QModelIndex &index) const
{
    if (index.column() == 2)
    {
        auto spinBox = static_cast<QSpinBox *>(editor);
        int value = spinBox->value();
        model->setData(index, value, Qt::EditRole);
        return;
    }

    QStyledItemDelegate::setModelData(editor, model, index);
}

But, QSpinBox is showing up only when it is in the edit mode. How can I display this QSpinBox all the time even when it is in the display mode?

A: I suspect that QAbstractItemView::openPersistentEditor may be what you are looking for.


My Life Through Data by Amy Cesal. An interactive workbook to help people visualize and understand their daily habits and activities.
My Life Through Data is a physical interactive workbook of activities for people to track their daily habits, visualize them in a beautiful and unique way, then compare their lives to the American average. The book has semi-transparent vellum pages for activities that can be pulled out and placed over different comparisons. This workbook is unique because it goes beyond just visualizing data; it gives your personal information context with the ability to compare to an average or ideal. It's also an enjoyable format that's fun to fill out and creates unique pieces of data art.
Connection is something we're all searching for in our lives, and the activities in this data diary will help you record, visualize and find meaning in your patterns.
Connection to yourself. Gain a greater understanding of your own actions by tracking them. Mindfulness is a great first step toward living a better life.
Connection to society. Obtain awareness of how your life compares to those around and lead a more conscientious life by looking at where you are vs the American average.
Connection to others. Increase communication and understanding completing these activities with a partner.


Kia is issuing a recall on 2018 model year Stinger sports sedans over a front-end wiring harness that's at risk of catching fire.
According to a National Highway Traffic Safety Association filing, wiring that extends from the engine compartment into the cabin may get damaged from rubbing up against a sharp edge on the driver's side front fender, and could potentially short circuit. Exactly 16,011 cars are potentially affected by this manufacturing error.
The Korean automaker has reported one related fire on a customer vehicle back in May of this year, but no related injuries have been reported.
Once affected Stinger owners are notified, Kia dealers will inspect the cars free of charge. All affected cars will get a cover installed to separate the wiring from the fender, while harnesses that have already been damaged will, obviously, be repaired. The recall is scheduled to begin Dec. 20. Concerned owners may contact NHTSA at 1-888-327-4236 to check if their specific Stinger is affected, by visiting www.safercar.gov, or contact the Kia customer service hotline at 1-800-333-4542.
The Stinger is Kia's budget-minded answer to long-legged, luxury four-doors such as the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe and Audi A5 Sportback. Starting at $31,900, it's powered by either a 365-horsepower 3.3-liter twin-turbo V-6, or a 255-horsepower 2.0-liter turbo-four. When The Drive's resident new dad got his hands on one, he called it "one of those have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too deals," offering German sports sedan thrust for several grand less.
The German automaker claims that smoldering particles could melt the intake manifold or ignite a fire.


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Orientation Program
This orientation program aimed at the Oromo migrants who are one of the African Communities who lack an orientation program. By organising orientation programs this will allow easier and smoother transition into the client's new country.
Health Program
This health program is aimed at parents and youth, to describe the negative effects that substance abuse can have on not only physical health but mental health as well. Signs and symptoms parents can identify will be discussed and mental health which is not commonly discussed with in the community will thoroughly be looked at.
Domestic Violence Project
The Domestic and Family Violence community education project is designed in response to the rising number of Domestic and Family Violence in Oromo Community in Victoria. These refugee background women's and girls are also affected by different health inequalities that arise from their experiences both prior to arrival and after arrival. These issues are often compounded by the effects of torture and trauma.
The Aims of the Project
The overall aim of the project is to prevent Domestic Violence in Victoria and to minimise the health and psychological impact of Domestic Violence for Oromo women, girls and their families affected by Domestic Violence. Hence, the aims of of the Initiation:
supporting women who have undergone Domestic Violence prior to arriving
challenging the culture, behaviours and attitudes that lead to violence against women and children.
preventing Domestic Violence from occurring in Victoria and sustaining attitudinal change
raising men's awareness and understanding of the needs of women who have undergone Domestic Violence, and
Making health professionals aware of the needs of relevant women and communities.
Establishing a culture of non-violence and equality in the community towards women and children.
The FGM Education Program is a community based reproductive health programme set up in response to the rising number of FGM women settling in Victoria from Oromia, East Africa that practice FGM. FGM, which is also known as female circumcision, refers to the practice of partial or complete removal or cutting of the external female genitalia. The procedure is most often performed on girls or young women.
The aim of the program is to prevent the practice of FGM in Victoria and to minimise the health and psychological impact of the practice for women, girls and their families affected by, or at risk of, FGM, to address the social determinants of FGM for linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, particularly Oromo community in Victoria Australia.
The objectives of the Programme are to provide improved reproductive health care services for women affected by FGM through provider training and support, and to prevent the occurrence of FGM in Victoria through individual, family and community education and health promotion.
The key Programme activities include:
The provision of FGM community education
The development of FGM education resources for Oromo community in Victoria
Promote community awareness on the health and psychosocial effects of the practice of FGM and the illegality of the practice.
Develop culturally appropriate information and education resources for women and their communities.
Promote professional awareness on the legal aspects of the practice of FGM and the psychosocial effects.
In Oromia, circumcision is performed on both boys and girls either in early infancy or at the time of marriage. Female circumcision is desirable but optional, while male circumcision is considered mandatory for reasons of health/hygiene and social acceptance, as well as religious law for Muslims. The community is very concerned that some of their boys who were born in refugee camps still have not been circumcised, as the Department of Health and Social Service pays for them in older children only if medically indicated, and the cost for a routine procedure with general anesthesia is over two thousand dollars. The urologists at Children's Hospital in Seattle may be willing to do the procedure with just local anesthetics in a cooperative patient but would need a special referral.
Youth and Community Education
This community based anti-violent extremism program is set up in response to the global rising number of violent radicalism. Violent extremism refers the behaviour of individuals who support or commit ideologically-motivated violence to further political or/and religious goals. Violent Extremism can come from a range of violent extremist groups and individuals.
The aim of the program is to reduce violent extremism in the community and to minimise the factors that lead individuals to violent ideologies. It also helps to address the social determinants of violent extremism for linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, particularly Oromo community in Victoria Australia.
The project focused on three broad objectives:
Understand Violent Extremism – Support to better understand the phenomenon of violent extremism, including assessing the threat it poses to the community and the nation;
Support Community leaders – To deliver training for different community leaders that helps to identify Violent Extremism and to work on the issues with appropriate agencies and organisations;
Individual Support– to help individuals move away from violent extremism through mentoring, counselling and intensive training program.
The key Program activities include:
The provision of violent extremism community education
The development of violent extremism education resources for Oromo community in Victoria
Promote community awareness about violent extremism and its impact.
Develop culturally appropriate information and education resources about violent extremism and its preventive mechanism.
To address these objectives, we work closely with our local community, religious organisations leaders, youth group, police and law enforcements. We are supporting any activities and strategies targeted to prevent Violent Extremism in our local community, in Victoria, in Australia and in world wide.
It is an intensive engagement of young group in organized activity that contributes to the family, local and national community. Our Youth service program called Raabaa program provides programs for young people from 12-25 who are facing difficulties with bullying, violence, family breakdown, poor school attendance, alcohol and other drug use, homelessness or the risk of homelessness and other crises.
The Youth program tries to assist young people to re-establish family relationships, connect with support services, learn to value themselves and maximise their capabilities in every area of their lives.
Currently, we have Youth Well-being Matters project that aims to assist the youth well-being in doing something with their career that holds true meaning for them, hoping that they will be more satisfied, much more motivated and will be much more likely to succeed. The project will address the considerable number of African youth who are unemployed or not undertaking study and struggling to integrate in Australian multicultural society.
The project proposes to educate African youth about Australian values, rights and responsibilities through seminars, workshops, trips and other activities. The forums will discuss current legal issues affecting the youth and also provide with information on how to access help. The forum will also assist the youth to develop preventative strategy in-order to avoid getting into trouble with the law. This project includes young people accessing appropriate programs in areas such as emotional and physical well-being support and to connect with parents about sexual development and healthy relationships.
Buna Dhugaa Program
This is a family based cultural program aimed to deliver health,legal and general information based on the current needs of the families. It's a a coffee drinking round forum to ease the delivery of information in a family and neighbourhood arena.
Cultural Diversity Program
This program is designed to foster cultural diversity and inter-cultural dialogue to promote the understanding and mutual respect of different cultures. The concept of cultural diversity can also refer to having different cultures respect each other's differences. It is also sometimes used to mean the variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region, or in the world as a whole.
The aim of the program is to to bring different communities to acknowledge their contributions to the development of Australia in a socially inclusive and cohesive harmonious spirit.
Community Citizenship Program
This Community Citizenship program is designed to encouraging Oromos and disadvantaged groups to become Australian citizens. Informed civic participation are the cornerstones of the successful, cohesive and prosperous multicultural, secular and multi-faith society. Hence, Community citizenship education support Oromo community members to understand their roles, rights and responsibilities as citizens, and to know how to contribute actively to civic life and to interact harmoniously with the diverse cultures and faiths in their local, state, national and global communities.
The objective of the programme is to bring people who have less opportunity due to language barriers closer to its citizens and to enable them to participate fully in the Australian construction. Through this programme, citizens have the opportunity to be involved in national exchanges and cooperation activities, contributing to developing a sense of belonging to common Australian ideals and encouraging the process of Australian integration.
The aim is building a large group of members as a strong united voice in the Australian (and global) community as it is of great value to our future.
Application process for Australian citizenship
There are 10 steps in the application process.The time it takes to apply for and be granted Australian citizenship varies. The Client Service Charterprovides details on the service standard for processing an application for Australian citizenship.Are you eligible?
Step 1. Determine that you are eligible to apply
Step 2. Ensure you meet the residence requirement
Step 3. Prepare for your citizenship test or interview
Step 4. Gather your original documents
Step 5. Complete your application form
Step 6. Lodge your application form
Your appointment
Step 7. Attend your citizenship appointment
Step 8. Take the citizenship test or have a citizenship interview
Our decision
Step 9. Receive notification of the department's decision
Step 10. Attend a citizenship ceremonyFor more information visit: http://www.citizenship.gov.au/applying/how_to_apply/conferral_app_process/