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Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery
Q2/2011: Nursing & Midwifery College Update
Bilha Achieng
Project Goals:
To improve the quality of and access to professional health care services by imparting the necessary skills through a three-year diploma program in either nursing or midwifery at the first College of Nursing and Midwifery in South Sudan accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Juba.
Project Objectives:
1. Provide model courses in Registered Nursing and Registered Midwifery in the first National Health Training Diploma Institute in Southern Sudan
2. Provide a curriculum recognized by all ministries associated with education in the GOSS
3. Provide leading edge skills laboratory and library for students
4. Provide improved clinical setting for student training
5. Provide highly qualified instructors and tutors for the duration of the three year program
6. Provide an unprecedented model of health care sector capacity building for Southern Sudan
7. Provide a sustainable solution to Southern Sudan's Maternal and Infant Mortality Rate, the former, which is the highest in the world at 2,054/100,000 as per the 2006 South Sudan Household Survey. Approximately 200,000 women die each year giving birth.
University that offers a diploma of Registered Nursing and Midwifery Status.
Summary of RMF/WCF-sponsored activities carried out during the reporting period under each project objective:
Implemented activities in-line with RMF/WCF sponsored activities and project objectives include;
1. Support to the Ministry of Health, Republic of South Sudan and project partners in the coordination and implementation of project activities over the reporting period. Also in line with the approved college annual work plan.
2. Continued facilitation of inter-linkages with UNFPA, MOH and other stakeholders in ensuring quality assurance in the implementation of both nursing and midwifery curricula in the diploma program.
3. Contribution of essential content by college tutors in the review of the draft diploma midwifery curriculum which will be later finalized and endorsed by the Ministry of Health for use by all Diploma National Health Institutes.
4. Facilitation of a 'Clinical Mentors Workshop' by tutors, held for nurses and midwives supervising JCONAM students during clinical practice.
5. Procurement of college stationery, cleaning and skills laboratory equipment for use at the Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery.
6. Provision of support to college students through the payment of monthly student allowances to cater for minor expenses.
7. Contraction of 2 specialist lecturers in the areas of Pharmacology and Epidemiology to tutor both programs.
Results and/or accomplishments achieved during this reporting period:
1. Through the collaborative financial support of RMF/WCF and UNFPA, the Diploma program was able to kick off its second year with the students focused on successfully completing both theoretical and practical sessions as required by the curriculum.
2. Both UNDP and JICA continued their support towards the project; UNDP supporting the construction of male and female hostels, kitchen, mess hall. JICA on the other hand took over renovation of the 2 existing classrooms, construction of 2 additional classes to cater for a second intake in January 2012, construction of window bars at the administration block, construction of a perimeter fence, installation of a generator. This is scheduled to take place between July 2011 and February 2012.
3. After the construction of the metallic burglar proof window bars at the new facility, the college was able to move into the teaching hospital.
4. WHO donated additional 8 books to the college.
5. UNFPA donated books and skills laboratory equipment to the 3 UNFPA funded institutes in South Sudan. They are; Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery, Kajojeji National Health Training Institute and Maridi National Health Training Institute. This will further add to the donations provided to the college by JICA.
6. The college Principal and 2 UNFPA Midwifery Specialists had the privilege of attending the Durban Triennial Conference in June whereby stakeholders came together to discuss issues affecting midwifery, how they impacted the different regions and avenues of tackling them as a common body. The theme for this conference was 'Midwives tackling the Big 5 Globally'. The big 5 are likened to the big 5 animals (challenges encountered by midwives in service delivery to mothers and children); globalization, listening to women and their parents, the continuum of care, strengthening midwives and midwifery practice and culture, societies and traditions.
7. The project successfully completed a 3 day workshop on development of 'Clinical Mentorship Skills'. This was a capacity building initiative that was done in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in order to highlight what is required of a clinical mentor in the wards. The tutors were also able to attend a workshop organized by JICA on The Skills and Art of Midwifery-Towards Quality and Sustainable Midwifery Education.
8. The college Principal and Tutors played a critical role in the review process of the midwifery curriculum which culminated in a 5 day workshop whose objectives were to; develop standards and guidelines of midwifery education in South Sudan, review of both diploma and enrolled midwifery curricula.
9. The Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery held its first Management and Advisory Board Meeting in June 2011. The forum drew together representatives from; the line Directorates in the Ministry of Health, The Principal of the College, the different project partners, Juba University, The Ministry of General Education and the legal arm of the Ministry of Health. Chaired by Dr. Margaret Itto, the Director General of Training and Professional Development in the Ministry of Health, issued highlighted included; confirmation of board members, the development of the board constitution, frequency of meetings and other documents relevant to the board.
10. The reporting period saw the review of the draft Reproductive Health Policy and Strategy in South Sudan which outlines different components of the health systems that have both direct and indirect impacts on the project. This document is yet to be finalized. In addition, The 2011 State of the World Midwifery Report was circulated in June. This document aims at highlighting strategies of strengthening the practice of midwifery around the world.
11. The college was able to secure 2 first aid kits that were to cater for minor injuries. The Ministry of Health further confirmed its support to cater to the medical costs incurred by the student when treated at Juba Teaching Hospital.
12. JCONAM students were on the forefront of both International Day of the Midwife and Nurse on May 8th and May 12th respectively. The confirmed their commitment to South Sudan towards improving the standards of health through increasing access to and quality of skilled health care personnel.
Impact this project has on the community (who is benefiting and how):
1. The college will equip the students with the critical skills that are necessary in providing a much needed service within Southern Sudan. According to the last Southern Sudan Household Survey that was carried out in 2008, only 30% of the population has access to skilled health services throughout the 10 states. 10% of women have access to delivery services from traditional birth attendants and village midwives and community midwives. A large portion of these village midwives and traditional birth attendants are old and/or illiterate, cannot communicate effectively and do not have the capacity to detect complications or offer referral advice. The graduated students thus fill this gap by providing professional, accredited services to be used within hospitals, primary healthcare facilities and primary healthcare units. For use in access to skilled birth attendants, access to family planning services, access to basic and comprehensive emergency obstetrics and neonatal care. Equipped with these skills they will participate in taking part in reduction of the highest maternal mortality placed at 2,054/100,000 live births in Southern Sudan.
2. Under the stewardship of the Ministry of Health, a series of consultative meeting have been called. These meetings bring together different stakeholders in the area of education and health to discuss issues relating to education delivery, standards, guidelines, advocacy etc. in health education. These will have a direct impact on JCONAM and other institutes within the Republic of South Sudan.
3. The current human resources for health distribution present a largely urban-rural bias. The health personnel are mainly found within 3 states of the 10 states. It is the hope that the students will return to their state of admittance and work with the surrounding health facilities.
4. With the engagement of the Ministry of Health, this project aims at not only building the capacity of the graduating nurses and midwives but also the tutors. The project through UNFPA has contracted the services of international tutors to provide continuous training of the national tutors during the project period. They are currently using the Nursing and Midwifery curricula endorsed for use by the Ministry of Health together with other policy and strategy documents.
5. As of December 2013, the Juba College will have graduated an initial 40 students in both Nursing and Midwifery. They will be the pioneering class with Diploma certificates.
6. The students will be equipped with skills to provide services to the immediate and surrounding communities with Juba having a population of 140,396 as per the 2008 Sudan Population and Housing Census; Juba Teaching Hospital is Central Equatoria State's major referral and teaching hospital. These skills involve general nursing care, birthing services, family planning, and skills in basic and comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care. Equipped with these and other skills the students will increase access to and quality of health care services not only in Central Equatoria State but all also in the 9 other states.
7. The college is also providing direct and indirect employment to national and international tutors, cleaners, gardeners and watchmen and those providing food stuffs to the college. Established as the first nursing and midwifery Diploma College in Southern Sudan, the Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery has been epitomized as a symbol of hope in providing skilled and qualified health professionals in Southern Sudan. Through the students' enthusiasm and inspiration to make a difference, the nursing and midwifery professions are now viewed as critical and necessary in the health care workforce. The two professions have become quite attractive to both male and female O-level school leaver in Southern Sudan and this is reflected by the number of applications to join the program received by the Ministry of Health.
Plans for next reporting period:
1. Continued implementation of both curricula and project annual work plan to facilitate the effective delivery of the diploma program.
2. Procurement of additional books, skills laboratory equipment, information technology, office equipment and uniforms for the college
3. Provision of technical support to the Ministry of Health in the review and endorsement of both nursing and midwifery curricula
4. Review and endorsement of relevant college documents such as; rules and regulations, clinical objectives, terms of reference for a management and advisory board and college committees and the project partners' memorandum of understanding.
5. Coordination of partners engaged in construction work by UNDP and JICA at the Juba Teaching Hospital
6. Identification of meetings, workshops and conferences that have a direct impact of the improvement of the project
7. Support resource mobilization initiatives to fund additional project activities.
Success story(s) highlighting project impact:
1. The college skills laboratory and library were once filled with empty cupboards and tables. Now both spaces boast the donations from the different project partners. As the college has just moved to the Juba Teaching Hospital, equipments and books are yet to be placed for use by the tutors and students.
2. JCONAM students started their second year in the diploma program from May 2011 and were further split into their respective courses. Course master plans were developed and timetables finalized for the year. They were further merged to be taught Pharmacology and Epidemiology but will later be split when the Nursing program goes into clinical practice in mid-August.
3. The St. Mary's-Juba Link will join the project in November of this year. Their contribution is in the form of volunteer tutors; additional skills laboratory equipment not procured and technical input in the review both curricula among other initiatives.
4. Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health, the different project partners continue to meet monthly to coordinate all matters relating to the project. This helps in identification of priorities for the next month, identification of key partners in key issues and avoiding duplication of efforts.
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Miami Sony Open 2013
For the first time in their careers, 2-time winner Roger Federer and Indian Wells champion Rafael Nadal didn't show up on the draw. The draw still includes former champion Novak Djokovic, US Open winner Andy Murray plus Indian Wells runner-up Juan Martin Del Potro and many top stars.
Two-time defending champion Djokovic and winner of three Miami titles was drawn in the same half as Del Potro/Ferrer, Berdych was placed in Murray's.
Djokovic might play with Lukas Rosol, Feliciano Lopez and Tommy Haas before either Kevin Anderson, Gilles Simon or his struggling countryman Janko Tipsarevic in the quarterfinals. Simon might have to play Lleyton Hewitt in the second round while Haas could face former champion Nikolay Davydenko in his third rounder.
The Ferrer-Del Potro quarter has just few real threats among the other seeds. Ferrer could run into Fabio Fognini before either Kei Nishikoiri or Jeremy Chardy. Del Potro might have Marcel Granollers ahead of Julien Benneteau or Juan Monaco.
Berdych will have to deal with strong competition within his section. The Czech is seeded to meet the sliding Fernando Verdasco in the third round before either Sam Querrey or Milos Roanic in the fourth. Likely quarterfinal opposition will come in the form of either Richard Gasquet or Nicolas Almagro.
Murray, the 2009 champion and Miami resident, has maybe the toughest quarter. Scot might just play with Bernard Tomic, Grigor Dimitrov and then Jerzy Janowicz. In the quarters it could Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, John Isner or Marin Cilic depending on who emerges from a brutal section which also includes Ivan Dodig, Viktor Troicki and David Nalbandian who plays Jarkko Nieminen.
These matches begin on Wednesday with play scheduled from the top half of the draw. Djokovic will open his title defense on Friday night against the Gilles Muller-Lukos Rosol winner. Murray will begin on Saturday.
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Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio reveals he won't be running for NY governor
HomehealthOmicron: What are the variant's symptoms?
Omicron: What are the variant's symptoms?
In just a matter of weeks, cases of the omicron COVID-19 variant have been detected in countries around the world – including the U.S. – forcing health leaders to take action.
Much remains unknown about the new variant, but nations like the U.S. have acted quickly to respond, implementing controversial travel restrictions and updating mask-wearing guidance.
TRAVEL AMIDST OMICRON: WHO SAYS PEOPLE AGED 60 AND OLDER SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL TO CERTAIN AREAS
The concern is that the highly mutated omicron can evade immune response – in addition to its transmissibility.
It is not certain where or when the variant first emerged, although Nigeria's national public health institute said Wednesday it had detected the variant in a sample it collected in October.
Travelers wait for documents checking, at the arrival terminal of Soekarno Hatta International airport, as the country bans the arrival of travellers who have been in eight African countries to curb the spread of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, in Tangerang, near Jakarta, Indonesia, November 29, 2021.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, said much more will be known about omicron in the next several weeks, and that "we'll have a much better picture of what the challenge is ahead of us."
But, what is known about omicron and what are symptoms of the variant of concern?
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it could still take some time to get a full understanding of the threat it poses, but the agency says there's no evidence to suggest that symptoms linked to omicron are different from those caused by other variants.
"There is currently no information to suggest that symptoms associated with omicron are different from those from other variants," the agency said.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), those symptoms include fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, a new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting and diarrhea.
It remains unclear if infection with omicron causes more severe disease and it is set to take weeks to determine whether current coronavirus vaccines are still effective against it.
Vaccine makers have said they are ready to develop new vaccines.
U.S. officials say vaccines will offer at least some degree of protection and urged Americans to get a vaccine and get boosted.
The WHO said Saturday that current vaccines remain effective against severe disease and death. On Monday, it said that the global risk from the variant is "very high" and warned it could lead to surges with "severe consequences."
To date, delta is still by far the most predominant form of COVID-19, accounting for more than 99% of sequences submitted to the world's biggest public database.
Julia Musto is a reporter for Fox News Digital. You can find her on Twitter at @JuliaElenaMusto.


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Sheena Bora's Recent Remains 'Don't Match' First Police Report, Say Forensic Experts
By Indrani Basu
In a development that is likely to weaken the prosecution case in the Sheena Bora murder, there is a reported mix-up on the remains collected by police in 2012 and those sent recently for forensic examination. According to a report submitted by forensic experts at the B Y L Nair Hospital to the Khar police, the remains sent to them by JJ Hospital does not match the ones submitted by Pen police when Bora's body was allegedly first discovered.
"JJ Hospital gave the Khar police multiple teeth, bones from chest and vertebrae, and some charred skin. These were not the remains mentioned in the Pen report. The humerus was not there in the JJ samples. It seems that JJ doctors neither documented what was given to them in 2012 nor what they handed over to the Khar police in 2015," said a doctor from the institute to The Times of India. "It is clear that we are dealing with two different sets of remains."
The Sheena Bora murder case at the moment relies heavily on forensic evidence, as all confessions to police are not admissible in court as evidence unless they are made in the presence of a magistrate. The police have separately established a DNA match between the bones recently exhumed by them, which reportedly belong to Bora's body, and their prime suspect Indrani Mukerjea.
Earlier in 2012, Pen police had handed over remains to JJ Hospital. The hospital then handed over the remains to Khar police, which were then sent to Nair hospital doctors. However the samples received by Nair hospital don't match the description in Pen police's inventory and preliminary post-mortem report.
Meanwhile a local court today extended the judicial custody of the three accused in the case — Indrani Mukherjea, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyam Rai — till October 5.
The trio, whose judicial custody ended today, were produced before a Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate Court via video-conferencing. All the three accused, who are lodged in various jails in the city, could not be produced physically due to security reasons.
Last week, the Maharashtra government decided to transfer the Sheena Bora murder probe to CBI after days of uncertainty on the supervisory role of former Mumbai police chief Rakesh Maria, who was shunted in the midst of the inquiry that he had helmed proactively.
The decision for a probe free from "prejudices" was announced at a press conference on September 18 by Additional Chief Secretary (Home) K P Bakshi, who said that financial angle of the case has also been taken into account in transferring the probe to the central investigation agency.
Also Read: Here's What We Know About The Who's Who In The Sheena Bora Murder Case
Also Read: Sheena Bora Murder Case: More Trouble For Indrani With Mikhail's New 'Hitman' Claim
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This class will focus on basic postures, alignment and breath and will break down the yoga flow and poses. It will allow students to develop their practice at a comfortable pace while still reaping all the benefits of yoga. This class is also great for more experienced students looking to reconnect to a beginners mind or learn 3 Bridges Yoga principles. Recommended for first timers to 3 Bridges, those learning the practice or those seeking to work on foundations of the practice.


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It would be useful if stretch marks were tethered to the underlying tissue.
Stretch marks are not marks - they are in fact very deep scars.
Scars are often tethered to the underlying structures. During the formation of a scar, everything is "glued together" by scar tissue. Later, during the maturation of the scar, the part of scar tissue that connects it to the underlying structures should be reabsorbed and the scar should be "freed" but it does not always happen.
When you for example injure yourself or when you have chronically inflamed acne, the primary goal of the body is to fix it and to fix it quickly and efficiently to prevent infections etc. Gluing everything together is probably the quickest way and our body is not concerned with appearance of the scar. However, not every scar is tethered.
The main reason why stretch marks are indented is because the skin layers are atrophied and the tissue is missing. Tethering might be an additional problem, at least in some cases but the missing tissue is the main cause.
If your skin is sun-damaged, you can try Tretinoin (Retinoic acid) cream (we sell it). Initially, it makes skin dry and the dryness makes wrinkling temporarily more visible but the skin gets used to Tretinoin and long term, it improves the appearance of wrinkling.
There are even studies claiming that Retinol (Retinol is metabolized to Retinoic acid in the skin) improved cellulite but I am not sure how effective this is in reality.
No, do not use needles longer than 2 mm. Skin is not any thicker than that, except for certain special areas such as foot soles A 2 mm dermaroller penetrates about 1.8 mm to the skin.
A group of 20 women with moderate cellulite of the thighs were treated twice daily on one side for 6 months with a 0.3% stabilized retinol cream while the opposite side was treated with the vehicle, following a double-blind format. Objective measurements included ultrasound measurement of thickness using a 20 MHz B-scan, and laser Doppler velocimetry for blood flow. The panelists and a dermatologist estimated the degree of improvement on a global scale. Of 19 subjects, 13 rated the retinol side as more improved, 7 registering good effects. The dermatologist's estimates were largely congruent with those of the subjects. There was also a marked reduction in the density of hypoechogenic areas on the retinol sides, from 53% to 18% of black pixels on image analysis. Blood flow measurements were unchanged on the vehicle sides but increased significantly on the retinol sides. Thickness measurements by ultrasound scan were unchanged on the vehicle sides but increased significantly on the retinol sides, from 1.44 to 1.60 mm. Retinol may be viewed as a prodrug which the skin metabolizes to retinoic acid. The beneficial effects of retinol are consistent with previous reports of increased synthesis of glycosaminoglycans and collagen.
Dermarolling / Microneedling / Re: Dermaneedling stretchmarks - what exactly do I need?
The longer you leave it on the stronger the numbing will be.
The usual dose is 1.5 g to 2 g of cream for an area of 10 cm², applied for 2 to 5 hours under a dressing (food wrap foil).
If you apply less and for a shorter time, it will also numb, but less.
Do not apply any numbing cream on extensive skin areas during one session.
You can apply it every day but do not apply it on really large areas in one go.
Sorry for the delayed answer. We were on holidays.
You seem to have several scars (not very deep) and mainly enlarged pores.
Try either a 0.2 mm dermaroller and a 1.5 mm dermastamp or a 0.5 mm dermaroller and a 1 mm dermastamp.
I do not know how deep your scars are but if they are only one month old and they are a result of skin abrasion during the accident, there is a big chance they will heal without leaving any scar.
Do not use anything on them (apart from moisturizing - the more you moisturize the better) for first eight weeks. Then you can start with dermarolling or dermastamping.
If you have old scars with hardened collagen (such as surgical scars, accident scars, burn scars, stretch marks etc), apply Tretinoin cream (we sell it) right after rolling/stamping/needling.
No, you are confusing two different rolling methods. The method you quoted first is a method that not everybody understands, so the method you mentioned second is the alternative method.
I have updated the instructions to make it clearer. All you really need to know is that you need an uniform prick density of 200 per cm². With that, and the number of needles and the size of the roller, you can determine yourself how many times you should roll. Twelve times if you roll over the exact same skin strip every time.
But over larger skin areas, use the recommended displacement method of 3 mm and roll six times horizontally and six times vertically.
Dermarolling / Microneedling / Re: Dermarolling on hypertrophic scars on nose and is it safe while on accutane.
I see that you again urged us to ship to India - I removed that posting because it was a duplicate - I am sorry but we do not ship to countries where even tracked packages regularly disappear.
Dermarolling / Microneedling / Re: Would you consider selling suction cups for scars?
Actually, we will have them in stock hopefully at the end of next month or perhaps sooner.
The sales price will be around 23 dollars and there will be several differently sized suction cups.
Dermarolling / Microneedling / Re: 0.2 mm roller hurts a lot - is this normal?
I found the "no pain" assertion you referred to. I removed it, thank you for pointing that out.
(We've sold out of EMLA at the moment.) To my knowledge, there exists no other consumer product that numbs as well as EMLA. We're trying to import an alternative product but it certainly won't numb any better than EMLA.
Dermarolling / Microneedling / Re: 0.2 roller hurts a lot - is this normal?
I am not sure I ever wrote that the 0.2 mm is painless. If I did, I was being overly optimistic, because it hurts.
I know there are sites that claim the shorter-needled rollers are painless. Well, that's not true at all. The first time I rolled with a 0.2 mm roller on my cheeks, it was very painful. So yes, it is completely normal.
Others can perhaps comment as well about their experience?
A-Ret very rarely gets confiscated by the customs of various non-EU countries. It is exceedingly rare but it happens, also in Canada.
Buy the 0.025%. It contains just 18 g and it is the cheapest. If you skin takes it without any problems, apply it every day.
Next time, you can buy the 30 g 0.05%.
You should wait about two weeks after the PDT treatment.
Sorry, the link I gave you did not work. It should be OK now.
It is not recommended to use a dermaroller while on Accutane. You can do a very small test patch to find out how it heals. Repeat the test patch several times to be sure.
I am glad your hypertrophic scars improved after microneedling. Scabs must always be left alone until they fall off by themselves. If you remove scabs forcibly/prematurely, it will very likely leave a scar. Removing whiteheads is also a bad idea. I understand that having a whitehead is annoying and it is difficult not to squeeze it but you should try not to. If the pores left after removing the whiteheads are very fresh, they will probably shrink a little by themselves.
You can definitely use it on your surgical scar.
Fraxel is very painful because it evaporates tiny columns of skin so if you could handle that, you can handle anything..


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Joyland Retro
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by Kate Folk
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We'd been warned not to ride the ATVs straight up the hill, but we did, and one of us, I think it was Joel, toppled backwards and his ATV fell on top of him. The night before we'd gone into the creek behind the cabin and come out with leeches on our calves. We pried them off with spoon handles and tossed them on the coals of the grill. They were still alive and their bodies sizzled and popped as they burned and I wondered if anyone else felt bad about that.
We were in Tahoe for a bachelor party. I'm not sure which one of us was getting married, that trip. I want to say it was Jim. But Jim got married after me, and I remember that weekend trying to call my girlfriend at the time, Bonnie, who went a little nuts if I was out of touch too long. It was after the leeches had shriveled to husks on the coals and I was roaming the woods climbing foothills trying to get a bar or two of service just to shoot off a text to Bonnie so she wouldn't get drunk and start calling ex-boyfriends. I didn't marry Bonnie, of course. I married a woman who needs me less, and all in all it's worked out.
They say at the deepest part of Lake Tahoe the water goes down over sixteen hundred feet. They say the cold of the lake at such depths can preserve a human body in perfect condition for centuries. One of us, maybe Mark, or it could have been Jim, or Joel, or even me for that matter, said we should rent some scuba gear and see what we could find. But only Mark and Jim, or maybe Mark and Joel, but definitely Mark, were certified for scuba and the next day we ended up getting the ATVs instead and one of us toppled his ATV onto himself falling backward going up a hill. Come to think of it, it might have been me the ATV fell on. I remember hard blue sky through a fringe of trees and gasoline ribboning the air and the pressure of a tire on my chest.
So I know the trip happened before I was married, while I was still dating Bonnie, and that there were four of us: Jim, Joel, Mark, and me. Then again I remember our friend Emile, who lives in Sacramento, popping into the cabin the first night with a bottle of Johnny Walker Black, so maybe it was the trip we took later, to San Luis Obispo, because we didn't meet Emile until 2008, and I think Jim got married in '06. We might have rented ATVs in SLO and taken them on the beach, but it wouldn't make sense for Emile to come all the way to SLO from Sac, seeing as he wasn't that good of friends with any of us. So it must have been the last trip, when Mark got married in 2010, and Emile popped in, but Mark definitely got married after me, so then how to explain my searching for service in the forest so I could text Bonnie? At any rate I definitely remember forest and not beach while we drew close to whichever one of us was screaming under the ATV, whether it was me, Joel, Jim, Mark, or maybe even Emile.
After the ATV accident we went back to the cabin and made dinner. We each assigned ourselves a little job. I prepped the skewers. Jim was on the grill. It was Mark's family's cabin, or maybe Jim's. Probably not Joel's because I think Joel's parents live in Boston. It's possible it was my family's cabin, because we do have one in Tahoe. Anyway we went down to the basement after eating and threw darts and got drunk on Corona and whiskey and blasted Zeppelin and pissed in a storm drain out the sliding door by the patio furniture instead of walking upstairs to the bathroom.
Around ten a stranger knocked on the door and asked us to turn down the music. We invited him in for a beer. He was maybe fifty, tall and broad-shouldered with long gray hair pulled into a ponytail. He carried a wooden walking stick carved like a snake with a bowl built into the head. We sat in the living room and smoked the stranger's weed while he drank our beer. We took turns putting our lips on the little snake mouth. We asked the man if the rumors were true about the mafia dumping bodies in the lake in the 50s and the man said he didn't really know because he'd lied to us about living down the road. We asked where did he live and he said Reno. He asked did we mind if he stayed the night? We said sorry but he couldn't stay, this was a private event, our friend Mark or Jim or Joel was getting married.
Around three a.m. we told the guy straight up that he needed to leave but he wouldn't move from the couch and we were worried about him stealing the Blu-Ray so one of us brought out a rifle and pointed it at him and told him to get out. And the stranger took a hunting knife out of his waistband and lunged at the guy with the gun and the guy with the gun, maybe Mark or Jim, or maybe even me, but probably not Joel if he was the one injured in the ATV accident, seeing how his arm was in a sling and he wouldn't be able to hold the rifle, whoever had the gun pulled the trigger and killed the stranger and we rowed the stranger's body out on the lake as far as we could by the light of a full moon and dropped it in the part we hoped was deepest, maybe not sixteen hundred feet but plenty deep, deep enough. In the morning I was in charge of making the omelets and Mark made the pancakes and Jim made the coffee and Joel just sat there groaning from the pain of his arm that had been injured in the ATV accident. Or maybe I made pancakes and Mark made omelets. Jim definitely made the coffee though.
I just tried to find Joel's number in my phone and set some of this straight and my wife asked what I was doing and I told her and she said, what are you talking about, Joel died in that ATV accident at Jim's bachelor party in '08. My wife also pointed out that it's too late at night to be making phone calls.
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J.D. Admissions Philosophy, Eligibility, and Admissions Standards
Admissions Philosophy
The Admissions program at Columbia Law School is designed to identify and select a student body of diverse backgrounds and interests that shares a discernible commitment to excellence—individuals who have demonstrated unusual promise for distinguished performance at the Law School and, subsequently, for high service to the legal profession and the community.
In evaluating the applications of the over 8,000 applicants who seek admission to the Law School each year, we place primary emphasis on demonstrated qualities and proven skills we regard as necessary for academic success and intellectual engagement at Columbia.
We also value highly personal strengths that we believe predict professional distinction and public service. We endeavor to identify how and to what extent candidates have forged their values and achieved their goals—how they have actually chosen to commit their time, energies, and talents, and how they have made use of their opportunities. Applicants are evaluated, therefore, not only on their potential but by their demonstrated motivation, self-discipline, and industry. Our Admissions Committee weighs carefully the elements of the application, which speak to the candidate's background, interests, and goals, and which evidence sound character and judgment.
This approach to selection yields each year an entering J.D. class (of nearly 400 students) with especially strong prospects for academic success, for educating one another, for challenging our faculty, and for enhancing life and learning at Columbia Law School—learning that goes forward in our classes, seminars, clinics, internships, workshops, journals, conferences, brown bag luncheon discussions, and countless hours of engaging conversation.
Our student body is international in character and origin and truly diverse by standards of training, experience, and perspective. Members of recent classes have come from virtually every state in this country and from many foreign countries. They represent over 140 undergraduate colleges and universities located across the United States and abroad and reflect the broad range of economic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds found in America.
Typically, 70 percent of Columbia's entering class has spent some years after college fulfilling professional and/or family responsibilities. And about 11 percent of our entering students will have earned at least one graduate or professional degree before studying law at Columbia. Our Law School has been strengthened by the maturity and experiential enrichment that older students bring to their classmates and faculty.
We have been strengthened too by significant growth in the number of women and minority students. During this past decade, more women and people of color have chosen to study law at Columbia than at any other time in the School's history. Currently, women comprise about 48 percent of our student body. Approximately 40 percent is of American Indian, Asian, African-American, or Hispanic background—one of the very largest minority student populations among America's leading law schools.
To be considered for the Juris Doctorate—a three-year, full-time program that begins only in the fall semester—at Columbia Law School, candidates must have earned by the time of matriculation a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution or its equivalent as determined by the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC). Candidates who have earned LL.M. degrees from institutions abroad may apply for first-year status. Additionally, per a new rule set by the American Bar Association, applicants who have earned an LL.M. degree from another ABA-accredited law school must also follow the application procedures for either Regular Admission or Early Decision.
The Admissions process at the Law School is designed to identify and select a student body of diverse backgrounds and interest that shares a discernible commitment to excellence—individuals who have demonstrated unusual promise for distinguished performance at the Law School and, subsequently, for high service to the legal profession and community.
Taking into consideration the collective strength of a candidate's application, we employ a holistic review process. We truly believe in the value of thoroughly reviewing each candidate on an individual basis and do not compare candidates when determining admissibility. This approach gives each candidate the opportunity to illustrate through the application his or her admissibility and in many instances, demonstrate strength beyond numbers.
To assess intellectual and academic qualifications and aptitude for legal study, we rely on a candidate's body of undergraduate (and if applicable, graduate) coursework, and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) or Graduate Record Examination (GRE). While these components are certainly significant, there is no minimum LSAT/GRE score or GPA requirement, and no LSAT/GRE/GPA combination alone can solely determine admissibility. In undertaking a granular analysis of a candidate transcripts, we track their scholastic journey while considering (among other factors) course selection and rigor, pass/fail vs. graded courses, and trends in performance.
We also highly value personal strengths that we believe predict professional distinction and public service, generally included in detail on a candidate's résumé. We endeavor to identify how, and to what extent, candidates have forged their values and achieved their goals—how they have actually chosen to commit their time, energies, and talents, and how they have made use of the opportunities before them (special honors and awards, fellowship opportunities, publications, extracurricular involvement, community service, political activity, professional contributions, and other work experience). Applicants are evaluated, therefore, not only on their personal potential but also by their demonstrated motivation, self-discipline, and industry.
Evidence of superior writing ability is the trademark of any potential candidate for admission to the Law School, and for that reason, we pay careful attention to the personal statement. The personal statement—generally two double-spaced pages—should be sound in terms of grammar, usage, and mechanics and illustrate that the candidate is capable of writing at the graduate level. We hope to read essays in which candidates synthesize information clearly and concisely while revealing how they have arrived at the point at which a legal education is their next intellectual and professional step.
Letters of recommendation (academic and/or professional, depending on when a candidate completes the bachelor's degree) provide highly useful third-party commentary regarding a candidate's skills and capabilities, work ethic, strength of character, potential to succeed in legal study and the legal profession, etc. Additionally, some candidates will be interviewed. An interview will not carry any particular weight relative to the other application components, and because of the nature of our selection process, the interview will be contextualized differently for each applicant.
In evaluating the applications of over 8,000 candidates—many having strong credentials—who seek admission to the Law School each year, we place primary emphasis on demonstrated qualities and proven skills we regard as necessary for academic success and intellectual engagement at Columbia and in the legal field upon graduation. Our goal of composing a class that is academically astute, ready to act as conscientious citizens, and excited about the future of the legal profession is aided by an applicant pool that demonstrates excellence in myriad ways, and it is our sincere hope that all candidates prepare applications reflective of their potential contributions to the Columbia community.


(our latest steps): Oh! The Places We've Been!
What a fantastic week we have had! We went from Wisconsin to Iowa and then back to campus in Windsor, Colorado. The kids have just a few short weeks left here in the United States before they head back to their home countries.
before the fireworks show began!
member of the Hahn family!
Uncle Ethan tries his hand at painting too!
There's nothing better than birthday cake with friends!
We also had a blast celebrating Yeabkal this past week!
child from Africa that is waiting to be sponsored.
to visually see exactly where we have been this past tour year!
places they've been. What a great tour we have had so far!
Lord, you have gone before us and have given us favor in every place we have been. Thank you for your continuous protection and guidance over us. We love you and praise your name!


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Water – for all and everyone
Water is a fundamental human right
Water is a fundamental human right but water scarcity around the world is causing severe problems and human suffering that are likely to worsen in the future, warns Caritas Internationalis.
"All people have a right to safe drinking water…This is a problem that affects everyone and is a source of great suffering in our common home." – Pope Francis, Laudato Si'
The difference between drinking water from a nearby river or from a trusted and clean water source can mean the difference between life and death. Providing clean water is essential to the survival of the South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda. Credit: Cordaid
Caritas is participating in the World Water Forum taking place in Brazil from March 18 to 23 in a bid to ensure water security, the equitable sharing and responsible use of water resources and measures to prevent drought and other disasters.
An estimated one-third of the world's population lives under water stress today and by 2025 two-thirds are expected to suffer from growing water scarcity as demand for water increases.
Man-made climate change, ineffective resource management, unsustainable farming practices and contamination from mining all contribute to water scarcity.
In its work around the world Caritas witnesses the detrimental effects of water scarcity on families and communities, especially the poor.
"Lack of access to water leads to inequality, crises, poverty and the impossibility of fully exercising human rights to live with dignity," – Monsignor F. Chica Arellano, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to FAO, IFAD and WFP.
Severe catastrophes in particular countries have created enormous demand for humanitarian aid and Caritas organizations have been asked to assist those in need.
Heavy rainfall caused landslides and mudflows in Peru and Colombia, resulting in hundreds of fatalities.
In East Africa, millions were left starving from a drought which killed livestock and destroyed harvests.
In South Asia, severe monsoon rain caused devastating flooding which affected 45 million people.
In Ethiopia more than 10 million people were dependent on food and water relief in 2016. When rain arrived it was so heavy 300,000 were forced to flee and another drought followed in 2017.
Aside from humanitarian catastrophes, Caritas witnesses that water scarcity can compound difficult situations affected by social, political, ethnic and religious tension. In the Middle East, the people of Palestine face inadequate supplies and infrastructure deficiencies.
Limited investment in rural development in Asia means 2.3 million people in Nepal do not have safe drinking water and 700 children under five die every year due to unsafe drinking water and poor sanitation. Irrigation is not sufficiently developed and communities are not prepared to save water during wet seasons for household and farming uses during dry seasons.
"Water needs to be given the central place it deserves in the framework of public policy. …Our right to water gives rise to an inseparable duty. We are obliged to proclaim this essential human right and to defend it — as we have done — but we also need to work concretely to bring about political and juridical commitments in this regard." – Pope Francis
Caritas Internationalis urges participants in the World Water Forum to ensure that:
Each State upholds its responsibility to guarantee access to safe quality water for everyone, especially the most disadvantaged.
Water is seen as a collective resource that requires good governance. It is essential for all stakeholders – national/local Governments, civil organisations, private companies – to work together to strengthen transparency, cooperation and share water resources fairly.
Measures are adopted for the rational and responsible use of water –both at the individual as well at the state level based on solidarity with more disadvantaged populations and countries.
More specifically:
Water security is critical for climate resilience and mitigation. It is necessary to work on integrated agriculture and water to increase resilience and best alleviate the impact of climate change. Wherever understanding of water conservation measures is limited, it is necessary to mainstream these measures at community level in order to change community behavior.
Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster prevention will become more important in humanitarian aid worldwide, as significant strategies for adaptation to the consequences of climate change. These strategies have to be urgently promoted and water stress needs to be addressed as a means to prevent and mitigate conflict.
It is necessary to invest in water management to give rural communities access to clean drinking water. Governments and other stakeholders must work to ensure responsibility and sustainability in water management, to help rural communities to build their capacity.
Participation of farmers in soil and water conservation is vital. Sustainable water management is essential to sustainable agriculture. Communities' awareness on good irrigation practices to avoid water losses and increase land and work productivity should be enhanced.
Collaboration between different stakeholders should be pursued to improve drought-preparedness and an early warning strategy should be adopted to allow communities to save water during wet seasons to be used during dry seasons for household and farming purposes.
21/03/2018 Africa, Asia, Bangladesh, Climate Change, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, Nepal, Peru by Caritas Internationalis


Sited above the 14th century entrance of the Hill-Fort, this duplex suite has a study and a single bed on the top floor with a balcony overlooking the village. The lower floor has a double bed and a large bathroom with a shower. Isolated from the other rooms, it is the perfect option for a couple looking for a private stay.


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Last Christmas: Paul Feig's perfect response to a negative review is a must-read for romcom fans
Posted by Hannah-Rose Yee for Life
Under Her Eye
The director's words are a timely reminder to us all to be open to criticism, responsive to feedback, but also true to ourselves. How's that for a Christmas message?
Next week, Last Christmas will jingle all the way into cinemas.
It's a Christmas bon bon infused with the kind of cheery, rip-up-the-rulebook romantic comedy energy we haven't seen in the genre since the year 2009. (You can read our takes on some that year's wildest romantic comedies here.)
There's London festooned with fairylights! There's Michelle Yeoh playing a character named Santa! There's Emilia Clarke running through Soho dressed as an elf while Henry Golding dances – dances! – around her, which will either charm or horrify you, depending on how you feel about both Golding and men dancing in the street! And there's plenty more stuffed into the belly of the turkey, but because this movie is so spoiler-prone, I will stop there.
Why are we so obsessed with Netflix's royal Christmas movies?
Because it is a romantic comedy, and because it is a romantic comedy about Christmas, the reviews have not been kind to this film. Despite the fact that it was written by Emma Thompson, from an idea she dreamt up with her husband Greg Wise, not to mention directed by Paul Feig and starring Clarke, Golding, Yeoh and Thompson herself, critics have taken to shredding the Christmas ham to pieces with what can only be described as operatic glee. (Rotten Tomatoes currently has the film at 50%.)
Last Christmas: Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding are the stars.
People like to tear down romcoms, a genre that has all things sugar and spice baked into its very bones. And people love to tear down Christmas movies, which are the same only with added snow. These are the kinds of films that are about the stuff of life – meeting someone, figuring them out, just two people muddling their way through human connection. No wonder most critics have, historically, written them off. Romantic comedies are earnestness writ large, movies about nothing more or less than all the extraordinary bits of all the ordinary days.
So what do you do, then, when the movie you've worked so hard on and for such heart-swelling purposes as telling a story of love and redemption and bloody Christmas cheer, gets slammed in reviews?
If you're Paul Feig, you respond. And you do so with the same relentlessly positive, hopeful energy of a romantic comedy heroine.
Take this, for example, when Feig wrote back to a review from Rolling Stone headlined: "There are god-awful holiday movies…and then there's Last Christmas. Our one-star review."
"As a lifelong reader, I sincerely thank you for your opinion," Feig wrote. "We can't win everybody over but we will continue to try! I swear all of our hearts were in the right place. Can our one star at least be a really really big star?" He also threw in a couple of emojis.
This isn't the only review that Feig has responded to. This morning, the filmmaker has been on Twitter – the internet's swampland itself – responding to fans and critics alike. Not only is Feig retweeting the praise of Last Christmas lovers, but he's also engaging with those who have negative things to say about his film.
Like a review that called Last Christmas his "first stinker" after a string of successes, including A Simple Favour and Ghostbusters. "I'm not as cynical as you may think," Feig responded. "But I respect and appreciate your opinion. Thanks for supporting my other films. I sincerely mean it."
Last Christmas: Director Paul Feig (right) with the cast of the film including Emma Thompson, Michelle Yeoh, Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding.
At the risk of getting all didactic on you – at the risk of turning into a character from a Christmas romcom – there is something powerful to be learned from Feig's words here. Anyone who puts anything into the world does so knowing that people will have opinions on it. This is the year 2019 of our lord, and everyone's a critic. It's not easy to read and listen and hear about those opinions when they're negative, and it's even harder to patiently engage in dialogue with those who believe you've made a "stinker". It's even more difficult when you've worked so hard on the project and poured so much of yourself into it.
It would be worse, though, not to do the thing at all because you're afraid of what people will say about it or, crucially, you. That's no way to live. (I really am sounding like a character from a Christmas romcom now.)
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Feig's responses to his critics are a must-read for anyone thinking about putting themselves out there. If you're met with backlash and snark, why not respond as Feig has done: "Can our one star at least be a really really big star?"
Last Christmas is in cinemas in the US now and in the UK on 15 November.
Images: Universal, Getty
Hannah-Rose Yee is a writer based in London. You can find her on the internet talking about movies, television and Chris Pine.
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Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 Version 18 Download free Torrent (Activation Code) For Windows X64 {{ New! }} 2023
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The best way to run a program or to install something on a computer can be to search for it on the internet. You can find a security cracker or a keygen for any software that you want to install on your computer. This is how you can install Adobe Photoshop. You can download the installer from Adobe's website and run it to install the software on your computer. You can even crack it to make it fully functional. Just find a crack for Adobe Photoshop on the internet and follow the instructions. The process is simple, and if you are new to this sort of thing, you have no fear.
The first thing I want to say about this screenshot is that it does a good job of explaining what new technology is offered by Adobe so that newbies who come to Elements know what will help them and what won't. The second thing is, "hey, that's a cool feature I hadn't heard about yet."
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021's Duplicate Layers feature has a simple outline which describes how to get to the duplicate layer options in the Layers panel. In this review, while I'll describe how to duplicate and move layers throughout the application, I'll focus on how to duplicate layers.
One of the more intriguing new features is Adobe Premiere Elements 2023. This video service based video editor enables you to work offline as you edit your footage, and makes it easy to share your finished video projects.
With the 2023 update, Adobe fused its video streaming technology with its powerful image editing program to create Adobe Premiere Elements 2023. That combination arguably makes the 2023 version of Adobe Premiere Elements the most powerful video editor on the market.
A number of features in Elements 2021 have been available for years in other programs, such as the starry background rendering in landscapes. But, in addition to the usual crop, rotate, zoom, compositing and levels tools, you also get new brush tools, new filters and a new selection tool, which is designed to help you quickly isolate a portion of more complex images. Triangles appear when you use the new brush tool, and you can either choose to paint or quickly try your hand at outlining.
If you want to release your creativity with the creative community, you can use Photoshop's Content-Aware Move tool to quickly remove an object from an image and place it in another image, or add an object to the image you're working with. You can also use Content-Aware Fill to fill an area with a similar color as the area you're working in. You can also change the name of your image, resize, rotate, scale, stretch, crop, or flip your image. Your image can also be added to a new image file, converted to a PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, or TIF, and even exported to a video file.
Photoshop tools, effects, and actions are powerful and can be difficult to learn. To make them more accessible, Photoshop allows you to automatically apply a setting to all images that are edited with a specific tool.
The best type of software for graphics, if you have a lot of large documents is Adobe Photoshop. On your computer, by default, you need to choose to be directed towards Adobe Creative Cloud when it asks you where to save your files. If you don't have this, simply save the file in whatever folder you use.
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The most important thing you need to do first with Photoshop is to download it. You can download Photoshop from the Adobe website for free. You can get it as a stand alone download or through Adobe Creative Cloud. Make sure you have a fast internet connection; the download could take an hour or two, or even longer if you are downloading large sizes. It is very important to have read the instructions that come in with your download. You will need to install your software and then download the Adobe Creative Cloud. Make sure to install Photoshop and the Creative Cloud separately.
You can also take advantage of the app's photo and video editing features, as well as a collection of templates, brushes, and fonts. The mobile app includes a color palette editor for one-click adjustment of colors that are applied to the entire image or just certain parts, like the eyes.
Photo editing software is a powerful tool and can really help make your photographs look amazing. Some of the best features of the software include filters, retouching, and enhancing photos. Edits can transform the way you see photographs and change the way others see you.
Adobe has made life easier with the inclusion of automation functions for all layers, including comparisons and other layer adjustments. You can make powerful selections, resize, and crop objects quickly without even leaving Elements. You can also view and edit every object in a layer as a layer mask.
We're also releasing the Substance Designer standalone version today. We've been working on this for some time. We've been working with a small group of developers to get it out as quickly as possible. Substance Designer is a new tool, and we want to support it with new and exciting features, including the ability to create material presets for Substance ID. And we're working on bringing the Substance Designer standalone version to the Mac, too. And more.
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Adobe Photoshop is a powerful and versatile professional raster and vector image editing software. Adobe's digital-printing and related products have been very popular and well-received because of the innovative use of technology. The designs can be used in books, magazines, brochures, and other visually oriented publications. Photoshop and Illustrator are the programs that are used for most of the non-photo-related tasks.
Adobe's PowerBible is a Bible reference program for macOS. It has a Bible library with over 70,000 full-text Bible verses to easily search and flip through. Adobe PowerArts is a toolkits and presets for UI designers and developers.
Adobe Photoshop is a true cinema in terms of customization. You can use it to create a fully customized DVD cover, edit video clips, animate a cartoon, and create a newspaper layout.
Adobe Photoshop, as a powerful color correction solution, makes it a lot easier for you to fix colors imperfections from photographs. This is where the amazing color management power of Photoshop shines. It allows you to color correct a digital photograph with ease. It also allows you to correct a photograph's color temps for accurate color reproduction.
There is an entire section within the Photoshop for which you can actually create a watermark to apply to a photograph without actually having to hire a graphic designer or animator. To do this, you can use the available Photoshop features to create a watermark.
I don't know how many levels of trouble Photoshop–neutral photographers will undergo. It can be one of the most frustrating and sweet elements. An intermediate photographer or a beginner can get so stuck into the array of creative tools that he or she could spend days trying to place an object in an interesting position. As the photographer posted at Shutterstock, "It's all about the composition." Same as how it is in the entire art or photography profession. Indeed, as a photographer or designer, it's all about the composition.
No matter what's your interest—from designing to fixing photographs—creatives all across the world must master skills and utilize the latest Adobe Photoshop CC version. The new features for 2020 include some of the newest tools for photo editing as well as advanced features for all design industry professionals, college students and business owners. These new tools and features from the Photoshop CC 2020 update will help you produce the best visual design for your project, and are provided in 20 categories.
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Following up on our announcement earlier this year, the beta features in the new Adobe Photoshop have finally been released. Adobe is changing the world of how we work and are bringing the power of Photoshop to the web in a bigger and better way.
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Photoshop is more than just an image editor. It can be used for text and vector image editing as well. With the advent of Photoshop CS2, text editing became a more realistic goal and not what appeared to be text editing confined to the menus.
The Photoshop user interface has always been complex, with the action/script menus spreading over 90 pages long. The new interface makes it more intuitive. Now you can click once to execute a menu command instead of keeping scrolling up and down.
Photoshop is highly customizable. There are several different ways to customize the user interface. You can go with the built-in panels to work faster or you may prefer using node-based customizations. Using different components, in the right combinations is a second-to-none opportunity to create a unique user interface design. The new interface lets you modify components and re-arrange them to your way of liking, which can make customization worth more than the price of the application.
As Adobe has already mentioned in its recent blog posts that the new user interface of the new Photoshop version will be based on the Apple Mac OS X. But there is a caveat here that, albeit it's possible to use the old interface, it may not be as simple like using the Mac's OS.
If you don't own a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS6, wait for the price to drop as it fell quite after a year of release from $649 to $399. Still, it was a very steep drop considering that the latest version only includes those four components of the original Photoshop CS6, namely, Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Photoshop Sketch, and Photoshop Colour Lovers.
Quick Select Tool – The Quick Select tool has significantly changed the face of Adobe Photoshop to its users. With this tool, one can immediately select objects in the image through mouse clicks and linking. The tool is so intuitive to use that any user can start using it with just a few clicks. By its design, it allows the user to focus more on the content rather than the interface.
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Q: Angular 5 sync provide of injection token I'd like to know if there's a way to wait the provide of an InjectionToken until a useFactory of a previous provider is finished.
For example i'd like to set MyInjectionToken when the APP_INITIALIZER token has been assigned.
providers: [
HttpClient,
MyService
{
  provide: APP_INITIALIZER,
  useFactory: (...) => myService.asyncFunction(),
  deps: [EnvironmentService, LoggerService],
  multi: true
},
{
  provide: MyInjectionToken
  useFactory: myService.function()
}

A: Yeah the answer you wrote me before works!
{
      provide: ProjectName,
      useFactory: myFactory,
      deps: [APP_INITIALIZER]
    },

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The manufacturing industry is in need of CPR from a marketing and legislative standpoint.
But not because it is failing or dead — as is the common perception. Rather, New Jersey's manufacturing companies are healthy and growing, according to John Kennedy, CEO of the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program.
It's just that no one knows about it.
"I had one (legislator) tell me they have no manufacturing in their district. I pulled out a chart and said, 'You have 405.' It was a stunning revelation," Kennedy said.
But he gives kudos because the revelations have led to more interest in being on the recently created bipartisan Manufacturing Caucus.
It's long overdue, Kennedy said, adding that, in at least 30 years, there has been no new legislation or attention to the industry, despite the significant changes it has gone through.
"Think of any other industry that has $50 billion-plus and 360,000 workers that would get ignored," Kennedy said.
"It's not a story," he said. "What was the story after (Hurricane) Sandy? Restaurants, tourism. It was all horrible, I agree. But how much money came into manufacturing? Some low estimates show at least a $250 million impact on the industry in lost productivity."
But it has partly been the industry's fault, Kennedy said.
"The thing that we battle is that the industry, their mantra is 'Keep your head down,'" he said.
The dirty, polluting, massive plants that most people think of when they think of manufacturing are no longer the majority.
"Some are cleaner than some people's houses and yards," Kennedy said.
Yet, old regulations are choking growth and expansion in the state.
When Kennedy and his former business partner went to buy a building that had housed a 149-year-old company in Irvington, the Department of Environmental Protection came in and stalled the sale.
"There was no issue. Two years and a quarter-million dollars later, it was given the blessing to be sold. But, by that time, I had sold my part to my partner and he moved the company to Harrison, where it's thriving," Kennedy said.
That's exactly what the industry remains afraid of.
"I'm not saying the DEP is bad — that's the regulations they deal with. Sometimes, it's just expanding a facility. Sometimes replacing machines. But these regulations are choking them," Kennedy said. "These people live here and want a clean environment, too."
That's why the caucus is so important, he said.
"The problem is, a lot of legislation treats all companies alike. The treat Lockheed Martin — which is a great company and very big — the same as they treat 'insert name here,' you know, a 30-person firm in New Jersey. It's hard for them to do the same things."
That's the main goal of this caucus, for the industry: to have an open line of communication. It doesn't expect no taxes, but it expects to be able to be heard so changes can be made that are good for both sides. That hasn't happened in many years.
And Friday, which is national Manufacturing Day, plays an equal role.
This year is the sixth since the U.S. Department of Commerce decreed an official Manufacturing Day.
"Year One … we scrambled to put something together, with (New Jersey Institute of Technology), and there wasn't much cohesiveness. The year after, we broke out on our own and had about 100 people," Kennedy recalls.
Since then, it has boomed.
Last year, it outgrew The Palace at Somerset Park in Somerset and has moved to the Bridgewater Marriott.
Kennedy said the event is likely to outgrow that soon, too.
"It's a good problem to have," he said.
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