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About Richard S. Lord, Ph.D.
A brief biography of professional activities: After receiving his B.S. in Chemistry, Dr. Lord earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas followed by postdoctoral fellowships at the Clayton Foundation Biochemical Institute, the University of Arizona, and the National Institutes of Health (Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases). He served as Chairman of Biochemistry and Clinical Nutrition for 10 years at Life College, during which he maintained an active practice of clinical nutrition consulting. From 1989 to 2012 he served as Chief Science Officer and directed the development of new testing methodologies and innovative laboratory report designs at Metametrix and Genova Diagnostic Laboratories. He teaches and studies new ways of assessing relationships between nutrients, toxicants and cellular controls and their integration into clinical practice. His publications include several books and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles on various topics. He continues to teach courses on clinical metabolic assessments in multiple university graduate programs.
Ph.D. Chemistry Univ. of Texas Austin, TX 1970 B.S. Chemistry Ga. State Univ. Atlanta, GA 1965
2017 – Present Arrowhead Bioscience, 110 Pueblo Ct Unit 1014, Waleska, GA 30183 President
2009 – Present University of Bridgeport, Human Nutrition Institute, 30 Hazel St., Bridgeport, CT. Instructor, MS in Human Nutrition
2015 – Present Texas Chiropractic College, 5912 Spencer Hwy. Pasadena, TX 77505 Instructor, Nutrition & Functional Medicine Postgraduate Studies
1989 – 2014 Genova/Metametrix, Inc., 84 Peachtree Rd, Ashville, NC 28803
2008 – Chief Science Officer, Metametrix Institute & Genova Diagnostics
1999 – Director, Science & Education
1997 – Chief Information Officer
1989 – VP, R & D & Technical Lab. Dir
1981 – 1989 Life University, 1269 Barclay Cir., Marietta, GA 30061 Professor and Chairman, Department of Chemistry
1987 – 1988 Kennesaw State University, P. O. Box 444, Marietta, GA 30061 Instructor of Chemistry
1981 – 1989 Private practice of clinical nutrition counseling associated with physicians (W. McKenzie, MD; R. Lee, MD; W. Douglass, MD)
1977 – 1981 Horizon Laboratories, Inc., Atlanta, GA President & Clinical Laboratory Director (Founder)
1974 – 1976 Doctor's Data, Inc., W. Roosevelt Rd., West Chicago, IL President
1973-1974 National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Staff Fellow – Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases
1970 – 1973 University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry, Tucson, AZ NIH Post-Doctoral Fellow
Clayton Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Univ. of Texas, 1970
University of Arizona, National Institutes of Health Post Doctoral Fellowship, 1970
NIH Scientist Fellowship, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, 1973
Clinical Laboratory Director License, 1976
Director of Research, S. Acad. Clin. Nutr., 1980-1984
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Test Selection Committee, 1982-86
Diplomat, American Clinical Nutrition Board, 1987
Editorial Board, Today's Chiropractic, 1988
Georgia Nutrition Council Member, 1988
The Magic Foundation for Children's Growth, Outstanding Medical Service Award, 1996
Functional Medicine Update, Clinician of the Month, September, 2008
ANA Nutritional Genomics Advisory Panel, August, 2018
Clinical Laboratory Methods Development and Implementation
Peptide synthesis and protein secondary structure by CD and ORD
Human protein isolation and characterization
Trace elements in blood, urine, and hair by ICP/MS, ICP/OA, GFAA, and Hg/Cold Vapor
Fatty acids in erythrocytes and plasma by GS/MS
Organic acids in urine by GC/MS and LC/MS-MS
Amino acids in plasma and urine by HPLC
IgG antibody assays and automation of plate reader data
COBAS FARA/MIRA data acquisition and user interface
Fecal microbes by targeted, fixed cycle, quantitative fluorescence PCR
Lord RS, Cox DJ, Optical activity of simple peptides. I. Glycine oligopeptides with internal L-alanyl or L-glutamyl residues, Biopolymers, 12, 2359 (1973).
Lord RS, Gubensek F, Rupley JA, Insulin self-association, spectrum changes and thermodynamics, Biochemistry, 12(22), 4385 (1973).
Larsen WB, Lord RS, Miller JJ, Cellular chemical analysis of hair, J Am Ost Assoc, 74(2) (1974)
Gershengorn MCS, Cheng RE, Lippoldt RE, Lord RS, Robbins J, Characterization of human thyroxine-binding globulin. Evidence for a single polypeptide chain, J Biol Chem,, 252(23), 8713-18 (1977).
Lord RS, Trawick WG, Trace element patterns in hair from outpatient clinical laboratory data, The Second Human Hair Symposium (1978).
Lord RS, Hair minerals as predictors of fast and slow oxidizing metabolic types, Today's Chiropractic, 11(3), 109 (1982).
Lord RS, Some thoughts on nutrition, Todays Chiropractic, 11(4) (1982).
Lord RS, Clinical Nutrition for Chiropractic Sciences, Life U Press (1985).
Lord RS, The Research of the Southern Academy of Clinical Nutrition. An Overview, Proceedings, S Acad Clin Nutr, St. Augustine, FL (1986).
Bralley JR, Lord RS, Treatment of chronic fatigue with specific amino acid supplementation, J Appl Nutr 45(3), 74-78 (1994).
Bralley, J. and R. Lord, Urinary organic acids profiling for assessment of nutrient deficiencies, gut dysbiosis, and toxicity, in Textbook of Natural Medicine, Murray PA, Editor, 1998, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh. p. 229 – 237.
Lord RS, Bralley JA, Fatty acid metabolism, in Textbook of Natural Medicine, Murray PA, Editor. 1998, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh. p. 723-732.
Lord RS, Bralley JA, Fatty acid profiling, in Textbook of Natural Medicine, Murray PA, Editor. 1998, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh. p. 135-142.
Lord RS, Dysbiosis metabolic markers, The Internist, 20-24, March (1998).
Lord RS, Bralley JA, Organics in urine. Assessment of gut dysbiosis and toxemia. Nutritional Perspectives, 20(3), 25-32 (1998).
Lord RS, Bralley JA, Clinical applications of organic acids in urine, Nutritional Perspectives, 21(4), 23-31 (1999).
Bakowska E, Lord RS, The room-temperature digestion of blood samples for analysis by ICP-MS, No 1039, The Pitsburgh Conference Proceedings (1999).
Lord RS, Amino acids against disease, Georgia Chiro, December, 10-11 (1999).
Lord RS, Organic acids in urine, in The All in One Guide to ADD & Hyperactivity, Ali E, Garshowitz D, Hui F, Levinson HN, Lyon M, Marshall D, AGES, New York (2001).
Lord RS, Bongiovanni B, Bralley AJ, Estrogen metabolism and the diet-cancer connection: rationale for assessing the ratio of urinary hydroxylated estrogen metabolites. Altern Med Rev, 7(2): p. 112-29 (2002).
Lord RS, Bralley JA, Polyunsaturated fatty acid-induced antioxidant insufficiency, Integrative Medicine, 5(1) 38-44 (2003)
Lord RS, Burdette CK, Bralley JA, Significance of urinary tartaric acid, Clin Chem, 51 (3), 672-73 (2005)
Bralley JA, Lord RS, Fatty acid profiling, in Textbook of Natural Medicine, Pizzorno, J and Murray, M, Editors. 2005, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh. p.189-198.
Bralley JA, Lord RS, Urinary organic acids profiling for assessment of functional nutrient deficiencies, gut dysbiosis, and toxicity, in Textbook of Natural Medicine, Pizzorno, J and Murray, M, Editors. 2005, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh. p. 285-298.
Verdon, CP, Bralley JA, Lord RS, Urinary porphyrins for the detection of heavy metal and toxic chemical exposure, in Textbook of Natural Medicine, Pizzorno, J and Murray, M, Editors. 2005, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh. p. 299-304.
Bralley JA, Lord RS, Fatty acid metabolism, in Textbook of Natural Medicine, Pizzorno, J and Murray, M, Editors. 2005, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh. p.935-944.
Ritz BW and Lord RS, Case study: The effectiveness of a dietary supplement regimen in reducing IgGmediated food sensitivity in ADHD, Altern Ther, May/June 2005, VOL. 11, NO. 3, 72.
Lord, RS Autistic therapies focused by laboratory data. Part I: Organic acids, Nutrition Practitioner, 6 (3), 1- 7(2005).
Lord, RS and J.A. Bralley, Fatty Acid Profiling, in Textbook of Natural Medicine, P.a. Murray, Editor, 2006, Churchill Livingstone: St. Louis. p. 189-198.
Lord, RS and J.A. Bralley, Fatty Acid Metabolism, in Textbook of Natural Medicine, P.a. Murray, Editor, 2006, Churchill Livingstone: St. Louis. p. 935-944.
Lord RS, D-Lactic aciduria associated with age-related malabsorption, Nutrition Practitioner, Spring, 2007.
Bralley JA, David RM and Lord RS, DNA Detection of Gut Microbiota, Advancing Routine Characterization of Microbial Populations, The Townsend Letter, Jan (2008).
Lord RS, Bralley JA. Clinical applications of urinary organic acids. Part I: Detoxification markers. Altern Med Rev., 13(3):205-215 (2008).
Lord RS, Bralley JA. Clinical applications of urinary organic acids. Part 2. Dysbiosis markers. Altern Med Rev,. 13(4):293-307 (2008).
Co-Editor & Co-author, The Metametrix Handbook, Metametrix Institute, Duluth (2009).
Lord RS, Mettlesome Mercury: Toxicity vs Exposure. Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal, 8(1), Feb/Mar, (2009).
Lord RS, Knowing when aggressive mercury detoxification is needed, Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine, Volume 2, No. 5, (2011).
Brady DM, Bralley JA, Lord RS and Mullin GE, Alternative Laboratory Testing for Gastrointestinal Disease in Integrative Gastroenterology, Oxford, New York (2011).
Lord RS, C Nelson-Dooley, C Morris and JA Bralley, Weekly Biological Variability of Urinary Organic Acids, N Am J Med Sci, Vol 5 (3), (2012).
Lord RS, DM Tuttle, DS Cantor, Adult bile acid amino transferase deficiency, Am J Case Reports, 10;15:63-8.(2014).
Lord RS, Long-term Cycles of Urinary Pyroglutamic Acid in Healthy Humans. Am J Phys (Endocrine), Vol. 4 (4), 1-4 e12706 (2016).
Lord RS, Biochemistry Laboratory Manual, Life U Press (1985).
Bralley AJ, Lord RS, Laboratory Evaluations in Molecular Medicine. Nutrients, Toxicants, and Cell Controls, Inst Adv Mol Med, Norcross (2002).
Roberts, M and Lord, RS, The ION Handbook, 2005, Metametrix Clinical Laboratory, Inc., Norcross, GA.
Lord, RS and Bralley, AJ (Editors), Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine, 2nd Ed., Metametrix Institute, Duluth (2008).
Lord RS, Handbook of Human Nutrient Assessments, Apple iTunes – Books (2018).
Lord RS, Paths to Health – Gut Microbes, Apple iTunes – Books (2018).
Lord RS, Paths to Health – Organic Acids, Apple iTunes – Books (2018).
Lord RS, Mitochondrial Retracted Hypometabolic States, IFM Faculty, Evening lecture (2019)
Presentations, Lectures, Courses
Georgia State University, Kennesaw College and Life University, Lectures in general, organic and biochemistry and clinical nutrition during the period 1977-1990.
Laboratory Methods for Testing Metabolic Function, National Association for Down Syndrome, Chicago, IL, 1995.
Special Nutritional Needs in Down Syndrome, The Magic Foundation for Children's Growth, Chicago, IL, 1996.
Use of organic acid profiling for detecting nutrient deficiencies, East Coast Conference of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Danvers, MA, 1997.
New Developments in Nutritional Testing, The International College of Applied Kinesiology, Orlando, FL, 1998.
Dysbiosis Metabolic Markers and Functional Nutrient Deficiency Indicators, Second Annual International Congress of Bioenergetic Medicine, Orlando, FL, 1998.
Organic acids in urine in routine clinical populations, Am Acad Env Med Conf, September 1998.
Continuing education lectures on laboratory evaluations in nutritional medicine for the Ga. Chiro. Assoc., Jan-Nov, 2001.
Clinical Nutrition Certification Board (Dallas) – sixteen hour course in laboratory evaluations, Los Angeles, CA, New, York, NY, Dallas, TX, Orlando, FL, 1997-2000.
American Academy for Environmental Medicine Clinician Training Course, Interpretation of Laboratory Profiles for Amino Acids, Fatty Acids and Organic Acids, 2005.
MINDD Foundation Conference, Clinical Therapies Based on Organic Acid Profile Results, Sydney, AU, 2006.
NuBasx Clinician Training Conference, Assessing Complex, Multi-factorial Disorders, Brisbane, AU, 2006.
MINDD Foundation Conference, Focusing Biomedical Treatments with Laboratory Data, Sydney, AU and Auckland, NZ, 2007.
Diagnostic Insight Clinician Training Conference, Gastrointestinal Effects Revealed by DNA Probes, Melbourne, AU, 2007.
Metametrix Clinical Laboratory Grand Rounds, Weekly presentations on topics of clinical relevance to analyte patterns from laboratory profiles, 2006 – 2008.
Defeat Autism Now! Think Tank, Philadelphia, Quinolinic Acid and Fever – An Autism Precipitating Event, April, 2008.
Institute for Functional Medicine International Symposium (Carlsbad, CA), Sponsored Breakfast, Update on Recent Findings for DNA Analysis of Fecal Microbiota, May, 2008.
American Academy for Advancement of Medicine annual conference (San Diego, CA), Increasing Clinical Efficacy by Combining Organic Acid and Stool Microbial Profiling, April, 2009.
University of Kansas Medical School, In-service training teleconference, Assessing Intestinal Microbial Status by Stool Microbial Profiling and Urinary Organic Acids, May 19, 2009.
Institute for Functional Medicine International Symposium (Hollywood, FL), Personalized Mood Disorder Therapies Based on Patterns of Amino and Organic Acids, May, 2009.
University of Kansas Medical School, In-service training teleconference, Customizing amino acid therapies for improved mood disorder therapies, June 23, 2009.
University of South Florida, Fellowship for Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Module IV-Amino acids, fatty acids and detoxification, Boca Raton, FL, June 26-28, 2009.
The Guild for Physiologically Based Eye Care, Clinical Affairs Efent, Atlanta, GA, Applying Laboratory Evaluations for the Eye, Jan 16, 2010.
Society for Orthomolecular Medicine, 16th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, State of the Gut: DNA Bacterial Diagnosis, Feb 27, 2010.
XXIII Congresso Internacional De Pratica Ortomolecular E Radicais Livres, Sau Paulo, Brazil, Functional Metabolic Assessments for Clinical Practice, May 28, 2010.
University of Bridgeport Nutrition Institute, Clinical Biochemistry 560D, A 6 credit hour graduate course for the Master of Clinical Nutrition, Spring, 2010.
Holistic Dental Association and International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, Intestinal Microbial Evaluations by Molecular and Metabolic Testing, October, 2010.
Pennsylvania Paychological Association Annual Conference – Psychopharmacology Breakfast Symposium, Harrisburg, PA, The Gut-Brain Connection From Stool and Urine Testing, June, 2010.
Institute For Integrative Medicine Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, Measuring Environmental Chemicals and Minimizing Their Effects, January, 2011.
The Fishman Institute "Yes We Can – Think Outside the Box" Conference, Fr. Lauderdale, FL, (1) The Gut-Brain Connection and (2) Autoimmune Disease- Things That Will Surprise You, February, 2011.
Autism Research Institute Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, Laboratory Evaluations To Correct Propagating Factors in Autism(s), April, 2011.
GlacierFest Conference, Kalispell, MT, Role of Toxicants in the Quinolinate Hypothesis of Regressive Autism, August, 2011.
Autism Research Institute: Physicians Training, Newark, NJ, Gastrointestinal Problems: Laboratory Assessment and Interpretation, April, 2012.
Autism Research Institute: Physicians Training, Newark, NJ, A Comprehensive Approach to Prebiotics and Probiotics, April, 2012.
Northwestern Health Sciences University, 2501 W 84th St, Bloomington, MN 55431. Lectures on Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition Assessments, 2008 – 2015.
Human Nutrition Institute, Univ. Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, Lectures on Functional Medicine Nutrition, 3 sem. cr. hr. course, 2009 – 2015.
Autism Research Institute Think Tank on Autism, Dallas, TX, Discussions with 30 other physicians and researchers re. autism etiology and therapies, April, 2015.
Functional Medicine Journal Club, Misfolded Protein Diseases. Online forum, February 2016.
Pan American Allergy Society, 2016 Training Course, Houston, TX, The GI Microbiome, Stress and Misfolded Proteins in Asthma and Allergy, March, 2016.
Shanghai, China, March 3-5, 2017, 1st International conference for Functional Medicine and Genomics in Clinical Practice, Lectures on Biomarkers for Metabolic, Genomic, and Microbiomic abnormalities.
Orlando, FL, Reversal of Chronic Diseases Lecture – Organic Acids as Guides on Paths to Health, March 2-3, 2018.
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Q: what cpu will work with hyper v how do i verify if a cpu has the necessary requirements to run hyper v ?

A: From the Hyper-V FAQ:
Q.  What are the system requirements for Hyper-V?

A.  In addition to the systems requirement for Windows Server 2008,
    the two key requirements for the Hyper-V platform are the need
    to ensure that the server is a 64-bit environment and supports
    hardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT or AMD-V) technology.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx

A: You can use a tool called SecurAble which will tell you if your CPU supports Virtualisation Technologies, which is what you need to run Hyper-V.  It will also tell you the number of bits supported by your CPU and if it supports DEP

A: Your CPU must support Virtualization extensions.  An easy way to check this is to search for your CPU model number in Google and look for a NewEgg.com link (this will find old models, unlike NewEgg's search).  Check the "Virtualization Technology Support" field.
Be aware that this feature is typically disabled by default in the BIOS.

A: A great site to see if your intel-cpu supports virtualisation is the Intel Processorfinder, the cheaper cpu's often doesn't support VT.
Almost all recent AMD processors support AMD-V.

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We can do more together when we create a safe place for kids over time.
What kids will not talk out, they will act out.
I never thought there would be at least one adult I could turn to.
Being a safe place is both about protecting a kid from circumstances out of control and simultaneously giving the gift of helping them feel the things that are under their control.
90% of adult drug addicts begin experimenting with drugs before the age of 18.
Every kid is one choice away from becoming a statistic.
When kids are going through something difficult, they don't turn to an organization…they turn to someone.
We can do more together when we create a safe place for kids who are different.
The point of our small groups isn't just to make kids belong, but to give all of us and our wild, eccentric differences a place to belong.
When you get close to someone who is different than you, you see yourself differently.
If you want to discover yourself, you have to get close to people who are different than you.
In the church, we get truth perspective.
Truth is real, but perspective is different.
So often in the church, we forget that there is a difference between truth and perspective.
We, as a finite people, cannot tell the story of an infinite God alone.
When you get close to someone who is different than you, you show the world what love is.
Our differences are an opportunity…a platform to show what unconditional love looks like.
We can do more together when we create a safe place for kids who are hurting.
Where there is no strategy if there is no sacrifice.
Sometimes we have to sacrifice our felt need to say everything so that what is most important can clearly be heard.
Jesus and the woman at the well.
When: After had built a relational bridge strong enough to support truth.
How safe do we want to be?
Wanting to be a safe place and being a safe place are two different things.
If we treat mental health issues like a sin issue, not a medical issue, then kids are NOT going to talk about it.
What makes an adult safe? Her eyes when she listened to me.
We can do more together when we create a safe place for each other.
Have you recently sat with someone who made the journey from lost to found?
Taking someone from an outsider to an insider.
Friends are like elevators, they can take you up, or they can take you down.
Lost and found people…have marriage problems. Unchurched people and church people…both have money problems. The outsider and the insider…often struggle with depression.
The found person has an anchor for their soul. Following Jesus doesn't mean you won't have any storms, following Jesus means you have an anchor for your soul.
Lost people can actually admit they have problems.
What if we created weekend experiences for people that were in pain. Wouldn't we find ourselves reaching outsiders and insiders who were just hurt.
Can you admit when you are blowing it?
Is your church a safe place for church people to talk about their junk?
Pretending will never do anything for your soul and it won't do anything else for anyone else either.
Vulnerability: Humble yourself long enough to just sit with people.
Can you imagine if we humbled ourselves long enough to sit with people?
When we really get authentic, we become allergic to short responses. I'm going to become a person that doesn't allow people to sweep things under the rug.
We need to remember that WE need Jesus just as much as the people we are trying to reach and serve.
Can you be trusted with others confidence?
Don't judge them, help them.
I don't care about the brand (of our church), I care about the person.
There's a whole lot you can do to be a safe place for someone.
If she has the courage to tell us, we must have the courage to help her.
We can do more together when we give every preschooler a better foundation.
What caught your heart and imagination to work with preschoolers?
We have to think of young children as little human being. We really need to instill everything. We have to look at the child as a whole being. The more we sow into a child as a full being, the more they will reach that full potential.
We've got to care about early childhood because what we do today matters.
Why does community matter? Because preschool teachers feel alone.
Everybody in this room as the power to leave a legacy. What will matter is that you spent time with a child.
We all can treat children better.
We can do more together when we help parents be more intentional at home.
Parenting is hard because sometimes it's hard to be honest with people.
Empathy: Understanding what a someone needs and acting on it.
If you understand what a parent needs and do not do anything about it, you lose them forever.
We can do more together when we help parents be more internal at home.
Barna tells us that by the time kids in our ministries are 29 years old 80% of them will be gone from the church.
Kids are struggling to connect with a mostly modern church.
Students need to be able to wrestle with truth without being shamed or we will lose them.
If we want to reach and minister to parents on the margins of faith, we need to reach their kids. This is the front door to redeeming the culture for Christ.
The top 4 things students long for: Community, social justice, depth, and mentorship.
Your students crave healthy mentorship.
A nanny can offer temporary care…but a parent is charged with raising their kids in Christ.
You are spiritual fathers and mothers to kids.
For today's kid, the very best way to lead it is to live it.
If kids are just coming to church to be entertained, they will almost certainly leave at 18. If we don't give them a foundation of JESUS then we are not giving them anything.
For today's kid, the best way to lead is to live it. Well done trumps well said!
Nothing is more important than reaching the next generation, nothing.
The church is only as strong as the buy-in from the next generation.
May our legacy be that we raised up a generation of kids that loved God passionately.
We can do more together when we help parents Bre more intentional at home.
Does your church help parents win? Or does your church help parents help your church win?
We want to change the way we view and relate to parents. We want the church to be the first place parents go when they need help. If you want to change how parents see the church, maybe we need to change how we see parents.
You don't have to like every parent for every parent to have more influence than you.
Parents we can't out-teach what you teach at home. We're not that good.
When parents win, kids win. When we help parents thrive, kids are going to thrive.
They will have more time than you will ever have.
They will be in your kids future when you are not.
Text Family to 66866 for free resources that help parents win.
We can do more together when we communicate a clear plan to parents.
If I were to ask the average family in your church to explain your strategy, what would they say?
If you can't explain your strategy, parents aren't applying your strategy.
One change they made to the brochure. A map and a schedule for the brochure. This one change moved the response from 3% to 30%. What is the map and schedule for you and parents?
We want to help every parent become more intentional at home and more connected to a community of faith.
What does that look like? How do you help them win?
Your church is more strategically positioned to help a parent win than any other organization.
What is your elevator presentation, "this is what we help you do?" Or what is your lunch presentation to partner with parents? What is your Sunday presentation? And what is your building presentation? When they walk into your building what triggers them to win as a parent.


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New Album! Brazil:Sambossica vol5! Out Today!
Phoenix, Arizona, June 2nd, 2015 — Afro:Baile Records is proud to announce the new album titled "Brazil:Sambossica vol. 5", by label founder DJ Seduce. The newest album is the 5th installment in the highly successful signature "Sambossica" series created by DJ Seduce. The newest album is set for an official June 2nd 2015 release on the Afro:Baile Records imprint.
The 12 song album represents a worldwide direction of Brazilian rhythms known as the "Now Sound". Brazil is a thriving metropolis of raw energy, emotion, soul, and culture that continues to go beyond boarders in music and style! DJ Seduce teamed up with more than a dozen artists, singers, DJ's and producers to create the perfect soundtrack for the summer, while showcasing the rawness and creative energy, that can sometimes go unheard outside of Brazil.
DJ Seduce, a Brazilian music advocate & Founder of Afro-Baile records, is constantly on the move digging through crates to find the next sound and style of Brazilian music. It's the love and devotion to the culture, the history and the sound that keeps him one step ahead in the industry. All the artists featured on "Brazil: Sambossica vol. 5" are proving to be the next generation of outstanding Brazilian artists. For nearly a decade, Afro:Baile Records has continued to pave the way for emerging and entertaining musical genres from Brazil.
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A theatrical presentation of Lévy's Après tout tells a moving story of forgiveness in the aftermath of WWII. Ramon Lazkano makes it impossible to distinguish between voice and instrument in a beautiful soundscape made from a French text by Edmond Jadès.


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For 2018, a new design has provided the XTS with not only an improved chassis but also empowered it with updated LED headlights and tail lamps. The model is further enhanced by a newly designed grille which grabs attention as the central focus of the new front fascia. With its new fenders and rear fascia and more, the new XTS is ready for the competition!
The XTS is Designed for Performance and Comfort
The new full-size Cadillac XTS sedan is not only a design achievement in styled exterior and interior but also in the overall road appearance that projects a presence. It's a car that is produced to exceed the expectations of its driver and passengers. With the strong and reliable power source of two available engines, it is your preference that helps this car make your driving experience with it, something special!
Two V6 engines are given as options; a 3.6 litre V6 that generates 304 horsepower and a torque of 264 lb-ft is the standard version. The alternative XTS sedan power generation is provided by a 3.6 litre V6 twin-turbo engine that boosts up to 410 horsepower with a torque of 369 lb-ft, on a V-Sport classified model. Both engines come paired with six-speed automatic transmissions.
Assertive Performance in Spacious Comfort
The aura of this vehicle is one of assertiveness, from its stylish exterior and interior to the power source under the hood. The complete Cadillac image of the XTS is helped in its projection by a responsive and highly efficient handling ability with advanced safety features that enable confidence. This is completely controlled by the driver in a conveniently fitted and comfortable cabin that makes for a driving experience that is not only different but exceptional!
While the engines remain the same, the chassis of this full-size XTS sedan has been updated. Again the Cadillac design engineers have shown their expertise in improving and ensuring the best possible rise is obtained for their consumers. With this comfortable and quiet ride, you are given the opportunity of having the car equipped with Magnetic Ride Control and Rear Air Leveling for an improved handling capability. As far as fuel efficiency is concerned, reports indicate the new Cadillac XTS offers a fuel efficiency of 15.0 L/100 km driving in the city and 10.3 L/100 km on the highway.
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The environment of the cabin provides for the latest CUE infotainment system that made its debut in the 2017 CTS. It's a system designed to inspire a faster response time and features navigational aids and personalized profiles that permit customization of the infotainment display.
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I can marry a poor man — Singer Toby Grey
Women, all over the world come with various great needs. And more often than not, they require support from the opposite sex.
This, and many other reasons, may be why most of them won't settle for a poor man but budding singer, Toby Grey, born Tobiloba Mariam Adeyemi, who recently featured 9ice and Skales on her latest single 'Konibaje' has a different perspective.[AdSense-B]
According to her in a chat with Potpourri: Being rich is not all about money. She posits that she can marry a poor man who has no money but rich in other areas.
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"You know a rich man can be poor in knowledge and money is not something that people cannot have. Knowledge or let me say commonsense is something that is really hard to acquire. If he is poor in commonsense, then it's a NO but if he is poor in money, it doesn't mean he can't be rich in money. So, of course I can marry a poor man if he is very rich in every other thing," she quips.
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To her, what is most important in a romantic relationship goes beyond sex and explains what matters most to her.
"If the partners are not in it for a long term relationship, then the goal is a bit dicey. If it's not for the long term, many people will choose sex and money because it's temporal. But if it's for the long term and you are planning to get married to this person, then love is the most important thing because at the end of the day when everything fades, the only thing you will have left is the love and the friendship you started with. I learnt that from my parents. At the end of the day, love fades but friendship remains. I even think you are missing something; it should be love, friendship, sex or money. Friendship is the most important thing to me," she says.
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Protests in Charlotte After Police Shoot Another Black Man
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The revamped H Street corridor in Northeast D.C. has become a profitable place for African Americans to open bars. But they face more hurdles to getting a business running than the area's mostly white newcomers.
More Than Half of D.C. Schools Are Exposed to Gunfire
A new ShotSpotter report reveals troubling data, but authorities hope this tech can be used to find solutions.
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The number of U.S. beermakers more than doubled between 2007 and 2012, despite a trend away from suds. That's because most newcomers are tiny and artisanal.
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For several bars in Washington, D.C., sales have jumped 50 percent during World Cup games. The U.S. should win for pride. It should also win for the economy.
The Top 10 and Bottom 10 Places Gaining Employed People in the U.S.
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Would You Pay $1,000 Once to Get Free Beer for Life?
A brewpub and a coffee shop in Minnesota's Twin Cities have used this one-time payment method to save their businesses. And there's no reason to think the model can't spread.
Manhattan's and D.C.'s Populations Nearly Double Every Day With Commuters
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This Decrepit Lot Is the Future Site of the World's Largest Urban Greenhouse
A 100,000-square-foot facility in D.C.'s Anacostia will produce 1 million pounds of produce a year and provide up to 25 permanent jobs.
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Accidentally shot her 13 times. With a six-gun. He accidentally reloaded. Twice.
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Confidence in future of Cairns on display with another CBD tower proposal
Hot on the heels of a string of projects from Nova City to the planned expansion of Cairns Square, a new 20-storey project has been proposed for the CBD.
A 20-storey CBD tower project first announced in 2014 has been redesigned and relaunched in a bid to capitalise on growing confidence and investment in the Cairns economy.
The original Cairns Citi Tower project was billed as a $30 million game-changer that would introduce a new "live and work" concept to the city, with the building described as a hybrid between an office and a hotel where self-contained living environments are part apartment, part working space.
Despite promises that construction of the project would begin in mid-2015, the project never got off the ground.
The proponents have just lodged a new development application with Cairns Regional Council in another attempt to kickstart the project.
So far the reworked proposal only consists of an artist's impression, a fly-though video and a development application.
But the developer clearly sees a new opportunity in the growing confidence permeating the Cairns economy in recent times.
Cairns Citi Tower is a proposal by a consortium called Noipo Investments, a Cairns-based company registered in 2013 with links to Papua New Guinea businessman and former political candidate Raphael Noipo.
In the development application, the proposal includes a 62m tower with office space on the first three floors, a range of residential apartments and short stay accommodation suites.
The development site on Sheridan St, opposite the Cairns Court complex.
The development application was prepared by town planning firm Cardno and the project is being marketed by local real estate agent Robert Smith from Australian First Realty.
Key features of council's tropical urbanism guidelines such as vertical gardens have been incorporated into the design.
"Expected to appeal to the needs of fly-in/fly-out professionals, particularly those associated with the Cairns courts, and companies requiring satellite offices, the studio office tenancies and accompanying caretaker's accommodation dwellings encourage greater economic diversity within Cairns, providing the opportunity for a range of companies to set up a base locally from which to expand on," the development application reads.
The proposal comes on the back of yesterday's approval of a two-storey extension of the Cairns Square building on the corner of Abbott and Shields St, as well as the recent launch of the Nova City development and GA Group's twin tower proposal for its massive vacant block on the corner of Abbott and Florence Sts.
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Kavanaugh Hits Delay With 2 Republicans Calling for FBI Probe
Two key Republican senators demanded a delay in Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation vote, saying the FBI should investigate claims of sexual assault leveled against the nominee.
The demand Friday by GOP Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona for a one-week FBI investigation before a full Senate vote puts the onus on President Donald Trump to reopen the FBI's background investigation into Christine Blasey Ford's claim that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. Kavanaugh categorically denied it.
Minutes later, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska told reporters she backed Flake's proposal. "I support an FBI investigation," she said.
A holdout by two Republicans would leave the party short of the 50 votes needed to confirm Kavanaugh on party lines. Senator Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat who has been viewed as a possible vote in favor of Kavanaugh, said in a statement that Flake's plan for an FBI investigation was "right and fair."
Trump told reporters at the White House, "I will be totally reliant on Grassley and what he decides to do," referring to Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley.
Asked whether he had a message for wavering Republican senators, the president said he had "no message."
"They have to do what they think is right," Trump said. "They have to be comfortable with themselves."
Democrats have repeatedly demanded an FBI investigation since Ford's allegation surfaced a few weeks ago, and they hammered at the issue throughout Thursday's raucous Judiciary panel hearing where Ford and Kavanaugh testified.
Republicans who back Kavanaugh said there was no corroborating evidence for Ford's allegation. Democrats pointed to the lack of an impartial investigation and the committee's refusal to call witnesses who might be able to back up her claim, or to seek testimony from two other women who accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
Separately, former Kavanaugh classmate Mark Judge — who Ford says witnessed and encouraged the attack — said he will cooperate with any law enforcement agency that investigates confidentially, the Associated Press reported. Judge had previously notified the Judiciary Committee in a letter that he didn't want to testify in public.
The Judiciary Committee voted 11-10 on party lines Friday to send Kavanaugh's nomination to the Senate floor.
'Due Diligence'
Flake of Arizona, who had been undecided until Friday morning, announced his demand for an FBI investigation not long after announcing his support for Kavanaugh.
Flake said he would "only be comfortable moving on the floor until the FBI has done more investigation than they have already." He added: "It may not take them a week. We owe them due diligence."
Flake's proposal was endorsed by GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, a strong Kavanaugh backer who said, "What Jeff is saying makes sense to me."
"Somebody's got to explain this to Trump. So, I guess that'll be my job," said Graham of South Carolina.
'Need 50 Votes'
Asked whether Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky would honor an agreement to delay a final vote on Kavanaugh, Graham said, "Last time I looked, you need 50 votes" to confirm him.
Flake and other Judiciary panel members went to McConnell's office immediately after the meeting.
Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, a top GOP backer of Kavanaugh, told reporters he thought an FBI investigation was "overkill" but that he was okay with the idea.
Grassley said at the committee meeting that he told Flake, "I would advocate for the position he took but I don't control it." After the committee meeting concluded, Grassley told top Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California the plan was "a gentlemen's and women's agreement." Flake said he would make a request to the White House to direct the FBI to do the probe.
Democrat Chris Coons told reporters that Flake only struck the deal with Democrats "after having reassurances from some other senators in his party."
Coons of Delaware said that after Flake announced his support for Kavanaugh earlier Friday, they had a private conversation and Coons said he told Flake, "I respect you as my friend, but I'm having difficulty with your vote. It became a much broader conversation."
Re-Opening Investigation
The White House will need to ask the FBI to re-open the background investigation, which hasn't happened yet, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the matter.
The FBI also will need the White House to define the scope and parameters of the investigation, according to the official. The bureau could complete an investigation within a week, but the timeline ultimately depends on what is involved, such as the number of interviews that need to be done and whether newly uncovered information needs to be followed-up on, the official said.
Connecticut Democrat Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat on the Judiciary panel, said an FBI investigation "has to be more than a sham, and a charade."
"What's really needed now is a penetrating, complete, fair and impartial investigation by the FBI," Blumenthal said, including an interview of Judge.
On Thursday the Judiciary committee heard Ford, a California psychology professor, testify that she's "one hundred percent" certain Kavanaugh attacked her in 1982 when they were teenagers, describing in detail being held down on a bed at a drunken high school gathering. She described "uproarious laughter" by Kavanaugh and Judge, who has said he doesn't recall such an incident.
Kavanaugh angrily, tearfully and "unequivocally" denied any wrongdoing involving Ford and other women who have made claims of sexual misconduct in recent days. He denounced his treatment as a political hit orchestrated by Democrats.
The American Bar Association and Heather Gerken, dean of Yale Law School where Kavanaugh earned his law degree, have called for a delay in Kavanaugh's confirmation to allow an investigation.
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A critical element for children's healthy growth and development is the nutrition they receive, especially during the early years of life. Nutrition is a key component of nurturing care, and the Nurturing Care Framework recognizes the importance of nutrition interventions and services for supporting young children's optimal development.
In the earliest years, appropriate infant and young child feeding is particularly important and involves early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, and continued breastfeeding for two years or beyond with the addition of adequate complementary foods from six months onwards. Evidence shows that when these recommendations are adhered to, there are multiple benefits for the infant and young child, the mother and the family. Optimal nutrition lowers infant and child morbidity and mortality, fosters neurodevelopment, reduces the risk of chronic diseases along the life course, and has economic benefits for families and societies. However, many children are at risk of malnutrition. Undernutrition results in wasting or stunting while inappropriate foods can lead to overweight and obesity. Most countries are experience the dual burden of malnutrition. Children need to eat healthy foods so they are not overweight or underweight, both of which can affect their physical growth and brain development. Ensuring that adolescents, particularly girls, and women before and during pregnancy enjoy adequate nutrition is also essential for early childhood development. WHO recommends that all caregivers need to be supported to breastfeed optimally; it also recommends that support for responsive caregiving and early learning should be included as part of interventions for optimal nutrition of infants and young children.
This thematic page provides resources specifically for those interested in learning more about nutrition interventions and how to implement them.
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Key Facts about Nutrition
Every infant and child has the right to good nutrition according to the "Convention on the Rights of the Child".
Undernutrition is associated with 45% of child deaths (approximately 2.7 million children annually).
Globally in 2019, 144 million children under 5 were estimated to be stunted (too short for age), 47 million were estimated to be wasted (too thin for height), and 38.3 million were overweight or obese.
About 44% of infants 0–6 months old are exclusively breastfed.
Few children receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods; in many countries less than a fourth of infants 6–23 months of age meet the criteria of dietary diversity and feeding frequency that are appropriate for their age.
Over 820,000 children's lives could be saved every year among children under 5 years, if all children 0–23 months were optimally breastfed. Breastfeeding improves IQ, school attendance, and is associated with higher income in adult life. (1)
Improving child development and reducing health costs through breastfeeding results in economic gains for individual families as well as at the national level.
In 2016, 41 million infants and young children were overweight or obese.
Today, at least one in three children is not growing well because of malnutrition. (https://www.unicef.org/reports/nutrition-strategy-2020-2030
Key Features of nutrition-relevant interventions that promote Early Childhood Development
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth.
Breastfeeding or breast-milk feeding of sick and small newborns
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months.
Continued breastfeeding and complementary feeding for 2 years and beyond.
Breastfeeding counselling for mothers, at least 6 times or more as needed, starting during antenatal care and continuing through 24 months or longer.
Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling (IYCF)
Micronutrient supplementation when needed
Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM)
Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)
Counselling and support for maternal nutrition and for adolescent girls
General Websites
World Health Organization, Nutrition https://www.who.int/health-topics/nutrition
Breastfeeding https://www.who.int/health-topics/breastfeeding#tab=tab_1
Complementary feeding https://www.who.int/health-topics/complementary-feeding#tab=tab_1
Infant nutrition https://www.who.int/health-topics/infant-nutrition#tab=tab_1
Malnutrition https://www.who.int/health-topics/malnutrition#tab=tab_1
Scaling Up Nutrition, https://scalingupnutrition.org/
USAID, Advancing Nutrition: Early Childhood Development, https://www.advancingnutrition.org/what-we-do/early-childhood-development
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub, https://www.advancingnutrition.org/resources/nutrition-resource-hub
Network for Global Monitoring and Support for Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and Subsequent relevant World Health Assembly Resolutions (NetCode), https://apps.who.int/nutrition/netcode/en/
Global Breastfeeding Collective, https://www.globalbreastfeedingcollective.org/
Nutrition at Save the Children 2022, https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/nutrition-at-save-the-children-2022/
WHO (2017), Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity: implementation plan: executive summary
https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/259349
WHO (2014), Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition, https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-NMH-NHD-14.1
UNICEF, Global Nutrition Cluster, Global Technical Assistance Mechanism for Nutrition (2020), Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Context of COVID-19, https://www.unicef.org/media/68281/file/IYCF-Programming-COVID19-Brief.pdf
Program Guidance
WHO (2019), Essential nutrition actions: mainstreaming nutrition through the life-course
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241515856
https://apps.who.int/nutrition/topics/ENA-infographics/en/index.html
WHO (2018), Guideline: counselling of women to improve breastfeeding practices, https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241550468
WHO (2021) Improving early childhood development https://www.who.int/teams/maternal-newborn-child-adolescent-health-and-ageing/child-health/nurturing-care
UNICEF (2010), The Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package, https://www.unicef.org/media/108391/file/Facilitator%20Guide.pdf
UNICEF, Community based infant and young child feeding, https://www.unicef.org/documents/community-iycf-package
USAID and UNICEF, Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations When Covid-19 is Suspected or Confirmed https://www.advancingnutrition.org/what-we-do/social-and-behavior-change/iycf-recommendations-covid-19
Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)01024-7/abstract
Victora, Cesar G et al. The Lancet , Volume 387 , Issue 10017 , 475 – 490.
Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?
Rollins, Nigel C et al. The Lancet , Volume 387 , Issue 10017 , 491 – 504
Rabbani A, Padhani ZA, A Siddiqui F, et al. Systematic review of infant and young child feeding practices in conflict areas: what the evidence advocates. BMJ Open 2020;10:e036757. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2020-036757
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/10/9/e036757.full.pdf?with-ds=yes
Lucas, J. Richter, M. and Daelmans, B. (2017), " Care for Child Development: an intervention in support of responsive caregiving and early child development, Child: Care, Health and Development Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29235167/
Black, M., Trude, A. and Lutter, C. (2020), "All Children Thrive: Integration of Nutrition and Early Childhood Development", Annual Review of Nutrition, Vol. 40:375-406. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32966185/
Black, M., Aboud, F. (2011), "Responsive Feeding Is Embedded in a Theoretical Framework of Responsive Parenting", The Journal of Nutrition, Volume 141, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 490–494, https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.110.129973
USAID Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review September 2022
https://ecdan.org/multi-sectoral-nutrition-resource-review-september-2022/
The Importance of Nutrition in Early Childhood Development (2016), https://novakdjokovicfoundation.org/importance-nutrition-early-childhood-development/
Recording of Past Events
USAID Advancing Nutrition webinar, https://www.advancingnutrition.org/events/2019/09/11/webinar-science-behind-first-1000-days-linking-nutrition-brain-development-and
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The residents served by Ringgold County Hospital are fortunate. Although no one wants to end up in an Emergency Room, if you find yourself there, you'll discover it's staffed by a team of professionals who love their work. Three board-certified physicians and a physician's assistant share the shifts to ensure there's care for any emergency situation, 24-hours a day.
Angie Kerchner, M.D.
Dr. Angie Kerchner is the Emergency medical director who assembled the current team. "I've worked in a lot of rural hospitals in Iowa," said Dr. Kerchner. "Most of them hire outside contractors to work in emergency rooms in 24-hour shifts. The hospitals don't know the physicians well, and the doctors don't get to know the community. When I met with (Ringgold County Hospital CEO) Gordon Winkler, we talked about a more permanent team that could serve as an extension of the Mount Ayr Medical Clinic family practice. I've seen a couple of other hospitals using the same model and it's been successful for everyone involved."
Dr. Kerchner herself was one of the ER physicians who came to RCH as a contractor. "I'm board certified in family medicine, but I've always worked in the ER," she said. "I fell in love with this community and the hospital when I started in 2016. I was looking for a permanent position, and the hospital had a need that I could fill." She became the medical director last summer and started building the team. She likes the flexibility in scheduling that ER work allows. She, her husband, and her three teenagers recently relocated to nearby Lenox. "We happened across Dr. Ferhut by chance," she explained. "We were short on physicians for a time last summer. He came in as a contractor and everyone fell in love with his personality and his bedside skills. We wanted to grab him before anyone else did. He's a great fit for us."
Haroon Ferhut, M.D.
An RCH employee since October, Dr. Haroon Ferhut agrees that it's a great fit, although he never guessed that he'd be working in a small town in Iowa. He grew up in Virginia and California, attended medical school on an island in the Caribbean, and completed his residency rotations all over the United States. He worked in cities like Decatur, GA, Hollywood, FL, Brooklyn and Chicago before he landed in Kansas City for his final rotation. "I got used to packing and traveling!" he admits. He currently lives in Kansas City and commutes to Mount Ayr for his shifts in the ER. Dr. Ferhut's favorite things about Ringgold County Hospital are the patients and the staff. "Every time I step in the door, I have a smile on my face," he said. "I get along with everyone and I have a good rapport with my patients. I want to continue to build those relationships."
Patti Fasbender, D.O.
The newest member of the Emergency Room team is Dr. Patti Fasbender. She was discovered by Dr. Kerchner on Facebook. Both women belong to a closed group called Iowa Lady Physicians. Dr. Kerchner posted the job opening there and immediately connected with Dr. Fasbender. "Although I had a lot of physicians interested in the position, she fit perfectly!" remarked Dr. Kerchner. A mother of three adult children, being a doctor is a second career for Dr. Fasbender. "I followed in my mom's footsteps and was a teacher for 12 years," she said. She attended medical school and completed her residency in Des Moines. "I've been a doctor for 13 years now!" She just bought a home in Mt. Ayr and feels a more permanent part of the community. "I grew up on a dairy farm in a rural community. This is familiar to me." Dr. Fasbender loves being a doctor. "I believe we are all put here to do good work. This is a way I choose to do good." Her background in science and as a teacher still come into play daily. "As a scientist, I have to figure out what's wrong with each patient. After that, most of what I do is teach. I teach patients how to care for themselves to get better." Like her teammates, Dr. Fasbender has been very impressed with the hospital staff. "The level of cooperation is incredible. All the doctors are warm and welcoming."
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The three ER physicians, who are relatively new to RCH, join Ron Shafer, PA, who has been an Emergency Medical Technician at the hospital since 1990 and a physician assistant since 2000. "Ron has a lot of emergency medicine experience," said Dr. Kerchner. "He's a great member of the team and a great person." Ron is also certified in wound care and provides care for chronic, difficult-to-treat wounds.
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The fifth member of the ER team has never attended medical school. In fact, because of her young age, she hasn't had any formal training at all. Even so, she goes on rounds and visits patients and successfully gets them to smile. "Winkey" belongs to Dr. Kerchner and comes to work with her regularly. "Just recently we had a little girl who needed stitches in her toe," said Dr. Kerchner. "It's actually pretty painful and we normally have to sedate young patients. The little patient just asked
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Hunt for private food vendor moves slowly
Nancy Ngo
Delays are plaguing the process to select a private-sector partner for University Food Services.
Officials expected to have a vendor chosen before spring quarter began, which raised concern within several groups on campus that the process was moving too fast. However, scheduling conflicts and the need for vendor information have slowed the process considerably.
"I have to agree that there would be some advantages to having a deal by June," said Runninghorse Livingston. "But I'm not sure I'm being realistic." Livingston is the only student voter on the eight-member committee that is charged with deciding which of two vendors to negotiate with.
An evaluation team met Tuesday to discuss presentations made by the two potential partners, ARAMARK and Compass: PFM. The group also discussed the need for continued input from students, faculty members and other members of the University community during the process.
Livingston said that because he does not have all the information he needs, he is not coming closer to a decision. He also said he wasn't the only one who wanted to know more.
He said that he and other members of the evaluation team requested more information from vendors and then ended up waiting for that information to come, which has contributed to the delays.
University administrators are considering a food service partnership as a way to combat the operation's financial losses. Food services, which offer vending, catering, dining and retail services, have projected a $1.1 million loss by the end of the 1996-97 school year.
Despite possible delays, Livingston said he would like the process to happen in a timely manner in which food services would not continue to operate at a loss. "The biggest thing is that we don't lose money," he said.
Some dates in the tentative timeline have been pushed back as a result of the delays, including the presentation before the University's Vice Presidents Executive Council that was scheduled during spring break.
But Nancy Arneson, human resources director for Housing and Food Services, said the rescheduling will not delay the proposal process significantly. "It is not a big delay, but a slight delay," she said.
McKinley Boston, vice president of Student Development and Athletics, could not attend the spring break meeting because he was out of town tending to Final Four basketball commitments.
At the presentation, which is now planned to take place April 9, Boston and Ron Campbell, associate vice president of Housing and Food Services, will show the council what a food partnership might mean to the University.


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Leaving my childhood home today for the very last time, I have so many mixed emotions. I am grateful for the love that lived there. I am grateful for the childhood that began in that place after our move from Brooklyn, when I was in the first grade. That house that saw family celebrations, holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and more. That house that knew anger, sadness, loss and pain just as intimately. That house where I found friendship, first crushes, first romance and even first heartbreak. If those walls could speak, they would tell so much of my story.
And I am grateful for the reconciliation that it was witness to. After six years had passed, in the driveway of my childhood home, I shared a first emotional embrace with my father and my mother, and healing took hold. Yes, I am grateful for the joy and even the hardship that shaped me into who I am, so much of it in that place that I once called home.
But I am also grateful to let go of the place where my father ended his life, and the palpable pain & grief that brings each time I enter the space, where he drew his final breath. The house haunts me only with sorrow now, it is filled with what was and what should have been. I look for him in every corner, out on the porch basking in the sun, sitting in his recliner in the family room or his favorite spot in the living room. I can't even bring myself to sit in his chairs. I hear his voice on the answering machine and he still sounds so very alive. He recites the phone number I've committed to memory and he says that "we" can't get to the phone right now, but "we" will get back to you as soon as "we" can. But my mother is a widow now, and we will never hear his voice in life again.
To live a life of meaning is to know that nothing is ever set in stone. Possibilities dwell on each new horizon and even the setting sun is touched by the promise of tomorrow.
And yet today, 14 months after your suicide we dedicate a stone that stands in stark contrast to that notion of hope and promise. This stone feels so very final, noted with a beginning and an end. The words speak of who you were to us in life; a husband, a father, a grandfather, a brother and friend. But there is no space or place to honor who or what you might have become. The finality is undeniable and in truth, still unfathomable.
And then there are those fourteen words, meant to share what mattered most to you, and how you will be remembered. What did you value in your time on this earth?
To bask in the loving warmth of family and friends was his greatest blessing.
An eloquent monument for a loved one we've lost, whose death didn't have to be.
From the mountains so beautiful, that you will never get to see.
It is where we come to remember, to cry, to talk and to feel as if we are with you.
It won't be for nothing nor be without meaning.
I know it is coming. On April 20th, you will remind me of what I posted "One Year Ago Today." But I need no reminder. I have been learning to live with and accept this truth every day since I wrote it.
Early this morning, my father lost his battle with mental illness. My heart is broken. May his memory be for an eternal & abiding blessing… and may he know how grateful I was for the gifts of reconciliation & healing–I got these last few years with my father, and that is a gift I will forever be grateful for. I will miss him more than words can say… I only wish I could tell him how much he meant to me, one last time. To hear his voice, to say I love you–and if only I had another chance to remind him-that it would get better, to hang on to hope even if only by his fingertips–but instead, I travel with my family to New York, to say goodbye to a beloved father, father-in-law, grandfather, friend, brother and husband–and to return his soul to God. I love you daddy!
Facebook, the memory that you share is a traumatic imprint that is forever a part of me. And in truth, I still stand in disbelief at times waiting for this nightmare to end. Because there are days I think to myself, "This can't be true." But it is. 365 days have passed. The pain is still sharp. But some healing has come. I miss him every day. I wish with all of my heart that love had been enough to save him. So thank you for the reminder, but my tears beat you to it. And I won't try to stop them, I will simply let them flow.
April 20, 2015 the day my life was forever altered, the day I became a Survivor of Suicide Loss. One Year Ago I lost the first man that I ever loved. My father, my friend, oh how I wish I could rewrite the end of this story. Oh how I wish you could have stayed.
My daughters with Grandma & Grandpa on a visit to Long Island.
I remember the first time that I heard my mother's voice after I found out my father had taken his life. I was in the back of Whole Foods, where I had received the devastating news, sitting with my friend Pam. My husband was on his way to me. But I needed to speak to my mom. So, with my hands shaking and an endless flow of sobs and tears, I dialed the number to the house that my father and mother had shared for over forty years.
My mother answered, and as she recounted what had happened, we sat on the phone crying. And she said to me, "Deborah, I don't want the girls to know how their grandpa died." When I asked her why, she answered, "I don't want them to think he didn't love them enough to stay." We both knew that we could not keep this from them. And even more, that we could not possibly grieve a lie. That wasn't truly what my mother wanted. Her words were not born of shame, but rather the fear that my children would come to see their beloved grandfather as selfish, or perhaps see themselves as "not enough" to keep him here.
I promised my mother, vowed to her in fact, that I would make sure my daughters knew how much their grandpa loved them. I would tell them the truth about how he died, but I would remind them of all that they meant to him in life. Somehow I would find the words to impart all of that.
My husband took me home. And soon after, our daughters began to arrive from school. They did not all come home at the same time. And while it would have been easier to say the words only once, and to have them all together, it was obvious to them, as they walked through the door, that something was terribly wrong. There would be no postponing the conversation.
It began with my middle daughter, who was beaming because, on that same day, she had gotten her braces taken off. A friend had picked her up from school so that she could keep the appointment. And it fell to us to rob her of that smile, as we told her that her grandpa had taken his life.
Then we told our oldest, and finally our youngest.
The cries and screams that escaped from my children's mouths, cries that came from a deep & primal place, will never leave me. They are forever seared into my memory. And I can say with certainty, that those were the hardest and most painful words that I have ever spoken to my children. Everything about them felt wrong. And time hasn't changed that.
My daughters know that their grandfather died by suicide. They do not know the details of his death. They don't need to and they are not ready for the imagery that my brother, my mother and I struggle with. They also know that their grandfather loved them very much, and that he died of an illness. It's taken time for them to reach that place of understanding, and it doesn't mean they don't still struggle at times. We talk about it openly. They know that there is no right or wrong way to grieve this loss. But just as we did from the moment we shared that painful truth, we face and process the loss honestly.
Before my father was buried, each of my daughters wrote him a letter. They told him how much they loved him. They told him how much they would miss him and they shared their own personal memories and feelings. And in each of their letters they told their grandpa that they were not angry at him. They offered their forgiveness.
Those letters were placed in my father's casket. He was laid to rest with their words and their love for all eternity. They know the truth. Their Grandpa died of an illness. It was not a reflection of his love for them. He loved them fully, deeply and wholly. That is his enduring legacy. His suicide is the final footnote that they must live with, but it is not & never will be the whole story.
Tomorrow will mark eleven months since you left us. And soon, it will be a year. How can that possibly be? Some days it feels as if I've lived a lifetime without you, and others it is as if it just happened yesterday.
Eleven months ago, if I knew then, what I know now, there is so much that I would say to you Dad. And there are things I would say and do differently.
I would ask you to stay. In fact, I would beg you. I am not above saying that.
I would not offer you platitudes or promise it would all get better. I never did. But I would remind you as often as I could that in all of your brokenness, just as you were, you were loved. Never again would I say that perhaps you could "fake it until you feel it." Because I know now that faking it took far too much strength and energy. I would tell you that loving you through the hard times was not a burden. That none of us would feel better off without you.
I would ask you to give the therapist & the medication time. And just as I did then, I would temper your expectation that one day you would simply wake up and feel all better. You were so desperate not to hurt anymore and you gave that tiny pill far too much power. And when it failed to act as quickly as you had hoped, you slipped further away from us. Only we didn't know it.
I would ask you to be honest with us. You showed us pieces of your pain. But you did not show us all of it. Maybe you yourself didn't recognize the depths of your suffering. Maybe you felt further weakened and embarrassed, ashamed of the notion that you might consider ending your own life. So you pushed those thoughts down into that dark hole that had opened up inside of you. Oh how I wish you had said it Dad. Remember how I told you that to make therapy work, you would have to be willing to peel back all of the layers? It would be hard, it could be painful, but it could bring you to a place of understanding yourself and your pain. And from that place of understanding, healing would be possible. But instead you compartmentalized, you rationalized and you masked the truth. Why didn't you tell someone, anyone that death was beckoning to you, promising you an end to the suffering? Why did you only drop hints that we were unprepared to recognize then? If you had just spoken the words, you might still be here with us now.
Dad, I would tell you that we needed you. And I would remind you of all the goodness, the joy, the celebrations that were yet to come. I'd ask you to look into the faces of your grandchildren and see all of the beautiful possibilities that lie ahead. Imagine their graduations, bat mitzvahs, and weddings. Imagine sitting with mom, dancing in joy and relishing the growing beauty of the family that you created together. Then I would ask you to see the void that would be present if you were not there. I would ask you to look at the tears, the palpable sense of missing that we would all feel with your absence.
If I had a clue that you were considering suicide, I would have been on the first flight and as a family; we would have gotten you even more help. We would have come up with a plan that met you in crisis and carried you through. Why didn't you give us that chance Dad?
If I had a chance to say anything to you Dad, I would tell you over and over again that I loved you, that I needed you in my life, that you leaving would be devastating.
I don't know if any of it would have made a difference Dad. But I am left with so many words unspoken. There was no final goodbye. I didn't get to hold your hand, embrace you and kiss you one last time. I would tell you that not getting to do that would forever hurt and haunt me. It feels like you simply disappeared.
Dad, I know that you were suffering. But if you were here now, I would acknowledge it with an even greater understanding. Hindsight offers me an insight that I didn't fully have a year ago. Your pain was so very real. You hurt all over. I would tell you that it's okay to let all of that pain show. I would ask you to shed the layers of stigma, the shame, the fear that you would be perceived as weak, frail & somehow less of a man. Those layers only weighed you down, causing you to sink even further. And when you asked if you would ever return to your old self, I would say instead that the goal of each day should be to meet the pain, to share it, to work through it and to strive instead toward healing bit by bit. Because returning to your old self, that may have been far too lofty a goal. Perhaps you didn't have the strength to reach toward a finish line that was so far off. But small markers, milestones that were within reach, maybe that would have been possible.
I wish I could go back. I wish you were here. I wish I could say all of these things to you Dad. I wish I knew then, what I know now. Eleven months ago you took your life. And all that I want to share with you now; I must sit at your graveside to say. But I say it anyway. I love you. I miss you. I wish you could have stayed. We are not better off without you. We wanted you here.
Grieving your loss, your suicide, has been hard. It's a complicated journey, not at all linear like those stages of grief would have you believe. Leora gave a great analogy of the grieving process. It's like the game Chutes and Ladders. Every day, you get up out of bed, you roll the dice and you move along the game board. Square by square, step by step you move ever so slowly ahead. Sometimes you land on a ladder and you get to advance even faster, headed towards the finish line. But just as easily, you can land on a chute, and find yourself sliding backward, and starting all over again. And so it is with grief. One step forward, two steps back. The times when the ladder allows you to move days, even weeks, through the loss with pain that is less palpable and ever present. Those are the days that remind you that joy, happiness, even a sense of peace, are possible. They tell you healing is happening. And then there are the days when triggers abound; holidays, remembrances, a television show, a book, something that opens the gate and allows the sadness, the pain, the loss, the missing… to find it's way back onto center stage. Yes, I do believe that Leora got it right. Chutes and Ladders is the perfect analogy to the grieving process.
Dad, I've been angry at you for a while. It didn't happen right away. Those early days, weeks and months were simply filled with shock, sadness, guilt and a tragic sense of disbelief. But somewhere along the way, I got angry. Suicide, if I'm being honest, feels like a choice sometimes. No, I wouldn't dare allow someone who is not a survivor of suicide loss to say such a thing. But, as the survivors, the ones left behind, it feels like abandonment. We can say it, because we are living it. I'm the daughter, and you're the dad. And dads aren't supposed to just leave their children.
I've railed at you, yelled and screamed at the top of my lungs, until my voice was gone. I've pounded on and hit things until my knuckles were bloody and my fingers were swollen. I've thrown and shattered things. None of these are constructive acts, but sometimes anger simply wants, needs, to get out. And always, when I'm done, there is some relief, there is exhaustion and there is sadness.
But I don't want to be angry at you anymore Dad. You must have been in such unimaginable pain to do what you did. Mom said something that truly resonated with me. When she stands at your grave, even if she is angry, she realizes that of all of us, no matter how hard our journey, it was you who got the worst end of this deal. Because we will find healing, we will laugh again, celebrate again and make new memories. But you, you will never again get to be a part of that. That is the ultimate consequence and cost of suicide isn't it?
So Daddy, I forgive you. You would never have done this if you had the slightest sense of clarity in that moment. And I know you would never have wanted to cause us so much pain. I close my eyes and I hear you tell me you are sorry. Maybe it's my mind playing tricks on me; wishful thinking. Or maybe, in the still and quiet moments, you are with me. I hope that you are.
I miss you Dad. It's Chanukah. Tonight, we will light the sixth light on the Hannukiyah. Remember our first Chanukah, after we reconciled? I do. We lit the candles together via Skype. You had used flashlights and tape to turn yourself into a human menorah. And on another night, you created an alter ego, dressed in full rap attire, you became Jew-Z-Big.
You had that silly and playful side in you. You had joy within you, and joyful moments that made up your life's story. But you had your fair share of demons too. You were not a resilient man, and change was never easy for you. Optimism didn't come readily to you, nor did faith in the unknown. You were a pragmatist, and a worrier. And when depression and anxiety came this time around, I do believe they played on these parts of you, and they grew far too powerful for you to bear. Through the cracks in your armor, they got inside and poisoned your sense of self, until all you were left with was a vision of being a burden, of being worthless, of somehow failing us. The pain that took hold in that dark room, on that dark night must've simply been unbearable. And all that you wanted, was for the pain and suffering to end. You didn't choose to leave us. You could no longer see us, our love for you was obscured, clouded by suffering. And that will always break my heart.
So when I light the candles tonight Daddy, through my tears, I will devote tonight's candle to you.
And in the warm glow of the candles, and in the stars up above, I will look for you… always. And the light of my love, I pray, will reach you.


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Q: how to open pdf file in jupyter file browser? I would like to open a pdf file using the jupyter notebook's file browser. However, when I click, it always opens a new tab and shows a dark screen.

A: I spent a couple of minutes looking for a workaround for this and found a github issue in the jupyter project where OP discovered that the issue is resolved by installing the PDF viewer plugin to Chrome
I just installed it and I am now seeing PDF's from my notebook in Chrome.

A: If you want to open a pdf file using the jupyter filebrowser, you need to use Firefox - Google Chrome blocks it.
Alternatively, to open the pdf inside a jupyter notebook cell, you can use IFrame - but again, it doesn't work for Chrome.
from IPython.display import IFrame, display
#filepath = "http://wikipedia.org" # works with websites too!
filepath = "file.pdf"
IFrame(filepath, width=700, height=400)