Following Urban Renewal, the city committed this same atrocity on his citizens with abysmal failure as the only result.
I take vigorous and vociferous exception to the Parking Advisory Committee's and their "half-baked" consultant's recommendations for restricting parking on downtown streets and the later introduction of parking meters on those streets.
Following Urban Renewal, the city committed this same atrocity on his citizens with abysmal failure as the only result. Our people don't want this kind of thoughtless harassment from city government, and if the first effort taught us anything, it is that downtown businesses don't want it either.
5) I cannot believe that the merchants, some who were there when the original parking meters were taken out, will favor the reduction in business which is bound to follow ... a different kind of privation not unlike the impact of the road improvements on Valley and Avenida de Mesilla.
These plans are nonsensical and prove once again that we can not learn from past mistakes.
As a retired senior citizen on a fixed limited income, it is a treat for me to go out mid-afternoon to eat, have someone else do the cooking and wait on me but in every restaurant in this city here comes the broom … sweep, sweep, sweep. Not only does it stir up the dust to float into my food, but many people have allergies.
I can understand if there is a big mess on the floor but otherwise the restaurant can close off one area, seat people away while you sweep if you really must. It is more offensive to see someone sweeping the floor around my table than to look at a few crumbs.
When talking to the waiters in many establishments, I have been told they are even required to clean at the end of the day, floors, toilets, windows, etc. A hostess that hands me the menu should not have to clean the bathroom from an ill customer who had too much to drink.
All this at minimum wage for tipped employees of $4.04 an hour when the jobs requires a janitor paid at $10.10 per hour. One could say the servers in this city are exploited. I know I would not go clean those toilets for $4.04. These establishments need to hire a cleaning crew after hours such as offices do, as the restaurants used to do.
Oh, and don't forget that tip jar on the counter at stores you pick up your sandwich. The manager picks that up, the people behind the counter may never see that money. Carry cash and give that server your tip.


Honor, bravery, loyalty–these made up her ma'tan sarili, the three values.
I was an everyday Kalusian greeting, but it meant much more than hello or goodbye. It translated to "highest self," and to say it was a pledge to be the best person you could be.
In a time of heightened political turmoil, Empress of a Thousand Skies is relevant more than ever. Even though this is a space opera, the story parallels the contemporary world we live in. It's a tale of Crown Princess Rhiannon Ta'an, the last of her clan, who's determined to avenge and reclaim her throne. It also interlaces the fate of Alyosha, a refugee reality star, who was falsely accused of killing the future Empress.
It's an epic battle of planet wars, heroic rebellions, vengeance, and the true spirit of a dynasty which is freedom and unity.
Empress of a Thousand Skies has a deliberate pace with dauntingly technical world building. It's set in a galaxy with diversified planets and moons. Every habitat has complex culture, mythology, language, religion, and social constructs. Some species are also different than others. There is a cult-like appeal. The politics and nuances are well established. There's an intricate structure of classism and racism. It's by far my favorite aspect.
The heroine, Rhee grew up only knowing survival instinct. She's always in a defense stance–wary of people attempting to kill her. She grew up only wanting to avenge her dead family. She's an orphan who's not allowed to go home. An empress without a throne.
Then there's Aly. Another war orphan who only knows survival. He who has been hardened by the horrors of humanity. He's a refugee who only wanted the basic needs of life. Though fate loves nothing else but to spite its heroes.
The characters are relatable, you can't help but root for them. You won't agree with their choices sometimes, but you can also understand where they're coming from. I love the barbed humor, especially Aly's. Rhee's naïve ruthlessness, her strangeness to power. The privilege was also acknowledged.
I did see some of the twists that were thrown in, but damn that epilogue will certainly string a handful of readers. I shed a tear. There's no romance, but there's an underlying possibility. I'm excited for all the things the sequel would explore! Empress of a Thousand Skies is perfect for Star Wars and SAGA fans.
Do you want to read a refreshing story about resistance led by brown and black characters? It's time to pick up Empress of a Thousand Skies. This is the revolution I could get behind.


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Back and forth between Ireland and Canada in O. R. Melling's Chronicles of Faerie
June 16, 2016 · by Janet · in Faerie, Fantasy, Review. ·
I feel as though I'm cheating in writing this post because (due to life) I was not able to reread all of these faerie stories before writing this post. Disclaimer: I apologize, and will be writing based on memories of (re)reading these books. (Also on the occasionally accurate internet.)
So! O. R. Melling's Chronicles of Faerie consists of four books wherein girls (teen/pre-teen) meet (i.e. have trouble with and sometimes set out to defeat) various faerie folk. Each story revolves around one central character, and in the last story all the main characters meet.
I liked these books and you might like them too, but my actual point in writing is to highlight (not that these are fun and interesting stories with humans and faeries, although this is true) the back-and-forth between Ireland, home of the faeries and faerie stories from which these books are drawn, and Canada.
(Yesssss! Canadian content! Which makes sense since the author was raised in Canada and lived here many years, but even so – it's nice to see my country represented.)
The four books are The Hunter's Moon, The Summer King, The Light-Bearer's Daughter, and The Book of Dreams.
Gwen is the protagonist of The Hunter's Moon. She is a Canadian visiting her cousin in Ireland. The two girls had always wanted to find Faerie, and they do. Not quite the way they expected, though; Gwen sets out to rescue her cousin from the Faerie King, meets a human king and a few other people along the way. After the summer Gwen returns to Canada.
So we've got a Canadian girl with Irish ancestry who visits the Old Country for a summer, gets her wildest dreams come true (with a dose of reality), and in the end, returns to Canada with strengthened and enduring ties to Ireland. (Gwen and her cousin are tight; Gwen has an Irish boyfriend. Sorry for spoilers.)
In The Summer King, Laurel is grieving the death of her twin sister, Honor (Honour? I would love to say that her name is spelled correctly, i.e. with a u but there is no telling to what extent American spelling has permeated the Canadian market). Laurel and Honour are Irish (yeah I'm going with Honour-with-a-u because my fingers actually won't type it the other way) (Honour-with-an-u?) (Oh goodness) and the setting is Ireland and Faerie. Honour had believed in Faerie; Laurel doesn't, but knows there was something wrong with her sister's death. Lots of mischievous faeries in this book.
End result: we've got an Irish girl who stays in Ireland.
The Light-Bearer's Daughter is about Dana, who runs away when her father announces that they are moving to Canada. (There is more to Dana's decision than that – an impending stepmother, the threatened felling of ancient trees, eg., but the whole leaving Ireland thing does not go over well.) After adventures in Faerie she returns home; ultimately, she moves.
End result: we've got an Irish girl who moves to Canada.
And somewhere between The Hunter's Moon and The Book of Dreams, Gwen's cousin and her partner, the ex-Faerie King, leave Ireland and become something of global nomads. So we've also got another Irish girl who leaves Ireland, and a(n Irish)-ex-faerie who leaves Ireland.
The Book of Dreams is the most explicitly Canadian of the four books. In the others, Canada isn't a large factor; Gwen could, with a few edits, have been made to come from Australia or the USA, for example. In The Book of Dreams, Dana and her friends discover that Canada is not a blank space devoid of Faerie; they meet Canadian immigrant faeries and distinctly Canadian beings, such as a loup-garou (who is kinda an important character). To be horribly honest it has been so long since I was able to get my hands on this book that I can't remember all the faeries Dana, Gwen, and Laurel meet; I don't remember how First Nations mythology was presented (but I think there was some? It was years ago, I'm so sorry) and that is definitely something to look for the next time I reread the series…
But I just wanted to highlight the ebb and flow between countries. It is So Cool that Melling addressed faeries as immigrants, and the tension between former emigrants and the people who never left. It is super cool that she integrated uniquely Canadian takes on certain beings. The Book of Dreams is the longest and most complex of the series, and brings together almost all of the significant characters in the first three, meaning you get to see them interact again and how their relationships have changed and also see them forming relationships with new people who have (sort of) similar experiences (because honestly how many other people do you think they have EVER met who have dealt with faeries? even if their dealings were very different this is still a huge deal for them). And the fluidity in the relationships between character and country – it isn't all 'I belong here' or 'now I belong there' but a belonging in both which changes as the character does.
People – including faeries – are adaptable. They change. It's pretty cool to see traditional meet immigrant culture meet rebellious-I-want-to-go-home-to-Ireland girl meet I-love-Ireland-but-Canada-is-home meet faerie meet school classroom meet city streets meet…
Tags: o. r. melling, The Book of Dreams, The Hunter's Moon, The Light-Bearer's Daughter, The Summer King
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Q: Plotly: Hide date in axis ticks but show in hoverlabel In the axis ticklabels, I want to show only the month and the year (grouped), like this -

But that also means I have to sacrifice on the day of the date (1-31) in the hoverlabel. Is there a way I can hide the day part of the date on the axis (with grouped years and short month) and yet see it on the hoverlabel? Something like this but without the 01s before each month on the axis.

You can recreate this graph by copying this code-
import plotly.express as px

df = px.data.stocks()
fig = px.line(df, x='date', y='GOOG')
fig.update_layout(xaxis_title=None, yaxis_title=None, xaxis_tickformat='%d%b\n%Y')

A: This should be very possible. You can start out with the following and fine-tune it from there:
fig.update_traces(hovertemplate="%{x|%d%b,%Y} value: %{y:.2f}")

Complete code:
import plotly.express as px

df = px.data.stocks()
fig = px.line(df, x='date', y='GOOG')
fig.update_layout(xaxis_title=None, yaxis_title=None)

fig.update_traces(hovertemplate="%{x|%d%b,%Y} value: %{y:.2f}")
fig.show()

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Test comment. Ok that is working.
Ummmm…. micky's US election post is empty – nothing there but a front page.
He might have been written it last night between the time I put the site back up, after the backup was last taken, and before it failed again.
I have changed it back to draft.
And a couple of comments today did not go through. I just upgraded to Yosemite on my Mac. I wonder if this is the issue?
The parties of the Right have a clear idea what they stand for, they present a united front, and they dont water down their policies when in power – they back themselves to implement them.
That is why they win elections.
I see no such deciciveness from the left – anywhere.
Yep, the Right don't compromise while the Left do. This results in the 'centre' continually shifting to the right. Time for the Left to stop compromising and to start calling the policies of the right what they are – radical and damaging to society.
…sorry… no. Any credible leader of the opposition must recognize the lay of the land, that to win, keeping Greens neither onside or offside, that running like he was a fourth per party, was what lost it. The right own the media, deal with that.
Oh, and just saw theNation, again what's with Labour they know what they did wrong, can all preciously protect their own perfect ability while totally missing their own points. That they cannot win just saying they can, or they need to connect, or they understand.
Take the Greens, they are gifted this opportunity to keep their integrity, that they are serious about climate change, and that means science based. So when an mp drops a clanger about Ebola, they quickly drop him from the portfolio. Now hopefully they can follow through and have him resign from Parliament, that would communicate they are science based party. How could any Green candidate not seriously resign and boost the brand? Waiting.
The way to win however means the Greens become the larger party, and that means daggers for those undermine the science based party. When even the pope sees no contention between science and faith, its even more essential that unscientific statements are resign able offenses.
Water down their policies? Like referring to WFF as "communism by stealth" and then not discarding it? Or what about promising to leave GST alone only to increase it?
Kiwi educating Jon Stewart on the NSA, Snowden and what's been going on in NZ. Funny too.
Really chris? Which bits did she get wrong?
Saturday is Aaron Schwartz day.
"Aaron Swartz fought for an Internet grounded in community, creativity, and human rights. By co-creating platforms like RSS, reddit, Creative Commons, and the technology that became SecureDrop, he helped make information accessible. Perhaps more than anything, Aaron Swartz helped hundreds of thousands of people participate in the political processes that determine the laws we have to live under everyday.
Schwartz killed himself last year. He had been arrested for hacking into JSTOR, the database that carries academic journal publications and articles that are usually paywalled. Schwartz believed that scientific and academic knowledge should be freely available not just to the elite. The state hounded him and refused to drop or lessen charges, despite the university and JSTOR not wanting prosecution to go ahead. Conviction would have meant spending the rest of his life in prison.
Schartz was a highly regarded hacktivist, and obviously was seen by the government as extremely dangerous because of his tech skills and his potential to affect soceity around issues to do with freedom and information ethics.
just watched the 4 contenders on The Nation…fascinating…they all have something to offer…Nanaia was impressive,haven't seen her in action much,Robertson has the media presecence,Parker needs to work on presentation has a touch of the 'shearers ,um,er…and Little,like his pragmatic approach,what he says,but the way he says it is a cure for insomnia.
After the Phil Judd debacle by the NZ Police with their amateurish attempted prosecution and other similar silly incidents of offence charging I believe it is high time we have a office for prosecutions completely separate from the police as they have proved time and time again that they are to trigger happy with their overcharging and charging of offences that are trivial and a waste of court time.
It would be nice it one could easily recover costs from the police when is has been shown that a mistake, whether by accident or on purpose has been made in respect to a prosecution, maybe then they would think a bit more carefully when charging someone over something trivial or in some cases something that never happened at all.
It would be great if we had a completely separate police complaints authority that actually had some teeth and the police actually took some notice of their findings instead of routinely ignoring the outcomes and arrogantly continuing on as if nothing happened.
I think we need to do away with the adversary trial system and have inquisitional magistrates. They could actually head for the truth of an incident, rather than deciding which set of lies to believe. They could even perhaps dismiss cases much earlier on when the police were obviously fabricating testimony.
The same story headlined by stuff.co.nz as:?
"Alayne Fleischmann: The woman who cost JPMorgan US$9 billion".
I'd have thought it was the underhand unethical behaviour that cost the firm – not the whistleblower. New sub editors needed perhaps?
Right On you good thing Mark !
with gravy dripping off their chins!
I counted 11/12 MP's present.
Hope you've got a backup plan, poor people.
Zizek is right in one sense that what he calls the left has been in sustained global decline for 20 years – and the simultaneous crises of Us Democrats, Australian Labor, NZ Labour, and French Socialists marks 2014 as the left's own GFC. Call it the Global Fight Collapse.
But the braver analyst is prepared to forecast where newer points of resistance will successfully emerge.
Big data is being successfully exposed and hacked. The hacker community are the unruly anarchists of old. Not all of them are redeemable for some future project. But they are a vanguard. In time, I believe they will turn into dedicated cells bent on wrecking the big data machines, whether those are state actors or corporations is less relevant.
They are an affront to every Renaissance and Social Democrat value hard-won over the last four hundred years. And yet they successfully resist and defeat the US-orchstrated intelligence, military and capitalist orders at any and every theatre they choose. The world Hardt and Negri proposed would occur after the second invasion of Iraq simply has not happened: the US and its imperial reach has been significantly and permanently curtailed.
Despite oil price stability forecast well into the next decade due to technologies and vast petro reserves, the rise of such movements against extraction corporations and in public consciousness has been steadily growing. Some have formed at a micro level with organic gardens, local markets, purity and hygiene obsessions, some directly against extractive corporations.
4. The continued rise of strong states.
China, Singapore, Brazil, Turkey, Vietnam, Malaysia and many others continue to show the power of very strong state ownership and economic manipulation, compared to Britain, the US, Australia and little old New Zealand. The strong state remains the number one goal of social democrats and all their forms the world over. They are not a substitute or necessary pair with social democratic liberal values of tolerance, media freedom, and civil rights. They are simply yet another rebuke to a hegemony of our stake and cruel version of capitalism.
There's more examples but I'll stop for a bit. I am seriously bored with Zizek's Left melancholy. None of the above constitute the old left's values. They're not about workers, identity politics, or redistribution.
But each one contests their own kind of hegemony. Each one forecasts differential futures to the standard dystopian forecasts of Leftocalypse. Not all of them intersect. All in different ways are distasteful. But they are sources of successful rebuke and liberation on their own terms.
I'm sure there's more once I get to further thinking.
Thanks Ad. But if none of these approaches is going to replace the Left, and the Left is what is serving the mass of the people, maybe these are merely new identity politics.
Groups going after their own goals and finding that righting a wrong, some wrongs, cocking a snook at the established order, is a lean, mean and achievable goal for them. What about the workers though?
While we in NZ were achieving a remarkable resistance to nuclear adventurism, there were things happening here that needed our full attention and maybe didn't get it. We have had a bad economic model now for 30 years as a result of not giving enough attention to the plans and attitudes that are now unhappily for us, entrenched. And digging them out requires surgery.
It's a false assumption that "the Left is what is serving the mass of the people." Far easier to characterize the left as the old identity politics.
Perhaps the whole of the world is telling us that grouping the world into "workers" and "everyone else" is no longer the most effective or favored way of assisting the world.
I believe we are well on the way to losing the Left, in order to re-find it. And my post above at 11.1 tells me we don't yet know what that looks like yet. But it's happening.
True Ad things are changing. Less workers and more beggars, who are would be workers, or have been rejected for so long they are past settled, regular activity. Who is going to represent such untrendy people. The no-labour people. And the low-income people who can't afford to support the union in the manner they need and have come to expect. The groups acting for the unemployed don't get a big income and big successes that buck them up, as do the unions when they get everyone organised or some rise in the basics.
The Labour Party are asperashunal to deal with people you can feel proud to stand beside. The poor get beaten down and aren't very stylish, until fashion sets up a trend to the shabby chic or something where pretending that you are part of the near if not underground culture is the thing.
Don't rely on the churches – they want you body and soul or if they say they want to help, they probably raise half the money for the charity from selling over-priced articles to the poor such as furniture. There is a bit of support from the wealthy who mercy is strained through a fine mesh, usually at fund raising events where they can dress up.
They are regularly putting up their prices to more like second hand shop prices. Though on clothes, they do have half-price or lower specials on the things that others have rejected. Then you can get your turn, and some have skips where you can fossick for free.
Congratulations media, this is the first I've heard or read about the Green Party in the UK.
Dayle is an indigenous rights and environmental lawyer who has led her iwi, Te Whanau a Apanui, in their struggle against a deep sea drilling permit off the East Coast. She holds a law degree from Victoria University, and is a graduate of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Academy in Geneva. She has lectured in Commercial Law and Treaty Jurisprudence, and has presented at the Maori Legal Forum, the Environmental Law Forum, the International Indian Treaty Council and at the United Nations Treaty Expert Seminar hosted by the Cree Nation. She is currently researching climate change law, is actively involved in biodiversity policy development, and acts as a negotiator for her tribal nation. She continues practice as a legal advocate; representing an array of clients in indigenous, Treaty and environmental issues. Through her law firm, October Law, she represents clients in civil court, direct negotiations, mediation, joint venture relationships between iwi and industry, and as a spokesperson at various United Nations meetings. She is a Trustee of the Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Trust, and champions the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the (draft) Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth.
Dayle's iwi Te Whanau-a-Apanui have supported her leadership in opposition to the exploratory oil drilling permit granted in 2007 for the Raukumara Basin. Many other iwi and environmental groups throughout the country now stand in solidarity with the iwi on this issue.
Can you please link to where that came from?
A quick google finds out that this is according to the Legatum Institute.
The Legatum Institute sounds like an extreme right wing think tank, from the stuff below. Good on the Herald for providing detail on the background to this shady organisation.
This link goes to a wickedly poorly written article, at least in its headline and its essential insinuation. We must not forget that the query by one law lord – "Why didn't Pora name Rewa ?" – doesn't necessarily mean a thing, as much as the callow writer seemingly and certainly stupidly might want to frame it as central and the death knell of the appeal.
A matter of 'Devil's Advocate' (excited know-all child you) – as one might expect from a a member of an appellate tribunal. 'Testing……just testing, thank you Mr Krebs', sort of thing.
Jonathan Kreb's response – "He didn't know Rewa….." strikes me as pretty substantial. Even the response of 'Mr Solicitor' (our Solicitor-General Heron QC) could be taken as quite uncrushing of Pora. Reference, which assumes without evidence that Pora was present with that man, to the 'heaviness' of Rewa and his standing in a gang rival to that of Teina Pora.
While I'm here, is anyone else completely unimpressed by hack Jock Anderson, former 'Truth' man I understand, purveyor to the masses of rubbishy legal scuttlebuck, sometime Mora 'Panel' member – and his ready obseqiuosness to powerful men (and grudgingly, women) of 'The Law'. Another example of the crap that passes for New Zealand journalism.
It's simple. Teina Pora didn't name Malcolm Rewa because the detectives responsible for this framing had not mentioned it to him. It is absolutely sickening that the crown is still going through with this farce. Teina is said to have had the mental age of an 8 year old at the time. Those cops should be charged with child abuse.
Interesting research reported in the ODT today demonstrates dogs' empathy for babies' crying, suggesting they experience an emotion which is absent in about 1% of humans.


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The 500T is a gravity feed HVLP tanning spray gun. The fan pattern can be adjusted from 2" to 7" and has very little overspray. Best results are achieved with compressors 1/6 HP or larger like the D220R or DA400R models. Also inlcuded is a 10' braided air hose.


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Q: Sending APNS mutable_content with FCM Java API As per here and here, FCM supports sending mutable_content variable as a boolean when using FCM REST APIs. But I couldn't find an equivalent method in the Firebase Admin Java API.
final ApsAlert alert = ApsAlert.builder()
       .setTitle("Test notification")
       .setBody("Hello World")
       .build();

final Aps aps = Aps.builder()
       .setAlert(alert)
       .setBadge(messageCount)
       .setContentAvailable(messageCount > 10000)
       .setCategory("tesy")
       .build();

final ApnsConfig config = ApnsConfig.builder()
       .putHeader("apns-id", getMessageId())
       .setAps(aps)
       .putCustomData("type", "test")
       .putCustomData("mutable_content", true)
       .build();

remoteMessage.setApnsConfig(config);

Tried setting it as a custom data value in ApnsConfig, however, it does not work.
PS: This method runs in a Spring boot server to send the notification to users.

A: I am Also searching for different websites and finally, I got proper Output(IOS)
 final ApsAlert alert =
                    ApsAlert.builder()
                        .setTitle(notification.getEventType())
                        .setBody(notification.getEventDescription())
                        .build();
                final Aps aps =
                    Aps.builder()
                        .setAlert(alert)
                        .setContentAvailable(true)
                        .setMutableContent(false)
                        .build();
                final ApnsConfig apnsConfig =
                    ApnsConfig.builder()
                        .setAps(aps)
                        .putCustomData("eventId", notification.getEventNumber())
                        .putCustomData("category", notification.getCategory())
                        .putCustomData("priority", notification.getEventPriority())
                        .build();
                message =
                    Message.builder()
                        .setToken(notificationRequestDto.getTo())
                        .setApnsConfig(apnsConfig)
                        .build();

in this code, we passing custom data also.


Mike has been in the insurance business for over thirty years. He has also been in banking for twenty five years, has been a tax consultant for over thirty years, and a cattle farmer forever. Mike has served four terms as a county board member and was the high school golf coach for seven years.
Dusty graduated in the top two of her class at BCHS in 1996. She joined Yingling & Nuessen in 1997 as a general Customer Service Representative. For the past ten years Dusty has specialized in marketing and servicing commercial insurance along with managing the Agency Management System for Yingling & Nuessen and affiliated offices. Dusty has attended various company schools on commercial insurance and internal agency accounting. Dusty has served the community as a member of the Brown County Library Board. After proving her value to the organization, she was named Partner in 2009. Her hobbies include golf, exercise classes at the Y, and watching movies with her husband Bob.
Mindy graduated from Brown County High School and from Western Illinois University. She has worked in two other agencies for the past six years, mainly as a commercial customer service representative. She joined Yingling & Nuessen in January of 2011. Mindy enjoys working out and doing all sorts of outdoor activities.
Lucas graduating from Brown County High school in 1999 and from the University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana in 2003. Lucas has been a financial services representative for the last 10 years and joined Yingling and Nuessen in 2017. He specializes in helping his clients prepare and save for retirement. He works with 401k plans, IRAs, college education funds, and other investment funds to help our clients reach their goals. Lucas also handles our life, disability, and long term care insurance side of the business.
Lucas and his wife Jenny have identical twin daughters that keep them very active. In his free time, he enjoys golf, working out, and spending time with his family on their family farm.
Aimee graduated from BCHS in 2012 and then went to play softball at Blackburn College for 2 years. After that, she worked at Dot for almost a year and then went to Brown County State Bank for a year and a half as a teller. Aimee started at Y & N in Sept. of 2016. and she enjoys being outdoors, running, golf & spending time with family & friends.
Jamie graduated from BCHS in 1999 and Ozark Christian College in 2003. She then spent 3 years teaching ESL to college students in China. From the big kids, she moved to teaching Chinese and Korean kindergarteners in Nanjing, China for 9 years. She moved back to the United States in July of 2016, joining Y & N in July of 2017. Jamie enjoys reading and keeping in contact with friends around the U.S. and overseas. She also works in children's programming at Timewell Baptist Church, which she enjoys a lot. Jamie is on duty at the front desk to take payments, answer questions on your home and car policies and direct you to who you need to see or talk with otherwise.


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"It is Almost Clear" BCCI Drops a Major News on IPL 2020
The fate of IPL 2020 is uncertain owing to the spread of coronavirus in the world. However, BCCI and the IPL franchise are not ready to let go off the tournament this year. They are hoping to organize the cash-rich league at some stage in the future.
BCCI had earlier decided to start the IPL 2020 from the postponed date April 15. But with the 21 days lockdown in the country, things have become difficult. The stakeholders have been keeping a close watch at the situation.
There was a proposal of hosting the league without the foreign players but it has turned down by the BCCI. Therefore, BCCI is in constant touch with the cricket boards of Australia, England, South, and others.
A BCCI official revealed, "While various options have been discussed like a closed-door tournament, or a curtailed one, it is almost clear that everyone wants foreign players to be a part of the IPL and that is one of the major highlights of the tournament,"
He further added, "So, we have been constantly updating the boards of the situation here and the directives that are being issued by the health department as well as the government in the fight against coronavirus."
"It is a two-way process as international border lockdown is also an aspect that needs to be kept in mind because at the end of the day whenever the IPL does happen, the foreign players need to fly in,"
IPL 2020 can be organized in October-November
As the chances of IPL in April looks bleak, BCCI can conduct the tournament later in the year. There has been news that ICC is thinking of suspending the T20 World Cup 2020 to next year.
The T20 World Cup 2020 is scheduled in Australia in November-December. However owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Australian government has announced a 6 months lockdown in the country.
Therefore, BCCI might consider the October-November slot to host the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League.
There has been no official confirmation from neither BCCI nor ICC about the same. At present, the authorities are waiting for the guidelines from the Indian government on April 14. After that only, BCCI will decide on the fate of the cash-rich tournament.
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Most dumpster rental businesses in Batesville commonly rent containers for a regular rate for 7 days, although most one-time customers end up keeping their container an average of three and a half days. When you phone to reserve the container, discussion with the customer support representative about the period of time you think you will need.
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In case you're looking to rent a dumpster in Batesville, one of your primary considerations is going to be price. There are generally two pricing options available when renting a dumpster in Batesville. Flat rate is pricing determined by the size of the dumpster, not the amount of stuff you put in it. Per ton pricing will charge you based on the weight you need hauled.
One kind of pricing structure isn't necessarily more expensive than the other. Should you know just how much stuff you have to throw away, you might get a better deal with per short ton pricing. On the other hand, flat rate pricing can assist you to keep a limit on prices when you're coping with unknown weights. Whether you consistently rent dumpsters for work or just want a one-time rental for a job throughout the home, you want to shop around to find the best rental prices based on your own needs.
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When you contact dumpster rental companies in Batesville, ask them how long their terms are. Many will give you options such as several days or one week, however there are generally longer periods available, too.
Most people do not want to rent dumpsters unless they absolutely have to. At times, though, it becomes clear that you just need to rent a dumpster in Batesville for commercial and residential projects.
Most cities WOn't haul away construction debris for you. It's your duty to ensure you have an appropriate container to collect lost stuff from remodeling endeavors. Even though you just have a tiny job, municipal waste management is not likely to haul the debris away.
A major clean out can gather more garbage when compared to a normal receptacle can hold. Renting a tiny dumpster is a more convenient choice that will prevent making multiple trips to the neighborhood dump.
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What if I want my dumpster in Batesville picked up early?
When you make arrangements to rent a dumpster in Batesville, part of your rental agreement contains a specified duration of time you are permitted to use the container. You normally base this time on the length of time you think your project might take. The bigger the job, the more time you'll need the dumpster. Most dumpster rental firms in Batesville give you a rate for a specific number of days. If you surpass that amount of days, you will pay an additional fee daily. If the job goes more rapidly than expected, you may be ended with the dumpster sooner than you anticipated.
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Germano's Room is a mini suite. The bedroom boasts a large window overlooking the portico. A divan in the lounge converts to a double bed.
The suite can therefore sleep up to four persons, making it the ideal choice for families.
The ceiling boards are original from 1800, and were restored individually during the refurbishment.
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RESEARCH & RESIDENCY POSITION IN MEDICAL IMAGING PHYSICS. Department of Medical Physics-Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is one of the world's premier cancer centers, committed to exceptional patient care, leading-edge research, and superb educational programs. The blending of research with patient care is at the heart of everything we do. The institution is a comprehensive cancer center whose purposes are the treatment and control of cancer, the advancement of biomedical knowledge through laboratory and clinical research, and the training of scientists, physicians, and other health care workers.
We have an opening for hybrid research and imaging physics residency position in the Department of Medical Physics, with a flexible start date for the right candidate. This is a hybrid residency program in which a two-year grant-funded research project is followed by a two-year clinical residency in medical imaging physics. For those who enter the 4-year program without CAMPEP credentials, you will be enrolled in a CAMPEP Certificate program with full tuition support from the department. You will be required to complete the Certificate program during the first two years of the program before entering clinical training. Research for this position will be conducted under Dr. Hao Zhang, PhD, DABR on a project titled "Deep learning enabled fast gated CBCT imaging for lung SBRT." You will be responsible for algorithm development, experimental validations, and preparation of manuscripts for publication. You will also have the opportunity to participate in the first-in-human clinical trial and translation of this imaging technique to the clinic.
The Department of Medical Physics consists of over eighty faculty physicists and computer scientists plus support staff working on various physical problems related to diagnosis and therapy for cancer, in partnership with radiologists, radiation oncologists, and other medical professionals. Medical Physicists in the diagnostic imaging physics track are actively engaged in several research programs that include molecular, MR and CT imaging as well as the new radionuclide therapies called theranostics. Examples include advanced MR acquisition techniques, motion correction, MR fingerprinting, artificial intelligence, and deep learning for image reconstruction in all imaging modalities. MSK is a World leader in imaging and theranostic research and supports one of the largest pre-clinical small animal core facilities in the United States that includes MR, PET, SPECT, CT, ultrasound imaging equipment that provides a conduit for the translation of experimental techniques into clinical trials. Additional highlights include grant-funded research in quantitative MRI, hypoxia imaging, imaging drug delivery, and radionuclide dosimetry. Research and development in radiotherapy physics include the use of artificial intelligence for improved imaging and target localization, real-time tumor tracking, tissue segmentation, treatment planning, and adaptive radiotherapy.
Diagnostic, Nuclear and MRI Medical Physicists play a key role in supporting all imaging devices throughout the MSK enterprise, maintaining and harmonizing acquisition protocols, troubleshooting image artifacts, and maintaining equipment accreditation and regulatory compliance. We support well over 500 imaging instruments that include 40 CT scanners, 21 MR scanners, and 17 PET scanners and work with radiologists in the selection of new imaging equipment and the implementation of new imaging techniques. Since diagnostic images are at the core of cancer diagnosis and response assessment, we have a strong philosophy to ensure that all imaging equipment throughout the network is operating at the optimum performance, per the overall mission of MSKCC to advance the state of cancer care.
Details of the residency program can be found at https://www.mskcc.org/hcp-education-training/residencies/residency-therapeutic-medical-physics. The successful candidate will be compensated according to the MSKCC standard rates based upon experience. Specifics information on employee benefits offered may be found at https://careers.mskcc.org/learn-about-msk/benefits/.
Doctorate in medical physics, engineering, or similar scientific discipline.
Expertise on medical imaging and deep learning.
Programing skills with Python and Matlab.
Track record of peer-reviewed publications
Additional requirements may be found on our website (mskcc.or/departments/medical-physics).
Christopher J. Watchman, Ph.D., DABR
Education Director and Associate Attending Physicist
watchmac@mskcc.org
** Please include a letter of intent, curriculum vitae & three letters, or reference in your application submission.
Salary: $55,439 - $85,402
MSK is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.
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Monday, July 4th 2022
Ireland international Claire Molloy will return to Bristol Bears ahead of the 2022/23 Allianz Premier 15s season.
The 34-year-old, who spent nine seasons with Bristol between 2010 and 2018, makes the switch from Wasps.
Molloy is comfortable across the back row and has made 70 appearances for her country, scoring ten tries.
Head Coach, Dave Ward, said: "When Claire expressed an interest in coming back to Bristol, we jumped at the chance - a proven operator at domestic and international level.
"She will add valuable experience to an already hugely competitive area in the back row. We are excited to see her back in a Bristol Bears shirt."
Molloy added: "I'm delighted to be back at Bristol and can't wait to get started. I had nine fantastic seasons here earlier in my career and it's incredible to see the progress the club has made on and off the field in the past few seasons."
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Where did you get this information? I got the information from my dad.
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Where can you get this education or training? Identify at least two places. University of British Columbia (UBC) or Simon Fraser University (SFU).
What is an option if you cannot meet the entrance requirements or are not interested in attending university? I can attend college to earn credits to enter university the year after.
Identify the average salary or wage for the career or job (indicate if the information is not available). $60,000 is the average salary.
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The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a massive trade agreement that is threatening to change a lot about how people are watched online. Regardless of whether you are doing anything illegal whatsoever the TPP has many far-reaching implications for anyone who is online (which let's be honest, is everyone).
Thanks to Wikileaks, we now know that the TPP will force internet service providers to essentially police their networks. This includes secretly handing over your identity and information to law enforcement. While aimed at skirting piracy, in reality the TPP deal increases surveillance in a massive way.
While the TPP has not been fully ratified yet, it is only a matter of time before it, or something like it puts pressure on internet service providers to comply with it's overreaching copyright laws.
We're all for trade liberalization that benefits citizens, but when it encroaches on individual privacy it is time to take some precautions. The best thing you can do as of right now is to encrypt your internet connection via a virtual private network (VPN). This will essentially reroute your internet traffic through an intermediary and make it virtually impossible to track your actions online.
Our favourite service that keeps your information completely anonymous (even from the method of payment you use) is Private Internet Access. They don't keep any logs on their servers of their customers so there is literally no paper trail of anyone who uses the internet while on their VPN. I have used it for over a year and can't recommend it enough. It's fast, reliable and they take privacy very seriously, which with the TPP coming is a very good thing.


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Come to think of this; you have some loyal clients that are expecting your call, you have services to deliver, emails to respond to, crucial business meetings that need your attention, and that isn't enough, you have to check on everyone's report and ensure guys are working towards realization of their personal goals. It is overwhelming, indeed.
The great thing is that technology is here to help you and ensure that you carry on with your duties without a hassle. If one of your greatest concern is just how you are to determine if your employees are managing their time the right way, you shouldn't suffer any stress anymore, all that you should do is to take advantage of your online employee time clock and all your key time concerns are dealt with satisfactorily. It is extremely converting to do this. Be sure to integrate a time clock solution into your company's operation; it will pay you a great deal. It is not a tough and complicated thing to do, and more essentially, it is not expensive – surely, you do not have to continue experiencing trouble managing your business. And talking of a web-based timeclock, you need to know you are extremely lucky as it is affordable, easy to use, and more crucially, implementation is very speedy. Choose the best online employee time clock and ensure you are running your business in the best way possible.
Online employee time clocks are available in great numbers out there, and it can be a tough task when you have to choose one that will meet your requirements. Here are crucial aspects that you may need to pay attention to when selecting your online timeclock.
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Fashion people embrace a range of cool and creative uniforms. Some favorite looks—like those worn during fashion month—really push the boundaries with interesting layering techniques and the like. On the other end of the spectrum are those ensembles that are a bit more pared down. In regard to the latter, there's actually one key look the style set adores that many could deem as "boring" given its simple nature, but it's actually quite forward. Yep, we're talking about the classic blazer, T-shirt or blouse, and trouser vibe.
Seemingly standard, this three-piece look is classic and timeless but feels fresh no matter the season. For example, a slouchy, textured blazer is cool right now topped over a white T-shirt and a printed pair of pants or distressed straight-leg jeans. To get a better sense of this fashion girl–favorite ensemble, keep scrolling to check out a few of our favorite looks, and shop the essentials in each to make the outfit your own.
A colored blazer feels fresh with a classic white turtleneck and black trousers.
A gray blazer in an oversize fit is particularly forward with a black tee and on-trend leopard pants.
Upgrade that go-to graphic tee–and-jean situation with a checked blazer.
Try a leather blazer to add a layer of edge with your favorite top and black jeans.
This slouchy vibe is cool and current, especially with the brown blazer and straight-leg denim.
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As Ritsuka continues to mourn the loss of his brother Seimei, he endures abuse at home, bullying at school, and the threat of new assassins on his tracks. Can he sort through it all and unlock the secret behind Seimei's death?


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Ideology And Dismissing Our Rights
January 26, 2007 by Steve Leave a Comment
Bill Schneider of New West has an "opinion" piece in the January 25, 2007 edition online. It is published as an article but more accurately should be an op-ed. The basis of his piece deals with the oddities of three groups mired in a debate over elk farming and hunting on elk ranches in Idaho. I'm not here to convince Mr. Schneider that elk farming is safe and that hunting on ranches is ethical. What I would like to do is clear up some things he presented as fact and ask some questions about issues he touches on.
The first part of his writing addresses the issue of the Humane Society of the United States teaming up with the Idaho Sportsmen's Caucus Advisory Council during an event in Boise called Camo Day. It is fact that the Idaho Humane Society posted a link in the right-hand side bar of their website to an advertisement page that declared that HSUS had teamed up with ISCAC for Camo Day.
It is also fact that the advertisement page was located on the HSUS' website with contact information to members of HSUS. Schneider wrote in one of his columns after Camo Day that ISCAC denied that they had teamed up with HSUS but offered no proof. My efforts to contact someone at HSUS to get their side of the story have proven fruitless.
At this time we only have he said she said unless Mr. Schneider has information he is not sharing. It would be only reasonable to expect anyone who saw a full page advertisement declaring the joint effort of ISCAC and HSUS to fight elk farming and ranch hunting as a legitimate collaboration, do become defensive and fight back. Schneider says that once ISCAC denied they teamed up effort, HSUS pulled the ad.
This grew out of an unauthorized notice posted on the HSUS website saying the animal rights group and ISCAC were "teaming up" to fight for a ban on canned hunts. Officers of the two groups did have a conversation, but there was no formal "teaming up," and ISCAC has asked HSUS for a retraction. Since the article, the notice has disappeared from the Idaho Human Society website.
The notice did disappear but in all fairness, Camo Day was past history. We don't know if HSUS pulled the ad because they were found out they did an improper thing or pulled because the event was over.
Schneider then goes on to make a statement that makes one question where he got his facts.
This "misunderstanding" says something really bad about game farming and canned hunts. Lost in the debate was the fact that both the people who loathe hunting and people who live to hunt want exactly the same thing–a sudden and complete end to canned hunts, the embarrassing practice of shooting domestic elk and other wildlife in high-fence enclosures. Instead of fighting each other over the merits of hunting, the two normally polarized groups are working, albeit separately, for the same goal. Before going to the next paragraph, think about that for a minute.
This should send Idaho legislators a strong message that quite a large majority of their constituents disapprove of game farming and especially canned hunts, which occur on most of them.
If the writer is referring to those who "live to hunt" as the few members of ISCAC actively fighting the elk industry, then perhaps he is right. They do want the same thing. But I believe by looking at further statements he is assuming more than that. He says that legislators should realize a "large majority of their constituents disapprove of game farming". I would be curious to know where he gets that data. He also claims that "canned hunts, which occur on most of them", stating that most of the near 80 elk farms offer canned hunting. According to all accounts I've read and information posted on the Idaho Elk Breeders Association website, there are only about a dozen.
We have a total of 77 elk ranches here in our fine state. 55 of those ranches produce meats, velvet antler, horns for various uses. The other 12 ranches offer unique harvesting experiences for those who are not otherwise able to do so in the wild.
The remainder of Schneider's article spews forth ideology about how the lion and the lamb should lay down together in perfect harmony to accomplish all the similar goals that the two groups, HSUS and ISCAC, have with no thought or consideration about the rights of elk farmers.
Schneider revisits the past and tells us that what he's learned over the years is that these animal rights groups are our friends and they really only want the same thing hunters do.
This affair also brought back a little nostalgia for me. I've been writing about outdoor issues, including hunting, since the early 1970s. The first article I ever sold to a magazine was about the rapidly growing anti-hunting movement and the threat it posed to legitimate sport hunting. After several more articles and many more years, I have gotten over my fear that animal rightists will put an end to the sport of hunting.
Now, I believe it would be so much better for both groups to set the emotional issue of hunting aside and work together on many common goals, like an end to game farming and canned hunts, but that is hardly the only slice of common ground. Both groups enjoy viewing nongame wildlife, for example, and can collaborate on wildlife watching and habitat protection that always benefits all wildlife, not only charismatic game animals. Both hunters and nonhunters, including anti-hunters, want our roadless lands to remain roadless, so why not work together toward this goal instead of hating each other because of our theosophical divide over hunting? Both groups would benefit from wildland preservation, but you rarely see any collaboration because of precisely what happened in the ISCAC/HSUS tryst. Somebody stands up and says they can't stomach jumping in bed with the devil, and the promise of mutual benefit quickly disappears.
It's nice to have such sweet dreams but that doesn't accomplish much when you must wake up and live in the real world. Dealing with groups like HSUS reminds of the time once as a young boy I was asked if I wanted to hand feed a very hungry cat. Giving the cat the first bite wasn't too bad. I thought it was cool and the cat took the bit and almost instantly swallowed it, returning for more. I couldn't get the next chunk of food ready and into my hand quickly enough and the cat latched onto my hand with its mouth and scratched my arm from elbow to wrist drawing blood. Needless to say, I had no more interest in feeding hungry cats.
The issue in Idaho about elk farming, as I've said countless times before, is a rights issue and an ethics issue. Those opposed to elk farming have tried to present a picture of the industry being a threat to the safety of the wild elk herd and perhaps other wild animals. The elk industry has shown factually that there is no disease nor any cross-breeding that poses any threat to the wild herd. When members of the elk industry exposed the fact that they found a full-page ad on HSUS website declaring partnership with ISCAC, their attempt was to further expose the few members of ISCAC who are fighting against elk farming.
Can we blame them. Their industry involves a lot of people, families, jobs and brings valuable dollars into the state's economy as well as providing a needed food supply. When hunters feel threatened because anti-hunting groups want to shut them down, they fight back. The elk industry is fighting back. They are fighting for their rights, their livelihoods.
I would be the first to stand up and shout to shut down an industry that was a real threat to our wildlife. I would hope that part of an agreement that would be done in this debate should the elk industry be given a green light, is that a plan be drawn up to deal with all "what if" situations. The elk industry, in working with the Department of Agriculture, has shown to be doing a pretty good job. Instead of shutting the industry down, let's make it the best it can be.
The legislature needs to know that the majority of Idaho citizens want what is right. They want assurances that the elk industry is safe and well regulated, they want assurances that this industry will not pose real threats to its wildlife, they want to be secure knowing that their property and individual rights aren't being infringed upon and that government isn't forcing its moral land ethical values on the masses. I believe that's what Idaho wants.
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The words "patent pending" can be seen on products just about anywhere you look. However, many people are confused by what it really means and what protection it offers. The purpose of the patent pending label is to allow the inventor of a product to notify the public that they have applied for a patent on that product. The requirement in order to use the label is simply that a patent application is on file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; a provisional application also fulfills this requirement. Keep in mind that a provisional application expires after 12 months, at which point "patent pending" could not be used unless a subsequent non-provisional application was filed during that period.
Patent pending offers no legal protection. If Company "A" starts selling a product that is patent pending, Company "B" could legally make and sell that same product as long as the actual patent has not been issued. However, this does not mean that there is no reason to use a patent pending mark. A "patent pending" indication can often deter Company "B" above. They must consider the possibility that the patent will issue, in which case they would have to stop selling the product they copied immediately or pay "A" in order to continue, both of which have tremendous costs. No company wants to go through the process of manufacturing a new product, only to be able to sell it for a few months. Aside from being a deterrent to competitors who might copy a product, "patent pending" can also look attractive to investors or consumers, making it an effective marketing tool.
An inventor can sue only after the patent is granted, not during the patent pending period. Damages are not simply calculated from the date the patent issues though. Damages are calculated from the time two prerequisites are met. The first is that the application is published, which typically happens 18 months after it is first filed or when the patent is granted. The second is that the infringer has received either "constructive" or "actual" notice. Constructive notice is marking the article with the patent number. Actual notice consists of sending a letter to the infringer. Filing a lawsuit is also considered actual notice, but relying solely on that would result in a shorter damage period. So one way to maximize the period from which damages can be collected is to send notification letters as soon as the application is published. However, it is important to know that doing so may expose the sender to other very serious consequences.
Since the "patent pending" label carries no legal weight, it may be tempting to mark a product as such even though no application has been filed in order to incur its other possible benefits. However, falsely marking something as patent pending is illegal and carries a fine of up to $500 for every offense. Each mismarked article is a separate offense under current interpretation, meaning the fine could add up very quickly. The law also states that any person may sue for the penalty, which means it's not just the government that may come after you, but any competitor diligent enough to check your claim of patent pending.
No other information needs to be included with the patent pending label on the product. In fact, it is often important that the application serial number not be included. This serial number could potentially allow others to delay or compromise the consideration of the patent application.


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2017 OPTIMA Award: Under one roof
It's almost 6 p.m., and that means it's time for Jerry to wheel over to the front desk, grab the remote and click on the flat-screen TV. Only today, Ebony Dukes catches him in the hallway first.
"I've been looking for you," she says.
They have an intimate exchange filled with laughter and rapid-fire quips as she tells him about her day, which included a visit from family.
The intergenerational living program offers young adults an opportunity to learn more about the long-term care industry while giving them a place to live and work while going to college. Photo courtesy of Cindy Shain Photography.
Dukes, 19, is a certified nursing assistant (CNA) at St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Residence in Portland, Maine. She also resides there as part of an intergenerational living program.
The 2017 OPTIMA award winner for Excellence in Resident-Focused Care found an innovative way to address its chronic staffing shortage now and encourage students to consider a career in long-term care in the future by opening its doors to college students.
The excitement in the hallways is hopefully a sign of things to come.
Healthcare is a booming industry fueled by baby boomers retiring, longer life expectancies and growing rates of chronic conditions.
And, as consumer demand increases, so does the need for skilled workers. Healthcare's support occupations (23.2 percent) and healthcare practitioners and technical occupations (15.2 percent) will account for 14 of the 30 fastest-growing jobs and are projected to contribute about one-fifth of all new jobs by 2026, according to the Employment Projections: 2016-26 report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"You can look at the national trends, and there's some statistic that would say we don't have enough young people going into aging services," says Peggy Farrington, MPH, MHA, CDP, CADDCT, St. Joseph's CEO and administrator. "The aging population is something that we've talked about for over a decade, but what are we actually doing about it?"
Many thanks to Omnicare, the program sponsor of the 2017 OPTIMA Award for Excellence in Resident-Focused Care.
Skilled nursing providers are in dire need of new ideas for finding workers, particularly in Maine. The Maine Department of Labor's Center for Workforce Research and Information (CWRI) estimates that between 2014 and 2024, nursing assistant employment will grow 9.2 percent. Total overall employment in Maine is expected to increase 0.8 percent.
The industry will continue to grow, with an expected 84 annual growth openings and 207 annual replacement openings. The CWRI 2015 job vacancy survey anticipates 921 job openings for nursing assistants, the fourth highest vacancy rate.
Compounding the staffing crisis is an aging workforce. The nation's median age has increased nearly a decade since 1970. The impact is felt hardest in Maine, the oldest workforce in the nation. The median age of Maine workers is 44.5 years old, nearly seven years above the U.S. average, according to a Maine Workforce Outlook: 2014 to 2024 report from CWRI.
Furthermore, Maine's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in September 2017, lower than the national rate of 4.2 percent and reached a 40-year low earlier this spring.
In other words, it's the mother of all silver tsunamis in Maine: Providers need to hire more workers to maintain census or grow, which the baby boomers will necessitate. Healthcare jobs are increasing in demand, and the pool of people to fill them is shrinking.
Costly problem
The intergenerational living program has primarily spread through word of mouth. Students recruited their friends, siblings and even boyfriend's sibling. Photo by Nicole Stempak
The growing need for healthcare workers is putting a strain on providers and employees while threatening residents' quality of care. St. Joseph's had a chronic staffing shortage, particularly for certified nursing assistants (CNAs).
They tried what everyone else was doing—sign-on bonuses, shift differentials, wage increases—but realized that wouldn't solve their problem in the long run.
"We were really just stealing the CNA from a facility down the street," Farrington says. "We'd pay 25 cents more. Then they would do it. They may be our competitors for the market, but they're also our colleagues, and we're all in need of CNAs."
HR Director Jon Dahms says they post openings on their website and several online job boards local to Maine. They've tried radio ads and even direct mailing. But still, the vacancy rate consistently hovers around 25 full-time equivalent openings.
St. Joseph's, like many other providers, relies on staffing agencies to fill the gap. But the turnover isn't good for residents who benefit from consistent staffing. It's also costly.
Temporary CNAs earn at least $25-28 an hour and RNs earn $43-47 an hour, plus shift differentials. That's money St. Joseph's must pay to maintain staffing levels that could otherwise be invested in staff, residents or the facility.
Farrington realized something needed to change, and they had to be the ones to do it. She followed the well-known Humanitas program in the Netherlands for years. It was finally the perfect time and opportunity to add college students to the mix.
Many intergenerational living programs have been small, temporary or ad hoc. Students may stay a semester or two as part of a one-time agreement. Or they may stay in exchange for periodic musical performances or spending time with residents.
These arrangements are made on an individual basis and are often the result of matching a student's need for short-term housing with a provider's spare rooms and are usually seen as an act of good will to the larger community.
Administrators at St. Joseph's envisioned an intergenerational program as a way to solve its workforce shortage and reduce its growing use of agency staffing for CNAs.
They developed an intergenerational living program that requires students to live at St. Joseph's and work a minimum of 16 hours per week. Students are asked to stay at least two semesters and can opt to stay during the summer, too. Students can work four-, eight- and 12-hour segments on all three shifts, and St. Joseph's works with students to schedule shifts. Students can also sign up for additional hours and volunteer to be on call.
In exchange, students are offered free board, an attractive perk cited by students, many of whom did not have their own room at home and were commuting instead of living on campus because of costs. They are also paid for their work.
Students can work either as CNAs and earn $12 an hour or can serve as neighborhood assistants, a role specifically created for the program to help staff with nonmedical tasks, and earn $10.75 an hour. Both positions pay more than Portland's minimum hourly wage and are eligible for shift differentials. St. Joseph's also offers students the chance to become a CNA and will pay for course supplies, books and the exam fee.
St. Joseph's does not have any formal relationships with area universities, so participating students can be any age, in any major and attend any university. They were, however, able to pitch the program to two nursing classes in the fall of 2016.
Interested students met with administrators, submitted an application and passed a background check, the same as any other employee. They completed the onboarding and training, which included the Virtual Dementia Tour training and discussion about what it means to work in long-term care. Prior to beginning the program, the majority of students never visited a long-term care facility, experienced death on a regular basis or known much about dementia.
Sonya Thibeau, director of admissions and dementia education, says the dementia training is an eye opener. "They'll say, 'Now I understand why so-and-so does this.' It's a lot of 'aha' moments after the training, which is great to see because it means they're taking it seriously, and they want to learn."
That gets to the heart of the program: exposing young people to the field of aging services. Farrington says she wants to show students this is a viable career choice. They are wanted, needed and can make a difference. She also hopes this program helps to change stereotypes about nursing homes and media portrayals about aging.
Because it deals with life and death, the intergenerational living program requires students to be wise beyond their years. It's a tall order, but St. Joseph's hasn't yet had any problems finding interested students.
The first students started arriving in January 2017, and the program been growing ever since.
St. Joseph's found itself in the unusual situation of having rooms to spare. The senior living provider sold its assisted living bed licenses a few years ago, and the wing has been empty ever since.
That's where the students come in. Students live in Unit D all by themselves, which makes the hallway feel more like a student dorm than long-term care facility.
Maintenance has updated and modified the semiprivate rooms into private rooms with a shared toilet. Staff added door locks and offered students beds, desks and dressers—extras from the wing's assisted living days.
There's a shared shower stall and access to the employee bathroom across the facility. Maintenance Director Chuck Doustou says the shower situation hasn't been an issue but acknowledges further modifications may be necessary if the program continues to grow.
They created common space, too. There's a washer and dryer for students to use free of charge and a kitchenette with a coffee pot, crock pot, refrigerator and microwave. They even converted a bedroom into a lounge and filled it with an oversized brown sofa and recliner, coffee table, high-top table and chairs and flat-screen TV. Students added an Xbox gaming system.
There are restrictions that are taking some adjustment time. Administrators are trying to meet students' desire to live independently while balancing safety concerns and federal regulations.
Students are offered a discounted rate for meals in the dining room, which administrators hoped would encourage students to eat with residents and compensate for the fact they don't have access to a kitchen. That's difficult for students, who may not be done with classes, are working or aren't hungry when the facility's dinner is served. So, they've come to a compromise: Students can order meals and have them set aside to eat later at their convenience.
It's a start, and there's likely going to be a need for more compromises in the future.
"The program is still pretty new, so we're still kind of feeling it out," Dukes says. "There's a lot of potential, and we're really optimistic."
Farrington says they could have waited until the program was perfectly designed, but they decided to dive in and work out the wrinkles as they went. "I'm a believer that if we had waited until we had all the answers, which we still don't have, we would have never started. You can't possibly have all the answers to something like this. That's not what it's about. It was really more 'let's do this and figure it out as we go.'"
A student asks, then takes the hand of a resident with memory loss and walks him back to his room. Photo by Nicole Stempak
Lasting impact
It was important to Farrington that this program grow through word of mouth. Students had to contact St. Joseph's for more information, and it wasn't until late August that St. Joseph's put word about the program on its website. Farrington only finally agreed because staff were fielding so many inquiries.
Farrington doesn't want the intergenerational program to become a marketing tool. She says any facility, even those right down the street, can start a similar program. She is solely focused on the workforce shortage and is trying to do something creative to solve it.
The intergenerational living program started as a way to reduce need for temporary agency staffing. It's grown from two to 13 students and is already making a significant impact.
In five months, agency use of CNAs decreased about 43 percent, from 3,150 hours in January to 1,779 hours in May of 2017. St. Joseph's saves about $12-14 an hour by paying workers directly and is making important gains in the second goal of changing the culture of aging.
One resident, Jerry, invited a student to watch football earlier in the year. The student showed up to watch the game off the clock. A long-time resident, Jerry told her he was surprised, that he didn't think she would come. He said, "Just knowing that you live here makes me feel less lonely. You're choosing to live here, and I have to live here."
Those are the interactions Farrington hoped would result from an intergenerational living program. But, if they were going to happen, she says they had to happen organically. Those are the outcomes they desired—person-centered care, continuity of care, consistent assignments, reduced turnover, raised morale and increased resident, family and employee satisfaction—but couldn't plan for.
"We can measure agency hours and cost savings, and we do need metrics and statistics," Farrington says. "We can talk about measuring outcomes, but you can't measure something like what Jerry said. That's something Jerry felt and, in my opinion, was very remarkable in terms of doing something so small but so important."
Many studies have touted the very real physical, mental and emotional benefits of seniors socializing and intergenerational interactions. Rachel Loubier, director of social services, is working to quantify the benefits of the intergenerational program for residents.
There are many evidence-based data to collect. For now, Loubier is focusing on the Patient Health Questionnaire (HPQ-9) and Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) to measure resident depression, mood and level of activity participation.
There are a few residents who scored high with depression in the past. She's already seen a decrease in their depression compared to three or four months ago but says it may take a full year to get the complete picture. She says students are helping strapped staff engage and provide one-on-one attention with residents either in their rooms or in a group setting. Those interactions are increasing participation and reducing isolation, which should further reduce depression.
The program also has anecdotal evidence for benefitting students, too.
"You make meaningful connections with these people," Dukes says. "You get to talking, and you talk with their husbands or their wives. You learn about them and their lives, and they learn about you. It's one of my favorite parts of the job.
"I think, honestly, it's more beneficial for us as students because we get to learn from them. We have nurses, doctors, police officers and all these incredible people living here. They have so much to tell you and so much you can learn. I feel like working here and getting to know people is making me more compassionate and understanding."
Nicole Stempak
Nicole was Senior Editor at I Advance Senior Care and Long Term Living Magazine 2015-2017. She has a Journalism degree from Kent State University and is finalizing a master's degree in Information Architecture and Management. She has extensive studies in the digital user experience and in branding online media. She has worked as an editor and writer for various B2B publications, including Business Finance.
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Welcome to Awara Adventure Farm , Gurgaon, Haryana.There are various ways in whice a man entertains himself. picnic is kind of an open air entertainment which is well served by Awara Adventure Farm, Gurgaon. After Successful operation of one year, Awara camp Dhanaulti Uttarakhand feels blessed to be able to come up with a new project in Delhi NCR region.
Awara Adventure Tourism (Keplers Resort Gurgaon) is made to promote adventure tourism and take it to next level. Keeping this in mind we have selected Aravali Hills which is closest to hill from National capital of India. we have tried to woo our guests with various elements of experience here.
Once you started driving on hills of Aravali, beautiful the rocky and elated roads of the hills, fresh breaths of air and lush green bushes along the roads is itself a beauty to behold which calms the mind and soul and accelerates one in the peaceful world.
Awara farm is located at Aravali Retreat, Raisana village for which one has to pass from the beautiful tikli village to Badshapur in Gurgaon.
Our aim is to develop farm tourism with adventure related activites, indoor and outdoor sports, village themed games and a lot more. Team Awara has committed itself to give the best services to the people from all the walks of life regardless their age and keep well in mind the varied choices of our guests.
We deal with corporates group outing for fun activities and team building, family looking for a weekend getaways, school picnics and couples for romantic ambience.


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The kids didn't sleep particularly well towards the end of the night. They were pretty restless from about 5am until our 7am wake up call. Maddie ended up in our bed at some point during the night, which has not been terribly unusual lately on trips. We got ourselves ready and coordinated with Jason and Melissa and Gabe's parents. The eight of us headed to Johnny Rockets where they have free breakfast. They didn't have any seating inside, so we pulled together a couple of tables outside. Well…it was windy. Mick and Debbie ended up going inside with Maddie while the rest of us put up with the wind.
Maddie and Cullen ate almost two full sized pancakes each, so they must have liked the breakfast. Jason had an omelette, and I had an egg, ham, and cheese english muffin. We were the only two adults who thought our breakfast was fine. Everything else was extremely mediocre. We declared that the free breakfast at Johnny Rockets left something to be desired.
We had some difficulties coordinating our group. We got our certificates for free charm bracelets, put sunscreen on the kids (and me), and lost Mick. The last part was frustrating since we had no way to contact each other while on the ship. Unless we're in a US port, the roaming fees are extraordinary. All of us had our phones in airplane mode or turned off completely, so calling and texting each other was not an option. Debbie had his passport, so we weren't sure what to do since we knew he wanted to get off the ship. Eventually, he made his way back to the cabin and was there when we called from the gangway.
One of the many neat things about this ship is that they have a gangway button on the elevator. The deck that you use to get on and off the ship can change from port to port, so you have to usually pay attention to figure out which one you need. On this ship, you just get in the elevator and press the magic button. It's quite convenient!
We were getting antsy waiting for Mick, so Maddie, Jason, Melissa, and I exited the ship.
We were out there for a little while, especially considering that we thought Mick was coming right down. I always like to get photos in the port, and my parents are the same way. I'm not sure that everyone else really cared about it. Both Gabe's parents and Melissa's parents avoided the ship's photographers any chance they had. I love having at least a few decent photos of ourselves, and I do like having the frames from each port.
We were standing around and waiting, and who walks up to us but Mick AND my parents (um, that's not Mick in the photo below with my mom, ha!).
So, Jason went back onto the ship to grab Debbie, Gabe, and Cullen. Finally! We were on our way. Gabe and I insisted on getting a mediocre photo of our family. The kids were especially cooperative! Their expressions in this one cracked me up.
At least 3 other ships were docked in port with us. I was excited to see Disney's newest ship, the Disney Dream. It looks so neat…who knows, maybe our next cruise will be on the Dream or the Fantasy!
The fact that our ship was so massive combined with the large number of ships in each port made it difficult to ever get a great photo of the entire ship. We tried anyway in each port.
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Knowledge and technology can spill over from multinational enterprises (MNEs) to local firms through channels other than buyer-supplier relations, write Nicola Cortinovis and Frank van Oort. The analysis shows that industrial relatedness (e.g. in terms of technologies and skills) between industries conveys spillover effects from MNEs, resulting in higher employment levels in local industries.
The literatures in economics, economic geography and international business argue that hosting multinationals (MNEs) may have a beneficial impact on domestic firms, for example in terms of innovation and productivity. The main explanation lays in the advanced knowledge and technologies developed and spread by MNEs to their foreign affiliates, which – under certain conditions – spill over to local firms in the hosting economies . Theoretical arguments and empirical evidence indicate the prevalence of between-industry spillovers thanks to the input-output (I-O) relations linking foreign and local firms .
In this column, we take a more encompassing perspective on spillovers, arguing that I-O linkages are only one of the channels through which these effects may occur. Labour mobility, similarity in the technologies used and inter-firm collaborations are other possible channels – not captured by I-O linkages – for knowledge exchanges between domestic firms and MNEs. More specifically, we argue that firms may learn from each other even when operating in sectors separated in terms of I-O relations, but similar in terms of knowledge, skills and technologies. We test these ideas using the concept of relatedness to capture such between-industry similarities . Our study focuses on the effect of MNEs on employment in European (NUTS2) regions both for conceptual (knowledge intensive industries and relatedness are generally associated with employment opportunities) and for policy reasons (employment effects of MNEs in a context of economic crisis).
For each European region between 2008-2013, we look at the employment levels of 68 industries and the number of MNEs located in the same industry and related industries. The idea behind this method is that, if specialisation in sector A systematically occurs with specialisation in sector B, industries A and B are likely to share similar inputs, skills or technologies, thus being related. As higher relatedness indicates greater chances for knowledge in sector A to find application in sector B, we theorise that relatedness to MNE-hosting industries  (e.g. in sector B) would induce spillover effects in other industries (in sector A), thereby leading to higher employment.
Figure 1 shows the network representation of relatedness between the 68 NACE sectors we collected data for. The shape and the colour of each node vary according to the sector and its knowledge intensity. Rather interestingly, knowledge intensive industries (square nodes) sorted themselves in the upper part of the graph: this suggests that knowledge intensive industries tend to be more closely related with each other than with medium- and lower-knowledge intensive sectors. Whereas the graph highlights the split between knowledge- and service-oriented economies and less knowledge intensive and more manufacturing-focused ones, it also suggests relatedness captures more than simple value chain linkages. For instance, production of computers and high-tech equipment (node 26) and the manufacturing of basic chemicals (20) and pharmaceutical products (21) appear as rather closely related – though not necessarily through I-O linkages. Similarly, ICT programming and consultancy (nodes 62 and 63) are closely related to each other as well as to research and marketing (73) and management consultancy (70).
Our results indicate that the presence of MNEs is associated with higher employment levels, both within the same industry and across related industries. However, positive effects of MNEs on domestic employment are contingent upon the modelling of both regional and industrial heterogeneity. In particular, the effects are stronger and more significant in knowledge intensive sectors and in less advanced (Eastern European) regions of Europe. From these results, we derived two main conclusions. On the one hand, industrial relatedness suitably captures MNE spillovers and can thus offer a complementary tool for modelling the relations between foreign and domestic firms. On the other hand, our results offer some insights on the employment effects of MNEs: unlike what the public opinion usually perceives, hosting MNEs have a beneficial impact on local employment. Including schemes for attracting and embedding multinationals in the local economy within the regional development strategies may help unlock growth in lagging areas of Europe .
This post is based on the Working Paper titled "Multinational enterprises, industrial relatedness and employment in European regions" by Nicola Cortinovis (EUR), Riccardo Crescenzi (LSE), and Frank van Oort (EUR). It represents the views of the authors and not those of the GILD blog, nor the LSE.
Nicola Cortinovis is an Assistant Professor of Regional and Industrial Economics at the department of Applied Economics of the Erasmus School of Economics.
Frank van Oort is a Professor of Urban and Regional Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics and Academic Director at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS).
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 We proxy for the number of MNEs in sector B by weighting the number of MNEs in B by the pairwise relatedness score of A and B.
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