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Pad Thai is one of Thailand´s national dishes, and consists of stir-fried rice noodles with a variety of fresh vegetables, fish sauce, and tamarind.
Soak rice noodles in cold water for 45 minutes to one hour. Make sure that the noodles are soft on the outside, yet firm on the inside (al dente).
In a bowl, create the tamarind glaze by mixing the tamarind sauce, orange juice, honey, and rice vinegar.
In pre-heated wok on medium to high heat, add a tablespoon of sesame oil and saut� shrimp for 2 minutes; then remove and place shrimp in a bowl and toss with 1/4 cup of the tamarind glaze.
Create the sauce by mixing the remaining tamarind glaze with soy sauce, chili paste, brown sugar, and oyster sauce.
With heat on high, add remaining sesame oil to the wok, then garlic chives. Cook 2-3 minutes, then add the sauce and cilantro. Add noodles to wok and toss thoroughly with the sauce for 2-3 minutes.
Mix in shrimp with glaze and cook until reduced (about 3-4 minutes).
Reduce heat to medium and stir in bean sprouts. Cook 2-3 minutes and serve.
Note: If noodles are too firm, stir a little chicken broth into the noodles and let the juices cook in.


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Nothing and Everything, is a hardcover catalog that accompanies an exhibition of thirty-eight drawings, paintings, photographs, and sculpture spanning eleven decades. The book and exhibition includes works by Carl Andre, Vija Celmins, Jean Dubuffet, Walker Evans, Robert Gober, Peter Hujar, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Helen Levitt, Piero Manzoni, Agnes Martin, Robert Rauschenberg, and Hiroshi Sugimoto, among others.
Nothing and Everything, investigates one of art's oldest mysteries: how an artwork may simultaneously contain elements of emptiness and fullness, void and profusion. These qualities may appear contradictory but they do not have to be so. Several works, including Peter Hujar's 1975 photograph of the Hudson River and Ellsworth Kelly's drawing Light Reflecting on Water (1950), explore connections between the banal and the sublime, particularly in nature. Diane Arbus's photograph Clouds on-screen at a drive-in movie, N.J. (1960), for example, blurs the line between the mundane and the transcendent with its image of a billowing cloud on the movie screen against the evening sky. More than a statement of modern man's distance from nature, the photograph captures a moment of the sublime bounded by the everyday.
Nothing and Everything was organized in collaboration with Peter Freeman, Inc., New York.


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Luxury retailers across the country are lining up to lease space in ritzy, open-air shopping centers or at freestanding storefronts in exclusive new shopping districts. The trend is well worth following, given that the affluent — the top 20 percent of Americans, those earning upwards of $100,000 annually — account for at least 40 percent of all consumer spending, according to JLL research.
One important consideration here is that the high-end brands these wealthy shoppers tend to frequent are in expansion mode. Then, too, a few savvy developers are taking advantage of this growing tendency among high-end retailers to look beyond regional malls in favor of a little outdoor exposure. But site selection criteria for posh brands like Dior and Jimmy Choo go beyond a mere sunny sidewalk. The neighbors and neighborhood play a huge role.
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But Davidowitz refutes any notion that luxury retail is forsaking malls. In many markets a pedestrian-oriented, outdoor shopping center near an enclosed mall will typically offer mainstream or even discount stores as opposed to luxury goods, he argues.
Americana Manhasset is a luxury mall on Long Island's Gold Coast that has spurred additional retail development nearby. And in Houston the luxury River Oaks District is set to open its first stores in September, near Simon's high-end Galleria mall. River Oaks District, which takes its name from one of Houston's oldest and wealthiest residential neighborhoods, is a 15-acre OliverMcMillan development that will provide some 250,000 square feet of luxury retail and dining intermixed with office space and high-dollar residences. Some of the brands set to open stores there are former tenants of the Galleria, including Dior and Cartier.
Stores in a street grid like River Oaks District provide convenient access for shoppers and eliminate much of the shared cost associated with malls, says Nick Hernandez, managing director of retail services at Houston-based commercial real estate firm Transwestern. Hernandez oversees tenant and landlord representation for the firm, including the team that is leasing River Oaks District. But the real magic of River Oaks and similar luxury venues around the country is the combination of exclusive retailers with top-tier apartments, condominiums and choice office space, Hernandez says.


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Like The Nathaniel Centre, the Caroline Chisholm Centre for Health Ethics is a Catholic bioethics centre. We are based in Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria. Every year, the Chisholm Centre hosts a one-day conference which explores a significant issue in health and aged care. On 7 October 2015, our annual conference was on ageism or age discrimination.1 This article reports some of the key insights from that conference.2 It has three parts. The first explores age discrimination. It defines what age discrimination is, and surveys some of its various manifestations. The second part of this article overviews important Catholic teaching about ageing and age discrimination. As we will see, as well as critiquing age discrimination, Catholic teaching offers a positive vision of ageing and the contribution which older persons can and should make. Finally, the third part of this article considers briefly some of the challenges which come to us from this discussion.
I. Age Discrimination
What is age discrimination?
It is hard to say when a person should be classified as 'old.' The term 'older person' is used to describe someone who is 65 years or older – an age chosen because in recent times it has been regarded as the retirement age.3 Older persons are further divided into the young-old (65–74), the middle-old (75–84), and the old-old (85+).4
At the Chisholm Centre conference, Judy Gregurke, National Manager Aged Care Reform at COTA Australia, defined ageism or age discrimination as "the stereotyping or discrimination of a person or group of people because of their age."5 There are positive stereotypes, but even these can be problematic. For example, elderly women should not feel pressured or compelled always to be "sweet." That being said, in Western culture most stereotypes of older persons are overwhelmingly negative, and older persons are regarded as being dependent, frail and incompetent.6 These negative stereotypes are expressed both in negative attitudes about older persons and in negative behaviours towards them. Age discrimination predominately impacts upon those who are over 65, but it can also affect persons considerably younger than this.
Particularly when this is an ongoing experience, age discrimination can have a profoundly negative effect on older persons. They can internalise the ageist messages, and come to believe that they are indeed dependent, frail and incompetent. This self-deprecation, in turn, leads to poorer health, diminished wellbeing, and reduced mental ability.7 It can also diminish the older person's motivation to be an active member of society. This in turn can lead to social isolation, which further diminishes the individual's health and wellbeing.8
Research reported by the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2013 found that 71% of Australians felt that age discrimination was common in Australia. 35% of Australians aged 55 to 64, and 43% of Australians aged over 65 reported having experienced discrimination because of their age. This included being turned down for a position, being ignored, and being treated without respect. It also included service invisibility (as service people ignored them), relationship invisibility (as they were made to feel a burden in a relationship), and cultural invisibility (with people like them not being represented in popular culture).9
Denigration, exclusion, and abandonment
There is a certain dynamic to age discrimination. It begins with the denigration that flows from negative stereotyping, whereby older persons are regarded as dependent, frail and incompetent. The logic is then that we do not need to include older persons, for such incompetent people would have little or nothing to contribute. This in turn leads to their exclusion from positions of influence, including employment (see below). However, it also includes the exclusion of older persons from important social, cultural and political decision-making processes and forums at the local, regional, national and international level. It even includes their exclusion from processes and forums which make decisions about older persons.
When older persons are excluded in this way, society as a whole is disadvantaged. Older persons have a privileged position in remembering our history. They remind us where we have come from, and therefore who we are, and where we are heading. When all this is forgotten, we can lose our way as a society. Our society suffers when this happens, and all of us are disadvantaged. Older persons are particularly disadvantaged when they are excluded from the processes and forums which consider their own care.
The ultimate outcome of the dynamic of age discrimination is the abandonment of older persons, as those who are already denigrated and excluded are denied the resources that they need to live a meaningful life. While this dynamic continues in society, any talk of legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide is particularly fraught. Might those who are already denigrated, excluded and abandoned 'choose' euthanasia as the only way out? Indeed, might euthanasia be the ultimate form of abandonment?
It must be stressed that there is nothing inevitable about any of this. Traditional societies usually have great respect for their elders. The negative dynamic has developed in Western societies because of choices which we have made. As our societies have become more materialistic and consumerist, a utilitarian calculus has taken over. This calculus places great value almost exclusively on economic contribution, devaluing all the other ways that people contribute to society. We need to remember that this utilitarian culture has arisen because of choices which we have made, and it can therefore be reversed if we make other choices.
One place in which age discrimination occurs is the workplace. Older workers are generally experienced and productive, hard-working and reliable. However, persistent negative stereotypes lead to discrimination against them. A 2013 Australian report found that 1 in 10 business respondents had an age above which they did not recruit, with the average age being 50 years. Further, 29% of business decision-makers believed that older employees had difficulty adapting to change; 36% believed that older employees were less likely to be promoted; and 50% agreed that older employees were at higher risk of being made redundant.10
25% of Australian workers over the age of 50 report that they have experienced workplace discrimination. More than 80,000 Australians over the age of 50 are unemployed, and workplace discrimination is a significant factor in this. If only 5% more people over the age of 55 had jobs, the Australian economy would be $A48 billion better off.11
In New Zealand, a 2014 Human Rights Commission report on the Ageing Workforce found that two in five (40%) older workers had experienced age related discrimination in the past 5 years. Similar proportions (46%) of workers (of any age) have witnessed it over this time period. The discrimination is most commonly manifested in the form of withholding interesting tasks, reduced access to promotions and bullying.12
Ignoring the contributions of older persons
Older persons contribute to the community in many ways. Most of these contributions, however, do not involve financial payment or the exchange of money. For this reason, the utilitarian calculus of the dominant materialistic and consumerist culture has difficulty in both recognising and valuing these contributions. In this section, we will highlight some of these contributions. Further, to prevent these contributions being undervalued, we will assign economic value to them.
Older persons provide a lot of care. Some are primary carers, perhaps of their spouse, a disabled adult child, or sometimes their own grandchildren. Many are informal carers, caring for family and friends, and particularly providing child care to their grandchildren. The economic value of the informal aged care provided by older Australians in 2015 was about $A60.3 billion. In 2014, Australian grandparents provided child care to 837,000 children. Indeed, they provided more child care than was provided by formal or paid carers. Older persons also contribute as volunteers. Without financial reward, their contributions often draw on a lifetime of skill, experience, and wisdom.13 In 2010, 2.9 million Australians over 65 were involved in volunteer work.14 In 2006, 5.4 million Australian volunteers (including many older persons) provided services equivalent to 454,000 full-time jobs.15 Older persons also provide peer support, visiting and befriending other older persons. When so many older persons are socially isolated, this is a very significant contribution which enhances what is called social capital.16
Moving beyond these merely economic measures, we should also recognise and celebrate important features of the contribution of many older persons. Many have reached a place of genuine altruism, where they are able to give without any thought of return. As we noted above, they are also able to draw on a lifetime of experience. Further, they are the memory of society, reminding us where we have come from, and therefore who we are, and where we are heading. This is of particular importance when older persons contribute to social, cultural and political decision-making processes and forums at the local, regional, national and international level. Finally, drawing on both their lifetime of experience and their early socialisation in a kinder and wiser time, older persons often offer us a more complete vision of life.17 These are very valuable contributions indeed.
Sadly, we must recognise that older persons who can be denigrated, excluded and abandoned are sometimes also abused. Elder abuse is committed by someone with whom the older person has a relationship of trust, such as a partner, family member, friend or carer. It can be physical, social, financial, psychological, or sexual, and can include mistreatment and neglect. Its most common forms are financial abuse and psychological/emotional abuse.18 Data from the World Health Organisation estimates that 1 in 10 older persons experience some form of elder abuse every month.19
The victims of elder abuse are predominately older women, particularly those who are very dependent and socially isolated. Sadly, about 90% of perpetrators are family members.20 In the finance industry, elder financial abuse is somewhat ironically called "inheritance impatience." It can involve significant amounts of money. For example, in the 2013–14 financial year, the Elder Abuse Prevention Unit in the Australian state of Queensland assisted 139 older people who together had lost a total of $A56.7 million.21
In New Zealand, most research estimates that 2 to 5 percent of the older population may be victims of elder abuse.22 Age Concern reports that it receives more than 2,000 confirmed referrals each year of older people facing abuse or neglect.23 If, as estimated, only 16 percent of the actual number of abuse incidents reach service agencies,24 this means that the likely number of elderly people subject to abuse is greater than 12,000. A study of respite care patients and caregivers in England found that 45% of caregivers admitted either verbal (41%) or physical abuse (14%).25
II. Catholic Teaching
This is a necessarily brief overview of some of the more important Catholic statements about age discrimination. These statements, while critiquing age discrimination, also offer a positive vision of ageing and the contribution which older persons can and should make.
The best short statement of the Church's positive view of older persons is perhaps found in paragraph 222 of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church. It recognises the positive contribution that older persons can make in the workplace, in the family, and in all of society. It therefore calls everyone to pay "generous attention" to them, and to see them as "partners in shared projects." It also calls us to care for the needs of older persons, particularly those who are most frail and most marginalised. It quotes Psalm 92 to present the Church's vision and hope for all older persons: 'They still bring forth fruit in old age.'26
Below, we will look at statements from the last three popes, along with the Church's contribution to the UN International Year of Older Persons in 1999.27
On 23 March 1984, Pope John Paul II addressed 8,000 older persons who had gathered from the dioceses of Italy. He described old age as "a time of life which is humanly and spiritually fruitful." He reminded the assembled older persons, "You still have a mission to fulfil, a contribution to make." He stated clearly, "According to the divine plan, each individual human being lives a life of continual growth, from the beginning of existence to the moment at which the last breath is taken."28 John Paul's vision of old age is at once an inspiration and a challenge to older persons – and to all of us.
UN International Year of Older Persons
1999 was the United Nations International Year of Older Persons. It was officially launched on 1 October 1998, the International Day of Older Persons. On the same day, the Pontifical Council for the Laity issued The Dignity of Older People and Their Mission in the Church and the World. A year later, on 1 October 1999, Pope John Paul II issued a Letter to the Elderly. The Australian Catholic Bishops also contributed through their 1998 Social Justice Statement, which was titled The Challenge of Ageing.
The document from the Pontifical Council for the Laity is probably the most complete statement of Catholic teaching about ageing and age discrimination. It is just over 10,000 words in length. It has two chapters on the meaning and value of old age, with the first drawing on human insight, and the second drawing on the wisdom of the Bible. It has a chapter on age discrimination and the other problems that older persons can face. It has two chapters (the first general, the second more specific) on the Church and older people. Perhaps its most important sentence is the following: "The Church should heighten awareness of the needs of older persons, not least that of being able to contribute to the life of the community..."29
Pope John Paul wrote to his elderly brothers and sisters as an older person himself. An interesting feature of this letter is his analysis of the Fourth Commandment to 'Honour your father and your mother': "Honouring older people involves a threefold duty: welcoming them, helping them and making good use of their qualities." He also advised young people that "older people can give you much more than you can imagine."30
2012 was the European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity. Pope Benedict contributed to this year on 12 November 2012 by visiting a home for the elderly in Rome run by the Community of Sant'Egidio. In his speech, he noted that society "dominated by the logic of efficiency and gain" often views the elderly "as non-productive or useless." Against this, he insisted that human life even "in the years of old age... never loses its value and dignity." Indeed, he recognised that "the wisdom of life" which older persons hold is "a great wealth," and therefore that older persons are "a wealth for society," "a value for society, especially for the young." Prophetically, he stated, "The quality of a society, I mean of a civilisation, is also judged by how it treats elderly people and by the place it gives them in community life."31
On 28 September 2014, Pope Francis met with about 40,000 older persons and their families. He recognised that "old age is a time of grace," and that older persons, particularly grandparents, "are entrusted with a great responsibility: to transmit their life experience, their family history, the history of a community, of a people; to share wisdom with simplicity, and the faith itself." A people who do not take care of its seniors, he warned, "has no future.... because such a people loses its memory and is torn from its roots." Rather confrontingly, Francis described abandoning older persons in aged care facilities as "actually real and hidden euthanasia."32
Francis returned to these issues in his General Audiences on 4 and 11 March 2015. His first speech focussed on the abandonment of older persons and age discrimination; his second presented the Church's vision of ageing and the contribution of older persons. In his first speech, he criticised a "culture of profit" or a "throw-away culture" which views older persons as a "burden," and which therefore throws them away. He gave an example of an older woman in an aged care facility who had not been visited by her family for 8 months. Confrontingly, he called this a sin – indeed, he called it a "mortal sin" which could imperil our eternal destiny.33
In his second speech, he insisted that "old age has a grace and a mission too, a true vocation from the Lord." He particularly called older persons to prayer, suggesting that "prayer is the purpose of old age." He also spoke of the "mission" or "vocation" of older persons to transmit true values particularly to the young. "How I would like," he said, "a Church that challenges the throw-away culture with the overflowing joy of a new embrace between young and old!"34
These same themes are expressed in nn. 191–193 of Amoris Laetitia, the recent Apostolic Exhortation on the family. Paragraph 191 is about the abandonment of the elderly and age discrimination. Paragraph 192 is about the role of grandparents and older persons in transmitting both "history" and the "most important values." Paragraph 193 warns that the "lack of historical memory" is a serious danger for any society. "Knowing and judging past events is the only way to build a meaningful future."35
III. A Call to Action
There is something in this material to challenge each of us. If we are older, perhaps the most important challenge is to embrace this positive vision of ageing. This may require that we recognise and overcome anything within us which regards ourselves as older persons or the contribution that we make as second-rate or inferior. It may also challenge us to step forward to become involved in significant projects. It probably will ask us to 'push back' when we encounter age discrimination: for example, when a sales assistant serves a younger person before us, we may decide to say politely but firmly, "Excuse me. I was here first."
If we are younger, one challenge is to ensure that older persons are represented in significant decision-making processes and forums. While this is important for every issue, it is particularly important for issues related specifically to older persons. In all cases, we may be surprised how much older persons have to contribute. Another challenge is to befriend an older person or older persons, and regularly to spend time with them. St Pope John Paul II reminds us that "older people can give you much more than you can imagine."
Reverend Kevin McGovern was Director of the Caroline Chisholm Centre for Health Ethics for 9 years from August 2007 to July 2016. He is now a consultant at the Centre. He is also a member of Australia's health ethics peak body, the Australian Health Ethics Committee.
For more on this conference, including reports and photos, our distinguished speakers and their PowerPoint slides, see "The Older Person Today: giving and receiving care," Caroline Chisholm Centre for Health Ethics (CCCHE), http://chisholmhealthethics.org.au/conference-7-october-2015.
I also drew particularly on another article written by a Chisholm Centre researcher, and I commend this article to the reader. For this, see Emanuel Nicolas Cortes Simonet, "Older Persons in Australia: Secular and Catholic Perspectives," Chisholm Health Ethics Bulletin 20, no. 3 (Autumn 2015): 9–12.
David Wiles, "Who is old?: defining old age," Australian Journal on Ageing 6, no. 4 (1987): 24.
Laurence McNamara, "Walking on Three Legs in the Afternoon," (paper presented at the annual conference of the Australian Catholic Theological Association, Melbourne, 7–10 July 2016).
Judy Gregurke, "Older Persons Giving Care," CCCHE, http://chisholmhealthethics.org.au/system/files/jg_presentation.pdf.
Mary Kite et al., "Attitudes Toward Younger and Older Adults: an Updated Meta-Analytic Review," Journal of Social Issues 61, no. 2 (2005): 241–266 at 245.
Jennifer Richeson and Nicole Shelton, "A Social and Psychological Perspective on the Stigmatization of Older Adults," in When I'm 64, ed. Laura Carstensen and Christine Hartel (Washington: The National Academies Press, 2006), 190.
Jon Nussbaum et al., "Ageism and Ageist Language Across the Life Span: Intimate Relationships and Non-Intimate Interactions," Journal of Social Issues, 61 no. 2 (2005): 287–305 at 294.
Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Fact or fiction? Stereotypes of older Australians (Sydney: AHRC, 2013), 4–5, https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/Fact%20or%20Fiction_2013_WebVersion_FINAL_0.pdf.
Ibid., 8
Gregurke.
Lonergan Research Pty Ltd, "Ageing Workforce in the New Zealand Crown Entity Sector Survey Report 2014," online at http://superseniors.msd.govt.nz/finance-planning/paid-work/age-discrimination.html.
Volunteering Australia, State of Volunteering in Australia, 2012, http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/State-of-Volunteering-in-Australia-2012.pdf.
Gregurke; Anne Gray, "The social capital of older people," Ageing and Society 29, no. 1 (2009): 5–31 at 6. Social capital is "the array of social contacts that give access to social, emotional and practical support" within communities.
Pontifical Council for the Laity, The Dignity of Older People and Their Mission in the Church and in the World, 1 October 1998, Holy See, http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/laity/laity_en/archivio/rc_pc_laity_doc_05021999_older-people_en.htm. The Pontifical Council calls these qualities the "charisms of old age."
"Your Rights – Elder Abuse," Senior Rights Victoria, http://seniorsrights.org.au/your-rights/.
Judith Ireland, "Financial abuse of seniors a problem for all ages," 19 October 2015, Sydney Morning Herald, http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/seniors-at-risk-of-fraud-financial-abuse-warns-age-discrimination-commissioner-20151016-gkaomk.html.
Senior Rights Victoria; Scott Pape, "The dirtiest, slimiest, most heartbreaking scam of them all," 22 May 2016, Barefoot Investor, https://barefootinvestor.com/the-dirtiest-slimiest-most-heartbreaking-scam-of-them-all/.
Pape.
K. Glasgow and J.L.Fanslow, "Family Violence Intervention Guidelines: Elder Abuse and Neglect", Wellington: Ministry of Health. 2006
http://www.ageconcern.org.nz/ACNZPublic/Services/EANP/ACNZ_Public/Elder_Abuse_and_Neglect.aspx.
National Center on Elder Abuse, 1998, p. 12, in "Under the Radar: New York State Elder Abuse Prevalence Study," May 2011, http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/reports/Under%20the%20Radar%2005%2012%2011%20final%20report.pdf.
Homer and Gilleard (1990), reported in Acierno et al, "National Elder Mistreatment Study," March 2009, https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/226456.pdf.
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, n. 222, 2 April 2004, Holy See, http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060526_compendio-dott-soc_en.html.
The Australian bishops' 2016-17 Social Justice Statement will also explore these issues. It is titled A Place at the Table: Social Justice in an Ageing Society. I am honoured to have been invited to launch this statement in September.
John Paul's speech on this day is quoted in John Paul II, Christifideles laici, n. 48, 30 December 1988, Holy See, http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_30121988_christifideles-laici.html
The reference details for this statement are above in endnote 16.
John Paul II, Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to the Elderly, n. 12, 1 October 1999, Holy See, http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_01101999_elderly.html.
Benedict XVI, "Visit to the Community of Sant'Egidio's Home for the Elderly Viva Gli Anziani, 12 November 2012, Holy See, http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2012/november/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20121112_viva-anziani.html.
Francis, "Meeting of the Pope with the Elderly," 28 September 2016, Holy See, http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/september/documents/papa-francesco_20140928_incontro-anziani.html.
Francis, General Audience, 4 March 2015, Holy See, http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2015/documents/papa-francesco_20150304_udienza-generale.html.
Francis, General Audience, 11 March 2015, Holy See, http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2015/documents/papa-francesco_20150311_udienza-generale.html.
Francis, Amoris Laetitia, n. 191–193, 19 March 2016, Holy See, http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20160319_amoris-laetitia.html.


The Khumbu Icefall has already claimed one mountaineer this season, but the obstacle is no more dangerous than most years. Here's the one place that has Everest climbers on edge.
The Khumbu Icefall—a chaotic tumble of ice blocks, towers, and crevasses between the Western Cwm and Base Camp—is always among the most dangerous obstacles climbers face on Everest. Each year, the Icefall Doctors, a crew of Sherpas employed collectively by every Everest, Lhotse, and Nuptse expedition on the mountain, sets the route of ladders and ropes through the mess.
Typically, they try to keep the route off the walls of the Everest and Nuptse, which are both rimmed with dangerous seracs that regularly calve off. Last year, the icefall formed in such a way as to push the route uncomfortably close to Everest. This year's route swerves even closer to Everest and, right at the top, passes directly beneath an actively calving serac with no crevasses below it to help swallow up avalanche debris.
A couple of well-known climbers have already voiced their concerns to the Icefall Doctors that the route is unsafe. But the center of the icefall is completely shattered, and the skyscraper-sized ledges at the top would present a different, if equally dangerous, hazard. "It's a bit close to the wall," says veteran Everest guide David Morton and First Ascent West Ridge team member. "I've seen better—and worse. There's the potential for it to be even more dangerous if you move it out into the middle."


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JCP Program Awards
The 17th JCP Annual Awards
The Java Community Process (JCP) program celebrates success. Members of the community nominate worthy participants, Spec Leads and Java Specification Requests (JSRs) in order to cheer on the hard work and creativity that produces ground-breaking results for the community in the Java technology.
The community gets together every year, at Oracle Code One this year, to applaud in person the winners the JCP Program Awards. This year we have two award categories: JCP Member/Participant of the Year and JCP Spec Lead/JSR of the Year.
With great appreciation, now for the 17th year, the community recognizes the award nominees, listed below, with their nomination justifications. The award results will be announced at the Annual JCP Community Party at Oracle Code One 2019 on Monday, 16 September 2019.
JCP Member/Participant of the Year
Utrecht JUG (Thodoris Bais)
Thodoris is an extremely active Expert Group member of JSR 385. He contributes code, files bugs, assists the architecture, suggests improvements, facilitates new users and advocates JSR 385 at conferences like Developer Week or JCON. In addition, he actively advocates JSR 385 on social media and YouTube. Besides, Thodoris is the Founder & Leader of Utrecht Java User Group where he actively supports the Adopt-a-JSR program. He recently organized an Adopt-a-JSR Day for the Utrecht JUG, hosting Spec Lead Werner Keil. The event was very productive, resulting in 3 complete demos using Kotlin Repl, Spring Boot and Vaadin, it also coincided with the Public Review of JSR 385, allowing participants to do their own review and help with open issues or questions. Last but not least, Thodoris created the Adopt-a-JSR program within Utrecht Java User Group, where a group of dedicated Utrecht JUG members starts getting more involved in the JSRs like 385. Undoubtedly, Thodoris is a valuable community resource and inspiration to others.
JCP Program Management Office (PMO) Staff * Winner *
As we celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the JCP program, it seems fitting to recognize the efforts of the JCP Program Office Staff, many of whom have been with the JCP PMO since the very early days. The Program Management Office is the group within Oracle designated to oversee the Java Community Process and manage the daily running of the program. The JCP program runs smoothly thanks to the dedication of the PMO staff. These individuals bring not only a wealth of diverse technical, academic, and personal training and experience to the task of nurturing the community, but they also share a passionate enthusiasm for Java technology and the community that is evolving it. The JCP PMO also provides the role of the JCP Chair, and the leadership of the Executive Committee and the evolution of the JCP Program itself, through the JCP.Next Effort. In 2018-2019 this update was delivered as JSR 387, Streamline the JCP program. This JSR made changes to the Process Document with the goals of further streamlining the organization's processes. This resulted in the current version of the JCP Program, JCP version 2.11.
JCP Spec Lead/JSR of the Year
Jean-Marie Dautelle, Werner Keil and Otavio Santana (JSR 385, Units of Measurement 2.0) * Winner *
Werner is undoubtedly an outstanding Spec Lead for the season 2018-2019. I know Werner from our collaboration on JSR-385. Werner is always there to answer questions, design the strategy of our JSR, develop features, solve bugs, support new participants, recruit new JCP members and evangelize JSR-385 (and subsequently the JCP) in developer conferences. All in all, an all-around exceptional contributor to JSR 385 who definitely deserves such an award this year. Werner and Otavio have done a great job leading the JSR 385 promoting event, hacking in addition to one of the very active JSR. Otavio was always there to help in any possible way with JSR-385 in terms of strategy, exposure of our JSR in conferences and any other question. Jean-Marie played a key role in the evolution of JSR 385 to what Units of Measurement 2.0 is today. Jean-Marie deserves recognition for the overall typesafe nature that started with JSR 275.
Brian Goetz, Iris Clark (JSR 386, Java SE 12, JSR 388, Java SE 13)
Brian and Iris lead the JSRs for the Java SE Platform. The Reference Implementation of this Specification is the Java Development Kit. They have worked with the Java developer community to deliver on the six month Java platform release cadence starting with Java SE 10 and Java SE 11 in 2018, and Java SE 12 in 2019, with Java SE 13 to be delivered later this year. Iris and Brian have also participated in JCP EC Working Group Meetings, JCP EC Meetings and OpenJDK Committers workshops to increase the amount of engagement and participation in the development of the platform.
Description of the JCP Award Categories
JCP Member/Participant of the Year - This award recognizes the corporate or individual member (either Member or Participant) who has made the most significant positive impact on the community in the past year. Leadership, investment in the community, and innovation are some of the qualities that EC Members look for in voting for this award.
JCP Spec Lead/JSR of the Year - The role of Spec Lead is not an easy one, and the person who takes that responsibility must be, among other things, technically savvy, able to build consensus in spite of diverse corporate goals, and focused on efficiency and execution. This award recognizes the person who has brought together these qualities the best in the past year, in leading a JSR for the Java community.
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The dynamics of markets has led business organizations to implement management tools that allow them to acquire new competitive advantages. Currently, these advantages are not only generated by external environment conditions, but also by the optimization of internal processes. This paper presents a model for implementing an integrated management system of quality and environmental in a steel manufacturing enterprise from the approach to process. A diagnosis is made against the fulfilment of the requirements of the international ISO 9001:2015 e ISO 14001:2015 standards. Subsequently, a two-stage model is presented for the integrated management system implementation. The model involves the processes and activities that should be taking into account to comply with the regulatory requirements and to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the system. The guidelines provided in this paper are applicable to any type of business organization, for the purpose of implementing integrated management systems.


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Anime » Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Rated: T, English, Romance & Family, Tsuna/Tsunayoshi S., Giotto/Ieyasu S./Vongola I/Vongola Primo, Words: 1k+, Favs: 115, Follows: 29, Published: 4/16/2013
Simple Discoveries Lead To Joy
"G-Gio?"
"Hm?" Said blond looked up from his hunched form. The man had been working on what seemed to be an endless amount of paperwork piled on his desk. He had been cooped up in his office for most of the day. At this point he had unbuttoned the top two buttons of his dress shirt and had to put on his reading glasses, a sign that he was focused on his work. He was tired, but he had to keep working unless he wanted a scolding from his right hand man, G.
Orange hues locked with the chocolate brown ones of his fiance, Tsunayoshi Sawada. The older watched as the teen waddled into the room as fast as he could. Giotto's eyes traveled down from the brunet's face to his now noticeable bulging stomach. He couldn't help but smile at the thought that came from the sight. "Our child."
Giotto couldn't imagine any other person he'd wish to have a child with. Tsuna was his perfect match. To think, just three years before they were schoolmates at Namimori High, Giotto the senpai and Tsuna the kōhai. The younger had been a new student, and he was lost. Tsuna had accidentally bumped into Giotto trying to find his classes, and Giotto couldn't have been more thankful for that accidental meeting. The blond was absolutely enchanted by the adorable brunet. He was captivated by those large, honest eyes, the color his his flushed cheeks, down to Tsuna's plush pink lips.
Since that day, Giotto spent everyday with his kōhai, from walking him to his classes to eating lunch together. It wasn't until the second month of knowing each other that the Giotto asked Tsuna on a date. His answer was a blushing, stuttering Tsuna giving him a nervous nod and a bright smile that could light any darkness. Nothing much had changed after that, save the hand holding and sharing kisses out of the public eye. When it came time for Giotto to graduate, Tsuna couldn't have been more proud of his boyfriend.
On that day, the older boy confessed the whole truth to Tsuna, feeling nothing but trust between them. He told the brunet how he was the sole heir to the Vongola Corporation, the largest multimillion company in all of Italy, and how he wanted nothing but the younger boy to come with him back to Italy with him and stay by his side. After talking with Tsuna's parents, especially a very, VERY, reluctant Tuna fish's father, it was agreed that Tsuna could do what ever makes him happy.
"...-lo? Giotto, are you listening?" The blond snapped out of his reminiscing to find the object of his affection waving a dainty hand in his face. Grabbing said hand, the older man placed light kisses across each knuckle, making the younger male let out a small squeak of embarrassment. Chuckling in amusement, he pulled Tsuna into his lap and laid more affectionate kisses on his temple. "Ci dispiace, il mio amore."
"Mou..." Smiling at his fiance's antics, the brunet laid his own kiss on the tip on Giotto's nose. The boy took the moment to study the older male's face, sadly taking in the dark circle under the blond's eyes and the tired look he wore. "Giotto has been working so hard lately," he thought to himself. "I don't want him to overdo it." Tsuna snapped back into focus as his fiance began to speak. "Was there something you needed?"
"A-ah that's right! I'm sorry for disturbing you," Tsuna began- interrupted with a "you can never bother me" coming from the blond. "But I thought you needed to feel this Giotto!"
Said male grew curious as his fiance raised his oversized shirt, so that his bulged stomach was partly visible, and placed Giotto's hand on it. The blond tilted his head in confusion as Tsuna was cooing their unborn child. Just as he was about to pull his hand away and ask if the younger of the two was alright, he felt it. A kick. Tsuna jumped a bit at the feeling, yet encouraged the baby to do it again. Giotto expression morphed into one of utter surprise as he continued to feel little thumps coming from the brunet's stomach. The blond's stare moved from the younger's stomach to his face, and he could see the brunet smiling enthusiastically.
"I know you've been busy lately, Giotto, but I really wanted to share this moment with you. You are the baby's papa after all." Giotto was speechless, to say the least, but ended up cuddling Tsuna in a crushing hug full of joy and love. He held the younger man as close as the bulging stomach would let them, but even then Giotto loved the feel of it; knowing that it was their child on the middle. Hearing a light snore, Giotto pulled away slightly to find that the brunet had fallen asleep. "Probably from all the excitement," he thought to himself.
The heir shifted his fiance to accommodate him comfortably on his lap, and stroked the brunet's head lovingly. "You're really there," Giotto sighed softly. "I worry about not only you, bambino, but for your mother too."He moved his hand from Tsuna's head, and began stoking his stomach softly, careful not to wake the younger man up. "I'm...terrified. Raising you is going to be tough, you know. I wonder if Tsuna is ready for this; heck, am I ready for this?"
Giotto stopped is nervous rambling as Tsuna unconsciously cuddled closer to the blond. The older male smiled, and hugged Tsuna with renewed vigor. "I...I will be okay. I promise that I'll be a good father, and always be there to take care of you, bambino." The blond leaned back in his chair, carefully leading the brunet with him, and closed his eyes for a nap of his own.
"Yeah, I'll be alright so long as I have your mother with me."
Gah I know I'm supposed to be finishing up my other stories but I've had this idea in my head for the longest while and it was eating me up on the inside to finish it! I made it an mpreg for a specific reason. I don't like genderbends. I don't feel as if a gender flipped character is really them, so I dislike the stories with Fem!Tsuna. It doesn't mean I won't like the author, cause everyone is entitled to their creativity. I just choose to make it an mpreg. Thanks for reading and understanding!


CGVyapam.choice.gov.in has declared result on 24th May 2015 of BAMS 2015 & BSc. Nursing Entrance Exam 2015 which was held on 07th May 2015 at various centres i.e. Raipur, Jagdalpur, Durg, Bilaspur and Ambikapur. Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board (CGPEB) has also released Final Answer keys of BAMS 2015 & BSc.Nursing 2015 Entrance Exam. CGPEB also known as nick name CGVyapam conducts this written test every year for getting admission in B. Sc. Nursing and BAMS Courses in reputed and renowned government colleges in the state. This time, CGVyapam had invited BAMS 2015 & BSc. Nursing 2015 online applications form from 10th March 2015 to 22nd March 2015 on official website www.cgvyapam.choice.gov.in. The Last date to submit offline application form was 25th March 2015. Many candidates had successfully applied for these posts and appeared in CGVyapam Entrance Exam 2015. These candidates are waiting for their result. Here is latest news that CGVyapam has declared Entrance Test result on official website CGVyapam.choice.gov.in. Candidates can download their online result from the direct link provided below.
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CG Vyapam Entrance Exam 2015 for B. Sc. Nursing and BAMS was conducted on 07th May 2015. The Entrance Exam was conducted by Pen MODE. The OMR sheet was to be filled by Blue/Black ball point pen by the candidates.
The questions were asked from General English, General Knowledge, General Hindi, General Math and General Interest. In this paper a total of 100 multiple choice questions (MCQ) each of one mark were given and four options were provided out of which candidates had to choose one correct answer.


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Fringe Favourite, FOX Will Embark on Spring Tour
The tour kicks off 24th- 25th February at The Curve, Slough.
Inspired by true events, FOX tells an honest and amusing story of new motherhood and the battles parents can come to face with in an increasingly isolating society. Katie Guicciardi's sharp and witty show will spark important discussions around the theme of help, exploring our desire to give it and how we seek it out. First on at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2019, FOX will be embarking on a spring tour, offering baby-friendly performances throughout.
A mother is alone in the world and left to care for her baby when no one is caring for her. Riddled with guilt about her lack of mothering skills, a previous miscarriage, and her behaviour towards the homeless man outside, she spirals downwards towards the realisation that it is her who needs help as well as him. Having witnessed friends suffer severely from postnatal depression, Guicciardi's writing strives to normalise having more conversations around loneliness and reaching out for support.
FOX explores the concept of the 'matrescence' period of motherhood, as the audience join her on the physical, emotional and hormonal shifts that women can experience after having a baby. FOX is specifically for parents to bring along their non-walking babies to. There will be a baby friendly set up for seating and will be a relaxed performance. Post show play and chat sessions will also be available.
Katie Guicciardi (The Odyssey, York Theatre Royal; Hamlet, King's Head Theatre) is an associate member of The Factory Theatre Company and has performed in various productions across the country. Guicciardi is the founder and director of The Actors' Surgery and teaches as an acting coach across TV and Film and local drama schools. She has also been a part of The Young Writers Programme at The Royal Court.
FOX is produced by Carbon Theatre, who work across complex and divergent, free-form theatre and cultural projects. Founder of Carbon Theatre Courtenay Johnson established the company in 2018 with the aim to support new work centred around equality, feminism and accessibility.
Writer and performer Katie Guicciardi comments, Motherhood is often represented by the birth of a child. But when a child is born, so too is a mother. In this post-lockdown era, when we have all come to know isolation, loneliness and fear, this show seems more relevant than ever as we look to those around us for support, community and help. They say it takes a village to raise a child. What happens when there is no village?
24th - 25th February The Curve, Slough
There will be a baby-friendly performance on Saturday 25th February, 10am
https://www.homeslough.org.uk/event/fox/2023-02-24/
1st - 2nd March Greenwich Theatre Studio
There will be a baby-friendly performance on Thursday 2nd March at 10:30am
https://greenwichtheatre.org.uk/events/fox/
4th March Hastings Venue Studio Afternoon
7th - 8th March Town & Gown, Cambridge Lab
There will be a baby-friendly performance on Wednesday 8th March at 12:30pm
https://www.townandgown.co.uk/theatre/
9th - 10th March Albany Theatre, Coventry Studio
There will be a baby-friendly performance on Wednesday 10th March.
https://www.albanytheatre.co.uk/
23rd -24th March The Spring, Havant Studio
There will be a baby-friendly performance on Friday 24th March at 10.30am
https://thespring.co.uk/
29th March Birmingham Foyle
https://macbirmingham.co.uk/
20th - 21st April The Place, Bedford
There will be a baby-friendly performance on Friday 21st April at 10.30am
https://www.theplacebedford.org.uk/
26th April The Core at Corby Cube Morning
There will be a baby-friendly performance on Wednesday 26th April at 10.30am
https://www.thecorecorby.com/whats-on/
Full Cast Announced For UK Tour of Disney's WINNIE THE POOH Musical
The full cast has been announced for Disney's Winnie the Pooh. The UK and Ireland premiere will begin performances at London's Riverside Studios (Hammersmith) from 17 March, with an official opening on 26 March.
Sign-Up for UK / West End News


Apple never really jumped on the virtual reality bandwagon, even when smartphone-powered VR headsets and experiences exploded for a short while. Instead, Apple is putting its eggs in the augmented reality basket, going as far as saying it is the future. Now it has taken one concrete step closer to that future by moving long-time iPhone executive Frank Casanova to handle its product marketing for all things related to augmented reality.
Executive-level changes aren't uncommon but some do generate more noise than others. So when Casanova, who led the company's iPhone marketing for wireless carriers until today, updated his LinkedIn profile, it meant more than just a new job description. It means Cupertino is stepping up its augmented reality efforts.
As noted by Bloomberg, Casanova has been with Apple for 30 years and was responsible for making deals with carriers for the first iPhone. In other words, if you need someone to see through the launch of new products, he's the name and the face you're most likely to put forward. It also hints that Apple is probably close to launching something new.
Apple has made no secret of its interest in AR, starting with the ARKit framework on iOS. That said, it has been, in typical Apple fashion, been more secretive about what other plans it might have in that field. From iPhones with dedicated 3D cameras to its very own AR headset, Apple has been rumored to be working it all. And now with an executive at the marketing helm, things are probably about to get real, pun virtually intended.


Are there any shuttle services to central festival mall?
Warmest Greetings from Amari Koh Samui!
Thank you for your question. We are pleased to inform you and TripAdvisor community that we provide transfer to our sister hotel, OZO Chaweng Samui four times a day in which Central Festival Koh Samui is in the middle between Amari Koh Samui and OZO Chaweng Samui and our drive will be able to drop you off on the way.
The transfer scheduled at 11:00, 15:00, 18:00 and 22:00 only. Please inform our team at reception if you would like to hop in one of these trips.
For more information/assistance please feel free to leave you question in TripAdvisor Q&A section and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
No, there are no shuttle service. But you get a lot of taxis. The hotel as such is centrally located and very close to restaurants, shopping area.
From Hotel no shuttle, you need Taxi. But it is not far.
No, but there is a very cheap bus frequently passing all the resorts that you can flag down.
you just jump on the "tuktuk"-small buses and agree price to driver before jumping on. Normally about 100-150 baht.


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The undisputed capital of cool
Manchester is famous because of soccer and the music scene. But it's also home to vegetarianism and Emmeline Pankhurst, the historical suffragette leader. Book a flight and...
See exquisite Manchester
The Cathedral, which goes back to the 12th century, is the city's great monument. Just like the neo-Gothic Town Hall building and the central Library on Albert Square. Also part of the experience: visiting the Museum of Science and Industry and the Manchester Art Gallery, home to one of UK's greatest collections outside of London.
But Manchester is much more. Beyond the legendary Smiths, Oasis and James, there's the Urbis glass building. And the giant ferris wheel with a panoramic view. And before trying the city's nightlife, Old Trafford is a must-see — it's impossible to leave without visiting the United's stadium.
United Kingdom / Manchester
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From US$566 Departures from New York, Roundtrip
10 Symbols of Manchester
Experience the "capital" of northern England: a rich history, a unique identity and a bustling nightlife among the indus...


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Cooking with Flowers is filled with special confections and easy everyday treats that everyone will love, from jewel-toned Violet Jam and pretty pink Lavender Lemonade to Pansy Petal Pancakes and Carrot Sunflower Cake.
In this book, youll find easy-to-follow recipes and beautiful photographs, as well as the fascinating history and meaning of flowers, plus tips and tricks for finding, cleaning, and preparing edible blossoms. This essential guide covers all the classic uses for farm-fresh, seasonal flowers whether they're sourced locally or plucked from your very own garden.
Update this old-fashioned favorite with edible flowers for a fresh spring treat. You can use flavors to suit your taste, but you will need clear lollipops to showcase the flowers. Make sure you have an accurate candy thermometer for this recipe because the sugar temperature is critical!
1. Prepare your molds by lightly spraying them with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Prepare either a marble slab or an upside-down cookie sheet (air underneath the sheet will help the candy to cool faster), by covering with parchment paper and spraying with nonstick cooking spray. Place molds on a cookie sheet or marble slab.
3. Combine sugar and water in a medium heavy bottom sauce pan over medium-high heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then brush down the sides of the pan with a wet pastry brush to prevent crystals from forming. Once boiling, stop stirring as soon as the syrup starts to boil and insert a candy thermometer.
4. Allow to boil, without stirring, until candy reaches 250°F (121°C). If you plan to add food coloring, add it at this point and allow the liquid to continue boiling.
5. Once the candy reaches 300°F (known as hard crack stage), remove it from heat, add flavoring of your choice and pour into the Pyrex measuring cup. Allow liquid to sit until it stops bubbling completely. This will prevent bubbles from forming in your poured lollipops.
6. Working quickly, pour a scant amount of hard candy liquid into each mold, enough just to cover the bottom. Place an edible flower FACE DOWN on the liquid in each mold. Add a lollipop stick to each mold and continue pouring to fill each mold. If liquid becomes too thick to easily pour, simply reheat in the microwave on high for about 15 seconds and continue filling the molds. NOTE: The flower is placed face down so that the correct side of the flower will be on the front side of the completed lollipop.
7. Allow to cool completely and remove from mold once hardened.
8. Store Lollipops individually wrapped, in an airtight container at room temperature, for up to a month.
This entry was posted in All Things Baking, Baking Inspiration, Cookie Recipes & Ideas, Cupcake Recipes & Ideas, Recipes & Tips, Spring Baking, Summer Fun Baking, Wedding Baking and tagged edible flower cake, edible flower cookies, edible flowers by Fancy Flours. Bookmark the permalink.


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PATHOS: A Brief Screening Application for Assessing Sexual Addiction : Journal of Addiction Medicine
CME/MOC
March 2012 - Volume 6 - Issue 1
Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw in Journal of Addiction Medicine.
A Brief Screening Application for Assessing Sexual Addiction
Carnes, Patrick J. PhD; Green, Bradley A. PhD; Merlo, Lisa J. PhD, MPE; Polles, Alexis MD; Carnes, Stefanie PhD; Gold, Mark S. MD
From the Pine Grove Behavioral Health Services (PJC) and Department of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi (BAG), Hattiesburg, MS; Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (LJM, MSG); Washington University, Department of Psychiatry, St Louis, MO (LJM); COPAC Addiction Treatment Services, Brandon, MS (AP); and IITAP, LLC, Carefree, AZ (SC).
Send correspondence and reprint requests to Stefanie Carnes, PhD, IITAP, LLC, PO Box 2112, Carefree, AZ 85377. E-mail: [email protected]
No conflicts of interest to report.
The third author was supported in part by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) training grant T32-DA-07313-10 (PI: Linda B. Cottler). NIDA had no further role in study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Received July 20, 2010
Accepted May 18, 2011
Journal of Addiction Medicine 6(1):p 29-34, March 2012. | DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e3182251a28
Sexual addiction is estimated to afflict up to 3% to 6% of the population. However, many clinicians lack clear criteria for detecting potential cases.
The present studies were conducted to assess the effectiveness of a brief sexual addiction screening instrument (ie, PATHOS Questionnaire) to correctly classify patients being treated for sex addiction and healthy volunteers.
In study 1, a 6-item questionnaire, which utilizes the mnemonic "PATHOS," was examined in regard to sensitivity and specificity using a sample combining patients being treated for sex addiction and healthy volunteers (970 men/80.2% patients; 938 women/63.8% patients). In study 2, a cross-validation sample of 672 men (93% patients) and 241 women (35.3% patients) completed the PATHOS screener.
Results of receiver operating characteristics analyses in study 1 demonstrated that the PATHOS captured 92.6% of the area under the curve and achieved 88.3% sensitivity and 81.6% specificity for classifying the male sample (n = 963) as patients and healthy subjects using a cutoff score of 3. Similarly, the PATHOS captured 90.2% of the area under the curve and, with a cutoff of 3, achieved 80.9% sensitivity and 87.2% specificity for the female sample (n = 808). In study 2, results of receiver operating characteristics analyses indicated that the PATHOS captured 85.1% of the area under the curve, with sensitivity of 70.7% and specificity of 86.9% for men (cutoff of 3). For women, the PATHOS captured 80.9% of the area under the curve and achieved 69.7% sensitivity and 85.1% specificity with the cutoff of 3.
These studies provide support for the use of the PATHOS as a screening instrument to detect potential sexual addiction cases in clinical settings.
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Gillette's Advertising: A Tale of Two Conversations
Published by Ed Keller February 21, 2019
The Gillette brand caused a social media backlash in mid-January when it released a commercial against "toxic masculinity," in a new twist on its "The Best a Man Can Get" campaign. The 90-second commercial raised timely question about the "boys will be boys" culture in a #metoo era.
The campaign also drove outrage on social media, with a nearly 4000% increase in online mentions of the Gillette brand, including an increase in the percentage of conversations that were negative about the brand. Many posts accused Gillette of stereotyping, exaggerating the problem, and getting too political. Some promised to switch to competitive shaving brands.
Debate about the success of the commercial has circulated in the trade press, with the most hopeful analysis pointing out that Gillette succeeded in connecting online with women and younger consumers, even if older men didn't like it.
More important, we think, the real-world conversation about Gillette did not experience a similar strong, negative reaction. Discussions in living rooms, at kitchen tables, and at water coolers increased in volume, and there was no change in the negativity of those discussions, according to our one-of-a-kind TotalSocial® platform that measures offline as well as online conversations about brands.
Conversation Volume Exploded Online for the "Toxic Masculinity" Ad in January
The lack of impact in real-world conversations is a double-edged razor for Gillette. On the one hand, it means the social media outrage—and risks—did not translate to the real world and are perhaps not reflective of the real world. On the other hand, the campaign just didn't register in a positive way either, at least in these early days.
Does that mean real-world conversations are immune to TV commercials? Not at all.
Negative Online Sentiment for Gillette Shot Up After the Toxic Masculinity Campaign Launched
Gillette had the exact opposite result four months earlier when it released a compelling commercial featuring Seattle Seahawks linebacker Shaquem Griffin who was born with just one hand yet has enjoyed a storied football career alongside his twin brother Shaquill, also a Seahawk. The commercial shows a one-handed boy athlete learning to shave, while also training with his brother to run, tackle, and catch a football. It culminates with an NFL contract for both brothers on the same team. It's heartwarming.
The Shaquem commercial drove a big increase in offline conversations about the Gillette brand, and contributed to slow-but-steady improvement in the positive sentiment of those conversations. What happened in social media? No measurable impact at all.
Why did the Shaquem commercial impact offline conversations but not online, the opposite of what happened with the Toxic Masculinity campaign?
The most important reason is online and offline discussions are often two entirely different conversations, unrelated to each other, as we have written in the Journal of Advertising Research and the MIT Sloan Management Review. Both conversations have an impact on brand sales, but they do so very differently, and they require different marketing strategies. The optimal situation is to have both moving in a positive direction, in tandem.
Social media conversations tend to invite the extremes of opinion, particularly for politically charged discussions, as we have written in MediaPost. Those opinions do not necessarily reflect the broader population and they often are short lived as the people who join the conversation on social media to join the social, cultural or political discussion move onto other things. Meantime, offline conversations tend to be used for emotional sharing, as stimulated by the compelling video of Shaquem Griffin.
The implication for marketers is to avoid over-relying on popular social media listening tools for verdicts on marketing campaigns and public relations crises. While these tools can enable important two-way dialogs between brands and consumers, they don't necessarily reflect mainstream opinion.
Our advice is a more holistic measurement philosophy, one that keeps an eye on the volatile trends in social media and works to drive positive conversation online from brand fans; and at the same time it's vital to pay special attention to the long-term brand-building power of offline conversations and recommendations.
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Speaking in an interview with Vanity Fair earlier this year, Cyrus told the story of getting a call from Donald Trump while she was staying in Trump Tower in New York following her now-infamous 2013 MTV VMA performance. She said the then reality host called to congratulate her and to tell her "I love it," about her performance.
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If this pond wasn't level, it could cause quite a few headaches.
With the square spade, undercut and remove sod from the interior of your outline, then switch to the rounded shovel and start digging.
For a pre-formed liner, you'll need to dig to fit its depth contours. For each type of liner, start digging where the pond will be deepest and work to the edges. Vary the depth of flexible liner ponds to enhance fish viewing and create ledges around the perimeter for plants, stones and safety. The perimeter ledge should be 3 to 6 inches (7.5 to 15 centimeters) below the pond edge and 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 centimeters) wide, dropping straight down like a step to the next level [source: Better Homes and Gardens]. If you plan to build a raised waterfall or streambed, move the excavated dirt to that spot.
Apply a .5 to 1 inch (1.3 to 2.5 centimeter) layer of sand, or underlayment, on all levels of the pond and rake it smooth. This will help to prevent punctures and tears in the liner from rocks and roots that may rise up under the pond after installation. Next, cover every surface of the hole with underlayment, bending and pleating it to fit. The underlayment should extend over the pond edge and far enough around so that it stays in place when you put the liner over it. Then, you'll place your liner in the hole. The pond liner extends over the pond edge by about 2 feet (0.6 meters). You'll trim excess liner after laying your edging material. If you want your pond edging to be level with the pond, you'll need to dig a rim around the outside of your perimeter wide and deep enough to seat your edging material. Slightly lowering the ground bordering your pond will also allow rain and irrigation water to drain away from it.
Leveling your pond edge is critical. If one side is lower than another, the pond will look lopsided, water will escape from the low side and the liner will show on the high side. To see if the edges are level, place a long, straight board across the pond and center the level on it. Check for level around all sides of the pond and raise or lower the edges as necessary. The entire excavation must be level for pre-formed ponds. Otherwise, the form will sag, twist and crack.
In the next section, we'll discuss the electric component of your pond, and then we'll finally get it filled and ready to go.
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HomeDear Board, don't engage me to undertake your outsource compliance requirements until you have read this!
Dear Board, don't engage me to undertake your outsource compliance requirements until you have read this!
Guernsey has an amazing regulatory framework which has become quite a selling point with financial service businesses offering their products and services and those financial service businesses wanting to come and have operations here. Some will utilise outsource compliance professionals to assist them with the cost of set up, on-going costs, ensuring their business can have knowledgeable and professional persons on-board while it establishes and grows its presence and offerings. Even established firms may need extra compliance support in their business to be able to ensure that they can at all times remain compliant with the Guernsey regulatory framework or ensure that remediation is appropriate and effective.
In the last year the use of outsource compliance professionals has come to the forefront of the regulatory radar, instances of their failure having been identified as contributing to businesses failing to adhere to the regulatory framework. There have been numerous communications from the Commission to the industry on the issues surrounding the requirements for utilising an outsourced compliance professional and failures where this has not been met, showing that the Commission are treating this seriously.
At the end of the day the responsibility for compliance to the regulatory framework is laid firmly at the feet of the Board and they are the first point of call when failings or regulatory deficiencies are identified by the Commission. The need to ensure a Licensee is meeting the regulatory requirements forms at the most basic level with the minimum criteria of licensing as well as being mentioned throughout the regulations, codes instructions, and guidance issued by the Commission.
So what needs to be considered by Boards? Here are some questions to be asked but at all times refer to the legislation regulations, rules,instruction and codes that pertain to your business and licence.
Prior to any engagement consider these points.
You wouldn't employ anyone to undertake the role in a full-time capacity so why would you chose anyone to do your outsource function?
Prior to any engagement do your due diligence on the outsource company/ person, the person who will be your appointed compliance representative and the people who will be doing the work. At the very minimum the person who will be undertaking the work needs to be suitably qualified and knowledgeable of the area your business operates in and the regulatory rules that pertain to your licence. You will need to ensure that you can evidence that they have been appropriately screened as you will be expected to have been as diligent with your provider as with your own staff!
You wouldn't employ anyone who doesn't have the time for your business?
Prior to any engagement you need to work out how much time will be required. This will change from the role that compliance professional will undertake, as an example an outsourced MLRO will have different time requirements to a compliance professional assisting with licensing.
When you actually look at it, if you have a compliance professional for two hours a week it would take them eighteen weeks to achieve one thirty-six hour working week in your business! Obviously cost is a major factor in this assessment and knowledge and experience never come cheap. The time any compliance professional spends on your business must be commensurate to the size, complexity and nature of your business and the role undertaken.
You need to be aware that a compliance professional will also be working for other firms, there is obviously a risk regarding resources. If their clients require more time or the outsource provider or person undertaking the role has issues with resources will you be affected? You need to ensure that there are controls in place or a plan B to mitigate these risk.
You wouldn't have any old agreement?
You need to ensure that the outsource agreement meets the requirement of the Guernsey regulatory framework and is legally binding. The Board cannot discharge its responsibilities only delegate the work, it is often a good idea to have a Guernsey Advocate firm look over any agreement, especially if the Board are not familiar with Guernsey Law or this area.
During any engagement consider these points.
You wouldn't want to be assessed by any old criteria, what criteria is the business or business area being assessed to?
Again this depends on the role you are utilising the outsourced compliance professional for, but you need to know how they are monitoring you and to what standard. The Board must make sure that it can evidence and satisfy itself and the Commission that the Guernsey regulatory framework requirements have been met.
You wouldn't want any report, do the reports provided give the full picture of the work being undertaken?
The reports that are provided to the Board must be meaningful and contain accurate management information. This allow the Board to see the whole picture of their business or the area that the outsourced provided has been contracted to service and assess the level of compliance to the regulatory framework. If areas or remediation work have been identified are the Board kept appropriately up to date?
You wouldn't want to keep on anyone who isn't performing, is the outsource provider performing to the required standards?
Throughout any engagement the Board must consistently monitor and evidence its monitoring of the outsource provider and/or those undertaking the work for the Licensee. Is the Board satisfied with the work undertaken, is the monitoring of the business meeting the requirements of the Guernsey regulatory framework, has the business changed in its complexity, nature or size and is the person doing the role still suitable?
The most important aspect to any outsource relationship is that you have the right person/firm, they add something to your business, provide you with the accurate management information, they get on with you and are honest to you regarding their business and yours. By hopefully considering and evidencing these requirements a Board will be able to show that they have acted to ensure that their business meets the requirements of the Guernsey regulatory framework. In the unfortunate case where things have not worked out the Board will be able to evidence that they were aware of the issues at the earliest opportunity and have acted to mitigate any non-compliance and remediate the situation.