EDITOR'S BLOG: Take a trip inside. It's not like it was in 'Porridge'.
I've visited seven prisons during my life - strictly in the cause of reporting rather than repaying any debt to society. I'd recommend a trip inside for anyone who has yet to make one. It is quite an eye-opener and changes a lot of preconceived beliefs about crime and punishment.
Two will remain stuck in my mind. First, was the mother and baby unit at Styal near Manchester. There I met a number of young women - mostly drug 'mules' or 'stuffers and swallowers' as the HM Customs people call them - from Africa who were living within the fence with very small children. It was a thoroughly depressing place. The only heartening thing was that the kids were too small to recall where they had begun their lives and at least they hadn't been put up for adoption or fostering. Yet.
The other was a high security establishment near Montreal in Canada. I was there to observe family visits to lifers. In an attempt to keep families together, minimising the damage done to children and to use as an incentive to good behaviour, families are allowed inside prison to spend time with their husband/father.
'My' family - including three kids - were spending the weekend with a murderer in a caravan within the prison walls. The transformation of the guy from rock hard man walking the corridors to meeting his kids was extraordinary. It was a lot more raw and moving and awful than 'Porridge'. Incidentally, while even Russia allows family visits the UK does not. The Brit prison officers rose up as one when the idea was suggested, saying they refused to be 'licensed brothel keepers'.
Michael Gove is not afraid of a good fight. The new Justice Secretary has seen a lot of stuff he doesn't like within his ministry. He wants to make changes. And in taking on the prison establishment he will encounter some of the same doughty entrenched interests he did while at Education. The Prison Officers Association has more than a little in common with the recalcitrant National Union of Teachers.
But Gove's instincts are entirely right. It is little short of a scandal that almost 50% of those incarcerated will reoffend within a year of being released. Nobody at Ofsted would accept outcomes like this. The amount of money we waste on a system that completely fails to do anything other than bang people up for a period is an enduring scandal.
This isn't a place to get into the ins and outs of the justice system and an examination of the ethics of punishment, but why on earth has the prison population doubled over the last 20 years to almost 85,000? Why in the UK do we have one of the highest incarceration rates in the developed world, outdone only by the shameful situation that exists in the USA?
Business is now heavily involved in the prison system. Serco and G4S, both severely reputationally challenged at the moment, have been running prisons for some time. Some say they have better outcomes than state-run institutions when it comes to re-offending. Others dispute this. But surely one thing that business (and technology) can help with is monitoring many more offenders on the outside, thus preventing them spending all their time with fellow criminals learning more tricks of the trade, whilst also reducing the financial burden on the taxpayer at the same time.
Of course if Gove does get his way there will be dreadful Daily Mail headlines. There will be felons who because they were not put away will reoffend and cause harm to society - people and property. But it must be a risk worth taking because being tough on crime (and indeed the causes of crime) isn't working very well at the moment.


Attention - The Food Truck is closed for the winter season - stay tuned for a reopening date!
The food truck is outside serving up the good stuff every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 2PM to 8PM during the spring, summer, and fall.
Take a look at the menu below - we do lots of one day or weekend special items as well, so stay tuned to our social media if you want to see the latest creations as they appear.


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Q: CSS Grid: fr and percentage unit difference I was looking at this question: The difference between percentage and fr units in CSS Grid Layout and understood that fr works for free space in the container. And I tried checking it which causes a confusion.
In this pen both % and fr acts like entirely same.

In a code like below:
main {
    width: 1000px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
    // grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 33%);
}

I was under the impression that:

*

*If you try 33% the container will split into 3 equal parts regardless of length of the content of each grid item (which is working as expected.)

*If you try 1fr, each grid item will get the exact same portion of the free space (divided by three in this case) available after the content's length in the width of the container. ie, the middle will get more space because it will get the portion from left and right parts.

But in each case, I'm getting the same width. Why?
https://codepen.io/asim-coder/pen/JMdPoR

A: The reason both of them are the same is because you aren't using any static values for any of the columns and only using percent and fr exclusively. If you were to use a column with a width of 100px the results will be different, because 33% will stay 33%, but 1fr will use up all of the free space (which in this case would be 66%-100px).

main {
  width: 900px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 33% 100px;
  // grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 33%);
}

// Styles for fun
// -------------------------------------------------
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Scope+One|Open+Sans:700');
body {
  background: #fff;
  color: rgb(113, 115, 136);
  font-family: 'Scope One', sans-serif;
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1;
  margin: 1rem;
}

main {
  background: #444;
  border: 3px solid #444;
  grid-gap: 3px;
}

div {
  background: #fff;
  padding: 1.5vw 2vw;
}

h1,
h2 {
  margin: 0;
}

h1 {
  color: rgb(113, 115, 136);
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  padding-top: .5rem;
}

1fr (longer, width is 66%-200px)

    33% (shorter, width is 33%)

100px

Another thing to note is that fr is not restricted to adding up to 100. If your percentage values go above 100, things aren't going to work. With fr on the other hand you can combine as many as you like.

main {
  width: 900px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 33% 33% 66%;
  // grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 33%);
}

main.another {
  width: 900px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 2fr;
  // grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 33%);
}

// Styles for fun
// -------------------------------------------------
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Scope+One|Open+Sans:700');
body {
  background: #fff;
  color: rgb(113, 115, 136);
  font-family: 'Scope One', sans-serif;
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1;
  margin: 1rem;
}

main {
  background: #444;
  border: 3px solid #444;
  grid-gap: 3px;
}

div {
  background: #fff;
  padding: 1.5vw 2vw;
}

h1,
h2 {
  margin: 0;
}

h1 {
  color: rgb(113, 115, 136);
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  padding-top: .5rem;
}

Broken

33%

    33%

66%

Works just fine

1fr

    1fr

2fr

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It's spring and the fishing is good: ODFW releases Spring Fishing Guide
SALEM, Ore. – It is time to go fishing, and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has some ideas for anglers of all levels and interests in the new Spring Fishing Guide. Available on the ODFW website, the guide includes a statewide overview of conditions and fishing opportunities throughout the state.
In the guide, ODFW district fish biologists describe available access for boats and bank anglers, water levels, recent regulation changes, best time of year to fish, where to target your efforts, and tips on gear, lures and techniques for hundreds of rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs throughout the state.
Trout season opens statewide on Saturday, May 26 and dozens of lakes, ponds and reservoirs have been stocked with legal-sized and larger trout and anglers should expect some very productive days on the water. The stocking schedule is online.
Oregon has a wide range of fishing opportunities—from creeks to rivers to reservoirs to the ocean—there is something from everyone ODFW's how-to publications offer tips on gear and techniques for trout (pdf), steelhead (pdf), bass (pfd) and surfperch (pdf).
Sign up to receive ODFW's weekly Recreation Report updates fishing conditions on hundreds of water bodies throughout the state.
Families with children should check out "Easy Angling Oregon" that describes more than two dozen places to fish throughout the state that are easy to reach and do not require a boat or specialized gear.
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Like ODFW Outdoors for information on classes and workshops.
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Find the Spring Fishing Guide online, http://www.dfw.state.or.us/RR/fishing_forecast/
Meg Kenagy, ODFW Communications coordinator, (503) 947-6021

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Karl Urban and I have something in common: Karl Urban and I were both born on this day. However, considering that Urban has contributed much more to the franchise than I have, let us focus on his accomplishments. Faced with inheriting DeForest Kelley's beloved role as Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy in 2009, Urban expertly tackled the daunting task by crafting a persona that harkened back to Kelley's creation and infused the ship's surgeon with the New Zealander's own charm and acting talents. With three films set in the Kelvin Timeline under his belt, Urban has gifted fans with scene-stealing humor and an array of memorable, character-defining moments.


1. Free Redraw: Pay extra money into your loan to reduce the interest charges while still being able to withdraw that money if you need it. Check whether your current loan charges a fee each time you do this – you could save some serious money by switching to one that lets you redraw for free.
2. Direct Salary Crediting: Keep all your money in one place by having your employer deposit your wages into your loan account and pay your loan off faster.
3. Offset Account: Like direct salary crediting, this separate account linked to your home loan helps reduce your interest payable, which in turn can reduce your loan term dramatically. Use it just like an everyday account to make purchases and pay bills.
4. Unlimited Extra Repayments: Make repayments as often as you like without incurring a fee. Even a small amount paid in regularly will reduce your loan term and save you money.
5. Portability: Keep your existing home loan when you sell your home and buy another – you save on fees to set up a new loan.
Thinking about refinancing? There's a lot to consider, so let me guide you step by step through the fine print. I'm just a phone call away.


A simple webgame featuring dynamic geometry generation, collision detection and newtonian physics. Fly your spacecraft in through an unlimited asteroid field, collect debris and earn money.
It employs newtonian physics, a scene graph allowing for persistent scenes of unlimited size and elaborate particle animation and collision detection code, all written in ES6 and using modern web technology.
If you want to learn more about the constituting libraries, read on.
I am a fullstack software engineer and web enthusiast.
I enjoy building application frameworks, data-driven applications, 3d applications and any kind of unconventional web experience.
My professional experience spans relational and document based databases, mobile optimization, payment systems, search optimization and analytics, server operation and anything in between.
If you have an exciting project and are looking for help, talk to me!
implementing vectors and matrices in two, three and four dimensions.
Performance optimized operations for multiplying 2×2, 2×3, 3×3, 3×4 and 4×4 matrices and vectors.


Payday Loan Advances in Margerie Manor Connecticut: Here are a few things to consider before taking a payday loan in Margerie Manor CT.
Instead of stretching out your payday advance and possibly even getting hit with a charge because you passed up the due date , make sure you mark the date it's due on your schedule and pay back the payday advance in full.
In order to avoid having to obtain payday loans in the future, begin stashing a reserve of at least $500.
On the occasion that you plan to get a payday advance or cash advance, make sure you obtain access to your recent employment pay-check stubs along with your current account information.
Pay day advances oftentimes have a ton of fine print at the bottom of the agreement. Be sure you read and understand everything written prior to signing.
In advance of obtaining a cash advance, get in touch with the BBB to find out how reputable the firm is and if it has any criticisms.
In the event that you don't understand how to save and budget your funds, at that point you may possibly wish to get credit counselling in order to decrease the need for payday loans later on.
Not sufficient funds charges and even bounced check fees are able to build up very quickly and could be pretty high, so be careful not to overshoot your resources whenever obtaining a payday loan.
As agonizing as it may be to ask a good friend or relative for resources , it can end up a lot better than receiving a payday advance . If that's not an choice, try applying for a credit card or any personal line of credit before a short term advance , frequently times the charges on these are much less than what you will repay on a payday advance.
To ensure that you pay your payday loan promptly, see to it that you keep up on when the payday advance loan or cash advance is scheduled to be paid and undergo the required steps to be sure it's paid.
Submit a grievance with your state bureau in the case that you feel you've been addressed unfairly or illegally by a payday loan or cash advance business.


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39th Santa Cruz Pride Parade: Free Bradley Manning!
This summer's Pride celebrations fall in the midst of a military court martial where PFC Bradley Manning's entire life will quite literally be on the line.
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On Sunday, June 2, 2013, thousands of people lined Pacific Avenue for the 39th annual Santa Cruz Pride parade and festival presented by The Diversity Center of Santa Cruz. A wide range of organizations participated in the parade, including a contingent raising awareness and support for political prisoner Bradley Manning.
This summer's Pride celebrations fall in the midst of a military court martial where PFC Bradley Manning's entire life will quite literally be on the line. In San Francisco and far beyond, turmoil has been brewing over the SF Pride Board's designation of Bradley Manning as this year's Grand Marshal, followed by a revocation of that announcement.
The Bradley Manning Support Network writes, "Nobel Peace Prize nominee PFC Bradley Manning, a 25-year-old Army intelligence analyst, who released the Collateral Murder video that shows the killing of unarmed civilians and two Reuters journalists, by a US Apache helicopter crew in Iraq. Manning also shared documents known as the Afghan War Diary, the Iraq War Logs, and a series of embarrassing US diplomatic cables. These documents were published by the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, and they have illuminated such issues as the true number and cause of civilian casualties in Iraq, along with a number of human rights abuses by U.S.-funded contractors and foreign militaries, and the role that spying and bribes play in international diplomacy. Given the war crimes exposed by these documents, PFC Bradley Manning should be given a medal of honor."
Coverage of Pride 2012: 38th Annual Santa Cruz Pride Parade and Festival: Life Gets Better Together
Santa Cruz peace activist Sherry Conable stands on Cathcart at Pacific holding up two fingers for peace and a placard stating "Free Bradley Manning. Peace Hero".
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Pedal-Powered Revelry with Santa Cruz Bike Party WordCamp San Francisco 2013 After Party at Automattic Lounge
Dykes Rally and March in Santa Cruz without Sponsors or Permits
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It is common knowledge that vitamins and minerals are the nutrients required by a human body in small quantities for it to function to its utmost potential. A steady supply of these nutrients essentially comes through the food one consumes. However, in cases when a particular vitamin is found be deficient, medical practitioners suggest the use of certain vitamin supplements to maintain the desired amounts for the smooth functioning of the body. Also termed as dietary supplements and health supplements, it is important to know about these medicines as a prudent means towards the smart consumption of vitamin supplements. Hence, it is imperative for every individual to ascertain the use of these vitamin supplements so as to avoid the instances of overdosage, or damaging conditions when the consumption of these supplements is not warranted in the first place.
Are Vitamin Supplements the Only Means of Health?
As mentioned earlier, most of the nutrients that the body requires can be sourced from a variety of foods which a person consumes as part of his daily diet. However, it is only when a person does not consume the required foods in the prescribed amounts that he experiences the symptoms of vitamin deficiency which can be countered through vitamin supplements. On the flip side, it is also an impending situation when these supplements cause a rise in their levels which may eventually prove to be detrimental to one's overall wellbeing. Conversely, in cases of deficiency, there is always a healthy option to buy medicines onlinethrough Zigy.com, offering a plethora of vitamin supplements to its patrons.
The following are the thought-provoking parameters that will throw light on the safe and smart consumption of vitamin supplements. Seeking to delve into these diet-related attributes comes as a well-informed move towards the consumption of vitamin supplements which can be easily sourced through Zigy.com, the popular online medicine store.
To keep a watch on the number of meals a person consumes daily. If it is less than 2 meals per day, then the consumption of dietary supplements is warranted.
To check whether one's diet is restricted, one has to look into the ingredients that make up his meals. It can be that a person is strictly avoiding dairy products or is consuming minimum amounts of fruits and veggies that necessitate the use of vitamin supplements.
Checking on the gaining or loss of weight during the last 6 months is another question that will clearly indicate the need for dietary supplements.
Another important factor concerns the regular consumption of over-the-counter drugs. If one is consuming more than three OTC drugs on a daily basis, then his health condition warrants the use of vitamin supplements to enable him to enjoy the benefits of holistic health.
Last but not the least, one needs to ponder on the number of drinks one consumes on a daily basis. Exceeding the permissible limit of three drinks of alcohol per day warrants the use of dietary supplements, which can be notified by doctors.
Vitamin supplements which are medicines in their original form call for the professional intervention of a doctor. A person who takes his family doctor into confidence benefits not only from these dietary supplements but also plays safe to ward off the negative effects of consuming either a wrong supplement or through a wrong dosage.


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Keen to explore the picturesque town of Kelowna, BC? It's the ultimate vacation destination, with a fantastic blend of city life and incredible access to nature—ideal for those who love exploring the great outdoors but don't want to give up any comfort. Home to verdant pine forests, rolling vineyards, lush orchards, and majestic mountains, from Kelowna, glampers can enjoy a wide range of outdoor activities, including hiking, biking, kayaking, canoeing, rafting, fishing, horseback riding, skiing, snowboarding, and much more! Just make sure to book one of these luxury cabin rentals in Kelowna for the vacation of a lifetime! There's something for every taste and budget—so take a look today!


We are pleased to share the first set of results from our first research study of the year, State Of The Union For Influencer Marketing, Trends and Best Practices For 2017. In this study we looked across CPG, Health & Beauty, Electronics, Software, Apparel and Durables. Brand participants were asked to complete a series of questions focused on how their organization is currently leveraging influencer marketing and expected change in 2017. We will be releasing new infographics weekly from the study including investment trends and content trends.
Where Does Your Company Fall On The Influencer Video Continuum?
The majority (2/3) of brands are outsourcing their Influencer Marketing initiatives. Whether licensing a platform or using an agency, choose a partner that can be strategic and develop the right mix of influencers to create content based on objectives/budget and has a clear roadmap to lead your brand to best practices.
As indicated in the infographic, we found that all pain points ranked highly. This indicative of a new industry in need of best practices. Top 3 ranked pain points were lack of metrics, lack of strategy and lack of reach.
Is influencer marketing a strategic priority for your organization? Do you have the right strategic resources internally and externally? Does influencer marketing have a seat at the planning table?
Is your organization and agency partners organized to plan and execute influencer marketing in a seamless, integrated fashion?
Do you have a best practice approach to influencer marketing? What is the learning plan? In a year from now will you have best practices and benchmarks for engaging your target consumers in the video generation?
Do you have a scaleable content plan to effectively leverage assets for transmedia storytelling – digital media, ecommerce, shopper marketing?
We hope you find our inaugural study helpful, thought provoking and a springboard for a more strategic organizational approach to maturing our industry. We will be sharing additional results shortly!


I consider myself an anarchist, in part, because I believe that each of us has a responsibility to everyone around us to help each other as much as we can. In my view, we can't rely on the state, churches, or corporations to improve our communities. We need to work together in a direct and personal way, independent of the current systems, if we ever hope to truly change the status quo in favor of something better and more beneficial to everyone.
Reading about the efforts of these mutual aid associations in Puerto Rico and the YPG in Syria genuinely give me hope for the future and motivate me to start organizing in my own community to make life better for all of us.


By default, most web browsers disable the use of third-party cookies for security and privacy reasons. Somehow, third-party cookies have been in the bad light for some time. If you want to allow third-party cookies in Google Chrome, for whatever reason you may have, then this article is for you.
Third-party cookies, like the standard cookies, are designed to store web surfing data for personalization and information tracking purposes. Most third-party cookies are designed for advertising functions thus there is a "not-so-good" reputation on third-party cookies as they tend to invade a user's personal space and privacy. However, third-party cookies are not bad. They can help users easily find products that they are interested in. Developers and marketers also want to view third-party cookies on browsers to check how they respond to actions, clicks, and searches. This article will discuss how to allow third-party cookies in Google Chrome.
1.Open your Google Chrome browser.
2.Open Chrome preferences button located on the upper-right part of the screen.
4.From Settings, locate Show Advanced Settings and click on the option.
5.Under Privacy, click on Content Settings.
6.Make sure "Block third-party cookies and site data" is not checked.
7.Allowing third-party cookies in Google Chrome is now enabled.
Q: How do third-party cookies differ from regular cookies?
A: Though all cookies are designed to collect and store information, the main difference of third-party cookies against regular cookies is that third-party cookies are installed by third-parties and not the site that you are visiting. The purpose of the third-parties collecting data is to research into users' browsing habits, demographics, and general internet usage. These data can be used to feed advertisers and give users ads that have high chances of converting into sales.
Q: Do the steps in this article let me allow regular cookies in Google Chrome, too?
A: The steps in this article is designed to only allow third-party cookies in Google Chrome. If you want to enable regular cookies in Chrome, then check out this article on how to allow cookies in Google Chrome.
Though third-party cookies are a little obtrusive to the point of being annoying, mobile browsers and developers agree that these cookies are needed to have a functioning and better internet experience. As long developers of third-party cookies put the function at an acceptable level with minimal annoyance and more security, then third-party cookies can be of good use to the internet.
You just learned how to allow third-party cookies in Google Chrome. We hope that this article helped you in your overall Google Chrome experience. If you have questions about any of the steps above, let us know in the comments section.
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All of us on the Peru trip stayed in the moment, changed plans and went with the flow, opened our hearts and third eyes, connected the Light grid between the places we visited and Machu Picchu, made friends, sang, toned, screamed and laughed til we cried!
HUGE love and thanks to all those who shared the journey with me, to the Star Councils of Light, the shamans of Peru, the ancestors, Father Sun and Mother Gaia/Pachamama!
We found ourselves at Ajaya Marka near Lake Titicaca - not originally on our agenda, but what an amazing energy portal!
As I placed my forehead on the doorway stone I found myself shooting straight through the stone along what felt like a passageway, and out into a bright indigo sky filled with stars! My guides informed us that dormant spiritual powers and gifts would arise in each one who visits this place with an activated heart centre and open 'inner vision.' May it be so!
This was one of my favourite channellings from the March Equinox trip to Peru. The presence of Christ Consciousness and therefore of unconditional love POURED through me as the message unfolded! We were up at Sacsayhuaman temple high in the beautiful mountains above Cusco, at dawn .Having just experienced an activation of the Heart Chakra doing Unity Consciousness Breath, breathing through the prana tube into the heart, the message from the Pleiadians about AS YOU GIVE SO YOU RECEIVE was so simple and yet so moving that it will live on in my heart forever!
Dear children of Terra, look around you with eyes that are opened like the eyes of a child, in order to see the beauty and wonder once more – for if your eyes are not open in this manner, how will you save yourselves and your dear planet? There is a way of looking at your world where you filter out that which you would not see, and filter in that which you would see. Even in the city on a day when it is gray and the rain falls, even in any adverse circumstances, you may always find something of beauty to focus on.
And you may always connect with the 4 directions – with all that is above and all that is below and in your heart centres. We stress this, the connection through the sacred 7 directions because it is an incredibly powerful way to reconnect yourself. You cannot reconnect your DNA and you 12 chakric system without this practise and experience of connecting yourselves with the Father Sun, with the Mother Earth, and indeed your heart temple.
There is a temple inside your chest which holds energies that you may access in order to go into bliss. And the trick dear ones, is to first connect yourselves with the 4 corners of the earth, with the core crystal, and with the centre of the galaxy. This is how we have taught it, and then you begin, through your prana tube, to breathe energy into your hearts, aware of this great golden energy of clarity, of the prana which the yogis have also worked with. They do not do lip service – they work with these energies which have been made known to them – and prana of course is all around you at all times, but more accessible and powerful in a place such as this which is beauty personified.
Some of you have places which are special to you, whether this is a corner of your garden or a more dramatically beautiful place, but it matters not – it matters only that you open your eyes to the beauty and make the effort to connect with your sun and your Earth as so many of you do at this time of the March Equinox. Simple are these ways, and yet profound. With great love, Namaste.


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Working moms CAN have it all — here's proof
Pam Sherman
As I hurtle towards life as an empty nester, I can't help but look back at those mothers who inspired me to be a better mom — not only by watching how they parented, but by seeing who they are in the world.
One of them was my own mother, who raised four children, worked as a teacher, and then followed her dream of becoming a psychoanalyst when she was in her 40s. She just retired a few months ago at the age of 86.
Then there were the moms of kids who were older than mine that helped set my course as a mother. These are the women who I used to jokingly ask, "Why don't you take my kids, do whatever you did to make your kids so great, and then I'll take them back?"
You know the concept of it takes a village? Well, I said, "Let's move my village to yours."
They didn't take me up on the idea. Instead, they often shared their parenting wisdom. I also learned from watching how they showed up in the working world, as fully authentic and transparent in their roles as working mothers. They wore their motherhood as a badge of honor (and yes, courage) for all the world to see.
My friend Lauren Doyle is one of my mother role models. She raised her four children while studying to be a therapist, running a private practice and later working as the leader of Matt Talbot Ministries. She is a loving, gracious person and her children clearly love her deeply. But she also did the hard work of teaching her children a work ethic, discipline and integrity. She taught me that when your kid calls you "mean mommy," that's when you're most likely doing something exactly right.
And then there's Sharon Napier, CEO of Partners + Napier, a trailblazing mom to me and those who know her. On Feb. 28, she will be honored at the annual "She Runs It" Working Mother of the Year Awards as a Trailblazing Mom in the advertising industry )http://bit.ly/2igyAmS).
She so inspired her daughters, they not only followed in her footsteps onto the collegiate basketball court, but they're now young leaders in the advertising industry themselves. I love that while growing and running her agency, she always found a way to be at her daughters' basketball games or to take their calls when they needed her. She taught me that simply being present is sometimes the most important thing a mother can do for her children.
I was very moved recently when I read of the passing of Brenda Barnes at the age of 63. The former CEO of Sara Lee was a trailblazing mom who left her leadership role at Pepsico when her children were young, famously saying that she did it not because they needed more of her, but because "she needed more them."
The trailblazing mothers who inspire me have taught me that we can learn so much from what our children teach us every day. They provide us with lessons in patience, grace and love that can inform all our other roles in life. Seeing how seamlessly Sharon Napier and Lauren Doyle have traversed their roles in philanthropy, leadership and motherhood taught me that the pride of being a mother isn't just about growing great kids, it's about growing yourself as a person.
Recently a friend of mine with five grown children said she was pondering the classic question for mothers of all ages: "Is this all there is?"
I told her I believe at the end of our lives, whether we have played a huge leadership role in business, government, or in your kitchen, for those of us who choose motherhood, in the end it will be all there should have been.
Read more of Sherman's columns in Rochester Magazine — in print and at rochmagazine.com — and follow Suburban Outlaw on Facebook and Twitter.


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This can be obtained through the Spawn of Jubjub quest available only at the Darkmoon Faire, and from the NPC "Morja" who is in outer-area of the Faire.
It's fairly simple, and the Dark Iron Ale Mug can be easily obtained from the Bar in BRD or for cheap on the AH.
Was at Shade of Aran in Karazhan tonight with my guild when it got hit by the explosion from Flame Wreath.
Combat log didnt say it died, but guildies said my Jubling triggered another explosion.
Anyone has had the same thing at Aran?
Contacted a GM and he didnt knew if Jubling could trigger something like that. He told me to read the upcomming patchnotes, if they changed anything on Jubling it would be confirmed in the notes.
Also, after you've hatched your Jubling, you can have him drink the same Ale from BRD. Throw it down and watch him drink it up!
get a Jubling in 7 steps!
1. Get two Dark Iron Ale Mug from the auction house (they should cost from 1g to 2g and 50s each) or get them from Plugger Spazzring inside Blackrock Depths, you can also get the ale from the table inside blackrock spire, its in the same place as Plugger Spazzring is.
2. Wait for Darkmoon Fair to arrive in your faction's area, (if you alliance its near Goldshire in Elwyn Forest and if you're horde its near Thunder Bluff in Mulgore, and sometimes it near Shattrath in Terokkar Forest.
3. When Darkmoon Faire arrives go to Morja, she is a female orc.
4. Use one of the Dark Iron Ale Mug near Morja's feet and wait for Jubjub to arrive.
5.When Jubjub arrives, take the quest : Spawn of Jubjub form morja.
6.Hand in Spawn of Jubjub.
7.Wait 1 week for Unhatched Jubling Egg to hatch, and when it hatches, right click its icon.
Congratulations! you just got yourself a beer frog!
if you watch your jubling for a little while (normally less than a minute), a little reddish bug/moth starts flying around, and your jubling will then stick out it's tongue and catch the bug! he also jumps up and down when standing still.
Try clicking on him... he croaks!
I just did the quest with my 70 warlock, and Morja takes the mug now and gives you an unhatched jubling.
It only required ONE Dark Iron Ale Mug.
Wow, this hasn't been posted yet. Obvious reference of Jub-Jub from the simpsons.
This no longer requires two Dark Iron Ale Mugs. I did it during the March '09 Darkmoon Faire and only needed the one to hand in. Do not throw it on the ground.
You better put the ale right at her feet or the frog wont come. if it is anywhere outside the yellow target circle, you just wasted it.
I recomend you get more than just 2 Dark Iron Ales, in the event Jubjub fails to appear.
Did they by any chance increase the size of this critter? I can't remember it being so big.
So far it's the only pet i know of that is level five. All the other pets I've seen are only level one. Might be the reason it's such a large companion.
For some reason if you have an Mysterious Egg they are vanishing if you go after the egg for this pet. So if you are still searching for Reins of the Green Proto-Drake from the Oracles do not go with one about to hatch.
Actually, you do not have to wait for the Faire to come to your faction's area; I'm Horde and I just got the egg from Elwynn Forest.
Still attainable in the faire revamp. The questgiver is hanging around the campfire by the injured carnies.
Is this no longer obtainable with Patch 4.3?
I placed them 3-5 yards from each other.
And placed the last Ale at Morja!
I was able to do this with 2 mugs on each of my characters, except in one instance where I wasted a mug and used 3. I walked into the woods behind Morja and placed a mug and each time, jubjub came for it, sometimes more quickly than others. If you don't have another mug placed he will slowly head off, but you still have time to go place one in front of Morja and he will turn around and head for the new mug. Note ** place the mug directly in front of her. I placed one behind her and she did not see him even though he was right behind her and he started to head off again. That was where my mug of ale got wasted.
For those of you wasting ales getting him to follow you or not coming at all...I haven't had a problem with him being out of range yet and I just did this on all of my toons. It only takes 2 ales, 1 to lure him and 1 for the quest. YOU MUST wait for him to spawn. When you get there type /tar jub and if he's around you will target him, if not then just wait a minute(do the bandage quest while you wait). Wait for Morja to say something about her missing frog, THEN he will spawn. Try /tar jub again to make sure he has indeed spawned. You can even raid mark him to track him. Once he has spawned, THEN you put the ale in front of Morja at her feet and he will come to it. I haven't had him be "out of range" yet after doin it 10 times, and he usually spawns way on the other side of the corral. You don't need to drop 8 in a line leading him back, or anything like that. Just make sure he has spawned first.


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Market watchers said the increase is attributable to the growing profits from its messenger service LINE, which held some 260 million worldwide users as of Oct. 1, with the figure expected to reach 300 million at end-October.
LINE is one of the two major players in the mobile app market in the country along with KakaoTalk messenger service by Kakao Corp.
The rise also came as his shares gathered ground after NHN Corp., the then operator of NAVER, divided into NAVER Corp. and NHN Entertainment Co. in a bid to focus on its mainstay business.
Lee also ranked No. 1 among local stock-rich tycoons in terms of valuation gains, with his stake value soaring 105.6 percent Tuesday from 505.8 billion won tallied on Jan. 2, 2013.
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The end of the world is nigh… on second thoughts it may already be here!!
Imagine the scenario of a thirty year old lady with pyelonephritis. Over the past few days she has had worsening loin pain and is now septic with a high fever and rigors. On admission she is fluid resuscitated, started on IV Piptazobactam and given a stat dose of IV Gentamicin as per the hospital empirical antibiotic guidelines. Despite this she remains septic so she is changed to IV Meropenem. The next day the Microbiologists start to get anxious; her blood cultures grow a Meropenem resistant Escherichia coli. The Microbiologist recommends changing the patient to the last line of antibiotics: IV Colistin PLUS IV Amikacin. Despite all of the doctors best efforts this young lady, who has never been in hospital before, dies the following day from uncontrolled sepsis. Later the E. coli from her blood cultures is shown to be resistant to every antibiotic tested! There was simply no effective antibiotic treatment available. Does this sound like an unlikely doomsday scenario? Maybe we need to think again?
A team in China undertaking routine surveillance for various resistant bacteria in food animals discovered a higher than expected rate of Colistin resistant E. coli. This was surprising because Colistin resistance normally occurs by spontaneous mutation in a single bacterium which then cannot sustain this resistance because there is a survival cost to the bacterium i.e. having the resistance is burdensome to the bacterium so it reverts back to being sensitive. Usually the resistance is no longer required and it is better for the bacteria to no longer be resistant.
Well this time the resistance genes are on a plasmid, a mobile genetic element, which has been called MCR-1. This means that the resistance can now spread between bacteria rather than just being expressed by the one bacterium that happened to become resistant. Not only can this plasmid spread but the resistance appears to be stable so that once the bacterium has become resistant it stays resistant; it doesn't need to revert to sensitive again when the selective pressure, in this case, Colistin, is removed. The researchers in China showed that the MCR-1 plasmid could easily transfer from E. coli to Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and once resistant these bacteria also stayed resistant.
So where was the resistance found and how common is it?
The surveillance looked at 523 samples of raw meat (poultry and pigs) and found 78 (14.9%) contained E. coli resistant to Colistin by the MCR-1 gene. This was meat from retail sources e.g. supermarkets! They also looked at pigs from abattoirs and found these were also colonised with Colistin resistant E. coli 20.6% of the time.
These figures are terrifying enough but over the period of study the resistance to Colistin in retail meat has increased from 5.1% in 2011 to 24.4% in 2014… this kind of dramatic reproduction is what bacteria are very good at so these numbers are really scary!
Why has Colistin resistance occurred in animals?
A great way of creating antibiotic resistant bacteria in food is to indiscriminately use antibiotics in animals and that is exactly what has happened here. China is the biggest poultry and pig producer in the world exporting millions of tonnes of meat to the rest of the world every year. China is also one of the world's largest users of Colistin in animal husbandry. It's no surprise then that China has a problem with Colistin resistant bacteria in food animals. However, we would be naive to think that the use of antibiotics in animals is only a Chinese problem. Europe imports nearly 500 tonnes of Colistin for use in animals every year; Colistin is used in fish farming as well as other food animal production. Why do this? ...because antibiotics make animals grow larger, faster and therefore make meat production cheaper!! It is highly probably that China is not the only source of Colistin resistant bacteria in the world, just the first to notice it.
Is MCR-1 confined to China?
The researchers in China say that so far MCR-1 has only been found in China but there is no evidence that anyone else in the world has looked for it! Indeed, in the discussion the researchers say that other researchers in Malaysia appear to have found MCR-1 in E. coli but that confirmation is required. So MCR-1 may already have spread outside of China.
So what about human carriage of Colistin resistant bacteria?
So far only a limited number of Colistin resistant bacteria due to MCR-1 have been found in humans. The study screened 1322 samples from patients and found 16 cases of MCR-1 positive bacteria (4 urine, 3 sputum, 3 unspecified drain fluids, 3 ascitic fluids, 2 bile and 1 wound). Clearly there has been animal to human transfer of bacteria or plasmids. The fact that MCR-1 has been found in humans at all is cause for concern. In a normal laboratory in the UK we do not routinely look for Colistin resistance therefore there could already be cases in the UK without us knowing. The researchers call for urgent surveillance to determine how far these bacteria have spread. I bet Colindale (the national reference laboratory) will replicate this study on all their E. coli isolates looking for MCR-1, we will then know if MCR-1 has actually arrived in the UK without detection. As for the speed of spread, ESBLs and carbapenem resistance occurred over approximately 5 years, the dissemination of MCR-1 is likely to be at least as rapid.
So what are the risk factors for infection and what impact will it have on clinical care?
In truth the risk factors are yet to be determined. The assumption is that it will be the use of broad spectrum antibiotics; it may not need to be exposure to Colistin. Avoiding Colistin won't necessarily prevent the spread of MCR-1 either. Let me explain, in an ideal world all bacteria would be sensitive and killed off by our antibiotics. However these are organisms and like anything under threat they evolve to survive. Bacteria use transposons and plasmids to gain resistance in order to survive. Bacteria with resistance on plasmids don't tend to stop at one resistance mechanism; they collect multiple methods of resistance in order to better protect themselves from the onslaught of antibiotics.
Essentially a plasmid is a weapons store for them to collect their armour, a helmet, a mace, an axe and a dagger or a sword etc. The plasmid allows the bacterium to contain many resistance mechanisms be it ESBL resistance to Beta-lactams, Aminoglycoside Modifying Enzyme resistance to Gentamicin, mutation in topoisomerase and DNA gyrase resistance to Ciprofloxacin, mutation in dihydrofolate resistance to Trimethoprim, or now MRC-1 resistance to Colistin. Prescribing any one of these antibiotics, say Ciprofloxacin, will kill off any other bacteria present which do not have that resistance mechanism, leaving behind the bacterium with the resistance mechanism, which because of the plasmid (its weapons store) is also carrying MCR-1.
This initial treatment may cure the patient this time however the next time they get an infection it will be with resistant bacteria (that's all that was left behind, waiting for its opportunity). This may then be the infection that kills the patient as it is resistant to all antibiotics! Just as bacteria can then spread between people (hands, lack of cleaning, sneezing etc) the plasmid with its weapon armoury can transfer between bacteria, so sensitive Klebsiella spp. can meet an E. coli containing the plasmid and just as if they shook hands the plasmid is transferred by a pilus (appendage) to the Klebsiella spp., which is now a multi-resistant Klebsiella spp. The upshot for clinical care is now there are bacteria out there in the human population known to be carrying highly transferable resistance to our last line antibiotics...these patients will have untreatable infections.
What are the implications of finding Colistin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae?
Over the past few years we have seen the emergence of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) (see previous blog) and Colistin has become the mainstay of treatment for infections caused by these bacteria, usually combined with Tigecycline or Amikacin. Whilst Tigecycline resistance remains uncommon Tigecycline is a bacteriostatic agent which is not active in the urinary tract (a quarter of the Colistin resistant bacteria from humans in China were found in urine!). Amikacin resistance on the other hand has been widely described already.
So Colistin resistance due to the MCR-1 gene has effectively rendered infections caused by these bacteria impossible to treat (UTIs, hospital acquired pneumonias, diverticulitis, peritonitis, cholecystitis, sepsis, not to mention post operative infections). It was perhaps inevitable that this would happen, but even at my most cynical I thought it might take a few more years for transferable Colistin resistance to occur. It hasn't, Colistin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae is already here and we have nothing left to treat these bacteria with.
So do you still think I'm being melodramatic when I say we have entered the post antibiotic era on 18th November 2015?!
Thank you for this comprehensive piece. Still I have a question, is it mandatory for a bacterium which is colistin resistant to be resistant to ALL others? In other way why is it not possible that it has MCR-1 ONLY? Am I so silly?


Consensus is not democracy. Different systems with different assumptions. You can define consensus as a form of democracy, but calling it democracy erases what's anarchist about it. Ie. respect for individual consent. Even activist groups that nominally run on some form of democracy generally imply consensus where the majority opinion is not held as the final word, whereas democracy implies the minority submitting to majority opinion, that the majority opinion is vested with some authority. If you ask 99% of people what democracy is, they are not going to say it's consensus. The history of democracy is what implies democracy = majority rule, it has never been associated with consensus, so I really don't understand the desire to try to salvage the word.
You're right total consensus is not always possible, but that is what should be aimed for, not a vague sense of democracy that could mean just about anything. If one falls short of consensus, there are other anarchist concepts to fall back on, like free association.
The opinion of one anarchist wouldn't be the final word, but the opinion of every anarchist I can think of seems to imply that it's a general principle among anarchists.
Do you think anarchists invented this concept?
No? Still a useful phrase.
It's not misanthropic. It's just being clear about what being radically anti-authority means.
I guess where we arrive at a philosophical difference is that you judge democracy as a form of authority, whereas I judge it as a broad movement away from authority, where the less hierarchy it involves, the more democratic it also is.
I view anarchism as perfect democracy, where people are masters of themselves. Democracy was an attempt to abolish autocracy out of a distrust of authority and a genuine desire (for most participants in the revolutions, who primarily were NOT members of the bourgeoisie) to take control over their own lives; anarchy merely takes this a step further.
Judging the history of democracy by various reactions and failures is like judging the history of communism by the same thing. You don't need to throw the word communism out to advance the spirit of the communist revolutions, nor do you need to throw the word democracy out to advance the spirit of the democratic revolutions, largely fought by proles from the very beginning even if the primary beneficiaries were the bourgeoisie.
I see anarchism as a radical form of the spirit of '89, the most complete form of what democracy has always claimed to be about: liberty, equality, etc.. That's not an attempt to salvage democracy for me; it comes naturally rather than being a series of mental gymnastics. It might require mental gymnastics for you to come to the same conclusions, but people's brains are wired differently. I think you just think about things in very different terms than I do.
Edit: Imagine the anarchist movement failing to achieve its promises and creating yet more forms of hierarchy and authority in the future; would that mean we should throw the word anarchism out?
I realize people say democracy and liberalism work as intended, but the reality isn't that simple. Things work the way they do because various power struggles resulted in things being this way. These power struggles ended the way they did because democracy was insufficient to deliver its promises. From the beginning, democracy promised liberty, self-government, self-mastery, etc., but it was unable to deliver its promises because of the fundamental contradiction between the liberal concepts of individual rights and capital, the latter of which undermined the former. Aristocrats systematically weakened democracy, and this effort was there from the very beginning; this doesn't mean most of the early democrats weren't genuinely trying to create a society of freedom and self-mastery.


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Effect on Health-Related Outcomes of Interventions to Alter the Interaction Between Patients and Practitioners: A Systematic Review of Trials
Simon J. Griffin, Ann-Louise Kinmonth, Marijcke W. M. Veltman, Susan Gillard, Julie Grant and Moira Stewart
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2004, 2 (6) 595-608; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.142
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Paul S Little
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John G.R. Howie
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I am delighted to be invited to provide a commentary on this paper. This is a very valuable paper, and the authors are to be applauded not only for their exhaustive search of the literature, but in so doing for providing reflection and a very interesting framework for discussion. I don't think there is a great deal to add to the careful and thoughtful approach the authors have taken. However, a number of relatively minor...
I am delighted to be invited to provide a commentary on this paper. This is a very valuable paper, and the authors are to be applauded not only for their exhaustive search of the literature, but in so doing for providing reflection and a very interesting framework for discussion. I don't think there is a great deal to add to the careful and thoughtful approach the authors have taken. However, a number of relatively minor points occurred to me from this paper.
1)	Taxonomy of outcomes and which outcomes are important. The authors have provided valuable obervations in highlighting the paucity of 'disease process' outcomes. The authors also commendably highlight the importance for patients of their health experiences – and it is arguably these that are a central issue to address in the consultation, particularly in the context of the patient centred model? We certainly do have a long way to go – and the authors give cogent arguments for the next steps. However, I was very encouraged that across the range of studies, for patients experience of health outcomes nearly 80% of outcomes reported were positive, which makes it very likely that improving communication improves outcomes for patients. Secondly, the area of trials in communication makes for particular methodological problems in using 'objective' measures: I wonder how objective can 'objective' measures be in trials of patient communication given the difficulty of blinding patients and likely placebo and white coat effects on outcomes such as blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose? We also perhaps need to be aware that in making a dichotomy we remain alert to the interrelation between 'objective' and 'subjective'variables rather better: for example psychosocial variables may well predict mortality as well as biological variables (e.g. depression after MI). Perhaps we might describe the outcomes as biomedical (because 'disease process' assumes we understand the disease process whereas often we do not very fully?) vs health experience? 2)	Valuing process. Related to the last point, the authors commendably highlight the 'process outcomes' and their overlap with satisfaction. There is a key overlap between satisfaction and process variables: patients' perceptions of a whole range of aspects of communication – the extent to which patients felt listened to, their concerns taken on board, how their lives have been affected - are closely related to satisfaction with the consultation, and closely relate to intention to comply with treatment. As the authors comment these are valuable in their own right and perhaps should have equal status with 'biomedical' variables such as blood pressure? 3)	The use of theory. I agree with the authors that we need to explicit about theory, and use theory to inform interventions but also try and understand and measure both process and outcome. However, we must perhaps remain sensitive to the limitations of theory. We have the problem about which theory to use – e.g. should the Theory of Planned Behaviour or the Self Regulatory Model be used when thinking about patient behaviour? This is not an argument for jettisoning theory, but for both designing studies which do not stay narrowly defined to one theory, and/or designing studies to test alternative theories. Also what constitutes a theory? - at the moment we have a framework of ideals and descriptors for the consultation in the patient centred model, but this is not the less valuable for not being a theory. Our theories and their measurement also only do so well - even the best psychological theories only explain a minority of the variance of behavioural outcomes. This means in addition to trying to use and improve theory, and the measurement of the theoretical constructs, we need to be aware of the potential limitations of theory, and value both empirical evidence and our aspirations for the consultation. 4)	Negative outcomes. The authors highlight cost and show negative findings in slightly more studies than there are positive findings which is sobering. A recent study from our group also highlighted that empowering patients may lead to more unnecessary investigation1. This is not an argument for avoiding better communication nor the empowerment of patients, but that as supporters of the patient centred model we need to remain open to possible negative effects of improving communication, and how to avoid the pitfalls.
These are all minor points and I would not wish to detract from a very useful, interesting and informative paper – thank you!
1. Little P, Dorward M, Warner G, Moore M, Stephens K, Senior J et al. A Randomised controlled trial of effect of leaflets to empower patients in consultations in primary care. BMJ 2004;328:441-4.
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It is a pleasure to be asked to comment on this predictably admirable review by Griffin and his team from Cambridge UK and London Ontario. Given the intellectual rigour displayed, it is tempting to say that there isn't anything more to be said. But the paper ends with a challenge to advance the field (… of patient-centred care) 'beyond a series of tantalising but disconnected and unconfirmed results'. The implication i...
It is a pleasure to be asked to comment on this predictably admirable review by Griffin and his team from Cambridge UK and London Ontario. Given the intellectual rigour displayed, it is tempting to say that there isn't anything more to be said. But the paper ends with a challenge to advance the field (… of patient-centred care) 'beyond a series of tantalising but disconnected and unconfirmed results'. The implication is that this should be through more and better theory-based clinical trials. Is the best or only way ahead?
My first comment is that Griffin's review starts with some 20,00 hits on key-words, but ends with only 35 'adequate' trials from a sub-selection of 145. Of the 35, only a handful influenced health outcomes significantly. Maybe the clinical trial route is, for whatever reason, not - or not yet - a sufficiently productive way to go.
My second observation is that this may because of the overwhelming influence of other confounding issues, and the complexity of their interactions. 'Patient-centredness' includes negotiating 'patient preferences', and demonstrating suitable clinical behaviours as well as increasing 'patient participation', and it has been documented that not all patients want to participate in decision-making either at any time or at all times. Finding suitable patients to randomise becomes so problematic that results become in danger of not being generalisable to the larger populations of interest to researchers, clinicians or patients. Perhaps the field is as yet too difficult to fit into a single theory, and there may still be a place for more use of descriptive work before returning to the trials' arena.(1)
My third comment is that perhaps other determinants of good inter- personal outcomes dwarf the variables presently being randomised. Candidates include the widely prevalent perverse incentive structures that militate against good inter-personal consulting practice, and the problem of diminished continuity of personal doctoring in modern multi- disciplinary primary care teams. It is highly possible that these influences will combine to defeat the balancing effects of randomisation in what are often fairly small numbers of patients available for study.
It's a bit Kuhn-like I feel. Griffin and his team are absolutely right to emphasise the need for a good theory to work forward from. If we don't yet have it, we first need to develop a model which is sophisticated enough to be meaningful, but simple enough to be useful.
John Howie Professor emeritus, University of Edinburgh John.Howie2@btopenworld.com
Reference: Howie JGR, Heaney DJ, Maxwell M. Quality, core values and the general practice consultation: issues of definition, management and delivery. Family Practice 2004;21:458-468.
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So now it's time to talk about waste. Muda. Non-value-added.
There are a few ways to list the 8 sources of waste but for the sake of simplicity, I will opt for using the DOWNTIME acronym.
So here's a few things you need to know about waste in any form.
It rarely fits into any one of these buckets. For example, inventory is often found waiting to be processed and requires transportation to move it around sometimes by highly skilled workers. Inventory is also easy to overproduce just to make sure there's enough and can contains defects waiting to be found. And for materials susceptible to environmental conditions, it can spoil rendering it, well, trash.
Every value stream contains waste. I've never seen a single example of a waste-free stream. Often, we will map a value stream for the first time and find over 90% of the activities to be considered waste. Remember, value is defined by the customer, not the producer.
Waste is money. It will pull profits out of your process if it is not eliminated. It will create safety, quality, delivery, and cost issues. It can make your customers very unhappy with you because it might not fit their definition of value.
Sometimes waste is necessary. Usually it is not.
Waste likes to hide. It can be wiley. Sometimes it can only be seen when you look for it. The good news is there are tried and true methods for identifying and eliminating waste. Plenty of 'em.
Once you learn to see it, you will see it everywhere. Everywhere.
So how do we see waste?
We draw a map. A big, beautiful map. Using sticky notes. When we are finished with our map, we will see the waste.
It will be glaring. It will be ugly. But when we put our our waste goggles on and see it, we can begin to do something about it.
Michael Bates has over 35 years' experience as a Lean practitioner, including 30 years' leading manufacturing, engineering, and service operations. He holds numerous Lean certifications and is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Michael is also certified in Project, Program and Portfolio Management.
God job. Keep er movin.


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Q: Code error in iOS Xcode app In my Viewcontroller.m I have this code:
- (void)viewDidLoad {

    NSData *dataPdf = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:pdfOnline.url];

    //Get path directory
    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

    //Create PDF_Documents directory
    documentsDirectory = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"PDF_Documents"];
    [[NSFileManager defaultManager] documentsDirectory withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil];

    NSString *filePath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@", documentsDirectory, @"My PDF File"];

    [dataPdf writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES];

    [self refresh:self];

    [super viewDidLoad];

    [self.imageView setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Picture.tiff"]];

    [self.scrollView setMaximumZoomScale:10.0f];
    [self.scrollView setClipsToBounds:YES];

    _myBotton.layer.borderWidth =2.0f;
    _myBotton.layer.borderColor = [[UIColor redColor]CGColor];
}

At: NSData *dataPdf = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:pdfOnline.url]; I get this error: Use of undeclared identifier 'pdfOnline'
At: [[NSFileManager defaultManager] documentsDirectory withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil]; I get this error: Expected ':'
How can I solve these errors? Please help me.

A: This is what errors means:
You are using pdfOnline but this variables is not defined on the current scope. pdfOnline seems like a property in the class. try using "self.pdfOnline" and also double check the header files contains that property.

t: NSData *dataPdf = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:pdfOnline.url]; I
  get this error: Use of undeclared identifier 'pdfOnline'

You are misspelling this(not sure what you want here)

At: [[NSFileManager defaultManager] documentsDirectory
  withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil]; I get this
  error: Expected ':'

Try:
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:documentsDirectory withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil];


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package com.taobao.android.dx.ssa;

import com.taobao.android.dx.rop.code.Insn;
import com.taobao.android.dx.rop.code.LocalItem;
import com.taobao.android.dx.rop.code.RegisterSpec;
import com.taobao.android.dx.rop.code.RegisterSpecList;
import com.taobao.android.dx.rop.code.Rop;
import com.taobao.android.dx.util.ToHuman;

/**
 * An instruction in SSA form
 */
public abstract class SsaInsn implements ToHuman, Cloneable {
    /** {@code non-null;} the block that contains this instance */
    private final SsaBasicBlock block;

    /** {@code null-ok;} result register */
    private RegisterSpec result;

    /**
     * Constructs an instance.
     *
     * @param result {@code null-ok;} initial result register. May be changed.
     * @param block {@code non-null;} block containing this insn. Can
     * never change.
     */
    protected SsaInsn(RegisterSpec result, SsaBasicBlock block) {
        if (block == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("block == null");
        }

        this.block = block;
        this.result = result;
    }

    /**
     * Makes a new SSA insn form a rop insn.
     *
     * @param insn {@code non-null;} rop insn
     * @param block {@code non-null;} owning block
     * @return {@code non-null;} an appropriately constructed instance
     */
    public static SsaInsn makeFromRop(Insn insn, SsaBasicBlock block) {
        return new NormalSsaInsn(insn, block);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public SsaInsn clone() {
        try {
            return (SsaInsn)super.clone();
        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException ex) {
            throw new RuntimeException ("unexpected", ex);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Like {@link com.taobao.android.dx.rop.code.Insn getResult()}.
     *
     * @return result register
     */
    public RegisterSpec getResult() {
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Set the result register.
     *
     * @param result {@code non-null;} the new result register
     */
    protected void setResult(RegisterSpec result) {
        if (result == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("result == null");
        }

        this.result = result;
    }

    /**
     * Like {@link com.taobao.android.dx.rop.code.Insn getSources()}.
     *
     * @return {@code non-null;} sources list
     */
    abstract public RegisterSpecList getSources();

    /**
     * Gets the block to which this insn instance belongs.
     *
     * @return owning block
     */
    public SsaBasicBlock getBlock() {
        return block;
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether or not the specified reg is the result reg.
     *
     * @param reg register to test
     * @return true if there is a result and it is stored in the specified
     * register
     */
    public boolean isResultReg(int reg) {
        return result != null && result.getReg() == reg;
    }

    /**
     * Changes the result register if this insn has a result. This is used
     * during renaming.
     *
     * @param reg new result register
     */
    public void changeResultReg(int reg) {
        if (result != null) {
            result = result.withReg(reg);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Sets the local association for the result of this insn. This is
     * sometimes updated during the SsaRenamer process.
     *
     * @param local {@code null-ok;} new debug/local variable info
     */
    public final void setResultLocal(LocalItem local) {
        LocalItem oldItem = result.getLocalItem();

        if (local != oldItem && (local == null
                || !local.equals(result.getLocalItem()))) {
            result = RegisterSpec.makeLocalOptional(
                    result.getReg(), result.getType(), local);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Map registers after register allocation.
     *
     * @param mapper {@code non-null;} mapping from old to new registers
     */
    public final void mapRegisters(RegisterMapper mapper) {
        RegisterSpec oldResult = result;

        result = mapper.map(result);
        block.getParent().updateOneDefinition(this, oldResult);
        mapSourceRegisters(mapper);
    }

    /**
     * Maps only source registers.
     *
     * @param mapper new mapping
     */
    abstract public void mapSourceRegisters(RegisterMapper mapper);

    /**
     * Returns the Rop opcode for this insn, or null if this is a phi insn.
     *
     * TODO: Move this up into NormalSsaInsn.
     *
     * @return {@code null-ok;} Rop opcode if there is one.
     */
    abstract public Rop getOpcode();

    /**
     * Returns the original Rop insn for this insn, or null if this is
     * a phi insn.
     *
     * TODO: Move this up into NormalSsaInsn.
     *
     * @return {@code null-ok;} Rop insn if there is one.
     */
    abstract public Insn getOriginalRopInsn();

    /**
     * Gets the spec of a local variable assignment that occurs at this
     * instruction, or null if no local variable assignment occurs. This
     * may be the result register, or for {@code mark-local} insns
     * it may be the source.
     *
     * @see com.taobao.android.dx.rop.code.Insn#getLocalAssignment()
     *
     * @return {@code null-ok;} a local-associated register spec or null
     */
    public RegisterSpec getLocalAssignment() {
        if (result != null && result.getLocalItem() != null) {
            return result;
        }

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified register is amongst the registers
     * used as sources for this instruction.
     *
     * @param reg the register in question
     * @return true if the reg is a source
     */
    public boolean isRegASource(int reg) {
        return null != getSources().specForRegister(reg);
    }

    /**
     * Transform back to ROP form.
     *
     * TODO: Move this up into NormalSsaInsn.
     *
     * @return {@code non-null;} a ROP representation of this instruction, with
     * updated registers.
     */
    public abstract Insn toRopInsn();

    /**
     * @return true if this is a PhiInsn or a normal move insn
     */
    public abstract boolean isPhiOrMove();

    /**
     * Returns true if this insn is considered to have a side effect beyond
     * that of assigning to the result reg.
     *
     * @return true if this insn is considered to have a side effect beyond
     * that of assigning to the result reg.
     */
    public abstract boolean hasSideEffect();

    /**
     * @return true if this is a move (but not a move-operand or
     * move-exception) instruction
     */
    public boolean isNormalMoveInsn() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @return true if this is a move-exception instruction.
     * These instructions must immediately follow a preceeding invoke*
     */
    public boolean isMoveException() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @return true if this instruction can throw.
     */
    abstract public boolean canThrow();

    /**
     * Accepts a visitor.
     *
     * @param v {@code non-null} the visitor
     */
    public abstract void accept(Visitor v);

    /**
     * Visitor interface for this class.
     */
    public static interface Visitor {
        /**
         * Any non-phi move instruction
         * @param insn {@code non-null;} the instruction to visit
         */
        public void visitMoveInsn(NormalSsaInsn insn);

        /**
         * Any phi insn
         * @param insn {@code non-null;} the instruction to visit
         */
        public void visitPhiInsn(PhiInsn insn);

        /**
         * Any insn that isn't a move or a phi (which is also a move).
         * @param insn {@code non-null;} the instruction to visit
         */
        public void visitNonMoveInsn(NormalSsaInsn insn);
    }
}

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When we're bored, we mindlessly snack on bad carbs or shop for shoes online, but what does your cat do? You may believe Fluffy is never bored, thanks to approximately 47,253 cat toys, three plush cat beds and top-quality cat treats. But cats can experience boredom, and sometimes express it in unappreciated ways that do not involve playing Candy Crush (shredded drapes, anyone?).
1. Over grooming or other repetitive behaviors. Cats may repeatedly lick themselves, pull out their fur or chew/bite at their skin, resulting in irritation that prompts them to continue this frustrating behavior.
3. Inactivity. Cats spend an average of 15 hours each day napping, so it's not uncommon for pet parents to catch their cats resting. But if your cat's natural curiosity isn't kicking in, it could be a sign of boredom. "Although cats normally spend a great deal of their day napping, they do have times of activity, when they climb and play," says Krieger. "Some cats who have no or little stimulation will become couch potatoes." If your cat is only moving from the couch to the food bowl, you could have a bored feline on your hands.
4. Your cat is moping around the house. If your cat seems glum or uninterested in things, even food, it could be a sign that he isn't getting enough activity or mental stimulation. However, if this behavior continues even after you make positive changes to your cat's environment to increase activity, make sure to see a veterinarian.
5. Creating their own version of stimulation. Cats looking for trouble usually find it, especially if it's a costly new comforter on your bed.
6. Overeating. Bored cats are in synch with bored humans on this score. They'll eat and eat, not to appease hunger but for something to do. And the overeating results in obesity, which further depresses a cat.
While all these signs may be symptoms of boredom, explains Krieger, they may also be indicative of medical or behavior problems. She reminds cat parents that any possible medical causes should be looked into so health problems can be ruled out. "Cats exhibiting changes in behavior should be thoroughly examined by veterinarians," she says.
Once you and your vet have confirmed that your bored cat has no health issues masquerading as boredom, let the battle against bored cat syndrome begin! Krieger says that cat parents "need to enhance the cat's environment with interactive toys the cats enjoy, plenty of high places for the cats to climb, scratching posts and horizontal scratchers." She recommends placing tall cat trees and towers next to secure windows to help entertain cats with what's happening in the neighborhood.
The Frisco 72-in cat tree is a wonderful choice for large spaces, or try the Frisco 33.5-in scratching post/tower for smaller areas. For an interactive cat toy, the Frisco 47-in foldable crinkle play tunnel with 2 windows is a hideout and activity center all in one!
The biggest key to success is quality time with your cats, explains Krieger. "Playing, treasure hunts and clicker training" are all great options, she says.


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Georges Henri Anne Marie Victor, comte de Villebois-Mareuil, né le  à Nantes et mort à Boshof, en Afrique du Sud, le , est un militaire français. Il reste principalement connu pour son engagement aux côtés des Boers contre l'armée britannique lors de la seconde guerre des Boers.

Biographie

Jeunesse
Georges de Villebois-Mareuil est le fils de Félix de Villebois-Mareuil et de Marie Léonie de Cornulier, et le petit-fils de Félix de Villebois. Il passa son enfance au château de Bois-Corbeau situé sur la commune de Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay (Vendée), et au château de la Guenaudière, à Grez-en-Bouère. Son frère, Christian de Villebois-Mareuil, fut maire de cette dernière commune, et député de la Mayenne.

En 1863, alors qu'il n'avait que 16 ans, il obtint son baccalauréat.

Carrière d'officier
En 1865, il est admis à l'école militaire de Saint-Cyr. Sorti sous-lieutenant en 1867, officier de l'infanterie de marine, il est envoyé en Cochinchine, où il sert comme officier d'ordonnance du gouverneur qui était aussi son oncle.

Revenu en France en novembre 1870 alors que le pays est en guerre contre la Prusse et que le Second Empire s'est effondré, il prend le commandement d'une compagnie de chasseurs à pied à Tours, alors siège du gouvernement provisoire. Il est envoyé avec l'armée de la Loire pour reprendre Blois, le 28 janvier 1871, où il se distingue et est blessé lors des combats dans les faubourgs de la ville.

Promu capitaine, il entre en 1877 à l'École de guerre d'où il sort onzième de sa promotion. Il effectue par la suite l'essentiel de sa carrière dans les colonies d'Afrique entre 1881 et 1893. Il participe ainsi à la campagne de Tunisie avant d'être nommé chef d'état-major de la division d'Alger et d'être promu au grade de colonel, ce qui fait de lui, à 45 ans, le plus jeune colonel de l'armée française. Il épouse Paule Estrangin, d'une famille marseillaise, en 1882. Elle décèdera en 1894.

En 1895, n'ayant pas obtenu de pouvoir participer à l'expédition de Madagascar, il s'engage à la Légion étrangère de Sidi-bel-Abbès, laquelle était en partance pour Madagascar. Après six mois de commandement, il demeure maintenu sur place à Sidi-bel-Abbès. Furieux, il décide de quitter l'armée.

En 1896, désormais rendu à la vie civile, Villebois-Mareuil fonde l'Union des Sociétés régimentaires. Entre 1896 et 1899, il publie des essais militaires et se lance en politique. Séduit par les idées de Charles Maurras, il est alors l'un des fondateurs de l'Action française.

La guerre des Boers

Échaudé par la crise de Fachoda, il s'enrôle aux côtés des Boers en 1899 lors du déclenchement de la seconde guerre des Boers pour se battre contre les Britanniques.

Il est nommé général par le président Paul Kruger en mars 1899.

Il débarque en Afrique australe le  à Lourenço Marquès dans la colonie portugaise du Mozambique. Il rejoint le Transvaal où il est nommé chef d'état-major du général Piet Joubert. Il participe alors à la bataille de Colenso. Admiratif devant le courage des Boers, il est néanmoins dubitatif sur leur organisation militaire, déplorant « l'anarchie » et « l'individualisme ombrageux et indiscipliné » des combattants, responsables de « sacrifices inutiles ».

Le président Paul Kruger nomme Villebois-Mareuil au commandement de plusieurs . Mais, pris au piège par l'armée britannique en surnombre, il est tué le  à la  dans l'État libre d'Orange. Les Britanniques lui rendent les honneurs militaires avant de l'enterrer sur les lieux de la bataille.

Ses restes furent exhumés en 1971 pour être enterrés au cimetière militaire de Magersfontein, où ils se trouvent toujours.

Hommages
Sa statue domine la place de la Bourse de Nantes. Une autre statue au début du , existe en Mayenne à Grez-en-Bouère.

Un complexe sportif à Château-Gontier, un boulevard et un square de Rennes, un collège et une avenue de Montaigu ainsi qu'une avenue de Nice portent son nom. Des rues ont reçu son nom à Paris (la rue Villebois-Mareuil), mais aussi à Angers, Argenteuil, Aubervilliers, Beauvais, Blois, Bois-Colombes, Chalon-sur-Saône, Champigny-sur-Marne, Cholet, Colombes, Corbeil-Essonnes, Courbevoie, Dijon, Enghien-les-Bains, Fougères, Gennevilliers, La Roche-sur-Yon, Le Blanc, Le Relecq-Kerhuon, Le Vésinet, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Lyon, Nancy, Nantes, , Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), Saint-Malo, Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Quentin, Sucy-en-Brie, Villemomble, et Vincennes, ainsi qu'une société de tir sportif à Venansault. À Paris, la rue des Frères-Périer porta initialement le nom de « rue Villebois-Mareuil ».

La promotion 1900-1901 de l'école de sous-officiers de Saint-Maixent porte son nom.

Une chanson fut composée en son honneur par Théodore Botrel qui dit :

Divers
Son personnage apparaît dans la série de télévision Pour tout l'or du Transvaal de Claude Boissol.

Son caractère exalté et romanesque fut l'une des nombreuses sources d'inspiration  pour le personnage de Cyrano, dans la pièce Cyrano de Bergerac. En effet Edmond Rostand l'avait bien connu, car il était un cousin de Paule Estrangin, la femme de Villebois-Mareuil.

Publications
 Études militaires. Notre frontière des Alpes. Catinat, Berwick, Vauban, Bugeaud, Paris, J. Gervais, 1885, 24 p.
 L'armée russe et ses chefs en 1888, Paris, Librairie moderne, 1888, 297 p.
 Le maréchal de Moltke, Paris, Librairie moderne, 1888, 271 p.
 George Simmy [pseudonyme de Villebois-Mareuil], Sacrifiés, Paris, Charpentier, 1891, 320 p.
 Carnet de campagne du colonel de Villebois-Mareuil, préface d'Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé, Paris, Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques, 1902, 315 p.

Bibliographie
 G. Félix, Le colonel de Villebois-Mareuil et la guerre sud-africaine, Tours, Alfred Cattier, [ édition : 1901], 288 p.
 Olivier d'Etchegoyen (un ancien lieutenant du colonel de Villebois Mareuil), Dix mois de campagne chez les Boers, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, [1901], 267 p.
 Un type d'officier français contemporain. Le colonel de Villebois-Mareuil, Bibliothèque universelle, tiré à part de la Bibliothèque universelle des sciences, belles-lettres et arts (1900).
 Bernard Lugan, Villebois-Mareuil, le La Fayette de l'Afrique du Sud, Monaco, Éd. du Rocher, 1990, 325 p.
 Annette Keaney, Le Lion et le sanglier. Deux héros de la guerre des Boers : Paul Kruger et Georges de Villebois-Mareuil, Paris, Éditions France-Empire, 1991, 294 p.
 Roy Macnab, The French Colonel. De Villebois-Mareuil and the Boers, 1899-1900, Oxford, 1975, 270 pages.

Notes et références

4. Carte postale des Éditions J. Malicot. Photographie à Sablé-sur-Sarthe  titrée : Grez-en-Bouère (Mayenne). Monument élevé à la mémoire du Colonel de Villebois-Mareuil.

Liens externes

 Richard Tholoniat, « Le Carnet de campagne du colonel de Villebois-Mareuil : journal de bord d'un « volontaire » d'extrême-droite troublé », Revue LISA/LISA e-journal [En ligne], vol. 20-n°53 (2022), mis en ligne le 10 juin 2022.

Nationaliste français
Personnalité de la Troisième République
Militaire français de la guerre franco-allemande de 1870
Personnalité ayant servi à la Légion étrangère
Naissance en mars 1847
Naissance à Nantes
Décès en avril 1900
Décès en Afrique du Sud
Relations entre l'Afrique du Sud et la France
Personnalité de l'Action française
Colonel français
Décès à 53 ans
Militaire français mort au combat
Élève de l'École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
Officier de la Légion d'honneur
Titulaire de la médaille coloniale
Naissance dans la Loire-Inférieure
Militaire boer de la seconde guerre des Boers

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