Uncommon clipped fountain pen signature from this pioneer aviator and manufacturer.In fine condition accompanied with original collectors envelope. Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles. As early as 1904, he began to manufacture engines for airships. In 1908, Curtiss joined the Aerial Experiment Association, a pioneering research group, founded by Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, to build flying machines.


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Railtown Sound System
2016 was a landmark year for Railtown with the release of our debut album, consistent gigging throughout the year from clubs in Vancouver and the lower mainland in Squamish, Hope and Roberts Creek where we've shared the stage with some of the finest local bands to performing at our first major international festival (Rifflandia) in Victoria. The momentum from 2016 is increasing for 2017 with our first collaboration with the Victoria Ska Fest, a return to the Sunshine Coast and work on our second studio album.
We love playing live and bring an intense yet intimate energy that keeps the audiences dancing all night long to a mix of up-tempo original tunes and ballads, spiced with just a few of our favorite covers from some of our biggest influences like Midnite, Gregory Issacs and Bob Marley. It's a show that everyone can enjoy, from the oldest reggae enthusiast looking for an authentic sound, the reggae hipster looking for the newest obscurity, to the casual listener hoping to dance to a classic timeless rhythm, it's a show where audience interaction and engagement is the cornerstone and everyone remembers for all the right reasons.
The foundation of our sound is deeply rooted in reggae music; and ROOTS REGGAE is what we play...with heavy infusions of dub and touches of funk, rock and modern Jamaican influences. With reggae music, authenticity combined with solid musicianship is essential, and this is what Railtown Sound System delivers. Our music is tight but raw, original yet inline with reggae tradition, and smooth but highly energetic. The feel and delivery invoke the rich textures of the Pacific Northwest; adventurous, exhilarating and organic. Socially conscious lyrics flow through the charismatic melodies of front man Sugah Candiah, backed by the soothing harmonies of Rachel Strobl. Reg Wilford and Paul Ryan lay down the rhythm and bass foundation while Matt Doctor (guitar), Brian Battaile (keys) and Greg Kelly (keys) layer on the lead lines, skanking, bubble and dub delays from the 1970's space echo to round out the traditional, organic and analog roots sound.

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Andreucci and Pirelli win 30th Rally Costa Smeralda
Italian Rally Championship leader and official Pirelli test driver Paolo Andreucci is celebrating after winning round three of the series: the 30th Rally Costa Smeralda, which finished in Olbia on Saturday evening (May 7). The five-time Italian champion, navigated as usual by Anna Andreussi, was driving the Peugeot Italia 207 S2000, with which he won the Italian title on Pirelli tyres last year. Despite the rough conditions on the punishing rock-strewn tracks, Andreucci and his Pirelli Scorpion gravel tyres proved untroubled. Based in Olbia on the north east coast of Sardinia, the event followed directly behind the World Rally Championship (WRC) Rally d'Italia Sardegna. This posed an added challenge for the Italian series drivers as they tackled the roads that had been churned up by the turbocharged four-wheel drive cars to create large ruts and reveal sharp stones. Protecting tyres in these conditions can be a tough test, but Andreucci found his Pirelli Scorpion rubber helped guide him through the treacherous roads without fail. "If you look at the first three stage times I am slower than the other drivers, but this was our strategy," he said. "The first four stages are really rough so my plan was to get through stages one to three without damage, before changing to new tyres ahead of stage four, which was the most challenging on the cars." The strategy worked perfectly for Andreucci with several drivers retiring on the longest stage of the event. They included Skoda Rally Team Italia's Andreas Mikkelsen, who had been leading the event courtesy of several strong stage times before an impact damaged his Fabia Super 2000's engine and forced him to retire. "The tyres performed exactly how I wanted them to… they didn't let me down," added Andreucci. Despite the rough conditions, Pirelli's success was not a surprise to the company's motorsport director Paul Hembery. He said: "Pirelli Scorpion tyres have an excellent record in marginal conditions, with the puncture rate of the control tyres supplied to the World Rally Championship between 2008 and 2010 equivalent to less than 0.02 per cent. "What is really interesting to see on this rally is that drivers using tyres from other manufacturers were forced to use reinforced rubber, which impacted on their performance. The Pirelli Scorpion standard tyres are so good that Paolo completed the whole rally with his tyres undamaged." Andreucci drove the first day of the rally, on the hard and rocky roads to the west of the island, on the harder compound Scorpion K2s before changing to medium compound K4s for the Saturday stages, which took place on the sandier roads to the north. Other leading Pirelli runners on the rally included Simone Campedelli, who drove his Citroen DS3 R3 to fifth place. Rally Costa Smeralda took place over eight stages and comprised a total of 138.58 competitive kilometres. Former winners of the prestigious Italian event include Markku Alen, Attilio Bettega, Henri Toivonen, Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol. Andreucci will resume his Italian championship on the Rally Targa Florio from June 5/6.
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Bentley Bentayga bodies-in-white are built at VW's Slovak plant.
BRATISLAVA -- Workers at Volkswagen Group's Slovak factory went on strike on Tuesday over demands for a bigger wage rise, hitting a key part of the central European country's manufacturing output.
About 70 percent of VW's 12,300 employees joined the protest, union chief Zoroslav Smolinsky said, adding that production would be hit.
The factory builds the VW Touareg and Audi Q7 SUVs and bodies-in-white for their sister models, the Porsche Cayenne and Bentley Bentayga, as well as the VW Up, Skoda Citigo and Seat Mii minicar family, according the Automotive News Europe's Guide to European Assembly Plants.
VW declined to comment on the impact of the first-ever strike at the Slovak plant, which comes as economies across central Europe outpace western Europe, leading to a labor shortage that many companies worry limits growth.
On Monday, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico supported the unlimited strike action by the VW workers, which began as labor office data on Tuesday showed Slovakia's unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent in May, the lowest since the global financial crisis hit central Europe in 2008.
"Why should a company making one of highest-quality and most luxurious cars with a high labor productivity pay its Slovak workers half or one third of the amount it pays to the same workers in western Europe?" Fico said to reporters.
But VW's Slovak unit said last week that union demands for a heftier pay hike would endanger the plant's competitiveness within the car group and also job stability.
VW produced 388,687 cars in Slovakia in 2016. The company pays an average wage of 1,800 euros ($2,008) a month, double the national average.
Growth is seen at 3.3 percent this year and above 4 percent in the coming years, with the car sector the most important driver. Slovakia, with a population of 5.4 million, makes more than 1 million vehicles a year and is the biggest per capita producer in the world.
Besides VW, Kia and PSA Group run plants in Slovakia and Jaguar Land Rover is building a plant due online next year.
PSA and Kia have raised wages at their Slovak plants by 6.3 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively.


Casas Compactas = Compact houses.
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Herramientas para habitar el presente : la vivienda del siglo XXI = Tools for inhabiting the present : housing in the 21st century / Josep Maria Montaner, Zaida Muxí, David H. Falagán ; [traducción, Andrew Hastings].
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Casas en Madrid = Houses in Madrid.
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Interview with John Michael (first featured in DFNI's GTR Digital Innovation Report)
Designing spaces for digital travellers
There's a reason Singapore's Changi is consistently voted the best international airport in the world — thanks to its combination of world-class retail and innovative leisure experiences, set in a spectacular landscape (and positioned landside, so it becomes a landmark destination for locals as well as travellers).
DESIGNING SPACES FOR A DIGITAL AGE OF TRAVEL
The view of retail design specialist agency, HMKM is that storytelling in the retail environment is paramount and that it is amplified through digital touchpoints in-store. The agency's associate director, John-Michael O'Sullivan says interaction with the passenger will be key to change up the airport retail experience.
"There are a host of factors that combine to create a great airport experience, from streamlined, well-thought-out passenger processes to culturally relevant dining offers and memorably-designed environments," he says.
CULTURE HUBS
The USP of airports is local culture, or hubs that thrive on entertainment, says O'Sullivan. "Austin Bergstrom is one of the best US airports, thanks to a programme of regular live music events, and a food line-up that celebrates the city's vibrant food truck culture. Or take San Francisco International, where three of the city's best-loved chefs have combined to create a food hall with a distinctive local flavour. Or the iconic TWA terminal at JFK, now reborn as a stunning airport hotel complete with pop-ups from innovative retail brands Shinola and Warby Parker as part of the offer, plus a cocktail bar set inside a vintage Lockheed Constellation plane."
What these airports share is an imaginative, innovative approach to the passenger journey, he says. "It's a journey that maximises convenience 139and customer ease, but which also recognises the potential of the airport itself as a destination in its own right. As the logistical aspects of travel become ever more efficient, airports can all too easily fall into adopting a cookie-cutter approach. But what the best operators are doing is seizing the opportunity to integrate powerful one-of-a-kind customer experiences into the journey — whether that's imaginative dining concepts, intelligent service offers, or innovative retail destinations. And what's clear, as passenger numbers continue to rise across the globe, is that the race to lead in travel experience has never been so intense."
For synergies across the domestic and travel retail channels, O'Sullivan says it's key to look at how the consumer begins their understanding of the brand online, which is then translated through to a travel retail environment. "We've been working with philanthropic online retailer Olivela to create their first physical stores. Digital touchpoints have been incorporated into the experience in a clear yet relaxed way, from interactive displays which expand on the stories behind each product, to focal walls which communicate the difference each purchase makes to the communities and causes Olivela supports. For HMKM, this comes back to the key roles of storytelling and customer connection play within the retail experience – elements which all too often get lost in the sheer size and scale of the airport experience."
TOUCHPOINT CHANGEMAKERS
Canvasing opinion among the retail design community, it's clear there's a sense that there's not much newness happening (within airport retail design) to bring about the much-needed transformation of physical to digital with consumer shopping behaviour. The common theme is that store environments for the GTR channel need to change to cater for the digital passenger.
Brands and retailers need to work together to find ways to create passenger journeys that are dedicated to creating more data-centric touchpoints. It's time for a sea change among retail designers and recognition that the consumer is now dictating those interaction points.
The acquisition of passenger data is a common goal. With this in mind, agencies agree there is a need for a more integrated approach to mixing e-commerce into travel retail spaces – for example London Heathrow or Frankfurt Airports' online offer have started to do this.
Future store design solutions will incorporate a unified customer journey in mind. There's more interaction needed from everyone in the travel retail process – before, during, after purchase – from online partners such as Ctrip or Booking.com that target Chinese passengers from the beginning of their journey plans.
Change has been happening over the last few years, with digital improvements in key locations, say experts that specialise in airport design. There has been a sea-change from the likes of Nuance (now owned by Dufry) and Aer Rianta over their approach to digitised briefs. For example, Dufry has changed its viewpoint around digital screens or 'contentainment' and have more recently, updated screens for brand campaigns that used to sit at the end of gondolas in-store to an entire digitally-driven atmosphere.
CONTENTAINMENT 2.0
In the last five years retailers such as Dufry/World Duty Free have invested in rolling out contentainment executions – across multiple screens - at airports such as Zurich and Heathrow. This kind of itinerant digital strategy could give them the flexibility to change the whole feel and ambience of a space, in order to change the mood as and when necessary - even by the hour if necessary. However, consumers are now bombarded by branded content from multiple digital channels and passengers expect this level of content in an airport environment.
A newer approach within major airport retail hub is location-specific digital ribbons that sit above the eyeline. They present both an opportunity and a challenge, say designers.
A linear digital line that sits just above the main walkway delivers new content to passengers, but can be distracting. It can be a challenge for 140brands to deliver bespoke content due to the requirement that messaging needs to be dedicated to that location.
In contrast, a vertical ribbon – something that works for the environment – can split up airport areas, duty free or F&B for example to help passengers navigate their way around the space. Dufry's Cancun store is a good example; it has high ceilings and volume of space opens up the possibilities for branded or placemaking markers. Instead of a psychological horizontal barrier, the fundamental shift to vertical allows designers to play with the space. In Cancun, the airport was able to harness the signage opportunities as beacons meaning it could play to the destination's tequila heritage.
MIXED REALITY TESTBEDS
Using mixed realities technology is another area for digital innovation, as agencies say it improves their concept design sign off process via 3D or virtual reality software. Agencies and retailers alike are increasingly experimenting with augmented reality (AR) in the retail space. Magic mirrors in the travel retail beauty category have been working well with brands such as Shiseido, L'Oréaland Sephora all taking the stance that by putting technology in the hands of the customer, they can have a more personalised shopping experience.
Getting people to engage by trying something on virtually is great for brands to have a deeper conversation, especially for products such as lipsticks or eyeshadows and especially sunglasses.
If you're interested in reading the full Global Travel Retail - Digital Innovation report, please feel free to reach out to our team via email on: richard.banham@hmkm.com / roaya.garvey@hmkm.com


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Panthers win cat fight No. 3
North Harrison's Joe Bolin has the ball knock away from his hands as he looked for a shot against Corydon Central's Adam Ward. (Photo by Wade Bell)
In true county-rival form, both on the court and the sidelines, the Corydon Central Panthers won the most important cat fight of the season over North Harrison in the first round of the boys' Class 3A North Harrison Sectional last Wednesday night. It was a game where neither team shot the ball well from the field, but where the Panthers got more chances at the free-throw line.
'North Harrison competed and fought back two or three times as well,' said Corydon coach Jamie Kolkmeier. 'It seemed like on two different occasions we had a chance to put it away in the second half and didn't get it done. That's them not giving up.'
'Sectional play is usually the team that plays the best defense,' Cougar coach Chris Martin said. 'Corydon's defense tonight was fantastic. They didn't let us get anything going to the bucket. They kept us on the perimeter all night. The team that does that usually wins the ball game and they did.'
The first quarter was like two sumo wrestlers pushing each other back and forth, neither team able to gain any ground on the other. Garett Ross put in a 3-point play for a 6-4 Corydon lead. Then Brandon Dunaway upped the advantage to four with two free throws. North Harrison missed its next two shots until Jim Bob Schuler scored on a put-back to close the gap to six.
The second eight minutes resembled the New York Stock Exchange with trading being the activity throughout the quarter. Joe Bolin swished two free throws then a deuce to put the Cougars in front with 2:25 to go. Corydon used two free throws to tie at 14-all. David Geswein got two singles, but Dunaway also found two singles, leaving the game tied at 16-16 at the break.
Shooting was a problem for both teams, with Corydon hitting just 3-of-18 field goals and North Harrison going 6-of-18 shooting.
'I thought we rushed everything,' Kolkmeier said. 'We didn't move the ball side to side very much at all. It would be easy to guard us, especially the first half. All you had to do was guard one side then rebound it because the shot was going to go up after the ball was on that side.'
Dylan Harl drilled a 3-pointer early in the third, giving Corydon a 21-18 lead. T.J. Sanders and Jordan Byrne took advantage of two failed conversions by the Panthers, giving the Cougars a 22-21 lead. The Panthers answered with a 9-0 run to lead 30-22. North Harrison made up a bit of ground in the last minute of the period, with Schuler and Dylan Janes getting baskets to pull the Cougars back within six with eight minutes left.
'We took the lead at 22-21 and had a little momentum, and they went on an 8-0 run to make it 29-22,' Martin said. 'We came back and cut it to one. Tonight was one of those nights where if we made two in a row, we couldn't make three in a row. We struggled offensively all night long.'
Sanders pulled North Harrison back within three early in the fourth. Janes followed with another deuce and Corydon's lead suddenly shrunk to one, 32-31. After trading baskets, Harl sank a Corydon trey and Calvin Saulman followed with a 3-point play. The Panther lead suddenly stretched to seven, 40-33. The Cougars got no closer than seven for the remainder of the game and saw their season come to an end in a 52-42 loss.
'Sectionals are always momentum shifts,' said Martin. 'They came out of the time-out and Harl caught the ball out on the wing and we left him and he hit a 3. Instead of being down one, now you're down four. If you give up a free throw or a 2-pointer it's still a one-possession game. When you come from down four, now it's a two-possession game, there's a lot of time left, now a bad possession and you go up six. It takes it away from what you're able to do. When you leave a shooter, the shooter's supposed to make it. Dylan made it, so you've got to give him credit on that one.'
'I thought we competed,' Kolkmeier said. 'The second half we came out defensively. Adam Ward gave us a nice lift there at the start of the third quarter. Garett Ross gave us a nice lift there in the fourth quarter. Obviously, I would like us to do a few things better but sometimes the other team has a lot to do with that, too.'
The Cougars (5-17) finished hitting just 16-of-44 field goal attempts (36 percent) and 9-of-14 free throws. North Harrison had 13 turnovers in its last game of the season. Two players off the bench that helped keep the Cougars in the game were freshman Dylan Janes (four points) and junior Maverick Becht (seven points).
'Those are two kids that know how to score,' Martin said. 'They're not tremendous scorers but they know how to find the seam. They know how to get to the bucket. They run cuts when they're asked to run cuts and they get themselves into position to score. Both of them got layups at one point in time because they were just around the basket. We found them and they made a bucket. When you've got kids that will look to score, you're going to find a place to play them. That's why we gave them some extended minutes in the fourth.'
Dunaway led the Panthers (8-14) with 15 points, and Saulman hit for 14 on the night. Ross added 10 for Corydon who hit 13-of-39 field goals (33 percent) but were 24 of 32 on free throws. The Panthers also had 13 turnovers.
'We were 2-for-10 on threes and they were 1-of-16,' said Kolkmeier. 'That's about as bad of a 3-point shooting game as you're going to find.'
'It wasn't a pretty game if you like shooting,' he said. 'I think both teams did a pretty good job contesting shots and staying in front of people. You make sure you stay on your man and stay over the top of him. We've tried to get back to that.'
Martin said his players have come along way since the beginning of the season.
'We feel good but we also feel like we let some get away, like the Paoli game on a last-second shot,' said the Cougar coach. 'We can be excited about some things but, in reality, we have to look at ourselves as a team. How do we improve from where we were this year?'
North Harrison graduates five senior players.
'Our seniors are the base of this program,' Martin said. 'What they've done this year is lay the foundation. They've given us the opportunity to play some kids on the JV that maybe some years you would bring up. All the seniors, it's going to be a big void. You've got to replace Jim Bob on the post. You've got to replace Cody (Johnson) handling the ball, David Geswein's smarts, Jordan (Byrne)'s athleticism, and Marcello (Guidetti), our exchange student, new with us this year, just a great young man to be around. There will be holes, but we'll play with the kids that have learned this year and they'll step into the those roles and play better.'
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Fantasy Media
Novels & Stories
Fun, Crazy, Wild, and Over-the-Top Fantasy
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Steerpike said:
Oh. I get that. And in theory it would be the sort of thing I'd enjoy. I like Douglas Adams a lot, and in general the British sense of humor appeals. I was just bored stiff every time I tried to read one.
Oh, well. Diff'rent strokes and all that.
Yes, I've read all the Elric books. My personal recommendation is to start at the beginning, but they're all good.
I third that! I have read and re-read Elric a number of times. Outside the original saga, I would also recommend Revenge of the Rose& Fortress of the Pearl.
Moorcock's imagination is literally fantastic. He creates creatively unique situations for Elric to suffer and triumph in.
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I've broadened my search to a Facebook group I frequent and I got some more responses. I'm wondering if any of you have heard of the following:
Simon R. Green
A. Lee Martinez
Neil Gaiman (not sure he fits in here, but people suggested him)
Tad Williams
Charles de Lint
A.A. Attansio
Robin Wayne Bailey
Lynn Abbey
Richard Kadrey (Sandman Slim series)
Stephen Blackmoore
Lee Battersby (The Rat-Corpse King)
If you know anything about some of these authors, please share!
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I have read:
Shadows Fall by Simon R. Green. Overplays both the blood-and-guts card and the snarky humor card, and the world never felt entirely cohesive, but it had some nice character interactions. Worth a read just for the odd friendship between Bruin and the Sea Goat.
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. Unimpressed, but it's apparently one of his weakest novels. (With that said, I've heard he's absolutely terrible at ending stories, and that really came through in A Dirty Job.)
Monster by A. Lee Martinez. I don't think I ever quite got the style of humor it used, but some people really like it. It seems like the kind of thing a Douglas Adams fan might enjoy.
Otherworld by Tad Williams: Quite possibly a better exploration of virtual reality than The Matrix, and definitely has a more interesting cast. Slow in a methodical and purposeful way--be ready to devote a lot of time to this one. I do have one complaint: the social commentary is way too heavy-handed to take seriously.
Charles de Lint: I think I've read a couple of his books. They felt kind of airy-fairy, all sorts of magical things happening without a lot of emotional resonance, and hence without a lot of investment.
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Phil the Drill said:
Simons Green's Deathstalker series was fun. His urban fantasy not as much.
I like everything I've read by Neil Gaiman.
A. Lee Martinez's books are decent light, humor books.
Tad Williams I've liked, but I didn't make it through the whole Otherworld Series. War of the Roses is a nice one.
I like Charles de Lint for the most part. I probably prefer Emma Bull for this sort of thing.
A.A. Attanasio wrote a fantasy called Wyvern, that I really enjoyed. I also liked Radix. There is a lot by him I haven't read.
Lynn Abbey's Thieves' World stuff is fun.
Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim novels are a lot of fun to read.
I don't have an opinion on the others.
My experience with Simon Green is that he likes to throw maximum weirdness at the story, even at the possible cost of the plot or any semblance of realism. The high-tech wizardry of his worlds (remembering Clarke's famous adage about any sufficiently advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic) seems to have few or no hard-and-fast rules, just whatever new effect he seems to want at the time.
I just remembered a book I forgot to mention earlier. Pyramid Scheme by Eric Flint and David Freer has an incredibly zany approach to both Greek and Egyptian mythology, while still grounded in a believable and likable cast. (I've heard Flint is generally pretty zany, but Freer seems to rein him in a bit.)
I may be in the minority, but I'm not a big stickler for magic rules. I want them to make sense, yes, but if they don't, it's not a deal breaker for me. I understand that it makes stories more believable and such, but if something is cool, I usually don't say "Wait a minute! That doesn't make sense!" I'll just say, "That's weird" and carry on. I tend to quit novels when they're dry, the pace is too slow, or I'm just not in the mood for them and want to pick them up again later.
Simon Green sounds interesting, so perhaps I'll give him a try. I'm glad most of the others mentioned have some good and bad about them. I like to hear that when looking for new books because I don't want someone to say, "This book is awesome!" and then I come away disappointed. If I know the flaws going into reading them, I may feel more comfortable giving them a shot. Like I said, slow, generic, uninspired writing is a turn-off for me, so if that's a bad point, I may shy away from it.
wordwalker
Definitely anime, and the manga they're usually based on. These love to push further, and sometimes leave all sense behind in the explosions or comedy, while sometimes they're hard-hitting drama. But at least 60% of the best adventures on film have to be anime, simply because there's so much of it.
The trick is learning which shows are going to go which way. This is a medium (I won't even say genre) where one show has a villain trapping someone in a dreamstate where they live a year in an instant believing they're being stabbed to death again and again. And then there's the show where this
is how a ninja dresses.
--Oh, wait. Same show.
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Christopher Moore is great, especially his non-series stuff. I especially liked Lamb, but that is only for those who have an irreverent sense of humor and don't find non-religious approaches to Christianity blasphemous. The Island of Sequined Nuns is good, and Fool is King Lear told from the fool's POV, which was incredibly fun.
I've read almost of all of Gaiman's adult stuff and it can get strange. I'd recommend starting with Smoke and Mirrors, which is shorter fiction, and there should be something in there you can really enjoy. As far as novels go, I'd recommend Neverwhere. Stardust is really good, but Neverwhere was odd in a wonderful kind of way. Stardust is more of a "mainstream" story.
And Charles de Lint goes along with a bottle of whiskey, a pint of Ben & Jerry's, and a box of tissues. His novels, especially The Onion Girl and Widdershins deal with some really horrible child abuse stuff. It was quite rough to read.
Another thing that I loved for plain zany fun was Heroics for Beginners by John Moore. I think it's more on the YA side of things, and it's really short, but I found it to be a parody of just about every trope there is in the hero's journey.
This one was fun.


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February 13, 2015 Robert The Verge
Guillermo del Toro plans on dragging audiences kicking and screaming into his Victorian nightmares this fall with his new thriller Crimson Peak. Starring Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, and Mia Wasikowska, the film follows a young author swept up in her new husband's mysterious, supernatural past. Judging from this first look, the film has the polished, B-movie aesthetic del Toro has been cultivating for the last several years. Here, the cast glides through a house that looks like a haunted doll house, and the film certainly looks like it honors the "grand dames" of the haunted house genre already. Crimson Peak will hit theaters on October 16th.


We'll we're heading straight for it. Love it or have it, there is just no escaping Valentines Day.
Each year there seem to be more cards, chocs and flowers filling the shop floors to shower our loved ones our affection. But I'm stepping away from all that and looking at the beauty of the written word to let my favourite know just how much he means to me.
I wrote a poem on the inside of his wedding day card and thought about every word and line to really tell him how I felt. Is there anything better to evoke emotion than a heart-felt poem to show you care?
I came accross a wonderful poet who's use of words in his short poems and Haikus I really connected with. Tyler Knott Gregson.
It was his typewriter series that I loved, taking just a few minuites a day to type on his antique typewriter onto any scrap piece of paper lying around; an envelope, a ripped book and even monopoly money. And he hasn't missed a day since starting.
I've loved tapping away on our old typewriter this week. They are beautiful machines that bring back a warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia, perfect for writing your own love story. Get in touch if you'd love to write yours for your wedding day.


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The American Friends of the International House of Japan was launched on December 16, 1988 in the Century Club located in New York City. The Founders included Robert B. Oxnan, President of the Asia Society; Porter McKeever; Richard Petree, President of the U.S.-Japan Foundation; George Packard, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; John Wheeler, Vice President of the Japan Society; Maximilian Kempner, Sherman and Sterling; and Joseph E. Slater, Chairman of the John J. McCloy International Center.
Over the years, the American Friends of the International House have raised funds to support specific programs and publications at the International House including such things as the Jansen Memorial Lecture in 2001, publication of the I-House Press books "50 Years of the International House of Japan," "The First Fifty-five Years of the International House of Japan," and "Japan and Its Worlds: Marius B. Jansen and the Internationalization of Japanese Studies." The Foundation also supported in 2009 the Blakemore Symposium to honor the contributions and career of Thomas L. Blakemore.
In 2017 the American Friends of the International House of Japan was re-energized with a mission of focusing on increasing membership in the I-House, especially among next generation American leaders in U.S.-Japan relations, as well as raising the I-House's profile in the U.S. and providing support for the I-House and its programs. The official public re-launch of the organization took place at the Cosmos Club on December 6, 2017 with special guests Senator Jay Rockefeller and Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae. Board members Kent Calder, Vickey Bestor, David Janes, Robert Orr, Sam Kidder, and Dave Bakserville were present at the event, which was followed by a reception for local I-House members in the D.C. area.
The re-launch of the American Friends of the International House of Japan on December 6, 2017 at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC with special guests Senator Jay Rockefeller and Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae.
The I-House itself has a distinguished history of working with top scholars from and institutions in the United States. Below are several photos from the 1950s to the 1980s.


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A-Z Guide to Political Interference in Science - In recent years, scientists who work for and advise the federal government have seen their work manipulated, suppressed, distorted, while agencies have systematically limited public and policy maker access to critical scientific information. To document this abuse, the Union of Concerned Scientists has created the A to Z Guide to Political Interference in Science.
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA - Harvard University) - The hub of the John F. Kennedy School of Government's research, teaching, and training in international security affairs, environmental and resource issues, and science and technology policy.
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) - Advocate for nutrition and health, food safety, alcohol policy, and sound science.
Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) - A joint unit of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. Conducts studies on cross-cutting issues in science and technology policy.
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) - The U.S. Congressional OTA closed on September 29, 1995. During its 23-year history, OTA provided Congressional members and committees with objective and authoritative analysis of the complex scientific and technical issues of the late 20th century. It was a leader in practicing and encouraging delivery of public services in innovative and inexpensive ways, including distribution of government documents through electronic publishing. This site honors that legacy by making available in electronic form the complete collection of OTA publications along with additional materials that illuminate the history and impact of the agency.
Defending Science - Examines the nature of science and how it is used and misused in government decision-making and legal proceedings.
Directorate for Science & Policy Programs (SPP) - SPP programs address several objectives of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Federation of American Scientists (FAS) - FAS is engaged in analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy concerning global security.
Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) - An independent body studying the interaction between information technology and society. Its goal is to identify technical developments with significant social impact, commission and undertake research into public policy alternatives, and promote public understanding and dialogue between technologists and policy-makers in the UK and Europe.
Future Information Infrastructure for the Physical Sciences - Department of Energy report on increasing the productivity of the scientific enterprise in the U.S. through the use of distributed information technologies in facilitating scientific communication.
Hill Heat - U.S. science policy and legislative action blog.
Integrity in Science - The Integrity in Science project is concerned about the link between industry and science and how the demands of the former can undermine the public-interest mission of the latter.
National Academies - Scientific issues affecting national policy decisions.
National Academies 1999 Report to Congress - Annual report of the National Academies highlights some of the most important discoveries and policy issues discussed in over 450 reports produced by National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council.
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) - A central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources and a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the U.S. Federal Government.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - NIST strengthens the U.S. economy and improves the quality of life by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - A part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation's medical research agency-making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. NIH is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs by funding thousands of scientists in universities and research institutions in every state across America and around the globe.
National Science Foundation (NSF) - An independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting programs in almost 20,000 research and education projects in science and engineering.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) - The largest, central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) - An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIA is the Executive Brasnch's principal voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues.
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) - DOE office that collects, preserves, and disseminates DOE-sponsored R&D results that are the outcomes of R&D projects or other funded activities at DOE labs and facilities nationwide and grantees at universities and other institutions.
President's Council on Bioethics - Advises the U.S. President on bioethical issues.
RAND: Science and Technology - RAND S&T research is diverse, covering such topics as the ethics of tissue sampling, the efficacy of federal donations of surplus computers to schools, and understanding the range of U.S. international cooperative research and development. The main focal points are science and technology aspects of education and health; environmental studies; space and aerospace issues; information infrastructures; software development; and the federal R&D portfolio.
Scientists for Global Responsibility (UK) - Promotes ethical science, design and technology, based on the principles of openness, accountability, peace, social justice, and environmental sustainability.
SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research - A world leader in policy research on science, technology and innovation.
Technology CEO Council - Information technology industry's public policy advocacy organization comprising Chief Executive Officers from America's leading information technology companies.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Pprincipal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) - Leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.


Located in the western part of India and locally known as 'Jewel of Western India', Gujarat is land of many things: Rann of Kutch,Arabian Sea, ancient Indus Valley Civilization sites such as Lothal and Dholavira, Mahatma Gandhi, Jainism, Garba dance, top universities, national parks and lot's more. Not only does Gujarat have all these qualities, but it is also popular among students as they believe it to be one of the best states to study in India.
There are some of the finest research centres and top universities in Gujarat. It has both public and private universities which are a total of 30 in number. Among these 30, there is one central university, eighteen state universities; two deemed universities and nine private universities. Examples of few of these universities are: Indian Institute of Management (IIM), IIT, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmadabad, Institute of Rural Management Anand, National Institute of Design, Space Applications Centre etc.
Gujarat is among the top 5 states which have been given the tag of 'Safest States in India'. The reason why people consider it a safe state is because of it being a 'dry state'. It has a law in force that prohibits the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol within the state boundaries. Also, except for the Navratras, Gujarat is not popular for its nightlife. Relatively, lower crime rates and peace in the state is what Gujarat takes pride in. However, these notions are changing with the modern times. Nevertheless, seeing the increased crime rate in metropolitan cities, the tag of safest state in India certainly suits Gujarat.
It is no surprise that Gujarat is an important business hub in the country. Industry & business friendly environment and business minds and hard work of the people has made Gujarat the nerve centre for development in manufacturing, textiles, diamond trade, pharmaceuticals etc.Gujarat's equal focus on all sectors has helped- the state is the only one to boast of double digit growth both in agriculture and industry. Be it diamonds and gems, information technology and food agriculture, Liquid Natural Gas and water power plants, Gujarat provides the strength to all these sectors which put India on the road to success.
People from all over the country, once in their lifetime, do visit this land of legends and lions. Gujarat consists of some of the most alluring tourist places and is indeed replete with a number of places to relax and rejuvenate. It is renowned for its beaches, temple towns and historic capitals. Gujarat has always been a major centre for the Jains and this is why the state is also popular for some of the most beautiful Jain Temples. Some of the best places to visit in Gujarat would be Gir National Park, Great Rann of Kutch, Dwarka, Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, etc.
To conclude, top universities, tag of being the safest state, onward road to development and amazing weekend getaways makes Gujarat an excellent state to pursue education in. Pursue your education with the taste of Gujarat.


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Brazilian football squad makes emotional return to plane crash scene
The plane crashed into the Colombian mountainside last year
Survivors of a Brazilian football club that was devastated by a plane crash in the mountains of Colombia have made an emotional return to the scene of the disaster.
A delegation from the Chapecoense club, including three players who survived the accident, visited the hospital in Medellin where they received emergency treatment last year after being pulled from the wreckage of a chartered plane that crashed into a mountainside, killing 71 of the 77 on the flight, including 19 players.
"There's nothing better than being back here to thank these people," said defender Alan Ruschel, who is making a comeback from spinal injuries.
Chape, as the team is known, received a warm welcome and military honours when they arrived in Medellin for the second leg of the Recopa Sudamericana, which features the winners of Latin America's top two club tournaments.
It is a relatively minor club tournament but one that has taken on added interest this year as Chape faces off against Atletico Nacional, with which it will be forever twinned in tragedy. Chapecoense won the first leg in Brazil 2-1.
The team was travelling to Medellin almost six months ago to face Atletico in the Copa Sudamericana finals when its chartered plane from Bolivia crashed into a mountainside after having run out of fuel just a few minutes before landing.
The three survivors from the team - Ruschel, Jackson Follman and Helio Zampier Neto - are expected to attend the match as spectators along with a Brazilian journalist who also survived.
First responders who worked at the crash site are expected to give the team some of the personal belongings they rescued.
Follman, a goalkeeper, lost part of his right leg and will never play again, but Ruschel holds out hope of doing so.
"The doctors say that the recovery has been miraculous," Ruschel told the newspaper El Colombiano de Medellin. "I'm now training on a level with my team mates, and in 20 days or so I hope to be able to play again in an official game. It seems incredible, but it's true."
At the hospital on Tuesday, it was all hugs and tears as the survivors and staff were reunited.
"For us and for the hospital, it is very emotional to have you back," said Dr Ferney Alexander, the chief medical authority at the San Vicente Foundation.
"The work we did in November and December resulted in where you are now."
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Immersive technologies can transport human beings pretty easily. Realising how easy it is to take someone's brain and convince them that they are doing something else, are somewhere else or feeling something, is pretty powerful. It has the ability to educate exponentially quicker than other methods of technology and it can make things feel more real than anything else. Recognizing how powerful that is, you know it's here to stay, it just needs to be taken seriously.


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Category: Infection Control
As described by the World Health Organization (WHO), the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands global campaign, launched in 2009 and celebrated annually on 5 May aims to maintain global promotion, visibility and sustainability of hand hygiene in health care and to 'bring people together' in support of hand hygiene improvement around the world.
For World Hand Hygiene Day 2021, WHO calls on health care workers and facilities to achieve effective hand hygiene action at the point of care. The point of care refers to the place where three elements come together: the patient, the health care worker, and care or treatment involving contact with the patient or their surroundings. To be effective and prevent transmission of infectious microorganisms during health care delivery, hand hygiene should be performed when it is needed (at 5 specific moments) and in the most effective way (by using the right technique with readily available products) at the point of care. This can be achieved by:
Using the WHO multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy.
Engage multiple audiences, highlighting their role in achieving effective hand hygiene action at the point of care.
Supporting implementation of the WHO 2020 recommendation for universal hand hygiene and of the WHO/UNICEF Hand Hygiene for All initiative in health care facilities.
Utilizing the most effective actions to reduce the spread of pathogens and prevent infections, including the COVID-19 virus. Who Saves Lives: Clean Your Hands in the Context of COVID-19 promotes the WHO global hand hygiene campaign and provides rapid technical guidance.
COVID-19 Trend Maps Available
The End Stage Renal Disease National Coordinating Center (ESRD NCC), in collaboration with Kidney Community Emergency Response, presents COVID-19 positive case rates among the general population and the ESRD population in maps. Maps are organized by ESRD Network service area and presented in PDF format, both in color and black and white, optimized for printing in grayscale. The ESRD NCC encourages sharing these maps with facilities, transplant centers, and all ESRD patients.
This overview data is meant for general illustrative purposes and should not be construed as the final and most up-to-date detailed analysis, as this includes self-reported data. For the most accurate data related to COVID-19 cases, please go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID Data Tracker webpage at covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_totalcases.
World Immunization Week (April 24–30)
During the last week of April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and global public health partners recognize World Immunization Week – a time dedicated to promoting the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against diseases and death. While the world focuses on critically important new vaccines to protect against COVID-19, there remains a need to ensure routine vaccinations are not missed. Immunizations save millions of lives every year and is widely recognized as one of the world's most successful health interventions. This year's campaign will aim to build solidarity and trust in vaccination as a public good that saves lives and protects health.
Please promote the importance of vaccines and immunizations to both healthcare providers/professionals and individuals with ESRD with information from the CDC.
COVID Precautions Poster Available: A High Risk Person Lives Here
The IPRO ESRD Network Program is excited to share a new patient-developed resource to help keep individuals safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. This resource is intended for patients to display the color 11 X 17 poster size English | Spanish sign on their front door, entry hallway, and/or window to provide precautionary guidance and educational reminders to visitors entering their home. The tool was designed to be particularly useful for individuals living in multi-generational homes and/or shared residences. The design layout has also been adaptable for print in black/white on 8 1/2 X 11 letter size to increase accessibility for patients.
Outreach and Education Resources for Partners During the Pandemic
As COVID-19 vaccines begin rolling out across the country, CMS is taking action to protect the health and safety of our nation's patients and providers and keeping you updated on the latest COVID-19 resources from HHS, CDC and CMS.
With information coming from many different sources, CMS has compiled resources and materials to help you share important and relevant information on the COVID-19 vaccine with the people that you serve. You can find these and more resources on the COVID-19 Partner Resources Page and the HHS COVID Education Campaign page. We look forward to partnering with you to promote vaccine safety and encourage our beneficiaries to get vaccinated when they have the opportunity.
Promoting COVID-19 Vaccines in Your Community
CDC has designed a COVID-19 vaccine toolkit to help your organization educate community members about COVID-19 vaccines, raise awareness about the benefits of vaccination, and address common questions and concerns. It is full of free digital resources, templates, posters and ideas for how to work within your community to help promote the COVID vaccine.
HOW CAN YOU GET STARTED?
Know the COVID-19 Vaccine Resources that are Available to You
The COVID-19 Vaccines Factsheet is in plain language with information on COVID-19 vaccines. This fact sheet is available in multiple languages:
Arabic | Spanish | Korean | Russian | Simplified Chinese | Tagalog | Traditional Chinese | Vietnamese
Vaccine Promotion Posters are available to encourage your community to get a COVID-19 vaccine. There are poster options for different audiences including long-term care facility workers, long-term care facility residents, and essential workers such as public safety workers, first responders, farmers and others. All of the vaccine promotion posters are also available in Spanish.
A COVID-19 Vaccinations Social Media Toolkit is available with sample Social Media messages and images for use on various social media channels that your organization uses, including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. You can use them as-is with the hashtag #SleeveUp or include your own identity.
A COVID-19 Vaccine Powerpoint Presentation is available for webinars, conferences and other events. The presentation is also available in Spanish.
Drop-in COVID-19 vaccine language may be used for e-newsletters, listserv announcements or other types of media.
Printable Stickers can be used for staff to handout to people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine. Some stickers are also available in Spanish.Widgets can be placed on your organization's website to enhance access to up to date information on COVID-19 vaccines.
Use the COVID-19 Resources to Share your Messages
Adapt the key messages to the language, tone, and format that will resonate with your community. You know what works in your community.
Customize this template letter and send or email it to your community members to introduce your COVID-19 vaccine educational activities.
Print copies of the posters and use them as handouts or to hang in highly visible places in your community.
Organize a COVID-19 vaccine presentation for your community members and promote it via digital and community communication channels. If your community has internet access, organize a virtual presentation. If it does not, organize an in-person presentation following COVID-19 safety precautions. Ask if your local health department can provide a speaker if you do not have a health educator on staff.
Continue to educate your community via articles, blog posts, and CDC social media posts or retweet and share CMS Medicare social media messages on Twitter and Facebook.
Invite community members to wear stickers once they have been vaccinated and post vaccination selfies on social media.
Communicate with Your Community
Send an introductory letter to encourage your branches, chapters, or affiliates to review and use the toolkit materials, or a letter to members of your organization.
Drop the newsletter content into your e-newsletters or listservs to distributed and share information widely on COVID-19 vaccines.
Use the COVID-19 Vaccine Basic slide deck for virtual town halls or other informational meetings within your communities. You can use all or part of the set or also include your own organization's information. Slides are also available in Spanish.
Share these key messages about COVID-19 vaccine to educate your communities. These key messages are also available in a printable PDF version.
Use the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to help answer questions about COVID-19 vaccine in your communities. FAQs also available in a printable PDF version.
Share credible and accurate COVID-19 vaccine information from the Myths & Facts page.
Encourage your community members who are vaccinated to enroll in v-safe an after vaccination health checker.
Questions? Please e-mail us: Partnership@cms.hhs.gov
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Third COVID-19 Vaccine
Action Advances Fight Against COVID-19, Follows Comprehensive Evaluation of Available Safety, Effectiveness and Manufacturing Quality Information by FDA Career Scientists, Input from External Experts
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the third vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2). The EUA allows the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to be distributed in the U.S for use in individuals 18 years of age and older.
"The authorization of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best medical prevention method for COVID-19, to help us in the fight against this pandemic, which has claimed over half a million lives in the United States," said Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, M.D. "The FDA, through our open and transparent scientific review process, has now authorized three COVID-19 vaccines with the urgency called for during this pandemic, using the agency's rigorous standards for safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality needed to support emergency use authorization."
The FDA has determined that the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine has met the statutory criteria for issuance of an EUA. The totality of the available data provides clear evidence that the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine may be effective in preventing COVID-19. The data also show that the vaccine's known and potential benefits outweigh its known and potential risks, supporting the company's request for the vaccine's use in people 18 years of age and older. In making this determination, the FDA can assure the public and medical community that it has conducted a thorough evaluation of the available safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality information.
Click HERE to download and print the entire FDA News Release.
Joint Statement: Roadmap for Maintaining Essential Surgery during COVID-19 Pandemic
On August 13, 2020 the American Hospital Association (AHA) along with the American College of Surgeons (ACS), American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) released a Joint Statement: Roadmap for Maintaining Essential Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic. This new joint statement provides a list of principles and considerations to guide physicians, nurses, and hospitals and health systems as they provide essential care to their patients and communities. The joint statement builds on the Joint Statement: Roadmap for Resuming Elective Surgery after COVID-19 Pandemic released by the AHA, ACS, ASA, and AORN on April 17, 2020.
CMS Releases Recommendations on Adult Elective Surgeries, Non-Essential Medical, Surgical, and Dental Procedures During COVID-19 Response
Earlier today at the White House Task Force Press Briefing, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that all elective surgeries, non-essential medical, surgical, and dental procedures be delayed during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
As more healthcare providers are increasingly being asked to assist with the COVID-19 response, it is critical that they consider whether non-essential surgeries and procedures can be delayed so they can preserve personal protective equipment (PPE), beds, and ventilators.
"The reality is clear and the stakes are high: we need to preserve personal protective equipment for those on the front lines of this fight," said CMS Administrator Seema Verma.
This will not only preserve equipment but also free up our healthcare workforce to care for the patients who are most in need. Additionally, as states and the nation as a whole work towards limiting the spread of COVID-19, healthcare providers should encourage patients to remain home, unless there is an emergency, to protect others while also limiting their exposure to the virus. They should also urge patients to follow the President's recently issued guidelines to help slow the spread of the virus.
The recommendations provide a framework for hospitals and clinicians to implement immediately during the COVID-19 response. The recommendations outline factors that should be considered for postponing elective surgeries, and non-essential medical, surgical, and dental procedures. Those factors include patient risk factors, availability of beds, staff and PPE, and the urgency of the procedure. This will help providers to focus on addressing more urgent cases and preserve resources needed for the COVID-19 response. The decision about proceeding with non-essential surgeries and procedures will be made at the local level by the clinician, patient, hospital, and state and local health departments.
The recommendations can be found here: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/31820-cms-adult-elective-surgery-and-procedures-recommendations.pdf
These recommendations, and earlier CMS guidance and actions in response to the COVID-19 virus, are part of the ongoing White House Task Force efforts. To keep up with the important work the Task Force is doing in response to COVID-19 click here www.coronavirus.gov for further information. For a complete and updated list of CMS actions, and other information specific to CMS, please visit the Current Emergencies Website.
President Trump Expands Telehealth Benefits for Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19 Outbreak
The Trump Administration today announced expanded Medicare telehealth coverage that will enable beneficiaries to receive a wider range of healthcare services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. Beginning on March 6, 2020, Medicare—administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—will temporarily pay clinicians to provide telehealth services for beneficiaries residing across the entire country.
"The Trump Administration is taking swift and bold action to give patients greater access to care through telehealth during the COVID-19 outbreak," said Administrator Seema Verma. "These changes allow seniors to communicate with their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility so that they can limit risk of exposure and spread of this virus. Clinicians on the frontlines will now have greater flexibility to safely treat our beneficiaries."
On March 13, 2020, President Trump announced an emergency declaration under the Stafford Act and the National Emergencies Act. Consistent with President Trump's emergency declaration, CMS is expanding Medicare's telehealth benefits under the 1135 waiver authority and the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act. This guidance and other recent actions by CMS provide regulatory flexibility to ensure that all Americans—particularly high-risk individuals—are aware of easy-to-use, accessible benefits that can help keep them healthy while helping to contain the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Prior to this announcement, Medicare was only allowed to pay clinicians for telehealth services such as routine visits in certain circumstances. For example, the beneficiary receiving the services must live in a rural area and travel to a local medical facility to get telehealth services from a doctor in a remote location. In addition, the beneficiary would generally not be allowed to receive telehealth services in their home.
CMS Announces Actions to Address Spread of Coronavirus
CMS calls on all health care providers to activate infection control practices and issues guidance to inspectors as they inspect facilities affected by Coronavirus
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing several actions aimed at limiting the spread of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Specifically, CMS is issuing a call to action to health care providers across the country to ensure they are implementing their infection control procedures, which they are required to maintain at all times. Additionally, CMS is announcing that, effective immediately and, until further notice, State Survey Agencies and Accrediting Organizations will focus their facility inspections exclusively on issues related to infection control and other serious health and safety threats, like allegations of abuse – beginning with nursing homes and hospitals. Critically, this shift in approach, first announced yesterday by Vice President Pence, will allow inspectors to focus their energies on addressing the spread of COVID-19.
As the agency responsible for Medicare and Medicaid, CMS requires facilities to maintain infection control and prevention policies as a condition for participation in the programs. CMS is also issuing three memoranda to State Survey Agencies, State Survey Agency directors and Accrediting Organizations – to inspect thousands of Medicare-participating health care providers across the country, including nursing homes and hospitals.
Mac Toolkits; Transplant, Transitions, Medications
The National Forum of ESRD Networks has introduced or updated several Medical Advisory Council (MAC) Toolkits. Two new Kits include the Transplant Toolkit and the Medication Conversion Toolkit. The Transitions of Care Toolkit was updated in mid-April. Find them all at http://esrdnetworks.org/resources/toolkits/mac-toolkits-1, along with the existing Home Dialysis Toolkit, Medical Directors Toolkit, QAPI Toolkit, Medication Reconciliation Toolkit, Catheter Reduction Toolkit, Vaccination Toolkit, and Assurance of Diabetes Care Coordination Toolkit.
Making Dialysis Safer for Patients: Optimal Vascular Access
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This World Kidney Day, CDC and the Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition invite you to a webinar presenting the infection risks associated with different vascular access types. Discussion will include strategies and recommendations for successful catheter reduction to prevent bloodstream infections.
Webinar: Making Dialysis Safer for Patients: Optimal Vascular Access
Date: Thursday, March 14, 2019
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
Registration: Click Here to Register (at no cost)
Join us this World Kidney Day for a presentation on "Incident Vascular Access and Risk of Bloodstream Infection Among New ESRD Patients Receiving Hemodialysis" followed by a conversation about achieving optimal vascular access for patient safety.
Sophia Kazakova, MD, MPH, PhD; Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC.
Discussants:
• Vandana Dua Niyyar, MD, FASN, FNKF, FASDIN; Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Emory University.
• Tracy Jonelis, MD; Chief of Nephrology, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, San Francisco Medical Center
Priti Patel, MD, MPH and Ibironke Apata, MD; Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC.
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The fourth stanza of 'The Forced Recruit' reveals that the young man was captured, tortured, and compelled to put on the uniform and stroll into battle by the Austrians. He never needed to be on that aspect of the battle and did what he could, as the subsequent lines reveal, to show his loyalty to his Italian countrymen. The poem was impressed by real events that occurred 20 days prior to the Battle of Solferino in June 1859. Enotes.com will allow you to with any book or any question. Our summaries and analyses are written by specialists, and your questions are answered by actual lecturers.
Some poems are written just for the pleasure of reading them—the ones which are just pretty in themselves, even on the floor stage. Many poems, however, require somewhat deeper digging to get to the poet's intended message. While it's true that a lot of poetry entails symbolism and figurative language, what really matters is what it means to you.
Sonnets, for instance, tend to debate love, whereas haikus normally have themes associated to nature. A poem's kind probably won't tell you everything in regards to the work, but it could supply some clues to level you in the proper path. In this information, we are going to present you the means to analyse a poem in six steps. Hasa has a BA degree in English, French and Translation studies.
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Odia Officer Jayadev Sarangi who clashed with Arvind Kejriwal's govt retires
Edited By Odishatv Bureau Published By PTI Last updated Jan 31, 2019 - 5:52 PM
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Delhi Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) Secretary Jayadev Sarangi, who had run-ins with the Arvind Kejriwal government on a range of issues, retired on Thursday.
In June 2017, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had directed the then chief secretary M M Kutty to replace Sarangi with another officer after Sarangi denied permission to a Facebook Live event of the deputy CM.
The IAS officer had also sent a notice to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party to pay Rs 97 crore that the government had spent on advertisements, violating the Supreme Court guidelines.
About his future assignments, Sarangi, who comes from a tribal-dominated region in Odisha, said he has not decided yet.
He said that he had unearthed Rs 4,000 crore land scam in 2004-05 when he was additional registrar co-operative society of Delhi. Sarangi said following the scam being exposed, builders had started demanding his ouster.
Sarangi, who was Goa excise commissioner in 2012, had also come under target when he had transferred several excise officers in one day, irking liquor mafia in the state.
He has been DIG (Prison), SP (Tihar), IG (Tihar), Transport Commissioner (Andaman and Nicobar), in-charge of Panchayat Raj department (Andaman and Nicobar).
He said that he had worked to increase the budget of Andaman and Nicobar's Panchyat Raj department from Rs 5 crore to Rs 100 crore.
The Union Home Ministry had in August 1996 circulated Sarangi's crime prevention report to all chief secretaries for their suggestion.


The P.E.I. Council of the Arts board has been dissolved after government funding to the organization was cut.
The Arts Entrepreneurship & Business Development Course is accepting applications from artists and creative entrepreneurs in the Lloydminster, Saskatoon and Regina areas.
For the past six weeks, Save On Foods has hosted local authors for weekly book signings.
This summer, we invited the arts community to attend a series of public consultation meetings about the Independent Artists program. This is what you told us.
Learn more about the Independent Artists Program at our grant information workshop in Regina on August 30!
Our 2015-16 Annual Report, Changing Horizons, focuses on the opportunities the Arts Board offers to change horizons for people across Saskatchewan.
The Saskatchewan Arts Board is pleased to announce the addition of 44 new pieces of artwork – including ceramics, textiles, paintings and jewellery – to its Permanent Collection of Saskatchewan art and craft.
Canadian Art magazine looks at the Remai Modern and Saskatoon.
Changes have been made to the Culture on the Go Event Travel program to serve artists better.


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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:e:Conservative Party majority achieved
Posted by: Phil Andrews
What frightens the main parties of course is not only the fact that under PR the Lib Dems, Greens and UKIP would have more seats on their current levels of support. There is also the small matter of more people being likely to vote for these parties if their votes would not be wasted by so doing. All in all it isn't about common sense and far less about fairness, it's about turkeys not voting for Christmas.
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Conservative Party majority achieved 08/05/15 19:28:00 Mark Talbot
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Conservative Party majority achieved 08/05/15 18:31:00 Pete Mayes
Re:Re:Re:Conservative Party majority achieved 08/05/15 19:27:00 Mark Talbot
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Conservative Party majority achieved 08/05/15 20:55:00 Claire Moran
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Conservative Party majority achieved 08/05/15 21:02:00 Steve Taylor
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Conservative Party majority achieved 10/05/15 09:55:00 Phil Andrews
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Conservative Party majority achieved 08/05/15 21:53:00 Mark Talbot
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Conservative Party majority achieved 08/05/15 22:43:00 Pete Mayes
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Frank Field 11/05/15 23:38:00 David Giles
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e:Conservative Party majority achieved 17/05/15 20:16:00 Steve Taylor
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Re:Re:e:Conservative Party majority achieved 17/05/15 22:03:00 Phil Andrews
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:e:Conservative Party majority achieved 18/05/15 17:27:00 Colin Jordan
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:e:Conservative Party majority achieved 19/05/15 17:41:00 Phil Andrews
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:e:Conservative Party majority achieved 19/05/15 19:05:00 Jonathan Bingham
Re:Conservative Party majority achieved 19/05/15 18:51:00 Marawan Abbas
Re:Re:Re:Re:Conservative Party majority achieved 19/05/15 20:29:00 Marawan Abbas
Re:Why Labour won in B&I 20/05/15 10:07:00 Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:Why Labour won in B&I 20/05/15 11:08:00 Anne England
Re:Why Labour won in B&I 20/05/15 11:24:00 John Whitworth
Re:Re:Why Labour won in B&I 20/05/15 11:51:00 Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:Re:Why Labour won in B&I 20/05/15 11:53:00 Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:Why Labour won in B&I 20/05/15 13:20:00 Steve Taylor
Re:Re:Re:Why Labour won in B&I 20/05/15 17:11:00 Marawan Abbas
Re:Re:Re:Re:Why Labour won in B&I 20/05/15 19:39:00 Phil Andrews
Mary McLeod's recount request 21/05/15 09:54:00 David McLoughlin
Re:Mary McLeod's recount request 21/05/15 12:45:00 Marawan Abbas
Re:Re:Mary McLeod's recount request 21/05/15 16:05:00 Phil Andrews
Re:Re:Re:Mary McLeod's recount request 21/05/15 17:26:00 Sam Hearn
Re:Re:Re:Re:Mary McLeod's recount request 21/05/15 18:01:00 Phil Andrews


Just Create: What Are The Ideal Body Measurements?
What Are The Ideal Body Measurements?
The below diagrams shows how different height measurements can be used for adults and children in drawing. The normal figure measures 7 1/2 heads in height. This looks kind of dumpy and why this measurement isn't used much in comics. The ideal figure measures 8 heads in height. This was used in most Renaissance paintings. The heroic figure measures 9 heads in height. Most superheroes are drawn in this realm.
Men's shoulders are wider than their hips. The crotch is located exactly at the halfway point on his body. His knees are located hallway between his crotch and the soles of his feet. Men's muscles create more bumps and angles. With women shoulders and hips are about the same width. The crotch is located exactly at the halfway point on her body. However, there is some leeway to move it up or down to create long legs or a long waist. Women are to drawn with soft, flowing curvy lines. We will discuss drawing women in a lot more detail in the future.
Realistic proportions for kids never look good in comics. So let's skip that and get right to the idealistic measurements.
Smooth fat layers cover their joints and may have dimples. Keep face features small in relation to head size. There a certain heights that people are accustomed to seeing in figures and make assumptions about them. These assumptions can be used to your advantage. To communicate about your character or to go against type to give your audience something unexpected.
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Man confirmed dead after falling from M62 bridge in West Yorkshire
Joe Cawthorn
Police have confirmed a man has died after he fell from a bridge at the M62 in West Yorkshire.
Police were called at 9.52am today (Thursday, September 13) to reports a male on the bridge at Rishworth.
M62 PIC: Google
He fell and sustained fatal injuries.
READ: M62 closed in both directions due to 'police incident'
A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: "Police were called at 9.52am to reports of a concern for safety for a male on a bridge at Rishworth at the M62.
"The male fell from the bridge and sustained fatal injuries. There are road closures in place, avoid the area if possible."
Road closures are in place in the surrounding areas and motorists are advised to avoid the area.


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All areas of our lives "feed us" and are part of our wellness approach: career, exercise, nutrition, spirituality and relationships. Are we perfect? No, and that's beside the point. Do we always feel stress-free and symptom-free? No. We are all on the journey. It's a type of approach, a way of looking at the world. A perspective. Enjoy!
The Holisticates is founded by a mother-daughter team, Kim and Angela, an herbalist and health coach, who share their diverse experiences, training and perspectives on holistic, balanced living.
We hope that in sharing our experiences in finding balance we will inspire and empower others on their journey toward wholeness.
Kim Othic
Kim is an herbalist, blogger and writer who has completed two programs in herbalism. Her broad study of herbalism facilitates her holistic approach to a balanced life. She grows and harvests her own herbs for remedies for her friends, family and community and is a wild-crafter of local herbs. Kim spends a lot of her time harvesting local wild foods, making her own skin care products and homemade soaps, and creating home-canned foods from her garden. She prefers to practice old-world skills instead of finding the latest time-saving gadget.
Kim has focused on living a holistic life for over 20 years while being challenged with several autoimmune disorders. As a Holisticate, she shares insights, wisdom and recipes from her journey toward wholeness to inspire and empower others to live a holistic and balanced life. Kim is generous with her knowledge of traditional skills, organic gardening, herbal remedies and natural healing.
Kim is also a proud mother of four. She lives with her husband and dog, Josie, in Northern Missouri.
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Angela is a holistic health coach, wellness entrepreneur, writer, yoga teacher and intuitive healer specializing in nutrition and emotional health.
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Join ProPublica in D.C. for "Finding Oscar" Screening and Discussion
by Cynthia Gordy Giwa
March 14, 2017, 11:37 a.m. EDT
In 2012, ProPublica senior reporter Sebastian Rotella and Fundación MEPI reporter Ana Arana published Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice in Guatemala about Oscar Ramírez Castañeda, an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant and father of four living near Boston. At age 32, Oscar learned that his life was a lie. He was not the son of a heroic military officer as he'd been told by the family that raised him. DNA tests proved that he had been abducted at age three by the officer, whose commando unit had massacred an entire village in one of the worst crimes in Guatemala's civil war.
Oscar's story is now a feature-length documentary, "Finding Oscar," executive produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Ryan Suffern. On March 23 in Washington, D.C., ProPublica is hosting a special advance screening of the film before it opens in theaters. The film chronicles how, nearly 30 years after the massacre, a dedicated team uncovered the truth and brought justice to those responsible – by finding the missing boy named Oscar.
The film screening will be followed by a conversation with government officials, policy experts and advocates, moderated by ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella, exploring the continuing hunt for fugitive commandos involved in the Guatemalan massacre, as well as the many parallels between Oscar's story and the intensifying conversation around immigration and refugees in the United States today.
Doors | 6:00 PM, Screening | 6:30 PM
Busboys & Poets, 1025 5th Street NW Washington, DC 20001
Free to attend | RSVP here
Speakers include Kelly Fry, attorney at U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Human Rights Law Section; Geoff Thale, program director at the Washington Office on Latin America; and Kate Doyle, senior analyst of U.S. policy in Latin America at the National Security Archive.
Cynthia Gordy Giwa
Cynthia Gordy Giwa is ProPublica's marketing director.
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