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News and EventsHome Education, Good Governance, Interview, News, Politics, Social Welfare Why I won't seek second term as Anambra governor — Oseloka, PDP candidate
Why I won't seek second term as Anambra governor — Oseloka, PDP candidate
Education, Good Governance, Interview, News, Politics, Social Welfare
Obaze Oseloka is the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 2017 election in Anambra State. He is a retired diplomat and a former Secretary to the State Government (SSG) during the administration of Governor Peter Obi. In this interview with newsmen in Abuja, he discloses that he will only serve a single term of office if elected governor. He talks about a variety of issues. Group Politics Editor, Taiwo Adisa, presents the excerpts:
Before the primaries took place, a lot of people predicted that you were going to emerge. But your emergence has also raised dust. Some of the aspirants have been shouting that you were merely endorsed by your godfathers; that you were imposed. Where does this leave you?
I don't know about imposition and I don't know about godfathers. What most people do not realise is that I've been in the field campaigning quietly for over one year. I set up a structure in all the 21 local government areas.
Don't also forget that I've lived in Anambra State, Awka, for the last seven years or thereabouts. I lived in the same house I live as SSG. I've never left. I have an office there and I'm visible. So, the recognition is there. The other part of it is the narrative people are looking at. I'm not your traditional politician. I speak out, I write, I do interviews. I discuss issues that people are not willing to discuss because they want to be politically correct. So, what you saw with the primaries is a cumulative of my own presence and what I have done and the fact that people can relate to me. I think the people of Anambra are interested in walking away from the past narrative of money politics. The other part of it is that the incumbent governor; is somebody I know; somebody I campaigned for. So, you can look at it that I'm either stupid, foolhardy or that I'm courageous to come out and challenge an incumbent governor, somebody I supported in the past. I have no quarrel with the governor as an individual. I have vast differences with his policies because that's not what we planned when we brought him in. We campaigned for him. He is a beneficiary of the campaign we did to bring the governorship to Anambra North. We had a commitment to deliver good governance and services. That is not being done. The whole trajectory that was set in place is not being followed. And basically, I've told him that personally, that is why we are here. So, for people to come out now, I think some people expected that it's business as usual.
But let me tell you what I think changed the narrative of my emergence. When I joined PDP, I didn't make any fanfare of it, but I made sure all the papers and everything was in perfect order. I also knew that if I was going to run for governor, I would not have spent the two years required by the constitution. But I knew there was a constitutional provision that allows you to get a waiver and I was willing to go for that, which I did. But one thing that is clear to me as I said about doing that was that I spoke on the issue that people needed to speak on. Most importantly, when there was a fight going on and there were factions, I refused to belong to any of the factions. From my ward to local government, I was talking to both sides, relating to them, even at the state level. Some people saw that as sitting on the fence. But for me as a diplomat, somebody who spent years in conflict resolution and mediation, I believed there was only one PDP, one umbrella, one leadership, one certificate. The issues were individual interests. So, at the time the judgment came, they found that I was somebody who could talk to the left, I could talk to the right. I had a relationship with the left, I had a relationship with the right, even at the national leadership. And you go to the primaries, the people who were coming for the primaries knew me by name; they knew me by face. So, we went to the primaries and the outcome became what it became. It was not surprising. I'm the new kid on the block. So, it's like magic and you start looking for the witch or the wizard that performed the magic. There was no magic to it, except that people wanted change and they saw Oseluka Obaze as a brand new face.
I have never made a promise. First, I don't have any baggage, I don't have a godfather. I worked for Obiano, so he could very well be my godfather. I worked for Peter Obi, so he could very well be my godfather. But interestingly, both of them were my juniors in the same high school. Obiano was one year my junior; Peter Obi came into the secondary school the year I was leaving after I took school certificate. I have a wonderful relationship with both of them.
Where does the political configuration and dichotomy between Anambra North and South leave you?
Well North/South, I have said it that I will run only for four years, because we campaigned for the governorship to come to the North for eight years, Obiano became the beneficiary because he's from the North. Those of us who campaigned and insisted that they should allow us to complete the remaining four years, no questions asked. And in order to keep to my own commitment, even though it's written, since he has served four years, we also say that whoever emerges will serve the remaining four years. I think I am the only candidate who has committed to that. Interestingly, of the people who have emerged now, with the exception of (Osita) Chidoka who comes from the South, Tony Nwoye is from the North, I am from the North, Obiano is from the North. One thing I told them at the beginning was that the easiest way to solve this is to get all the political parties to meet and agree that they will never field anybody, except people from the North. We finish the four years, let it move to the South.
Can you be specific on the policies or areas that the current governor decided to focus on that you feel were not part of the agreed blueprint you used to campaign?
At the time the governor was selected as the candidate, he was not in the race; he was not even among us. He had no blueprint because he was not running. The blueprint that he started implementing was my blueprint. I was a candidate in 2013. But that aside, you asked a specific question. Let me give you a concrete narrative. On the 30th of August 2012, former President Goodluck Jonathan declared Anambra State the 10th oil-producing state. As I speak to you, we have not earned a naira or dollar in derivation. In contrast, Lagos State was declared in January 2016 the 11th oil producing state. By December 2016, they had started earning derivation. If you had a functional government that was focused on policy and knew what to do, you wouldn't need 2012 to 2017 or 2014 to 2017 to sort out the modalities, legislative process that would enable your people earn their right as an oil-producing state. Government must drive that process, and driving that process requires synergy between the government of the day and the representative members of the state in the National Assembly. If you don't have that relationship with them, they will never drive that.
The other aspect of it relates to the two contiguous states – Kogi and Enugu, because the oil basin traverses the three states. The oil well that we are developing is in Anambra region, but the oil basin extends to Kogi and Enugu. So, basically, all you need to do is have a political will to sit down with the two governors from the other states and say you are ready to become an oil-producing state, this is how much we have invested. We are ready to carry you along. Your gain is not our loss because it can't be. We can do this as a shared responsibility. This is how much we have invested. Are you willing to offset this or are you willing to invest the same amount, then let's go to the National Assembly jointly. Even if it is in the order of ranking, I think Anambra will still be number one because it's letter A, followed by Enugu and followed by Kogi in terms of the alphabet. But already, we had been declared an oil-producing state by Jonathan. So, you can't change that. But let it be that on the same day, we agree that the paper will be signed and we can all start collecting our derivation. As I speak to you, if that is not done, four years from now, if he stays, you might still come back and Anambra State will still not have earned a kobo from oil. That is one area.
When I became the SSG, I sat down with my principal (then, Governor Peter Obi) and said we need to do something for the old people who are indigent. We passed a law that allows everybody who is 75 and above, who has never earned income in the private sector or public sector, therefore not pensionable, to receive N 5,000 a month as social welfare backed by law. We got people from Lagos to come and capture the whole people in the same state, set up the database and begin to do the projection: that if you are 73 this year, in two years you will be 75, because that will help us in budgeting. We started paying that money. They took over, they bastardised the system. Rather than using the valid data that is in place and augmenting it so that you can do the projection and do the budget, they started using pen and paper, they will come and say we are going to Obadu Local Government, they have 5,000 people, we are projecting that there will be 2,000 people more. They go, they pay the N5,000 and the other 2,000, whether they exist or not, the money is basically accounted for but you wouldn't know if the people exist. What they don't do is also in that planning; you must account for attrition; people will die. If you are saying that in this community there are 5000 people last year, at least 100 of them would have died and another 2000 would have graduated from 74 to 75. That is planning. It takes long-term planning and vision. They haven't done that. The difference there is that a woman who is 75 might still plant pepper and greens and things, still be able to fetch water. At the time she is vision impaired and is walking with walking stick, that N5,000 a month means that she can call 'Sunday, go and fetch me water my son; here is N50', and she still has money left. If she cannot cook food, she can say 'go there buy me food, takeaway; here is N200'. That empowers her and sustains her. That scheme as I speak to you, is almost moribund. In civilized societies, health and social welfare may stand alone as a department or ministry by itself because in tandem with that are also people with special needs and all what not.
We had a policy of the Anambra Integrated Development Strategy under Peter Obi, which he inherited. What ANIDS means is that the 177 villages that we have, none is left behind. So, if you went to a community and you built health centre, every community got a health centre. If you sank a borehole, every community got a borehole. If you gave N2 million for palliative to maintain roads every community got N2 million. That's one aspect of it.
In education, after we handed over schools to missions, we committed that all the schools are not parochial. They are not mission-based. They are government, but most of the schools that are legendary, legacy schools are parochial; they are run by the Anglican Church, Pentecostal or Catholic. We used to give money under Peter Obi in bulk sum. I'm talking about N300 million (maybe per a quarter) to the Catholic mission schools, to the Anglican, to the Pentecostal. That ceased. If you look at my manifesto, under education, I have said that we must commit to that. Now, the standard for education as a basis for running government is set by UNESCO that 26 per cent of your budget must go to education. I've even gone further to say that we must meet that threshold. As we speak, only two states in the federation have met that threshold – Kwara and Sokoto. In my own case, I've gone further to say that on that 26 per cent, we will reserve 10 percent to support parochial schools because at the end of the day, it's our children that go there.
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We have a treat today: a guest visit from MATLAB user and controls researcher Jiří Zemánek.
Jiří is a doctoral student at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He also likes eggs. But first, consider this spiral pattern.
Now spin it around. At this rate of rotation, your eye follows the spinning pattern as a whole. Like any image on a turn table, it's just turning in place.
But if we spin it somewhat faster (that is, rotate it through a larger angle between frames), something interesting happens. The dots now move in such a way that it looks like an animation of individual dots moving on their own. Blue dots are being sprayed from the center in a sprinkler pattern. It's the same pattern, but at a particular stroboscopic frequency your perception of what's happening changes dramatically. This is the basic idea behind a zoetrope, which you may recall from a post last year.
That brings us back to Jiří. By day, Jiří builds control systems for manipulation using electric and magnetic fields (check out the awesome Magman project from a few years ago). But by night, Jiří becomes a brilliant egg-obsessed animator. Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration (orange you glad I didn't say eggsaggeration?), but Jiří has used his MATLAB chops to design zoetrope-able patterns on the sides of eggs. To transfer the images to the egg, he used an Eggbot from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. Then he takes them for a spin. Rotate the eggs around at exactly the right speed (and use a strobing shutter) and the designs spring to life.
Czech out his video. I mean, check out his video (sorry, I couldn't resist).
Amazing, huh? I call it the Ovozoetrope. Jiří calls it Eggstatic.
I asked Jiří if he could share any of his pattern-generating MATLAB code with us. He said it's not available in a convenient form yet, but he may make an egg animation tutorial sometime soon. In the meantime, I noticed that he said he was inspired by patterns from phyllotaxis. This encouraged me to try an example of my own.
Phyllotaxis is a fancy Greek word for describing how seeds or leaves arrange themselves as they grow. You may know that the seeds in a sunflower (among other plants) are laid down along a Fermat spiral (r = √θ), with one seed dropping every 137.5 degrees. That's the Golden Angle for you fans of Phi. This arrangement lets some very simple growth rules optimize the seed packing as the plant grows.
Phyllotaxis patterns are ideal for zoetropic animation. I took this pattern and animated it. The result gives you a visceral sense of how the seeds come into existence at the center of the flower and slowly radiate outward. Amazingly, there are only 11 frames in this animation.
My version is not on an egg, but it could be. The idea is the same. Maybe Jiří can do a seed-packing egg animation one of these days.
So if you celebrate Easter, then Happy Easter! If you don't, then Happy Check-Out-These-Amazing-Zoetropic-Eggs!


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Shakargarh: Five-day lecture series on Holy Quran (Day One)
Dated: 11 July 2013
Minhaj-ul-Quran International (Skhargarh chapter) organized 5-day lecture series on Irfan-ul-Quran in the holy month of Ramadan. The first lecture of the series was held on the 11th of July 2013, which was attended by a large number of men and women in addition to local notables.
Allama Ghazanfer Husnain Qadri, the student of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri was the keynote speaker on the occasion. Speaking to the audience of the Irfan-ul-Quran Course, he quoted a Hadith wherein Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (RA) narrates that the Holy Prophet said: Fast and the Holy Quran will both intercede for man on the Day of Judgment. The fast will say: O my Lord; I kept this person off eating and other cardinal desires during the day. So accept my intercession for this person. And the Holy Quran will say: O my Lord, I kept this person awake during the night. So accept my intercession for this person. The Prophet (SAW) further said: the intercession by both will be accepted.
Allama Ghazanfer further said that the holy month of Ramadan is full of blessings and happiness for the believers. He said that Allah Almighty asks the people to return to Him for blessings and he would not go empty handed. Allama Ghazanfer said that it was now upon us how we wanted to strengthen our bonds with our Lord. He said that fast is a great blessing to understand the meaning of servitude and internalize this in our lives. He said that fast served dual purpose. On the one hand, it teaches us how to put a stopper to cardinal desires, thirst, and hunger and encourages us to share the hardships and sufferings of the less privileged sections of society through employment of empathy on the other hand. He said that the believers also paid Zakat during the holy month, which was critical to reduce economic divisions in the society and create harmony through redistribution of resources. He said that the concept of Zakat was imperative to alleviate poverty and hunger from society. He asked the participants of the lecture to avail themselves of the spiritual workshop and strengthen ourselves spiritually.
The programme ended on the offering of Durood-o-Salam on the Holy Prophet (SAW).

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Q: Threading Building Blocks (TBB) for Qt-based CD ripper? I am building a CD ripper application in C++ and Qt.  I would like to parallelize the application such that multiple tracks can be encoded concurrently.  Therefore, I have structured the application in such a way that encoding a track is a "Task", and I'm working on a mechanism to run some number of these Tasks concurrently. I could, of course, accomplish this using threads and write my own Task queue or work manager, but I thought Intel's Threading Building Blocks (TBB) might be a better tool for the job.  I have a couple of questions, however.

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*Is encoding a WAV file into a FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, or Mp3 file something that would work well as a tbb::task?  The tutorial document states that "if threads block frequently, there is a performance loss when using the task scheduler".  I don't think my encoding tasks would block for mutexes frequently, but the will need to access disk relatively frequently, since they must read the WAV data from disk in order to encode.  Is this level of disk activity problematic in the sense described by the tutorial?

*Does TBB work well with Qt?  When using Qt threads, you can use Qt's signals/slots mechanism transparently across threads.  Would the same be true if I were using tbb::tasks instead of Qt threads?  Would there be any other "gotchas"?

Thanks for any insights you can provide.

A: Why not using Qt Concurrent ?

A: TBB is suppose to work well, even transparently, with other threading mechanisms so theoretically there should be nothing preventing you from using QT's thread classes in the same program.  If there is something that works more naturally with QT threads, like the GUI, use them and keep the TBB stuff segregated as best you can or want.
I don't see that you are making the best use of TBB as you currently outlined your design.  You parallelize at the grossest level, the file.  As you suspect, since the CD is a pretty slow device, you may spend more time seeking back and forth for data from multiple files than you actually save.
The real bang for the buck with TBB should involve exploiting whatever data and/or task parallelism there is in the transformation process.  Can you, for instance, pull any block of bytes out of the stream and apply whatever transform to it independently of any part of the stream before or after?  Are there multiple steps to the transform that can be parallelized?

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Perry, local activists wage war of words over empty town hall seats
Stephen Caruso
Congressman Scott Perry, R-10th District, answers a question at a Hummelstown public meeting with constituents on July 30th, 2019. (Capital-Star photo by Stephen Caruso)
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-10th District, has fired back at liberal activist groups in his district, accusing them of conspiring to make him look bad by booking seats they never intended to use at his Hummelstown town hall earlier this week — a charge local activists called "spinning a false conspiracy theory."
In a Thursday Facebook post, Perry cited leaked documents and phone calls from members or former members of local activist groups — whom he did not name — who "also believe that lines are being crossed."
"Too many of these groups clearly have no interest in participating or finding solutions to our Nation's problems," Perry wrote. "Their sole purpose is to disrupt, malign, distract and hijack events for political gain."
The town hall, Perry's first in his new judicially-drawn district centered on Harrisburg, was protested by about 35 local members of Indivisible chapters, a grassroots progressive organizing group. The meeting was also Perry's first in-person town hall since 2017.
With regard to the number of empty seats at Tuesday night's town hall, the photo circulated in the media was taken at…
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Perry called it the "empty street strategy." When the town hall was announced, Perry required attendees to register in advance for free tickets and also provide an address. Additional ID would be required at the door.
Indivisible groups had, before the town hall, complained about the need to register, and called for the town hall to be held in a bigger venue. The event was scheduled and held at the Hummelstown fire department building, where 100 chairs were set up.
Extra space and chairs were available. At the start of the event, about 50 people were in the room. Over the course of the event, another dozen or so entered, leaving a third of seats unfilled.
A lot of empty seats at the townhall after some hemming and hawing about space. pic.twitter.com/BXZvoWjdDf
— Stephen Caruso (@StephenJ_Caruso) July 30, 2019
In the post, Perry claimed that activists registered for tickets in advance, but instead protested the event outside. Inside, the media and others could see empty seats, and if protesters tried to come in to claim the empty seats, they'd be refused. This would make Perry look like he was denying constituents a chance to talk.
"I've always encouraged debate – that's how growth occurs. But I will not support the hijacking of public events for political gamesmanship and making a mockery of this Nation's legislative process day by day," Perry added.
In a response letter from four local Indivisible chapters, activists denied the conspiracy charge. While they said they had members on the waitlist, and some were admitted to the town hall, there was no organized attempt to create empty seats.
"Congressman Perry is evidently trying to cover up what was obviously a deliberate,successful attempt to limit attendance at the town hall by hurling false accusations at our all-volunteer civic-engagement organizations," the letter reads. "He can offer no proof for his accusations, since there is none. Therefore we demand a public apology."
Perry, a member of the arch-conservative Freedom Caucus in Congress, is a top target for the 2020 cycle as congressional Democrats try to pad their majority.
Before 2018, Perry's district was based in red Adams and York counties. After the state Supreme Court found the old map an unconstitutional gerrymander, his district was redrawn to include all of Harrisburg and its increasingly purple suburbs.
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Perry, local activists wage war of words over empty town hall seats

by Stephen Caruso, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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SciFi Book Review: The Ark
November 17, 2015 by SciFiChick
The Ark by Patrick S Tomlinson
Humankind has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard an immense generation spaceship, affectionately named the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark's greatest living sports hero, enjoying retirement working as a detective in Avalon, his home module. The hours are good, the work is easy, and the perks can't be beat.
But when a crew member goes missing, Benson is thrust into the centre of an ever-expanding web of deception, secrets, and violence that overturns everything he knows about living on the Ark and threatens everyone aboard. As the last remnants of humanity hurtle towards their salvation, Benson finds himself in a desperate race to unravel the conspiracy before a madman turns mankind's home into its tomb.
Bryan Benson is a detective on a ship with very few violent crimes. So when a man goes missing, Benson is one of the few who believes he was murdered. And as the colony ship nears their new home planet, a group of separatists have their own agenda.
The Ark blends two of my favorite genres – science fiction and mystery. The story is well-paced and exciting. The mystery is unpredictable and complex. There are plenty of twists and turns that keep readings guessing. And the setting is like a character all its own. I love "wagon train to the stars" stories, and this is no exception. Mystery and scifi fans alike will enjoy this exciting novel.
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I'm currently reading "The Ark" and after 145 pages I can confirm that everything you wrote in your review is true.
Good to know that detective Benson will return in "Trident's Forge" to be published in April 2016.


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Jane B. visited the queen of Metal Couture Jewelry, LaureLuxe at her star studded fashion show in NY during New York's Fashion Week.
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A graduate of Pratt Art Institute in fashion design with an emphasis on jewelry and accessories, it reflects in each of her creations which strike a harmonious balance between the two. There, she received awards and recognition for her work. In her career, she has served as a Handbag & Accessories Designer for CR by Cynthia Rowley, Rocawear, Guess, Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, Nine West, Anne Klein, FILA, & Oscar De La Renta Intimate Apparel. Her fashion bags can be seen in major retailers such as Nordstroms, Target, and Forever 21.
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Every summer, a number of Scandinavians head out to Visby Sweden for some needed rest and relaxation.
During the summer Visby receives thousands of tourists every year.
Located on Sweden's Gotland Island, the town is just minutes away from beautiful beaches and natural attractions.
However, Visby is not the only a place of retreat, it is also one of the best preserved historical cities in the whole of Scandinavia.
You can imagine, Visby is not a big city, having a population of 22,593 people as of 2010. But it is by far the most populated locality outside the Swedish mainland.
Visby is also the only municipality seat of Sweden that is accessible only by boat and air traffic.
One of the standout features of the locality is its long stone wall named Ring Wall, also locally known as Ringmuren.
The wall is considered a valuable historical structure that has continued to surround and protect the city for centuries.
It is a 2.1 mile long stone wall, Ringmuren meaning "the Ring Wall", that encircles the city and the old church ruins.
Almedalen. A park in central Visby near the seafront. Notable for Swedish political meetings during Almedalsveckan and for being the site of Visby medieval port.
With over 90 buildings including churches, trading houses and gables built mostly in the 12th century, the town is truly an inspiring and beautiful sight.
This is also one of the main reasons why it is hailed a UNESCO heritage site, and fondly called "the city of roses and ruins".
The town receives the most number of visitors in August. It is also in the same month that the annual Medieval Week or Medeltidsveckan is celebrated.
This is a very special and enjoyable time for both tourists and locals.
During this celebration, themed events and activities such as theater and musical shows, medieval markets, jousting tournaments are held.
Perhaps, the most fascinating sight you will encounter during this festival is the huge number of locals dressed up in clothes replicating those worn during Medieval times.
A memorable day in Visby is comprised of a stroll on its charming cobbled lanes while passing the Cathedral and the other ruins, and going across Klinten where you will see a stunning view of the town against the shimmering water.
The town has plenty of quaint restaurants to dine in and its cafes set the perfect relaxing and calm ambience.
Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransom, 1361, by Carl Gustaf Hellqvist (1851–1890). Click image to enlarge.
One of the most revered and iconic landmarks in Visby, that you should definitely visit, is St. Mary's Cathedral, which was erected in the 13th century.
Also, please don't forget to drop by the Historical Museum, to learn more about the captivating history of Gotland Island.
Once you are finished paying homage to the town's history and heritage, you can head out to the popular areas of Wisbystrovet, Adelgatan and St. Hans for some serious shopping.
The area has a wide array of stores selling clothes, accessories, shoes, handcrafts, and furniture and gift items.
The area between the port and the district of Almedalen is where you can find old and new buildings mixed in together in visual harmony and perfect for your camera.
The vicinity is home to a university, Almedal Library and the Wisby Strand Congress Hall. The Botanical Garden will certainly delight and surprise you with its combination popular Swedish plants and trees and the exotic ones.
If you are up for some partying, the districts of Stora Torget and Strandgatan, which are both near the port area, are the main nightlife spots.
Train at Visby railway station the last year of trafic, 1960: Click image to enlarge.
Visby allows you to reminisce the golden years of the Medieval age.
The town commands a free spirited atmosphere that attracts those who love culture, art, and life.
Here, you can rub shoulders with artists, poets, musicians and those who want to experience such atmosphere even if only for a short time.
There are no trains in service on the island. Visby railway station last year of traffic was 1960.
Visby is linked to the mainland of Sweden by plane and ferry. The three-hour ferry arrives from Oskarshamn in Smaland and Nynashamn, near Stockholm.
During the summertime, the ferry also runs to Grankullavik on oland. The ferry is run by a company and subsidized by the Swedish government.
Visby Airport is located about 5 km (3.1 mi) north of the city. in 2005 it had 276,000 passengers. It is the 12th largest airport in Sweden.
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Revealed: Paul Pogba greatest happiness in football.
What do you think is the greatest happiness for any soccer player? Some would say is playing for their dream team, other woulds say is winning trophies and few more would wish to be considered among the top players in the world.
Paul Pogba has said his relationship with Jose Mourinho is one of "happiness" and insisted ahead of Wednesday's Champions League game with Juventus that he has no regrets about leaving the Italian champions to rejoin Manchester United in August 2016.
Pogba will play in the Allianz Stadium Wednesday for the first time since leaving Juve for a then-world record fee of £89 million two years ago.
The French midfielder was signed by United to help accelerate the club's return to competitiveness in the Premier League and Champions League, but his second spell at Old Trafford — Pogba left United for Juve in 2012 — has seen the team make little progress under Jose Mourinho.
Pogba's relationship with the manager has been questioned, with Mourinho taking the vice-captaincy off the player earlier this season. But despite that incident and United's failure to compete for the biggest trophies, the 25-year-old insists he has no regrets over the move back to Manchester.
"For me, it didn't affect me [to lose the vice-captaincy]," Pogba said in Turin. "I'm still playing and I'm really happy to play.
"The manager is the one who chooses who is captain. Me, I was the second one after Antonio Valencia.
"If he takes [from] me the armband, it doesn't change anything for me. I just want to play, perform, that's my job and give my best for my team and for everybody, for the fans, for the club.
But did losing the responsibility of being vice-captain affect his relationship with Mourinho?
"If I ask you this question, how is the manager with other players, he will say he is the manager and I [am] the player," Pogba said. "I think [the] same way as everybody.
"I am just a player. I do what he tells me to do. He's the boss. He's the manager and I listen.
Pogba added: "Choosing to come back to United was my choice. Juventus were playing [in the] Champions League and Manchester were playing [in the] Europa League.
I knew, first of all, I wouldn't play [in the] Champions League and I was very happy. I made my choice and don't regret it all.
"I know Manchester, the last few years, are not being at [the] top, but I came back just to help the team and try to come back at the top and we are on the way.
"Obviously we want to win trophies, that's for sure. I'm a challenger, I want to win trophies.
United go into the Group H fixture on Wednesday sitting in second position after claiming just four points from their opening three games.


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Thailand removed from US Priority Watch List
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has decided to move Thailand from the Special 301 Priority Watch List to the Watch List due to the country's improving intellectual property (IP) protection and enforcement.
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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today announced the conclusion and results of the Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) of Thailand, including moving Thailand from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List.
"A key objective of the Trump Administration's trade policy is ensuring that U.S. owners of intellectual property (IP) have a full and fair opportunity to use and profit from their IP around the globe," said Ambassador Lighthizer.
"The key to promoting innovation is protecting intellectual property. We welcome the corrective actions that Thailand has taken and look forward to continuing to work with Thailand to resolve our remaining IP concerns."
The Trump Administration has been closely engaging with Thailand on improving IP protection and enforcement as part of the bilateral U.S.-Thailand Trade and Investment Framework Agreement. This engagement has yielded results on resolving U.S. IP concerns across a range of issues, including on enforcement, patents and pharmaceuticals, trademarks, and copyright.
In the capital Chatuchak Market, MBK Centre, Siam Square, the Sukhumvit area, Patpong area, Panthip Plaza, as well as other marketplaces such as Klong Thom, Baan Mor and Saphan Lek were listed.
For example, Thailand established an interagency National Committee on Intellectual Property Policy and a subcommittee on enforcement against intellectual property infringement, led by the Prime Minister and a Deputy Prime Minister, respectively.
This strong level of interest from the highest levels of the government led to improved coordination among government entities, as well as enhanced and sustained enforcement efforts to combat counterfeit and pirated goods throughout the country.
Thailand also has been taking steps to address backlogs for patent and trademark applications, including significantly increasing the number of examiners and streamlining regulations.
In addition, Thailand joined the Madrid Protocol, making it easier for U.S. companies to apply for trademarks, and took steps to address concerns regarding online piracy affecting the U.S. content industry.
Other results include a commitment from Thailand to improve transparency related to pharmaceutical issues, such as taking stakeholder input into account as it considers amendments to its Drug Act and providing interested stakeholders with regular consultation opportunities with the Thai Food and Drug Administration.
After 10 years in the company of a dozen countries deemed to have the world's worst IP protection, the country has been upgraded to the Watch List.
Some U.S. rights holders report good cooperation with Thai enforcement authorities, including the Royal Thai Police and Royal Thai Customs.
In light of Thailand's progress, USTR is closing the OCR that was initiated on September 15, 2017, and is moving Thailand from the Special 301 Priority Watch List to the Watch List. The United States will continue to engage bilaterally with Thailand to address other remaining IP concerns, which are highlighted in the 2017 Special 301 Report.
Upgrading Thailand's IP watch list status a boost to the country's image
The upgrading of Thailand's intellectual property watch list status by the United States Trade Representative will boost the country's image, trade and investment, Commerce Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said today (Dec 16).
The removal of Thailand from the priority watch list of intellectual property violation by the USTR will also contribute to the government's Thailand 4.0 policy, which focuses on innovation- and technology-driven economy, Mr Sontirat said.
He was responding to the USTR's announcement on Dec 15 that the agency is removing Thailand from the Special 301 Priority Watch List to the Watch List due to the country's improving intellectual property (IP) protection and enforcement.
The minister said Thailand was among the 11 countries under the US priority watch list on intellectual property violation in the latest round of the Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review.
The upgrade of the country's status from Priority Watch List to Watch List reflected the progress of the country's efforts in intellectual property protection, he said.
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Thailand's Asia-Pacific free trade area agenda
Thailand is working with the 21 APEC economies to advance the Asia-Pacific free trade area (FTAAP) initiative. Work goals under the initiative are now being rapidly designated so they may be endorsed by APEC ministers and leaders.
Thai exports dropped 4.4% in October
Thailand's export growth declined in October for the first time since February of last year.
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If the resumed talks lead to an agreement, Thailand will become the third ASEAN country to have an FTA with the EU, after Vietnam and Singapore.
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AOAC International, a worldwide provider and facilitator in the development of analytical standards, is issuing a call for dietary supplement ingredients in order to prioritize those ingredients that need validated methods.
AOAC welcomes suggested ingredients from the dietary supplement industry, government, and academia. Interested parties are invited to submit ingredients by April 14, 2006, with a brief justification/need statement as to why these ingredients should be considered.
In support of the AOAC/NIH/FDA initiative on dietary supplements, over 75 ingredients have now been prioritized and from among the top ranked ingredients, some two dozens methods specific to these ingredients are now being evaluated within the collaborative study process of the AOAC Official Methods program. The next ranking will be conducted at the Task Force meeting to be held in conjunction with the upcoming Supply Side East trade show, May 1 in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Interested parties are asked to submit a justification/need statement as to why any these ingredients should receive a higher priority score. Lack of a justification/need statement could move currently top scoring items down the list.
Visit the AOAC website at http://www.aoac.org/dietsupp6/Dietary-Supplement-web-site/ingred_call.htm to find the current list of prioritized ingredients, along with a few suggested ingredients that have justifications/need statements that can serve as examples for other write-ups.
Dietary supplement ingredients are ranked in order of priority for methods validation, and source of funding is a major driving factor in decisions. Other criteria for ranking ingredients include the relative market share of the ingredient, the general availability of methods from which to select a method, any NIH clinical trials planned or underway requiring a method to characterize the material used in the trial, and any ingredient safety concerns.
All ranking factors will be determined and justified by the AOAC Presidential Task Force on Dietary Supplements, and factors and assigned weight may change based on changing needs determined by its members.
AOAC INTERNATIONAL is a nonprofit organization that itself maintains no laboratories, conducts no research, and performs no tests. The actual work of devising and testing methods of dietary supplements is done by AOAC's government and industry stakeholders. AOAC coordinates these scientific studies, receives and evaluates the results, gives official sanction to acceptable methods, and publishes and distributes the methods and performance data.
For more information, or to submit your suggested ingredients, e-mail Bob Rathbone at AOAC at rrathbone@aoac.org.


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Are Shorter Workweeks the Way of the Future?
September 29th, 2016 | By Jules Halpern Associates | Benefits, Employment Law, Employment Trends, Human Resources, Wellness Programs
Fostering an environment that promotes a solid work-life balance has been a goal of progressive employers for years. The average American employee works more hours per week and takes less time off than employees in other developed countries. These grueling workweeks can lead to employees getting "burnt out," causing them to be less productive and efficient. In order to combat burnout, many employers have started to experiment with different workweek structures, such as compressed workweeks or overall work hour reduction.
Some employers have implemented compressed workweek policies in which employees work 40 hours over three or four days, as opposed to the normal five. These schedules enable employees to work a normal amount of full-time hours while having the ability to enjoy a longer time off during the weekend.
Other employers have taken a very different approach by reducing the total amount of hours an employee works from 40 to 30. Hour reduction can either result in shorter workdays or shorter workweeks, providing employees with more flexibility than a typical 9-to-5.
Burnout occurs when employees overwork themselves to the point of both physical and mental exhaustion. Even the most dedicated employee, or someone who simply loves his or her job, can experience burnout. Not only does this affect the individual employee and his or her family, but it can also cause a huge detriment to the employer.
Stressed, exhausted employees may fall behind in their duties or produce sub-par work, costing employers extra time and effort in order to catch up or remedy poor performance. Additionally, burnt out employees can cause employers to pay higher healthcare costs, since stress and exhaustion often lead to an increase in physical illness. For more information on the causes and cures of burnout, see our Blog Post, Workplace Insights – Avoiding Burnout.
Currently, employers are experimenting with two approaches for altering a workforce's normal workweek structure: (1) the compressed workweek, and (2) overall hour reduction.
Compressed Workweeks
Having a compressed workweek reduces the number of days that an employee works while increasing the amount of hours he or she works per day. In these situations, the employee still works a full 40 hours. Generally, employers allow for a four-day workweek as opposed to five, with employees working 10 hours each day; however, there are some employees who are on three-day workweek schedules, working an average of 12 hours per day.
Longer work hours enable employees to focus on single tasks for longer periods of time without interruption. Additionally, employers who have experimented with compressed workweeks have noted that their employees work faster and are more focused on their tasks.
Compressed workweeks can create issues, especially for smaller employers, when one employee calls out sick; however, some employers noted a decrease in the amount of sick days their employees take when on a compressed schedule. Many employers who provide compressed workweeks claim that the complications with employees calling out are "worth it" when they consider how beneficial the schedule is not only for productivity, but also for obtaining and retaining talented employees.
Reduced Work Hours
Workweeks that provide for an overall reduction in hours have been growing in popularity over the past years, even with larger employers like Amazon, which recently announced its new "Part Time Team Initiative." On these schedules, employees' hours are reduced, generally to 30 hours per week.
Reduced work hour schedules provide some of the largest amount of flexibility. They enable employees to work shorter weeks, shorter days, or a combination of the two. Amazon's new program requires participating employees to work specified hours from Monday through Thursday, which add up to 16 hours, the remaining 14 hours are then completed at the employees' convenience throughout the week.
Studies have found that productivity either plateaus or declines after more than five or six hours of focus. Because of this, employers who allow their employees to work shorter daily hours have seen an increase in productivity and overall quality of work. Additionally, these employers believe that reduced hours make their employees happier and more productive, as well as help recruit and retain skilled employees.
Legal Considerations
Although altering the standard workweek can have major benefits for both employees and employers, it also presents legal considerations that employers must take into account before making any final decisions.
Some states, including California, require employers to pay overtime to employees who work more than eight hours in a single day, rather than only requiring overtime for employees who work more than 40 hours per week. Additionally, other states, such as New York, may have "spread of hours" laws that require extra payment for non-exempt employees who work more than 10 hours from the start of their shift to the end, including all break and meal periods.
In implementing reduced work schedules, employers will face the daunting task of determining whether reduced hours change an employee's status from full-time to part-time. Combined with this task is the determination of salary and whether or not these employees will be eligible to receive benefits, and if so, which ones.
While a 40-hour workweek may work for some, for others it is causing increased quality and health issues. As the average person's lifespan continues to increase, the need to prevent early out is more important as ever. Prudent employers should take a serious look at their workforce in order to determine whether a compressed or reduced hours schedule would benefit their employees, and subsequently benefit their operations.
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It wasn't that long ago, but your blog was like walking through history for me. Good history.
Hi Chris! Yes, good recent history. I am hoping to have posts on Caballo through Bottomless Lakes posted soon. I just noticed you are in Georgia already. Wow, you made good time! Hope you and Edna are having fun. Be safe!
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This dish is typically served for Peruvian Sunday breakfasts. It is also a festive food: no event or major happenings is complete without it. The Peruvian tamal is found in all regions of the country and is also known as humita. They can be sweet or savoury, and are different colours (green, purple, white, yellow).


Think of this blog is as a journey to the frontier of scientific knowledge, a stroll to the cutting edge of research. Come with me for a look at the latest research, inventions and expeditions.
Then beyond the cutting edge, we go where scientific speculation merges into science fiction. Is time travel possible? Are there alternative dimensions? What is dark energy and dark matter. Could there be life on other planets? Will we ever visit them?
Then further out still, we journey from the possible to the improbable, the paranormal, UFOs, new age medicine and strange technologies.
But what is improbable today could be possible tomorrow. Some science fiction of my childhood is already fact. Tomorrow is here.


The government sent in three warped armored soldiers. With their inhuman physical capabilities, they overpower the large creatures. However, suddenly they wage an attack on civilians. The assassin's dagger is looming ever closer to Shirasaki! Death is imminent in this city-style monster panic!


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Find a Park > Adelaide Hills
Horsnell Gully and Giles Conservation Parks
Take a bushwalk through the steep gullies in the picturesque Adelaide Hills to discover the history of Horsnell Gully and Giles Conservation Parks. Both the Heysen and Yurrebilla trails wind their way through these parks, offering stunning views of the surrounding region.
Named after the state Governor's coachmen, John Horsnell, relics and reminders of the Horsnell family property still remain. Along the signposted walking trails, you will find the remains of a large homestead, including the coaching sheds, stable and cowsheds. The original garden of the Horsnell property is located at the start of the walking trail, marked by elm trees, plum trees and orange trees.
There is an extensive network of trails within both parks, with two main hiking loops in Horsnell Gully Conservation Park.
The Heysen Trail
The Yurrebilla Trail
Open daily.
Closures and safety
This park is closed on days of Catastrophic Fire Danger and may also be closed on days of Extreme Fire Danger.
You can determine the current fire danger rating by checking the Fire Ban District map on the CFS website.
Check the CFS website or call the CFS Bushfire Information Hotline 1800 362 361 for:
Information on fire bans and current fire conditions
Current CFS warnings and incidents
Information on what to do in the event of a fire.
Listen to your local area radio station for the latest updates and information on fire safety.
Visitor information, bookings and park management:
Black Hill National Park and Wildlife Service Office
Email: DEW.NPWSNorthLofty@sa.gov.au
Medical, fire (including bushfire) and police emergency situations
Phone: Triple Zero (000)
Police Assistance
Phone: 131 444 for non-urgent police assistance
National Parks and Wildlife Service SA – Duty officer
Injured wildlife:
Within the park
Please contact Black Hill National Park and Wildlife Service Office on (08) 8336 0901 or the duty officer on 0427 556 676
Please contact a local wildlife rescue group
Horsnell Gully and Giles Conservation Parks are located 10km east of Adelaide.
Parking and access to Horsnell Gully Conservation Park is via Horsnell Gully Road and Coach Road.
Access to Giles Conservation Park is via Woods Hill Road and the Heysen and Yurrebilla trails along Ridge Track.
Dogs are not permitted in this park.
Discover which parks you can walk your dog in on our find a park tool or read 12 dog-friendly walks in Adelaide Parks by Good Living for inspiration.
Assistance dogs are permitted in most public places and are therefore welcome in South Australia's parks and reserves. Assistance dogs must be appropriately restrained on a lead and remain under your effective control at all times while in a park or reserve.
As per the dogs in parks and reserves policy, if the dog is not an accredited assistance dog, they must be trained to assist a person with a disability to alleviate that disability and meet standards of hygiene and behaviour appropriate for a dog in a public place. However, refusal may be given if the person with the disability is unable to produce evidence the dog is an assistance dog with the appropriate training.
Before taking your assistance dog into a park that does not normally allow dogs, it is highly recommended that you contact us so we can provide you with the latest information on any potential hazards within specific parks that may affect your dog. Please contact the park via the contact details provided under the contact tab or contact the visitor service centre via email or on Facebook, or you can live chat with a customer service representative on the website Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.
Take a packed lunch and enjoy an open air meal in the picnic areas within this park.
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Important: Collection of firewood within National Parks is prohibited. Dead wood plays a vital role in providing shelter for animals and adding nutrients to the soil.
Keep an eye out for the local wildlife which includes western grey kangaroos, koalas and short-beaked echidnas.
Flora and fauna species lists
To download flora (plants) and fauna (animals) species lists for this park, use the 'Create Simple Species List' tab under 'Flora Tools' or 'Fauna Tools' in NatureMaps.
Phytophthora (fy-TOFF-thora), otherwise known as root-rot fungus, is killing our native plants and threatens the survival of animals depending on plants for food and shelter.
This introduced fungus can be found in plant roots, soil and water. Help stop the spread by using hygiene stations, staying on tracks and trails and by complying with all Phytophthora management signs.
Phytophthora brochure
Aboriginal peoples have occupied, enjoyed and managed the lands and waters of this State for thousands of generations. For Aboriginal first nations, creation ancestors laid down the laws of the Country and bestowed a range of customary rights and obligations to the many Aboriginal Nations across our state.
There are many places across the State that have great spiritual significance to Aboriginal first nations. At some of these places Aboriginal cultural protocols, such as restricted access, are promoted and visitors are asked to respect the wishes of Traditional Owners.
In places where protocols are not promoted visitors are asked to show respect by not touching or removing anything, and make sure you take all your rubbish with you when you leave.
Aboriginal peoples continue to play an active role in caring for their Country, including in parks across South Australia.
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Bushwalking is a fantastic way to connect with nature, keep fit and spend time with family and friends. South Australia's national parks feature a range of trails that let you experience a diversity of landscapes.
Both the Heysen and Yurrebilla trails wind their way through these parks, offering stunning views of the surrounding region.
Hard hikes
Rockdale Hill Hike (2 hours return, 4km)
For the full experience of Horsnell Gully, hike the Rockdale Hill Hike loop. You can access the Rockdale Hill Hike from the bottom of the park at the Horsnell Gully Road carpark and from the top of the park at the end of Coach Road, Gate 3. Hike in a counter-clockwise direction, following the trail up the main valley beneath majestic river red gums and South Australian blue gums to the waterfall. Keep an eye out for koalas in the tree tops and a wide variety of woodland birds foraging in the undergrowth. The hike up the waterfall can be challenging - beware of loose unstable ground and slippery rocks. Once you're at the top of the waterfall, continue in a south-easterly direction to the intersection of the Heysen and Yurrebilla trails. Here is where you will find the best remnant vegetation and beautiful wildflowers. Follow the trail north as it gradually descends into the valley, providing excellent views of Adelaide. The trail eventually descends back to the main car park.
Waterfall Hike (30 minutes one way, 1 km)
The Waterfall Hike is recommended for those looking for a shorter option, although it is still challenging in its own right. Begin your hike from the lower car park at the end of Horsnell Gully Road. Travel over the footbridge and up the main valley. This trail gradually inclines and can be slippery when wet. Once you reach the bottom of the waterfall, take your time climbing the rocky terrain on the way up. This is a Grade 4 Hard Hike and great caution should be taken when traversing this section especially in the downhill direction.
There are no designated mountain biking trails in this park.
Which parks can you ride in?
Stay in the park
Camping is not permitted within this park.
Use Find a Park to discover which parks you can camp in.
To find out how you can help in this park or nearby, please visit Natural Resources Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges – Volunteering.
Want to join others and become a Park Friend?
To find out more about Friends of Parks groups please visit Friends of Parks South Australia.
You could join others to help look after a park. You can take part in working bees, training and other events.
Beware, the Waterfall Hike and Rockdale Hill Hike are both Grade 4 Hard Hikes. These trails may be wet, muddy and slippery in sections (especially during winter) and they are not advisable after heavy rains. Bushwalking experience is highly recommended and it is safest to traverse this section in a counter-clockwise uphill direction starting from the lower carpark.
The international Trail Users Code of Conduct is to show respect and courtesy towards other trail users at all times.
Ensure that you:
keep to defined walking trails and follow the trail markers
wear sturdy shoes, a hat and sunscreen
carry sufficient drinking water
be aware of weather conditions and avoid walking during the hottest part of the day
Walk, hike or trek - what's the difference?
Can I have a fire or barbecue?
Wood fires, solid fuel, gas fires and liquid fuel fires are prohibited throughout the year.
Ensure you are familiar with the fire restrictions for this park.
Every national park is different, each has its own unique environment, it is important to be responsible while enjoying all the park has to offer.
Please ensure that you:
leave your pets at home
do not feed birds or other animals, it promotes aggressive behaviour and an unbalanced ecology
do not bring generators (except where permitted), chainsaws or firearms into the park
leave the park as you found it - there are no bins in national parks, please come prepared to take your rubbish with you.
abide by the road rules (maintain the speed limit)
respect geological and heritage sites
do not remove native plants
are considerate of other park users.
Horsnell Gully and Giles Conservation Parks map
Maps on your mobile
If you have a smartphone or tablet you can download the free Avenza Map app and have interactive national park maps on hand when you need them.
The app uses your device's built-in GPS to plot your real-time location within the park onto a map. The app can be used without a network connection and without roaming charges. You can also measure area and distance, plot photos and drop placemark pins.
How to get it working on your device:
1. Download the Avenza Maps app from the app store (iOS/Android) whilst you are still in range (its free!).
2. Open up the app and click the shopping cart icon.
3. Click 'Find' and type the name of the national park or reserve you are looking for.
4. Click on the map you are after and install it (all our maps are free).
5. You will now find a list of your installed maps on the home page of the Avenza Maps app.
6. Use our maps through the Avenza Mapa app while in the park and never take a wrong turn again.
Come and enjoy this park for free.
Park pass
This park is not included in the park pass system.
Which parks are included in the park pass system?
There is no camping or accommodation available within this park.
Other fees and permits
There are no other fees or permits associated with this park.
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Dr. HANLON graduated in 1974 since then is practicing in medical field for about 42 years. Since 1974 no malpractice has been reported for this physician. Dr. JOHN HANLON is practicing in ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL with other 11 doctors. Doctor and his group mates are now practicing in ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL, PENDLETON – OR and other hospitals lited here.
Medicare is social insurance program in USA and Dr. JOHN HANLON accepts Medicare medical insurance approved amounts as May or May not. If physician Dr. JOHN T HANLON takes Medicare approved payments then 30 insurance companies under Medicare are accepted by Dr. HANLON.
Dr. JOHN T HANLON , MD Works with ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL, due to some privacy issue we can not provide the direct email contacts here online.
Phone number of doctor JOHN T HANLON is available at the official website of the organisation ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL, also you may contact the office of doctor at ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL and other hospital can also give phone number of Doctor HANLON. However due to privacy issue we can not provide phone number of HANLON here.
Dr. JOHN T HANLON , MD – CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) is one of the most famous doctor in PENDLETON, OR, having specialization in CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY). Here is reviews and rating Based on various surveys.
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Dr. HANLON worked in various hospitals in practice life under the organisation ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL. Office of Dr. JOHN HANLON is in the corresponding Hospitals. Dr. HANLON working office hours are from 10:20 to 16:30 during this time you may visit the Docotr's office at ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL, However emergency support by Dr. JOHN is not surely known.
Name Of Hospitals Where Dr. JOHN T HANLON , MD – CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) provides service.
Getting appointment with Dr. JOHN HANLON is very easy by visiting the hospitals where doctor provides services, however emergency appointment with Dr. JOHN HANLON depends upon time available to doctor. User rating are 3.7 out of five, which is very good and is above average.
You may also contact the ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL for getting General appointment or emergency appointment as Dr. HANLON Provides all its services under ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL.
Dr. JOHN T HANLON , MD is primarily specialized in CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY), and thus provides best treatments in its area of interest CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY). However Doctor JOHN HANLON also have some other specializations.
Dr. JOHN T HANLON , MD – CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) is highly famous and intelligent doctor in PENDLETON, passed out from OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE in 1974, and have a very tough experience of 42 years thus providing best medical treatments.
0 – Malpractice reports by the PENDLETON Authorities.
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It's been over 20 years since the digital revolution started in India and since then it has only disrupted every space that it has touched. Today, mobile has unleashed a massive wave of digital adoption and is enabling every possible industry to look towards digital as the way forward. However, this journey has not been an easy one.
The Indian Internet ecosystem has seen its share of ups and downs. Many businesses broke onto the scene like a wild-fire only to go out like a candle flame. However, there are shining examples of others who weathered a lot of storms and successfully navigated through the ecosystem to shape up their own industry.
It is the faces of such inspiring Indian Internet businesses that made for an esteemed group of panelists at the opening panel discussion on the 'Emerging Challenges of Indian Internet Companies' at the recently held IAMAI India Digital Summit 2017.
The panelists included Sachin Bansal, Exec. Chairman & Co-Founder, Flipkart; Hitesh Oberoi, Co-Promoter, MD and CEO at Info Edge India Ltd.; Vinodh Bhat, Co-founder, President & Chief Strategy Officer at Saavn and Bipinpreet Singh, Founder & CEO, Mobikwik. Their stories of weathering many storms that hit the ecosystem, innovations that shaped their industry and life-changing decisions made for a power-packed panel discussion.
Dippak Khurana, Co-Founder & CEO, Vserv & VMAX who was moderating the discussion, started off by talking about how companies such as those represented by the panelists disrupted India's Internet economy during its early days. Describing them as Survivors of Change, Dippak asked the panelists to share their thoughts on what 2016 meant for them.
The panelists shared several interesting insights and anecdotes over the course of the discussion. Hitesh Oberoi was of the view that 2016 had served as a reality check for many and he felt that people are now getting a lot more real about what it takes to build a company, the size of the Indian market and the opportunities.
Sachin Bansal shared a similar view and said that 2016 was similar to 2012 in many ways. After 2011, a lot of funding was flowing into the ecosystem very rapidly. In 2012 there were lot of companies sold out, shut down and market started picking up 2013 onwards. 2014-15 saw scale and 2016 was the cooling off period. This is a cycle that markets go through.
Bipinpreet Singh talked about how its sheer persistence and focus on core business had helped Mobikwik fight off competition from all quarters including other wallets, banks, E-commerce companies, cab aggregators and even the government itself.
According to Vinodh Bhat, Saavn's decision to focus data analytics is what helped them understand users better, which in turn had resulted in better business and marketing decisions.


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Increases in the professional services, education and government sectors contributed to 4,100 new jobs across all non-farm employment sectors, according to the state Department of Labor.
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BRUSSELS (IDN) - Representatives of governments, civil society, and the private sector as well as global development partners have pledged to build new South-South and triangular partnerships to empower women and youth through jobs and entrepreneurship with a view to ensuring integrated rural development.
While South-South cooperation (SSC) is between and among developing countries, triangular cooperation (TrC) involves a traditional donor from the ranks of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC), an emerging donor in the South, and a beneficiary country in the South.
The decision on new partnerships was taken at a symposium on February 11-12 organized in Brussels by the 79-nation African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP).
Groups at the symposium agreed on an action plan to ensure that other ACP countries benefit from the shared experiences and best practices to fulfil their targets in line with the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including two key objectives to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls, as well as to promote decent work and economic growth.
The significance of the pledge and the action plan is underlined by the fact that agriculture is the single largest employer in the world, providing livelihoods for 40 per cent of the world population. It is the major source of income and jobs for poor rural households.
Besides, according to the United Nations, 500 million small farms worldwide provide up to 80 per cent of food consumed in a large part of the developing world. And, if women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million, the UN says.
Three days ahead of the symposium, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Commission for Social Development – the first of the functional commissions of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to meet this year – that 2016 must be a year of "global traction" to ensure that 3.1 billion people worldwide are not left behind in the race to end poverty. 2015 was a year of "global action" on the SDGs agreed by the international community in September 2015.
These range from zero poverty, zero hunger, good health, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, and affordable clean energy, to decent work and economic growth, innovation, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities, responsible consumption, climate action, unpolluted oceans and land, and partnerships to achieve the goals.
"We have to make things move – rolling traction," he told the ECOSOC. "The work of the Commission affects the lives of 1.2 billion young people, more than 900 million older persons and 1 billion persons with disabilities around the globe, among many others. Your work will be crucial in ensuring that the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs truly leave no one behind," he said.
In particular, the eighth goal of the 2030 Agenda that aims to "promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all", sets a very important target to achieve, organisers of the symposium said in a message to the participants.
The Brussels symposium examined key areas including the development of skills, enhancing institutional capacities, improving access to technology, land and efficient business services.
"African, Caribbean and Pacific countries have a long history of collaboration in various fields, including under the ACP-EU partnership framework. We are excited to share these experiences, and to highlight the added value of South-South and Triangular Cooperation in enhancing inclusivity, diversity, innovation and genuine partnerships," said Dr Patrick Gomes, Secretary General of the ACP Group of States.
"We cannot emphasize enough that this kind of event is always an opportunity to showcase and promote the development solutions from the South that effectively work especially for the youth and women of the global south. We salute everyone – individuals and institutions who are represented in today's symposium," said Rogel Nuguid, UN Interagency Coordinator at the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).
Laurent Thomas, Assistant Director-General for Technical Cooperation and Programme Management at FAO, said the organization was pleased about partnership with the ACP, and was eager to work together to deliver results under the 2030 Agenda.
"Without partnership no one will succeed. What we need is concrete action to support women and youth who are too often the ones left behind. Through South-South collaboration each ACP country has something to bring and share so we can accelerate real change for women and youth," Thomas said.
With more than 85 percent of young people living in developing countries, expanding national and regional policies and interventions on youth employment is considered essential, he said.
OIF Secretary-General Michaëlle Jean emphasized the need for empowering women: "When you empower women you empower a community, a nation, humanity. If we are to combat poverty we have to guarantee that women have rights to land and access to technology and skills. Women should to be part of policy making processes." Young people, she said, are critical actors in development and called for groups to work together for concerted action.
Manuel Clarote Lapao, Head of the CPLP's Cooperation Department, informed participants that South-South and Triangular Cooperation have proved to be important in areas such as food security and nutrition, health and in the fight against child labour.
The symposium also provided an opportunity to development agencies and countries including Benin, Mali, Mozambique and Uganda to present their initiatives and projects. These served as a catalyst to discussions on how similar techniques can be introduced elsewhere in the world to help combat hunger and improve rural livelihoods.
Among them were the ACP's COLEACP Programme that bolsters trade to support smallholder farmers across Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific. It encourages small horticultural businesses from these regions to actively promote sustainable trade and poverty alleviation.
Four UN agencies and national partners presented a joint initiative implemented on promoting rural women's economic empowerment, through providing them with access to knowledge and skills in simple ways such as using solar powered radios to connect communities. The programme spans seven countries and is working with 75,000 rural women.


When the battery is first inserted, sequence step 1 contains the contents of memory 1, sequence step 2 contains the contents of memory 2 and so on up to sequence step 19. Step 20 contains an end of sequence marker (E).
By pressing the M+ and M- buttons simultaneously (for 5 seconds) when the head is locked in simple mode, sequence mode is entered.
The display gives the choice to either use the existing sequence (press M- button) or edit the sequence to create a new one (press M+). If no choice is made within 5 seconds, the display will return to simple mode.
Pressing the M+ button to edit, the sequence is entered at step 1. The existing contents of this step (in this case memory 1) are also displayed.
Pressing M+ or M- will increment or decrement the sequence step numbers and the display will show the memory number stored in each sequence step. Keeping the M+ or M- buttons pressed will scroll through the sequence steps at the rate of two per second.
Once the sequence step to be changed is chosen (in this example step 3 currently containing memory number 3), pressing the M+ and M- buttons simultaneously for between half a second and 3 seconds* changes the display.
The S character disappears and the M character will be shown. This confirms that the sequence step chosen (step 3) is now frozen, and that the new contents can be chosen by pressing either the M+ or Mbutton to scroll up or down through the memory numbers.
Once the memory number to be stored in sequence step 3 has been chosen (in this example memory 5), pressing the M+ and M- buttons simultaneously for between half a second and 3 seconds* will store memory 5 in sequence step 3. This is confirmed by a store (Sto) message appearing on the display. The M character disappears and the S character reappears, confirming that the function of the M+ and M- buttons has been transferred back to selecting sequence steps.
* If the buttons are held for longer than 3 seconds, the display will revert to the 'End USE' screen (see step 7).
step 3 containing memory 5.
To end the sequence, the end of sequence marker (E) must be placed in sequence step 4. Pressing the M+ button will increment the sequence to step 4 and the display will show the current contents as memory 4.
Press M+ and M- simultaneously for between half a second and 3 seconds. This changes the display. The S character is replaced by the M character as before.
Press and hold either the M+ or M- button until the end of sequence marker (E) is displayed. This is positioned between M19 and M1.
Store E in sequence step 4 by pressing the M+ and M- buttons simultaneously for between half a second and 3 seconds.
Step 1 (M1), Step 2 (M2), Step 3 (M5), Step 4 (E).
To exit from editing a sequence, press the M+ and M- buttons simultaneously for longer than 3 seconds. The display will give a choice of either ending sequence mode or using the sequence.
Pressing the M- button or taking no action for 5 seconds will return the display to simple mode. Pressing the M+ button enables use of the stored sequence.
NOTE: To reset the sequence back to its original form (step 1containing memory 1, step 2 containing memory 2, etc), simply place the end of sequence marker (E) in sequence step 1 during sequence editing.


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Baghdad, Iraq: Coordinated bomb attacks around Baghdad > more than 175 people dead (200 injured).
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Attack on Holey Artisan café > 20 people dead – two policemen killed > six militants killed (one arrested).
Puchong, Malaysia: Grenade attack at Movida nightclub > eight people injured.
Istanbul, Turkey: Suicide bombing at Istanbul Ataturk Airport > 45 people killed > three militants killed.
Al Qaa, Lebanon: Series of suicide bombings > five people dead (28 injured) > six militants killed.
Mukalla, Yemen: Triple bomb attacks > 35 people dead (24 injured) > one militant killed.
Ruqban, Jordan: Suicide attack on a refugee camp on the Jordan-Syrian border > seven killed (13 injured) > one militant killed.
Kabul, Afghanistan: Multiple attacks across the city > 25 people dead (14 claimed by Islamic State), (11 by Taliban).
Magnanville, France: Stabbing of a police officer and his wife at their home > two people dead > one militant killed.
Orlando, United States: Attack on Pulse nightclub by solo gunman > 49 people killed (53 injured) > one gunman shot dead.