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Children Cancer Support
Dr. Biswajit Kar M.D
President/Director
Dr. Kar earned his medical degree from the Armed Forces Medical college (AFMC) Pune, India. After completing 12 years of distinguished service in the Indian Army , he came to the US and completed his residency in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He subsequently completed his fellowship in cardiology and interventional cardiology at BCM /Texas Heart Institute where he later served as a faculty member.
Board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, interventional cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure & heart transplantation his Clinical and Research interests include Complex Coronary and Peripheral Interventions, structural heart disease and Cardiogenic shock.
Dr. Kar has served in the teaching faculty of BCM/Texas Heart Institute and was the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization laboratory at the Michael E DeBackey VA Medical Center. Currently he serves as a professor of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School and is the Chief of the Medical division for the Center for Advanced Heart Failure , Heart and Lung transplantation at the Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-Texas Medical Center.
A member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Artificial Organs, the American College of Physicians, the Heart Failure Society of America and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, he has published over one hundred original articles in prestigious medical journals as well as book chapters.
Mr. Bhasist Sharma Esq
Legal/Director
Bash Sharma is a Texas attorney who is also licensed to practice in New York. Bash, along with 3 of his accomplished daughters Anjali, Sharda, and Mala, handle mainly Immigration, Personal Injuries, Commercial Litigation, and Criminal defense cases. Daughter Vhada is a pediatrician. With almost 50 years of combined experience, The Law Offices of Sharma & Associates has proven highly successful in advocating for clients' rights.
Bash is very community minded. He has served in many charitable organizations, including CCA, ICC, India House, South Asian Chamber of Commerce, IAPAC, Caribbean Chamber, and various others.
Bash is past president of the Houston NW Bar Association, former judicial candidate, and a grandfather of 5 perfect babies.
Foundation for Children's Cancer Research and Support is a charitable organization that is near and dear to the Sharma family.
Mrs. Parul Fernandes
Secretary/Director
Parul Fernandes retired from University of Houston as director of International studies and programs 2014. Since then she has aimed at helping various community organizations with fundraising and setting policies and procedures. She has been the chief trustee of India Culture Center, Vice Chairman for India foundation studies and is in the board of International film festival of Houston.
Apart from being in higher education for 50 years, she has been the first Indian woman to be the Country Director for the Republic of Kiribati in the South Pacific implementing projects for UNICEF, USAID, CANADA Fund and AUSTRALIA Fund. She is a globe trotter and has traveled around the world 4 times by herself and visited till now 48 countries. Always supportive of different cultures, traditions, and Art. She now aims at helping non-profit organizations with her skills in grant writing, leadership, branding, and management. She calls herself a global citizen.
Capt. Satyajit (Jeet) Kar
Capt. Kar is a Sea Captain by profession and has sailed on board various types of ships around the world. He has a diverse experience in peace as well as combat and challenges areas such as Somalia and the Middle East. After coming ashore, he has held key executive positions in the Marine as well as the oil and Gas service industry.
Currently he holds a position of a senior executive with a multinational company in Houston, TX.
His keen interest for supporting the cause of this non-profit organization is because his son was diagnosed with cancer (Rhabdo Mayo
Sarcoma) that completely changed his and his family's life.
Jawahar Malhotra
Communication and Media / Director
Mr. Malhotra has been a Houston resident since January 26, 1969, when he arrived from Bern, Switzerland to attend the University of Houston after completing his High School in Teheran, Iran. Though he was born in New Delhi, India, he grew up all over the world as his father was an Indian Foreign Service Diplomat, and the family in London, UK; Karachi, West Pakistan; Teheran, Iran, Bern, Switzerland and Bucharest, Romania. Additionally, he has lived in Paris, France and Singapore, visited over 40 countries and speaks 8 languages. Malhotra received his bachelor's in electrical engineering and later a master's in biomedical engineering (in collaboration with the Baylor College of Medicine & VA Hospital's Sleep Lab program), both from the University of Houston.
For most of his career, he has worked as a Consulting Engineer, most recently building huge sports stadiums and arenas for many universities nationwide. He helped build Hobby Airport, the University of Mississippi Basketball Arena, other arenas and football stadiums nationwide, several Houston Community College buildings, high-rise multiuse residential buildings, the Union Carbide Marine Terminal in Texas City, ethylene projects in the Mid-East, Far East and many other notable structures nationwide and overseas. He was a founding partner and now publisher of Indo-American News, the oldest weekly newspaper in the South servicing the South Asian community for 38 years and is a well-respected community leader. He has been the anchor of the popular TV show, Asiana Television, which ran on Channel 48 for four years. He has written thousands of community's news stories and has produced the popular "Kya Nayi Khabar" cartoon strip as well as worked with his mother Shakuntla Malhotra to produce her immensely popular Mama's Punjabi Recipes, now in its fifth year.
Mr. Malhotra has been influential in city and state politics and held the first large scale fundraiser by Houston Indians for city Mayoral races. He was appointed to the Board of the Houston Media Source municipal television channel by Mayor Bill White. He has served on several other non-profits including Sankara Nethralaya OM Trust and was a Board Director of the Indo American Charity Foundation for six years.
Dr. Dipika S. Ambani, MD
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She is also an Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine's Physician Assistant Program and provides comprehensive, technologically advanced medical care to all patients with the utmost care and compassion. She is an avid athlete, having completed numerous half-marathons, a Marathon and a Triathlon.
Mrs. Ritu Chanchlani
Mrs Chanchlani was born and raised in Pune, India. She has a Masters degree in Business and Accounting. She not only helped establish and grow her family business of Pharmaceuticals but also pursued her own career in Chartered Accounting. She moved with her family to Canada and later to the USA. She calls Houston home where she has been involved with several charitable organizations to help and support homeless as well as education of needy children. She is supported by her husband who is an engineer in the oil and gas industry. Currently, Ms Chanchlani pursues her business as a real estate broker where she owns and manages a boutique real estate company. Her hobbies among other things, include travelling and her passion is for Indian music and movies.
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Q: $P\cdot (Q \times P)$ where $P$ and $Q$ are vectors The answer is zero, but why?
my theory is that $P.Q$ is a scalar product, you cant do cross product between the remaining vector and scalar
but it was written in the answer that the cross product of vector would be parallel to the parallelogram of the vector and therefore parallel to $P$. and the dot product $P$ with another Parallel vector would be zero
so which one is the correct method?
(the question does not specify which is comes first- $(P\cdot Q)\times P$ or $P\cdot (Q \times P)$ in case it was relevant)

A: $Q\times P$ is perpendicular to the plane spanned by $P$ and $Q$, so $P\cdot(Q\times P)=0$.
You are right that $(P\cdot Q)\times P$ does not make sense since $P\cdot Q$ is a scalar.

A: There are two ways we might associate terms, either as $(P \cdot Q) \times P$, or as $P \cdot (Q \times P)$. Fortunately, the first one doesn't make sense, we would be crossing a vector with a scalar (ugh, how many times have I heard that joke?). So the correct way to interpret it is to take it as $P \cdot (Q \times P)$, which correctly dots a vector with another vector.
To see why this quantity is zero, remember that the cross product of two vectors returns a vector that is orthogonal (perpendicular) to both of them. So $Q \times P$ is orthogonal to both $Q$ and $P$. Thus $P \cdot (Q \times P)$ is a dot product between two orthogonal vectors. Do you remember what the result is always when you dot two orthogonal vectors?

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Task force calls for community action to combat addiction epidemic
The first steps to recovery from addiction are often a conversation. The Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, which houses this staircase, will host a community conversation to start Roanoke's recovery.
The public is invited to attend, "Community Conversation: Heroin Epidemic," on July 26 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Community members and experts on addiction and substance abuse will lead the conversation on the opioid and heroin epidemic in the Roanoke Valley. The event will take place at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m.
More people die of drug overdoses than car accidents. There's a nationwide opioid and heroin epidemic, and it's in our own backyard. The Roanoke Valley Heroin Task Force has called for a community conversation to combat addiction and prevent further deaths.
The summit will take place on July 26, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, and feature experts and those directly affected by addiction and substance abuse.
"Addiction is treated as an acute problem, but it's a chronic disease," said Warren Bickel, the director of the Addiction Recovery Research Center at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and the inaugural Virginia Tech Carilion Behavioral Health Research Professor. Bickel is also among the foremost drug abuse researchers in the United States. "We need to change how we think about addiction to better help treat it and support those in recovery."
At Carilion Clinic, the number of people seeking treatment for drug overdoses in the emergency room has increased across the board.
"That's the hardest piece to communicate to parents and folks in the community; to get them to believe that this can happen to them; this can happen to their children; and that they have to really be aware," said John Burton, the chair of Carilion Clinic's emergency department, who noted that opioid and heroin addiction can often start with leftover pain pills stored in a medicine cabinet. "It doesn't matter what your walk of life is, education levels, socio-economic standing – opioid addiction cuts across all those demographics and can affect everyone."
Virginia is one of 11 states with such a significant increase in the rate of death from drug overdoses. Roanoke Valley is one of four major hubs in Virginia with high overdose rates, along with Northern Virginia, Richmond, and Virginia Beach.
"To defeat this epidemic, we must change our culture; we must change the way we look at pain and medication; we must change the way we look at medications in our home and the medication we receive from doctors," said Tom Bowers, the city of Salem's commonwealth's attorney and the chair of the Roanoke Valley Heroin Task Force. "We must look at our family members, especially our young adults, and monitor their response to surgeries and injuries when pain medication is prescribed. Addiction to pain medication is leading to heroin and fentanyl, and the use of heroin and fentanyl is leading to destruction and death."
Bowers will speak at the community summit, as will Ashley Haynes and Janine Underwood. Haynes, a 28-year-old Roanoke resident, is a member of the age group most affected by the epidemic. Underwood lost her son, Bobby, to an overdose just a year ago.
Along with the community conversation, efforts are underway to launch the Roanoke Valley HOPE Initiative.
"Substance use disorders are a chronic medical disease that is deadly but treatable, and where there is treatment there is HOPE," said Cheri Hartman, a psychiatrist at Carilion Clinic and a senior instructor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. Together, the Roanoke Valley HOPE Initiative and the community conversation are serving as a model for the epidemic hubs to help combat their addiction problems.
Michael Friedlander, the executive director of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and Virginia Tech's vice president for health sciences and technology, will also offer remarks at the community conversation.
"The Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute is very pleased to host this summit – opiate addiction is a major national and local health problem," Friedlander said. "However, through scientifically rigorous research into how the brain becomes addicted, it is a challenge that can be met. But we first need to bring the voices of individuals and families who are impacted, health-care providers, researchers, and political leadership together for meaningful dialogue."
The Roanoke Valley Heroin Task Force has issued a call to action with the HOPE Initiative and the community conversation: We need to combat addiction, and we need help to do it.
Ashley J WennersHerron
Addiction Research
Bickel Lab
Blacksburg, Va.
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Roanoke, Va.
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Olympics: Don't Promote Chinese State Propaganda
Peng Shuai waves at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia on January 15, 2019. © AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File
The IOC appears to prize its relationship with a major human rights violator over the rights and safety of Olympic athletes. Yaqiu Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch
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Olympic Committee's Call with Chinese Tennis Star Disregards Safety Concerns
(New York) – The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) collaboration with Chinese authorities on tennis star Peng Shuai's reappearance undermines its expressed commitment to human rights, including the rights and safety of athletes, Human Rights Watch said today.
On November 21, 2021, the IOC said in a statement that its president, Thomas Bach, had a 30-minute video call with three-time Olympian Peng Shuai, joined by a Chinese sports official and an IOC official. The statement said that, during the call, Peng appeared to be "doing fine" and "relaxed," and said she "would like to have her privacy respected." The IOC did not explain how the video call with Peng had been organized, given the difficulties other concerned parties have had reaching her.
"The IOC has vaulted itself from silence about Beijing's abysmal human rights record to active collaboration with Chinese authorities in undermining freedom of speech and disregarding alleged sexual assault," said Yaqiu Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch. "The IOC appears to prize its relationship with a major human rights violator over the rights and safety of Olympic athletes."
Meanwhile, the Chinese authorities have continued to impose a media and internet blackout of discussions of Peng's case. Even words such as "tennis" and the surname "Peng" have been censored or shadow banned online.
Peng, 35, went missing on November 2 after she said on Chinese social media that she had been sexually assaulted and forced into a sexual relationship with Zhang Gaoli, 75, who was China's vice premier from 2013 to 2018.
On November 18 the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) received a statement purporting to be from Peng, recanting her abuse claim. In response, the IOC said that it was "encouraged by assurance that she is safe." On November 19 and 20, photos and videos of Peng appearing in her home, in a restaurant, and at a youth tennis event in Beijing emerged on Twitter accounts affiliated with government-run media. At the same time, Peng has not spoken directly with the media or the WTA.
The authorities do not appear to have initiated an investigation into Peng's complaint against Zhang. The IOC claims to be "actively taking steps to protect athletes from all forms of harassment and abuse in sport." However, it has not said whether it has offered support to Peng concerning her sexual assault allegations.
Since the #MeToo movement took off in China in early 2019, the authorities have censored victims of sexual harassment and harassed women's rights activists. In September, Guangzhou police detained journalist and #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin on charges of "inciting subversion of state power."
The Chinese government forcibly disappears individuals whose views or conduct it sees as problematic, employs extralegal forms of detention and torture, and publishes forced confessions to make dubious cases appear legitimate. Chinese authorities have gone to great lengths to silence critics, including human rights lawyers, journalists, Nobel Peace Prize laureates, and Hong Kong publishers such as Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai. Other prominent people such as billionaire businessman Jack Ma, movie star Fan Bingbing, and Interpol chief Meng Hongwei have also been forcibly disappeared after running afoul of the authorities. After fleeing China or being released from detention, some former detainees recanted statements they were forced to make on camera.
In contrast to the IOC's response to Peng's case, the WTA has repeatedly expressed concerns about Peng's health and safety, called for an investigation into her complaint, and said it is prepared to pull tournaments out of China if it does not get an appropriate response. Reacting to the online videos of Peng and the IOC's call, the WTA said "they don't alleviate or address the WTA's concern about her well-being and ability to communicate without censorship or coercion." World tennis champions including Novak Djokovic, Martina Navratilova, Naomi Osaka, and Serena Williams have also voiced concern about Peng's safety.
By cooperating with Chinese authorities in this video call, the IOC failed to adhere to its own human rights commitments and to protect the free expression rights of Olympic athletes, Human Rights Watch said. The IOC's conduct also undermined the efforts by the WTA and other international sports organizations and individuals to secure Peng's safety and freedom, and hold the Chinese government to account for human rights violations.
In light of the Bach-Peng call, Human Rights Watch calls on the IOC to:
Retract its statement regarding the video call;
Explain publicly the circumstances surrounding the call and the statement, including any details of Chinese government involvement;
Urge the Chinese government to open an independent and transparent investigation into Peng's allegations;
Urge the Chinese government to cease all censorship of reporting and discussions of Peng's case; and
Urge the Chinese government to allow Peng to leave China if she so desires, and not retaliate against family members remaining in China.
Human Rights Watch has previously called for the IOC to carry out human rights due diligence for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. However, the IOC has given no indication that it has conducted or plans to publish a human rights risk assessment. The IOC has also not challenged Chinese authorities over their poor human rights record, including violations linked to the Olympics and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.
"If the IOC wants to credibly claim it's a 'force for good,' it needs to stop participating in the Chinese government's repressive practices," Wang said. "The IOC should instead be standing up for human rights and the freedom and safety of athletes."
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Russia – A country with world-class culture
Russia's culture is one of the first things people associate with the country, and what Russians themselves are deeply proud of. Russia has produced some of the world's greatest writers, poets, composers, artists and musicians of all time. The productions and works by Lev Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevski, Nicholas Roerich, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Boris Pasternak, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Eisenstein and Mstislav Rostropovich are famous the world over. Literature, ballet, classical music, architecture, painting, theatre, cinema – in all areas Russian culture has earned the love and admiration of so many. Every large city in Russia today is a cultural hub in its own right with art exhibitions, festivals, concerts, shows, performances and other recreational activities. There's always something going on and never a moment for boredom.
For more information, visit studyinrussia.ru.
Russia – A country for sport enthusiasts
According to recent statistics, about 60 percent of the population and 71 percent of all students in Russia actively play sports. There are some 70,000 gyms and fitness centres, 140,000 playing fields and 4,800 swimming pools available to sport enthusiasts in Russia.
Russian universities normally operate their own sports facilities and offer students and staff a broad range of athletic activities.
In recent years Russia has hosted world-class sporting events, such as the Olympic Winter Games and the Formula 1 in Sochi in 2014, the Summer Universiade in 2013 and the World Swimming Championships in Kazan in 2015. Russia is already preparing to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and the Winter Universiade in 2019.
Famous sights in Russia
The Bolshoi Theatre, the Tretyakov State Gallery, the Pushkin Museum, the Hermitage and St. Isaac's Cathedral are world-famous sights of Russian culture which attract millions of tourists each year. And these are just a few of the cultural treasures Russia has to offer. Twenty-six cultural landmarks in Russia are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In addition to Red Square and the iconic Kremlin, these include the historic monuments of Novgorod, the white monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal, the ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra, Lake Baikal, the Golden Mountains of Altai and many other cultural and natural landmarks. Numerous universities organise excursions to these sites for their students. The choices are practically endless: from the Golden Ring of eight ancient Russian cities to a trip to the Far Eastern corner of the country with the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway.


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namespace gfx {
class Canvas;
}

// An interface implemented by an object that provides state for objects in the
// TabStrip2. This object is never owned by the TabStrip2.
// TODO(beng): maybe TabStrip2Delegate?
class TabStrip2Model {
 public:
  // Get presentation state for a particular Tab2.
  virtual string16 GetTitle(int index) const = 0;
  virtual SkBitmap GetIcon(int index) const = 0;
  virtual bool IsSelected(int index) const = 0;
  virtual bool ShouldShowIcon(int index) const = 0;
  virtual bool IsLoading(int index) const = 0;
  virtual bool IsCrashed(int index) const = 0;
  virtual bool IsIncognito(int index) const = 0;

  // The Tab2 at the specified index has been selected.
  virtual void SelectTabAt(int index) = 0;

  // Returns true if Tab2s can be dragged.
  virtual bool CanDragTabs() const = 0;

  // The Tab2 at the specified source index has moved to the specified
  // destination index.
  virtual void MoveTabAt(int index, int to_index) = 0;

  // The Tab2 at the specified index was detached. |window_bounds| are the
  // screen bounds of the current window, and |tab_bounds| are the bounds of the
  // Tab2 in screen coordinates.
  virtual void DetachTabAt(int index,
                           const gfx::Rect& window_bounds,
                           const gfx::Rect& tab_bounds) = 0;
};

// A TabStrip view.
class TabStrip2 : public views::View,
                  public Tab2Model,
                  public views::AnimatorDelegate {
 public:
  explicit TabStrip2(TabStrip2Model* model);
  virtual ~TabStrip2();

  // Returns true if the new TabStrip is enabled.
  static bool Enabled();

  // API for adding, removing, selecting and moving tabs around.
  void AddTabAt(int index);
  void RemoveTabAt(int index, Tab2Model* removing_model);
  void SelectTabAt(int index);
  void MoveTabAt(int index, int to_index);

  int GetTabCount() const;
  Tab2* GetTabAt(int index) const;
  int GetTabIndex(Tab2* tab) const;

  // Returns the index to insert an item into the TabStrip at for a drop at the
  // specified point in TabStrip coordinates.
  int GetInsertionIndexForPoint(const gfx::Point& point) const;

  // Returns the bounds of the Tab2 under |screen_point| in screen coordinates.
  gfx::Rect GetDraggedTabScreenBounds(const gfx::Point& screen_point);

  // Sets the bounds of the Tab2 at the specified index to |tab_bounds|.
  void SetDraggedTabBounds(int index, const gfx::Rect& tab_bounds);

  // Animates the dragged Tab2 to the location implied by its index in the
  // model.
  void SendDraggedTabHome();

  // Continue a drag operation on the Tab2 at the specified index.
  void ResumeDraggingTab(int index, const gfx::Rect& tab_bounds);

  // Returns true if the mouse pointer at the specified point (screen bounds)
  // constitutes a rearrange rather than a detach.
  static bool IsDragRearrange(TabStrip2* tabstrip,
                              const gfx::Point& screen_point);

  // Overridden from Tab2Model:
  virtual string16 GetTitle(Tab2* tab) const;
  virtual SkBitmap GetIcon(Tab2* tab) const;
  virtual bool IsSelected(Tab2* tab) const;
  virtual bool ShouldShowIcon(Tab2* tab) const;
  virtual bool IsLoading(Tab2* tab) const;
  virtual bool IsCrashed(Tab2* tab) const;
  virtual bool IsIncognito(Tab2* tab) const;
  virtual void SelectTab(Tab2* tab);
  virtual void CloseTab(Tab2* tab);
  virtual void CaptureDragInfo(Tab2* tab, const views::MouseEvent& drag_event);
  virtual bool DragTab(Tab2* tab, const views::MouseEvent& drag_event);
  virtual void DragEnded(Tab2* tab);
  virtual views::AnimatorDelegate* AsAnimatorDelegate();

  // Overridden from views::View:
  virtual gfx::Size GetPreferredSize();
  virtual void Layout();

 private:
  virtual void PaintChildren(gfx::Canvas* canvas);

  // Overridden from views::AnimatorDelegate:
  virtual views::View* GetClampedView(views::View* host);
  virtual void AnimationCompletedForHost(View* host);

  // Specifies what kind of TabStrip2 operation initiated the Layout, so the
  // heuristic can adapt accordingly.
  enum LayoutSource {
    LS_TAB_ADD,
    LS_TAB_REMOVE,
    LS_TAB_SELECT,
    LS_TAB_DRAG_REORDER,
    LS_TAB_DRAG_NORMALIZE,
    LS_OTHER
  };

  // Returns the animation directions for the specified layout source event.
  int GetAnimateFlagsForLayoutSource(LayoutSource source) const;

  // Lays out the contents of the TabStrip2.
  void LayoutImpl(LayoutSource source);

  // Execute the tab detach operation after a return to the message loop.
  void DragDetachTabImpl(Tab2* tab, int index);

  // Execute the drag initiation operation after a return to the message loop.
  void StartDragTabImpl(int index, const gfx::Rect& tab_bounds);

  // Returns the index into |tabs_| that corresponds to a publicly visible
  // index. The index spaces are different since when a tab is closed we retain
  // the tab in the presentation (and this our tab vector) until the tab has
  // animated itself out of existence, but the clients of our API expect that
  // index to be synchronously removed.
  int GetInternalIndex(int public_index) const;

  TabStrip2Model* model_;

  // A vector of our Tabs. Stored separately from the child views, the child
  // view order does not map directly to the presentation order, and because
  // we can have child views that aren't Tab2s.
  std::vector<Tab2*> tabs_;

  // The position of the mouse relative to the widget when drag information was
  // captured.
  gfx::Point mouse_tab_offset_;

  // The last position of the mouse along the horizontal axis of the TabStrip
  // prior to the current drag event. Used to determine that the mouse has moved
  // beyond the minimum horizontal threshold to initiate a drag operation.
  int last_move_screen_x_;

  // Factories to help break up work and avoid nesting message loops.
  ScopedRunnableMethodFactory<TabStrip2> detach_factory_;
  ScopedRunnableMethodFactory<TabStrip2> drag_start_factory_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TabStrip2);
};

#endif  // #ifndef CHROME_BROWSER_VIEWS_TABS_TAB_STRIP_2_H_

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About President Randall
Indigenous Land Acknowledgment Statement
U Partnership with the Ute Indian Tribe
An Enduring Relationship
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U Leadership
Presidential Commission on Equity and Belonging
About the PCEB
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Past Trustees
Board of Trustees Minutes
Board of Trustees Bylaws
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Honorary Degree Recipients by Name
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Mental health issues and suicide were already high in Utah when pandemic arrived more than a year ago, exacerbating anxiety, stress and loneliness for many Utahns—including many U students. But there is reason to be optimistic that our state can address these challenges in a meaningful, impactful and transformative way, thanks to a donation from the Jon M. and Karen Huntsman family. The donation made possible the creation of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute. In this episode of U Rising, you'll hear from Dr. Mark Rapaport, the institute's new CEO, about how HMHI is working to create new models of care, better service and also to advance research and knowledge that ultimately changes lives. Recorded on March 11, 2021. Thanks to Brooke Adams, Emily Black and Dave White for technical assistance. Original music by Taylor Hartley. Read the full transcript.
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President Ruth Watkins: Welcome to the U Rising podcast. I'm Ruth Watkins, president of the university and my guest today is a remarkable asset to the university and a new asset to the university. So, I think you'll be pleased that you're listening.
Now, we're going to talk about mental health. We know that mental health issues and suicide have been high in Utah and this is a concern for all of us. We know that the pandemic has exacerbated anxiety, stress, loneliness for many Utahns, including many of our students. It's also connected with an economic downturn, perhaps less so in Utah than in many other aspects of the country and the world, but certainly of concern. And that increases a lot of pressure on people. All of us who have been working from home or educating children from home—there's a lot happening in the pandemic that has increased stress and pressure in families.
So, what's the good news on the horizon? Better mental health treatments, greater access to care, thanks to the Huntsman Mental Health Institute. My special guest today, Dr. Mark Rapaport, CEO of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute. Dr. Rapaport is going to share with us how this new institute is working to help Utahns to create new models of care, better service, and also to advance research and knowledge that ultimately really changes lives. Welcome, Dr. Rapaport.
Dr. Mark Rapaport: Well, thank you very much, President Watkins. It's a pleasure to be here today. I can't tell you how glad I am to be at the University of Utah. You have done a remarkable job as a leader here and thank you for everything you've done.
President Watkins: We're so pleased that you joined us. The Huntsman Mental Health Institute is really a big deal. Dr. Rapaport, tell us, tell listeners, a little bit about you, about your history, background, and then maybe a little bit about your own story professionally in mental health care.
Dr. Mark Rapaport: Sure. I'm a third-generation physician. Both of my maternal and paternal grandfathers were physicians. My father was a very famous internist and hematologist, and my uncle was a very famous cardiologist. And so, as a child, I was given a lot of choices. My father half-jokingly said, "You can be any type of doctor you'd like to be." And, of course, being the very good son that I am, I immediately rebelled. So, I went on a journey in college. I took a year of experimental music. I took a couple of years of political science. I got involved in student government. I became involved in disability rights actually and ended up writing the first report that was ever internally published in the University of California about disabled students' services and rights. And I meandered some. I had the great, good fortune of being the administrative intern for the chancellor of the university at UCSD.
And during that time, what I learned was that in order to have impact, in order to be really successful, in helping others, one really had to have an advanced degree. And so, on my 21st birthday, I decided I was going to take nothing but science classes then eventually apply to medical school. I taught elementary school for a year, K through 3, which I loved. I loved the kids. I was distressed with the parents at times. Then had the good fortune to go to medical school at UC San Diego and I fell in love with psychiatry. I fell in love with the fact that when you're a psychiatrist, you get to treat the whole person. It's the person's history, the family history, the person's current economic status, as well as one's physical status was important. And so, one got to be a doctor who treated both the mind and the body.
I was blessed to have a wonderful residency in San Diego, spend four years at the NIH, go back to San Diego, and then in my early forties, I made a very conscious decision. And the decision was that the best way that I could contribute to others was to serve as a leader and that the success that others had—my faculty, trainees, that we had with the community—would be how I would gauge my contributions. Now I always continue to see patients. I always continue to do research, but my major thrust since my mid-forties has been to facilitate the success of others. And I've been blessed to do that in a number of different institutions, most recently at Emory, where we not only were able to do this in psychiatry, but we formed a brain health center with the idea of looking, not just at disease, but at brain health as well. And so, I am really excited to be here where you and others have done so much to really promote mental health and brain health.
President Watkins: I love your story. And I'm so grateful the way you shared it. The thread that I see running through there is just a deep interest in connection to and commitment to people, to others. And I often say to leaders, aspiring leaders that the successful turn for many academics into leadership is the ability to redefine your success and your success is everyone else's success now. And that is not for everybody. I really think you are a wise person to cite that. Now, how on earth did we get so fortunate to get you to come to the University of Utah? What opportunity did you see here in us that you wanted to join?
Dr. Mark Rapaport: Oh. There were a confluence of events here at the University of Utah. They're just remarkable and haven't existed anywhere else. It really happened. Those events include the tremendous gift of the Huntsman family. And also, the fact that they're really engaged donors. The Huntsmans really want to participate in the building of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute. They want to ease the way and do what's right for the people of Utah and for the people of the United States, actually. So, you combine that with really the amazing leadership that you and Mike Good and Dan Reed have brought to the University of Utah. As you know, Ruth, most institutions believe that mental health is the third rail. They're going to sweep it under the rug. They're going to ignore it. It's uncomfortable for people and it's expensive. But you and your leadership team said, "No. We're going to address this. We're going to take this on. We're going to make mental health a major priority for the University of Utah and for the people of Utah." So that plus your philosophy of there being One U for Utah was really important to me.
And then you combine that with the remarkable sort of strength of the Legislature which is really unexpected. Our Legislature here in the state of Utah has taken steps to facilitate great crisis care that doesn't exist in other places with the integration of the Crisis Line, the WarmLine, SafeUT and the mobile assessment teams all coordinated from one institution, the University of Utah. And also, their support for suicide prevention has been remarkable in this state. This confluence of events and circumstances really motivated me to leave a wonderful job that I had at Emory to take what I think is a fantastic opportunity here at the University of Utah.
President Watkins: We're so grateful you did, Mark. And I also want to say, I think you've chosen wisely. The potential of a donor family to join with us to drive change, with a Legislature and a comprehensive university that brings all those assets, the critical missing pieces of leadership. And we're so pleased that you chose us. So, I think big future, positive future, ahead. And, of course, we know there's enormous need. I think the past few years, several reports have helped us see Utah's rates of mental health challenges, of suicide, and the need in our state to do more and reach more people. I think it would probably help listeners to have a little more national context on the concerns here. And I don't think Utah is unique in those challenges. What I do think is unique is our opportunity. So, I think a little national context, just on mental health would be helpful for listeners.
Dr. Mark Rapaport: Sure. I'm glad to do that. Unfortunately, as I've mentioned earlier, mental health has been the third rail, but we're actually at a tipping point, a true tsunami, if we look at what's going on nationally right now. Unfortunately, suicide now is one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States. And for young people, it's second only to motor vehicle accidents. In Utah, tragically, between the ages of 10 and 24, suicide is the leading cause of death. And that is a real wake up call. And it is something that fortunately you and the Legislature and the community have said, "We cannot have here in Utah." However, this tsunami that's occurring, the fact that the CDC recently reported with the pandemic over 40% of Americans are reporting symptoms of anxiety and depression. The fact that we not only have a pandemic in terms of COVID-19, but of opioid and substance use disorders, with a myriad of deaths occurring because of opioid disorders.
And at the same time, a true shortage of mental health providers. In fact, over the next decade, it's projected that the number of psychiatrists in the United States is going to decrease by 3,500. We'll go from about 31,500 down to about 28,000. If we look at social workers, if we look at nurses, if we look at psychologists, we're in a real crisis point when it comes to provision of care for people with mental disorders.
And that's why what we can do here is so important because we have the opportunity to begin to change that trajectory and change that curve. And it goes back to what you mentioned earlier, Ruth. Being at a university, an AAU university, where there is a school of nursing and a school of pharmacy and a school of social work, as well as a dental school, allows us an opportunity to combine forces and bring together people in ways that can't be done otherwise. And it also allows us to begin to influence these different professions through their national organizations and the representation of University of Utah people nationally to address these issues. This is such a unique opportunity, to deal with a real challenge that we face.
President Watkins: I couldn't agree more. And I think the full assets of the university will help as you identify, rollout, priorities for the future. Before we talk specifically about kind of how you're starting to see the landscape and what you put as priorities, I wonder if we could talk just a little bit about early intervention and the power that early intervention has? Now, you may or may not know that this actually is my field, right? And a whole different way with very young kids. And certainly, one of the things we know is not only the individual benefits of early intervention in communication development and disabilities when it's needed, but also frankly, the economic ROI of early intervention. A dollar spent for a three-year-old on a better educational trajectory pays off every step of the way societally. I'm just kind of interested in your perspectives on early intervention and how that landscape looks in the mental health world.
Dr. Mark Rapaport: Well, one, I'm very grateful for the work that you've done with early intervention with children with speech and language disorders. Our youngest had that and he's thriving now. He works at Oracle and is very successful. But it's only because of the tremendous work of specialists and experts like yourself. So, thank you very much for that. What you're talking about is absolutely correct. We know that the majority of psychiatric disorders have onset during adolescence and young adulthood. Part of that is because of the neural pruning of the brain that occurs during adolescence and young adulthood up to age 25 or so. What we also know is that the antecedents of this occur much earlier.
And what's exciting about the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, and what's exciting about one of the priorities that you and the Huntsmans negotiated, was a real focus on early intervention and on preemptive interventions for young people. We have the opportunity here to change the trajectory of not just those individuals themselves, but entire families. Because when someone is ill, when a child is ill in the family, it affects everyone. It affects the other siblings. It affects the parents. It affects the grandparents. And by intervening early and appropriately, we can make a difference. And that's what's so exciting to me.
I have a colleague who's developed an intervention for at-risk middle school and high school children. That intervention is being used in Iceland and it's being used in Portugal and in Greece and in Sweden, but not in the United States. Well, I've told my colleague, "It's going to be used in United States because we're going to bring it to Utah. And we're going to work to partner with the schools. We're going to work to partner with parents and the churches to bring this intervention that is life-changing not just for the child, but the family, here to Utah."
There is so much work we can do in this area that's very exciting. We're recruiting a young faculty member right now whose entire work with artificial intelligence is looking at how can we identify who's at risk and how can we develop new treatments? Because the old treatments aren't going to work, you've got to figure out new interventions that are going to work. And it's so wonderful that we here at the University of Utah with the Huntsman Mental Health Institute will have the opportunity to truly be at the leading edge of creating models of care, not just for the people of Utah, but ones that can be then used nationally.
President Watkins: So powerful. And of course, we have this fabulous 33,000 living/learning lab among our students on our campus. And you may not know this, but I want to just take this moment to tell you, we've had a group of students that are really leading—one of them was a presidential intern so I worked fairly closely with this student—and they really began to develop an idea about sort of mental health help prevention models and won some funding nationally in a competition supported by Schmidt Futures. And it really was, is work in progress all linked to if we can support mental wellbeing, we help people stay in school, finish their degree, more productive work lives and there is ROI in that way. So, I'm going to be sure that we connect you with that fabulous student, Alex Becraft is his name, and he's leading out in that area.
Now, I think it would be great for our listeners to get kind of a broad sense of how you are going about developing priorities for the Huntsman Mental Health Institute and how you're sort of seeing this early phase in your leadership as you begin to chart the course.
Dr. Mark Rapaport: Well, I hate to do this to you, but it isn't me. It's a "we." It's a "we." It really is. And I'm blessed to have come into an environment that's just remarkable. I can't tell you how warm and friendly and welcoming and open people have been here at the University of Utah and in the larger community. And so right now, a lot of my time is being spent getting to know the territory. There are so many tremendous strengths, both at the University of Utah and throughout the state of Utah, that, really, I'm trying to learn about so that when we create the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, what we do is augment existing strengths and then fill in gaps in areas of need. So, in order to do that, right now, we're spending a lot of time within the Department of Psychiatry and within health sciences creating, and we're at the beginning of this, our strategic planning groups and teams.
We've already identified a minimum of six different constituency groups that we're going to reach out to. One, of course, are patients and families, because that's why we're here in healthcare, is to help patients and families. A second major group will be different professionals and professional groups and organizations, including everything from law enforcement to psychiatry, psychology, social work, to the clergy in order to really get a sense of what's going on and what the needs are that are perceived by others. We, of course, are looking at doing a series of focus groups and interviews with faculty from throughout the university. And one of my real goals there is to engage the whole campus in these efforts. I have some wonderful fantasies I'd love to bring forward, particularly when it comes to stigma with our undergraduates. I'd love to have our visual arts and film school help sponsor competitions so that our undergraduates can be creative and create films that then will be judged and then, hopefully, if we're lucky enough, we can engage the Sundance Film Festival and the Utah Film Festival and those professionals to help curate what we're doing there.
So, another group that we'll be engaging is the university as a whole. And I've been really lucky to meet so far with some of the deans in the social sciences, to meet with deans in most of our professional schools. So that's another major constituency that we'll be involved with. And I could go through all six, but that would take up the whole rest of the time. But I guess what you're seeing is that we've got to get to know the territory, we've got to engage many people, and then together we'll create the mission, the vision, the values and work on the articles of strategic of intent.
President Watkins: I think it's so wise on your part. As the proverb says, "If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together." And you're doing that, you're going to build this plan and identify the priorities with the people who will help you deliver on them. And it's just so wise. I know that some of the people who helped you deliver on the plan are, as you mentioned earlier, our Legislature and the other kinds of investments that are happening. Perhaps for listeners, you could just do a brief overview of the kinds of resources that are out there to help individuals and families and where people can go now if they need support and help.
Dr. Mark Rapaport: Sure. I think one of the best innovations has been SafeUT. SafeUT is an app that is now available in all the public schools, not just the universities, but from K through 12. And that app is available on any type of phone, be it an Android, be it an Apple phone. And it allows one to have access 24/7, be it by voice or be it by text, to professionals that can help. They can help with bullying, they can help if someone's in crisis, they can help if there's a concern that there's a threat against a school or against an individual. It's a wonderful innovation. It is anonymous, so people don't have to worry about being somehow "outed," but it is tremendously valuable and powerful. We also have the Crisis Line. The Crisis Line right now is receiving over 11,000 calls a month, which is a remarkable number of calls. And really speaks to the utility of having a crisis system, particularly one like we have here that's fully integrated.
There's also a Warm Line. And a Warm Line is for someone who isn't necessarily in crisis, but is feeling distressed or just wants to know, "Is there a way I can feel better or get any help?" And that's available again, and in what it does is it allows people to get plugged into resources throughout the state of Utah, which is a wonderful opportunity.
And then if there is a real need, if there is a real crisis, we're able to send out throughout the state for both adults and children, we're able to send out emergency crisis teams that are made up of health care professionals that understand how to work with people and families in crisis. So here in Utah, we really have unique opportunities there. And then within the university itself, some of the innovations that deans of students have done here have just been remarkable. The presence of social workers that are available essentially all the time to intervene for students, whether they're on campus or off campus. It's really remarkable. Also, the tremendous work that the, sort of, protective forces have done in partnering again with mental health professionals so that you have sophisticated people going in and helping individuals with the right skill set. These are really prescient sort of initiatives that you and your team have launched, Ruth. So, thank you for doing so.
President Watkins: Well, I think the opportunity through the new institute to innovate and evaluate some of these new approaches is just so powerful. And I want to just say, listeners, how fortunate are we to have a leader of the talent, caliber and vision of Dr. Mark Rapaport to join us here at the University of Utah? Mark, thank you so much for being with me today and even more for taking on this exciting leadership role.
Dr. Mark Rapaport: Ruth, it's my pleasure. And I love working with you and I look forward in your other capacity to work together, too.
President Watkins: Yes, indeed. And I know good things will happen here. Oh, and a little bit of a pun—really good things will happen here because, listeners, my next guest is Dr. Mike Good. Dr. Good is taking over as interim president in April and good things will happen here. So please join us for the next edition of the U Rising podcast. Thank you.
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In all discussions about schooling, we use words like 'knowledge', 'learning', 'teaching', etc. so liberally. I'd like to share my understanding of these terms before moving on to other essays in the series. Once I have explained what these words mean to me, I will answer the question in the title.
1. Learning means 'acquiring knowledge'.
Let us start by understanding how we learn / acquire knowledge using the example of growing paddy.
A few thousand years ago, our ancestors saw paddy growing in the wild and wanted to domesticate it in their settlements. They sowed paddy seeds and saw that paddy crop grew. They repeated the process and saw for themselves over a period of time what worked and what didn't. (When something worked, it means that it gave either better quality or more quantity of paddy, while preserving nature.) In the process of growing paddy, they acquired knowledge about its cultivation, fertilization, protection, harvesting, processing, storage, usage, etc.
2. Learning involves the whole being, and hence happens as we are doing.
Such a process of knowledge acquisition does not happen at the level of the mind alone. Knowledge is acquired when the whole being assimilates the lessons through experience. It involves the mind, the body and the spirit. It involves the five senses as we see the changing colours of the plant, smell the earth, taste the rice, touch the leaves, listen to the rustle of the paddy plants. The feeling of joy on seeing the seeds germinate and give out their first tender leaves is part of the knowledge. Intuitively knowing when the plant is unhealthy is also part of the knowledge. The sense of beauty in the sway of a fully grown paddy plant laden with grains is part of the learning too!
To put it in another way, when the whole being is involved in the learning process, the learner disappears. A connection is born between the farmer and the paddy plant and its ecosystem. And that alone is.
3. Eternal knowledge and time-specific knowledge. Universal knowledge and local knowledge.
Knowledge about human love, hatred, compassion, anger, greed, fear ('the philosophy of the mind' or 'self-knowledge') is universal and eternal. That is why true spiritual masters and their messages have always been and will always be welcomed across the world. The knowledge of The Truth transcends time and space. However, knowledge in the world of form (material things) is more time and place specific.
Would the knowledge that is needed and relevant for paddy farming in India be needed and relevant in America? The fundamentals might be. But with respect to details, the answer is 'No'. Knowledge about the soil, plants, birds, animals, food, culture, health, climate, clothing, etc. is relevant and needed only locally. It makes sense for it to be generated, passed on and worked upon only at the local level. For instance, dryland farmers had developed drought-resistant paddy varieties and wetland farmers had developed flood-resistant varieties. It would be absurd for the dryland farmer to tell the wetland farmer what to sow, how to maintain the soil, etc. or vice versa. It would be even more absurd for an American to tell an Indian farmer which variety to sow, since paddy is not a local crop in America. (In the modern world, this absurdity is passed off as Science. But we'll look into that later.) But exchange and sharing of local knowledge among communities is welcome, and may even be essential.
Knowledge may be personal either to an individual, a family, a community, a region or a species depending on what it is about. Knowledge about a specific skill in playing the guitar may belong to an individual. Knowledge about a specific style of weaving may belong to a family. Knowledge about a specific cuisine may belong to a community. Knowledge about a certain art form may belong to a region. Knowledge about birthing and tending to the newborn is common to the species.
Would all the knowledge that was needed and relevant for life in the 15th century India be needed and relevant for life in the 21st century India? It is 'No' again. Today, climate change has disturbed paddy growing seasons in unprecedented ways, requiring the farmer to be equipped with means to deal with the changing rain and wind patterns, for instance.
4. When an individual's or a community's knowledge is passed on to another individual or community, it gets reduced to 'information'. This information needs to be brought alive again in the new context through lived experience to be transformed into new knowledge.
Before language was born, all knowledge must have been passed on by doing and showing, as with growing paddy. Children grew up helping their parents and extended families in paddy fields, and assimilated the knowledge of growing paddy quite naturally and effortlessly.
As language evolved, it began to be shared through speech and to be recorded as folk songs and proverbs. In India we still have a large population of illiterate farmers who have rich oral traditions that preserve knowledge about paddy-growing and other aspects of their lives. As writing evolved, the knowledge bearers put it all down on palm leaves and later, paper.
When knowledge is documented, whether in a folk song or written text, it gets reduced to 'information'. No language can entirely capture what one felt, saw, touched, smelled, heard, thought and observed. This information can, at best, be a pointer. It needs to be relived, verified in the new context and brought alive again in lived experience in order to be born as 'new knowledge'.
We may call this process of renewal 'Knowing', since it involves the person experiencing it seeing / realizing, i.e. knowing for himself. In this process, some information may become irrelevant, and hence discarded. To this renewed body of living knowledge, more can be added and documented by the others / the next generation. Thus knowledge needs to be continuously put through this process of renewal for a healthy, evolving society.
Knowledge ---(documentation) --- information --- (verification, reevaluation through direct experience) --- knowledge --- (documentation) --- information --- (verification, reevaluation through direct experience) --- knowledge --- and so on..
Here are two real life examples in paddy cultivation.
Any old paddy farmer in India would say that fields need to be flooded with water. About 30 years ago a French priest in Madagascar, while experimenting with paddy growing, showed that paddy is not an aquatic plant; it can merely tolerate water. His work gave rise to the 'Madagascar method' of growing paddy, which uses much less water and seed and increases yield manifold. This method has revolutionized paddy cultivation across the world. Users of this method are, in effect, discarding old knowledge (information) by lived experience.
A doctor and farmer in Tamil Nadu discovered the recipe of 'panchakavya' in an ancient Ayurvedic text about 20 years ago. This mixture of cow's urine, cow dung, milk, ghee and curd allowed to ferment in a certain way has revolutionized Indian agriculture over the past fifteen years. Building on this ancient recipe, now farmers are adding newer ingredients to this mixture and developing concoctions more potent than the panchakavya itself. In this case, these farmers are improving old knowledge by experimentation in living contexts of their own fields.
5. Traditionally, the purity of knowledge was maintained by protecting it from human greed for money and power.
So then, how was the purity of knowledge maintained in cultures which are known for their rich traditional knowledge systems that helped humans live in peace and harmony? Knowledge generation in these cultures was always carefully guarded from things that were sources of human temptation that might lead to its corruption. In traditional India, individuals and organizations responsible for improving and passing on knowledge, were required to not possess or pursue wealth generation. They were, instead, required to live off charity. This is how it ensured purity of knowledge.
6. A healthy learning environment enables a process of enquiry, which alone can generate living knowledge.
A good place to learn effectively is a place where the mind can be without fear of failure and judgment. I have already written an elaborate post listing the various needs of children in order to be able to learn effectively. A good environment to learn encourages children to verify (both intuitively and exploratorily) everything they see and hear.
7. A good teacher collaborates with her students. She is open to and welcomes being challenged and taught, as much as she challenges and offers what she knows.
Adults usually have more information about things in general. Some of it may even be knowledge that is born out of experience and hence highly valuable. This is what we can offer our children, as and when they ask for it. Wisdom and essential life knowledge has been passed on generation after generation in this manner. Young children (who are free from fear) are really in touch with their inner voice, their bodies and are guided by them. They are capable of knowing many things without going through 'classes' or reading 'books'. This is what they can offer us: the process of knowing from our insides. When children feel free to challenge us adults (emotionally as well as by offering us new perspectives) they become our teachers. Thus, healthy teaching becomes a collaborative process.
Good teachers are collaborators. They are capable of generating living knowledge through the process of collaboration. This applies to teaching even specific skills like playing the guitar. Adults can share knowledge that has been handed down over decades about how to hold the guitar, how to maintain it, how to use the fingers, etc. Somebody may come and offer a completely new idea about how to play it and improve upon it. See this video. This is generation of living knowledge.


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Gaten Matarazzo's net worth is estimated at $4 million as of 2019. The major source of his gigantic income has been his prominent acting career. According to the source, his salary was $250,000 per episode in the third season of Stranger Things.
Talking about his personal life, Gaten is in a loving relationship with his girlfriend Lizzy Yu. Know about Gaten Matarazzo's loving girlfriend in detail below.
Gaten Matarazzo's Girlfriend Lizzy Yu
Lizzy Yu who is mostly known for her relationship with Netflix series actor Gaten Matarazzo. Besides, Lizzy Yu is a musical theatre actress and as well as the Instagram model. Lizzy Yu was born on October 5, 2002, in the US to Asian parents. She holds the nationality of Americans but has Asian descent.
-The Polar Express 🚂 Christmas Eve 2K18
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She was raised alongside her sister named Liann Yu. Looking at her education, she is attending Stafford Township Arts Center for pursuing her acting career.
As mentioned earlier, Gaten's girlfriend Lizzy is a musical theatre actress. She is an actress who performs in front of an audience as a piece of a troupe called Pinelands Thespians.
Lizzy has performed in different theater dramas like Cinderella, The Outsiders and many more. Furthermore, she has also been a part of the musical reality competition named Drop the Mic. Likewise, she has appeared on several other reality television shows like Total Request Live, Do or Dare and many more. As being the cast member of a various theater show, she has won numerous drama competition which took placed at Montclair State University.
Gaten Matarazzo girlfriend Lizzy Yu.
The Young Loving Couple Lizzy Yu and Gaten Matarazzo
The lovely adorable couple began dating in the summer of 2018. Since then, this young couple is enjoying their life together holding each other's hands.
The Instagram star, Lizzy came to fandom when he started dating with Gaten Matarazzo. As being a young couple, there are no other affairs between these two stars. They both are enjoying their life together and showing love toward each other.
The couple also shares their pictures in their related social media. Both often post their adorable picture on their Instagram account. Checking out their social media account, we can imagine the love they have got for one another is pleasing. Likewise, this young couple were seen together in different award ceremonies.
My sunshine is 17!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!
A post shared by Lizzy Yu (@lizz.yu) on Sep 7, 2019 at 9:01pm PDT
Furthermore, both Gaten Matarazzo and Lizzy Yu haven't shared much more information to the media about their future planning. Despite having busy schedules of the pair, they managed to give time for each other. Therefore, we wish this lovely couple to spend their time together for a long time.
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Dr. Fereydoon Shenas
Dr Shenas Dental Clinc
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Overall summary & rating
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection on 25 November 2016 to ask the practice the following key questions; Are services safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led?
Our findings were:
Are services safe?
We found that this practice was providing safe care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Are services effective?
We found that this practice was providing effective care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Are services caring?
We found that this practice was providing caring services in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Are services responsive?
We found that this practice was providing responsive care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Are services well-led?
We found that this practice was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Background Dr Shenas Dental Clinc and provides private dental services. The opening hours for the practice were Monday to Friday 8.00am to5.30pm.
The premises consist of a treatment rooms, that encompasses the decontamination, a waiting areas and reception area.
The practice comprises of a principal dentist, a dentist, a nurse and a receptionist.
The principal dentist is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as an individual registered person. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the practice is run.
During the inspection we asked patients to complete CQC comment cards and we spoke to patients on the day of the inspection. s.We received feedback from 14 patients. The patients who provided feedback were positive about the care and treatment they received at the practice. They told us they were involved in all aspects of their care and found the staff to be caring and helpful and they were treated with care, dignity and respect.
Our key findings were:
There were effective processes in place to reduce and minimise the risk and spread of infection.
Patients' needs were assessed and care was planned in line with current guidance such as from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Patients were involved in their care and treatment planning.
There was appropriate equipment for staff to undertake their duties and equipment was well maintained.
Staff were trained in and there was appropriate equipment for them to respond to medical emergencies.
Patients told us that staff were caring and treated them with dignity and respect.
Patients indicated that they felt they were listened to and that they received good care from a helpful and caring practice team.
There were processes in place for patients to give their comments and feedback about the service including making complaints and compliments.
There were areas where the provider could make improvements and should:
Review the practice's system for the recording, investigating and reviewing incidents or significant events with a view to preventing further occurrences and, ensuring that improvements are made as a result
Review the protocol for completing accurate, complete and detailed records relating to employment of staff.
Review staff awareness of the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 and ensure all staff are aware of their responsibilities under the Act as it relates to their role.
Review it's responsibilities as regards to the Control of Substance Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002 and, ensure all documentation is up to date and staff understand how to minimise risks associated with the use of and handling of these substances.
Review availability of medicines and equipment to manage medical emergencies giving due regard to guidelines issued by the Resuscitation Council (UK), and the General Dental Council (GDC) standards for the dental team.
Inspection areas
No action required
There were systems in place to help ensure the safety of staff and patients. These included policies for safeguarding children from abuse, maintaining the required standards of infection prevention and control and maintenance of equipment used at the practice.
The practice assessed risks to patients and managed these well. We found that staff were trained and there was appropriate equipment to respond to medical emergencies. In the event of an incident or accident occurring, the practice had a system in place to document, investigate and learn from it. However, improvements could be made in regards the recording of incidents. Improvements could also be made in regards to the recording of character references for staff.
The practice followed guidance, such as that issued by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Patients were given appropriate information to support them to make decisions about the treatment they received. The practice kept detailed dental care records of treatments carried out and monitored any changes in the patient's' medical and oral health. Patients were given health promotion advice appropriate to their individual oral health needs such as smoking cessation advice where appropriate.
Staff were supported by the practice in maintaining their continuing professional development (CPD) and were meeting the requirements of their professional registration. However improvements could be made in regards to understanding of the MCA.
The patient feedback we received was very positive about the service provided by the practice. We observed that staff treated patients with dignity and respect. We found that dental care records were stored securely, and patient confidentiality was well maintained.
Patients had good access to routine and emergency appointments at the practice. There was sufficient well maintained equipment to meet the dental needs of their patient population. Patients were given the opportunity to give feedback through the practices own feedback from patients through social media. There was a complaints policy.
Well-led
There was a vision for the practice that was shared with the staff. Staff told us they felt supported and were clear about their areas of responsibility.
Staff told us regular meetings were held to discuss issues in the practice and update on things affecting the practice.
The quality audits undertaken at the practice included infection control and radiography audits.
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Our apartment lease is up soon, so we've been on the hunt for a real live house over the last few weeks.
It's hard to believe we've been in a teeny apartment for almost two years.
This year I am on call over Christmas, and I'm dreading not being able to spend it with our families in Louisiana.
My goal was to be in a new place of our own for our first Christmas with just us two.
Oh and we've been craving a place large enough to hold a king size bed.
Two dogs + two humans + one queen size bed.
In this whole house-hunting process, our only problem was finding the "perfect" home that we could both agree on.
I'm anti suburbia and I insisted on a non-brick home in an actual neighborhood.
Josh insisted on a brick suburbia house.
I know, I'm just as shocked as you are.
A few weeks ago my parents came to town and we came up with a list of homes we wanted to go check out.
I don't know why we even bothered with a list, because we fell in love with the first one we looked at.
The HardiePlank siding, the carriage style doors on the two car garage, the mega yard for the pups, the insanely gorgeous kitchen with grey subway tile.
. . . but mainly the master closet!
Everyone around here has been all like "It's a buyer's market! Don't get too attached! Houses sell the day they are listed!"
Some stranger who obviously didn't care about my attachment issues made an offer on our dream home and the house was quickly under contract.
Even though it had a one car garage, smaller backyard, and the master bathroom didn't have a bathtub (no bathtub!?!) we convinced ourselves it was the one.
It was cheaper and fit well within our budget.
Before we committed, we looked around town a bit more to make sure this was exactly what we wanted.
I fell in love an "old" home (Josh's words, not mine) in the most cozy neighborhood with a great yard and a perfect kitchen.
It was too old for him.
He fell in love with a new home in a subdivision.
In his defense, it did have the world's greatest kitchen.
In memory of the ones (plural) that got away, I want to commemorate them for some of my favorite details.
R.I.P you oh-so-perfect homes (that Josh hated).
After a slight breakdown or two a few more tears, we realized that the only home we had ever agreed on was the bungalow.
He loved that it was new, and I loved that it looked older, but was still in a cozy, non-cookie-cutter neighborhood.
We made an offer and to our surprise it was accepted!
We felt like we had won.
Little did our young naïve selves know, we still had a few more steps in the process.
The inspection happened next, and we realized that the "yard" that the builders had sodded and even installed an in-ground sprinkler system into would not in fact be our "yard".
The property line of this house ended 15 feet short of the neighbors back fence, which virtually cut the yard in half.
To put some really crappy great value brand icing on our magnificent cake, there was a dead tree in that plot of land that was a slight breeze away from falling into the neighbors yard and totaling their eclectic collection of "vintage" cars.
After talking with the builders, our realtor, and a lawyer or two, we ultimately decided that the legal battle was not something we should tackle and we withdrew our offer.
We were both surprisingly very depressed about it.
We had so many plans.
We had begun to buy furniture and thanks to some peer pressure we had already decided where our two Christmas trees would go.
I cried only a few more tears (I didn't have many left after all this nonsense) and thankfully I had lots of moral support and wonderful friends and family to remind me that God has a plan and things have a way of working out if they are meant to be.
Also, just because your offer is accepted doesn't mean the house is yours.
Little did we know, the current offer on our first "house crush" (sage green bungalow with two car garage and mega yard, pictured above) was only a contingency offer (with a secret knock-out clause).
Interpretation: These potential buyers were basically "holding" the house until they could sell the house they were currently living in.
If someone came along and gave a good offer that the builder liked, then the potential buyers would have a certain time frame to front the money so they could get the house.
Long story short, we made an offer and at 5:00pm Wednesday we found out it was accepted!
The other bidders bowed out gracefully.
I'm half way over the moon and I'm halfway terrified to be over the moon because of what happened last time.
I do find it pretty fantastic though that we ultimately got our first "house crush".
We still have a few hoops to jump through, like another inspection and finalizing the loan, before it is officially ours, so I'm going to try my best to not get my hopes up in the meantime.
. . . but isn't it THE cutest?
Over the last few weeks Josh and I have been repetitively slapped in the face by adulthood.
We usually spend each Labor Day weekend in Seattle then camping out at The Gorge in Washington.
This year will be our first year to miss out of the fun.
I've dreaded the day where we had to say no to travel for the sake of saving up money for grown-up things.
Although it is somewhat nauseating, that time has officially come, and I must say I'm not all that sad about.
Ah what a story. It's adorable!
Such a cute house! Congratulations!!!
Congratulations. Buying a house seems so fun and exciting and scary at the same time.
House hunting and home buying is exhausting, but it is worth it in the end. I don't blame you for shedding some tears along the way. How can you not get emotionally attached to something that you will owe thousands of dollars on and will raise your family in? It's impossible.
Those houses are so cute! Who is the builder?
Thanks you guys! Haley, the builders are The Bungalow Company. They make the cutest homes!


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I wanted to share this video with you all – Octavia's story. She came into my hedgehog hospital as a tiny hoglet only 153g. She had a terrible infected bite wound. It has been a long journey to recovery but she is now over 650g and ready for hibernation.
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Love my "office" these days!
Please leave a link to your comfortable photos in the comments.
Next weeks prompt is Dark.
I just love the way the Autumn light has caught this tree, walk at Cawthorn Roman Camps October 2017.
Please leave a link to your Light fantastic pictures in the comments.
Next weeks prompt is Comfortable.
I played the tourist a bit last week and walked this part of the ork city walls. Why have I waited so long to do this? Starting from Monk Bar.
heading past the Minster off I went, enjoy the stroll.
The light and the colours and views took me by surprise.
Is there anywhere near you that you always meant to go , but haven't yet. I would love to walk the whole length of the walls in one walk, and there are a hge number of smaller historic sites in York for me still to enjoy. Have bus pass, must travel.
Have a great Sunday, the sun is shining here, I may go for a walk in the Forest.
Good Morning. The Repair Cafe last Saturday was well attended again . Lots more volunteers on hand to help with the repairs and once again a wide variety of broken things saved from land fill. Two sewing machines and a overlocker, several lamps, a picture frame, a copper watering can, a bike, tablets, secateurs, an eider-down in need of a new back, a fabric shopping bag, a couple of radios, but you will note no darning yet for yours truly. Not to fret I did my stint on the welcome table and the teas, and crocheted a few more blanket squares and chatted.
People are asked to wait while their items are looked at so as to be on hand to see what is done and maybe learn some DIY skills. So they come and sit at the tea-table and munch sausage rolls ( Home-made) or cake ( also home-made), and if there is a crochet lady sitting there available for a chat, out comes a life story, or something that is on their mind and needs talking through. And so I have come to think it's not just things that get fixed at the Repair Cafe, sometimes ,maybe a little bit of a person is too.
What an interesting chat we had last week on providing the best that can be afforded materials for children to use and experiment with. In the course of which I was suddenly reminded of a toy piano and a toy typewriter I was given as a child. The piano was hopeless, but I do recall being able to sort of type, I think it had a dial for letters rather than a keyboard. It may explain why I don't play the piano but I can sort of type! I loved the stories that were mentioned in our natter of toy sewing machines which didn't sew and how people use real sewing machines with children under supervision and they turn out all sorts.
My best friend Jane, her grandmother taught us both embroidery and she gave us real embroidery floss and linen fabric, and now we both embroider. I still have the floss she gave us, which we wrapped around bits of card to keep safe. Love to hear your stories of inspirational adults.
Moving on, I was surprised no-one could guess what I was knitting last week, maybe it was the colours which confused? But here it is all finished.
Now who do you think it might be for? And what might this be on the needles?
This one is for a very talented lady who has been a good girl this year. Her knitting is superb, so what could a Secret Santa do, but decide to go for some fun gifts, hoping she likes them. I plan to do some gloves to keep her warm, she does get chilly apparently, the yarn arrived yesterday, so I need to get this done at the weekend, ready for the bigger items I want to make.
Meantime I have bought this coin purse from The Sewing Nook. I think this will appeal to my step grand-daughter Ms J a lot. She is currently saving for driving lessons. A perfect way to gift a contribution to the fund. I can't believe that the little three-year old who entered our lives will be 17 next year. It doesn't seem two minutes since she was Band Master in our sitting room , ordering us all to march whilst playing imaginary trumpets.
It's the skull that drew me.
Last week Bekki at Dartmoor Yarns posted some crochet hook bags with dachshunds. I had to have one, as I too have been a good girl this year.
Crochet hooks new home, I mean it is so cute.
So here is all my knitting and crochet paraphernalia in one picture.
That lovely big project bag which came from the Blenheim Palace craft show many moons ago, the knitting needle bag , a Christmas present a couple of years ago from my son Mr T, and the lovely needle case , a unbirthday present from Claire. I am so Happy.
Now who might that be for?
Nearly ready to join the next round and start the last one. You were all so right about the grey block, it has gone.
Orange with a grey border and mustard and grey?
Now I think I am more or less happy, but should I make the centre grey too or stick with the buttermilk centre?
As it happens I have virtually run out of the grey and I have bought two more but they are a different dye lot to the first, so I might have to re-do this block again anyway. And maybe the orange isn't right either. Oh decisions, decisions , please help folks….
Yikes is all I can say.
Right this morning's expedition is to a Family History meeting and a talk about finding WW1 soldiers. Gonna be good. Tomorrow is Scarborough and the theatre.
Sunday will be knitting and sleep! What are your plans for the weekend.
Catch up with you all at lunch time, for the natter, please don't be shy, join in.


The arrival of Tyrese's daughter has been a long time coming. In the year and months before she came into this world, Tyrese was in the midst of a custody battle that caused some pretty strange behavior, including announcing to the world that his wife was pregnant…before she actually was.
But perhaps that moment readied the universe for Soraya Lee Gibson.
Naturally, Tyrese and his wife Samantha didn't want to reveal her face too soon. But after a couple of weeks, they decided to share their joy with the world by posting the images from Soraya's first photoshoot.
Check out the montage below.
Dear Loved ones, We hesitated to post our angel, and after embracing her love and joy for the last 2 weeks we decided to share our answered prayer. We're convinced that "God must have spent a little more time on her" Beautiful photography by @jessicalimonphotography #BigSisterShayla so proud!
This is the first time we've seen little Soraya's face but Tyrese has been giving us sneak peeks since she arrived earlier this month. Check them out on the following pages.
This is music to our ears….. Thank you father God……. She's home……..


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