We all know the problem and many of us have struggled with it firsthand – addicts don't always want to go into treatment even when they obviously need help. We've heard the reasons too, from lack of motivation to denial to flat out lying. Fortunately, the reasoning we've been given is very often wrong and people do want help. Nevertheless, the power of our perceptions is incredible and where we expect resistance, we typically find it.
That's why so many families with a loved one who is struggling with excessive drug or alcohol use seek to plan interventions. That's what Joey's family did – they got together his closest friends and family and worked with an interventionist who helped them confront Joey with stories of how he has negatively impacted each of them. They made him feel bad and there was a lot of crying. In the end, Joey had a choice – leave immediately for a rehab they had waiting for him or risk losing all contact and financial support.
The idea for Joey's family was that by forcing him to confront the damage he'd created, he would become motivated to get help. By assembling loved ones and presenting an ultimatum, everyone hopes to force the addict to hit their "bottom," pushing them toward recovery and avoiding further destruction. This style of intervention is known as The Johnson Model (JM), and it was created in the 1960s. Through popular media displays, including shows like A&E's "Intervention" and use in popular movies, this style of intervention has become the most publicly recognizable version of addiction help. It's dramatic, forceful and it seems to make sense. But it's difficult to perform (approximately 60% of families end up not going through with it) and often results in clients entering treatment and then quickly leaving, because they were never truly motivated in the first place.
That's what ended up happening to Joey. He spent five days at the treatment center before going AWOL and ending up back at his parents' house. They attempted following a similar approach three different times, each ending with nearly identical results.
The reality is that when people are cornered they will do almost anything to resolve their immediate crisis. In the case of an intervention, that might mean agreeing to go to treatment just to get everyone to stop the process and feel appeased. That's what Joey told me he had done – he went to rehab to "get everyone off his back." But when you are trying to get someone to admit to needing help, it can often be more useful to make them part of the process than to ambush them. Otherwise, you might be getting lip-service when what you really want is change.
Fortunately, there are alternative intervention approaches to the Johnson Model. Some of the most effective methods to get individuals who are resistant to treatment to get help include Motivational Interviewing (MI), and CRAFT (Community reinforcement and family training) along with the ARISE model of intervention. These more recent and less confrontational approaches also employ professional counselors or interventionists, although in these interventions, the goal is to move the addict into a state in which they themselves are motivated to change their behavior (MI) or focus on teaching behavior change skills to use at home by family members and loved ones (CRAFT).
By using common psychological techniques such as mirroring and reflecting, MI practitioners gradually make the client recognize and face the significance of their actions, taking the burden of motivation away from loved ones. CRAFT practitioners, on the other hand, use a manual-drive method to improve the addict's awareness of negative consequences, reinforce non-using behavior, and improve familial communication skills. In the ARISE model, multiple meetings are held that include the professional, the target patient and the family, but nothing is conducted behind the target patient's back so as not to create mistrust.
All of these methods also prepare family members (or friends) to initiate treatment, if necessary, when the patient is ready. Though far less dramatic and "TV worthy," MI has been shown in research to be very effective at increasing clients' motivation to change in many different situations including addiction treatment. It's also my favorite technique because it allows for amazing, non-confrontational, change. It's amazing what can happen when we let a person be the driver of their own change.
Some reasons to question the confrontational Johnson Model have to do with the fact that, although they've been shown to increase treatment entry rates once a successful intervention has been performed, they haven't been shown to do much for treatment completion rates. Multiple studies have found that a small percentage of those who seek consultation in this method actually go through with the family confrontation portion. Instead, the more collaborative and supportive MI, CRAFT and ARISE methods have greater participation and have been shown to provide even better treatment entry as well as improvement in communication and overall relationship satisfaction between the families and the addicts (which JM interventions provide as well). Additionally, a significant portion of individuals who enter treatment after a JM intervention end up leaving treatment early or relapsing quickly since they themselves have not yet internalized the motivation to quit.
This phenomenon can be seen in Corinne's episode of A&E's Intervention. Addicted to heroin and crystal meth, Corinne had lost control of her life and her family was desperate to save her. Corinne is a diabetic and has been using her needles to shoot-up heroin and meth instead of insulin. When Corinne overdosed, her family knew they needed to do something and brought in an interventionist. The interventionist worked to emphasize how desperate the situation has become and encouraged the family to be forceful with Corinne. She explained that this is a life or death situation and that if Corinne refuses treatment, they might consider turning her in to be arrested. As Corinne arrives, she reacts harshly and explains that she is not "ready" for treatment. Corinne ended up feeling the room for a short time only to return and agree to go into the treatment center, as her family had requested.
As is too often the case, Corinne struggles at the first treatment center and is quickly transferred to another. Eventually she manages some sober time and her family is overjoyed, but the joy is short-lived when three weeks after taping, Corinne relapses several times.
While relapse is a common part of the recovery process, I believe that these examples reveal just how ineffective and counterproductive confrontation can sometimes be. While some find it useful, I believe it's important to be familiar with every tool available when considering how to help an addict, This is why I believe that knowing about MI and CRAFT (as well as other intervention methods), in case the more popular Johnson Model Intervention doesn't work, is crucial. In the end, all that matters is that we get the person to embrace change. It's a matter of life and death.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - The ARISE Intervention: Using family and network links to engage addicted persons in treatment.


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Connie Jean Esekelson, a professional make-up artist and proprietor of Blink and Be Beautiful, was arrested by Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputies at her home early on March 8. According to witnesses in the area, heavily armed MCSO deputies were seen approaching the home using a SWAT like vehicle.
On August 21, 2017 emergency personnel were called to the Eskelson residence by Connie who said she found her husband unconscious. The victim, Randy Eskelson, was transported to a hospital. He was found to have no brain activity by hospital staff and tests showed a lethal dose of the Ethylene Glycol in his system. Mr. Eskelson was able to make a full recovery.
Court records show two separate search warrants were issued in September pertaining to the alleged poisoning. According to MCO, detectives were able to track down several purchases of lab grade Ethylene Glycol made by Mrs. Eskelson, leading investigators to believe the victim was given the substance on a daily basis. She is alleged to have poisoned her husband, Randy Eskelson by putting Ethylene Glycol into drinks she served him. According to Wikipedia, Ethylene Glycol is mainly used for two purposes, as a raw material in the manufacture of polyester fibers and for antifreeze formulations. It is an odorless, colorless, sweet-tasting, viscous liquid and is moderately toxic.
A grand jury indictment was issued on March 7, charging Eskelson with one count of murder in the first degree. She was apprehended at her home at 40190 North 50th Street shortly before seven the next morning. That evening she had her Initial Appearance hearing.
Mr. Eskelson stated at the hearing, "I firmly believe that my wife of 34 years tried to kill me." "I honestly fear for my life." He added. He also told the judge, "She stated many times that she would shoot herself, kill herself, before spending one day in prison."
The county attorney also provided statements that Eskelson owns two guns and only one was found in the home and that she had purchased multiple fake passports and ID's. The judge approved the request of the County Attorney's Office to increase bail from $700,000 to $1,000,000 cash bond.
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Community Members Votes Select White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf and H2O for Life to Receive GoodThings Shop-Give-Local Donations
White Bear Lake, Minn. (Nov. 9, 2018)—In celebration and support of local organizations that do good, GoodThings this summer asked community members to vote for two favorite local non-profits during GoodThings' Shop-Give-Local community campaign. Final votes were tallied this past month and the two top-voted charities, White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf and H2O for Life, were each presented with a $500 donation.
"We're committed to supporting the organizations that make good things happen in our community," said GoodThings owner Tyler Conrad. "GoodThings has been a part of downtown White Bear Lake for 45 years, so we're proud to help give back to the community that's given so much to us."
"On any given month, more than 600 families receive food and support from the White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf. Every dollar donated to the food shelf yields up to $8 worth of
Food for those in need. GoodThings's donation will provide up to $4,000 worth of healthy food for our neighbors," said Andréa Kish-Bailey, executive director for the White Bear Area Emergency Food Shelf.
"H2O for Life gives teachers the tools they need to introduce a classroom service learning project that
inspires youth to become global citizens," said Nick Coughlin, director of communications at H2O for Life. "The water crisis is more relevant than ever, not only globally, but locally. GoodThings's donation will help us engage more schools in the effort to make a positive impact."
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Founded in 1973, GoodThings is a multi-store, family-owned retailer that operates GoodThings, GoodStyle and GoodKids with locations in White Bear Lake and Maple Grove. Focusing on finding trends before they appear in the mass market, GoodThings strives to ensure the purchases its customers make are treasured for a lifetime. GoodThings stores are home to trendy and classic women's clothing, jewelry, gifts, home goods, unique toys and wearables for children. For more information, visit www.shopgoodthings.com.


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The Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania has announced that Gov. Tom Wolf recently appointed Joseph M. Brown of Berks County to the board.
The Judicial Conduct Board is an independent body of Pennsylvania citizens comprised of three judges, three lawyers and six non-lawyer, lay members. Half of the Board members are appointed by the Governor and half by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The board's members serve four-year terms, without pay. No more than half of its appointed members may be from the same political party.
Brown possesses more than 32 years of law enforcement experience. He currently serves as a detective with the Berks County Office of the District Attorney. Brown recently retired from service with the West Reading Police Department. He retired with the rank of Sergeant, having served with West Reading from 1991 to 2019. With West Reading, Brown served as a patrol officer, criminal investigator, and ultimately, patrol sergeant. Brown also served as a detective with the Berks County Office of the District Attorney Major Crimes Unit. He is also an experienced polygraph examiner.
Brown serves as president of Berks Lodge #71, Fraternal Order of Police. Lodge #71 represents Berks County Police Officers. He also serves as president of the Berks County Police Heroes Fund which provides financial assistance to the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. He is the current treasurer of the Pennsylvania State Fraternal Order of Police, the statewide organization representing over 40,000 active and retired members of law enforcement across the Commonwealth.
Brown obtained associate's degrees in both Law Enforcement Administration and Public Administration from Reading Area Community College. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor's Degree at Alvernia College, Reading.
Brown succeeds Harold E. Flack on the board. Flack's term expired on April 17, 2018. Brown's four-year term commenced on December 4, 2018.
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Q: Find the Points of Interest of a certain city what I try to do, and have found a naive solution so far, is to get all the Points Of Interest of a certain city using APIs like Foursquare API and Google Places and insert them into an SQL server instance.
My naive solution was to get the latitude and longitude of certain cities from here
http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/
and use the functions provided by these APIs applying the radius parameter.
Because of the fact that both APIs will return up to a maximum number of Points Of Interest (50 for example in foursquare), what I do is to use a small radius (~40m) and make repeated requests to the APIs using closely latitude-longitude pairs.
My problem is that I have to manually find the borders of a city so that not to exceed them.
Is there any other way to get the "borders" of a city, for example a database that has latitude-longitude polygons for cities?

A: There's no easy way of doing this, but you should check out this related question. It discusses how to get city borders:
How can I get the city borders for a country

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In this case as well, it is clear that the terror outfits/websites being controlled from Pakistan continue to radicalise Indian youths, said the official.
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency, in its chargesheet filed against 16 youths for being part of an Islamic State inspired module, has for the first time cited three instances where it alleged that the suspects got indoctrinated after visiting Pakistan-run websites and reading material written by Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar.
These suspects along with their amir (head), Mudabbir Mushtaq Sheikh, were rounded up by the NIA with the help of central intelligence agencies in January. They were alleged to have been radicalised by former Indian Mujahideen commander and a native of Bhatkal, Shafi Armar alias Yusuf-al-Hindi. The group, according to the NIA, was inspired by IS and floated Junoodal-Khalifa-e-Hind in India.
In its 87-page chargesheet, the NIA said one of the accused, Nafees Khan aka Abu Zarar was "drawn towards Islamic theology, especially the one subscribing to violent jihad". "He started browsing a website called 'Dawat-e-Haq' (a non-political Islamic organisation based in Pakistan). He was obsessed with the videos and photographs posted on the website...," it said.
A senior government official said India has been highlighting the role played by Pakistan in exporting terrorism.
"In this case as well, it is clear that the terror outfits/websites being controlled from Pakistan continue to radicalise Indian youths," said the official, who did not wish to be identified.
Similar is the case of Azhar Khan, a native of MP and a student of Darul Uloom in Deoband, who was arrested by the NIA from Bhopal. Azhar was influenced by Maoists and tried to establish contact with them in Chhattisgarh before he was arrested. "The accused was interested in reading newspapers as he found himself cut off from the world in the madrasa. In 2014, he started going to a cyber cafe namely I-Net in Deoband to read a newspaper namely al-Qalam online," the charge sheet states. This newspaper is published from Pakistan and is said to be a propaganda website of JeM.
The charge sheet further states that in 2013-14 Khan read some books of JeM chief Azhar in al-Qalam and got influenced by him "Azhar was further influenced by reading books as 'Wazb-e-Hind-ka-Shehbaz' written by a Kashmiri girl Sadia, who was wife of famous Mujahidin 'Gazi Baba'," it said.
The third suspect, Ashik Ahammed was arrested from Hoogly but later agreed to turn a witness. He created a Facebook ID, Mujahid Islam, in the name of "Ishaq Pathan". Ahammed was also impressed by Azhar's speeches on jihad.


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Bringing Back the Bluestones is a stage play by Derek Webb about a pressure group from Pembrokeshire campaigning to have the Stonehenge bluestones returned to Wales. It followed the fortunes of Roy Brown as he sets up the group, Carreg Las (Welsh for "Blue Stone"), and campaigns for the return of the stones to the Preseli Hills.

History
The play began as a short radio play by Derek Webb, but was developed into a stage play in 2002. The original production caused a sensation in Wales when the Western Mail (a leading Welsh newspaper) carried an article reporting the premise the play was based on as true. It was alleged that Carreg Las had argued that since Greece wanted the Elgin Marbles back, Wales should be able to lay claim to the Bluestones. The Western Mail ran a front page article, a leader column comment, and devoted a full colour half page to the story. Eminent historians and politicians were consulted. A spokesperson for English Heritage, which looks after Stonehenge, reportedly "almost choked when asked about the possibility of dismantling Stonehenge". The story was subsequently taken up by other newspapers and radio stations throughout Wales and in Wiltshire. However, it turned out that the creation of Carreg Las was a spoof designed to generate publicity for the play.

Other developments
In 2004, a few years after the first production, British Archaeology  carried the following story:

The story was also reported by the Milford Mercury and the BBC.

Recent adaptations
The play was rewritten in 2010 for a performance by Fluellen Theatre Company at the Swansea Grand Theatre, as part of their Lunchtime Theatre programme.  This new 1-act version subsequently transferred to deValence in Tenby and on to Theatr Gwaun in Fishguard where it attracted record audiences.  The main character in the play, Roy Brown, has subsequently been developed in a further comedy entitled Roy Brown: Untitled in which Roy sees modern art as a way of making quick money and turns out a number of "artworks" in quick succession.  The play was premiered in 2010 at Swansea's Grand Theatre. Webb is the author of several other plays which have been premiered at the theatre.  His most recent play was commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first flight from the UK to Ireland by Denys Corbett Wilson in April 1912.

References

External links
 Bluestones at Derek Webb's site.

2002 plays
Stonehenge
Comedy plays
Elgin Marbles
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Are Candidates Swearing Off 'Attack Ads?' Maybe This Reform is Working.
By Brooks Jackson
Posted on February 4, 2004 | Updated on March 13, 2007
Where are all the nasty, personal, negative TV spots? Candidates seem to be reluctant to run them — and there's a reason. A new law requires presidential candidates to appear in their own ads and take personal responsibility for what they say.
The idea behind this new "stand by your ad" law is that anyone slinging mud will have to do it personally, and risk getting splattered by their own missiles.
And this is a reform that actually seems to be working. So far.
Stand By Your Ad
It is only a few words in the new McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, a rider first attached in the Senate by Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat. The new measure requires "an unobscured, full-screen view of the candidate" making the statement "that the candidate has approved the communication."
This irritates political consultants who say it commandeers several precious seconds of their clients' 30-second ads and probably won't be very effective. "Is it going to stop candidates from going after each other? No," says Democratic TV consultant Peter Fenn.
But look at how the new requirement has worked so far. Candidates are finding ways to weave the required wording into their ads in various ways — all positive.
Lieberman: I approve this message because leadership means doing what's right.
Dean: I approved this ad because I think it's time for Democrats to be Democrats again.
Kerry: I approve this message because it's time to do what's right for America.
Gephardt: I'm Dick Gephardt, and I approve this message because it's time we did what's right.
Clark: I approve this ad because deep down we are all patriots.
Edwards: I approve this message because together, you and I can change America and make it work for all of us.
Those are so positive they make your teeth hurt. And one candidate could hardly contain himself:
Kucinich: Do I approve this commercial? You bet.
Rare Negative Ads
The first ad in which one Democrat attacked another by name didn't appear until mid-November, when Dean attacked Gephardt's stand on Iraq. As attack ads go, it was pretty mild:
Announcer: October 2002. Dick Gephardt agrees to coauthor the Iraq war resolution, giving George Bush the authority to go to war.
A week later, with Gephardt's support, it passes Congress.
Then last month, Dick Gephardt votes to spend $87 billion more on Iraq . Howard Dean has a different view.
Dean: I opposed the war in Iraq , and I'm against spending another $87 billion there. I'm Howard Dean, and I approve this message because our party and our country need new leadership.
Gephardt responded with an ad that pointed out Dean hadn't always been as opposed to the $87 billion for Iraq as his ad claimed — using Dean's own words from a Sept. 25 Democratic debate against him:
Announcer: Howard Dean's attacking Dick Gephardt for a position Dean took himself.
Q (from 9/15 debate): Is that an up or down, yes or no, on the $87 billion per se?
Dean: On the $87 billion for Iraq ?
Q: Yes.
Dean: We have no choice, but it has to be financed by getting rid of all the president's tax cuts.
Gephardt: I'm Dick Gephardt, and I approve this message because leadership is about making tough decisions and sticking with them.
Those ads — for which both candidates had to take full and visible responsibility — did neither of them any good. Gephardt came in fourth and Dean ran a poor third in Iowa, ending Gephardt's political career and wounding Dean's campaign, perhaps fatally.
Since then no ad by any of the remaining Democrats has attacked another by name. Coincidence?
Criticism of Bush
To be sure, the Democratic ads have made plenty of negative mentions of President Bush's policies — but Democratic primary voters could hardly be expected to hold that against them.
"His tax cuts are ruining our economy" Dean's very first ad declared. A Kerry ad said "The one person in the United States of America who deserves to be laid off is George W. Bush." A Lieberman ad said "George Bush antagonized our allies and had no plan to win the peace."
But beyond accusing Bush of siding with corporations, lobbyists and the wealthy, the Democratic ads so far have stayed away from attacks on his personal character and have pretty much stuck to the facts. One exception was a Gephardt ad that said "George Bush has lost more jobs than any president since Herbert Hoover," a claim that FactCheck.org found to be misleading. But even that was more exaggeration than falsehood.
Outside Groups Attack
There have been real attack ads, but so far they have come only from outside groups, not candidates.
The conservative, anti-tax Club for Growth ran one ad in which an Iowa couple said Dean "should take his tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York Times-reading . . . body-piercing, Hollywood-loving, left-wing freak show back to Vermont, where it belongs."
And a liberal, union-supported group called Americans for Jobs, Healthcare and Progressive Values also attacked Dean, using a picture of Osama bin Laden as an announcer said "We live in a dangerous world. . . . Howard Dean has no military or foreign policy experience. And Howard Dean just cannot compete with George Bush on foreign policy."
And the Republican National Committee ran an ad saying "some are attacking the President for attacking the terrorists." That charge, aimed at Democratic presidential candidates, was one that the RNC failed to document, as FactCheck.org pointed out.
The Future of Attack Ads?
Will the "Stand By Your Ad" law mean the end of negative, personal attacks? Of course not.
Candidates can still use targeted mail or telephone banks to slam their opponents without having to take responsibility in such a personal way, because the new requirement applies only to TV and radio ads. And as we've already seen, outside groups and political parties can level shrill accusations without much fear of a voter backlash, since their names don't appear on any ballots.
And even though the Supreme Court has upheld the "stand by your ad" provision, it remains to be seen what ways clever lawyers might find for getting around it.
"Nobody thinks this is going to be a panacea," Sen. Wyden says of the new provision. "I think this is going to be part of a longer-running effort to take out some of the negativity."
Even the skeptical consultant Fenn foresees some restraint on negative advertising by candidates: "Will it cause them to be careful about how they do it and check their facts and cause them to think twice before doing a last-minute hit? Yes."
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Who Will Manage Britney Spears' Fortune If Dad Passes Away?
Jamie Spears 'almost died' following a colon rupture last year.
With Britney Spears' father, Jamie, undergoing a second surgery following his colon rupture and hospitalization, there is controversy about who will take control of her $250 million fortune.
As StarMagazine.com readers know, Jamie Spears, was given the reigns of Britney's finances after her 2008 meltdown. Every purchase the "Circus" singer, 37, makes is tracked in court documents to safeguard her money. She pays her dad $130,000 a year to manage her affairs.
On his podcast "Straight Shuter: Naughty But Nice," Rob Shuter revealed what's really going on behind the scenes as friends and loved ones worry about who will fill Jamie's role.
"Britney said in January that her dad 'almost died' because of the health scare and now that it has been revealed that he needs more surgery friends and family are not just worried about him, they are worried about Britney and her fortune," sources told Straight Shuter.
Britney's conservatorship lawyer, Andrew Wallet, used to help Jamie, 66, manage her affairs, but the attorney recently quit, leaving the pop star's dad to deal with the mess solo.
Jamie has been in charge of Britney's fortune — and of almost every aspect of her life — for nearly a decade. Now that his health is in decline, will the star get her independence back, or will someone else be given the key to the pop treasure?
Do you think Britney Spears is ready to manage her own money? Sound off below.


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About 15 years ago, our team began building interactive 3D simulations for doctors to interact with bone structures attacked by osteoporosis, and lungs debilitated by COPD. We were using the same game technology as that of video games at a time, when most computers could not even run 3D games. We admit that we were a bit ahead of the curve – but doctors loved it!
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We define success as when learners feel like they're "in" the learning environment; this boosts engagement and retention. To make decision-making feel immersive, the situation needs to feel real. Over the years we have focused on how to create realistic conversations with virtual humans. After all, in the real world, practice and coaching revolves around interactive conversation, not text or canned video.
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Our team has learned to work within the limitations of mobile to deliver 3D virtual experiences to tablets and phones via apps. Apps are difficult to scale and deploy. Therefore, we developed an elegant way to deliver the same experience within a web browser on any device (phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop). This is exciting because online delivery is rapid, scalable, and enables us to deliver custom virtual modules for our customers via a cost-effective Software as a Service model.
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A: Em relação a pergunta, acho que você deveria ser um pouco mais específico, seu título não condiz com a descrição da pergunta.
Respondendo ao título:
Você pode criar uma regex que leia os dígitos separadamente e só dê match caso o número tenha de 8 a 9 dígitos com 2 adicionais para indicar DDD.
Sendo assim você pode usar algo assim:
(\({0,1}\d{0,2}\){0,1} {0,1})(\d{4,5}) {0,1}-{0,1}(\d{4})

Essa regex identifica se existem separadores como espaço, "-" e "()", como não são atributos obrigatórios ela apenas considera que possam existir e captura do mesmo jeito, aqui tem um exemplo do funcionamento dela.
Respondendo a descrição da pergunta:
Sua regex ainda funciona, está nos padrões de hoje em dia, porém não usaria ela por não considerar os possíveis separadores que podem existir nos campos de telefone, estar presa a possibilidades que devem estar em começo de linhas e aceitar quebras de linhas, tabs e espaços entre partes específicas que podem acabar capturando sequencias de caracteres que não deveriam ser capturadas.

A: Hmmm talvez essa expressão sirva, funcionou para alguns testes com 9 digitos e 8 digitos, com ou sem ddd, e com ou sem hifen
var cel = /[0-9]{0,2}?[9]?[0-9]{4}-?[0-9]{4}/;
cel.test('91234-5678') // true


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Transform society to achieve gender equality – President Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni addressing the ICPD summit in Nairobi November 12. (Courtesy photo).
NAIROBI: Gender equality can only be achieved if societies transform and develop, President Museveni has said. The President made the remarks November 12 in Nairobi, Kenya where he joined other leaders at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD 25).
The three-day conference is being marked 25 years after the inaugural summit in Cairo, Egypt that made a case for gender equality and supporting advancement of women and girls. Addressing the thousands of attentive delegates at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, President Museveni pointed out that gender inequality was as old as man.
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Citing the case of Europe, President Museveni said they had made strides in gender equality because they had managed to change the income fortunes of their people.
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He observed that creation of jobs is important in this fight because jobless, poor people are vulnerable and susceptible to exploitation. The President added that with joblessness, even good legislation on equality would run into implementation challenges.
Counselling the young people and those making a case for gender equality, the President advised that they must consult the elders and parents, whom he labelled "consultants".
"I heard the slogan 'girls must own their bodies'. Speaking as a veteran husband, father, grandfather and freedom fighter, I advise that even when you own something, you must engage consultants. The young people must seek advice," he said.
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About Uganda's commitment to support gender equality and fulfill the targets set out in Cairo 25 years ago, President Museveni said the country would stand firm in eliminating obstacles that stand in the way of empowering girls including teenage pregnancy, child marriage and all forms of gender based violence.
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The summit was addressed by over 10 heads of state and government, who made their own commitments towards achieving gender equality. The lively audience was treated to a series of entertainment, including a performance by legendary Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour, who got a standing ovation following his song "New Africa".
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Collaboration drives much research in libraries, and Fall 2014 publications by University of Illinois Library Faculty and Academic Professionals demonstrate the power of a good research partner whether at the same institution or elsewhere. The librarians listed below (see names in bold) published alongside researchers across the Illinois campus but also the country: they dug into questions regarding musicology research, information and digital literacies, and more. Even better? You can check out the fruits of these efforts via links to open access full text versions of articles on the publisher website or in IDEALS where available.
The University of Illinois Library showed the campus the research it does at its recent 2014 Library Research Showcase (Couldn't make it? Posters and videos of lightning talks are archived in IDEALS!). That was just a peek into the world of research achievements here, and the rest of the fall saw library faculty and academic professionals traveling the world presenting on a wide range of topics. These presentations included research, and librarian-led workshops that let others benefit from the work we do at Illinois. Below you'll find some of the places we've been to help shape the future of libraries!


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Math: Algebra II: Matrices
The Determinant of a Matrix
Calculate the determinant of a matrix and evaluate it to calculate the area of a triangle or quadrilateral.
Calculate the determinant of a matrix
Evaluate a determinant to calculate the area of a triangle or quadrilateral in the plane, given the coordinates of its vertices
About the Lesson
The Case of the Missing Square presented here, is one of the classic paradoxes in recreational mathematics. The recent Sherlock Holmes movie provides a "modern" context for solving this paradox as a criminal case investigation. The assumption that the line joining the lower left corner of the rectangle to the upper right corner is a straight line results in a paradox. The sum of the areas of the four regions into which the rectangle is divided appears to be 64 square units, while the area of the original rectangle is 65 square units. The paradox is resolved when it is discovered that this "diagonal" line is not a straight line, but three line segments. Therefore the regions Gamma and Delta are not triangles, and all four regions are quadrilaterals. This sets the stage for the introduction of determinants to calculate the areas of the quadrilaterals given the coordinates of their vertices.
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