Public diplomacy can be explained as the transparent conduct of international relations by governments or sovereign nations in communicating with foreign publics. The purpose of such communication is to inform and influence foreign audiences and promote one's own national interest. In simpler terms, public diplomacy can be seen as the intercultural communication with foreign publics to establish a dialogue designed to inform and influence public attitudes on the formation and execution of foreign policies. Many argue that public diplomacy has a propaganda-like element by engaging media and non-media channels to present a country's policies and dispel any wrong impressions.
Professor Nicholas J Cull divides the practice of public diplomacy into five essential elements: listening, advocacy, cultural diplomacy, exchange diplomacy and international broadcasting. Other proponents of public diplomacy include media diplomacy, public information, and educational/cultural programs under this umbrella term. Many public diplomacy programs and initiatives include educational exchanges, active and informative social media, interfaith dialogues, leadership projects, professional exchange programs, as well as the wide reach of music, sports, movies and the arts. Public diplomacy can be practiced through avenues such as cultural and education centers, business forums, national press clubs, and foreign correspondents clubs.
Why is public diplomacy important?
A public diplomacy that is proactive, well-coordinated, innovative and informative is essential in advancing the interest of the nation abroad. The significance and strength of a nation's public diplomacy program is essential, not only to the achievement of many foreign policy objectives, but also to achievements in education, culture, social issues, and the discovery of common political ground between diverse traditions. At its most basic level, public diplomacy is an important tool in communicating a country's policies, values, and culture and reaps the benefits of people-to-people contact with foreign audiences in influencing public opinion on key issues.
How will engagement in public diplomacy relevant for embassies and their main activity in sourcing trade and investment?
Public diplomacy is key in securing economic well-being by enhancing regional trade and investment to spur on growth and jobs. It not only promotes the state's prosperity, but also manipulates commercial and financial relations in support of foreign policies. Public diplomacy is also essential in establishing state brand. In strengthening the state image, reputation and the establishment of a trademark, it is necessary to invest greatly in planned communication. The state as a trade brand cannot be artificially designed. It must be based in the identity of the country, in its self-perception, vision, and national culture. Public diplomacy, and in turn national branding, contributes directly to how a foreign audience perceives a nation, encompassing the audience experience as consumers of a country's products.
Successful public diplomacy can create an environment in which business deals can prosper. The incorporation of investment and trade promotion companies into international cultural and academic relations strategies help to foster broader mutual understanding that will benefit economic prosperity.
How can public diplomacy engagement be useful for businesses?
Businesses are essential in helping to bridge political, cultural, and social barriers between nations and ethnic groups. The role of businesses in public diplomacy affects the country's ability to build coalitions and alliances to achieve political objectives. Engagement in public diplomacy can be beneficial for business because of the influence on perceptions and purchase decisions regarding products or services from certain countries of origin and flow of foreign investment. Also, as companies expand overseas, it is essential to gain social legitimacy and authority in the host country market and engaging in relationship building helps to develop a competitive edge. On the other hand, negative public opinion about a certain country can cast a shadow on that nation's companies and brands.
How can public diplomacy improve embassy relation with civil society and businesses?
Public diplomacy can improve embassy relations with civil society and businesses because of its essential focus on communication. By creating a dialogue between the embassy and social, educational, economical sectors, relations will develop with a better understanding of the other's role and how they can mutually benefit one another. By being more in check with civil society and businesses, embassies are more representative of the various peoples they are serving and more aware of the world they are living in.


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Tokuda Family Collection
The Tokuda Collection consists of three accessions. Accession 1 of the Tokuda collection contains a photograph album of George Tokuda's from his time as a student at the University of Washington in Seattle. Other subjects in the album include summers working in Alaska, and friends and family growing up in Mukilteo. This collection also includes other photographs of prewar life, including George Tokuda's family and childhood in Mukilteo, his wife Tamako Inouye Tokuda, and the Inouye family. Other subjects include scenes from Camp Harmony and Minidoka, as well as postwar resettlement in Seattle. Accession 2 is comprised primarily of material from Tamako Inouye Tokuda, including a transcription of her diary kept at Camp Harmony and Minidoka, correspondence from friends at other camps as well as personal narratives and poetry written later in life and miscellaneous documents related to the evacuation and from camp. Accession 3 is two diaries from 1942 from the Tokuda family, one from an unknown author, and another from Tamako (Inouye) Tokuda. Both diaries reflect on the individual's experiences in the Seattle Area during the forced removal and their first year in camp.
Accession 1: 1 photograph album (including 350 photographs). 115 loose photographs. 7 35mm film negatives. Accession 2: Documents contained in binders and envelopes. Accession 3: 2 Diaries
Courtesy of the Tokuda Family Collection, Densho
img Photo album (ddr-densho-383-1)
Photo album of George Tokuda from time as pharmacy student at University of Washington; includes time spent in Alaska.
img Floyd Tokuda graduation portrait (ddr-densho-383-2)
Portrait taken for graduation from Everett High School.
img George Tokuda graduation portrait (ddr-densho-383-3)
img Yasuko Fukuhara portrait (ddr-densho-383-4)
Yasuko Fukuhara (c. 1905-1938) was a neighbor of the Tokuda family in Seattle in the 1930s. Written on photograph: "Sincerely yours, Mrs. Fukuhara".
Yasuko Fukuhara (c. 1905-1938) was a neighbor of the Tokuda family in Seattle in the 1930s.
img Yasuko Fukuhara pin bowling (ddr-densho-383-6)
Yasuko Fukuhara (c. 1905-1938) was a neighbor of the Tokuda family in the 1930s. Written on album page above photographs: "Mrs. Y Fukuhara". Written on the album page below photographs: "How to throw rolling pins in four lessons".
img Cutout of seated man (ddr-densho-383-7)
Cutout pasted on top of colored paper circle, to appear as though floating on a bubble. Man likely a University of Washington student and friend of George Tokuda.
img Four women sitting on lawn (ddr-densho-383-10)
Members of the University of Washington pharmacy program with George Tokuda. Left to right: Elsie Johnson, Marion Ostliff, Claire Evans, Ada Marckx. Written on photograph: "Ada Marckx, Marion Ostliff, Elsie Johnson".

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Chelsea Team News: Hiddink Confirms Double Injury Boost But Star Ruled Out
By Football Talk on January 12, 2016
Guus Hiddink has revealed mixed injury news ahead of Chelsea's Premier League clash with West Brom tomorrow night.
The interim boss held his pre-match press conference this afternoon as he prepares to welcome the Baggies to Stamford Bridge and he's given Chelseafc.com the latest team news.
Unfortunately Hiddink confirmed that Eden Hazard will once again miss out as the Belgian international has failed to recover from a groin injury that he picked up against Crystal Palace last weekend.
Hazard missed the midweek FA Cup win over Scunthorpe United and although he's now back in light training with the clubs physio's, Hiddink says it's still too early for him to be under consideration for a first team return.
There was some more positive news on the injury front as the Dutchman also revealed that Diego Costa has made a swift recovery from a knock which he picked up against Scunthorpe at the weekend and the Spanish international should be available to face West Brom tomorrow night.
In a double boost, Hiddink also confirmed that Loic Remy is now back in full training with the rest of the squad after finally overcoming a niggling calf injury that he picked up before Christmas.
Hiddink told the clubs website:
'Hazard was on the pitch today with the physios and trainers, he's doing better and better but is still not available,' he said.
'He's not been with the group. We want to have him fit. It's better a little late than one hour too early.'
'Costa is okay. The day after the game he was eager to go out on to the pitch, so I was amazed, but he was recovering very actively so he is okay.'
'I think so [he will be available].'
'Remy is joining the group. He'd been training individually but in the last two days he practiced with us.'
Chelsea head in to tomorrow night's game sitting 14th in the Premier League table and a full 13 points adrift of fourth-placed Tottenham so they desperately need to register a win in order to keep their Champions League qualification hopes alive.


It's a great Saturday morning wherein everything you want --- FUN, GAMES, FOOD, PRIZES, FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS and even the whole community are there to witness as Alaska Corporation held its first AlaskaMazing Moms 2016 last October 22 at the People's Park, one of the famous tourist spots here in Davao City.
By the way, GINANG ALASKA started in 2003, it was a beauty pageant and its formerly known as the Alaska Ginang Reyna ng Santacruzan.
a well-rounded persona of a mother to her family and to her community. They are finally looking for moms ages between 21-35 years old and legally married with at least 1 child. You can check all participating cities and corresponding event dates here and see if you are qualified.
In Davao City, hundred of the contestants vied for this local AlaskaMazing Moms and winners will win cash prizes and showcases for their family and as well with their Barangays.
The recently concluded competition gathered all moms together with their families and friends started with a community ZUMBA!
It's not just about talent, beauty and competition anymore, but also how mommies manage their time as a mother with works and how they give their family the HEALTH and the WELLNESS they deserved.
Mommies give their best recipes incorporating the Alaska products to their dishes.
Alaska Nutritious Breakfast Cooking Showdown winner receive PHp2,000 cash.
AlaskaMazing Moms Contestant will perform together with her family/friends/kids on stage showcasing the talent of their choice incorporating the Alaska Gatas for Breakfast music. And has a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 members.
It's so nice to see how women changed from time to time. I can understand how change is happening, balancing both works and family, there's no need to rephrase it to make it more palatable to those who don't agree with its worth. No matter how difficult it is or how hard we work, we don't mind it. For as long as we raise our family to a person we wanted them to be, and opted to bring into the world is a privilege, and calling it anything else is ignorant and condescending.
The AlaskaMazing Moms is an eye-opener to me, not because I am a woman, but as a single mom to two tweens. The ALASKA vision to bring women with respect and beautifully achieve the hope and ambitions each moms should achieved in life. Hope soon they will include "SINGLE MOM" to their qualification to join AlaskaMazing Moms 2017.


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White Space Art Asia | Vintage Pop | White Space Art Asia
Featuring Artists: Ronald Apriyan, Petr Weigl, Tommy Yue, Ink & Clog and Zheng Yuan Wu
Pop art first emerged as a movement in the United Kingdom and the United States in the mid to late 1950s. Pop's reintroduction of identifiable imagery drawn from mass culture such as advertising, comic books, and mundane mass-produced objects was a major shift for the direction of modernism. Pop artists celebrated commonplace objects and people of everyday life, far from traditional themes of morality, mythology, and classic history. It was a turn back to a representational visual communication, often optimistic, generous, and naïve.
White Space Art Asia proudly presents Vintage Pop, a show that examines the central tenets of the Pop art movement and how it continues to be relevant and resonate with a new generation of artists decades after its introduction. In this dialogue, seriality, repetition, and the eye-hungry references to mainstream popular culture and mass media are visible proof that the concept of Pop is still pertinent in today's contemporary art.
The pioneers of Pop art sought to merge the visual vocabulary of mass culture with high art. The concept that there is no hierarchy of culture and that art may borrow from any source has been one of the most influential characteristics of Pop art. As Andy Warhol put it, "a Coke is a Coke, and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum in the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it."
By co-opting universally recognizable imagery such as a Campbell's soup can or Mickey Mouse and emphasizing that as a mass-produced item, Pop artists were not simply emphasizing popular imagery, but rather providing a commentary on how people have come to perceive art as commodities to be bought and sold, identifiable with one glance.
Vintage Pop features five contemporary artists stretching across different geographical, cultural, and ideological backgrounds. Five artists from five vastly different countries and life experiences (England, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Singapore) will work with popular imageries and iconographies dating back to the 1960s. Alluding to iconic films, cartoons, videogames and pop music, these artists distort the still deeply entrenched demarcation between "authentic" and "commercial" culture.
Popular culture is ubiquitous but not universal. Its shape and form are defined by the prevailing sentiments and norms of a society. While each of these five artists brings a different postmodern interpretation of Pop art, the shared beliefs of the democratization of art and the use of easily identifiable iconography rooted in vintage pop weaves a global unifying language across time and geographies.
Join us as we celebrate these artists and their inimitable interpretations of Pop art in the contemporary context.
Opening Reception: 3 April 2021, Saturday 4pm-8pm
Exhibition Period: 3 April 2021 to 15 May 2021, Open 10am – 7pm daily
Venue: 1H Yong Siak Street, Tiong Bahru Estate, Singapore 168641
General Enquiries: +65 6738 4380


I don't tend to prepare a lot of recipes by celebrity chefs. There are a few reasons for this, but one of the big ones is that I want to try and focus on developing new recipes without getting too caught up in someone else's. It's easy enough to get caught up just looking at Chef So-and-So's new book (all the while thinking "I wish I'd thought of that"), and the world does not need to watch me attempt to cook my way through it. But once in a while, something catches my eye and I just have to take the plunge.
This superb and surprisingly simple chicken dish is adapted with just a few modifications from a recipe by Rachael Ray. I was drawn to it because the idea of partnering marmalade and balsamic vinegar seemed… interesting, yes, but also a bit shocking. We're talking about two very powerful flavours being used as the basis for an entire dish – flavours that are not famous for combining. But I make my own marmalades, and I had a jar (made with Seville oranges of course!) staring at me and begging to be used. On top of that, I had to put something together for some friends and it needed to be dairy-, egg-, and wheat-free thanks to some major allergies. I figured I'd give it a shot.
I don't know exactly why this recipe works, but boy does it work. The flavours, while bold and intense, compliment each other surprisingly well. The bittersweet marmalade plays against the tangy sourness of the vinegar, and the whole thing has a really wonderful orange flavour while avoiding the cloying sweetness of savoury citrus dishes like duck a l'orange. On top of that, it is (as mentioned above) completely free of wheat, eggs and dairy, so long as you choose your chicken stock accordingly. Perhaps most pleasantly of all, it's shockingly healthy. So, thanks for the idea Rachael.
This recipe is modified from the original in a few ways. I halved the balsamic vinegar to let the marmalade stand out a bit more and to balance the two ingredients better; while I like the taste of balsamic vinegar, I find that too much of it can easily overpower a dish. I also substituted a series of spices for the poultry seasoning called for in the original. This second change is not strictly necessary (especially if you have a good poultry seasoning), but it does allow you to tweak and balance the flavours to better suit your personal tastes. If you're looking to speed this up a little bit, feel free to swap out the herbs (with the exception of the rosemary) for an equal volume of poultry seasoning. Lastly, there's less chicken stock in this version – it simply didn't seem necessary given that the chicken is moist and the final sauce is reduced anyway.
The balsamic vinegar called for in this dish is the thin (and relatively inexpensive) balsamic vinegar of Modena (Aceto Balsamico di Modena), and not the thicker (and much more expensive) condiment balsamic vinegar (Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale). Despite the similarity in name, the two are not really interchangeable. If you use thick condiment balsamic vinegar in this dish, it will over-sweeten and overpower the final product. Happily, this is one of those situations where you get to use the cheap stuff. With that in mind, try to get the best quality marmalade you can find. Many inexpensive commercial varieties are far too sweet (they can be up to 70% sugar). You want to seek out and use a good quality marmalade with a proper balance of sweet and bitter. I used my own Seville orange marmalade for a classic flavour, but you could substitute marmalade made from any citrus variety that you might prefer.
The original Rachael Ray recipe also calls for either chicken breasts or thighs. I personally would only use thighs, as breast portions are harder to cook evenly and are likely to end up on the dry side.
You can serve this on its own or, for a more decadent meal, with a good risotto. Funnily enough, I made this many months before posting it, and I didn't notice that the original recipe recommends lemon risotto as a partner – and as luck (or subliminal messaging) would have it, I just posted an awesome lemon-herb risotto a few days ago.
Not just good news, GREAT news! Low in fat, high in protein, very low in sodium, and under 350 calories per person.
Nothing on its own, but pay attention to the sides and servings. If you serve this with risotto (as shown) you're going to amp the fat and salt levels up quite a lot, turning this dish from healthy option into a richer treat.
Make sure you trim the meat well, as chicken thighs can start out quite fatty. Choose a good quality marmalade and look at the labels when purchasing, as many commercial varieties are exceptionally sugary. Serve with a green salad if you're looking for a healthy, low-calorie side.
Salmon burgers made with fresh (not canned) salmon, panko, and apricots (yes, in the burger!), topped with apricot relish and "Quadruple-M" Sauce.
Balsamic vinegar and orange marmalade may not sound like an obvious match, but I assure you it makes for a delicious one. Tasty, healthy, and allergy-friendly!
Combine the sage, marjoram, thyme, nutmeg, and celery seeds in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle and crush/mix. In a separate container, combine the marmalade, balsamic vinegar, and chicken stock and set aside.
Season the chicken with the spice blend from step 1 and salt and freshly-ground black pepper.
Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat for about 45 seconds, or until the oil begins to ripple on the surface. Add the chicken and sear for about 5 minutes (take care not to crowd the chicken or it won't brown properly - work in batches if necessary). Turn the chicken over (it should release from the pan fairly easily), sprinkle with rosemary, and brown for another 5 minutes, or until the chicken is nearly cooked through and still moist.
Once the chicken is finished, pour the marmalade mixture over the meat and cook for a further 2 minutes, or until the sauce is reduced to a relatively thin sauce/glaze.
Remove the chicken and serve immediately over wilted bitter greens (e.g. arugula) or with a starchy side like risotto. Spoon some of the sauce over the chicken and garnish with the chopped scallions.
Use a good quality marmalade with a proper balance of sweet and bitter. I used my own Seville orange marmalade for a classic flavour, but you could substitute marmalade made from any citrus variety that you might prefer.
Note that other than the rosemary, salt, and pepper, the other spices (sage, marjoram, thyme, nutmeg, and celery seed) can be replaced with 1 tsp of poultry seasoning. If you do elect to go this way, make sure you're using a good, fresh seasoning blend.
That is an interesting combination. Don't feel nab about reposting other people's recipes, especially when you have something of interest to bring to it. I like what you've done.
This looks so good! And beautiful pics! I am such a HUGE fan of vinegar anything, especially vinegar. I will seriously put that stuff on everything. Can't wait to give this a try 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend!
Hey Sean. The combination of the marmalade and balsamic has me quite intrigued. This dish just screams flavor and on that bed of lemon herb risotto takes it to that artistic level of presentation. I am like you I much rather use chicken thighs as they are more succulent and flavorful and marries well with that nutty citrus profile and texture of the risotto. You definitely have my curiosity peaked with your dish. Great work as usual Sean!
haha well it's good to be inspired by others sometimes! I love using balsamic in dishes, especially with meat, I find it gives it incredible flavour, and I can imagine the marmelade with it… wow. Good job!
Now I'm totally curious about this marmalade/balsamic vinegar combo! It looks and sounds delicious, and I'm a fan of both, so together they must be amazing. BTW, your photos look awesome!!
Hello, I used this sauce on venison tenderloin and it nicely balanced the slight game flavor of the venison. Venison was quickly seared, almost charred on outside so Smokey flavor pairs nicely with orange and sweet.
Hi Pete! That sounds awesome! I haven't had venison in ages but it's absolutely one of my favourite meats. Easily one of the most memorable steaks I ever had was venison. I'm really glad you tried this sauce out, and I can imagine the combination of flavours must have been awesome. Thanks for the inspiration!


In this talk and short performance, I'll be taking the audience on a trip to the uncanny valley – the place where objects, robots and cartoon characters unsettle us because they seem a little too human. From golems and unfortunate robotics experiments to disturbing early encounters with sound recording and ventriloquism, I'll delve into the psychology of uncanniness as I explore some possible explanations for this phenomenon.
For Canterbury Festival. This show includes a live performance with robotics and a recording session using an original Edison phonograph.


I visited Kirkcaldy branch on 18 November with my husband. The service provided by Elaine and her manager was excellent. Both ladies were so helpful and friendly making the whole shopping experience a pleasure. The shoes were purchased and we will certainly be back.
I was served on the 7th of this month by A. Grainer in your Kirkcaldy shop. The service was excellent, the lady was absolutely great nothing was too much trouble and everything was with a smile. Couldn't ask for better. I have been shopping there for fifty years. First for myself then my son, my grandchildren and now my great-granddaughter. Believe it or not this lady remembered me, how wonderful is that?
Informally referred to as 'Long Town', the Charles Clinkard store in Kirkcaldy is situated along the town's extensive high street, prominent as a result of its impeccable customer service and wide selection of brands, as well as the specialist shoe fitting service it provides. The store, which was refurbished in 2015 is located next to the Forum shopping centre, the site formerly holding resident to Mathieson's Shoe Fitters. The well-established spot now offers a wide selection of men's, women's, boys and girls footwear and accessories.
A 9 minute walk from the store takes you to Kirkcaldy's Railway Station, and there is free parking along the Esplanade, the road parallel to the High Street. Bus stops are located along the main high street, and the town's Bus Station is a 3 minute walk away.
Situated on the East Coast of Scotland, 11 miles North of Edinburgh, the town of Kirkcaldy is best known for hosting the longest street fair in Europe (also the oldest in Scotland). The Links Market is held every Easter on the town's almost 4 mile long esplanade, offering both traditional and modern fairground rides and food to a staggering 200,000-300,000 visitors!
Following your successful visit to our Charles Clinkard store, stop off at Baba Bistro for one of their barbeque pulled pork, apple and red cabbage slaw-packed brioche buns, or a wedge of one of their delicious homemade tray bakes and a cup of coffee.
Jackie's earliest memory of Charles Clinkard was when they acquired Stead and Simpson. She has worked in the footwear industry for 22 years, starting off as a part-time sales assistant at Mathieson's Shoe Fitters and then becoming an Assistant Manager at Charles Clinkard until taking on the challenge of Store Manager upon her Manager's retirement. The best thing, and most motivating part of her job is seeing happy customers make a purchase, as well as the great team surrounding her. Her 14 month old grandson keeps her occupied when she's not at work, and her recommendation for a great pair of boots in store at the minute are the Gabor Enfield which she wears for work as a result of their comfort and smart appearance.


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Q: multiple changing parameters in ODEs in R I have been using the deSolve function to solve ODEs and I have a Parameter, 'e', that changes throughout the code and is also used to determine some of the other bits of code. I just added another parameter r which does a similar thing throughout the code and got this warning message:
DLSODA-  Warning..Internal T (=R1) and H (=R2) are
      such that in the machine, T + H = T on the next step
     (H = step size). Solver will continue anyway.
In above message, R1 = 0, R2 = 0

DINTDY-  T (=R1) illegal
In above message, R1 = 1

      T not in interval TCUR - HU (= R1) to TCUR (=R2)
In above message, R1 = 0, R2 = 0

DINTDY-  T (=R1) illegal
In above message, R1 = 2

      T not in interval TCUR - HU (= R1) to TCUR (=R2)
In above message, R1 = 0, R2 = 0

DLSODA-  Trouble in DINTDY.  ITASK = I1, TOUT = R1
In above message, I1 = 1

In above message, R1 = 2

my original code is:
parameters <- c(a = 0.32,
                b = (9/140),
                c = (5/1400),
                d = (95/700),
                k = 1/140,
                i = 0.25,
                r = 0.2,
                n = 6000000,
                x = 0.3 ,
                t = 1/180,           # important in looking at the shape
                u = 1/180,           # important in looking at the shape
                p = 10,
                s = 100,
                g = 100,

                # e = .3,
                h = 1000)
# where a is contact with infected patient
# where b is safely burried percentage
# where c is chance of being cured with no medical help
# where d is the chance that patients will go from infected to dead with no safe burial
# where e is the education percentage (percentage of patients that go into quarentine)
# where k is the chance of being cured with medical help
# where i is the infection rate (assuming contact with dead and alive ebola people are the same)
# where n is the population
# where r is the riual burial rate (unsafe contact of the dead patients with alive non infected people)
# where x is the percentage of money spent on hospitals
# where t is how fast the education is implemented
# where m is how fast hospitals go from money to actual hospitals
# where  is the price placed on one life (the constant that is multiplied by the burrials)

state <- c(S = 5999900,
           E = 0,
           I = 100,
           Q = 1,
           D = 0,
           B = 0,
           C = 0,
           Y = 0,
           #H = 0,
           R = 1,
           #h = 100,
           e = 0
)

# where S is suseptable
# where E is effected
# where I is infected
# where Q is quarentined
# where B is burried
# where C is cured
# where D is dead but not burried
# where Y is income
# where  is education that we have funding for
# where  is hospitals that we have funding for
# where  is education deployed
# where  is hospitals deployed

# set up the equations

equation <- (function(t, state, parameters)
  with(as.list(c(state, parameters)),{
    # rate of change

    dS <- (-(a*S*I)/n) - ((r*S*D)/n)
    dE <- (a*S*I)/n + ((r*S*D)/n) - i*E
    #if (h >= Q)
    #  e = e
    #else if (h < Q )
    #  e = 0
    dI <- i*E - (e)*I - c*I - d*I
    #(if (h >= Q)
    #  e = 1
    #else if (h < Q )
    #  e = 0
    dQ <- (e)*I - b*Q - k*Q
    dD <- d*I - r*D
    dB <- b*Q + r*D
    dC <- c*I + k*Q
    dY <- p * (b*Q + r*D)
    dR <- (1-x)* (p*(b*Q + r*D))  -t*(R)
    de <- t*(s/R)
    #dH <- (x)* (p*(b*Q + r*D)) -u*(H)
    #dh <- u*(H/g)

    # return the rate of change
    list(c(dS, dE, dI, dQ, dD, dB, dC, dY, dR, de))
  }))
# , dH, dh

# solve the equations for certain starting parameters

library(deSolve)
times <- seq(0, 1000, by = 1)

out <- ode(y = state, times = times, func = equation, parms = parameters)
head(out)
tail(out)

# graph the results (need to know how to add D to the graph)

par(oma = c(0, 0, 3, 0))
plot(out, xlab = "Time", ylab = "People")
#plot(out[, "X"], out[, "Z"], pch = ".")
mtext(outer = TRUE, side = 3, "Ebola Model", cex = 1.5)

and this has been changed to:
parameters <- c(a = 0.32,
                b = (9/140),
                c = (5/1400),
                d = (95/700),
                k = 1/140,
                i = 0.25,
                # r = 0.2,
                n = 6000000,
                x = 0.3 ,
                t = 1/180,           # important in looking at the shape
                u = 1/180,           # important in looking at the shape
                v = 1,               # important in looking at the shape
                p = 10,
                s = 100,
                g = 100,

                    # e = .3,
                    h = 1000)
    # where a is contact with infected patient
    # where b is safely burried percentage
    # where c is chance of being cured with no medical help
    # where d is the chance that patients will go from infected to dead with no safe burial
    # where e is the education percentage (percentage of patients that go into quarentine)
    # where k is the chance of being cured with medical help
    # where i is the infection rate (assuming contact with dead and alive ebola people are the same)
    # where n is the population
    # where r is the riual burial rate (unsafe contact of the dead patients with alive non infected people)
    # where x is the percentage of money spent on hospitals
    # where t is how fast the education is implemented
    # where m is how fast hospitals go from money to actual hospitals
    # where  is the price placed on one life (the constant that is multiplied by the burrials)

    state <- c(S = 5999900,
               E = 0,
               I = 100,
               Q = 1,
               D = 0,
               B = 0,
               C = 0,
               Y = 0,
               #H = 0,
               R = 1,
               J =0,
               #h = 100,
               e = 0.3,
               r = 0.3
    )

    # where S is suseptable
    # where E is effected
    # where I is infected
    # where Q is quarentined
    # where B is burried
    # where C is cured
    # where D is dead but not burried
    # where Y is income
    # where  is education that we have funding for
    # where  is hospitals that we have funding for
    # where  is education deployed
    # where  is hospitals deployed

    # set up the equations

    equation <- (function(t, state, parameters)
      with(as.list(c(state, parameters)),{
        # rate of change

        dS <- (-(a*S*I)/n) - ((r*S*D)/n)
        dE <- (a*S*I)/n + ((r*S*D)/n) - i*E
        #if (h >= Q)
        #  e = e
        #else if (h < Q )
        #  e = 0
        dI <- i*E - (e)*I - c*I - d*I
        #(if (h >= Q)
        #  e = 1
        #else if (h < Q )
        #  e = 0
        dQ <- (e)*I - b*Q - k*Q
        dD <- d*I - r*D
        dB <- b*Q + r*D
        dC <- c*I + k*Q
        dY <- p * (b*Q + r*D)
        dR <- (1-x)* (p*(b*Q + r*D))  -t*(R)
        de <- t*(s/R)
        dJ <- (x)* (p*(b*Q + r*D))  -v*(J)
        dr <- v*(s/J)
        #dH <- (x)* (p*(b*Q + r*D)) -u*(H)
        #dh <- u*(H/g)

        # return the rate of change
        list(c(dS, dE, dI, dQ, dD, dB, dC, dY, dR, de, dJ, dr))
      }))
    # , dH, dh

    # solve the equations for certain starting parameters

    library(deSolve)
    times <- seq(0, 100, by = 1)

    out <- ode(y = state, times = times, func = equation, parms = parameters)
    head(out)
    tail(out)

    # graph the results (need to know how to add D to the graph)

    par(oma = c(0, 0, 3, 0))
    plot(out, xlab = "Time", ylab = "People")
    #plot(out[, "X"], out[, "Z"], pch = ".")
    mtext(outer = TRUE, side = 3, "Ebola Model", cex = 1.5)

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The government has defeated a Labour attempt in the Commons to force the release of its analysis of the impact of universal credit, in a sign of renewed Conservative unity in defending the much-criticised policy.
The "humble address" motion by Labour, which sought access to briefings or analyses showing the effect on claimants' incomes and debt levels, was defeated by 299 votes to 279 after four hours of debate.
Those voting with the government included six DUP MPs, despite concerns in No 10 that the party could start to obstruct Theresa May in parliament because of Brexit objections. No Conservatives rebelled.
Labour has used humble address motions on recent issues such as forcing the release of Brexit impact assessments, with the government often not taking part in the vote. But on this occasion Tory MPs were whipped to see off the move.
Esther McVey, the work and pensions secretary, used her response to the motion to take a bullish line in defending universal credit, which is intended to simplify the benefits system and provide greater incentives for work but has recently been criticised by John Major and Gordon Brown, among others.
This week it emerged that McVey had slowed down the expansion of universal credit, which is intended to replace six separate benefits payments. While its use by new claimants will continue to be rolled out, the process of migrating people from existing benefits has been delayed, with only 10,000 moved during 2019.
The government was "learning from that evidence, we are building on that evidence, and we are making decisions so we can improve the system as it goes further," McVey told MPs.
She vigorously defended the change and condemned Labour for its policy of wanting to scrap it. "That is what this government are doing – getting people into work and turning the corner of more wage growth. We will continue to roll out universal credit, and we will engage with colleagues across the house," she said.
A series of Labour MPs reiterated the argument, with Angela Eagle saying universal credit was causing "undeniable and massive hardship" in her Wallasey constituency, pointing to a 34% increase in food bank use locally since it was rolled out.
In a statement after the vote, Greenwood said the Conservatives had "voted to shamefully cover up the impact that universal credit is having on families and people who most need our support".
Despite rumblings of discontent from some Conservatives, and John Major's prediction last week that a botched expansion of universal credit could be as damaging to the party's electoral appeal as the poll tax was in the 1980s, McVey received almost unanimous support from Tory backbenchers.
Some Conservatives spoke to concede that universal credit needed tweaks, but also praised the principle behind it and in some cases vehemently condemned Labour's tactics.
However, some Tory backbenchers were more circumspect. Nigel Mills, the MP for Amber Valley, called for a delay in extending the benefit to more people until work was completed to "take out those rough edges".
Heidi Allen, who represents South Cambridgeshire, called for some significant changes, including an end to first payments being made several weeks in arrears. She said that rather than offer people advances that they then needed to pay back, the benefit should arrive instantly, based initially on an estimate of circumstances.
"I believe it would tackle the majority of debt and food bank use cases that we do hear about. Let's just do it," Allen said.
The Waveney MP, Peter Aldous, said the initial rollout of universal credit to part of his constituency had led to numerous complaints, and even now his office was receiving three new problems a week.
"It is clear that many people, often the most vulnerable in society, have been put through enormous pressure and have faced real challenges in getting by on a day-to-day basis," he said.


Interestingly, Bill Clinton today told President Obama to be more positive. Basically the same thing I said: here and here and here. There could be a bit more confidence if the president stops trying to discourage the economy.
Former President Bill Clinton says he thinks President Obama should talk more optimistically about the prospects that the nation will recover from its current deep economic woes. Clinton said he wants Obama to assure the people that America will surmount this problem.
Hopefully Obama takes the suggestion to heart. I think the thing that has been weighing most on the economy in the last month has been Obama's constant insistence to talk down the economy. Now that he has his spending package hopefully he'll no longer feel the need to do this.


In a quiet ceremony performed Saturday night at eight o'clock, Miss Marguerite Cossey became the bride of Desimond French.
Rev. G.G. Pixley, pastor of the Methodist church of Leonard, performed the ceremony. The only attendants were Van Beal, Clayburn French and Winnifred Pixley.
Mrs. French is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Cossey, who reside one mile southeast of Leonard.
Mr. French is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest French of Leonard. The couple is well known in and around Rector and are very popular with the younger set of this community.
For the present, they will make their home with the groom's parents.
Marguerite Cossey was 21 years old when she married Desimond French, age 22. They said their vows on Sept. 30, 1939, but since the news item appeared in the Democrat during the first week in October, we will fit the announcement in our October series of our history column.
Marguerite was the daughter of Rufus A. Cossey and Mae Harmon. Marguerite's father migrated to Arkansas from southern Illinois some time before 1900 and married Mae Harmon in 1905.
Desimond French was the son of Ernest Boyd French and Anna Sides. I believe the French family migrated to our area from Tennessee some time around 1880.
The preacher who officiated the wedding ceremony was Giles B. Pixley. Your writer does not know how long he had served the Methodist Church at Leonard, but he was located back in the Magnolia area of southern Arkansas by the next year, 1940. I would like to mention here that Winnifred Pixley, an attendant at the wedding, married Clayborn French, Desimond's brother, by the mid-1940's.
Many of our readers are familiar with the children of Marguerite and Desimond, daughter Jo Carolyn French and son Butch French.
Desimond French died in 1977 and Marguerite died 30 years later, in 2007. Both are buried in Woodland Heights Cemetery.
Your writer would like to learn more about the Cossey and French families. I had difficulty researching the Cossey name, as I found it spelled Cassey, Causey, etc., on different census records.


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In addition to bedsores, experts in this area are often experienced with a wide array of medical issues, such as back pain, cancer, headaches, asthma, gastroenterology, emergency medicine, pneumonia, pulmonary medicine, vascular surgery, oncology, hypertension, or other various ailments and conditions. Many bedsore expert witnesses have backgrounds working with elderly patients in nursing homes or hospital settings, since it is common for patients to become immobilized due to advanced age. In such cases, it is imperative that nursing home residents receive the proper care and geriatric medicine, as failing to do so may result in pressure sores or other medical problems.
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Estate Planning D o I need a trust? This is a question we have heard many times. Rather than describe who needs a trust, I will share two stories with you about what happens when a person dies without a trust. These examples can help you determine whether a trust would be beneficial for you. I share with you the stories of two single women at different stages and with different circumstances in their lives. Each gives a good perspective as to how proper planning can allow even a modest estate to leave a legacy. The first story is about a single mother named Jennifer. Jennifer has two daughters, both of whom are under the age of 18. Jennifer had a will prepared that gave her estate to her daughters equally at her death. The will was properly prepared and simple in its instructions. She had a life insurance policy worth $100,000, as well as $40,000 of equity in her home. Unfortunately, Jennifer developed cancer and died while the girls were still under the age of 18. Leaving a Legacy Should Not be Difficult The grandmother was nominated as the personal representative of the estate and was selected to be By Dan Morris of $2,500 for each proceeding, including the court costs, the total cost was $7,500. In most cases the the guardian of the minor granddaughters. Several issues arose in this case, which created the need for three separate legal proceedings in order to administer the estate. The estate, unfortunately, could not afford the mortgage payments on the house, thus causing a probate proceeding. Also, because the children were under 18, a guardian had to be assigned for each of them. Even with a minimum fee costs are much higher. In the end, each daughter would receive $70,000 when they turned 18. The will did not list any restrictions as to how the money could be used or what it could be used for. The money paid to the first daughter at age 18 lasted only 60 days before it had all been spent. No education was obtained and there was no money left. The other daughter chose to wait until she was 19, but still was not cautious enough with the funds and did not use them toward her education or for prudent investments. Now let's take a look at the next scenario. It is about Tina, who is a mother of one son and grandmother to three granddaughters. Tina had a modest estate consisting of a home with a value of $140,000 and a small life insurance policy worth $10,000. She also had a will, which left everything to her son, who was also listed as the personal representative. Very sadly, Tina's son preceded her in death and she never updated the will. This left the three granddaughters as the beneficiaries of the estate, and two of them were under 18. Yet again, there would be a probate and two guardianship proceedings. Approximately the same costs were incurred in the legal proceedings as for Jennifer's family. In addition, however, annual reports were required of the guardian until the last two granddaughters turned 18. Would a simple living trust have made a difference to the beneficiaries in these two situations? Would it have improved their situation and helped them have a better future? The answer is a resounding yes! Every parent wants the best for their children, and with a living trust they can help ensure their children have help even after they've passed on. Jennifer and Tina could have dictated the ways that the funds needed to be distributed and could have spread distributions out - preventing a young adult Dan R. Morris is the senior partner of Morris, Hall & Kinghorn. Since 1970, his private practice has focused on estate planning, business planning, real estate and corporate law. Morris earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona. He is admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Tax Court and the state and federal courts of Arizona. For more information, call (888) 222-1328 or visit www.morristrust.com. from spending the funds immediately. Parents can dictate that certain funds are required to go toward a college education. They can choose to have funds set aside for the purchase of a home. Perhaps they wish to have a portion of funds go to the care of a grandchild. There are so many options that a parent can use to make certain that the funds they provide to their children are used wisely to help support them and to give them a better future. Leaving a legacy for your loved ones is one of the greatest gifts you can give to them, and it doesn't have to be difficult. In fact, a living trust can make the process simple and give you peace of mind knowing your loved ones are provided for even after you have moved on. The greatest gift of today is providing security in the future for those you love!


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Елиезер (Иврит: אֱלִיעֶזֶר, Модерен иврит: Eli'ezer, Тиберски: 'Ĕlîʻézer, значение: "Помощта на моя Бог") е библейско име, което се среща в Библията като името на поне три различни личности.

Синът на Моисей
Елиезер е вторият син на Моисей и Сепфора. Името му означава "помощта на моя Бог" или "Бог е мой помощник" на Иврит.

Стихът от Изход в Библията гласи :

Етимология на името
На иврит "езра" означава "помощ", "Ел" е Господ, "Ели" е "Господ мой". "и" е наставка за мой, мое и т.н. "ну" е наставка за "наш". "Авотену" – Бащите (Отците) ни.

Казва се "бе езрат а шем" – с помощта на "Името му".

Източници

Пророци в Библията

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NPR Corrects Hiroshima Story, Sort Of
By: Roger Aronoff | Accuracy in Media
I was reminded recently of the quote, sometimes attributed to Mark Twain, sometimes to Winston Churchill, that "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." One version of the quote can be traced back to Jonathan Swift in 1710.
National Public Radio (NPR) recently aired a story in which they made an egregious error concerning the number of people killed as a result of the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown in Japan in 2011. The story was told in the context of President Obama's apology at Hiroshima for America's role in ending World War II—a war that the U.S. entered after being bombed by Japan at Pearl Harbor.
The NPR reporter said, "Japan is quite pacifist, as you know, given its experiences with nuclear war and with nuclear energy. It was just five years ago that Fukushima's power plant melted down, which killed tens of thousands in Japan."
NPR later added a correction at the end of the transcript of the story on its website, and they removed seven words from the audio. Those seven words were, "which killed tens of thousands in Japan." But the words are still in the written transcript on the page.
This is their correction:
"[POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: An earlier version of the audio of this story mistakenly referred to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant accident causing 'tens of thousands' of deaths. The large death toll was caused by the earthquake and tsunami, not the nuclear accident. The incorrect reference was removed for subsequent airings of the broadcast and on our digital platforms.]"
This story played to millions of people across the globe who were tuned in to NPR. Maybe one one-thousandth of that number, if that, will ever see the correction. And again, those who read the transcript will still see the original mistake.
The point of that error was to provide support for President Obama's argument that we need to rid the world of nuclear weapons, and that even nuclear power plants pose an unacceptable risk. After all, the U.S. has been the only nation to use atomic bombs, when we dropped them on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The Oliver Stone view of the world is that it was unnecessary, and that Japan would have surrendered anyway because they feared a Soviet invasion. Yet it was widely believed by military and diplomatic experts at that time—and, I would argue, to this day—that it saved hundreds of thousands, maybe even a million Americans, who would have otherwise died invading Japan in order to force them to surrender.
Claudia Rosett wrote a column about President Obama's recent speech at Hiroshima, and the message he sent. Since he never said the words, "I apologize," most media stories highlighted the angle that there was no actual apology. But the weight and the meaning of his full speech was in and of itself an apology.
"What's missing from Obama's 'logic' is the reality that mankind—no matter what Obama says at Hiroshima—is unlikely to un-invent nuclear weapons," writes Rosett. "The practical question is how to minimize the chances that they will be used, and the main question for an American president should be how to ensure they are not used against the U.S. and its allies. It matters whether it is Britain that has the bomb, or North Korea."
But President Obama doesn't want responsible nations to have nuclear weapons. He argues that all nations should shed "the logic of fear" and get rid of their nuclear arsenals. "How easily we learn to justify violence in the name of some higher cause," said President Obama in his speech.
How easily, too, NPR justifies a throwaway correction for what is a major factual error.
NPR needs to figure out a better way to correct a story. They should have announced the correction on the air, and made the change within the transcript, with an asterisk—rather than count on the very few people who might read the correction at the very end of the transcript—in order to fulfill their journalistic obligation.
Some news reports do speculate that there will eventually be deaths of people who will get cancer as a result of Fukushima. That may be true. But as Accuracy in Mediareported with regard to the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in the Soviet Union, those reports are likely to be greatly exaggerated.
NPR got their shot in. The lie traveled halfway around the world, but the correction sits as a little noticed blurb at the end. The correction should have included the fact that there were no known deaths as a result of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown.
Roger Aronoff
Roger Aronoff is the Editor of Accuracy in Media, and a member of the Citizens' Commission on Benghazi. He can be contacted at [email protected]. View the complete archives from Roger Aronoff.
Posted in Military, Politics	| Tagged AIM, Barack Obama, Japan, Military, NPR, Nuclear Bombs, Nuclear Power Plants, Politics, Roger Aronoff, War	|
Message to Trump supporters from San Jose Democrat Police Chief & Mayor: You're on your own
By: Renee Nal | New Zeal
Protesters harass a Trump supporter in the San Jose Convention Center parking garage as Presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a rally in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, June 6, 2016. (Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group)
Donald Trump supporters were faced with violent communist-provoked thugs, deliberately slow-to-respond police officers and a finger-pointing, Hillary-supporting mayor on Thursday night in San Jose, California as men and women alike were attacked repeatedly for daring to support the presumptive Republican presidential candidate.
Adding to the injustice for these non-violent and completely innocent rally-goers is the massive insult to injury of a biased and complicit mainstream media, who serve as relentless apologists for communist agitators, empowering them to persist in their violent and sickening behavior.
Without appearing to even recognize it, authors Mark Gomez and Julia Prodis Sulek of an article at the East Bay Times give three different reasons why police did not respond decisively to the violent protesters. In fact, their contradictory article is titled, "Donald Trump in San Jose: Police chief says there weren't enough officers at the rally," but according to their own report, there were 400 protesters and 250 police officers, many of whom were in "riot gear." This author is no expert on handling riots, but more than one police officer for every two people protesting seems like it would be way more than would be needed.
San Jose Police Chief Eddie Garcia tweeted before the rally that the police "WILL protect the 1st Ammendment [sic], our Community, and our Officers."
Posted in Politics	| Tagged Donald Trump, Police, Politics, Renee Nal, Riots, San Jose	|


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Nowina – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie dolnośląskim, w powiecie ząbkowickim, w gminie Ziębice.

Podział administracyjny
W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość położona była w województwie wałbrzyskim.

Demografia
Według Narodowego Spisu Powszechnego (marzec 2011 r.) liczyła 67 mieszkańców. Jest jedną z 4 najmniejszych miejscowości gminy Ziębice (każda z nich ma mniej niż 100 mieszkańców).

Kultura i sztuka
Nieformalne miejsce spotkań dolnośląskiego stowarzyszenia Nowinart zajmującego się promocją sztuki oraz prowadzeniem warsztatów w zakresie fotografii oraz sztuk plastycznych.

Szlaki turystyczne
 Czerwony:  Nowina - Bożnowice - Biskupi Las - Wilemowice leśniczówka - Kamiennik
 Niebieski:  Ząbkowice Śląskie - Bobolice - Cierniowa Kopa - Zameczny Potok - Muszkowicki Las Bukowy - Muszkowice - Henryków - Raczyce - Witostowice - Nowolesie - Nowoleska Kopa - Kalinka - Nowina - Dzierzkowa - Siemisławice - Przeworno – Krzywina – Garnczarek – Skrzyżowanie pod Dębem – Biały Kościół

Zobacz też
 Nowina
 Nowina-Przęsławice

Przypisy

Ziębice (gmina)


This is William Shakespeare's Star Wars, a version of the 'A New Hope' script rewritten in iambic pentameter with all that fancy old-timey talk. I bet Yoda sounds normal. I posted a couple more pictures of the book after the jump, but you can access a PDF of the first 16 pages HERE that I was afraid to rip because I only break copyright laws for myself. You know what I'm saying? It's like, I'm not getting in trouble for you, download your own pirated p0rn. Psyche, I'll download a nudey movie for you -- what do you want? Come on, I won't tell anybody. *whispering* THEY MAKE STUFF LIKE THAT?! You're a freak, give me twenty minutes.
Hit the jump for a couple more shots.
Thanks to lilco, Marc, Han Freaking Solo and JL, who were all in Shakespeare plays in high school. Cool story guys, but I was Peter Pan and got to fly, so there.
No Yoda in A New Hope guys!!
Yeap, but I guess they mean in case Shakespearized novelizations were also made for ESB and ROTJ.
A good teacher needs to be using this in his/her class immediately.


Many of you might not have even aware of, but certain places in your office are home to millions of germs and bacteria. Did you know that, on an average, the area at your desk where you rest your hand contains around 10,000,000 bacteria! The figures may scare you, however, from water cooler to keyboards, there are several contaminated spots in your office which harbor many times more bacteria that an average toilet seat. No wonder why businesses are increasingly employing commercial cleaning services in Los Angeles to get their workplaces cleansed and sanitized.
Let us get to know what the dirtiest places in your workplace are.
Telephones which you grab several times a day contain many germs because as you talk, you spit from your mouth that accumulates on the mouthpiece. Not only that, but your hands are not that clean either. After all, who cleans a phone? It all makes the phone a favorable dwelling place for pathogens. Therefore, once in a while, keep wiping down the handle to avoid the contact with bacteria.
Just think how many fingers daily touch the elevator button? And, not all the fingers are clean which makes those buttons to collect the filthiest germs people are carrying with them. It is not uncommon that some of the people might have even sneezed or coughed covering their mouths with hands and later transferred the bacteria to the elevator buttons. Try to wash your hands after touching the elevator buttons, and if you can't, at least avoid touching your face that time.
Every day, employees spend most of their working hours with keyboards. But if you continue touching water filter, coffee pots, doorknobs and other dirty places; you are carrying bacteria with yourself to keyboards. In addition, many people eat at their desks, dropping bits of food on keyboards that may become breeding grounds for germs.
It is not surprising that bathrooms and toilets are indeed the dirtiest places in an office. Did you know that during flushing a toilet with a lid up, water spray to several meters in the air? What's more, you may be washing your hands properly, others may not. It means the door knob of the toilet you are going to touch already contains transferred bacteria from other persons.
The facts and figure mentioned above may give you a start. However, you can take precautionary measures only when you are fully informed.


Discoid lateral menisci were first described in the late 1800s. The normal configuration of a meniscus is that of a matured crescent moon, whereas that of a discoid meniscus generally is a thickened, very early crescent moon. Variations of this general shape occur relatively rarely, and occasionally, the lunar appearance is also found in the medial meniscus. The discoid shape results in a membrane barrier that prevents normal contact between the articular surfaces of the knee and has a high incidence of mechanical deformation.
Each type presents its own unique pathophysiologic problems.
The Wrisberg type lacks an attachment to stabilize the posterior horn to the tibia.  It may also be of normal shape rather than discoid. The only attachment of the posterior horn is to the Wrisberg or meniscofemoral ligament. The general configuration produces an unstable or hypermobile lateral meniscus.
Ahn et al evaluated the long-term clinical and radiographic results of arthroscopic reshaping, with or without peripheral meniscus repair, in 38 children (48 knees; mean age, 9.9 years) with symptomatic discoid lateral meniscus.  The surgical procedure performed was arthroscopic partial meniscectomy alone (22 knees), partial meniscectomy with repair (18 knees), or subtotal meniscectomy (8 knees). At a mean follow-up of 10.1 years, progression of degenerative changes was significantly greater in the group treated with subtotal meniscectomy than in either of the partial meniscectomy groups.
Lee et al carried out a systematic review of 11 studies with more than 5 years of follow-up in which the clinical and radiologic outcomes of surgical treatment of discoid lateral meniscus (open or arthroscopic partial central meniscectomy, subtotal meniscectomy, total meniscectomy, or partial meniscectomy with repair) were evaluated.  Most of the studies showed good clinical results. There was minimal progression of degenerative change and no findings of moderate or advanced degenerative changes. Possible risk factors for degenerative changes included greater age at the time of surgery, longer follow-up period, and subtotal or total meniscectomy.
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Radiograph of 8-year-old child with bilateral discoid menisci, diagnosis confirmed by MRI. Patient is only symptomatic on left side. Patient underwent arthroscopy and partial meniscectomy and is now asymptomatic. Image courtesy of Dennis P Grogan, MD.
MRI scan of typical discoid meniscus. Image courtesy of William Morrison, MD.
Coronal MRI scan demonstrating complete discoid meniscus (arrow). Image courtesy of Robert D Bronstein, MD.
Knee radiograph of 17-year-old athlete with a discoid lateral meniscus. Lateral joint space is widened, and tibial plateau has flattened appearance. Image courtesy of Robert D Bronstein, MD.
Arthroscopic appearance of complete discoid lateral meniscus. Probe is showing medial extent of lateral meniscus, which completely covers lateral tibial plateau. Image courtesy of Robert D Bronstein, MD.
Arthroscopic photograph following saucerization of discoid lateral meniscus. Edge of horizontal tear that traversed meniscus can be observed. Image courtesy of Robert D Bronstein, MD.


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Cassidese Glossary – Jizz
For some time now, some of my on-line friends have advised me to provide a version of CassidySlangScam without the invective aimed at Cassidy and his supporters. In response to that advice, I am working on providing a glossary of the terms in Cassidy's ludicrous book How The Irish Invented Slang with a short, simple and business-like explanation of why Cassidy's version is wrong.
Cassidy links this word to jazz and claims that it derives from Irish teas. There is no evidence of this. See the article on Jazz above.
This entry was posted in Cassidese Glossary and tagged Cassidese Glossary, Dan Cassidy, Daniel Cassidy, Danny Cassidy, How The Irish Invented Slang, jazz, jizz, teas on November 16, 2019 by Danielomastix.
Cassidese Glossary – Jazzbo
Cassidy explains this term as deriving from Irish (of course).
Jazzbo, Jasbo, Jazz–bo, n., (someone or something) infused with great heat, passion, enthusiasm, high spirits, and excitement. Vaudeville slang for wild physical comedy, exuberant slapstick, hokum.
Teasbach, teaspach (pron. j'asbah, ch'asbah, t'aspǝ), n., (of person) animal spirits, exuberance; heat, liveliness, ardour, passion, sultriness; heat of the blood; wantonness; (of horse) spiritedness, tendency to cavort; (of cattle) tendency to gad about.
In reality, jazzbo first makes its appearance shortly after the word jazz itself, just before the 1st World War. It initially referred to slapstick comedy in Vaudeville, then to black vaudeville performers, and then to syncopated music. Some scholars link it to a certain Jasper 'Jasbo' Brown, who was a musician. Others have claimed that it originated in New Orleans with the phrase chasse beau. There doesn't seem to be much evidence in support of the latter.
Wherever it comes from, I am sure it has nothing to do with teaspach (pronounced chaspah – Cassidy knew nothing about Irish pronunciation), which is the Irish for a heatwave or hot spell of weather (a definition that Cassidy ignores in favour of the ones he thinks fit better with jazzbo). You can find a proper and honest definition of the meanings of teaspach here: https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/teaspach
This entry was posted in Cassidese Glossary and tagged Dan Cassidy, Daniel Cassidy, Danny Cassidy, How The Irish Invented Slang, Jasper Brown, jazzbo, teas, teaspach on November 1, 2019 by Danielomastix.
Cassidy claimed that jazz comes from the Irish teas, meaning heat. He is not alone in claiming an Irish origin for the word jazz. Years ago, I remember someone saying to me that jazz comes from the Irish deas, meaning nice. I was sceptical of that claim and I'm just as sceptical of Cassidy's. I suppose it is just possible but there is no evidence for it beyond a slight phonetic similarity. Cassidy also makes a basic mistake of pronunciation, in that he insists that teas is pronounced as jass, which it isn't. Teas is pronounced chass, or tyass, but never jass. (In the book, he ganches on about something called the Rule of Tír, which I am fairly certain doesn't exist and is not in any grammar book or textbook of Irish which I have seen).
There is no convincing solution to the problem of where the term jazz comes from. Some scholars insist that it was originally a sexual term which became applied to a type of music. They may be right, or they may be wrong. But there is no reason at all to associate it with an Irish word for heat (or nice).
I am also suspicious of the idea of the Irish 'claiming' jazz. I don't dispute that individual Irish Americans had a big influence on the development of jazz but I wonder if Irish people were involved much in its inception. After all, the popular instruments among the Irish diaspora were the fiddle, the flute, the pipes and the whistle. The quintessential jazz instruments like brass and clarinet and drums and piano were really not part of the Irish music scene and most Irish music is in triple time, while most jazz is in quadruple time.
However, the most interesting thing about Cassidy and jazz for me is the debates on Wikipedia about the origin of the word. If you go to Wikipedia at this address: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jazz_(word)&offset=20081022201100&action=history you will find a number of debates involving a character who calls himself Medbh. I say himself, in spite of the fact that Medhbh(?)/Medb/Méabh is a woman's name, because I am pretty certain that Medbh is really Daniel Cassidy. Read it yourself and make up your own mind but it ends up as a rant against the 'dictionary dudes' who have criticised Cassidy's book. If Medbh's comments were not written by Cassidy, then he or she had a stalker's knowledge of Cassidy's life and work and he or she used the same style of language. It is also a style of language found in other places by Cassidy himself under his own name, as well as by people who talked about Cassidy in the third person but were almost certainly sock-puppets for Cassidy (check out this exchange here http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/forums/viewthread/663/ which is obviously from Cassidy himself and then compare it to Medbh's hysterical rant below).
"You do not own the word "jazz" (teas) on Wikipedia or anywhere else. You are not balancing anything. Your article is replete with inaccuaracies and distortions. It is an embarassemnt. The attempt to marginalize Daniel Cassidy's pioneering work on the word "jazz" and hundreds of other American vernacular words and phrases in his new book How the Irish Invented Slang: the Secret language of the Crossroads is pathetic. Cassidy's book has been hailed by scores of respected academics, journalists, writers, and Irish language scholars, since its publication 3 months ago. See the Irish Times, The Irish Independent, The Belfast Telegraph, Irish News, The Derry Journal, RTE, Ireland's national broadcaster, and Irish language publications like La Nua, Beo, and Foinse, as well as American media, including ABC radio, KPFA, WBAI, the SF Chronicle, and NY Observer,and this is just in the first weeks after publication. I shall continue to put up the Irish sanas of jazz. These last feeble attempts to censor Cassidy's work are laughably pathetic. Let's put it to mediation. I will provide 20 PUBLISHED articles supporting Cassidy's thesis. All you have are the same old white boy cronies and Anglophile dictionary dudes."
The strangest thing about this is the sheer ineptitude. After all, if you wanted to post a defence of your own book under a false identity, would you use highly distinctive phrases (sanas, dictionary dudes) which are associated with you in contexts where your name is given? Wouldn't you try to adopt another persona, use a different voice to make your point? I would, certainly, but then I'm not barking mad …
This entry was posted in Drossary and tagged an Ghaeilge, Daniel Cassidy, Gaeilge, How The Irish Invented Slang, Irish language, jazz, nonsense, slang, teas, the Irish language on June 5, 2013 by Danielomastix.


Thank you for helping me celebrate my big 50!!!
Chai4ever is my life. Chai4ever represents the culmination of my 25 years' investment of all my faculties and skills to provide relief to families who are dealing with serious parental illness on a daily basis. Chai4ever assists families with young children who have a parent suffering from cancer, Parkinsons, ALS, and other chronic and life-threatening diseases. We support families via meals, rides, respite, babysitting, tutoring, emotional support, housekeeping assistance, support groups, financial grants, year-round events, and just about anything the family needs to get through their trying time.
One program in particular means the world to me: Camp4ever. It is a travel camp with a girls' and boys' division for the children of those affected by illness or who have recently lost a parent. This will be the third year of the boys' division and the second of the girls' division. This camp is a lifeline for these children. The entire year they deal with the turbulence of illness. They carry burdens, fears, and responsibilities which children their age should never have to shoulder. In midst of the chaos of their lives, there is one beacon of light which they hold strong to- Camp4ever.
Camp is not simply a few weeks' respite during the summer, it isn't just a therapeutic summer program, and it isn't just about the fun the campers have during their time together. Camp is family. Camp is support. Camp is their life. It's hard to encapsulate the feeling, importance, and meaning of camp. It's hard to take the emotions and put them into words… but I will try. There is nothing as gratifying as seeing children who are depressed, don't smile, and are continuously negative, begin to brighten up during camp. There is nothing as rewarding as seeing these same children who never reached out for help, never had a good word to say about the world, start to connect with their counselor and bunkmates throughout the year and simply grin at the mention of camp. There is nothing as wonderful as knowing that a child is once again attending school because of the confidence he gained during camp. There is also nothing as rewarding as seeing parents' bright smiles as they watch their children finally relax and enjoy themselves.
One incident which will always stay in my mind took place last year right before camp. A Chai4ever mother had tragically passed away after an extended battle with cancer. In the morning, we received a call from the bereaved husband saying that although they were on the way to the funeral, his 11-year-old daughter repeatedly asked if she could still attend camp. This was the child's first concern following the biggest loss of her life. This is what kept this child going. She was going to camp. She did attend camp and was able to take the support system she built in camp and carry it with her throughout the difficult first year of mourning.
For young campers who have to cook for their families, send their siblings off to school, and take over other parental responsibilities, camp is more than just a much-needed respite. This is a camp where people understand them. This is a camp where worries are forgotten and campers can be young and carefree teens and children again. This is a camp which extends far beyond the summer and keeps them smiling, connected, above the tide, and able to ride the waves throughout the year. This is a camp where bunkmates and counselors become family.
Unfortunately, as we get closer to the start date of camp, we find ourselves looking at the saddest waiting list there is. We have 55 children who want- no, need- to join Camp4ever. To accommodate these children, we would need to add another bus at a cost of $3,600 per child. It is so difficult to have to choose which family and which child can benefit from camp more. How do we choose between a child who refuses to go to school because his father was just given a terminal sentence and a teenager who has been running her house for the past few months as her mother undergoes chemotherapy treatments? We know how vital this program is for these parents and children. It is so difficult and heart-wrenching to know that we have the ability to help these children and all that is holding us back is funding. My ultimate dream is to purchase a campus for these precious children; a place of their own to call home and utilize for camp and year-round. An ideal camp site that is for sale has been located. We need an additional $5,000,000 to make this a reality. So, with the clarion call of my 50th birthday ringing in my ear, I turn to you to please help us help these children. Please consider an extra one-time gift specifically for this program. Please partner with me to bring this ray of hope, support, and life into these families and children.
On this special personal milestone, I wish you good health and much success in all your endeavors. Thank you again for giving me the privilege of your dear friendship. May all our good deeds be a source of merit 4ever.


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The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson
'I'm Tracy Beaker. This is a book all about me. I'd read it if I were you. It's the most incredible dynamic heart-rending story. Honest.'
Tracy is ten years old. She lives in a Children's Home but would like a real home one day, with a real family. Meet Tracy, follow her story and share her hopes for the future in this beautifully observed, touching and often very funny tale, all told in Tracy's own words.
Once upon a time there was a little girl called Tracy Beaker. That sounds a bit stupid, like the start of a soppy fairy story. I can't stand fairy stories. They're all the same. If you're very good and very beautiful with long golden curls then, after sweeping up a few cinders or having a long kip in a cobwebby palace, this prince comes along and you live happily ever after. Which is fine if you happen to be a goodie-goodie and look gorgeous. But if you're bad and ugly then you've got no chance whatsoever. You get given a silly name like Rumpelstiltskin and nobody invites you to their party and no-one's ever grateful even when you do them a whopping great favour. So of course you get a bit cheesed off with this sort of treatment. You stamp your feet in a rage and fall right through the floorboards or you scream yourself into a frenzy and you get locked up in a tower and they throw away the key.
I've done a bit of stamping and screaming in my time.
And I've been locked up heaps of times. Once they locked me up all day long. And all night. That was at the first Home, when I wouldn't settle because I wanted my mum so much. I was just little then but they still locked me up. I'm not fibbing. Although I do have a tendency to tell a few fibs now and again. It's funny, Aunty Peggy used to call it Telling Fairy Stories.
I'd say something like - 'Guess what, Aunty Peggy, I just met my mum in the back garden and she gave me a ride in her flash new sports car and we went down the shopping arcade and she bought me my very own huge bottle of scent, that posh Poison one, just like the bottle Uncle Sid gave you for your birthday, and I was messing about with it, playing Murderers, and the bottle
sort of tipped and it's gone all over me as I expect you've noticed, but it's my scent not yours. I don't know what's happened to yours. I think one of the other kids took it.'
You know the sort of thing. I'd make it dead convincing but Aunty Peggy wouldn't even listen properly. She'd just shake her head at me and get all cross and red and say, 'Oh Tracy, you naughty girl, you're Telling Fairy Stories again.' Then she'd give me a smack.
Foster mothers aren't supposed to smack you at all. I told Elaine that Aunty Peggy used to smack me and Elaine sighed and said, 'Well sometimes, Tracy, you really do ask for it.' Which is a lie in itself. I have never in my life said 'Aunty Peggy, please will you give me a great big smack.' And her smacks really hurt too, right on the back of your leg where it stings most. I didn't like that Aunty Peggy at all. If I was in a real fairy story I'd put a curse on her.
A huge wart right on the end of her nose? Frogs and toads coming wriggling out of her mouth every time she tries to speak? No, I can make up better than that. She can have permanent huge great bogeys hanging out of her nose that won't go away no matter how many times she blows it, and whenever she tries to speak she'll make this terribly loud Rude
Noise. Great!
Oh dear. You can't win. Elaine, my stupid old social worker, was sitting beside me when I started writing THE STORY OF TRACY BEAKER and I got the giggles making up my brilliant curses for Aunty Peggy and Elaine looked surprised and said, 'What are you laughing at, Tracy?'
I said, 'Mind your own business' and she said, 'Now Tracy' and then she looked at what I'd written which is a bit of a cheek seeing as it's supposed to be very private. She sighed when she got to the Aunty Peggy part and said, 'Really Tracy!' and I said, 'Yes, really, Elaine.' And she sighed again and her lips moved for a moment or two. That's her taking a deep breath and counting up to ten. Social workers are supposed to do that when a child is being difficult. Elaine ends up doing an awful lot of counting when she's with me.
When she got to ten she gave me this big false smile. Like this.
'Now look, Tracy,' said Elaine. 'This is your own special book about you, something that you're going to keep for ever.You don't want to spoil it by writing all sorts of silly cheeky rude things in it, do you?'
I said, 'It's my life and it hasn't been very special so far, has it, so why shouldn't I write any old rubbish?'
Then she sighed again, but sympathetically this time, and she put her arm round me and said, 'Hey, I know you've had a hard time, but you 're very special. You know that, don't you?'
I shook my head and tried to wriggle away. 'Yes, you are, Tracy. Very very special,' Elaine
said, hanging on to me.
'Then if I'm so very very special how come no-one wants me?' I said.
'Oh dear, I know it must have been very disappointing for you when your second placement went wrong, love, but you mustn't let it depress you too much. Sooner or later you'll find the perfect placement.'
'A fantastic rich family?'
'Maybe a family. Or maybe a single person, if someone really suitable came along.'
I gave her this long look. 'You're single, Elaine. And I bet you're suitable. Sowhy don't you foster me, eh?'
It was her tum to wriggle then.
The Story of Tracy Beaker
Nick Sharratt
Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain's bestselling and most beloved children's authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold. As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children's Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children's Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings. Find out more about Jacqueline and her books at JacquelineWilson.co.uk
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As secondary staff, what do you want from a Head of Year/ House?
Discussion in 'Secondary' started by emilie2007, Aug 20, 2010.
Exactly as the title says! What do you look for in a HoY? What, in your opinion, makes an excellent HoY/HoH? The more detail the better!
as long as you don't utter the words 'they aren't a problem for me" or "they're not a problem anywhere else". It'll be a good start.
Thanks sideshow, I suppose one reply is better than none. FAIL on my behalf I guess!
It's a quiet time on many of the forums being the holidays.
For me a good head of year supports you, both in words and actions, so for example if you are having a hell of a time with a kid they will provide moral support and make proactive steps to intervene.
They need to be approachable, it's important that their tutors build up a good working relationship with the head of year, so make sure that they don't hide away all break and lunch, they need to interact with staff.
They do what they say and when they say they will do it by. Equally they know when to delegate to allow them to focus on the bigger issues.
They try to have some time for the 'good' kids!
I expect you to work when I am working. When I am in form period I would expect you to be doing the rounds and to appear in my tutor group on a regular basis. I would expect you to be available after school and before school to see kids, after all I expect you have extra time to be a HOY and 10 mins a day is not a lot to ask.
I would want you to support colleagues and not just run around after kids when SMT get on your back.
A couple of years ago I worked for the laziest year head on earth. I am now in a really nice team with a hard-working HOY and it makes a real difference. I will be asking to continue with this person when my group leave their key stage.
What Trinity said really. Present a united front to the students, backing me up rather than undermining me. Please, never, ever tell the kids or imply that their side of the story is as valid as mine. Popping in at appropriate times is good for the HoY and makes the students feel you're interested in them and that you've got your eye on them too.
Support when I need it and leadership to spot and act on problems as soon as they occur. I know that no teacher can be expected to plan everything to cover all eventualities but I would expect HoY to be able to act on things pretty quickly, using tactics that had been thought through in advance and learn from one went well and what went badly last year.
As said above, there is extra free time with the job and extra money for the responsibility. That should mean that HoY is doing more than the form tutor, not less.
They should be more than conduits up to Senior Management. That is partly a criticism of the SLT since they should have worked out what responsibilities / actions / sanctions etc can be carried out by the HoY without any referral "upstairs". Equally, they should not be messenger boys or enforcers for SLT unless they actually believe in the policies etc.
Different schools will have different schemes of responsibilitiy and hierarchy of responsibility. Some may even have a written list of responsibilities and expectations. I suggest you compare the job to a head of subject. What would you expect a good HoD to do for you?
One warning, many of the form tutors on your team will have a lot of experience and will not welcome lots of brand new untested ideas (even if they are good / needed). Against that, there may be some who have little idea of what is required and will need your guidance.
Many, though not all, teachers see their subject teaching as more important than form responsibility. For you as HoY, that role has to be the most important because if it isn't seen to be a passion for you, the form tutors won't get too excited either.
Finally, you have been picked for the job so SLT must have faith in you. Follow your instincts.
Never discuss with a student what a teacher has done or said without that teacher being present or without a written statement from the teacher.
Try to avoid resolving bullying or other inter-student problems with a 'No Blame/Fault' meeting. The students won't trust you. One of them knows who is to blame and will never trust you again.
Never ask a teacher to prove an incident happened. If you do, that teacher may not trust you again.
Tutor Group led assemblies may be the thing at Primary School, but secondary school students are (at best) not keen. Instead, come up with theme assemblies and let students volunteer (with rewards) to do them. Or let the tutors suggest some volunteers.
Many students are mortally embarrassed if given praise/certificates in assembly.
Make a point of randomly dropping in to tutor periods. Try to avoid using that time for admin or seeing/meeting with students.
Remember that, whilst the SLT appointed you and they have power over you, you are Head of the Year and should primarily represent your students and tutors when dealing with the SLT, whose aims unfortunately sometimes conflict with your tutors and students.
This is true. Lots of experienced staff will have their ways of doing things so if there are things that need to be done in a particular way (admin in particular) try to make sure it is the easiest way and makes sense. If someone comes up with a better/more efficient way of doing things don't be afraid to say, "That's great - we'll do it that way, thanks." Use the experience of your team where possible and involve them in ideas and plans where possible.
Definitely do the popping in. Nice to let staff know that you expect to pop in if you can but not always possible. Also, you may have to see students for report cards, incidents etc during registration.
Keep emails to a minimum - staff have enough to do without reading extra stuff. I hate writing emails and things can sound blunt - I would say to my team that I will only email when necessary and keep it very business-like so that you don't stress over how to put things.
Every HOY has their own style. Have confidence in yours.
Your job is to deal with all the naughty little blighter's and liaise with their parents.
Remember nobody becomes a teacher in order to be a tutor and we all have far more important work to be getting on with than the latest crackpot PHSE initiative and you will be fine.
Communicate with your tutors regularly- especially after "incidents". I don't particularly like finding out from other members of the tutor group that someone has been excluded by the HofY or SMT- but that has happened on a few occasions.


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