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Q: How can I make this query in Linq? I have a list of paths in a database.
\\apollon\HardDev\01_Elektronik\***
\\apollon\Sales\Kunden\S\***
\\apollon\HardDev\02_Optik\Optik\***_Projekte_Salb\***
\\apollon\Sales\Kunden\O\***\Auftrag 2002_2008-09-09
\\apollon\Sales\Kunden\H\***\Auftrag 4534_2013-07-26
\\apollon\User\***\quickies_2016\BSI_screenshots\Neuer Ordner
\\apollon\Sales\Kunden\G\***\Auftrag 2153_2009-06-24
\\apollon\HardDev\01_Elektronik\***\bestuecker_afem_v12
\\apollon\User\***\quickies_2015\src_***
\\apollon\Sales\Kunden\H\***\4352IO_2013-06-07
etc.

Now I needed a query that gets a path as a parameter and only returns to me the direct subfolder and whether there are subfolders in which.
EXAMPLE:
Function gets the path
\\apollon\User\Walzenbach

and as result I would like to know that the path has the following subfolders
{dir = "\\apollon\User\Walzenbach\docs", subfolderCount = 2}
{dir = "\\apollon\User\Walzenbach\doku", subfolderCount = 0}
{dir = "\\apollon\User\Walzenbach\backup", subfolderCount = 10}

That means the folder docs has 2 subfolders, the folder doku has no subfolders and backup has 10 subfolders.
The SQL would go in that direction. But I am also not sure if this is the best SQL query for it and I also need it in Linq
Thanks in advance for your help

A: Consider using DirectoryInfo.EnumerateDirectories
string directoryName = "\\apollon\User\Walzenbach"
DirectoryInfo directory = new DirectoryInfo(directoryName);
// TODO: exception if !directory.Exists;

var result = directory.EnumerateDirectories()
    .Select(subDirectory => new
    {
        SubDirectory = subDirectory,       // This is a DirectoryInfo

        // if you prefer the name, instead of the Directory:
        SubDirectoryName = subDirectory.Name,

        // count the number of subfolders of this subfolder:
        SubFolderCount = subFolder.EnumerateDirectories().Count(),
    });

Simple comme bonjour!

A: Here's a suggestion :
var query=from d in directories
          join sf in directories on d.Path equals sf.ParentPath into grp1
          from sf in grp1.DefaultIfEmpty()
          let result=new {dir=d,sub=sf}
          where reault.dir.Path.StartsWith(path)
          group result by result.dir.Path into grp2
          select new {dir=grp2.Key,subFolderCount=grp2.Count()};

A: So now I have a SQL that at least reasonably does what I want ... But Linqer can not translate it into Linq
SELECT [Directory], subfolderCount =
    (SELECT COUNT([Directory])
    FROM [ArgesPerm].[argarm].[dirs]
    WHERE lower([Directory]) LIKE '\\apollon\user\walzenbach\%'
    GROUP BY [Directory])
FROM [ArgesPerm].[argarm].[dirs]
WHERE lower([Directory]) LIKE '\\apollon\user\walzenbach\%'
AND LEN(SUBSTRING([Directory], 3, 10000)) - Len(Replace(SUBSTRING([Directory], 3, 10000), '\', '')) < 3
GROUP BY [Directory]
ORDER BY [Directory]

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Panera Bread last week became the latest company hit by a data breach, acknowledging that customer information was vulnerable on its company website for at least eight months.
The records belonged to customers who had registered for the MyPanera program to order food online. The details exposed included their names, email and physical addresses, birthdays, and the last four digits of user credit card numbers, according to the security news site KrebsOnSecurity. Customers' Panera loyalty card numbers were also exposed, KrebsOnSecurity reported, which scammers could potentially abuse to spend prepaid accounts.
On Tuesday, Panera estimated that fewer than 10,000 customers had been affected by the leak. KrebsOnSecurity put the number at closer to 37 million, though experts say the true number of compromised records may never be fully known. Panera did not return a request for comment, or for clarification on the nature of the data breach.
As with so many other data breaches, this one raises questions for consumers. In some respects, it's grown ever more difficult to avoid e-commerce transactions. Many people now manage their personal banking on mobile apps. And consumers appreciate the convenience of ordering goods online. Every relationship and transaction raises the possibility of a data breach.
But loyalty programs, which promise perks and convenience in exchange for personal data, are another realm.
And Panera's breach makes one wonder: Is a free sandwich worth the hassle of having personal identifying information floating into the wrong hands?
Some experts say it's a lost cause. That for all of the information consumers volunteer in exchange for meager benefits, refusing to set up online accounts at restaurants like Panera would ultimately do little to protect email addresses and birth dates.
"In the moment it seems like, 'Well, I don't want to make a 10 to 15 minute line at Panera. It's so much more convenient to just drive up and pick it up,'" said Dalii Jiminez, a law professor at the University of California at Irvine. "That seems like a good trade-off, and in a way, I can't say that it's not."
"Security is difficult and expensive, and no one wants to do it," Hoofnagle said. "There's the miracle of making it possible that you can order a sandwich [online]. That's hard enough! And then people come along and say, 'what about security?'"
Like Hoofnagle, Carrie Kerskie, an identity fraud expert at Hodges University, agreed that it's near impossible to rein in personal data once it's already online. But she said consumers can judge for themselves whether they want to volunteer other degrees of information - like personal preferences and habits - that could be manipulated by anyone down the line.
"The test that I use is if you're doing anything online, view it from the perspective of, 'would I also put this on the billboard of a highway," Kerskie said. "Because it's pretty much the same thing."
Consumers will decide for themselves at what cost they're willing to volunteer personal information. And the feeling that our data are everywhere has made some people feel more cavalier about it.
"It's rational to make that choice, to sign up for something like this. Because what can you do?" she said. "Your name and address are already out there. Give me that egg sandwich!"


Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Rockport, Levi's & Dockers, Powermac Center, Crocs, Ipanema and Sanuk and many others will surely delight the shoppers with their offerings and promos in the upcoming 7th MegaBrands Sale in Alabang this March 2014.
MCT Events Management will stage the MegaBrands Sale on March 28-30, 2014, 10am to 9pm at The Filinvest Tent in Filinvest City, Alabang, Muntinlupa City with its official bank partner, RCBC Bankard.
The MegaBrands Sale is considered as one of the most anticipated events where shoppers buy their favorite brands at reduced prices, and as an effective venue for exposure and promotion for great and upcoming brands in the market.
It will be a 3-day Summer Sale Event which will showcase more than 120 leading brands, both domestic and international. Price cuts are up to 70% discount from shoes, bags, men's and ladies' fashion, sporting goods and accessories, personal care, gadgets, computer parts and accessories.
And the biggest treat for all is; both existing RCBC Bankard cardholders and those who have just applied for a card will automatically be entered in a raffle draw for a chance to win two (2) Gift Certificates for an accommodation stay 3days / 2 nights at the The Legend Palawan.
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from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseNotFound
from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.core import serializers
import json
from PIL import Image

from author.models import *
from posts.models import *
from images.models import *
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

#TODO restrict methods
#TODO ordering
#TODO paging

# Get all posts visible to the currently authenticated user.
def posts(request):
    try:
        return HttpResponse(
            json.dumps(
                { "posts":
                    [
                        x.to_dict()
                        for x in Post.objects.all()
                        if x.visible_to(request.user)
                    ]
                }
            )
        )
    except:
        return HttpResponseBadRequest('{"message": "Authentication Rejected"}', status=401)

# Get all posts marked as public on the server.
def public_posts(request):
    return HttpResponse(
        json.dumps(
            { "posts":
                [x.to_dict() for x in Post.objects.filter(visibility=PUBLIC)]
            }
        )
    )

# Get information about specified author
def author(request, author_id):
    # check author existence
    try:
        author = Author.objects.get(uid=author_id)
    except:
        return HttpResponseNotFound('{"message": "No such author"}')

    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(author.to_dict()))

# Get all posts by a specific author visible to the currently authenticated user.
def author_posts(request, author_id):
    # check author existence
    try:
        author = Author.objects.get(uid=author_id)
    except:
        return HttpResponseBadRequest('{"message": "No such author"}')

    try:
        return HttpResponse(
            json.dumps(
                { "posts":
                    [
                        x.to_dict()
                        for x in Post.objects.filter(send_author=author)
                        if x.visible_to(request.user)
                    ]
                }
            )
        )
    except:
        return HttpResponseBadRequest('{"message": "Authentication Rejected"}', status=401)

# Get a specific single post.
def post(request, post_id):
    # check post existence
    try:
        post = Post.objects.get(uid=post_id)
    except:
        return HttpResponseNotFound('{"message": "No such post"}')

    # check post permissions
    if not post.visible_to(request.user):
        return HttpResponse('{"message": "Authentication Rejected"}', status=401)

    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(post.to_dict()))

# Add a comment to a post.
@csrf_exempt
def comment(request, post_id):
    # check post existence
    try:
        post = Post.objects.get(uid=post_id)
    except:
        return HttpResponseBadRequest('{"message": "No such post"}')

    # check post permissions
    if not post.visible_to(request.user):
        return HttpResponse('{"message": "Authentication Rejected"}', status=401)

    comment = post.add_comment(
        request.user,
        request.body
    )

    # return the comment. Maybe they want the id...
    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(comment.to_dict()), status=201)

# Get all authors on host.
def friends(request):
    return HttpResponse(
        json.dumps(
            [x.to_dict() for x in Author.objects.all()]
        )
    )

# Get information and friends about one author on host.
@csrf_exempt
def friend(request, author_id):

    # Posts are forwarded to which_following
    if request.method == 'POST':
        return which_following(request, author_id)

    # check author existence
    try:
        author = Author.objects.get(uid=author_id)
    except:
        return HttpResponseNotFound('{"message": "No such author"}')

    # add connections
    d = author.to_dict()
    d['connections'] = [i.to_dict() for i in author.get_friends()]

    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(d))

# Query whether one author is following another.
def is_following(request, author_id1, author_id2):
    # check existence of both authors
    try:
        author1 = Author.objects.get(uid=author_id1)
        author2 = Author.objects.get(uid=author_id2)
    except:
        return HttpResponseBadRequest('{"message": "No such author"}')

    return HttpResponse(
        json.dumps(
            {
                "query": "friends",
                "authors": [
                    author_id1,
                    author_id2,
                ],
                "friends" : "YES" if author1.is_friend(author2) else "NO",
            }
        )
    )

# Query which members of a list of authors are friends with a specified author.
def which_following(request, author_id):
    # check author existence
    try:
        author = Author.objects.get(uid=author_id)
    except:
        return HttpResponseBadRequest('{"message": "No such author"}')

    # attempt to parse JSON body
    try:
        request_object = json.loads(request.body)

        # check JSON contains all required fields
        if  request_object['query'] != 'friends' or \
            not 'author' in request_object or \
            not isinstance(request_object['authors'], list):
            raise Error()

        # check that redundant author field matches requested URL
        if request_object['author'] != author_id:
            return HttpResponseBadRequest('{"message": "Author IDs must match"}')

        author_ids = set(request_object['authors'])
    except:
        return HttpResponseBadRequest('{"message": "JSON could not be parsed"}')

    all_friend_ids = set([i.uid for i in author.get_friends()])

    return HttpResponse(
        json.dumps(
            {
                "query": "friends",
                "author": author_id,
                "authors": list(all_friend_ids & author_ids), #intersection
            }
        )
    )

# Get the authors on the host are friends with a specific author.
def friends_with(request, author_id):
    # check author existence
    try:
        author = Author.objects.get(uid=author_id)
    except:
        return HttpResponseBadRequest('{"message": "No such author"}')

    all_friend_ids = [i.uid for i in author.get_friends()]

    return HttpResponse(
        json.dumps(
            {
                "query": "friends",
                "author": author_id,
                "authors": all_friend_ids,
            }
        )
    )

@csrf_exempt
def friendrequest(request):
    """ The following is an example request.

    POST /api/friendrequest HTTP/1.1
    Host: http://cs410.cs.ualberta.ca:41081
    Content-Type: application/json

    {
      "query": "friendrequest",
      "author": {
          "displayname": "John"
          "id": "270f39c0cf6011e48ba1000c29737de1",
          "host": "http://hindlebook.tamarabyte.com",
      },
      "friend": {
          "displayname":"Jake",
          "id": "745a20b31faa78a88cbae4a000013d32",
          "host":"http://cs410.cs.ualberta.ca:41081",
          "url":"http://cs410.cs.ualberta.ca:41081/author/745a20b31faa78a88cbae4a000013d32"
      }
    }
    """

    # attempt to parse JSON body
    try:
        request_object = json.loads(request.body)
    except:
        return HttpResponseBadRequest('{"message": "JSON could not be parsed"}')

    try:
        author_id = request_object['friend']['id']
        author = Author.objects.get(uid=author_id)

        rauthor_info = request_object['author']
        rauthor_data = {'uid': rauthor_info['id'],
                        'displayname': rauthor_info['displayname'],
                        'host': rauthor_info['host']}
        rauthor, _ = Author.objects.get_or_create(**rauthor_data)
        rauthor.befriend(author)
    except:
        return HttpResponseNotFound('{"message": "No such author"}')
    return HttpResponse()

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Philadelphia's most talked about secret and new foodie event is also ahuge sold out success! All 1,300 spots for Diner en Blanc Philadelphia have been snatched up with several weeks to go before the big day. This très chic picnic, imported from Paris, is part mystery tour, part pop-up feast and part je ne sais quoi. On Thursday, August 23, 2012, culinary and culture enthusiasts dressed in white will converge upon a secret locale for an unforgettable evening of elegance, beauty and magic. Philly Loves Fun celebrates the "food as art" fun with a contest for two registrations to the white pop-up picnic. Don't miss out, enter today!
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Ottoman Empire - Essay Example
Even though Ottomans tried to extend their power to the entire Arab world, they were keen in preserving the values and beliefs of Islamic religion. They…
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Legacy of the Ottoman Empire The contributions of Ottoman Empire to the development of Arab world in general and Turkey particular cannot be neglected. Even though Ottomans tried to extend their power to the entire Arab world, they were keen in preserving the values and beliefs of Islamic religion. They never tried to dilute religious principles and beliefs for economic and political gains. The contributions or the legacies of Ottoman Empire in political, economic and cultural circles are still helping Arab world in many ways.
One of the major legacies left behind by the Ottoman Empire is their tolerance towards other religions (McCarthy, p.218). It should be noted that Ottoman Empire was made up from different ethnic groups such as Turks, Arabs, Greeks, Serbs, Bulgars, Armenians, Assyrians and Kurds. Moreover, different communities of Christian religion and Jews were existed in the Ottoman Empire. However, Ottomans never tried to inject Islamic beliefs and principles among people of other religions. In fact, Turkey under ottomans did succeed in isolating religion from politics (McCarthy, p.217). In other words, the tolerance shown towards other religions is definitely a legacy left behind by the Ottomans. For example, at present, Turkey is believed to be the most secular country in the Arab world. Moreover, no other Islamic country is currently successful in implementing democracy as Turkey does. As a result of that, Turkey is very close to acquire a permanent membership in EU which would further enhance their possibilities of economic progress.
According to McCarthy (p.217), the Ottoman Empire was successful in improving the transportation and communication infrastructure. They built roads, railroads, and telegraph lines as a measure to improve the economic activities inside their territories. At the same time, they made plenty of architectural wonders which are still reminding the aesthetic legacy left behind by them. Plenty of mosques and buildings that were constructed by the Ottomans are still available in Arab countries such as Turkey, Balkans, Hungary, Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria.
The institutional and structural reforms undertaken by Ottoman Empire are still relevant. The bureaucratic traditions and the structural reforms undertaken by the Ottoman did continue in the Arab world even after the Ottoman era. Centralized control was the major ideal of bureaucratic reforms under Ottomans (McCarthy, p.216). In other words, bureaucrats were accountable for the activities done by them, under the Ottoman Empire. It should be noted that corruption may increase in countries where bureaucracy is free from the centralized control. Ottomans were aware of this principle and they did everything possible to increase the accountability of bureaucrats.
According to McCarthy (p.219), the destruction of Ottoman Empire was a big loss to the Arab world. In his opinion, the elements of religious fundamentalism started to increase in the Arab world after the destruction of Ottoman Empire. Nobody can deny this argument made by McCarthy, considering some of the unfortunate incidents happened in the world in recent times.
To conclude, Ottoman Empire left behind many legacies related to politics, economics and culture. The contributions of Ottomans in the development of Arab world cannot be neglected under any circumstances.
McCarthy, Justin. "The Ottoman Peoples and the End of Empire". Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (February 2, 2001). Print Read More
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Q: Assembly Mismatch Exception in WPF I have created a custom control which requires visual state management. As there is no support for VisualStateManager in .Net 3.5 framework. So I am using WPFToolkit v3.5.40619.1 internally in order to make use of VisualStateManager in my control project.
Now if I use that custom control in a separate project by adding reference to it, I have to add reference to WPFToolkit.dll also because my control uses it internally. But if I add a different version of WPFToolkit i.e. 3.5.40128.4 which is different than the one used in my custom control, it throws exception "Could not load file or assembly 'WPFToolkit, Version=3.5.40128.4, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=51f5d93763bdb58e' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)  Error at object 'System.Windows.Controls.ControlTemplate'".
There is no problem if I use the same WPFToolkit v3.5.40619.1 which is used in my custom control internally.
Can anybody please tell me how can I solve this problem?

A: Right click on the reference in the solution explorer => properties. Set False to Specific version. It will search for any reference with the same short name


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Grammars are not key to happiness, parents told
Nicola Woolcock, Education Correspondent
Friday March 01 2019, 12.01am, The Times
Securing a place at a selective school makes pupils happier at first, but by age 14 that feeling has worn off
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Parents should worry less about their children failing to gain a grammar school place, according to research that has found selective schools make pupils no happier in the long run.
Children who secured a place were happier at age 11 than those who did not and those who lived in areas where there were no selective schools. By the age of 14, however, there was no difference between the groups.
Academics from University College London found that children reported similar levels of wellbeing and satisfaction at school regardless of whether they lived in a selective education area or in a comprehensive area. Pupils from all types of schools had similar levels of vocabulary and motivation but children in selective schools had higher expectations of staying


Something to think about in these trying times, where the job market is (let's face it) fairly saturated, is work experience. There's no better way to get a head-start in the employability race than to boost your CV with as much experience as you can get your mitts on. Trust us, employers go mad for it.
A week or two of unpaid work experience during your vacation doesn't cost you anything but effort and may prove to be a clincher if you're trying to get into something highly competitive when you graduate (such as advertising, the media or banking).
Apart from the obvious benefits for your CV, it may boost your morale and, if you make yourself genuinely useful, they may even think of you if anything that pays crops up. Ultimately, it beats chasing non-existent jobs.
Don't let any employer take advantage of you, though. Even if they don't pay you, they should at least give you expenses for travel and maybe even lunch.
Just a quick plug for Push's own scheme – our research team is made up of high-flying students and recent graduates. We do pay, but we're the first to admit it's less than our researchers are worth.
Over the years, because we only skim off the cream of students, it's come to be a well-respected feather in your cap as far as employers are concerned – especially in publishing, market research and the media.
It may honk more than a baked camembert but that doesn't stop it being true that what you get back from volunteering is far more than what you put into it. What's more, from a calculated and un-carebears approach, future potential employers will be very impressed by your obvious goodwill and determined spirit.
With so many opportunities to volunteer, now you can also choose something you're interested in, rather than volunteering to fish supermarket trollies out of the canal (not good on the back). You can volunteer in everything from conservation work (the National Trust - who look after historic monuments and land) to helping the disabled (Vitalise), from animal welfare (the RSPCA and other animal shelters) to helping the elderly (Help the Aged, Age Concern and the like). Have a look at www.studentvol.org.uk and www.do-it.org.uk for other ideas.
There are almost always restrictions and conditions involved with helping out any of these schemes and while some organisations will pay general maintenance and travel, don't rely on it. Many schemes (such as i-to-i - who do work, volunteer or teaching projects) will even expect you to fork out big sums to be allowed to help.
But even so, it's well worth investigating the options. It's another line on the CV and will give you an inner feeling of harmony, man.
Most students' unions have a Student Community Action group that does work with all sorts of local projects. Some are more active than others. Some are less active than lead.
The idea is that, by spending a certain period working in a particular environment, you get an idea of what goes on and how to do it. There may even be a certain amount of showing you the ropes, but as often as not an intern is a glorified teaboy or girl.
Still, an internship or trainee scheme – especially a genuine one – is not only useful work experience. Since they're usually in high demand, it's like having a neon sign on your CV: "I'm a goodun!". It may even be a first step towards getting yourself a proper job with the organisation.
Best of all, they're often paid – not brilliantly, but what do you expect?
You may find them advertised in your university careers advice centre and there are guidebooks that list them (though the information is out of date almost before they hit the bookshops). Shell Step matches undergraduates up with business or technology projects in small and medium-sized companies.
Getting a place could involve an in-depth interview or even a series of interviews - especially if there's a chance that they might end up giving you a job after graduation.
The big, corporate companies are always on the lookout for the next bright young thing, but it's often a case of hundreds of applicants for every vacancy.
If you haven't gone for the Gap Year option and you have a serious case of wanderlust, remember you still have that gorgeous three month summer holiday each and every year for the duration of your course. And three months is plenty of time to organise a few weeks abroad, get yourself a cheap travel ticket and hop on a plane to a far-flung destination.
Backpacking and inter-railing are notoriously popular with plucky student adventurers and there's no shortage of cheap travel firms, advice books and organisations. Assuming you can afford it.
However, if you've blown your loan months ago, maxed out the overdraft and can't afford a holiday, then you face three options. First off, don't go. Secondly, spend most of the summer working at some no-brain job and saving up for a week or two at the end.
If working abroad over the summer appeals to you, make enquiries well in advance and, if you want to join a particular scheme, apply as soon as possible (at least six months in advance) to beat the rush.
It's a big bonus if you can speak a second language. Failing that, try America, Australia or New Zealand (where they speak something that sounds vaguely like English).
If you are going to be travelling to a country where you either don't speak the lingo or it's a bit rusty, consider taking a language refresher course – even if it only gives you enough to get by. Many universities offer them cheap to their own students, but often only term-time – so plan ahead.
You don't even have to have the cost of the airfare to get abroad. If you get work on the Summer Camp USA and KAMP programmes then your flights are usually paid for. And BUNAC (www.bunac.org) have introduced a deal to give interest free airfare loans to cash-strapped students, who can then pay the money back as and when they begin paid work overseas.
But even if you get a deal like this, don't leave home without enough dough (or some means of getting cash – such as plastic) to cover you for at least your first month. It can take easily that long for your first pay cheque to come through. If you're going to have to rent somewhere to stay, take enough to cover not only the rent, but the deposit too.
Buy a return ticket (not just a one-way), so if things go pear-shaped – financially or otherwise – you can at least get home.
Working abroad presents a swamp of practical puddles. You need a visa to work in some countries. You may need injections. You may not be allowed to work at all.
Preparation is your safety net. Take plenty of passport photos for assorted forms and ID cards.
Talk to other students who've worked abroad. Ask them for tips and contacts. Even if you've no intention of getting in touch with their second cousin once removed who lives on the other side of the country you're heading to, it may come in handy to have their number - when you land in jail for inadvertently giving a rude hand gesture when you only meant to hail a cab, it's good to have someone to call.


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Världsfederalism är ett synsätt och en framtidsvision - fred och säkerhet i en demokratiskt styrd global union med en federalistisk regering. Man tror att världssamfundet kan minimera risken för krig genom att skapa en sådan union av ömsesidigt beroende demokratiska stater och aktiva världsmedborgare som deltar i denna process.

I Sverige är Föreningen Sveriges Världsfederalister (SVF) den svenska organisationen av World Federalist Movement (WFM), som är en internationell rörelse, som sedan 1947 har verkat för reformering och demokratisering av Förenta Nationerna och för en starkare global rättsordning.

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At TheBlaze, we're fortunate to have a truly extraordinary audience. A little while ago, we asked you to send us the best moment of your life captured in a photo. What came in blew us away. We started a Facebook page to share these amazing stories and photos with you. To view them, visit The Blaze Best Moments Facebook page: Facebook.com/TheBlazeMoments.
Below, you can see one such moment. It comes from Susan Puckett:
This was the day I met my son's heart recipient. My son, Thomas, died as a result of a traumatic head injury in August, 2008. He was just a few days away from turning 18. He had made the decision to be an organ donor when he got his driver's license. We honored his wishes upon his death. Several months later, I wrote to all of his recipients and prayed that we would get a response. In the spring of 2011, I received the letter I had been praying for - from Derrick, my son's heart recipient. With further correspondence, he was ready to meet us. That was in June of 2011. It was such a blessing to meet this wonderful, young man, who we now refer to as our heart son.
If you have a photo you'd like to share with us, send it to BestMoments@theblaze.com. We may share your photos with TheBlaze and Glenn Beck audiences and across all of our platforms including TheBlaze.com, GlennBeck.com, Facebook and Twitter.
Throughout this page, you will find our mission statement embodied in miraculous stories of love, hope, sacrifice and honor. That statement is, "We tell stories of love and courage where the good guys win."
We're so grateful to be able to share these sacred moments to help uplift, inspire or empower others. Thank you for being so generous with your precious memories.
Police search for criminals who killed 74-year-old New York woman, leaving her tied, bound, and gagged in her apartment
Elon Musk says he suffered 'major side effects' from booster shot, felt like he was 'dying for several days' — but his healthy cousin fared worse
Judge orders Boeing to be arraigned on felony criminal charges in 737 Max debacle that killed over 300 passengers
Teen who received lenient sentence for barreling into a mom and baby has been murdered: 'The universe delivered the justice we weren't given in court'
The day before he died, iconic musician David Crosby tweeted about heaven — but not in an encouraging or hopeful manner
'Whiteness is so evil': Michigan school board trustee faces scrutiny over her unhinged racist tweets
Joy Behar shocks 'The View' co-hosts with accusation against DA who charged Alec Baldwin — and it's not even true
Legal scholar explains why report on Supreme Court leak is 'almost as chilling as the leak itself'
'I never bent the knee': Country Star John Rich wins lawsuit against venue that tried to force vaccine passport at his concert
Deranged woman accused of slashing and stabbing her boyfriend's kids, texting, 'I will not be going out by myself'
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Tornadoes ravage US south, death toll now at nine
Local officials have said that at least nine people died after tornadoes destroyed homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands in the US Southeast, from Mississippi to Georgia
The death toll in hard-hit central Alabama was expected to rise
National Weather Service meteorologist Jessica Laws said that the storms included least five tornadoes that struck central Alabama
WASHINGTON D.C.: Local officials have said that at least nine people died after tornadoes destroyed homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands in the US Southeast, from Mississippi to Georgia.
The death toll in hard-hit central Alabama was expected to rise, they added.
National Weather Service meteorologist Jessica Laws said that the storms included least five tornadoes that struck central Alabama, with one tracking some 150 miles from southwest Selma, Alabama to the Georgia-Alabama state line.
In an interview with MSNBC, emergency management director Ernie Baggett said rescue teams were searching for missing people in Alabama's Autauga County, where seven deaths have been reported, and officials credited schools for saving more lives by not releasing students early.
In an interview with Reuters, county coroner Buster Barber said the number of casualties would rise, stating, "We are finding more bodies as we speak. We have got search teams out in the area."
The local sheriff's office in Autauga County said the storms damaged as many as 50 properties.
In Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp said two people died last week, adding that state employee also was killed while responding to the storm.
Butts County Coroner Lacey Prue said a 5-year-old child was killed after a tree fell on a car traveling home, leaving an adult passenger in critical condition.
Meanwhile, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency in Autauga, Chambers, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore and Tallapoosa counties.
According to PowerOutage.us, some 20,000 customers were without power in Alabama on the weekend, and the storm also led to power outages in neighboring Mississippi and Georgia.


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Engagement in New York City's Kindergarten Application
Parents applying to kindergarten today must follow multiple steps. Identifying families who do not apply can help a school system improve its application process and can help it target families who need support. MDRC partnered with the New York City Department of Education to conduct this sort of diagnosis.
Challenges and Opportunities in Summer Programs for Rising Kindergarten Students
One focus of the Expanding Children's Early Learning (ExCEL) Network is the potential value of programs to promote school readiness in the months preceding kindergarten. This brief summarizes lessons learned from a six-week pilot program and consultation with practitioners on three implementation issues — recruitment, attendance, and family involvement.
Launching Kindergarten Math Clubs
The Implementation of High 5s in New York City
Small-group math clubs in kindergarten are an innovative way to align children's elementary and pre-K math experiences. In a demonstration of the High 5s kindergarten supplement aligned with the principles of an evidence-based, developmentally appropriate pre-K curriculum, attendance and engagement were high, and children participated in hands-on, individualized activities.
Strengthening Children's Math Skills with Enhanced Instruction
The Impacts of Making Pre-K Count and High 5s on Kindergarten Outcomes
This project tested whether high-quality, aligned math instruction, via an evidence-based curriculum in pre-K and innovative math clubs in kindergarten, could improve children's outcomes. The effect of two years of enriched math translates into closing more than a quarter of the achievement gap between low-income children and their higher-income peers.
The Challenge of Sustaining Preschool Impacts
Introducing ExCEL P-3, a Study from the Expanding Children's Early Learning Network
The ExCEL Network, a collaboration of researchers, preschool providers, and local officials, is exploring how benefits of early childhood interventions persist. The ExCEL P-3 project examines whether one preschool program, reinforced by a system-wide alignment of instruction into elementary school, has impacts on a range of skills through third grade.
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Building a School Choice Architecture
As school choice systems expand, district enrollment offices are striving to make the choice process accessible and clear for families. This practitioner brief offers lessons for supporting families through the sequence of decisions involved as they engage in the process, search for information, and compare and select schools.
Lessons for Improving School Choice from Other Policy Areas
School choice systems can be complex and confusing for low-income families. In the search for solutions, researchers and policymakers may have overlooked lessons from other policy arenas. This issue focus suggests strategies from MDRC's experience designing and evaluating interventions to support low-income people's decision making in arenas outside P-12 choice systems.
Counting on Early Math Skills
Preliminary Kindergarten Impacts of the Making Pre-K Count and High 5s Programs
Can children's math skills be strengthened in pre-K and kindergarten, and can such improvements have longer-term effects? This preliminary analysis examines the cumulative effects of two early math programs and demonstrates that this enhanced experience can have modest, positive impacts on children's math and executive function skills in kindergarten.
Making Pre-K Count
Improving Math Instruction in New York City
An evidence-based preschool math curriculum called Building Blocks, combined with ongoing professional development, was compared with "business as usual" pre-K programs across 69 public schools and community-based organizations. This report contains interim findings on the implementation of the model, the amount and quality of its math instruction, and children's learning outcomes.
The Effectiveness of Interventions to Address Childhood Asthma
A Scan of the Literature and Current Approaches
Low-income and minority children suffer disproportionately from asthma. This review examines efforts to improve education and self-management, remediate asthma "triggers" at home, and improve health care provider practice. It concludes that asthma management education; proper, sustained medication regimes; cost-effective, replicable programs; and steady funding are all critical for addressing health disparities.
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Why the amount of aurors in Hogwarts this year?
The Strength card speaks of inner strength, but it also warns that such strength will be tested. Why are there so many aurors this year? Does the Headmaster expect us to be tested? Does he believe that there is a need for a show of strength? Whatever the situation, the Strength card asks you to calm down and not just react to what happens next. It reassures you that no matter what happens, no matter how desperate the situation might be, you do have the inner-strength at your disposal to handle the situation and to survive through it. Strength asks you to feel the fear and do it anyway. To put your doubts aside and show fortitude and courage. Others may be relying on you to bring them through a difficult time. Of course it could be that Headmaster Fox just wants us to feel safer.


The MKI Cooper used a very distinctive two tone design and saw the release of the very popular Brocade materials which we have had successfully remanufactured. There were a range of colour combinations available as listed below, each relating to the body shell colour of the Cooper. For more information on this please check out the MKI Cooper page in our catalogue or get in touch with our sales team who will be happy to help.


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Paige chooses Aldine ISD to announce $532m grant to Texas "Reading First"
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige chose Aldine ISD's Thompson Elementary to announce that Texas will receive approximately $79 million for the first year of a multi-year Reading First grant to help schools and districts improve children's reading achievement through scientifically proven methods of instruction. Paige made the announcement during a visit to the school on Friday, May 9. Joining Paige, the former superintendent of Houston ISD, was Texas Commissioner of Education Dr. Felipe Alanis, Aldine ISD Superintendent Nadine Kujawa and Thompson Elementary principal Sara McClain.
Paige said he had a very good reason for choosing an Aldine ISD school to make the announcement.
"I think the world needs to know more about Aldine ISD," he said. "It's a jewel. I learned a lot from Aldine about how a school system works. The leadership of this school district, from (former superintendent) Sonny Donaldson to the present superintendent, Nadine Kujawa, shows a willingness to take responsibility and not fall victim to the old excuse that good enough is good enough."
Paige said he was impressed with the work done in Aldine in helping students attain academic success in the classroom. Despite a student population that is 75 percent economically disadvantaged, Aldine ISD has achieved a Recognized rating from the Texas Education Agency for six consecutive years.
Paige added that over the next six years, Texas will receive approximately $532.5 million in support, subject to the state's successful implementation and congressional appropriations. The state's application for the grant passed a rigorous review that judged its reading plan against 25 main review criteria.
The grant will support key improvements in classroom reading instruction, including teaching based on what research shows works, early identification and help for reading difficulties, monitoring student progress, and continuous, high-quality professional development for teachers.
"A child who can read is a child who can succeed in school and in life," Paige said. "That is why President Bush launched a 'Reading First' initiative to make sure kids learn to read by third grade.
"Sending a child into the world without adequate reading skills is like building a house without first laying the foundation. Failure to learn to read early on has tremendous long-term consequences, not only for the child, but for society as a whole. By designing sound curriculum and instruction around scientific evidence, including the five essential components of proven reading instruction, children in Texas and other states will have the necessary tools they need to read well by the end of the third grade."
Texas plans to hold a competition for eligible school districts to compete for sub-grants this spring. As part of its professional development plan, the state will hold a series of six workshops for all K-3 teachers and K-12 special education teachers.
These professional development sessions will provide intensive training on classroom reading instruction based on scientific research, so that teachers can learn to tailor instruction around sound, research-based information.


Journey across our Island, up into the hill country through stunning natural scenery and elegant tea plantations to the town of Nuwara Eliya.
Welcome to Anilana Craig bank Nuwara Eliya, our most intimate retreat. This romantic and secluded four bedroomed villa provides a rare and memorable experience. A throwback to a bygone era, the villa staff look forward to providing you with warm bespoke service and the comforts of home.
Within special gardens, the villa is located close by to the Golf Course and enjoys wonderful view. This private colonial style villa is intimate and special treat to enjoy, we hope to see you here soon.
Warm and inviting, a home away from home. Art Deco style, traditional designs, antiques to remind you of a bygone era, lit fires at night. Butler service and special touches all add to this memorable experience.
Ask Cook to prepare your favourite dishes and we will serve you in our traditional Dining Room. Enjoy pre dinner drinks on the verandah or stroll around our large gardens. This retreat will surprise and delight you.
Enjoy a late breakfast in the Dining room, create a special Brunch or lunch for the family or take afternoon tea on the verandah, after a stroll along roads lined with colonial period mansions. Arrange for pre dinner drinks on the verandah after an exhilarating round of golf at the century-old Nuwara Eliya Golf Club with its tight fairways and testing greens.
Enjoy the lifestyle of a long lost era. Allow our staff to pamper and look after you, with our Butler service. Leave it to us. Soak up the special relaxing ambience of Nuwara Eliya, the fresh country air, the beautiful gardens and pass through the scenic tea plantations. We will help you to relax and will provide discrete and attentive service, whilst you enjoy the company of your friends, family and surroundings. Our clolonial retreat at Anilana Nuwara Eliya is peaceful stress free time and your our space.
Nuwara Eliya is famous for its mild climate and provides such activities such as golf, horse riding and trekking. Visits to local tea factories and Botanic Gardens can be arranged with prior notice. Please let us know your preferences and we can advise you of current activities and make arrangements on your behalf.
This stylish villa is surrounded by spacious, well manicured and colourful gardens complete with a variety of flowerbeds and discretely located seating areas. You can escape to quietly read a good book, take in the lovely views or enjoy predinner drinks or simply hold a private conversation. Private and secluded, Craig Bank's gardens provide an excellent opportunity to relax and enjoy your surroundings, take in the clean air and chill out.
Rainy days provide us with an opportunity for the family to spend some quality time together to simply enjoy each others company. Complete one of the Villas Jigsaw puzzles, or read a book. Cruise the net using the WiFi or take in a movie, watch the game together on cable in the TV Room, equipped with a large flat screen TV and DVD player. Chess, Backgammon and Draughts are all available for those in a competitive but strategic mood, as are playing cards for those favouring a few hands of bridge together.
The historic Nuwara Eliya golf course opened in 1889 and is located close by to the villa. With 2000 members, the club is famous for it's great natural beauty and stretches across about 100 acres of land. This course is located at an altitude of 6000 feet, with some members claiming the ball does travel faster here.
The course is a 18 hole, 6070 yard, Par 70 layout with some very tough & challenging Par 3 holes, significant elevation changes, massive trees that guard the fairways. With some very tight holes, an inaccurate shot is often punished severely.
Please let us know if you would like us to make arrangements for a game on your behalf, we will be happy to assist you.
Visit one of the many local Tea Factory's, who organise guided tours for visitors to see how our world famous Ceylon Tea is prepared, be prepared to buy some excellent high quality tea produce at the end of your tour to commemorate your visit and to enjoy once you are back at home.
Visit the lovely Victoria Park at the centre of town; one of the nicest, and best maintained town parks in Sri Lanka. Stroll around its manicured lawns and take advantage of the photo opportunities surrounded by flowers known for their splendour.
Dining out is also very special, especially at The Hill Club, with more formal service, and classical menus or the more relaxed Old Course Restaurant at the St Andrew's Hotel which features a culinary heritage of Empire fused with Asian flavours. Another favourite is The Grand Indian, located in front of the Grand Hotel. The food and service are consistently good and the ambience is energetic and exciting.
A private and secluded Villa reminiscent of a bygone era, complete with Dining Room, a large kitchen and huge garden provides opportunity for unique and intimate special events.
We are happy to organise weddings, honeymoon parties, anniversary dinners, special events, family gatherings, parties and meetings at our hotels.
We can custom design packages that have been tailor made to suit your requirements. Nothing is too small nor is any challenge too big. Intimate moonlit dinners for two under the stars, weddings with Dancers, Drummers and Elephants, we can arrange for your event to be attended by an entire village if you like. Family treats, BBQs or formal sit down dinners to celebrate that special occasion can be hosted in our tropical gardens.
We love to arrange unique and original special events. Whatever your requirements, please let us know and we will be happy to discuss possibilities and make arrangements. Let us delight you!


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As Pennsylvania's only land-grant university, Penn State has a broad mission of teaching, research, and public service. But that mission was not so grandly conceived in 1855, when the Commonwealth chartered it as one of the nation's first colleges of agricultural science, with a goal to apply scientific principles to farming
Penn State's land-grant mission embraces teaching, research, and public service in order to support the citizens of the Commonwealth, collaborating with industrial, educational, and agricultural partners to generate, disseminate, integrate, and apply knowledge that is valuable to society. The University generates approximately $8.5 billion in direct and indirect economic impact annually within Pennsylvania.
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Shrieks of Paradise, Correspondence&Rails#63: Dear Kate Caldwell
In Uncategorized on November 5, 2021 at 9:12 am
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Kate Caldwell
2906 Fruth Street
1/26/19, 1:05
Well. This ought to be a delight, for the love as they say and anyway stray far from the invariable routine of writing I have come to painfully understand as head v. wall. At least that's how it's always felt which, let's face it, feelings are everything. It's why the broken prevail and the gifted only go on gliding. If I wasn't suffering I might've given up and done something else with my time besides stare at a screen and stalk my mortal coil one cigarette at a time. Wisdom may be recognising how blessed we are, even and especially, within the travesty and dysfunction of our rattled brain and carnival heart. Country simple—writing hurts but so does living and that pain was worse so writing won out. I can do 1,200 words now, no problem, but, back in 2010 beer was required and an "inner parent" I hope to God no one close to me ever has to see. I've something like Joan Crawford roaming my psyche and anyway dark motivations inform and inspire me heaps more than anything positive or pollyanna and close to the reasoning of an MFA poet. The great poet Lamont Steptoe wrote "my dream got broken glass in it" and he ought to know. My work has blood in it and vengeance is why, if anyone wants to know, though I don't think anybody does after reading some of my black verse. There's a lot of clearing off in my work. Being a lifetime sufferer of a major-depressive disorder I've come to appreciate stillness more than joy. I sought refuge in my work and that's not a bad thing but now, from this peak, I can see the chain.
I don't sing because I'm blue anymore but that doesn't rule it out. The truth is there is nothing wrong in my life right now. I can write a song about anything in the world. Whatever strikes my fancy or piques my interest, which, let's be honest—is terrifying. Tabula rasa, indeed. What I am trying to say is Art has taken me to the other side, Kate. I'm here, I made it and I'm glad I did. The tricky part about being a 43-year old Artist who's used his angst as fuel and vengeance as his motivation for the better part of his career is when peace comes—what then? Every songwriter worth his or her salt knows that writing a happy song is probably the biggest charge that comes with the job. The blues? In my sleep honey. Heartbreak? Ha. I don't think I've written a song that isn't about heartbreak. But happiness? Joy? Even Madonna knows there's no point in writing when you're happy. Everything's connected and everything is shrinking behind it's own facade but true songs about real happiness are a hard dollar and a harder sell. Just ask Cory Branan or Randy Newman. This culture can choke on itself but Rock and Roll can never die.
Thanks for this opportunity. Letter writing is a fount for me, and I'm able to loop around my bad blues and depression or any thorn and thicket of life keeping me from banging keys. Ask Stephen King. Taking the focus off the self is never bad especially if your gig is at least thirty six hundred words on the Night Kitchen of your own skull, and the frame of reference for your work is you and you alone and for fuck sake. Also I am especially inspired to write to such a brilliant and gorgeous dynamo as you. You're making this easy, Kate, easier than it usually is writing to others which is anyway heaps better than writing for and/or about myself. The Lonely Kingdom. Either way, I've come to covet the diffuse light through these apartment blinds. I'll crack them, sure, right around cup#4 of espresso roast with honey, like I do. Coffee is such a workingman's drug and profoundly writerly. Cigarettes too, I suppose, and bourbon and these are a few of my favorite things. I can't think on what my heroes would've done because they would've done all 3 plus something a little more, maybe, a pick-me-up for the dark, hungover mornings. Put it to you this way, Dylan Thomas would not be my go to for inspiration on how to write sober, Buk or Thompson either. I'm a writer so I need to write and that much I will gladly and continuously from them glean. That leaves Rollins, Uncle Hank.
Henry is known to drink black coffee. He's an Aquarius, like you, and he's got the disciplined insanity of one. He's probably had the biggest influence on me out of all of them. He basically said to me, at a young age, that I could do it and in fact would. I've no other way to explain the change that came over me when I first saw a copy of One From None on my friend J.'s stoop in 1992 in thee hated and most-reviled hometown of Upper Darby PA. Thank god for heroes, eh? Or else where would we be? Don't answer that. The strangest thing about regret is its motivating power. Nothing inspires me to blindly strike the monolith and attempt the impossibility of surviving as a writer in the new century more than knowing I done goofed. I fucked up, Lady. The decades, the moments, in the thrall of nothing at all when depression would not let me off the hook. I understand it's a disease now and I'd never give that back. I know what it's like to let it go because I have and I'm older than I ever hoped or feared but—I'ma have a go again. Because fuck 'em that's why. Roger Daltry ain't the only one whose love is vengeance and I know losing well enough to know regret doesn't make a shit in the long game unless it's fuel. It took me 43 years to arrive at this moment. I'm not letting it go.
Stay beautiful.
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(1862–1928). U.S. painter, printmaker, and tapestry designer Arthur Davies is known for his idylls of classical fantasy painted in a Romantic style. He is perhaps best remembered for his leadership in introducing modern European painting styles into early 20th-century America.
Arthur Bowen Davies was born on Sept. 26, 1862, in Utica, N.Y. Trained in Utica, New York City, and Chicago, Davies at first painted atmospheric landscapes in the Romantic manner, such as his work Along the Erie Canal (1890). It was after 1900 that his most characteristic works were created, consisting of idyllic scenes of elegant nude figures and mythological creatures gracefully grouped in frieze compositions before stark Romantic landscapes, as illustrated in Crescendo (1910).
In 1908 Davies organized an exhibit of artists who came to be known as The Eight, or ultimately as the Ashcan School. As president of the Society of Independent Artists, Davies was a major figure in the organization of the sensational Armory Show of 1913, which brought the works of European and American modernists to the attention of the U.S. public. Davies himself adopted a modified Cubist style for several years and painted rhythmic patterns of geometricized fragments of natural forms and figures. This shift in style can be seen in his work Dancers (after 1913). During the last decade of his career he returned to a representational style and devoted much of his time to etching and color lithography. Bowen died on Oct. 24, 1928, in Florence, Italy.


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As with most things about our bodies, our vision changes with age. Some age-related eye changes, such as presbyopia, are almost universal and aren't related to any sort of disease. Cataracts are considered to be an age-related disease, but again, they are so common with people over the age of 60 that they are really just normal occurrences.
Here's a timeline of common vision changes by the decade. Things don't really change until we hit 40.
40s – Presbyopia becomes almost universal sometime after we turn 40. This means our eyes have trouble with near vision focus. Hello, reading glasses. The risk of having dry eye or computer vision syndrome increases now, too.
50s – Risks increase for cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. Often these show no symptoms until damage is already done. This is why it's important to have eye exams at least every two years. Dry eye increases, especially with women exiting menopause.
60s – Risks for the above-mentioned eye diseases increase significantly. Your ability to see in low lighting decreases. You will develop and seemore floaters and spots in your vision, especially when looking at a blank background such as a clear blue sky. You need to have physicals every year to check for problems such as diabetes that can lead to eye problems. Also, while just about everyone develops protein globs in the interior of their eyes that create shadows on the retina (floaters), if they develop suddenly, that's a problem that needs instant attention.
70 & 80s – By this point, research shows that four out of five seniors either have cataracts or have already had corrective surgery. Surgery to replace the clouded lens is the only treatment, and it is around 99% successful. Color vision declines. We also lose some peripheral vision by this time — the loss can be up to 30 degrees.
Childhood eye exams are important to ensure your child's vision health, and promote success in the classroom. And early detection is the key to successful prevention or treatment of serious vision conditions your child may have. If your child is struggling to read or complete schoolwork, you can feel confident that our eye doctors will provide your family with thoughtful, professional care and effective, affordable solutions for all of your child's vision care needs. The Eye Associates proudly offers a large variety of name-brand eyeglasses just for kids. Feel free to stop by and browse our wide selection of metal and plastic frames in fun, bright colors your child will love!
Dry eye is a complicated problem. Factors affecting tear production and the ocular surface result in symptoms of tearing, stinging and poor vision. When severe, dry eye can cause damage to the ocular surface, resulting in increased osmolarity of the tear film and inflammation of the ocular surface. Dry eye is one of the most under-diagnosed ocular diseases, and yet it is the most common reason why patients visit their eye care professional.
Dry eyes are common in our climate; and treatment is done in a step-wise fashion. We start with simple modifications to your daily routine.
Avoid exposure to wind and the elements, as well as forced air (i.e. ceiling fans, air vents). Sometimes these situations are unavoidable, but doing the best you can to protect your eyes will greatly reduce your symptoms. There are even special sunglasses made to block exposure, which are available in our optical department.
Remember to blink. When we read, work on the computer, or watch television, we tend to stare and blink less frequently. Try to be conscious of this and pause every five minutes to blink.
Lubricate your eyes regularly. Use artificial tears at least 4 times a day (more if you're noticing symptoms or are experiencing increased exposure to air movement). Brands we recommend are Systane, Refresh, Blink, Genteal, Freshkote, and TheraTears.
Supplement with Omega 3's orally. You need 1000mg from a fish-derived source (fish, krill or salmon oil) and 1000mg from a vegetable-derived source (flax seed, evening primrose or borage oil). We suggest you alternate your use of these, taking one in the morning and the other in the evening for maximum benefit. High quality fish oils are very important for proper absorption. Some recommended brands are PRN (sold here), Nordic Naturals or Core Omega.
In cold weather, use a humidifier in your home.
Restasis and Xiidra prescription eye drops to help you create more of your own natural tears.
MiBo ThermaFlo, which provides a gentle heat treatment to unclog the oil glands along the margins of your eyelids and restore a healthy tear film.
Tear-saver plugs, which help retain moisture in your eyes by plugging some or all of your tear drains.
Punctal cautery if other treatments are ineffective.


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