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El branding auditivo (también conocido como: audio branding, sound branding, sonic branding, acoustic branding, music branding, sonido corporativo, identidad corporativa sonora o identidad sonora de marca) se define como el uso estratégico y consistente del sonido para aumentar la equidad o valor de las marcas.

Las marcas auditivas son uno de los elementos utilizados en el proceso de creación de una marca corporativa, o branding; a nivel comercial se han producido y empleado estratégicamente elementos de sonido desde inicios del siglo XX. Estos procesos de gestión de marca se construyen y utilizan para identificarlas, reconocerlas, diferenciarlas, recordarlas o vincular a ciertas características. Los sonidos complementan en mercadotecnia la identidad corporativa de la compañía.

Los elementos más habituales son el audio logo, el sonido de espera telefónica, la voz de marca, la canción de marca y el paisaje sonoro.

Elementos del sonido de marca

Audio Logo
También denominado como logo de sonido, logo acústico o sound logo, es el símbolo sonoro de la marca y debe ser corto, conciso, fácil de recordar, y puede ser instrumental, cantado o hablado.

Sonido de espera telefónica
Es una canción específicamente compuesta para usarla en las llamadas en espera de los clientes, debe conservar la identidad sonora de la marca, la voz de marca y el audio logo.

Voz de marca
También denominada como voz corporativa, es una voz de una persona determinada que se usa de forma consistente durante un periodo de tiempo largo para la comunicación oral de la marca. Debe tener características que estén alineadas con la identidad de la marca.

Canción de marca
También denominada como canción corporativa, debe componerse o adaptarse de acuerdo a los atributos de la estrategia de marca.

Paisaje sonoro de marca
El paisaje sonoro, también conocido como brand soundscape, es una pieza de sonido compuesta para usarla en futuros entornos y eventos como fondo sonoro para presentaciones, showrooms, puntos de venta, vídeos, aplicaciones móviles, internet, etc.

Véase también
 Branding
 Identidad corporativa
 Imagen corporativa
 Diseño de sonido

Referencias
 Communicate magazine (2010): Sonic Branding, Cravenhill Publishing
 Diario Expansión (2015): 'Audio Branding': ¿a qué suenan las empresas?
 Audio Branding Blog: Primer blog pedagógico y divulgativo sobre audio branding en español

Bibliografía
 Bronner, Kai / Hirt, Rainer (2009): Audio Branding. Brands, Sound and Communication, Nomos, Baden-Baden. ISBN 978-3-8329-4352-3
 Jackson, Daniel (2004): Sonic Branding: An Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan.
 Treasure, Julian (2007): Sound Business, Management Books 2000.

Mercadotecnia
Publicidad


Willis Johnson patented an improved egg beater in 1884. The BBC says he invented the egg beater, but about.com says he improved upon it. He was black. I would like to know if his children and grandchildren, and great grandchildren, and great-great children enjoyed the benefits of his patent. Or maybe he didn't have kids. There isn't an abundance of information on his personal life. I gave up after the first few pages of results though.
Status: Keep. This particular object has been used in a photographic series I did in 2010, "Butterine" and may yet expand upon. Find out more about Willis Johnson.
Love the photographs! It is a beautiful object.
I've always loved the design of this eggbeater. I think it's beautiful.
Hi Nancy, yes it is quite lovely.


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Multiple granular cell tumors with metachronous occurrence in tongue and vulva. Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study
Beatriz Vera-Sirera1, Pablo Zabala2, Carlos Aviño-Mira3, Francisco J Vera-Sempere4
1 Department of Stomatology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
2 Department of Service of Gynecology, Hospital Nisa Pardo, Aravaca, Madrid, Spain
3 Department of Oral Surgery Service, Hospital Nisa Pardo, Aravaca, Madrid, Spain
4 Department of Pathology, University of Valencia, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain
Date of Submission 09-Jan-2013
Date of Acceptance 08-Jan-2015
Francisco J Vera-Sempere
Department of Pathology, Avda. Campanar 21, 46009 Valencia
Granular cell tumor (GCT) usually occurs as a single tumor, although sometimes multiple lesions can occur. In present report we analyze the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of a multiple GCT involving the tongue of a 14-year-old girl, with no other abnormalities, with a metachronous occurrence of a second GCT in vulva, after a period of 10 years. Both tumors revealed S-100, vimentin and CD57 positivity. In addition, over expression of calretinin was observed in tumor cells located in the vicinity of pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (PEH) of the tongue. Tumor vasculature situated close to the PEH showed marked CD105 reactivity, data not described so far, suggesting an interaction between PEH cells and underlying stroma, since GCT completely lacks CD105 vessels. Our study emphasizes that patients with GCT, especially young patients, should be followed long-term, looking for multiple tumors or other abnormalities suggestive of a systemic syndrome, given the associations described in multiple GCT.
Keywords: Multiple granular cell tumors, pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, tongue
Vera-Sirera B, Zabala P, Aviño-Mira C, Vera-Sempere FJ. Multiple granular cell tumors with metachronous occurrence in tongue and vulva. Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol 2014;18:437-41
Vera-Sirera B, Zabala P, Aviño-Mira C, Vera-Sempere FJ. Multiple granular cell tumors with metachronous occurrence in tongue and vulva. Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol [serial online] 2014 [cited 2023 Feb 1];18:437-41. Available from: https://www.jomfp.in/text.asp?2014/18/3/437/151343
Granular cell tumor (GCT), also known as Abrikossoff's tumor, is a rare benign soft tissue neoplasm that most often arises in the tongue, [1] and also occurs in other anatomic locations, including the vulva. GCT was originally described by Abrikossoff in 1926 in a patient with a tongue lesion and because of the apparent association between granular tumor cells and skeletal muscle the term "granular cell myoblastoma" was proposed in the original description. However, it is now commonly accepted that GCT is of neural origin and most likely derived from Schwann cells, a pathogenesis suggested by immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies, [2] although some authors believe that GCT is not a specific entity, but rather a degenerative change that can occur not only in Schwann cells, but also in a variety of other neoplastic cells. [3]
GCT usually occurs as a single tumor, frequently in the head and neck region especially in the tongue, nevertheless multiple lesions occur in 7-29% of cases. [1],[4] Multiple GCTs most often appear in black women, frequently including intraoral GCT, having either a synchronous appearance or presenting as a sequential development over time. [4]
In the present study we report a case of a GCT involving the tongue of a 14-year-old girl, with no other abnormalities and with a metachronous occurrence of a second GCT in vulva, after a period of 10 years. Both tumors were analyzed by optical microscopy and immunohistochemistry and several observations were made regarding their presentation and immunohistochemical profile.
In November 2001, a 14-year-old Caucasian girl presented with a painless lingual swelling, incidentally discovered 4 months earlier. The patient had no lingual bleeding or previous trauma of the tongue. There was no previous clinical history of interest, the patient referred a healthy lifestyle, had no family history of tumors and all laboratory data were normal. Oral examination revealed a single, firm nodule about 2 cm in size on the left side of the dorsum of the tongue, with a smooth surface and a slight yellowish color. The lesion was apparently indolent and not ulcerated; there were no palpable lateral cervical lymph nodes. Excisional biopsy was performed, which revealed histopathological features consistent with a GCT associated with pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (PEH) of lingual epithelium [Figure 1] and [Figure 2]. The deep resected margin was affected by the tumor; therefore, a clinical follow-up was planned at 1, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgical excision. There were no signs of tumor recurrence during the postoperative follow-up period.
Figure 1: Photomicrograph of the lingual lesion showing overlying surface epithelium with cellular underlying connective tissue (H&E stain, x10)
Figure 2: The surface epithelium of lingual GCT shows pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (PEH) (H&E stain, x100)
Ten years later, in September 2010, at 24 years of age, the patient was seen again by the Gynecology Service for a single vulvar nodule, slightly painful on palpation, associated with pruritus. At this time no other abnormality was detected clinically or radiologically after a full medical checkup. Gynecological examination was unremarkable, except for the finding of a subcutaneous 1.5 cm mobile nodule in the skin of the left labium minus, which was preoperatively interpreted as a vulvar sebaceous cyst. In lithotomy position, the vulvar nodule was resected via a longitudinal incision with decapsulation of the nodule together with a small portion of vulvar skin. Histopathological examination revealed the presence of a GCT [Figure 3] without PEH in the overlying vulvar mucosa and with no cytologic features of atypia or malignancy. The margins of the specimen were involved, but no reexcision was performed. At present the patient remains free of vulvar tumor recurrence after 15 postoperative months.A prolonged clinical follow-up is planned for the patient.
Figure 3: Photomicrograph of the vulvar lesion diagnosed with an interval of 10 years showing a cellular tumor (H&E stain, x10)
Histologically, both lingual and vulvar lesions were composed of cells with large eosinophilic and granular cytoplasm, presenting small central nuclei and intracytoplasmic PAS-positive granules [Figure 4]. No atypical mitoses, pleomorphism or necrosis were observed in either lesion and both showed involvement of the deep resected edge. Nevertheless, there were some distinct features between the two lesions. In the lingual lesion, the tumor cells were intermingled in the deep areas with bundles of striated muscle [Figure 5] and arranged in nests and sheets of variable size. These characteristics were absent in the vulvar tumor that showed a nodular growth pattern with expansive outline. PEH was observed only in the tumor of the tongue.
Figure 4: Tumor cells showed a periodic acid Schiff (PAS) positive
granular cytoplasm (PAS stain, x400)
Figure 5: Deep areas of lingual granular cell tumor (GCT) showing tumor cells intermingled with bundles of striated muscles (H&E stain, x200)
The immunohistochemical study revealed strong positivity (+++) of the tumor cells of both lesions for S-100 protein (cytoplasmic and nuclear staining; polyclonal rabbit antibody, Ready to Use (RtU); Dako, Glostrup, Denmark) [Figure 6], vimentin (predominantly membranous pattern; V9 clone, RtU; Dako) [Figure 7] and CD57 (Leu7;TB01 clone, RtU; Dako); and a mild positivity (++) for enolase (ENS; BBS/NC/VI-H14 clone, RtU; Dako), CD68 (KP1 clone, RtU; Dako) and α-inhibin (R1 clone, RtU; Dako); the latter marking about 10% of tumor cells; whereas, pan-cytokeratin (clone AE1/AE3, RtU; Dako), desmin (D33 clone, RtU; Dako), smooth muscle actin (1A4 clone, RtU; Dako), α-estrogen receptor (α-ER; 1D5 clone, RtU; Dako), progesterone receptor (PgR 636 clone, RtU; Dako) and androgen receptor (AR-441 clone, dilution 1:50; Dako) were all negative.
Figure 6: The tumor cells were intensely immunoreactive for S-100 protein (IHC stain, x400)
Figure 7: The tumor cells showing intense positivity for vimentin (IHC stain, x400)
In addition, we found only weak positivity (+) for calretinin antibody (polyclonal antibody, dilution 1:30, BioGenex) in the vulvar tumor. However, calretinin was more pronounced (++) in the lingual tumor, particularly in tumor cells located in the vicinity of the overlying PEH [Figure 8] that showed a clear calretinin over expression. Interestingly, tumor vasculature situated close to PEH showed marked CD105 (endoglin; SN6h clone, RtU; Dako) reactivity [Figure 9], while all remaining vessels were negative for endoglin, as was found in all vulvar tumor vessels. Moreover, in both tumors Ki-67 antigen (MIB-1 clone, ready to use; Dako) showed a very low percentage (1-2%) of labeled tumor cell nuclei, nuclear expression of p53 (DO-7 clone, RtU; Dako) being completely negative. In the lingual tumor, areas with PEH showed marked Ki-67 positivity in overlying epithelia [Figure 10], with strong nuclear Ki67 staining in 20-30% of basal and parabasal cells.
Figure 8: GCT in close contact with PEH displayed overexpression of calretinin protein (IHC stain, x250)
Figure 9: The tumor cells close to the epithelium of lingual tumor were associated with a CD 105 positivity in the vascular network unlike the remaining vessels that were negative for endoglin ie CD 105 (IHC stain, x400)
Figure 10: Isolated tumor cells were positive for Ki67 whereas the overlying PEH epithelium of the lingual tumor showed marked Ki67 activity (IHC stain, x250)
GCT is an uncommon soft tissue tumor. Although it most frequently involves the head and neck region, especially the tongue which represents approximately 30% of lesions, [1] it has been found throughout the body. GCT is seen almost invariably as a benign tumor, usually solitary, although very uncommon malignant GCTs have also been described [5] and multiple benign GCT lesions can occur in up to approximately 25% of cases, suggesting that a patient with GCT should undergo a complete physical examination, given that the presence of another tumor is quite possible and certainly more common than is generally thought.
Multiple GCTs are most often located in the intradermal or subcutaneous tissue, although oral mucosa, gastrointestinal and genital tract [4] can also be involved, with a synchronous or metachronus occurrence, as was presented by our patient with an interval of 10 years between the two tumors. Nevertheless, the cases of concurrent presentation seem to be more frequently reported in the literature. [4]
Clinically, our patient presented no other abnormality and had no family history of GCT, all exploratory data being completely normal after a full medical checkup. This is important since in the last decade multiple GCT have been described in association with syndromes, such as LEOPARD syndrome More Details and Noonan syndrome, as well as with neurofibromatosis type I. [6],[7] Curiously, in all these processes there is an aberrant signaling in the Ras/MAP pathway, which promotes cellular differentiation, proliferation and oncogenesis, with a special vulnerability in Schwann cells, the putative origin of GCT. Given these associations, it has been suggested that a diagnosis of multiple GCT, especially in young patients as in this case warrants a complete physical examination, for systemic manifestations of underlying genetic or somatic defects. [7] So the take-home message, given these data and the potential multicentricity of GCT, [1],[4] would be that in the presence of a diagnosis of GCT in a young patient a complete physical examination in search of other possible tumors or coexisting abnormalities is obligatory, as well as planning a prolonged clinical follow-up, as highlighted by the present case is also necessary.
In our patient both GCT were studied with a broad panel of antibodies and our immunohistochemical findings being generally in agreement with those reported in the literature. [1],[8] In our opinion, the strong positivity found for S-100, vimentin and CD57 point to a possible schwannian/neural origin as the most plausible for these tumors. The low proliferation index with Ki67 and p53 negativity confirm the benign nature of the two CGTs in our patient, which curiously has not recurred despite involvement of the deep rim, an aspect previously reported by others, [4] indicating that these are slow-growing tumors with a low and late recurrence rate, even with positive margins [4] and regardless of the pattern of invasion. Absence of hormone receptors (α-ER, PgR and AR) in both tumors in principle excludes the existence of any hormonal influence on their appearance, data that cannot explain the increased incidence of multiple GCT in women. [4]
Finally with regard to PEH, this morphological change can appear in the overlying epithelium of approximately 50% of GCT, [2] mimicking squamous cell carcinoma and sometimes posing a challenge for diagnosis. In addition, the cellular component of GCT close to the PEH showed a clear over expression of calretinin, a primarily neuronal protein, in comparison to the deep portions of tumor, suggesting that calretinin overexpression in some way influenced the appearance of PEH, as already noted by others. [9] We also found that PEH is located in proximity to a localized network of vessels immunoreactive to endoglin, this previously undescribed data suggests, in our opinion, an interaction between PEH cells and underlying stroma since GCT lacks CD105 + vessels. However, a full understanding of the role of CD105 in the interaction between GCT and hyperplastic squamous epithelium requires further study in a wide series of GCT analyzing what factors trigger the development of PEH in GCT.
Our study emphasizes that patients with GCT, especially young patients, should be followed for a long-term, looking for multiple tumors or other abnormalities suggestive of a systemic syndrome, given the associations described in multiple GCT.
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Sometimes for advertising purposes Facebook allows the advertisers to access their users' personal information. But this is not a good practice so try to lock the most important data and stay away from the identity thieves.


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Нэн Лэрд (Nan McKenzie Laird; ) — американский . Доктор философии Гарварда (1975), его же эмерит-профессор, проработала там более сорока лет.
Лауреат  (2021).
Ее статья 1977 года, посвященная EM-алгоритму, входит в число ста наиболее цитируемых научных статей (по версии Nature, 2014).

Есть сестра. Вскоре после рождения Нэн ее семья переехала в Таллахасси. Сперва она поступила в колледж Университета Райса в 1961 году, однако затем перевелась в Университет Джорджии, который и окончила как бакалавр статистики в 1969 году; была избрана в Общество Phi Beta Kappa. Степень доктора философии по статистике получила в Гарварде, куда затем зачислилась в штат и в котором заведовала кафедрой биостатистики в 1990—1999 гг. как именной профессор (Henry Pickering Walcott Professor) биостатистики, а ныне же она эмерит-профессор, именной (Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of Public Health), — в отставке с 2015 года. Подготовила многих учеников. Фелло Американской ассоциации содействия развитию науки и Американской статистической ассоциации.

Автор более 300 статей и трех книг. Согласно Google scholar, ее работы цитировались более ста тыс. раз.

Награды и отличия
  (2001)
  (2011)
 Marvin Zelen Award for Leadership in the Statistical Sciences (2015)
 Статистик 2016 года по версии Чикагского отделения Американской статистической ассоциации
  (2021)
 Janet Norwood Prize

Примечания

Женщины-математики США
Профессора Гарвардского университета
Доктора философии по статистике
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Writing my latest post this morning on the ALLi blog, it occurred to me that many people who read my Writing Life blog will have no idea of the double life I lead.
What is ALLi anyway? I hear you cry. And what are you doing writing on its blog when you've got a perfectly decent one of your own?
ALLi (pronounced to rhyme with "ally" rather than "alley") is the acronym for the Alliance of Independent Authors. It's the professional organisation for self-published writers and indie authors all over the world, launched by bestselling novelist Orna Ross just over two years ago.
As a self-published author interested in networking with other writers and in improving my writing craft and self-publishing skills, I joined ALLi not long after it was launched. ALLi members may write guest posts for its blog of self-publishing advice (www.selfpublishingadvice.org), and after I'd written a couple of guest posts, I was flattered to be invited by Orna Ross to join her small staff as the Commissioning Editor of the blog. It seemed too good an opportunity to pass up, and so about a year ago I assumed the role, working from home, at hours that fitted in well around my other work and responsibilities.
To fill these slots, I track down ALLi members who have relevant messages and advice to add, and I give them a broad brief on what I'd like their post to be about. I plan the schedule of posts to provide a good variety and range of topics to appeal to writers in all genres, wherever they are around the world. When I receive the copy, images and author bio for each post, I input it to the blog via WordPress and add the necessary metadata and other details.
By definition, I have to read every post – so it is a great way of keeping myself up-to-date and well-informed about self-publishing trends and developments, which complements the other writing activities and ambitions in my life.
After NaNoWriMo, how about NoPCMo?
If you'd like to read all the posts I've written for ALLi, this link will give you everything that has been published under my byline on the ALLi blog.
And if you're an indie author who is interested in joining ALLi, here's the link to find out more.
But for now, I'm heading off to slip on one of my many other writing hats – working on my new collection of flash fiction, Quick Change, due out next month. If you'd like me to let you know when it's available, please feel free to sign up to the mailing list for this title.
PS In case you're wondering, my other car is a Ford Ka – but more about my vehicles another day!


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An effort of churches, the city of Lynwood and the Lynwood School District to beautify the city will launch on September 22.
Called the Lynwood Commitment, volunteers from across the city will work to beautify Lindbergh Elementary and the surrounding neighborhood as well as clean-up some parks and help senior citizens beautify their homes.
"This is a start to what we believe will become a tradition that reflects the great community support and love of our city," said Lynwood Mayor José Luis Solache.
There will be an art contest at Lindbergh that will results in students from Lynwood Unified working and developing a mural at the school.
For Pastor Rudy Rubio of the Reformed Church of L.A., the event will be a catalyst for what all the organizers believe will be an ongoing effort to improve the city.
"We see a day where the Lynwood Commitment will involve thousands of people who rightfully take pride in our city," said Pastor Rudy who reminded that many of the faith organizations in Lynwood are participating in the Lynwood Commitment.
The city will provide a dumpster so that people can drop off their large bulk items.
For more information you can call the Lynwood Recreation and Community Services Department at 310-603-0220 Ext. 319 or email recinfo@lynwood.ca.us.


Renewable energy technologies have an enormous potential and that potential can be realized at a reasonable cost. Market research shows that many customers will purchase renewable power even if it costs somewhat more than conventional power. However, both economic theory and experience point to significant market barriers and market failures that will limit the development of renewables unless special policy measures are enacted to encourage that development. These hurdles can be grouped into four categories. The Cost has been an obvious barrier. Renewable technologies essentially capitalize fuel costs. The cost of the equipment that uses "free fuel" is more expensive than the cost of equipment that uses hydrocarbon fuel. Thus you pay more upfront, and less to operate. Financing is today's problem, not cost. The savings on time and cost that clean energy entrepreneurs and design teams are reporting is astounding and may be the key to reducing the barriers to entry for low carbon solutions. A barrier facing community-based renewable energy is capital – upfront cash to buy a solar array or wind turbine. And the biggest cause is securities law and regulations, intended to prevent fraud like perpetrated by Bernie Madoff and others that makes pooling capital very difficult for groups of interested local power investors. The federal or state rules often come with high compliance costs or significant limitations that hinder most efforts to raise community capital.


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Home / The American Surgeon, Volume 78, Number 5
Total Parathyroidectomy Versus Subtotal Parathyroidectomy in the Treatment of Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism
Authors: Hsieh, Ting-Min1; Sun, Cheuk-Kwan2; Chen, Yen-Ta3; Chou, Fong-Fu
Source: The American Surgeon, Volume 78, Number 5, May 2012, pp. 600-606(7)
Publisher: Southeastern Surgical Congress
The purposes of this study are to evaluate the merits of surgical treatment, including subtotal parathyroidectomy (SP) and total parathyroidectomy (TP), in patients with tertiary hyperparathyroidism (THPT) and compare the outcome of the two surgical options. Medical records of patients undergoing parathyroidectomy for THPT were retrospectively reviewed and long-term outcomes between the two groups were compared. Fourteen out of 488 renal transplantation recipients required parathyroidectomy for THPT during a 24-year follow-up period with a median follow-up of 35.5 [interquartile range (IQR), 19.3‐133.3] months. All patients had hypercalcemia, whereas 13 had varying symptoms and one was asymptomatic. Median serum calcium level decreased from 12.4 (IQR, 11.9‐12.6) mg/dL preoperatively to 8.9 (IQR, 8.1‐9.4) mg/dL postoperatively (P = 0.001), whereas median intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) dropped from a preoperative level of 340.5 (IQR, 247‐540) pg/mL to 55.1 (IQR, 24.4‐66.4) pg/mL after surgery (P = 0.018). Comparison between patients receiving TP and SP revealed no difference in incidence of recurrence or permanent complications, whereas the former had significantly lower calcium levels (P = 0.048) and higher phosphorus levels (P = 0.017) compared with the latter. Moreover, a significant reduction in calcium level was noted in TP group on long-term follow-up compared with their immediately postoperative level (8.1 vs 9.0 mg/dL, respectively, P < 0.05), whereas there was no significant decrease in SP group. We concluded that parathyroidectomy is efficient and safe in treating THPT. Because TP would increase the risk of hypocalcemia, a less radical procedure (SP) is preferred.
Affiliations: 1: Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang GungMemorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2: Department of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 3: Divivion of Urology, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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The number of international travelers coming to America has dropped over the last two years, according to new data published by the Visit U.S. Coalition, a trade group recently created to help America compete for international tourism dollars. Total global travel volume increased by 7.9 percent between 2015 and 2017, while America's share dropped from 13.5 percent in 2015 to 11.9 percent last year. The U.S. and Turkey were the only two countries in the top 24 destinations that saw a decline in international visitors over the last two years, according to the group. The U.S. Travel Association has found that international travelers to the U.S. spent 3.3 percent less through November 2017 than at the same point the previous year. That 3.3 percent spending drop translates to losses of $4.6 billion spent in the U.S. economy and 40,000 jobs.


From a LEO in the Midwest | Defense Training International, Inc.
"I had the opportunity to test Winchester frangible 223 ammo at our indoor range yesterday. It worked as advertised! The bullet appeared to completely disintegrate upon impact with our steel bullet trap. There was only a small amount of copper color left on the steel plates. There was no penetration or even denting of the plates. Also, we found no spatter.
at seventy-five feet. We did deliberately fire a round at our vertical, fourth-five degree angled, steel, baffles (designed to protect the front sides of the trap itself). The impact dented it slightly.


This 2011, Hillsong has an Asian Tour again. I wanna go on one of their tours. How about you? As a Christian, I wanna see how blessed they are!
If you wanna blessed too, get tickets now!
4minute & G.NA wish their fans a happy Valentine's Day!
In the spirit of Valentine's Day, labelmates 4minute and G.NA gave their fans heartwarming video messages through their official YouTube channels!
Like the Hallyu stars that they are, 4minute greeted their international fans in their respective languages, asking every fan to be their valentine. On an individual scale, leader Jihyun greeted fans through 4minute's official fancafe, while maknae Sohyun reached out through her personal Twitter, completing the girls' 'six language' love confession.
Meanwhile, G.NA greeted her fans in fluent English and gave shoutouts to her international fanbase. Expressing her desire to hopefully meet them all soon, the idol wrapped up by cutely asking her fans if they would be her valentine.
When 2NE1's highly-anticipated first album hit shelves back in September of last year, no one predicted that it would achieve the explosive results that it did.
With a staggering amount of pre-orders, over a million YouTube views for each of their triple title-track MVs, and a triple-crown win, the ladies of 2NE1 can add yet another accomplishment to their ever-expanding resume.
According to data compiled by the Philippines' music retailers, Astrochart/Astrovision, 2NE1's album "To Anyone", became a #1 best-seller! Not only that, but their "First Mini-Album Re-package (CD+DVD)" also claimed the #2 spot on the chart.
The girls wanted to personally thank their Filipino Blackjacks for making this achievement possible, so they uploaded a video expressing their thanks in Tagalog.
2NE1: Mabuhay Philippines! Wassup, we 2NE1!
Asianovela superstar, Lee Min Ho, popularly known in the country as Gu Jun Pyo, in the phenomenal idol drama Boys Over Flowers, is back on primetime alongside Korea's Queen of Drama Son Ye Jin to bring you a different kind of love story in ABS-CBN's newest soap PERFECT MATCH.
The soundtrack for "Perfect Match" features a local adaptation of the Korean soap, with renditions of the theme song "Ito ang Pangako Ko" sung by Nyoy Volante, with another version from Sabrina respectively, as well as other tracks "Saranghe" by Sabrina, "Can't Believe It," "My Heart is Touched" and more. The special release also comes with a bonus dvd of selected tracks and videos.
At aaminin ko sa'yo mahal kita.
On January 1st, she revealed that she has gotten closer with 2AM's Seulong after he chose her as his ideal woman, and even chose him as the person she sends texts to the most. She then introducedBrown Eyed Soul's Jung Yeob as a close friend she often goes out drinking with, impressing many with her close ties to the music industry.
We are just moments away from the 2010 'SBS Entertainment Awards', and stars have already started to walk the red carpet at the MBC Dream Center in Ilsan-gu.
The 'SBS Entertainment Awards' is held annually to acknowledge those who have excelled or made MBC entertainment programs enjoyable for viewers in the year 2010.
Idol stars who walked the red carpet include KARA's Nicole, IU, f(x)'s Luna, ZE:A's Kwanghee, CNBLUE's Jung Yonghwa,and 2AM's Jo Kwon. They'll be having a busy night shuttling to KBS Hall afterwards for their performances at the 2010 'KBS Music Festival'.
Other stars who attended the ceremony included Jang Yoon Jung (MC), Jung Ju Ri, Kim Hyo Jin, Kim Young Chul, Lee Moo Song, Noh Sa Yeon, Seo In Young, Jung Ga Eun, Kang Ho Dong, Lee Seung Gi, Yoo In Na, Jo Hye Ryun, Noh Hong Chul, Yoo Jae Suk, Song Joong Ki, Ji Suk Jin, Song Ji Hyo, Kim Jong Kook, Gary, Haha, and Lee Gwang Soo.
Looks like puppy's having a good year. Triple threat singer/actor/MC Lee Seung-gi (My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Brilliant Legacy) is playing with the big boys now—he's been nominated for SBS' MC Daesang, up against veteran heavyweights Kang Ho-dong, Yoo Jae-suk, and Lee Gyung-gyu. There's not so much a chance in hell that he'll win, but that's not the point, as being nominated with these guys is pretty much the highlight for such a relative newbie like him.
I say relative, of course, because compared to these comedians (all three come from the gagman-to-MC camp), 23-year old Lee Seung-gi is just a kid. Lee Gyung-gyu debuted before Seung-gi was even born; Kang Ho-dong debuted in 1988, Yoo Jae-suk shortly after in 1991. But despite his greenness, there's something about Seung-gi that almost everyone universally acknowledges: what Koreans would call MC-chaejil, meaning he was born to do this.
He has this disarming way of making everybody love him, which isn't so hard to believe since he's everything from the Nation's Little Brother to Korean moms' number one pick for a son-in-law. He and Kang Ho-dong have fantastic chemistry as an odd couple, on bothStrong Heart and KBS' 1 Night 2 Days, and frankly, theirs is my favorite tv bromance, because it's real, and completely adorkable.
I think what makes him good is that he's natural in front of the camera and doesn't shy away from being himself, which is dorky and funny and naive. But his success as an MC has everything to do with Kang Ho-dong, who isn't afraid to look bad while making Seung-gi look good. Together they have this great comic timing that makes them click.
I have no doubt that the real battle for the award will be between Kang Ho-dong and Yoo Jae-suk, as they are both at the top of their game and always neck-and-neck for the year-end MC awards. But it's nice to see Seung-gi coming up in the world.
Lee Seung-gi and Kang Ho-dong (bottom right) are both nominated for Strong Heart (and Kang Ho-dong also for Star King); Yoo Jae-suk (top right) for Running Man; and Lee Gyung-gyu (top left) for Star Junior. The SBS Awards will air December 30.
On the 18th, CNBLUE held their official second concert, 'Feel The Blue' in Seoul.
Being their second concert since the summer, the group showcased both their Korean and Japanese songs, proving to their fans that they have made a great improvement since their debut. As the holiday season is also near, the members performed several Christmas songs, warming up the sold-out crowd in the chilly weather.
In return for such a wonderful concert, fans of member Jung Yonghwa provided a dinner truck for all of the concert staff and the members, ending everything off on a happy note.
CNBLUE will also be holding a Christmas concert in Busan on the 24th.


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The Pyrenees
Cathar country of the Languedoc-Roussillon and the French Pyrenees
Classic mountain walking in the Pyrenees National Park
UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Cirque du Gavarnie
Landscapes that influenced modern artists, such as Dali and Picasso
Fantastic seafood restaurants along the Mediterranean coast
Unforgettable Pyrenees scenery, mountain peaks, waterfalls and lakes
Hiking & Walking Tours
Walking in the Pyrenees
Walking Tours in the Pyrenees
Walking in the Pyrenees offers a variety of alternate and unforgettable landscapes, culture and history. From the heart of the Pyrenees National Park, with its high mountains and sparkling lakes, to the intriguing history of Cathar country and from quaint Catalan villages to Mediterranean coastal trails. All enjoyable, all for different reasons.
Whichever region of the Pyrenees you choose to walk in, you can be assured that Macs Adventure has picked the best accommodations and walks these areas have to offer, so that you are sure to have an outstanding experience.
Our Walking in the Pyrenees National Park tour takes you to two valleys, both with spectacular mountains views which will take your breath away. The Carcassonne and Cathar Trails itinerary is set in the Ariege Pyrenees and will appeal to those who love history (and mountains views of course). If you prefer coastal walking you should choose the Collioure to Cadaques route which crosses from France into Spain in areas associated with the artists, Dali, Matisse and Picasso, who were inspired by these landscapes. We hope you will be too!
Featured Tours - The Pyrenees
Walking in the Pyrenees National Park
Follow trails through the Pyrenees National Park surrounded by classic mountain landscapes
Carcassonne & Cathar Trails
Walk from Carcassonne to the foothills of the Pyrenees, former stronghold of the Cathars
Collioure to Cadaques
Walk the classic Mediterannean trail on coastal trails with the Pyrenees as a backdrop
Collioure to Cadaques Short Break
Enjoy a short break taking in the highlights of the classic walk from Collioure to Cadaques
Discover The Pyrenees
Mystical Montsegur and the Cathars
The Cathar region of France is fascinating as it has an incredible amount of history, mostly turbulent. As a result of its past, it has an array of Romanesque abbeys, medieval villages and castles. One such village is Montegur, a typical Cathar stronghold back in the 11th century.
The Cathar Story
In Medieval times Catharism was the prominent religion in the Languedoc. Unfortunately, it was a religion that was in confrontation with Catholicism, which at the time, was the major belief of the rich and powerful. The Cathar faith is an altogether different interpretation of the gospels and in particular the excess and material life of the bishops and priests. As a result of this conflict more than half a million men, women and children were massacred in what was known as the Albigensian Crusade, a twenty-year war against the Cathars. Once the most civilised area in Europe, by the end of the 14th century it as eradicated. A sad product of misplaced power.
Montsegur
This is a typical Cathar village which you visit on our Carcassonne and Cathar Trails tour. In the present it is a quaint village with cobbled streets and a castle sitting atop a local "pog" or mountain. It is hard to imagine that 750 years ago this was the site of one of the last Cathar strongholds. Refusing to renounce their Cathar faith, hundreds of people marched to the castle and met their end there. However, there is something in the air here, an atmosphere of a past that is almost tangible.
Languages of the Pyrenees
Most people will know that the primary languages of the Pyrenees are Spanish and French since these mountains form a natural border between these two countries. However, there are several other languages spoken here too including, Catalan, Basque, Aragonese and Occitan!
The Basque language is the most fascinating as it does not belong to any of the European language families but is what is known as an "isolated language" or "lonely language". In other words, its history and origins remain a secret. Another such language is Korean, but there are around 100 isolate languages in the word currently. It is spoken on the Atlantic Coast and in adjacent mountain valleys. During Franco's dictatorship in Spain, it was forbidden but it is now once again the official language of the Basque region.
The official regional language of Catalonia, which stretches to the south of Tarragonaand all the way north to the French/Spanish border and into the Pyrenees and Andorra. It's a Romance languageand some believe it's a dialect of Spanish evolved from the vulgar Latin that was spoken by the Romans who colonised the Tarragona area.
Also a Romance language and one that originated in the Middle Ages. It is spoken by fewer than 10,000 people in the province of Huesca. Although it was once spoken by all inhabitants of Aragon but not Catherine of Aragon who spoke Spanish, Latin, French and Greek, which were the more "educated" languages of that time.
A Romance language but a dialect of Catalan, still spoken in certain areas of southern France and amazingly even in some Occitan valleys in Italy and Spain's Val D'Aran. Over a hundred years ago the French central government banned it from being taught in schools, but it continues as it is intrinsically linked to the traditions and legends of these areas, particularly farming and when referring to animals and plants.
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Qweekend story: 'School Of Hard Knocks: Lady Cilento Children's Hospital School', April 2016
A feature story for Qweekend magazine, published in the April 9-10 issue. The full story appears below.
Sick children need schooling too. At Lady Cilento Children's Hospital School, learning proves positively infectious.
In a light-filled corner room of a high-rise building overlooking inner-city Brisbane, a visiting local artist leads a class of six rowdy students. Aged between five and seven years old, they are tasked with creating artworks that illustrate their lives. A handful of the best drawings from this schoolwide project will be sent to China, where a school has a reciprocal arrangement. But it's unlikely the Chinese students will be able to relate to the experience of these children – they are enrolled in a school very few families in Queensland choose to attend. This is the state's only dedicated hospital school.
Sam Cranstoun presents a cheerful front to the kids' steady stream of questions and comments. The 28-year-old artist asks the four boys and two girls to use crayons to draw what they like to do. Camping, swimming, board games and PlayStation 4 rank highly, before one boy offers another option with a quizzical look. "School?" he asks, unsure of himself. He is testing the waters: is it cool to admit, at age seven, that you like school? "I'm sure your teacher will love hearing that!" says Sam, flashing a smile to the adults across the room. Gemma Rose-Holt, six, draws a swimming pool at the bottom of an enormous piece of paper, then a sun shining high in the sky. In the last couple of years, she has seen her father's health rapidly decline for reasons she can't quite fathom.
Sam continues with the exercise by asking them to consider their place in the world. "Is China bigger than Gladstone?" asks one boy. They talk about their families and school. "Do you guys think about home?" asks the artist. "Yes!" they reply as one, before throwing their talents into happy drawings of the back yards and bedrooms they have left behind.
"There's an amazing view out the window," says Sam, pointing behind the students. "Do you guys ever look out there?" At this, the six kids scamper to the windows, pressing their faces against the glass and pointing out the landmarks they can see from the eighth floor of the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in South Brisbane, which the Prep to Year 2 pupils are visiting for their art class. They can see Mount Coot-tha, the murky river, the Story Bridge in the distance. "I can see the cat-boat!" announces one boy, spying a blue, white and yellow ferry as it powers against the tide. "I can see bull sharks!" suggests another, prompting a laugh from the teaching staff. Not many schools have a helicopter pad on the roof, nor a giant pink bunny rabbit sculpture standing sentry near the entrance. Lady Cilento Children's Hospital School (LCCHS) has both of these, and when its students are asked to sketch the school, these two features inevitably emerge on the page.
For their final task, Sam turns these young minds toward imagining their future. "What do we want to be?" he asks them, prompting a flurry of ideas. Teacher? Doctor? Journalist? Soldier? McDonald's worker? Power Ranger? "I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up," says Gemma. She draws a nurse standing beside a bed-bound patient wearing a big smile. That's her father, Damien. He has no hair because the medicine took it away. "The medicine's yuck, but he has to have it," she tells Sam. Little Gemma lives with her mother near the RNA Showgrounds, away from her Sunshine Coast home in accommodation subsidised by the Leukaemia Foundation, while Damien receives treatment.
The students who attend this school are bound by a common experience of illness: either their parents', their siblings', or their own. They are from Emerald, Cairns, Chinchilla, Bundaberg and Hervey Bay; from every corner of the state. For some of them, it is their first visit to Brisbane, and the circumstances are less than ideal. Entire families are uprooted from their normal lives and relocated to temporary housing reserved for people in crisis. Their parents have got so much on their plates when they come here that sometimes the last thing on their mind is phoning a school, notifying a teacher about what might become an extended absence from their normal classroom. These tasks fade from view when the spectre of death suddenly appears in sharp focus. Into the breach rush 24 hospital school teaching staff, a compassionate, capable bunch of professionals adept at crafting an individualised education that will define these stricken children.
The school's impact is wide-ranging, and it sees a diverse population. In 2015, Lady Cilento hospital had 3159 registered students, more than two-thirds of whom normally attended state schools. Of that number, the largest cohort of 21 per cent (663 students) presented with medical conditions; 17 per cent (538) were there for oncology; 13 per cent (410) attended the school because a member of their family was ill, and nine per cent (284) were patients with the Child and Youth Mental Health Service – which is also located on level eight at the hospital – while the remainder found their way there for reasons related to the likes of surgery, diabetes, rehabilitation and heart disease.
More often than not, the hospital teachers' efforts work wonders for the children and their families. During a midweek excursion to the Gallery of Modern Art at nearby South Bank, Mitchell Cawthray, 12, cautiously approaches a teacher watching over the group of about two dozen students as they eat lunch. He wears a black T-shirt that reads "The Force is Strong In This One", reflecting an indelible truth of this blue-eyed boy's tough character. His light brown hair is shaved close to his scalp, and when he turns his head, you can see the scar on the back of his neck where the life-threatening medulloblastoma tumour was removed from the top of his spine almost a year ago. "Are you having a good day so far?" asks the teacher cheerfully. "Great day," Mitchell replies, nodding. He pauses, weighing his words carefully, then looks around to make sure none of his peers overhear his next words. With a shy smile, he says, "I've never really said this before, but I think I like school now!"
Most children go through childhood without great complications, and without seeing the insides of healthcare waiting rooms for longer than it takes to receive an immunisation jab, to set an accidental bone fracture in plaster, or to go through the motions of a doctor's check-up. Mitchell, Gemma and their peers are the unlucky few, and the LCCH treats Queensland's sickest of the sick. All of the "first-world problems", as Mitchell's mum, Janine Cawthray, puts it, fade into irrelevance when your child is diagnosed with brain cancer.
In Mitchell's case, he and Janine relocated to Brisbane at Easter time last year for his treatment, while his father stayed home in Hervey Bay, managing their small business and caring for Mitchell's sister as she completed Year 12. "I take my hat off to the teachers," says Janine. "They not only have to deal with normal academic requirements as per the curriculum; they have to deal with a multitude of personalities – from parents, medical staff – as well as medical requirements and children's individual needs. They also have to report back to the children's mainstream school. They're juggling all of that, and that's a hard call, but they manage it very, very well."
In the middle of the building, on level eight, is a place where a familiar timetable reigns between the hours of 9am and 3pm each weekday. It is a place of whiteboards and colouring-in; of assigned readings and class discussions. It is a place of boring adult words such as literacy, numeracy, curriculum, assessment and "personal learning plans". For some families, the hospital school quickly becomes the only constant in a life now marked by endless blood tests, chemotherapy and invasive surgery, and – sometimes – dramatically shortened horizons.
None of these horrible things happen on level eight, however, where the LCCHS middle and senior classrooms serve an ever-changing cohort of students from Years 5 to 12. Nor do horrible things happen on the ground-floor junior school next door, on Stanley Street inside the old Mater Hospital building, where Prep to Year 4 students are taught. In young lives that have suddenly been dropped into seas of anxiety, pain and uncertainty, these two campuses emerge as towering islands of normality.
There are no school bells here. No uniform, and no rules, per se, only three expectations: be safe, be respectful, and be responsible. Teachers are not known by stuffy honorifics; the students are on a first-name basis with their educators and support staff from the first day. Though visits to these islands of normality are usually short-term matters, these two school campuses can easily act as a home base for months on end, depending on circumstances.
This unique style of teaching has its roots in doctor-soldiers and military nurses returning from World War I in 1918 and concerning themselves with the rehabilitation, retraining and education of limbless soldiers. From that point, it took only a short leap of logic to twig that children ensconced in hospitals required special schooling, too. The Sick Children's Provisional School opened at the Hospital for Sick Children in the bayside suburb of Shorncliffe on August 11, 1919; it was the nation's first such educational institution. Since then, it has been relocated several times. A purpose-built school at the Royal Children's Hospital in Herston opened in 1978; in 2009, it celebrated 90 years of service to more than 60,000 pupils.
Vicki Sykes was the longest-serving principal of Mater Hospital Special School in South Brisbane, which opened in 1983. Appointed in 1986, she served 23 years before retiring in 2009; today, the junior school playground is dedicated in her name with a handsome plaque. In 1986, Sykes described her workplace. "Students come to school from the wards in pyjamas and wheelchairs," she wrote in an unpublished memoir. "Some are on crutches or have their arms or legs bandaged. During the day some students may need to go off for operations or medical treatment. Teachers don't know from day to day how many students will be coming to school."
In that sense, little has changed since the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital School opened on December 1, 2014. Its purpose is defined by Professor John Pearn in his 2009 history of Queensland's hospital schools, To Teach The Sick. "Unrealised long-term educational potential has, in the past, been an under-acknowledged legacy of childhood illness," wrote Pearn in the book's introduction. "In the context of life's fulfilment, such may be more serious than any medical after-effects."
The school's average weekly enrolment is about 150 students, and the student-to-teacher ratio is about seven-to-one. About half of the students are too ill to make it to either of the two campuses at Lady Cilento, so the teachers come to them, providing bedside tuition. They set daily assignments, and return regularly to check their progress. Depending on scheduling, these ward visits might only last 15 minutes if a teacher has a long list of inpatient appointments. But for the bed-bound students, they might also be the only minutes in a day where they are given a task and purpose that's divorced from their unfortunate medical reality.
When visiting a couple of beautiful sisters from Springfield Lakes who have been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a palpable sense of cabin fever permeates their immediate environment. Their world has shrunken to a cruel size. Little girls aged six and eight don't belong in a small room separated by white curtains, behind a door that must remain closed at all times, and where visitors must wear gloves and gowns before entering to minimise the risk of transmitting infections.
"Homework" is an imperfect word to describe the learning tasks set by these teachers, since the sisters' entire lives are confined to this room. The hospital, for now, is both their home and classroom. Mid-lesson, a nurse enters to prick their fingers for a blood test. As the precious red liquid is squeezed from a tiny finger, the blonde girl calmly continues reading along to a picture book named Mr Gumpy's Motor Car with her impromptu teacher, who leaves several worksheets for her to complete. She has long since been conditioned to something that would prompt tears from most other six year-olds.
For these teachers, visiting inpatients on the wards requires a sense of persistence, positivity and optimism. Every day, these teachers see amazing and terrible things, such as degenerative neurological conditions that strip language and meaning from a young boy's life with each passing week.
From his bedside, it's a short walk to visit a young girl in a wheelchair whose body hosts a flesh-eating viral infection that has left her face disfigured and her forearms resembling those of a burns victim, wrapped in plastic for her protection. Tourism is her passion, and so the ward teachers resolve to bring her homework that suits this interest.
These teachers are not medical professionals. They cannot fix these problems or treat pain. They can, however, provide stimulation for young minds, if only for 15 minutes each day.
After lunch on Thursday, the junior school students file into the flexi-room on level eight for school assembly. Only Prep to Year 4 are in attendance, as the middle and senior grades are still on an all-day excursion to GoMA. Brianna Iszlaub, 11, with patchy tufts of blonde hair, couldn't attend the latter as her blood count was down today. She stands beside a girl in a wheelchair as the two of them co-host the weekly event, beginning with an Acknowledgment of Country and an energetic, indigenous-flavoured rendition of the national anthem. "Thank you, please be seated," says Brianna at its conclusion. School staff and a few parents are scattered around the edges of the dozens-strong group, while the students sit in chairs or on cushions.
Once Brianna finishes reading from the prepared script, hospital school principal Michelle Bond says to her, "Good girl." A short and energetic woman who radiates positivity, Michelle, 49, welcomes the younger students to stand up and present their handmade graphs based on a recent visit to a petting zoo downstairs. The principal – who led Royal Children's Hospital School since April 24, 2006, and LCCHS since it opened – then presents a handful of awards: to an outstanding student who has shown consideration to his peers; to one who has overcome challenges; to one who has made a positive start after joining the school this week. The group sings happy birthday to a shy blonde girl. "Some of these kids would never be chosen to lead an assembly at their own school; they usually choose the school captains and the sporty kids," Michelle tells Qweekend quietly. "I've had parents come and tell me that their child has never received an award before coming here. It's lovely that we can do that for them."
The class's guest for the day, University of Queensland PhD candidate Maddie Castles, cues a PowerPoint presentation loaded with photos from her recent visit to Namibia. The title slide shows a selfie of her grinning wildly into the camera while a giraffe munches on some leaves behind her. She tells the group about her job studying giraffe social interactions, or "who they're friends with," as she puts it. A teacher aide quietly brings a boy in a wheelchair into the room. He is barely conscious, his head held in place by brackets. As time passes, he shuts his eyes and dozes while his classmates leap up for a group photo with Maddie, who might be the first scientist they've ever met.
Posted on the door inside Brianna's Year 7/8 composite classroom is a photo of her before treatment. Her glorious, long locks are framed by a beaming face. The photo was taken when she first arrived at the school from Townsville in January, after being diagnosed with an aggressive lymphoma in late November. Her chemotherapy has stolen her hair and some of her energy. Sometimes she prefers to hide her changing scalp beneath a black beanie with devil horns. But none of this is discussed during school hours.
Brianna's teacher is Anna Bauer, 35, a bespectacled brunette with sparkling brown eyes who has worked in hospital schools for three years and now can't imagine teaching anywhere else. "No one here will ask you a medical question," she says of her classroom. "The kids are so tolerant … You can walk in with a nasal gastric tube and a drip tree, and that's it. We might give the drip tree a name, like 'Molly', and then everybody gets on with what we're doing. It's what I wish the real world was like." Working here sometimes demands that the adults develop coping strategies for their own emotional protection, too. "I have to believe that, when they walk out the door, they live happily ever after," she says.
In Anna's current class, Brianna has cancer; the mother of a bubbly Bundaberg girl is being treated for leukaemia; and the fiercely intelligent girl who co-hosted assembly is temporarily in a wheelchair after two recent strokes. But the students she sees aren't confined to physical illness. "I have so many kids with mental health issues who don't look sick," Anna says. "They walk around without baldness, or a nasal gastric tube, or a limp, or a drip tree. There's no physical evidence, so there's a real lack of recognition that there's something wrong with your child. I'm not a parent yet, but oh my God – how awful must that be?"
During Anna's second week of teaching at the hospital, a student from the previous day didn't arrive. When she asked a colleague about their sudden absence, she learnt they were being treated in the emergency department after attempting to end their life. "I took that quite badly," says Anna quietly. That was when her happily-ever-after belief began to cement itself, as a self-protective measure.
Some days are worse than others. "You're on and lifting, all of the time," says Anna. "But I find it quite humbling, and incredibly powerful, that it's my job to make their lives feel normal. It can be sad sometimes, but most of the time, it is not; it is joyous, happy, friendly, loving and supportive. The children are sick, but I'm not a health worker. When I'm in here, and they're so excited to see me, because I'm not a doctor or a nurse, there's no time to be sad. You've got spelling and times tables to do, and we're going to have fun while we do it."
Posted on the door inside Anna's classroom, beneath the class photos of smiling children at eye level, is a laminated A4 page consisting of a paragraph of white text against a black background, framed by a pink border. I want a life that sizzles and pops, it begins. That first line popped into Anna's head a little while ago, on a particularly bad day, when her class of six teenage girls were all in a low mood. "And I don't want to get to the end, or tomorrow even, and realise that my life is a collection of Post-its and unwashed clothes, bad television and reports that no-one's ever read," it continues.
The teacher was getting nothing out of them, that day, so she put the spelling lesson aside and assigned the girls a task: to write about what makes them feel better. Anna kicked them off with that first sentence, and encouraged them to fill the page. She did, too. "I want to see what I see through the lens of a camera and drink wine like it's real grapes and wrap myself in warm towels that smell like my mum's washing and dance to songs I don't even like," she wrote.
The girls pasted the text into an online image editing program, fiddled with the design, printed the results and took them home to stick on their walls. These pages were intended to act as a reminder of all that is good in this world, especially on the blackest days. Anna stuck hers to the wall of a classroom where nobody will ask medical questions, in a building that none of the children particularly want to be in. Her paragraph concludes, "I want to wrap my hands around warm cups of tea with friends that will make me laugh so hard I wee a little bit, and I want every day to belly laugh with my people, glad and grateful, that I love the life I have."
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Carly-Jay Metcalfe says:
Thanks for writing this, Andrew. Growing up with CF, I spent nearly half of my childhood in the Royal Children's Hospital, and was a student at the school from grade one to twelve (I even did some of my final exams there). Suzanne Quintner and Dave Bebbington were instrumental in seeing that my education was a top priority – always providing a safe space away from the ward and the rigours of treatment that I'll be forever grateful for. Professor John Pearn is also a national treasure and a true visionary.
Andrew McMillen says:
Thanks so much, Carly-Jay!


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Q: Improving the performance of keeping the three recent records of each account query I've a table in an Oracle (10g XE) database, and I'm going to clean it up and only keep the three recent records of each account. Here is what I'm doing right now:
CREATE TABLE ACCOUNT_TRANSACTION_TMP NOLOGGING AS SELECT * FROM ACCOUNT_TRANSACTION WHERE 1=2;

DECLARE
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BEGIN
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        CLOSE mbsacc_cur;
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END;
/

And then I'll drop the old table, rename this new one to old one and add constraints.
But the problem is the above code runs forever (~3-4 hours) for about 1 million record which approximately half of them should be removed.
Is there any way to improve the performance of this?

A: Instead of creating an empty table and populating in an RBAR fashion create a table with the rows you want....
CREATE TABLE ACCOUNT_TRANSACTION_TMP NOLOGGING AS
SELECT account_id, col1, col2, col3, transaction_time from
    ( select at.*
             , row_number()
                  over (partition by at.account_id
                         order by at.transaction_time desc) as to_keep
 FROM ACCOUNT_TRANSACTION at)
where to_keep <= 3
/

Then skip straight to the renaming part of your plan.

A: You can do that with analytics (although I am not at all well versed in it myself). Take a look at this question, which seems to address a situation similar to yours:
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:1212501913138

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Newcastle, UK, Aug 5, 2020 -- Telecoms provider BT is to set to carry out an investment at its Newcastle site after the call centre was revealed as a key location in the company's future plans.
The announcement comes a year after BT announced plans to consolidate its 300 offices into just 30.
The move safeguards around 1,100 jobs at Gosforth Business Park, which is the latest key location to be unveiled in the UK as part of BT's Better Workplace Programme.
Other locations already announced include Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, and Ipswich and more announcements are due to follow.
The five-year programme to improve and consolidate BT's footprint includes corporate offices, contact centres and specialist sites.
James Ramsbotham, chief executive of the North East England Chamber of Commerce, said: "Our Chamber member BT plays an important part in our regional economy both in terms of employment and connectivity.
"This investment is extremely welcome news and proof of its commitment to the North East and its substantial workforce. In the current challenging times, BT's news is even more significant and a tremendous testament to its determination to provide the very best possible service to its customers."
Nick Lane, managing director of customer service at BT's Consumer business, said: "Our refurbished building in Gosforth will bring our people together in an impressive and modern environment, transforming the way we work.
"Excitingly, it will continue to be an important location for BT in the North East. Our colleagues will benefit from working in a future-fit office environment with state of the art facilities designed around a central multi-use portal, with connected pods and refuel zones."
Liz Needleman, BT Group regional lead for the North of England, added: "This is a real sign of BT's continued commitment to Newcastle.
"Although many of us have been working from home successfully over the past few months, we also know that modern office environments are vital. I'm so pleased we are able to announce this investment and expansion at a time when it's more important than ever to demonstrate our confidence in the North East's ability to make a sustainable recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
"While we are today announcing this exciting refurbishment of the Gosforth office, we also have further offices within the Newcastle area, which will benefit from refurbishment. We plan to announce these locations in the coming months."
Posted by Veronica Silva Cusi, news correspondent
Source: https://www.business-live.co.uk
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Project 1 of the RTT-ELC called for the creation of 24 local early childhood advisory councils (LECACs) with the goal of developing local plans for implementation of Maryland's RTT-ELC State Plan. The Annie E. Casey Foundation provided leadership coordination to local councils.
By December 31, 2012, all local jurisdictions should have created active early childhood advisory councils with a membership that, to the extent possible, mirrored the State ECAC and included relevant local early childhood stakeholders.
Included in Maryland's early childhood infrastructure since 2002, is an interagency workgroup whose mission was to initiate and oversee implementation of an early childhood state strategic plan, aimed at improving the early childhood system. The State Advisory Council, formerly the Maryland Leadership in Action Committee and then the State Advisory Council on Early Education and Care, advises the Governor on the work of the Council to achieve its goals and coordinates a comprehensive system of services for young children and their families.
The current State ECAC includes representatives from all facets of early childhood in Maryland and is chaired by the State Superintendent of Schools. The State ECAC formally meets quarterly with active workgroups meeting more frequently as needed.
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New Jersey Homes sit at the end of a bridge flooded by Hurricane Sandy.
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New Jersey, a state that was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, is the worst offender when it comes to building homes in low-lying flood zones. Between 2010 and 2016, 2982 new houses totaling $2.6 billion in real estate prices were built in risk zones in the state. Behind New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, and Texas are the states with the most new houses vulnerable to rising ocean levels driven by climate change.
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The Israeli government decided Tuesday to revoke the Jerusalem residency rights of four Hamas members of the Palestinian Legislative Council in response to Monday's suicide bombing that killed nine Israelis in a Tel Aviv restaurant.
The bombing was carried out by a member of the Islamic Jihad, the Hamas-led Palestinian government did not denounce the attack and considered it as a justified retaliation to the continuous Israeli operations and assassinations in the occupied territories.
The Israeli interim Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, held a two-hours meeting on Tuesday with his key cabinet ministers and decided to hold the Hamas government responsible for the attack.
He also decided to revoke the residency rights of four Hamas lawmakers from the occupied East Jerusalem.
Hamas officials said that the suicide bombing is a justified response to Israeli military strikes against the Palestinians.
"Israel sees the Palestinian Authority as responsible for what happened yesterday," Gideon Meir, a senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official said.
Yet, the government decided against a large-scale military assault in the Palestinian areas and blocked a proposal to declare the Palestinian Authority as a hostile entity. The government decided to step up its activities without launching a large-scale military operation.
Hamas, which has carried out dozens of suicide bombings in Israeli since the early 1990s, has largely observed a truce since last year but refuses to renounce attacks against Israel and rejected any proposal t0 recognize Israel's right to exist as long as it continues to occupy the Palestinian territories.
Israel strikes Gaza, arrests 21 Palestinians following Tel Aviv bombing


University of Colorado politics professor Joshua Dunn said conservatives must start entering graduate school and focusing on education if they hope to shift the balance of academia.
"I don't think it's going to change any time soon because if you are going to get conservative professors, you need to get conservatives going into graduate school," Dunn said on "Fox & Friends" Monday.
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Omega, one of the world's leading Swiss watch brands, has made a long-term commitment to Blakexpeditions-an organization dedicated to protecting life in, on, and around the waters of the world-by becoming its first official sponsor.
Blakexpeditions is headed by New Zealand's world-class yachtsman Sir Peter Blake, an Omega brand ambassador since 1995, who retired from competitive yachting after successfully defending the prestigious America's Cup this year. Sir Peter and his organization aim to create greater awareness of the need to protect the world's oceans, lakes, and rivers, which are under severe threat from pollution and exploitation.
Omega's contribution will help fund the group's expeditions, documentary films about each expedition, and an Internet site. The first voyage, scheduled to start by year's end, will mark the start of expeditions to areas vital to the planet's ecosystem, including the Arctic, Antarctic, the Amazon, and tropical coral reefs.
Omega's association with Blakexpeditions is reflected in the name of the organization's vessel, "Seamaster," also the name of Omega's successful diver's watch.
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Faraday Future Vs. Future Tesla: Production Two Years Away
Brooke CrothersContributor
I cover and review consumer tech
Faraday Future debuted a stunning electric vehicle concept at CES 2016 on Monday night. But Tesla can do a lot between now and 2018 (or thereabouts) when Faraday plans to bring out a real car.
Executives from Faraday Future, the Chinese billionaire-backed startup, were dropping buzzy-sounding ideas like Variable Platform Architecture, battery strings, and "aero-tunnels" Monday night. Jia Yueting, the billionaire founder and chief executive of LeTV -- a Chinese media company with a market value of over ten billion dollars -- is putting down some serious bucks. He's one of the principals investing $1 billion in a 3 million square foot manufacturing facility on approximately 900 acres in North Las Vegas. The project would create 4,500 direct jobs on site.
But the first production vehicle won't be here for "a couple of years," as Nick Sampson, a senior vice president at Faraday and a former Tesla engineer, said on stage Monday night (to be fair, he used the word "only" when stating a couple of years and also had praise for Tesla: "Tesla and Elon Musk have created something we should all applaud them for"). The challenge is, in a couple of years, the Tesla Motors Model X crossover will be a maturing platform and pouring out of Tesla factories. And of course that's when the mass-market $35,000 Model 3 should hit the streets. And, needless to say, Tesla will have new car and technology announcements over the next couple of years.
Faraday claims it's going to move fast and be able to crank out everything from FFZero1-like cars to SUVs to "even a pickup truck" based on its Variable Platform Architecture (see video at bottom). The VPA includes a battery structure arranged into "strings" -- adding or removing strings changes the battery capacity and allows FF to develop new wheelbases. VPA also allows modular motor and power train configurations, including layouts with up to 4 motors and two or all-wheel drive systems.
But will that and the other technologies it's proposing (e.g., connectivity, like a smartphone dock in the steering wheel) be enough to set it apart from Tesla -- not to mention the crush of global auto companies that are now redirecting their massive R&D budgets to EVs and autonomous cars? Just witness all the EV and autonomous vehicles announcements from Ford, Volkswagen, BMW, and auto tech companies at CES 2016. Faraday's going to have to be really fast and really good to make a difference.
FF has created the Variable Platform Architecture, which provides us with many powerful possibilities. Learn more. https://t.co/Qak4jiIlFi
— Faraday Future (@FaradayFuture) January 5, 2016
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