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Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa:
Media Reports
State Urged to Adopt Single Rice Seedlings
It is estimated that Ghana imports between US$200 and US$400 million rice annually. The amount is said to be one of the major factors that swells the country's import bill, while putting pressure on the local cedi which is consistently losing value against the United States' dollar. Due to the high demand for the cereal, particularly the perfumed brand, many business people have found rice imports a lucrative venture and are importing from all sources around the world. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Worawora Rice Limited, Mr. Yaw Adu Poku, has underscored the need for the country to adopt a single rice seedlings for local rice production in the country. That, he said, would help increase consumption and encourage farmers to cultivate more to enable the country to become the hub of rice production within the West African sub region. Speaking to the Graphic Business on the sidelines of a rice workshop, Mr. Opoku said the consumption of local rice every year was increasing, hence the state must capitalise on it in order to reap the results. "It is crucial for the country to adopt a single rice seedlings for local rice production in order to complement the increasing patronage due to the improving packaging, absence of stones and chaff in the cultivation of varieties similar to the imported ones," he said.
USD 200,000 Rice Foundation Seeds Destroyed at Port
Sixty tonnes of foundation seeds worth US$200,000 meant for rice cultivation can no longer be used as seeds because they were kept at the Tema port for several months after they had arrived. The foundation seeds arrived at the port in January 2016 but the PVL was able to clear them at the beginning of September and after several tests had been conducted on them it was realised that they could no longer be used for the purpose for which they had been imported. "They spent about eight to nine months in the container so they have been cooking on the sea. For seeds like this, within three months or so you have to plant them. He said once the seeds were in the country, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture should have immediately taken control of them. Subsequently, he blamed the delay in clearing the seeds at the port on bureaucracy and the attitude of the government towards PVL. "This is one example of the attitude towards PVL and it is costing us," he told the Daily Graphic when the paper visited the company at Aveyime in the North Tongu District in the Volta Region.
More Female Farmers Venture into Male-dominated Crop Production Areas
Over 100 women across the country took part in the two-day confab where members of the Women in Agribusiness Network of Ghana (WIANG) engaged in networking, learning and information sharing sessions on opportunities and new technologies in agribusiness. Maize, yams, cassava, sorghum, millet, cocoa, beans, palm oil, pineapples, cotton, tomatoes and plantain production are considered in several Ghanaian communities as 'men crops' due to the tedious nature of their cultivation or physical energy exerted in tilling land. Many female farmers have ventured into production of crops often seen as 'men crops', following an aggressive capacity building efforts undertaken by African Lead, to improve leadership skills of women into agribusiness across the country. "I have gone through a lot of training, especially change for champions where a lot of different models have been introduced," Hajia Alima Sagito Saed, Executive Director of Savannah Integrated Rural Development, said. "One of the key successes stories that we have learned or been able to impact to our women is to get their confidence to build and venture into otherwise men crops," she told the Ghana News Agency at a Super Champions for Change Women's Conference in Accra.
Shea Butter Export Reaches US$64m …but its Planting is Still Seen as Taboo
Export earnings from shea butter products last year reached US$64 million, up from US$52 million in 2014, a 23 percent growth over the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA). In 2014, the sector recorded a growth rate of about 100 percent in export earnings when it increased from US$26 million in 2013 to US$52million in 2014. In the past five years, shea has been part of the top ten leading Non-Traditional export products from the country. Within the agriculture sub-sector for instance, shea nuts was the second highest export earner with US$34 million in 2015 behind cashew nuts. Despite the importance of shea to the country exports, many shea tree growing communities in the Upper East Region still believe that it is a taboo to plant the cash tree.
Ghana Commended for its Land Bill
Members of the International Land Coalition (ILC) in Africa and the Civil Society Coalition on Land (CICOL) have commended Ghana for its comprehensive Land Bill geared at addressing land reform concerns in the country. They also commended government of Ghana for involving diverse stakeholders in the process of the Bill, and showing the willingness to build consensus on contentious land issues. "Most African countries do not have even a land policy let alone a Land Bill", Ms. Lilian Bruce a member of the Steering Committee told the Ghana News Agency. Nii Osah Mills, Minister of Lands and Natural Resource, who opened the forum on Monday announced that through the Land Administration Project, (LAP), Ghana's Draft Land Bill had gone through the process of stakeholders' consultation and was being formulated for Cabinet approval. The forum which enabled participants to understand the intricacies of land rights, and governance issues within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) was on the theme: "Promoting People-Centered Land Governance in the implementation of the post 2015 agenda: Challenges and Opportunities in Africa".
Farmers Wooed to Accept Genetically Modified Seeds
An Executive Member of the Ghana Grains Council, Mr. Gideon Aboagye, has wooed Ghanaian farmers to accept genetically modified seeds to improve crop yield and returns. He gave the high points of such hybrid seeds as having shorter maturation period, high-yielding and being pests and disease resistant, and said these were vital to boost food security. He was speaking at a workshop held in Kumasi for stakeholders in agriculture to discuss ways of raising food production to improve the livelihood of farmers. Mr. Aboagye indicated that the farmers would experience drastic upturn in agriculture production if they used those seeds. Madam Marietta Owusu Asante, a farmer, called for increased public education on the genetically modified seeds to remove any lingering anxiety.
SDGs can be Achieved with SADA Master Plan
The Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) has aligned its medium-term development plan, the SADA Master Plan, with the United Nation's Sustainable Development (SDGs) to make it easier for the zone and the entire country to meet and exceed the global goals. In the plan, which is to be executed over a 25-year period, the 17 goals of the SDGs are made intermediate targets that should be met before the UN's 2030 deadline. The Chief Executive Officer of the authority, Charles Abugre, recently said the move was to ensure that the Northern Savanna Ecological Zone (NSEZ) was not left behind in the march towards meeting the SDGs. "It will also help prevent a repeat of what happened with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), where majority of the communities under the NSEZ failed to meet the goals." The SDGs, which are officially known as Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, is a set of 17 aspirational global goals with 169 targets between them. They were adopted by UN member countries in September last year to help end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. The broad themes are part of a new sustainable development agenda, with each goal having specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years.
Lack of Regulatory Body Hinders Cashew Sector
A fundamental problem of the country's cashew sector is the absence of a regulatory framework and body to manage, control and sustainably grow the sector, the Cashew Industry Association of Ghana has said. According to the association, it is essential that a legally constituted body is established, whilst a sustainable funding mechanism is put in place, alongside a well designed and implemented long term cashew development plan. Mr. Aaron Akyea, Executive Secretary of the association told the B&FT that demand for cashew nuts continues to rise in all major markets across the world, a reason the country needs to up its game. Private sector actors in the industry are hopeful a draft policy which is being fine-tuned, "when fully implemented will be an opportunity and serve as a guideline for industry players and members to use the document." While raw nuts production in the country continues to rise through a natural rate of increase, it is not adequate to meet the 10% yearly increase in global demand for raw nuts.
'Ghana Losing out on US$70billion Organic Agric Market'
The global market for organic agricultural produce is growing in leaps and bounds, but the country is hardly taking advantage of it, the Ghana Ecological Organic Agriculture Platform (GEOAP), has said, calling on government to sit up. Organic agriculture avoids the use of synthetic inputs, such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, veterinary drugs, and genetically modified foods, among others, that are believed to have adverse effects, to sustain the health of soils. Studies have shown that only about 19,132 hectares of land are under organic cultivation which accounts for 0.13percent of the total agricultural land area in Ghana. Globally, some 43.7 million hectares of agricultural land are said to be under organic cultivation, with Africa having only three percent of that. Market research company, Organic Monitor, estimates the global market for organic products in 2013 to have reached 72 billion US Dollars (approximately 55 billion euros).
Female Farmers Seek Favourable Agricultural Policies
Women farmers have called for the introduction of robust agricultural policies that favour females into agribusinesses to inject dynamism in farming practices towards ensuring food security. The female champions in agribusinesses, therefore, urged the Government to come out with comprehensive programmes to aid women access credit facilities, secure lands, receive special training to facilitate their farming activities. The policies should also seek to remove inimical traditional and cultural practices that prohibit females, particularly, rural women farmers, from owning landed property and business entities. The women were speaking to the Ghana News Agency at the Super Champions for Change Women's Conference, organised by African Lead, a USAID primary capacity building programme in Sub Saharan Africa, with the support of Feed the Future – a US government global hunger and food security initiative.
Effects of Illegal Mining Activities on Water Resources for Irrigation Purposes, Amansie West District, Ghana
G Quansah, A Sadick, J Fenning, K Nketia, E Asamoah - International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (ijsrset.com)…, 2016
This paper assessed the suitability of water in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana for irrigation purposes and future planning of clean water resources. Twenty one (21) locations were selected on the major rivers and their tributaries in the district for sampling and the water samples taken at the depth of 15cm from the rivers. The samples were analyzed at Soil Research Institute's Laboratory for irrigation water quality parameters and compared with international water quality standard set for irrigation. All the irrigation water quality parameters, pH, temperature, ECw, TDS, Ca, Mg, Na, K and SAR were within the permissible limit and suitable for irrigation. Heavy metals (Fe, Pb and Cd) levels were all within allowable limits except Mn and Zn. However, further study to examine anions such as bicarbonate and carbonate for irrigation suitability is recommended.
Impact of Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty Programme in Ghana: The Case of Wa West District
EBG Bawelle - International Journal of Social Science Research, 2016
It still remains an unanswered puzzle, why poverty in the three northern regions of Ghana remains very high in the midst of abundant resources and several policy interventions. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the extent to which the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) has improved welfare and reduced poverty in the Wa West District of Ghana. Arguing through the lens of the rights-based theoretical perspective, the study employed the difference-in-difference analytical technique to compare the extent to which poverty in the district has been lessened among beneficiaries of the LEAP programme against non-beneficiaries. The results show that the LEAP programme had a positive impact on food security as LEAP beneficiaries were more satisfied with their food consumption as compared to non-beneficiaries. Also there was a significant difference between the percentages of LEAP beneficiaries enrolled onto the NHIS as compared to non-beneficiaries. On the effect of the LEAP programme on access to credit, the study reveals that there exists a significant difference between the beneficiary group and non-beneficiary group and that access to credit amongst the beneficiary group is significantly higher than the non-beneficiary group.
Agricultural Microcredit and Technical Efficiency: The Case of Smallholder Rice Farmers in Northern Ghana
BT Anang, S Bäckman, T Sipiläinen - Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development …, 2016
In the current study, we compared technical efficiency of smallholder rice farmers with and without credit in northern Ghana using data from a farm household survey. We fitted a stochastic frontier production function to input and output data to measure technical efficiency. We addressed self-selection into credit participation using propensity score matching and found that the mean efficiency did not differ between credit users and non-users. Credit-participating households had an efficiency of 63.0 percent compared to 61.7 percent for non-participants. The results indicate significant inefficiencies in production and thus a high scope for improving farmers' technical efficiency through better use of available resources at the current level of technology. Apart from labour and capital, all the conventional farm inputs had a significant effect on rice production. The determinants of efficiency included the respondent's age, sex, educational status, distance to the nearest market, herd ownership, access to irrigation and specialisation in rice production. From a policy perspective, we recommend that the credit should be channelled to farmers who demonstrate the need for it and show the commitment to improve their production through external financing. Such a screening mechanism will ensure that the credit goes to the right farmers who need it to improve their technical efficiency.
Towards Genetically Engineered Crops in Ghanaian Agriculture: Confined Field Trials and the 'Next-door Neighbor Effect' Theory
IDK Agorsor, L Yafetto, EP Otwe, IKA Galyuon – 2016 – The journal of Agrobiotechnology Management & Economics
Genetically engineered (GE) crops have a role to play in increasing agricultural productivity. However, efforts to promote genetic engineering agriculture in Africa have been met with some amount of resistance. Here, we report recent efforts to promote GE agriculture in Ghana, a West African nation considered one of Africa's model democracies and growing economies. Ghana is currently running confined field trials of some selected GE crops, but analysis of ongoing genetically modified organism (GMO) debates and published opinions shows a considerable amount of opposition to GE agriculture and GMOs in Ghana. This notwithstanding, we suggest that Bt cotton cultivation in Burkina Faso—Ghana's immediate neighbor to the north—may play a role in eventually putting Ghana on the map of GE agriculture countries, a phenomenon reported elsewhere which we have described in this article as the 'next-door neighbor effect.' The biosafety implications of the 'next-door neighbor effect' are also discussed here. We conclude that the 'next-door neighbor effect'—in addition to corporate and political interests—will explain the entry of GE crops into some new markets.
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'Russell T Davies must have got his inspiration from Nicky Hambleton-Jones of 10 Years Younger' ... Sarah Lancashire in Doctor Who (BBC1)
Miss Foster, the evil villain played by ex-Corrie star Sarah Lancashire in the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who (BBC1, Saturday), reminds me of someone. Ageless, blond, tight hair, black-framed glasses, with a no-nonsense attitude. She's head of the mysterious Adipose Industries which, on the surface of things, is testing out a miracle diet pill on the people of London but, in reality, is doing something way more sinister. Foster's an intergalactic surrogate supernanny: from the fat the slimmers lose, she's creating a race of fat-gnomes, like the little butter men in the old Country Life adverts, to repopulate Planet Whatever.
Got it - she's Nicky Hambleton-Jones! You know, the one from 10 Years Younger. That must be where Russell T Davies got his inspiration, with maybe just a hint of Anne Robinson. I wouldn't be at all surprised if N H-J was from another planet. Next time 10YY is on, look closely when someone's feeling so miserable about themselves that they go for plastic surgery. See if Nicky pounces on what the doc cuts off, moulds it into a being, and then beams it up to Planet Eternal Youth. Anyhow, Miss Foster gets it in the end, when the gravity's switched back on at just the wrong moment. Ha!
Catherine's Tate's in it, too, innit - as Donna, whom she played in the Christmas 2006 extravaganza. This time she's around for a while. She's not my favourite sidekick: too hysterical, too comedy, not cool enough. I can't quite forgive her for not being Freema Agyeman or Billie Piper, who'll both be dropping in on the series, apparently. You can see what the thinking was: bring in the biggest star, the one the kids all do in the playground, and broaden the appeal of the show still further. But I think they've overlooked the fact that she's not right for this role. And isn't the appeal broad enough already? I'm also finding the music a bit oppressive, too. Oh, it doesn't really matter. It's still awfully nice television.
Louis Theroux's Africa Hunting Holiday (BBC2, Sunday) does what it says on the tin. Canned hunting, that's what we're about, in Serth Ifrica. It's not pretty. They plonk these American Rambo-wannabes down, with guns and crossbows, all kitted out in camouflage gear. Then they park these specially reared animals - warthogs, antelopes, zebras, lions even - a couple of feet in front of them. Bang, the animal drops to the floor. The Americans whoop, high-five, and reload for the next one, and the Serth Ifricans rub their hands together. It costs a lot of money to murder an animal.
Louis is thoughtful and troubled (maybe), and as watchable as ever, but it's a story I've heard many times before. And it's not something I can get worked up about. Pretty much the same thing happens here in Britain, in a place called the countryside, with pheasants. They breed these birds specially, and feed them. Then yokels whip them into the air, for rich folk leaning on their Range Rovers to blast out of the sky. Same thing, really.
Now it's Louis's turn. He's got a little snuffly piggy thing in his sights, just a few feet in front of him. Go on Louis, you can't miss, pull the trigger. It'll be funny. And a bit shocking. No, he doesn't want to, not on TV anyway, that could be career-damaging. He bottles it. Girl.
Wills and Harry would have had it. They're two of the characters in Headcases (ITV1, Sunday), a computer-generated satirical look at celebrity and politics. It's Spitting Image for the Shrek generation. And it's dead funny, especially the two Princes, who call each other "blood" and "broski", and do ridiculous Sloane Ranger hip-hop things with their hands. The writing's as sharp as you like, and there are some beautiful details. It's amazing that when Harry puts the stress on the second bit of Sugababes, it immediately becomes funny. Good voices too.
I don't love the way it looks, though. It's obviously extremely hi-tech CGI animation; teams of computer wizards have clearly spent ages getting it exactly right. But that's a bit what it feels like - a team effort, rather than one individual's visual take on these people. If anything, it's too good - too perfect. I'm not a big fan of even the very best 3D CGI animation. There's something 2D about it, weirdly. I also think - and this probably makes me an old fool - there's something soulless about it.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2642?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12908896#action_12908896 ] Robert Muir commented on LUCENE-2642: ------------------------------------- OK, i didnt merge the reflection fixes yet, but i backported the patch to 3x. Committed revision 996611, 996630 (3x). Will mark the issue resolved when Uwe is out of reflection hell :) > merge LuceneTestCase and LuceneTestCaseJ4 > ----------------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-2642 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2642 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Test > Components: Tests > Reporter: Robert Muir > Fix For: 3.1, 4.0 > > Attachments: LUCENE-2642-extendAssert.patch, LUCENE-2642-fixes.patch, LUCENE-2642.patch, LUCENE-2642.patch > > > We added Junit4 support, but as a separate test class. > So unfortunately, we have two separate base classes to maintain: LuceneTestCase and LuceneTestCaseJ4. > This creates a mess and is difficult to manage. > Instead, I propose a single base test class that works both junit3 and junit4 style. > I modified our LuceneTestCaseJ4 in the following way: > * the methods to run are not limited to the ones annotated with @Test, but also any void no-arg methods that start with "test", like junit3. this means you dont have to sprinkle @Test everywhere. > * of course, @Ignore works as expected everywhere. > * LuceneTestCaseJ4 extends TestCase so you dont have to import static Assert.* to get all the asserts. > for most tests, no changes are required. but a few very minor things had to be changed: > * setUp() and tearDown() must be public, not protected. > * useless ctors must be removed, such as TestFoo(String name) { super(name); } > * LocalizedTestCase is gone, instead of > {code} > public class TestQueryParser extends LocalizedTestCase { > {code} > it is now > {code} > @RunWith(LuceneTestCase.LocalizedTestCaseRunner.class) > public class TestQueryParser extends LuceneTestCase { > {code} > * Same with MultiCodecTestCase: (LuceneTestCase.MultiCodecTestCaseRunner.class} > I only did the core tests in the patch as a start, and i just made an empty LuceneTestCase extends LuceneTestCaseJ4. > I'd like to do contrib and solr and rename this LuceneTestCaseJ4 to only a single class: LuceneTestCase. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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The two little scraggly things that came off the cattle truck a few weeks ago are changing...But as they change i hope they keep a lot of what their wild days shaped them to be. Domestic vs wild....there is definately advantage to both. When i compare my two groups of horses at home, i think it is a shame you cant have it both ways.
The ones from the wild are probably the most efficient animals Ive ever seen at turning grass into fat.. Everyday they're bigger. On not much food either. It a rainy wet winter, and all the grass has long since turned to mud, or ceased growing due to cold. The paddocks are more so they can stretch their legs than for feed purposes. Yet when I'm pumping hard feed,baylage and anything else i can find into my competition horses and broodmares. The wild ones are gaining weight on scraggly grass and hay. Although they do eat baylage (slightly fermented hay) now, neither one touches horse feed. I'm not complaining though, bonus is that they re turning out to be even cheaper to feed than expected.
Where my big broodmares carrying babies with the best bloodlines i could find, fuss, paw and make putting weight on them difficult. the wild ones just eat and eat and eat. Everyday i watch the domestic herd galloping round the paddock ripping up any grass that might have grown. I've never ever seen the wild ones do any thing but walk around the paddock. While the domestic horses find every excuse in their path to spook and be silly. The wild ones never do, they'll stand and watch if something catches their eye. But they dont run in circles senselessly.
Being from the wild, where food was scarce. Theses to little horses have known hunger, real hunger. They have probably had to travel distances looking for food and water. where the worst my horses have known is missing a meal of hard feed. The wild ones because they have had to survive, don't waste energy moving around for no reason. Food and energy is conserved for times when things is scarce. Everything is eaten (except horse feed) Ive watched them eat twigs, dead leaves, bark as well as the grass. This survival attitude is to be admired.
The domestic horses, not all of them, but especially the ones that have come from the race track, do not have this survival attitude. Racehorses especially are known for being crazy. but they are amazing athletes they have been bred for speed and to be lightweight and lean in order to run, brains have been left out of the mix. They have had the best nutrition and feeding as they grow. So they grow into big strong and beautiful, athletic creatures. Usually though they've never been in a herd situation, never had to compete for food and never had to figure out anything for themselves. So food is not cherished, they run and spook before they try to figure things out. They re in a way helpless compared to the independent wild horses.
Interestingly i once took on 4 Thoroughbred's strait from the track, who were skinny, nervous and pretty stupid creatures at the time. Luckily for me i have land and huge paddocks with streams and other natural obstacles running through them, so my normal horses run as a big herd. Theses 4 horses were the fussiest eaters you couldn't get them to touch anything. When i eventually let them run with the herd, suddenly they had to compete for food (hay in winter) they had to figure out how to get around stream logs etc. They went from skinny and neurotic to calm and eating in a couple of weeks on less food than they'd ever been on before.
I love my domestic horses, the ones Ive bred myself i think have the best of both worlds. They get all the benefits of being raised in captivity, good food, so they grow to there full potential, there feet worked on. handling from people. but Still have the mental stimulation of being in a herd and paddocks where they have to figure out challenges for themselves. the difference between my horses and horses from the racetrack is easy to tell. the wild ones i love the sensibility, the sturdiness, foraging and their sure footedness that allows them to travel over all terrain. But they also will never grow to the size they could have been in captivity if they'dnever known the lean wild times. It will be interesting to see what the greys baby will turn out like...wild blood raised with the best of domestic life...


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I wouldnt advise anyone use Marijuana as its longterm damage is extensive. Dont want to hijack this thread, but its been mentioned here. Links to a site with info on longterm damage and medical links to the sources at the bottom.
The fact remains that its your body, do with it what you will but be prepared to face the consequences.


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Patients grade their local hospital
By Trudy Lieberman
The government has just announced its first-ever star ratings, available at cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Press-releases/2015-Press-releases-items/2015-04-16.html, of the country's hospitals based on patients' assessments of the care they received. Other organizations have dabbled in this ratings business, many of them to make a buck by selling their rankings. And it's not uncommon for some of these outfits to get licensing fees from hospitals that get glowing report cards they can then use to market themselves.
I've tended to view those ratings schemes with skepticism. The government's ratings, however, don't come with any of that baggage and don't appear to be sugarcoated for commercial purposes. Only 251 of the 3,500 or so hospitals that received a rating got the top score of five stars—about seven percent of the total. It turns out many of them are small specialty hospitals like the Heart Hospital at Deaconess Gateway in Newburgh, Indiana.
I checked the kaiserhealthnews.org/news/only-251-hospitals-score-five-stars-in-medicares-new-ratings rankings for the seven states participating in the Rural Health News Service. Nebraska, South Dakota and Indiana scored in the top group with hospitals averaging the most stars. Colorado, Wyoming and Illinois ranked in the second highest group, and California was in the bottom tier where hospitals averaged the fewest number of stars.
The government gathers its data by randomly selecting both Medicare and non-Medicare patients and asking them to fill out a questionnaire about their experiences in the hospitals. They are asked if doctors and nurses always communicated well with them; if the area around their rooms was quiet at night and bathrooms were clean; whether the staff explained medications before administering them and patients' pain was controlled; whether they were given discharge instructions when they left the hospital and whether they understood them; whether they received help as soon as they wanted it and whether they definitely would recommend the hospital to others.
While there are many other components that measure differences between a really good hospital and one that's so-so such as infection control, patient safety and clinical outcomes, patient experiences are nothing to be sniffed at (cjr.org/the_second_opinion/how_reporters_can_improve_coverage_of_medical_errors.php).
Why would any patient want to have an operation in a hospital where the bathrooms weren't clean and they'd always be yelling for pain relief? The problem is many patients have no choice when they need a hospital procedure. They go where their doctors go. Certainly they have no choice when an emergency arises. But in parts of the country where hospitals are competing for your business—and, yes, hospitals are now very big businesses–you might be able to use such cdn.kaiserhealthnews.org/attachments/HospitalStarsForPatientSatisfaction.pdf ratings when you choose your next health insurance policy.
Increasingly, insurers are asking patients to pick policies that come with very narrow provider networks. Carriers are giving the lowest premiums to policyholders who pick networks where doctors and hospitals have agreed to the prices insurers want to pay. Often those low-cost networks exclude well-known, marquee hospitals that often come with high price tags like Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan and Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
If you will be facing such a choice of networks and the premium trade-offs that come with them—wider networks usually mean higher premiums—the government's patient satisfaction ratings might tip the balance in favor of one network rather than another.
If your doctors want you to go to a facility that has gotten middling ratings or low scores with one or two stars that should spark a conversation about what the doctors actually know about the care their patients are getting and why they want you to use a particular hospital.
Now that there is a more objective way to measure hospital experience, beware of all that hospital advertising healthnewsreview.org/2015/03/dissecting-pr-puffery-trudy-lieberman-guest-post aimed to make you think well of the facility and build the brand. The government's ratings show that sometimes there is no correlation between patient satisfaction and a hospital's advertising to promote its lucrative services.
As I've written many times, shopping for healthcare is not as easy or as much fun as buying a new computer or car, but this latest crop of government ratings offers good, straightforward data to help with that task.
I'd like to hear your experiences with hospital care. Write to Trudy at email@example.com.


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MFDF Podcast by Fodder
Matt from Taste of Manchester's new podcast 'Fodder' speaks to the founder of Manchester Food and Drink Festival Phil Jones, about what's in store for the festival this year and the exciting star studded chef line up.
Matt also chats to The French's Head Chef Adam Reid about his involvement in the festival and why he's chosen to get involved with his brand new pop up restaurant concept EAT with Adam that will be launched at the festival.
Last but not least there's an interview with Thom Heatherington one of the MFDF Awards panel judges who's letting us into the the thoughts behind the judging process and how it all works.
You can listen to the podcast here to find out more about what's to be expected at Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2016.
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Weekend at park
Can't believe it mom n dad brought me to park and let me off leash!!.. we played fetch ball.. soccer!.. i am a happy DOG!!
31 comments:
- Spencer said...
Hi Rossi,
Looks like you had a great day! How do you make your legs go like that when you lie down??!! BOL!
- January 8, 2008 at 3:10 PM
- Charlie said...
Woah - off leash is the best!!
- Charlie
- January 8, 2008 at 3:16 PM
- Snowball said...
You really had a good time being able to run off leash in park.
- January 8, 2008 at 4:14 PM
- River said...
You must be such a good boy to be allowed to play off lead - hope the humans take you back again soon!
- January 8, 2008 at 4:54 PM
- Girl Girl Hamster said...
Yeah.. you sure look very happy to round at the park. Did you get to try the slide too?
~ Girl girl
- January 8, 2008 at 5:27 PM
- Simba said...
I love running around the park. Its great fun.
Simba xx
- January 8, 2008 at 6:19 PM
- Maggie & Mitch said...
You're so lucky to be able to go off-leash! You sure had fun!
Love ya lots,
Maggie and Mitch
- January 8, 2008 at 6:55 PM
- Katherine and Pippa, said...
Fetch is boring - but running around without a lead is seriously good. Were there any cats?
- January 8, 2008 at 8:05 PM
- Amber-Mae said...
Rossi, I'm glad you love to fetch too! Maybe one day, we both can play fetch alllllll day non-stop! But ofcourse, I will catch the ball 1st on air.
Love licks,
Solid Gold Dancer
- January 8, 2008 at 8:28 PM
- Boo said...
u r one happy and lucky dog. mom and dad are still skeptical about letting me off leash in a public place. maybe they should just relax.
wet wet licks
- January 8, 2008 at 9:36 PM
- umekotyan said...
The park is a good place.
The enjoyment of daily life is taught.
And, the starting appearance is quick.
from loved ume tyan
- January 8, 2008 at 9:49 PM
- Super Boy & Baby-Licious said...
That looks like a great weekend you had.
Boy n Baby
- January 8, 2008 at 10:07 PM
- Frasier said...
Hi Rossi
That looks like so much fun!!!
- January 9, 2008 at 6:32 AM
- Joe Stains said...
Wow that looks so totally fun!!!
- January 9, 2008 at 11:38 AM
- Lorenza said...
Hi, Rossi
Lucky boy! Off leash there in the park! Glad you had fun!
Kisses and hugs
- January 9, 2008 at 1:03 PM
- Huskee Boy said...
Sigh.. it's been almost 2 weeks since I last went to the park.. first it was my diarrhea, then the weather's been bad...
I miss my park..
- January 9, 2008 at 7:03 PM
- Bond said...
Thats a very nice park !!! you look very happy !!
- January 9, 2008 at 9:35 PM
- Ferndoggle said...
We haven't been to the park in a million, bazillion years. We're living vicariously through you Rossi.
Sherman, Penny & Lola
- January 9, 2008 at 10:49 PM
- shushu, momo & kero said...
Hi Rossi!
Wow, you got to be off leash while in a park - lucky you! Looks very fun! Our owner never let us offleash, coz we will run pretty fast and she will not be able to catch up to us.
P/s: don't think we can make it to your party, coz our owner is quite busy and she has 2 dogs now for the journey -> 2 equals double the trouble! hehe
- January 10, 2008 at 12:08 AM
- Ben_Benjamin said...
Your pawrents let you OFFleash!!!! run freely at the park??? Play fetch somemore?? OMdoG, you are one lucky dog!!!!
- January 10, 2008 at 9:01 AM
- Amber said...
Rossi, off leash is the best! Whoa, the park allowed dogs one? Nice looking park too!
Amber :)
- January 10, 2008 at 10:21 PM
- Deefor said...
I'm jealous. Glad you had a great time. I haven't been free of my ball and chain outside for a long time.
- January 11, 2008 at 8:32 AM
- Pacco de Mongrel said...
what a great time u had there with ur dad...
hope u will had more opportunity to go to the dog park more often... n being OFFLEASH !!
- January 11, 2008 at 12:03 PM
- ChaCha & Yuki said...
i love running free too! oh rossi, i'm so excited about ur pawty!!
- January 12, 2008 at 11:37 AM
- Momo & Pinot said...
Happy New Year, Rossi!!!
Hope 2008 will bring you lots of lots of love! So sorry for being very quiet for a while. We're finally back to the blogger world.. and we are SO excited to learn about THE BIG NEWS!!! Tell your mom congratulations for her first baby!!! :) Also we hope Hercules is doing well at his new home.
Momo & Pinot
- January 15, 2008 at 5:38 AM
- Helios said...
That looks like fun! I don't really like the leash too, so my M will sometimes let me offleash when there's no one around.
- January 16, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- Momo & Pinot said...
Hello Rossi!!!
We actually e-mailed you but not sure if you got it.
We wanted to confirm your mailing addy. Can you please send us your mailing addy?
Our e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you!!!
Momo & Pinot
- January 16, 2008 at 11:20 AM
- ceclia norris said...
please visit my blog if you have time
- January 17, 2008 at 10:44 AM
- Sparky said...
Hiya Rossi! You sure look like a happy dog at the park!
I hope you're having a wonderful New Year so far!
- January 18, 2008 at 7:23 AM
- MONA AND THE MOMMY! said...
i miss my best fella.
love Mona
- January 18, 2008 at 7:57 PM
- Hammer said...
Hi Rossi
You're real good with retrieving the ball. When mum throws a ball, we just sit and look at her coz we expect her to go retrieve the ball.
It's fun to be off the lead too, isn't it !!!
Love from Hammer
- January 19, 2008 at 9:54 AM


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When upgrading to Debian Jessie and welcoming systemd at your home sweet home, it can be disturbing to not have working inittab respwaning services.
As usual, the inittab config line was looking like this:
So you will need to put in file /etc/systemd/system/mydaemon.service that code example:
[Unit] Description=My Respawning Daemon After=getty.target [Service] ExecStart=/path/to/bin/mydaemon Restart=always [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Then to do a "systemctl enable mydaemon.service" for systemd to symlink what it needs.
If you don't want to reboot for it to work now, use:
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text: Here are 2 new UNRELEASED Trees that are going to hit the market soon! The Chrome Apple and Chrome Cherry Tree will be in the market at some point for 7 and 12 Farm Cash (maybe more, maybe less). We also expect them to show up in mystery seedlings as well too (we will post when that happens). As for now, these are UNRELEASED and cannot be found in the market.


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Justin Taylor recounts part of his interview with John Piper in 2005 about the sovereignty of God and the problem of suffering and evil. The excerpt is excellent and I highly recommend it to you. You can read it here.
Although the post deals with suffering and evil two quotes are particularly piercing.
"When Jesus died on the cross, you can come at that in one of two ways. You can say that not only was there Adam and Eve's sin, which was so evil it brought down the entire universe, but there have been in every one of us ten thousand of those sins."
"I think instead of calling God into question, we should see them [suffering and evil] as evidences in our lives of the outrage of our sin and the horrific evil and repugnance of sin to a holy God. And God is displaying to us the outrage of our sin in the only way that we can see it, because we don't get upset about our sinning. We only get upset about the hurt. How many of you lose sleep—well, some of you are good saints and you do—over your own fallenness? Most of us get bent out of shape about things that hurt our bodies, but it's our sins that are the ultimate outrage."
Emphasis mine.
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Well, how about an apple, spinach, strawberries, blueberries, cherries, raspberries, pomegranate seeds, ginger, and chia seeds? That's right – this cup of goodness holds so many nutrients and antioxidants. A perfect way to cool down on this beautiful summer day.
Antioxidant Smoothie
Serves 1
- 1 gala apple, chopped
- 1 tablespoon ginger, sliced
- 1/4 lime, juiced
- 4 oz. frozen berry mix (I used Target's antioxidant blend)
- 1 handful of baby spinach
- 1 teaspoon chia seeds
- Add all ingredients into the Nutribullet cup. Add 4 oz. of water.
- Blend until you reach a smooth consistency.
- Enjoy while relaxing in the sun! 🙂


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News and commentary about the reigning royal houses of the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Spain, Monaco -- and the former European monarchies as well.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Lunch Guests
4 comments:
I just wanted to stop by and say how much I'm enjoying your new blog! I'm a longtime "lurker" of the royal boards (just graduated law school and am studying for the bar so I don't have much time to post) and have always enjoyed your informative posts so I had to check out the new blog. The topics are great and in the past days I've already learned a few very interesting things. Keep up the great work!
- July 24, 2008 at 6:34 PM
- Marlene Koenig said...
thank you for your kind remarks.
- July 24, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Now that we are able to post comments, I just wanted to wish you luck with your new blog. I enjoy your royal musings and the updates on your cats.
Best wishes,
Mary (mel)
- July 24, 2008 at 8:04 PM
- Marlene Koenig said...
I finally realized that I could moderate the comments so reject any that were nasty ... everything is go well so far
- July 24, 2008 at 8:50 PM


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Make Sure Technology Is Enhancing Our Relationships, Not Replacing Them
Let others feel your love by your presence, not your wi-fi coverage.
If we're honest, we all know that while our ability to stay in touch with other people in our lives is greatly enhanced by technology, it's not the same thing as actually being together and sharing the important events of our lives.
It's one thing to watch the live video of a child's first birthday party; it's another to actually taste the cake, hold the little one, feel her breath blowing out the single candle, and hear her laughter in your ear as you hold her close. As much as our tech-providers and gadget companies want us to believe that we can stay connected wherever we are and whatever we're doing, it's not the same as being there.
Technology's impact on our ability to relate, to communicate, and to connect with other people also has some unintended negative consequences. If we want to be good stewards of the amazing capabilities that technology affords us today, we have to navigate this very carefully.
While it's undeniable that we can connect with others in so many meaningful ways, if we invest too much of our lives into social media, and especially if we do so with selfish motives, then that can actually hurt our relationships, even robbing us of that which LIFE values most. It really all depends on how we choose to use it. In my own life, I've absolutely seen the fruits of social media and other forms of technology. I would even go so far as to say it's okay to love it—but we have to manage it.
We have to make sure technology is enhancing our relationships, not replacing them. We need to ensure our ability to communicate doesn't prevent us from talking more while actually saying less. We must focus on loving other people more than Liking them.
Today, instead of commenting on a loved one's latest pics on Pinterest, write them a note or postcard—you know, by hand—and let them know how much you appreciate them. Maybe you call someone rather than text. Or perhaps you drop by for a quick visit instead of calling. Rather than relying on technology as the conduit for your relationships, engage at a deeper level.
Let others feel your love by your presence, not your wi-fi coverage.
"I have much more to say to you, but I don't want to do it with paper and ink. For I hope to visit you soon and talk with you face to face. Then our joy will be complete." 2 John 11


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I'm been feeling sort of down in the dumps the last couple of weeks. Not much interested in blogging for myself, just reading other blogs. Bah, I hate it when that feeling hits. I need to give myself a good slap up the side of the head!!!
A bit happier today because some bills have been paid off and the freezer and cupboards are stocked up. And tomorrow I can order my wireless card and my camera cord. Whoo Hoo I can post some pictures. But I'm still not as happy as I normally am.
My granddaughters doctor was a week out on her due date, she was due yesterday not the 28th that she told her all through the pregnancy. But her OB is going to induce her on Friday, 6pm if she isn't in labour by then. As a lot of people have told me that's just not on. I'm going to try and talk to her tonight online and see if I can talk her into waiting for at least a week. We shall see because I'm not convinced that if there isn't a good reason for her to be induced I can talk her out of it.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Enough already!!!
2 comments:
- Lee said...
yay for the full freezer...and paying bills...you gotta snap out of it with a baby coming ;)
- Friday, 25 August, 2006
- ~ nellenelle said...
There are times where I force myself to put forth writings out here, because I fear the withdrawal... have been wrestling this for a while, so totally understand. Sending ya good thoughts...
- Sunday, 27 August, 2006
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I wish I was an Artist…
As I'm finding inspiration pictures for each my characters I'm thinking it would be really great to be a skilled artist. Then, I could find an inspiration picture and redraw it, changing the parts I don't like or that don't fit the character. Or I could start from scratch, and draw them how I envision them in my head.
I'm so jealous of Burdge-Bug. She draws the cutest fan-art for her favorite books. If I could draw like her, I would include my drawn pictures of my characters in the back of my novel (even though it's not published yet).
But, I'm far from an artist, so I guess I'll have to be content with modeling my characters after actors and actresses or random people I find on Pinterest.
What are your favorite ways to find inspiration pictures for your characters?
This entry was posted in Musings, Struggles and tagged artist, Author, character, inspiration, novel, wishing, work-in-progress, writer.


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Poets and Writers MFA rankings are up! And of course all you need to know is Iowa is still number one. You could see the rankings for full residencies here and low residencies here. UMCP, where I got my BA, isn't on the list anymore. And I blame a certain MFA student who never answered my emails and clearly thought lowly of her students (I'm just saying!).
She was one (of many) reasons I never chose an MFA program. Students are too pretentious. So I stuck to just plain ol' reading and writing. Also, I got this book free the other day (not sure how long it'll stay, but take advantage of it if you can).
Yet it's all about time. I need time! The MFA gives you that, and that is why I'm seriously (serious this time) thinking about it.
So I'll apply to some on a whim this year along with some residencies. The residencies are quite nerve wrecking, everyone has MFAs (I am working on a portfolio and nearly puke every time I look at my work). But hey, they said they were looking for writers in the beginning of their careers, and I'm just starting.
Also, apparently MFA programs don't have to be so bad.
Iowa is Still #1, Bitches!
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3 Water Rails, Grey Wag and 2 Little Owls. Butterflies included 2 male Brimstones and 10 Peacocks.
An Orange-tip was seen at Storrs Mill Wood (Chris Parkin)
Two youths shooting air rifles near the Sash pond at Grimethorpe recently were reported to the police. If anyone should see them again please contact the police on 101. (Keith Bannister)


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I've been looking forward to this for over a year now: fricking snowboarding. In fricking Austria. What can I say? I had a blast. There was awesome snow, great weather, nice people, and a lot of fun all around. Seven days of solid snowboarding, three meals a day, some booze at night (well, sometimes a little earlier – in the afternoon or around noon or so …).
I finally got a chance to test out my new "pirate" board and bindings (YAAAARRRR!!!), beautiful equipment that made boarding even more fun that it already was all these past years (thanks again to my family and all the others who chipped in for both – worth every penny!).
So basically this trip was seven days of getting up early, going out to go really fast and do some stupid stunts (I even inventied a new jump I dubbed "The Norris" in honor of his 75th birthday – the key is to tilt the tip of your board left and up about 90 degrees so you land on your hip without breaking it), eating lots, drinking some beer while enjoying the views and the clear air in the afternoon. Great stuff. Bt you guys all know what these trips are all about. So just check out the pictures and enjoy the sights I was lucky enough witness over there.


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This week has been pretty good, full of blessings and miracles around every corner. Did I tell you about Korina a couple weeks ago? If not, i'll give a little refresher on how we came in contact with her. We had an appointment and we went with a member to go and teach and our appointment fell through so we decided to go see the home teaching families with Bro. Luna (the member we were with), and deliver a Christmas message. We saw a hood up (I just remembered I told you all about this over the phone on Christmas, but i'll keep going), and her car was dead so we gave it a jump. We found out that she is looking for a church to go to and she grew up in Alpine, the area that I last served in, I know that there are no coincidences. I'll jump to just a few days ago. We had been trying to get in touch with her for a little while and we received a phone call from her and she was out of town for the week and we set up an appointment to get together with her yesterday. We met at the church and took her on a church tour and showed her every aspect of the church and how each block of the meeting works. (side note of advice for Dad here; Elder Saager and I have found that many times investigators, or LA's (less actives) don't want to attend church because they are afraid or unfamiliar with our services, (See-PMG ch 8). and letting them know how everything works right off the bat can clear up many misconceptions). The lesson went well, the spirit was incredible as we watched "look not behind thee" and "the blessings of Motherhood"-as she has a four year-old daughter. As we spoke and testified, the spirit bore witness to me once more of the divinity of this work and as we listen sincerely to what they are saying, and have done our part in treasuring up continually the words of the scriptures and teachings of the prophets, we have the promise that we will be given the words to say. We also received a referral to go and see a Dr. Mike-for a little over a year he has been working with one of his patients (an elderly gentleman) and has been taught by this patient the Restored gospel of Jesus Christ. every appointment turned into "tell me about this" and "what about that" and this patient was more than happy to share his beliefs with his Dr. We received this information in confidence to go by without sharing the information that we now have on this Dr. we were to simply knock on his door and "tract" into it. That is exactly what we did and we had the most humbling experience, this man's heart opened as well as the door, he spoke from his heart about the church and that how he knows many members who have been good examples to him, we gave him our information and should be seeing him this week.
This week has truly been humbling and a wonderful one as well. Now dad, as for your wonderful calling, I would like to give a few words of advice. First: prayerfully review Preach My Gospel, specifically chapter 13. You will have the wonderful opportunity of working with the Bishop to create your ward mission plan, and be able to help the members of the ward and families create a "family mission plan". With this calling, comes the Ward Area Book as well, one of the many things I have learned as a missionary is the importance of accurate and up to date records. Work closely with the missionaries in a weekly coordination meeting, you will have the incredible experience of meeting, and planning baptisms for those who have prepared themselves to enter into the covenant with our Father in Heaven. But as with all callings, I am not one to tell you what to do, or what to say. Take it to the Lord and as you seek guidance, He will give it to you. Do what works for you, be the best Brother Lloyd that you can be, I know that you have received this call at this time for a reason, the Lord needs your help, and He will help you. I love you Dad and I know that may not be much help, but I know that you will be a wonderful Ward Mission Leader- spread this, His gospel to all those who you come in contact with and He will bless you. Members are so crucial to this work and crucial to bringing their friends to the Atonement and it's healing power.
Well I am out of time but know that I love each and every one of you and I will keep Anna and Adam and the Barrett family in my prayers. My SOTW is Mosiah 3:17. until next time, I send my love and support.
Love,Elder Aaron Jordan Lloyd


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Voting members of the Society assigned to the region will elect the senator during the Society's general elections. The slate other region elected positions will be announced no later than May 20.
According to the bylaws, additional candidates may be nominated by petition for Senator, provided that the person is qualified for the position and agrees to be on the ballot if the petition is successful. A candidate for Senator must be a voting member of the Society and assigned to one of the professional sections or members at large in the region. Must be a voting member of the region (fellow, senior, professional, associate, or affiliate) in good standing (dues paid). No two Senators from a region may be from the same section or the members at large.
A minimum of 2% of the voting members of the Society in the region, with no more than half being from any one section or from the members at large, must sign or endorse the petition. There were 3,309 voting members of the Society in the region as of December 31, 2015; accordingly 67 signatures/endorsements are needed to nominate a member by petition. The petition along with written consent from the candidate must be received no later than midnight on February 19. Potential petition candidates should contact me as soon as possible for complete instructions about preparing petitions.
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Each day they play songs of a particular Tamil cinema celebrity.
The celebrity
They pick a celebrity and talks about the celebrity's film career, personal life, personal activities, future activities, etc.
They talk about celebrity ...
This program is my favourite program in Sun Music Channel.
Every time my favourite celebrity's songs playing I am totally joyful and sitting before the television.
I am eagerly waiting
I really enjoy the songs too.
Most of the time this program hosted by Arya and some times the host maybe Balaji, Bala, Nisha or may be some other person too.


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DALLAS, April 22, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Over the years, the veterinary diagnostics market has grown multi-fold, adapting various technologies from the human diagnostics segment. In the past decade, a number of new products have been launched in this market, which had a positive impact on the growth of this market.
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In this report, the global veterinary diagnostics market is segmented by products, type of animals, end-users, and geography. The veterinary diagnostics market is mainly classified by product into clinical chemistry, hematology analyzers, molecular diagnostics, immunodiagnostics, diagnostic imaging, and others. The animal market covers companion animals and food-producing animals. The report also discusses the key market drivers, restraints, and opportunities of the global veterinary diagnostics market and its sub-markets.
The global veterinary diagnostics market is expected to grow at a healthy CAGR during the forecast period of 2013 to 2018 and is estimated to be worth $4,200 million by 2018. The market is mainly driven by the increasing incidences of disease outbreaks, increasing companion animal market backed by the rise in the adoption of pets, increase in the disposable incomes, and the increasing incidences of zoonotic diseases. However, economic downturn and increasing adoption of vegetarian food inhibits the growth of the market to a certain extent.
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During the forecast period the clinical chemistry segment will continue to drive and dominate the veterinary diagnostics market. A majority share of this growth can be attributed to widening applications of various clinical assays in veterinary diagnostics industry. Furthermore, rising demand for clinical diagnostics tests for food-producing animals are also expected to drive the growth of the veterinary diagnostics market. Highly organized dairy sector, increased awareness towards prevention of diseases in livestock animals in order to meet the increased demand for meat and dairy products, and increasing number of farm animals is expected to fuel the demand for diagnostic tests during the forecast period of 2013-2018.
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The global animal vaccines market is in its growth phase and is poised to cross the $8 billion mark by 2018. The factors responsible for the growth of the market include increasing incidences of zoonotic diseases in humans; growing prevalence of animal diseases; and increasing investments by government bodies, animal welfare associations, and leading players. Another factor driving the growth in this space is the continuous innovations and introduction of new products in the market. Since 2012, more than 20 new products have been launched, showing the huge potential for growth in this arena. However, increasing maintenance costs for vaccines and the shift towards vegetarian food by consumers will restrict the growth of the market to some extent. With the growing awareness of animal health in emerging economies, new entrants as well as established players have huge opportunities by introducing novel vaccines like DNA and recombinant vaccines and by entering into emerging countries. The global market for animal vaccines is estimated to be worth $5.8 billion by 2013 and is expected to grow at a healthy CAGR of 8.1% to reach $8.6 billion by 2018.
Europe accounts for the largest share of the animal vaccines market, followed by North America. Both markets are reaching the maturity phase of growth and will register mid single-digit growth rates for the next five years. Asia, parts of Africa and LATAM are poised to grow at double-digit rates owing to the increasing investment opportunities for companies in these immature markets and due to the improving healthcare facilities for animals. Countries like China, India, Australia, and Brazil will be major contributors to the growth of the market.
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Friday, October 1, 2010
I'm Baaaaak!
It's been a few years now since I have blogged but I've decided that I need to revive this blog again. I thought being on Facebook would be enough of having me out there but it seems that I need to have a place to showcase all my crafty goodness to share. Hope you enjoy all sorts of crafts like I do and visit often!
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First of all, if you landed on this blog I am assuming it was from a clickable link that brought you here, or you used the blog addy of LilacsNDreams.blgospot.com. I want to let you know right away that due to circumstances that happened on May 7th...I had started a new blog. You can find that one at LilacsNDreams2.blogspot.com OR use LilacsNDreams.com also. Not knowing if this blog would be reinstated, or not...I couldn't take that chance. So, I jumped on it right away, and spent all day working with this, and have been doing so off, and on since that day too. When you land on the new blog it looks very much like this one...some of the pages have changed a bit, but the first page, the landing page I kept very much like this one so that everyone would know they are coming to the right person....LilacsNDreams. Of course I kept the name on both blogs...but with the dates of things, and the amount of followers I am hoping you will know for sure that you have landed on the new blog.
Now, once you land on this page...since I am not computer literate, and not sure enough of myself to take the step to do the 301 redirect or the redirect I also found with google for blogger also. So, the next thing I have been doing is all the tabs you are seeing at the top of this page, or if you land on other pages by chance for this blog....when you click those tabs at the top they are going to shoot you over to the new blog, and the new pages I have there.
Once you land on those pages, or the main page of LilacsNDreams....if you will...please click on the follow me button there, and let's do this again. I really truly apologize for the inconvenience of this, and hope this is making sense of what I am shortly saying too. Hopefully soon this will be understandable, and all those that are following will get to the right destination. Till then I have to keep this blog going to help move things over, and get them all into one place before I can consider closing this blog.
So, if you have any questions, please hop over to the new Blog by clicking on LilacsNDreams, or to go to LilacsNDreams2.blogspot.com please. Thank you so very much for understanding this all, and bearing with me during this time. I wish you all well, and to have a wonderful day!:) See ya at the new place!


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A cute party favor idea. We decided to go with a snowman/star/winter theme for ours!
We used a toilet paper roll for our rocket. Carter used wrapping paper to wrap it in. We made the cone from a piece of construction paper and taped it in place ontop of the toilet paper roll. He filled the rocket with mint candies.
Carter scrunched up a coffee filter and taped it in the bottom of the roll. He wanted to add tinsel to it as well. Stars and snowmen stickers were the finishing touches to our rocket.
We will definitely make these again for the 4th of July!


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On 12th August the last Saturday of 25th DC International Book Fair and Cultural Fest a series of books are to be released. K R Meera's 'Bagavante Maranam', 'Adhwanavetta' by E P Sreekumar, 'Bhayology' by V Jayadev, Socratis V Valath's 'Nyayavidhi', 'Ramachi' by Vinoy Thomas, K V Praveen's 'Ormacheppu', Ajijesh Pachatt's 'Daivakkali' will be released.
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The title of this post is the name of a song off of The Ultimate Sin by Ozzy Osbourne. This album is amazing. I'd recommend giving it a listen if you haven't already. A little fact: the album was released in 1986. It's just one of my favorites, and there's seriously not one bad song on the entire album. The tee I'm wearing is the cover of the album. Overall it's just great, even the cover art! I would love to own this on vinyl. Another fact: the cover art is by Boris Vallejo, who is one of my favorite painters. I love his work, and even have a book with his illustrations in it. Some people don't his stuff, but I'm into it. Anyways I hope you all have a great weekend :)


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The Ghulam Khan trade route in North Waziristan Agency was shut in 2014 when a major military offensive against insurgents was launched in the region.
The reopening of the border check-post would create jobs for area residents, hoped General Officer Commanding (GOC) Maj. Gen. Azhar Iqbal Abbasi.
Speaking to Utmanzai Wazir tribe elders on Sunday, Abbasi said work on several reconstruction and development projects was underway in the region.
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De-frizzing Your Hair - Fall Winter 2010 Long Hair Tips
When the monsoon season starts to come around, the last thing you want is to be outside. When it rains, that precipitation will then become humidity. When the humidity occurs, most women tend to experience frizzy or even flat hair. Luckily for you, there are ways to get rid of all of that frizz! If you have naturally curly hair, then you know all about frizz. In order to get rid of the frizz, you should look into de-frizzing products.
These products can come in the form of a spray. Once you do your hair you simply spray this product on much like hairspray. As the day wears on, try to notice if the frizz is still there. Chances are, if your hair is not driving you crazy, your de-frizzing investment has worked! You might also think about straightening your hair. Once you straighten your hair, you can then put it up into a ponytail. This will definitely maintain that frizz and keep it under control. Keep in mind, ponytails can be the cause of some damage to your hair. Make sure that you use the ponytail as less as possible. Frizz does not have to be something that you simply put up with. If your are tired of your frizz, get with your stylist! They should have a wide selection of products and treatments for frizz. You might even be able to find more products online. Take a look right now and see what you can do in order to de-frizz your hair!


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Today was the big day.
Olive graced the halls of her nursery school with her smiling face and had so much fun at school. I didn't know what to do with myself. What would I do with 3 full hours ALL ALONE??? So I finished getting some things for her birthday party and then came home and assembled goody bags, then went to the bagel shop and sipped lemonade and read my book. It was wonderful. And the best part is that the teachers said she had a great time and was well-behaved. PHEW!
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Napoli are close to securing the Brazilian international on a season-long loan, according to new reports in Italy. The 33-year-old was told by the West London outfit he could leave following their relegation from the Premier League. Sky Sports Italia reports an agreement has been worked out between the clubs but no personal terms have been reached yet. Arsene Wenger isn't ready to give up just yet on securing Cesar just yet however, and could be able to out-do Napoli by covering Cesar's £2.4m wage demands in full. The Italian giants are said to only be willing to pay £1.8m.
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
club face!
the cool thing about getting all made up to go out to a club is that you can be a little more adventurous. your makeup can be bolder, louder, sparklier....whatever you want! it can also be tricky to create a face that lasts all night. i went out with my girlfriends last night, and this was my face of choice.
On my face: Benefit Dr. Feelgood
Almay Pure Blends Mineral Makeup, light to soft medium
Rimmel Natural Bronze in Sundance
Sephora blush me! in rose rebelle n1
Clarins Instant Light Perfecting Touch
On my eyes: Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Lancome Color Focus in Suntouched (all over the lid and browbone)
Lancome Color Design in Guest List (in the crease and on the outer edge)
Styli Style Flat Liner 24 in Blackest Black
Lancome Cils Booster XL
Diorshow Blackout
On my lips: Sephora lip pencil #132 (over the entire lip)
Lancome Juicy Tubes in Fifth Avenue Frosting
What i smelled like: Stella
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Risner, Bernard, 78 of Middletown passed away on Friday, October 14th at his residence. He was born on September 24, 1938 in Wolfe Co., Kentucky to Charles and Nettie (Phipps) Risner. He worked as a laborer for Smith Brother's. Bernard is survived by his wife of 30 years, Polly; his children, Billy Creech, Teresa (Don) Ledford, Amanda (Rick) Flowers, Lee (Patricia) Allen, Bernard Risner and Lynn Creech; his brothers, Glen (Linda), Vaughn and Charles (Margaret) Risner; his sisters, Doris Jean Connor and Ruthean (Bob) Hall; Numerous Grand and Great-Grandchildren and K-9 Companion, Sassy. He was preceded in death by his parents; 2 brothers; a sister; 2 grandchildren, Austin and Caitlyn. Visitation will be on Wednesday, October 19th from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Baker-Stevens-Parramore Funeral Home with a Celebration of Life Service to follow at 1:00 pm with Revs. Randy Joseph and David Howard officiating. Interment will be at Butler County Memorial Park. Memorials donations may be directed to: The Family c/o Baker-Stevens-Parramore Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to the family @ www.bakerstevensparramore.com


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Let's just start off this little post with pictures of what Sean and I had for dinner:
Um...I know right? They were pretty stinkin' delicious. And I made them all by myself! *takes a bow* yes I know, I'm the best little housewife ever, I make a good meal like once a month! haha
I knew this scarf was going to be one of my most useful purchases, and it turns out I was right! Not only can I wear it with everything just as a scarf, but I can tie the corners on each end together and wear it as a jacket/vest! Oh the possibilities!
You guys, this getting up at 5:30 every morning is KILLING ME. How am I supposed to expect my students to pay attention and not fall asleep in class, when I feel like doing it myself? This one poor little girl cannot stay awake when we read a book aloud to the class. She just sits in front with her little head bobbing as she nods off-for a good 15 minutes! One day she nodded off so hard that she just fell over...hahaha poor thing!
All of the teachers keep talking about how the full moon makes the kids go crazy. Today all of the students were pretty restless and just a little off their rockers. I wonder why that happens around the full moon? Is there a different air pressure, are they all secretly werewolves? I do not know the answer, but it's definitely weird!
Does anyone else get really annoyed at how early stores get decked out for holidays? Like, school just barely started people-why in the world do we have halloween stuff out already?! Anyone? meh.....just me I suppose :) haha
Hope you had a happy Tuesday!
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For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
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Thursday, February 01, 2007
Here We Snow Again?
School was called for snow today or for what might be snow. At 6:30 this morning the ground was perfectly clear, the skies yielding not a drop of precipitation. Hmmm, maybe they (who are they, anyway?) just know that we will be hammered in a couple of hours. It's 9:15 and still nothing. My boys are content, each playing independently, so how can I complain? I can't really. I'm not missing anything important.
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So glad I found you here. I follow you on Facebook and have tried several of your wonderful recipes. Will definitely try the Individual Apple Spice Cakes
Love the Individual Apple spice cakes recipes, i also think that a nice sweet potato cake would be wonderful in these little cute pans..what a great idea for using these cute little pans..they would be worn out if i had a set..love following you on all of the social media networks and seeing what's cookin with you..
Hi Elise. I hope that you can help me with this! My father's side of the family was portuguese and I have fond memories of going to New Bedford on the holiday's to visit and eat delicious portuguese cooking that my grandmother made for us. There is one thing in particular that I absolutely LOVED and have tried over the years to duplicate it but have never been able to. My grandmother used pork butt but that is all I really know. My mother has told me that she used pickling spices and portuguese white wine and cooked it in lard on the stove. I thought that I saw it in a roasting pan when I was younger but can't be sure. We have tried making it with pork butt by marinating it in picking spices and wine. The look and texture were all wrong. My grandmother's meat was almost black and very dark inside as well and the texture was almost like jerkey. Not tender but not tough either. And the size was like that of stew meat. I have been talking about this for some time so my girl friend went online and found a recipe for Vinho d'alhos. She thought she found what I have been looking for but it was more like what I have been able to make over the years. It was way too tender and the wrong color and not quite the same taste. So not sure you'd ever heard of anything like this or if you have any ideas on how I can cook it to make it come out more like jerkey. My girl friend suggested that it was probably cooked in the over to dry it out somewhat. That would make sense to me. Maybe my grandmother cooked the pork butt in the over first and then fried it to a dark color. Would that give me the consistency I am looking for. Any help would be muchly appreciated.
Hi Elise, so far i have made the malasadas with the children over the weekend as you saw the photos, the ricepudding and i made the pan fried cod fish tonight. Everything has come out wonderful, I love having the kids in the kitchen, your book is wonderful! I have always loved to cook and there were many of our family recipes i wasnt able to obtain, others i have been making for years and now so have my girls.
HI Elise,
I've tried some of the recipes and the family have loved them. I am a strong believer in eating together. I'll post more later on some recipes we'll be trying out.
Take care and keep cooking!
Hi Elise,
So I made the Brown sugar and Spice Banana Bread yesterday. I made it while folks were out. One by one as they trickled into the house they made their way to the kitchen to see what was the source of those wonderful 'smells'! It took everything to keep my son out of the oven haha! Once I took it out of the oven and placed it on a cooling rack I found myself having to police the bread as well. Goodness! Anyway, everyone said it was amazing – as always with your recipes! So thanks again. I just had to cook those bananas hehe. Made some plantain chips last night too.
Hi Elise, I found your blog from another website. Seeing you're in Raleigh, NC, which is not to far from me here in VA. I've enjoyed reading your website and I'm going to make the Pumpkin Banana Bread this week. It looks delicious!
Hi Elise!
I am wondering if you have a recipe for Portuguese biscoitos? I have tried my Vavo's recipe, but I feel like something got lost in translation b/c when I have tried making them, they are way off! Curious if you have a recipe? So great to find your website, hailing from Fall River myself with parents and grandparents that all immigrated from Sao Miguel.
Happy Easter – Be well!
I just turned 75 in April and if my memory servers me right my first chow mein sandwich was in Fall River at the age of 6. My mother was raised there and move to Pawtucket after she got married. Every Sunday we would go to Fall River to visit my grandmother and have chow mein sandwiches. I have lived in Florida for 13 years and couldn't find any restaurants that made it. I searched on line and found a web site where I could buy the ingredients and make it myself. I just can't get the right combination of ingredients to duplicate the taste or color. I keep the gravy mix refrigerated but don't know the life of the mix.Would that make a difference in the taste? I also use chicken stock and ground pork to make the gravy. I noticed the taste is a little stronger than you get in a restaurant. Will too much gravy mix cause this? I make it by the gallon and freeze it in individual containers. I am not a very good cook and live alone and love chow mein. Any advice would be helpful.


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Published ahead of print, the Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics identify recent studies which influenced clinical diagnosis, assessment and management of alcoholic hepatitis.
Alcoholic hepatitis is a severe acute manifestation of alcoholic liver disease with a high mortality.
Management of patients with this condition has been a matter of controversy for many years.
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Fulfilment of clear clinical criteria including a minimum threshold of bilirubin, defined periods of jaundice and alcohol ingestion negates the need for liver biopsy in most patients.
The team found that corticosteroids improve short-term mortality only (28 day) with other factors such as abstinence likely to be significant in long-term outcome.
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The team noted that Glasgow Alcoholic Hepatitis Score (GAHS) score can identify those patients likely to benefit from corticosteroids, but scores that include the evolution of bilirubin over 1 week of such treatment define response.
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