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LATINO BUSINESS MEETING: The Crows Landing Road of Stanislaus County merchants association will hold its monthly meeting Monday at 7 p.m., at the Pizza Pub and Donut Deli, Kansas and Emerald avenues. Organizers said the association will discuss code enforcement for area businesses. The meeting will be in Spanish with English translation. For more information, call Maggie Mejia at 312-0615 or 303-2664.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Soroptimist International will hold a pancake breakfast Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge, 800 Rose Ave. For more information, call Mary at 571-1383.
TRICK OR TREAT: Residents of Standiford Place Retirement Residence will host a Halloween Safe House for area children Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Children are invited to wear their Halloween costumes. Parents are welcome, too. Standiford Place is at 3420 Shawnee Drive. Admission is free. For more information, call 521-7000.
'MINE YOUR OWN BUSINESS': Modesto Junior College's Civic Engagement Project will present a film and panel discussion on mining in Romania and farming in the Central Valley on Thursday. The screening of "Mine Your Own Business," will begin at 7 p.m. in Forum 110, east campus of MJC, 435 College Ave. Organizers said the film uses examples of environmentalists' attempts to close down mines in Europe, Africa, and South America to make the broader claim that environmentalists' actions unwittingly increase poverty and environmental degradation. A panel discussion that will follow will center on environmental activism with respect to the Central Valley. Among the topics discussed will be whether "environmental activism" increases poverty and even environmental degradation in the central valley. Panelists are Brad Barker, president-elect of the Stanislaus County Sierra Club, Michel Etchebarne, first vice president of the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau and Gary A. Patton, executive director of the Planning and Conservation League in Sacramento. Bill Anelli will be the moderator.
DAY OF THE DEAD: The public is invited to attend a traditional cultural event, Dia de Los Muertos, a celebration honoring the dead and showcasing customs, history, poetry reading and traditions. The celebration is set for Friday at 6 p.m. at the Gallo Center for the Arts. It will be followed by a cultural program presentation in the Foster Theater at 7 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students. For tickets, call 338-2100, or go online to www.galloarts.org. High school students are invited to participate in an art contest where three winners will have the opportunity to win $125, $75 or $50. For more information, call the Parent Institute for Quality Education at 238-9496.
BID WHIST AND DOMINO TOURNAMENT: The city's Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department's King-Kennedy Memorial Center will host a bid whist and domino tournament Nov. 16, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center, 211 Bodem St. Advance tickets for the tournament are $5 per person and include refreshments and an entry into the door prize drawing. Advance registration is preferred. To purchase tickets, contact the King-Kennedy Memorial Center at 577-5355.
SAFE SITTER CLASSES: Oak Valley Hospital is hosting a baby sitter training class for boys and girls ages 11 to 15. Attendees will learn how to handle emergencies while caring for younger children. The one-day Safe Sitter class will be Nov. 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Oak Valley Care Center education room, 275 S. Oak Ave. The $35 class includes basic lifesaving techniques, accident prevention, how and when to summon help, and tips on basic child care. To receive a certificate of completion, participants must attend the entire class and are required to pass a test. Parental permission and preregistration are required. Class size is limited to eight students. For more information or to register, call 847-5121, ext. 201.
HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL: The city's Recreation Department is hosting its annual Halloween Festival on Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Smyrna Park. Families will enjoy a variety of free entertainment including wagon rides, pictures with Pudge the Horse, carnival games, refreshments, petting zoo, crafts, face painting, a spooktacular sensations booth, fortune telling, a costume contest and candy for children 12 years and younger. For more information, contact 538-5782.
TRICK OR TREAT: Halloween festivities will begin a little early this year in Riverbank. Kids can head downtown Tuesday, to trick-or-treat at businesses and take part in other festivities. Trick-or-treating will start at 4 p.m. and end at 6:30 p.m. Winners of a downtown scarecrow contest will be displayed at the event. The downtown event is hosted by downtown businesses, the Chamber of Commerce and the city.
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nice flows, and little touches of some colors... acrylic
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The colors, textures, and fluidity in a scolding from zeus makes it a great representation of ~anuvys's gallery! ( Featured by deshrubber )
Very inspiring, I will have to try out your little technique myself, looks like a lot of fun
Wow...wow....wow.... how did you do that? pls tell me the techniques
i lay the canvas flat on the ground. then lay the paint on it. then i use a straw to blend the paint together and move it around. it adds a whole new level to things. you should try some. it does some amazing things.
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I like the cracking the best and the undercolors that show through..
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of all the paintings ive done a few really stand out to me and this is one of those. im still in awe when i look at it.
u blow my mind.
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i get that feeling from other ppls works too. we seem to travel similar paths sometimes.
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Stunning - multi-layered and organic!
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Please keep these paintings comming. I love work that I can get lost in. Thanks Best of luck with your career!
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For the last in my series of stories featuring food and drink magic, we finally reach coffee, which I'm sure we can all agree is an inherently magical substance!
When it comes to ghosts, my grandmother has one solution: brew a pot of coffee. Like today, in Sadie Lancaster's kitchen.
Sadie clutches her hands beneath her chin and stares at our percolator, her eyes huge. The thing gurgles and hisses as if it resents being pressed into service. My own reflection in its side is distorted. When I was younger, I thought this was how ghosts see our world.
In places with bad infestations, they swirl around the percolator. I can reach out, touch hot moist air with one hand and the icy patch of dry with the other. One time, a ghost slipped inside. It rattled around until the percolator sprang from the table and hit the floor, splashing scalding water everywhere.
I still wear the scars of that across my shins.
Katy's family has always caught ghosts with coffee, but business is threatened when an out-of-towner shows up and starts up in competition… using tea. Wherever Katy turns, work seems to be going to the handsome stranger who's offering free trials of his services and undercutting her at every opportunity.
This is a short story rather than a novel, and as the introductory episode to Tahmaseb's Coffee & Ghosts series, it is primarily focused on setting the scene, introducing Katy herself and the deceased grandmother from whom she learnt the family trade. The plot follows Katy's struggle to keep her business afloat, her search for work in mundane coffee shops, and the eventual crisis that causes her to step up and collaborate with her rival.
I enjoyed the conceit of well-brewed coffee as a ghost hunting prop, and the way that Katy's whole life is entwined with her magic and her business and her family heritage. When she goes in search of barista work, she thinks she'll be a natural, but her powers get in the way and she proves sadly (but entertainingly) unsuited to the task. Little touches like this kept my interest, and although the differences between coffee-based and tea-based exorcism aren't well developed yet, this feels like a fruitful area for the series to explore. There's also a hint of romance between the two professional rivals, which I expect will unfold over the following episodes.
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Friday, April 21 - Sunday, April 23, 2017
MSC Sanction : 1708
Masters Swimming Association British Columbia
Swim Meet Registration
|Swimmer Registration
|Wed, March 8, 2017 12:00 AM PT
|Sun, April 16, 2017 07:00 PM PT
|Committee chair: Norma Lachance email@example.com
Hospitality Chair: Judy Flamank firstname.lastname@example.com
Facilities Chair: Jennifer Trask-Leach email@example.com
Officials Chair: Carmelle Guidi-Swan firstname.lastname@example.com
Awards Chair: Sandra Hobbs email@example.com
Reception Chair: Curtis Schreiber email@example.com
Meet Referee: Norma Lachance
Data Manager: Elisa Hoover email@example.com
Sponsorship Chair: Cailla Patterson email@example.com
Treasurer: Greg Harris firstname.lastname@example.com
Facility: H20 Adventure – Fitness Centre
4075 Gordon Drive, Kelowna, BC. V1W 5J2
Information: The competition pool will be set up for 8 lanes of 25 metre (short
course) competition. There will be three 25 metre lanes available
for warm up and cool down throughout the meet.
All events will be timed finals.
Sanction: 1708
MSABC members meeting and AGM: The MSABC Annual general Meeting will be held approximately 30
minutes after the final event on Saturday, April 23rd at H2O
Information and meet check-in: Swimmers must check-in in person to be eligible to compete. Please check-in at the designated desk located either in the H2O lobby or on the pool deck.
Operating hours: Friday 4:00pm-6:00pm, Saturday and Sunday 8:00am-10:30am.
Individual goodie bags, including the program and some other fun items must be picked up prior to athlete's first swim and will be available at the check-in desk.
Eligibility: Open to any Canadian or international registered masters swimmer 18 years and older by December 31,
2017 Age grouping determined by age as of December 31, 2017. Maximum of 275 swimmers will be accepted
Entries and Payment: Entry deadline for online registration is April 16, 2017 at 7:00pm.
Deck entries will not be accepted.
All swimmers must provide governing body registration number (i.e., MSABC, USMS or FINA)
Each swimmer may enter a maximum of 7 events plus relays
Entry times must be included for seeding purposes. Entries with a "No time" or "NT" will not be accepted
Age Groups:
Individual Events Age Groups
18-24 25-29 Five year increments thereafter
Relay Events Age Groups
72-99 100-119 120-159 160-199 Forty year increments thereafter
Rules: Masters Swimming Canada 2013 – 2017 Rule Book (found at mastersswimmingcanada.ca) and warm up procedures (see below) and the Swim BC Technical Guide (found at swimbc.ca) will be in effect at this meet.
Para-swimmers: Para-swimmers, who are registered Masters swimmers, are welcome to compete in the meet.
Seeding: All events will be mixed gender, timed finals seeded slowest to fastest.
800m/1500m: The 800m and 1500m freestyle events will be deck-seeded and the heats will run from slowest to fastest.
The 1500m freestyle will be limited to the first 32 entries (4 heats). The 800m freestyle will be limited to the first 48 entries (6 heats).
A limited number of Lap Counter boards will be available for swimmers to use. Their use is optional and swimmers are
responsible for finding volunteers to operate them.
Relays Rules: No swimmer may swim more than once in any relay event.
Relay teams that include swimmers under the age of 25 will not be eligible for Masters World Records
Mixed relays must be composed of two men and two women from the same club or affiliation
Relay team entries must be submitted by entry deadline (April 16, 2017). Relay names and/or scratches may be submitted on the first day of the meet.
See Master Swimming Canada 2013 – 2017 Rule Book for further clarification.
Meet Start Time: Warm up in competition pool/meet start
Friday 4:15pm-5:15pm/5:30pm
Saturday 8:00am-8:45am/9:00am
Sunday 8:00am-8:45am/9:00am
Awards: All participants will receive a certificate for the meet. Swimmers placing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their individual event by age group will receive a label for the certificate. All 1st place finishers will be placed in for a draw (by individual event) for a bottle of wine from the Okanagan Valley!
Please note that awards must be picked up in the awards area (location to be announced at the meet) and awards will not be mailed to participants.
Results: Meet results will be posted at H2O throughout the meet as well as on Meet Mobile. Psych Sheets, Heat Sheets, Session Reports and results will also be posted on OMSC website http://okmasters.com
Records: Swimmers challenging a current record (provincial, national or world) are required to notify the referee, starter and head timer prior to their race. This is in order to ensure adequate timers are available to meet record requirements.
Entry fee: $85.00 per swimmer.
Refunds: No refunds will be issued after April 10th, 2017 and will only be issued when a valid medical reason accompanied by physician's note.
For Credit Card Payment
Register online via Club Assistant at https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=2195&sm id=8827
Register by mail or email and pay by Interac e-Transfer or by Cheque
Event entry information and payment must be received by the Meet Manager on or before April 16, 2017.
For Interac payments, use the email below to send funds.
For cheque payment, mail cheque payable to "OMSC" and send to Norma Lachance.
Meet Manager Contact Information
e-mail – firstname.lastname@example.com
Mail – Norma Lachance
#431 4205 Gellatly Road, West Kelowna, BC V4T 2K2
Deadlines: Individual and relay team registrations must be received by April 16, 2017 by 7:00pm
Relay team confirmation: For relay events, each club must submit final names, ages, gender and order of swimmers for each team to the clerk of the course 30 minutes prior to the start of the session in which the relay event is scheduled. Relay cards will be in the Team packages available at check in on the first day of the meet.
Psych sheets: Psych sheets will be posted at http://okmasters.com
Mandatory positive check in: Mandatory in-person positive check-in deadline for the 1500m freestyle event is 4:30 pm on Friday, April 21st at the clerk of the course desk. Mandatory in-person positive check-in deadline for the 800
freestyle event is conclusion of event 13 (200 Freestyle) on Saturday, April 22nd. Swimmers not checking in for the 1500m and/or 800m freestyle events will be removed from the event.
Scratches: Final scratch deadline is April 19, 2017 to Norma Lachance at firstname.lastname@example.com
Social events:
MSABC Annual General Meeting - The MSABC Annual General meeting will be held approximately 30minutes after the conclusion of competition on Saturday, April 23rd at H2O.
Awards & Appetizers Event - Saturday April 22rd 2017
A welcoming and lively reception (in lieu of our traditional sitdown dinner) will be held at the Coast Capri Hotel on Saturday, April 23rd. MSABC will host the event to award the best and brightest from the BC swim community.
Doors will open at 5:00pm with appetizers served from 5:30 to 7pm.
Menu to include:
Beer and wine will be available for purchase at the event. A maximum of 150 tickets are available for purchase. DEADLINE for ticket purchase is April 10th, 2017.
This will be a licensed event, all attendees must be 19 years of age or older.
Friday, April 21, 2017 - Session 1
Meet Session starts at 5:30 PM
Saturday, April 22, 2017 - Session 2
Meet Session starts at 9:00 AM
Saturday, April 22, 2017 - Session 3
Meet Session starts at 1:00 PM
Sunday, April 23, 2017 - Session 4
Meet Session starts at 9:00 AM
Sunday, April 23, 2017 - Session 5
Meet Session starts at 1:00 PM
|Please note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "Masters Swimming Assoc of BC."


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November 21, 2017
Seema Verma, Administrator
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7500 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD, 21244
Attention: CMS-9930-P
Dear Administrator Verma:
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on proposed Benefit and Payment Parameters for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act plans in 2019.
Accreditation for Network Adequacy: The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) appreciates the proposal to rely on private sector accreditation for network adequacy. However, only Exchange plan accreditation should qualify. Accepting issuers' Medicaid or commercial plan accreditation, as proposed, would not be sufficient, as networks for Exchange, Medicaid and commercial offerings from the same issuers are often substantially different.
NCQA has taken several steps to strengthen network standards for Marketplace offerings to address concerns about the high prevalence of narrow network plans. These include:
These are in addition to long-standing network requirements, such as requiring plans to:
We list our health plan accreditation requirements on our NCQA website. We offer detailed specifications for sale to plans seeking accreditation, and for free to government, academic, consumer advocate and other stakeholders upon request. We also share results with government agencies to support plan oversight.
State Review: Deferring to state review of accreditation requirements, compliance reviews, minimum geographic service area & quality improvement strategy reporting, as proposed, has some risk. It could also enhance reliance on private accreditation and thus further reduce burden on plans and states. State review could lead to uneven enforcement of key requirements and protections for people in ACA plans. However, this policy could simplify review in states that already rely on accreditation. Currently, 41 states recognize NCQA Accreditation in whole or part for their commercial and/or Medicaid plans, and most Exchange plans have NCQA accreditation. The 33 states that rely on NCQA Accreditation for Medicaid plans, for example, could share Exchange quality improvement strategy reporting with Medicaid agency staff who are already familiar with these responsibilities.
Social Risk Factors: We appreciate the need to address socioeconomic factors that can impact quality in reporting of quality data. However, the best way to do this is by stratifying results by socioeconomic status of patients within affected measures. This approach highlights disparities, showing plans which subpopulations among their enrollees most need targeted quality improvement efforts.
We have begun doing this on four of our HEDIS®[1] quality measures on which there are persistent socio-economic disparities (Colorectal Cancer Screening, Breast Cancer Screening, Diabetes Care – Eye Exam, and Plan All-Cause Readmission).
We strongly oppose risk adjusting measures themselves for social risk factors, as this merely hides disparities without encouraging needed action to address them. We instead support risk adjusting payments to plans to account for the higher costs associated caring for people with lower socioeconomic status, as CMS is doing in the Medicare Advantage program.
Medical Loss Ratio: We do not support the proposal to let issuers report a single quality improvement activity expense amount equal to 0.8% of earned premium in lieu of reporting the actual quality improvement activity amounts in five specific categories. This would give plans spending less on essential quality improvement activities unearned credit and thus discourage both meaningful and innovative quality improvement efforts.
Essential Benefits: We do not support the proposal to allow states to impose non-dollar limits, such as on the number of visits, on specific benefits. We appreciate the intent here to reduce premiums, but believe that is short-sighted. Long-term increased cost for preventable problems that result from arbitrary limits not based on individual patients' actual medical needs would dwarf any short-term savings such a policy might yield.
Risk Adjustment Transfers: We also do not support letting states request up to a 50% adjustment in calculating transfer amounts. This would reduce amounts transferred from plans with healthier populations to those with sicker enrollees, undermine the affordability of plans with sicker patients, and ultimately encourage plans to once again try to compete by avoiding sicker patients.
Cost-Sharing and Value-Based Insurance Design: We strongly support value-based insurance design, which reduces or eliminates cost sharing for high-value services and providers. Current law incorporates this by requiring no cost-sharing for preventive services that have high ratings from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. We believe VBID should also extend to at least two more important areas:
These VBID expansions could help mitigate potential harm from high-deductible health plans that, as currently structured, discourage both high and low-value health care.
Thank you again for considering our comments. If you have questions, please contact Paul Cotton, Director of Federal Affairs, at email@example.com or (202) 955-5162.
Margaret O'Kane
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Saturday in the Yard
Today Lester and the other ducks and clucks hung out in the yard and ate grass, bugs and treats.
"Is that a bug!?" – Olivia
Gus shared some peas with Lester, and tried to stay out of O'Malley's way.
He is still having trouble with picking feathers and eating them, but otherwise he is doing well.
Gus plucks Lester's feathers and eats them, so we put Lester in a carrier at night so Gus can't bother him. So far it seems to work well.
When we hang out in the yard, our crow friend hangs out with us. He is a wild crow, but he likes the ducks and chickens, and he sometimes gets treats, too.
Carol enjoyed some lettuces.
And Janet was on the look out for bugs.
Olly Astro stuck close to me, in case I planned to share treats.
And Olivia perched near the crow's water dish in case I left some treats there.
Gus spotted some flying balloon predators and alerted everyone.
Then he got a little too close to O'Malley and The Ramona Monster and had to high-tail it back to Lester's area.
Then it was time to settle down for a nap and enjoy a lazy Saturday afternoon.
Petunia was snoozing in the aviary, so we didn't get any photos of her today. But she's doing well and she sends her best.
Have a good week, and keep quacking… or clucking… whichever you prefer.
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Gus is beautiful. Does he eat feathers because he was malnourished in his previous home?
Sounds like a wonderful lazy Saturday. 🙂
Thanks for sharing all those contented feathered faces!
We have had some great weather. gives a chance for the bugs to grow more in the dry grass so the ducks and clucks can eat them. The blue flowers look great in the background of the photos. Glad that all are doing well.
Nice to see everyone doing so well! 😀


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Christmastime in the Church 2016
We would like to report on a Fantastic Christmastime in our church. A Wartime Christmas with soup kitchen, local cheese and other goodies was fun, with re-enactment of an ARP Warden by Jed Jaggard, in aid of the church building. An auction at this event, of nylons (with seams), bananas, Stilton & Leicester cheeses, etc raised money for Help the Heroes.
Our village school held 2 packed performances of their Nativity Play.
We had a joint Christmas Carol Service with our Methodist friends, and finally a packed church for the Crib Service on Christmas eve afternoon.
Thank you to a great team of helpers and supporters.
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The Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) has put on hold a planned nationwide strike which was due to begin today [Tuesday].
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Father's Day: David Beckham, Michael Phelps & More Hunky Dads Celebrate
Happy Father's Day everyone! In honor of the special holiday, we rounded up the hunkiest dads that are celebrating with their families today. From David Beckham to Michael Phelps, you have to see these hunky dads!
David Beckham kicked off Father's Day with his entire family, as his wife Victoria posted a photo of him with their four kids and he looks so handsome in his jeans and sunglasses, we can't even handle it. What really threw us over the edge, though, was the shirtless selfie Michael Phelps posted with his baby boy, Boomer. Yes, Boomer looks adorable, but we can't stop staring at shirtless Michael. What do you guys think of these hunky dads?
There's nothing we love more than seeing our fave celeb dads celebrating Father's Day with their families — it's just adorable. Some of the other hunkiest dads we love to see are Liam Payne, of course, who is celebrating his very first Father's Day this year and Cheryl Fernandez posted the most adorable pic of Liam with the caption, "Happy 1st Father's Day Liam.. You are the most amazing daddy and the best example for our son. The way he looks at you says it all. Your relationship melts my heart. You are the centre of his world & We adore you."
Some of our other favorite dads celebrating today are Prince William and Prince George who looked adorable together in a picture posted by the Kensington Palace. Plus, Tom Brady and his son are celebrating Father's Day on the Great Wall in China. There were so many other celeb hunk dads celebrating their holiday today and we're obsessed with all of them!
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For those of you with access to a rowing machine, here's a very basic Rowing Workout for Fat Loss and improved Fitness. Warm up Before you start it's a good idea to warm up. Simply rowing at a relaxed pace for 500-1000 metres should be fine. Rowing Workout The workout is split up into 10 rounds of 1 minute … Read More »


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Who bears the burden of disease prevention and reproductive control : a content analysis of state health department information on Zika virus
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Spring 5-10-2017
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Alissa Cordner
Between October 2015 and May 2017, Zika virus has become a prominent epidemic that is affecting countries across the world. Zika virus provides the opportunity to understand who is responsible for disease management within the United States' society. Furthermore, because of the relationship between Zika and birth defects, Zika provides the unique opportunity to examine whether information regarding disease prevention and reproduction is more often targeted at women than men. Utilizing neoliberalist and feminist theories, I proposed that Zika prevention messages would be targeted at the individual more often than group levels of society, and that there would be more messages solely targeted at women than at men. I analyzed content for 155 documents obtained from the websites of 20 state Departments of Health, as well as from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. The results indicate that Zika virus prevention strategies take a neoliberalist approach, emphasizing the role of the individual in preventing disease. Furthermore, results also indicate that women are seen as responsible for protecting their pregnancies from the dangers of Zika virus.
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Zika virus -- Prevention and control, Birth injuries -- Birth defects, Disease management -- Women, Untied States -- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease and Prevention (U.S.), Mosquitoes as carries of disease, Infectious Pregnancy Complications, Neoliberalism, Feminist theory, Audiences -- Health -- Women, Whitman College -- Dissertation collection 2017 -- Sociology Department
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Tablets are one of tech's most versatile purchases. You can use them to watch films, send emails, browse the web or even make music. If the size of your phone screen just doesn't cut it, then a tablet is the perfect companion.
There are many great tablets out there - iPads are obvious choices - but there are several we'd recommend for you depending on your budget, needs and taste in design. And of course there are many terrible tablets out there, so rest assured none of those are in the below round up.
Your buying guide to the best tablets in 2018
While Apple has something of a hold on the tablet conversation, there are great Android alternatives from Samsung, Huawei and Amazon. And if you need a tablet with full Windows, Microsoft is there for you.
Should I buy an Android, Windows or iOS tablet?
If you're on a tight budget, you should be reading our best budget tablets roundup. And if you're looking for a tablet for your child, check out our best kids' tablets article.
But if you want the best, you've got four main choices: an iPad, an Android tablet an Amazon Fire tablet or a Windows tablet.
Apple iPads run Apple's own iOS operating system which is widely regarded as one of the best out there. It's easy to use and app makers usually make it their first choice, so you're pretty much guaranteed to find what you're after.
If you have an iPhone, then it'll also be very familiar.
This is valuable when you buy accessories that require apps - mainly smart home or fitness gadgets - as you may not be able to control these from a Windows tablet.
In most cases, apps are made available on Android as well as iPads, but not always. Android tablets can be cheaper than iPads, but there are some Samsung models which cost the same or are more expensive.
Windows tablets come in both cheap and expensive guises, but it has the advantage of being able to run the same programs you use on your laptop or PC - not just as many finger-friendly tablet apps as you'll be used to on your phone or on an iPad.
And that's why most Windows tablets come with a keyboard, or offer it as an option: they're really a hybrid of a laptop and tablet. But as you'll find out in most of our Windows tablet reviews, this is rarely a case of getting the best of both worlds. One exception is the Surface Pro from Microsoft.
The fourth option is Amazon's Fire tablets. These are based on Android but are locked into Amazon's system: you won't find any Google services or apps on them so bear this in mind. But they are very affordable.
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1. Apple iPad 9.7-inch (2018)
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The iPad 2018 isn't perfect but it's the best all-rounder money can buy at the moment. At £319 it balances affordability with design, specs and features.
It doesn't have a laminated screen or the latest processor, but this won't matter for the vast majority of users. The fact is, the iPad can do a bit of everything and adding Apple Pencil support means you no longer need to splash out on an iPad Pro.
There's very little to dislike here.
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Read our Apple iPad 9.7-inch (2018) review.
2. Samsung Galaxy Tab S3
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There's no doubt the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is the best Android tablet to be launched in years. If you're looking for a high-end device to rival the iPad Pro running Google's software then this is it.
However, it's not without downsides. The price will be too high for many and doesn't include the Keyboard Cover, the software isn't the best for a tablet and that glass back isn't the best choice for multiple reasons.
Read our Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 review.
3. 10.5-inch iPad Pro
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There's a lot to say about the 10.5in iPad Pro, but in short, we think you'll love it. It's a delight to use for a huge variety of tasks thanks to its power, design and great screen size, but it comes at a price. For future-proofing, you'll likely want to opt for the 256GB Wi-Fi model at £709 at least, and when you add accessories like the keyboard into the mix you're getting very close to shelling out £1,000, and for that you could buy one of Apple's laptops.
We'd recommend considering how much you think you're realistically going to use the iPad Pro. Do you love using a touchscreen? Are you a designer or illustrator who'll benefit from its compatibility with the Apple Pencil? Do you need a device that's incredibly portable? Do you need lots of power for gaming or graphics-intensive apps? Do you have lots of disposable income?
If the answer to more than one of those questions is yes, then you might fit perfectly into the target market for the iPad Pro. For everyone else, a laptop or cheaper iPad is likely to suffice.
Read our 10.5-inch iPad Pro review.
4. Microsoft Surface Pro (2017)
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The new Surface Pro is a superb 2-in-1. It's beautifully built and performs well. The screen is excellent and even the speakers sound good. However, it's very expensive, especially when you add the cost of the Type Cover and – if you need one – the Surface Pen.
Few should opt for the base model, and you'll pay a heck of a lot more for a Core i7. Ultimately, while a fantastic device, it's hard to recommend the Surface Pro unless money is no object.
Read our Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) review.
5. iPad mini 4
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The iPad mini 4 is now only available in 128GB so starts at a higher price of £419. That makes it one of the most expensive small tablets around but it's still one of the best. It's got a great screen, excellent build quality, top battery life and Apple's wealth of apps. You won't be disappointed if you can afford it.
Read our iPad mini 4 review.
6. Microsoft Surface Pro 4
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- Reviewed on: 30 June 2016
There is a great deal to like and rave about the Surface Pro 4. The design is thinner and lighter for starters. The screen is awesome, there's plenty of power available, the new Surface Pen is better and the Type Cover is a vast improvement on the last one. However, the design is inherently awkward at times, it's more expensive that a lot of laptops and the Type Cover, which you'll pretty much need, isn't included lowering the value.
Read our Microsoft Surface Pro 4 review.
7. iPad Pro 12.9in
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- Reviewed on: 18 July 2017
The 12.9-inch iPad Pro is undoubtedly a brilliant device and for some could be a laptop replacement, in which case the price would be more easily justified. You'll likely want to splash out on the Smart Keyboard and possibly the Pencil too, so bear in mind that they are optional extras.
Although it's an excellent device, the 10.5-inch iPad will appeal to more people due it's more manageable size and price.
Read our iPad Pro 12.9in review.
8. Amazon Fire HD 8
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- Reviewed on: 5 April 2018
The Amazon Fire HD 8 2017 ticks a lot of the right boxes. It's affordable, well built and plays back video to an exceptionally high standard.
You need an Amazon Prime membership to fully enjoy it, but this isn't necessary if you're buying the Kids Edition as that comes with a year's subscription to Fire for Kids Unlimited.
Overall, it's an incredibly priced media consumption tablet that exemplifies Amazon's dominance in the low-end market, and it's just as good for adults as kids.
Read our Amazon Fire HD 8 review.
9. Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus
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- Reviewed on: 1 August 2018
When an iPad costs just £20 more, you might have a hard time choosing the Tab 3 Plus instead. But if you do, you gain some advantages over Apple's go-to tablet.
The Tab 3 Plus has a built-in stand, excellent Dolby Atmos speakers and a bigger and slightly higher resolution display. If you don't mind the slightly odd design in portrait mode then this may be enough to sway you.
It's one of the best tablets you can buy if you're addicted to Netflix, and is great for reading magazines, books and surfing the web. Just don't expect many software updates past Android Nougat.
Read our Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus review.
10. Huawei MediaPad M5 8.4
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- Reviewed on: 4 April 2018
As was our verdict on the MediaPad M3: the M5 is an above-average tablet which is a good alternative to Samsung's Galaxy Tab range and the iPad mini. The iPad mini is is less of a great deal these days. It costs a lot because you can only get it with 128GB of storage.
If your budget is more like £300/US$300, it's a struggle to recommend the MediaPad M5 when the 2018 iPad 9.7 has a headphone socket, support for the Apple Pencil and - well - it's an iPad running iOS.
Read our Huawei MediaPad M5 8.4 review.


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Palm oil and palm oil derivatives have become an important component in many products. In particular, it is used for its viscosity and as a skin conditioning agent.
Palm oil free companies: Odylique, Caurnie, Honesty, Earth Friendly Products and Pure Nuff Stuff were the only companies in our guides to cosmetics and toiletries to have a policy of not using palm oil.
Palm oil is widely used in bodycare products. Many use palm oil derivatives, which can go under 200 or more different names. Even products using straight palm oil escape the EU law that requires it to be labelled, as that only applies to food products. The widespread use of palm oil and derivative ingredients is a concern because it is devastating rainforests, as well as being linked to human rights abuses.
In 2004, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil was established to develop and implement environmental and social standards for the industry. Many companies now use RSPO-certified palm oil, but you can't always tell from a product label. And because of the various RSPO certifications possible, and the many different palm oil ingredients, it can be quite confusing for the consumer.
In addition, the RSPO has been criticised for being weak ever since it began, not least in a November 2016 report by Amnesty, 'The Great Palm Oil Scandal'.[1]
Amnesty's report focused on suppliers to Wilmar, the world's largest processor and merchandiser of palm oil, and exposed systematic human rights abuses. It found that even some of the biggest brands, including Colgate, who seemed to be doing the most to improve their palm oil supply chains, were customers of Wilmar.
Amnesty found evidence of forced and child labour, and dangerous working practises. Much of this was caused by workers struggling to meet the unrealistic targets set by their employers. Workers on all plantations investigated said they got help to meet targets, often from their children, in an effort to avoid penalties which they could not afford.
Amnesty documented cases of people working 12 hours a day, seven days a week. Dangerous pesticides and fertilisers, which Wilmar had committed to phase out, were still being used, and poor equipment led to injuries. Gender discrimination was also found, with the majority of women employed on casual, rather than permanent, contracts.
All the suppliers investigated were members of the RSPO. The report concluded that "the RSPO is acting as a shield which deflects greater scrutiny", and that "RSPO and certification assessments cannot and should not be used as proof of compliance with workers' human rights". As a result, Ethical Consumer felt it had to factor this in to the way we rate companies.
The mass production of palm oil is devastating the world's rainforests as well as being linked to human rights abuses and we felt that we needed to reflect this more fully in the rankings tables in our product guides.
Therefore we have improved our rankings to include a new palm oil cateogory using a best, middle and worst rating system.
We have been ranking company performance on palm oil for over 15 years now. Until now companies have picked up marks in three categories for this issue (Habitats, Climate Change and Human Rights) and we feel that this has become a clumsy way of representing what is now a key concern for many ethical consumers.
Companies able to demonstrate a fully certified supply chain for all palm ingredients used by the whole company group, and who also declare suppliers and volumes will receive a best rating. Companies that are palm oil free - using neither palm oil (CPO), palm kernel oil (PKO) nor palm derivatives - will also receive a best rating.
Ethical Consumer will use information sourced from companies' Corporate Social Responsibility communications, responses to our questionnaires and/or their latest Annual Communication on Progress (ACOP) to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
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I've written a few times before about Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street, why it's so important to me, and why I love it so. But, I'm gonna go ahead and tell you again, and then cover New Nightmare too.
A Nightmare on Elm Street was made in 1984, and I hear teenagers now say all the time that it's stupid and not scary. And I want to punch them in their stupid mouths. (Just kidding! Kinda).
Look, I understand. The 80s were an amazingly awful time for fashion and hair, and everybody looks horrible and dated. And there is such a flood of gory, scary movies now that there's no way a dude with knives on his fingers that haunts your nightmares is going to creep you out. But I still think it's brilliant.
There is so much to love here—the creation of the glove at the beginning, the splatteriffic death of Tina in front of her boyfriend, Rod; "Screw your pass!", the origin of Freddy (before that ridiculous "son of a 100 maniacs" crap in part 3), the fountain of blood that erupts from Glen's bed, "I'm your boyfriend now!", and Nancy totally kicking some serious ass when she's done with Krueger killing all her friends. (more…)


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It seems that one of the things that 2011 can be remembered for in the beer world is collaborations, every one seems to be at it, from Marble to Fullers, from Dark Star to Brew Dog, from Thornbridge to Raw, and plenty others in between. May be everyone is an overstatement though, I can't see Glentworth teaming up with Skinners, or Northumberland with Allgates in the near future, but who knows ?
The one thread that seems to run through the breweries that involve themselves in collaborations are that they are what are classed as 'craft' breweries. That again is a bone of contention for me, what makes one brewery a 'craft' brewery when another isn't ? I know that the Americans have a definition for such a thing, but we English don't, so why do we use it ? What is apparent is that the 'craft' brewery collaborations seem to appear in more exclusive sort of pub, those that are disposed to American beers or key keg.
Before I continue I ought to make it clear that I am not anti 'craft' beers, nor collaborations per se. Its just that I cannot really see a point in some well known brewer, joining up with some other well known brewer, and producing a beer, when often the sum of the parts does not produce the goods. It seems to me that often the brewer's skills cancel each other out rather than complement them, so that one is left with a vague feeling of disappointment. That's not to say all collaborations are a failure, they aren't. But a large number do not seem to work, in my eyes.
And how does a collaboration of brewers actually work ? Who has the say in which style of beer they brew ? Who chooses the hops, or malts ? Who has the final say on the recipe ? Unless they are happy to let one lead and the other follow, I can see problems arising. And often the one's I have tried do seem to taste more like one brewery's beer than the other.
Often beers are produced by a collaboration of brewers anyway. In the larger breweries it is not unusual for a group of brewers to work in unison to produce a beer, and because they are from the same stable, they maintain the standards they have expected from the brewery, when someone from outside gets involved I find their standards often slip.
Maybe the way forward would be to brew on the lines that Wetherspoons use for their beer festival specials, a foreign brewer using his recipes to brew on British brewer's plant. I assume that the foreign brewers get advice from the local brewer, so is that technically a collaboration ?
But at the end of the day, does it really matter ? The idea of brewing beer is to make something that people want to drink and that will sell. I cannot deny either part of that statement in respect of collaborations, may be its just me pedantic....no, surely not !!


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I could see this being an amazing and comfy summer staple. Stripes are my obsession du jour.
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I have this Michael Kors watch; but, I feel it is more wintery. I NEED some gold in my life. (I may be asking for the Glitz for my birthday).
In other news: I'm watching the Tucson Memorial....so sad. But the President is delivering a beautiful eulogy/speech.
Also, I've read all three of the Millenium series and am anxiously awaiting the Hollywood adaptation of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo to hit theaters in December. I've been loosely following the news about the casting/filming. I find the Rooney Mara transformation absolutely amazing:
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This is an opportunity to write a letter to my mother not because I cannot write it on another day, but because today being mothering Sunday, marks an eminent day making the wordings of my letter auspicious carrying a meaning that no other day will give it.
Today, the world celebrates mothers who have moulded lives and fulfilled destinies. I have seen words and poems dedicated to mothers that have brought me to earth and appreciate more the immeasurable roles of our mothers. Accolades have championed expressions that have flown from the hearts of many like the ocean. Some have been utterly silent not inability to express but proving that some feelings better left unsaid.
So forgive my lack of coherence of thoughts if I fall short of succinctly addressing how much my mother means to me. I probably will never be able to capture in mere words the incredibly undiluted love of mothers for us neither will I ever be able to share the immensity of my mother's love for me, which I am most unqualified for.
Dear mama – in the voice of 2pac, I only want to appreciate you and in my minute way showing that I will forever be indebted to your magnanimous love, which you have shown us right from the moment you conceived us. You nursed us from the womb and never took your eyes off us. Because of us, you stayed up nights without ceasing; you are our indefatigable model who never is weary of attending to our every need.
I know we will never repay your unfathomable love for us through your relentless guidance and protection. For our sake, you gave up your all just to train us in the way we should grow. At those times, we got stubborn; you chased the madness out of our hearts with 'omo-rogun' wooden stick and drew us close to you with your left hand. You would provide our every need through your toils and we never lack even when it is obvious you cannot afford our desires, or at your detriment, you gave us the world and told us it is our oyster.
Dear mother, love of our hearts, healer of our pains. Whenever the world pushed us down, you not only encouraged us but also taught us to stand firmly on our feet looking the world in the eyes and never making an enemy of it. You taught us to prove the world wrong and never accept impossibility. With you, I found strength to soar higher than the eagles above the sun. Today, I stand with my heads high, chest pushed out facing what the world throws at me because I am everything you made me.
Truly, you are my earthly God. I know this because the Lord must have taken his very best to make you, as you are everything in his similitude. You never gave up on me, when I feel rejected, and dejected, you welcome me warmly. Only a masterpiece of God must have the ability to love me in my lowest moments, to flaunt me at my most unworthy state. You love me steadfastly and teach me the secrets of living. It overwhelms me when you carter for me after I hurt you with my self-indulgence.
Mama I want you to know that you are my treasure, the one that brings me closer to God. You are the one that I adore. Thank you for making my dreams your aspirations. You sacrificed everything to make me achieve my goals and you supported me through it. Now, the times for you to relax watching me give you the world that you made real.
Thank you for all the sacrifices, for all the times you hid your tears to give us joy, the times you hid your disappointments to give us hope, those days you hid your pains to give us strength and those times you hid your sadness for our joy. We say to you that with God on our side, we will share many days to make you proud and fill you with enormous contentment.
Thank you, maami.
Let me also use this medium to spare a thought for those whose mothers called to heaven thus transcended state of being human to angels.


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Snow and ice in North Texas didn't stop New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie from making his way to Fort Worth and Dallas on Thursday, on a quest to raise money to help fellow Republicans.
But he didn't receive a warm welcome from Texas Democrats — or some top Republicans who didn't meet with him.
As he attended local events closed to the media, officials with the Texas Democratic Party took a dim view of the visit by the embattled Republican governor who has been under fire since investigations began into "Bridgegate" and whether his staffers conspired to tie up traffic on New Jersey's George Washington Bridge as political payback.
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said the governor's recent scandal shows that Christie has a record of putting "politics over people," just as he said Republican leaders in Texas do.
"Like much of America, [Texas Attorney General] Greg Abbott knows just how toxic Chris Christie has become," Hinojosa said. "He remains embroiled in a scandal with more questions than answers.
"The culture of intimidation and retribution that Christie has created in his administration is the model that Republican governors — who elected Christie as their chairman — want to elevate and emulate but it's not what's best for Texans or the American people," Hinojosa said.
Christie didn't meet with Gov. Rick Perry or Abbott, the perceived Republican front-runner in this year's gubernatorial race during his visit.
"Gov. Perry's not scheduled to be there, but governors come to our state regularly for a variety of reasons and we're pleased to have them here," said Rich Parsons, deputy director of communications for Perry's office.
Abbott was in Houston presenting his "Securing Texans" plan, staffers said.
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Christie, who made the trip as head of the Republican Governors Association, could not be reached for comment about his trip. RGA workers said his trip was "still a go," despite the wintry weather in Texas.
His visit to Texas, and his upcoming trip to Illinois next week, is part of his effort to help raise money for the GOP, attend strategy sessions and brush up his image, as he is still considered a potential presidential candidate in 2016. In the coming months, he plans to make similar stops in states ranging from Georgia and Maryland to New York and Washington, D.C.
"They all come through Texas," said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. "Christie is coming through to raise money for the RGA but also to increase his own visibility for the prospect of a presidential run in 2016."
This trip for the RGA, which is made up of the country's 29 Republican state governors, has been planned since December, officials have said.
"So far, Chris Christie's tenure as Chair of the Republican Governors Association has been marred by damaging revelations and controversy," according to a statement sent out Thursday by the Democratic National Committee.
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A research study surveyed more than 400 city residents on their impressions of various criminal justice agencies and the service they provided. Tucked into the list of questions were a few about the residents' impressions of the municipal courthouse. The full report on these findings is forthcoming; suffice it to say, however, that the public is more observant of the design and overall upkeep of government buildings than officials might realize. Unfortunately, positive reactions to the building paled in number to those who expressed a sense of nervousness, fear, and intimidation upon entering the city courthouse.
Of course, this was not the first study to investigate how buildings impact the psychology of those inside of them. In 2000, social psychologist Anne Maass and her colleagues at Italy's University of Padova also discovered that courthouses intimidate people.1 More pointedly, criminologist Andrew Millie found the same regarding police buildings in the United Kingdom.2 In fact, whole academic fields are devoted to the subject of how buildings influence people's states of mind— environmental and architectural psychology, for example. In the field of criminal justice, in the 18th century, the jurist and philosopher Jeremy Bentham wrote a major work on the optimal design of prison that is still standard reading for correctional scholars today.3 Philosopher Michel Foucault also wrote substantially on the topic.4 In a previous course of ours, a student wrote a paper examining the effectiveness of the Japanese kobans, notable in policing simply because of their unique use of built space—and, really, because of how little space these stations use. One study found that officers in South Korea believed that the smaller, decentralized mini-police stations had actually improved their relationships with the public.5
Despite these important excursions into exploring police architecture, strikingly little research has been done into a re-examination of law enforcement facilities. As human and cultural geography experts Peter Kraftl and Peter Adey explain, buildings serve to "stabilize affect, to generate the possibility of precircumscribed situations, and to engender certain forms of practice, through the design and the planning…"6 Given the times, when communities are calling for more openness, more transparency, and more inclusiveness from their police departments, can the profession afford to neglect the role of law enforcement buildings in how police are perceived? After all, when victims venture to report a crime to the police, they often do so within a police station. When offenders are taken for their initial bookings, they are taken to a police station. When police officers report to work, they typically do so in a police station. When reporters go to get quotes from department officials, when new recruits go to turn in their applications… a lot of law enforcement's contact with the public and community stakeholders happens at a police station or similar public safety facility. Is it not valuable, then, to consider how to make that contact one where the individual walks away with a positive impression of law enforcement and not a negative one?
Criminal justice research has only just begun working on this goal. Fortunately, there is are potential examples. For example, Salt Lake City's Public Safety Building (see Figure 1) is a marvel of model architecture, according to several who have written of it.7 The building has its own Facebook page, where public comments such as "great building" and "where the fun happens" can be found.8 Does this sound like how the residents in most towns would describe a police station?
What elicits this response is a form of architecture dubbed OTI—open, transparent, and inclusive—design. This architectural framework developed out of a collaboration with MOCA-PM, a leading owners' representative firm that assists building owners with the planning, coordination, and technical assistance to bring their projects to fruition with increased efficiency and cost effectiveness.9 Research has shown that positive attitudes toward the police influence how likely one is to cooperate with them. Positive impressions of law enforcement in general carry over to how individuals interpret specific encounters with officers.10 In short, when people thought more positively about the police, they were more likely to cooperate with them. Cooperation is on a continuum, and law enforcement agencies should be doing all that they can to move from a place where citizens are merely willing to comply with police, to a place where citizens are satisfied with them; supportive of them; willing to cooperate with them; and, hopefully, willing to initiate engagement with them.11 There are myriad strategies for doing so, such as, for instance, the use of Tom Tyler's principles of procedural justice.12 However, building positive public-police relationships should be a comprehensive strategy that includes considering everything, including the police station or public safety building.13 Remember, in many situations, the first sight a citizen has is not of an officer, but of the station building.
Work in this area is ongoing and, as such, is subject to change and constantly being refined. Still, some basic truths about how police buildings can help encourage positive impressions of law enforcement have been established. First and foremost, public safety buildings should incorporate designs that are open, transparent, and inclusive. The principles of OTI should be utilized in every phase of building construction and upkeep, in (1) the selection of the building's location, (2) the building's structure, (3) the aesthetic design of the building, and (4) its maintenance.
Location, Location, Location
Planning teams should take several factors into account when deciding on the location of a public safety building. First, it is essential that police stations are close to the communities they serve. Closeness helps and shows the community that the police are readily available to protect and serve. Perhaps a city might do this by locating the headquarters in the jurisdiction's central district or maybe the agency can staff multiple facilities within several neighborhoods that make up their jurisdiction. The latter approach can ensure at least one police facility is accessible to all community members in any city area.
Reachability means that agencies should ensure that their stations are in areas that be reached by most in the community. The building needs to be easy to find. If someone has to invest a lot of time or effort searching for the police station, it communicates that law enforcement does not care about people being able to contact them. Moreover, individuals may use several modes of transportation as their primary means of travel. Therefore, police stations should be located along bus, trains, or subway lines and reachable by bike, foot, or automobile. Finally, law enforcement must nurture the sense of safety around the station. If fear of victimization keeps citizens from visiting the areas where police stations are, then it shows that police are ineffective when dealing with crime and creates the perception that, when one is in trouble, police stations are not a practical resource.
Architecture Matters
Five design features need to be included in the architecture of public safety buildings. The first of these is functionality. A building needs to be functional for its occupants. For example, a station must have areas for the public to enter and report crime, an area to house police equipment, an area for the gathering of police personnel, secure areas to store information and criminal evidence, and areas to suit any other specific needs of the agency. While it might not seem that these features further the goal of openness, transparency, and inclusiveness, they do so in at least two ways. First, a building that is functional will help improve law enforcement's effectiveness in providing services to their community. This effectiveness should translate to a more positive public perception of police performance.14 Secondly, a structure that makes police work easier is likely to boost the morale of personnel, and increased officer satisfaction can be tied to better officer performance.15
Public safety buildings must also be accessible. Accessibility is related to reachability, but has some differences. It is possible for a building to be in a reachable place, but remain inaccessible because of its architectural design. For example, when the public entrance is easier to find, members of the public have more positive views of a building.16 Conversely, it would seem a high number of steps or a time-consuming security process to enter the building reduce accessibility and lead to more negative impressions. Once inside a building, navigability can affect public perception. If the public enters a law enforcement facility and finds it difficult or impossible to locate where to report a crime, file a complaint, pay a fine, or make use of other police services, this communicates that their needs are not primary concerns for police officials.
Despite needing to be accessible and navigable, law enforcement facilities must also be secure. Security is very important on its own, but also influences the public perception in how welcoming the facility is. A police station is a place where dangerous individuals can be brought or housed, dangerous equipment is stored, where protests might be staged, or hostile feelings arise, yet community members must feel safe when they enter a police station in order to feel welcome.
Social facility is for the existence of building areas designated public use aside from a reception lobby—the type of areas that prompts a Facebook user to dub the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building the place "where the fun happens."17 Having spaces available for recreational use sets the stage for public-police contacts outside of crime or emergency situations. Social facility features also allow for staff events. A comfortable and welcoming space that encourages staff socialization can improve staff morale, which can lead to improved service, and, in turn, generate positive feelings towards police. Importantly, a building's design can encourage more interaction between staff members and the visiting public. Simply placing waiting area seats closer to the department's front desk might be a small, but effective tactic in promoting positive interaction between the public and law enforcement employees.
Social facility consists of more than promoting social events; it also involves the subtle cues structures give. Placing a police desk so high up that officers have to look down upon visitors can lead people to feel inferior to the police. Law enforcement facility architects should design their structures to avoid subliminal messages that create guardedness among visiting members of the public.
Eye of the Beholder
Consider the visible décor of the station. The structural architecture, while important to the aesthetic design, is not what is being referred to here. Instead, decoration and ornamentation set the tone for how an individual reacts to a building. Research has shown that the use of various colors can trigger feelings of calm, sadness, or anger.
Attractiveness, while vague, generally refers to aesthetic features that are seen as favorable by most viewers. Research shows that there are some characteristics that are "objectively" beautiful—either culturally or inherently ingrained—and incorporating those attractive architectural features into public safety facilities creates a space where people want to be. What qualifies as attractive will vary from community to community.
Appropriateness accounts for the community's unique character and the part a police facility is expected to play. MOCA's project in Salt Lake City had to account for the municipality's desire for the building's iconicity—the city was looking for architectural design that was striking, bold, and stood apart from its surroundings. Other places—for instance, historic districts—may want new buildings to conform to the shared design of neighboring ones, retaining the thematic feel of the community. In any case, what is appropriate is what fits with the expectations of the community for the buildings in its jurisdiction.
Neutrality concerns the power dynamics within a building's design, particularly a building associated with the power of the state. A police station is usually equated with prosecution. Thus, any aspect of the building conveying dominance will cause suspects to immediately be on guard and make even innocent citizens nervous. It seems more credible to ensure the space's perceived neutrality, to disconnect policing from coercion, and change the public's perception of the place to one focused on the impartial pursuit of justice. Individuals should enter police facilities with the impression that they will be treated with fairness, whether that is in protection or prosecution.
As a final matter of aesthetics, it is critical that the design of the building seems intentional. The incorporation of intentionality in building design is more an art than a science and requires the appearance of genuineness and the avoidance of artificiality. At the same time, people should come away from a public safety facility with a sense that designers put effort into ensuring that the place was welcoming to them and made for them to occupy.
Maintaining the Vision
After the building is planned and constructed, the final phase of OTI design is the continuous task of building maintenance. Psychologists Thomas Herzog and Ronda Shier found that, when properly maintained, respondents in their study preferred older buildings to more modern ones.18 Here, three principles are essential. A building's comfortability refers to an environment's living condition. From the temperature to lighting to cleanliness, public safety facilities must be kept in a condition that makes them comfortable to be in. As their comfortability diminishes, so will their use by the public, and this will remove an important opportunity to improve the public's perception of the police.
A building with malfunctioning elevators, fixtures in disrepair, or other mechanical defects demonstrates that an agency that does not care to present itself in its best light. Like the "broken windows" theory that has undergirded so much of community policing strategies, broken buildings invite disrespect; disregard; and, eventually, disorder. Thus, law enforcement facilities must be operable.
Finally, occupancy must stay within a space's capacity. While building codes often restrict the number of persons that may occupy a building, research has demonstrated a litany of negative effects—stress, high blood pressure, sickness, aggression—when people are placed too closely together or if they feel too confined. The use of spacing, doors, or some level of privacy has been proven to reduce these negative outcomes. Additionally, the overall security or safety within the facilities can become compromised if capacity is disregarded.
All in All
Open, transparent, and inclusive (OTI) design should be a part of a comprehensive strategy to enhance police legitimacy and improve the state of public trust and confidence in law enforcement. It remains to be seen just how impactful this one component of trust-seeking can be when considered on its own. Yet, if law enforcement is intent on strengthening its connection with the general public, it should not leave anything to chance. If building design can assist in efforts to improve public-police relations, let it. OTI design provides a way to do just that. ♦
|Incorporate OTI facility design as part of an overall strategy of improving public perceptions of police and police legitimacy.
Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill is a third-year criminal justice doctoral student at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/City University of New York Graduate Center. He earned a JD from Emory University School of Law and is a member of the South Carolina, New Jersey, and Georgia Bars. He is a former police officer for the City of Charleston, South Carolina, and a former firefighter for the City of Cayce, South Carolina. Blount-Hill is a research associate at John Jay's Research & Evaluation Center and John Jay's Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies and has previously worked for the Center for Court Innovation and John Jay's Center on Race, Crime and Justice. Currently, he teaches criminal justice at John Jay, Rutgers University, William Paterson University, and the Borough of Manhattan Community College. His research focuses include police legitimacy, morality and the law, constitutional issues in criminal law, natural resource crime, and emergency response strategies.
Victor J. St. John is a second-year criminal justice doctoral student at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/City University of New York Graduate Center. He earned an MA in criminal justice from John Jay. He is a former cognitive skills facilitator for the Osborne Association, working in various facilities on Riker's Island. St. John also served as an intervention and assessment supervisor under New York City's Close-to-Home Initiative. He is a graduate research fellow at John Jay's Research & Evaluation Center and has previously worked for John Jay's Center on Race, Crime and Justice. Currently, he teaches criminal justice at John Jay and for the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons Consortium (NJ-STEP) at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, New Jersey, and at Northern State Prison in Newark, New Jersey. His research focuses include corrections, prison architecture, and juvenile justice.
Erik Ryan is a senior at Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice. His research interests include corrections and juvenile justice.
1 Anne Maass et al., "Intimidating Buildings: Can Courthouse Architecture Affect Perceived Likelihood of Conviction?" Environment and Behavior 32, no. 5 (2000): 674–683.
2 Andrew Millie, "Police Station, Architecture and Public Reassurance," British Journal of Criminology 52 (2012): 1092–1112.
3 Jeremy Bentham, "Panopticon" in The Panopticon Writings, ed. Miran Bozovic (London, UK: Verso,1995), 29–95. (Original work published in 1791.)
4 Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison, trans. Alan (New York: Vintage Books, 1995). (Original work published in 1977.)
5 Byongook Moon, John McCluskey, and Sangwon Lee, "Korean Police Officers' Attitude Toward the Efficacy of Mini-Police Stations," Journal of Criminal Justice 33, no. 5 (2005): 441–449.
6 Peter Kraftl and Peter Adey, "Architecture/Affect/Inhabitation: Geographies of Being-in Buildings," Annals of the Association of American Geographers 98, no. 1 (2008): 213–231.
7 John Daley, "Salt Lake City's new Public Safety Building One of a Kind," Deseret News, December 11, 2012); Janelle Stecklein, "New Public Safety Building Is Not Your Typical Cop Shop," The Salt Lake Tribune, July 8, 2013.
8 Lisa Hansen, "Salt Lake City Public Safety Building," Facebook page, review, May 7, 2015; Salt Lake City Public Safety Building, Facebook page, review, May 29, 2015.
9 MOCA-PM (http://moca-pm.com/) provided the funding that made the authors' research possible. In early 2016, they began an effort to improve their future design practices through reliance on rigorous academic research. That mission brought them to John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill is a doctoral student, professor, and researcher. Combining Blount-Hill's study of public-police relations and research experience with their architectural and construction expertise and corporate resources, they have been studying the impacts of buildings on individual and social psychology.
10 Anthony A. Braga et al., The Salience of Social Contextual Factors in Appraisals of Police Interactions with Citizens: A Randomized Factorial Experiment," Journal of Quantitative Criminology 30 (2014): 599–627.
11 Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill and Yunho Yeom "A Legitimate Question: A Comparative Look at Police Legitimacy in Asia and in the United States" (presentation at the Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Police Studies, Huntsville, Texas, July 2016).
12 Tom R. Tyler, "Enhancing Police Legitimacy," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 593 (2004): 84–99.
13 Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill and Chad Jones, "Navigating Community Politics and the Public Building Process"(presentation at the Annual Conference and Exposition of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, San Diego, California, October 17, 2016).
14 Justice Tankebe, Michael D. Reisig, and Xia Wang, "A Multidimensional Model of Police Legitimacy: A Cross-Cultural Assessment," Law and Human Behavior 40, no. 1 (2016), 11–22.
15 Ben Bradford and Paul Quinton, "Self-legitimacy, Police Culture and Support for Democratic Policing in an English Constabulary," British Journal of Criminology 54, 1023–1046.
16 Pinar Dіnç Kalyaci and Mehmet Bünyamin Bіlіr, "Police Station Facades: Searching the Architectural Characteristics That Can Be Appreciated by All," Gazi University Journal of Science 29, no. 1 (2016), 35–48.
17 Salt Lake City Public Safety Building, Facebook page, review, May 29, 2015.
18 Thomas R. Herzog and Ronda L. Shier, "Complexity, Age, and Building Preference," Environment and Behavior 32, no. 4 (2000), 557–575.


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