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About CCHP
CCHP is a partnership led by Sirona care & health CIC working with Avon & Wiltshire Partnership Mental Health NHS Trust (AWP), Bristol Community Health CIC (BCH), University Hospital Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), Barnardo's and Off the Record. We are all committed to services for children, young people and their families, and plan to build on the work already undertaken across Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
As a partnership of experienced local providers, we are already delivering a diverse range of services that are embedded within local communities across the area. The strength of our partnership is that together we have huge experience of providing large scale children's services; working with families and communities to ensure a joined up approach and working locally with strong connections and relationships with a wide range of commissioners and other provider organisations, giving us a strong foundation on which to build further.
Our approach is family centered, with the voice of the child and young person featuring strongly throughout everything we do. We believe in working in partnership with colleagues in primary and secondary care, public health, social care, education and the third sector to achieve the best outcome for every child.
Working for CCHP
We want potential employees who are interested in getting involved with our work to be able to view all three organisations' recruitment pages, so we've created this page as a signpost for access to all positions available throughout the partnership.
Staff will be employed by the organisation most relevant to their service area and/or geography, e.g those working mainly in Bristol will be with Bristol Community Health; those in South Gloucestershire with Sirona, and any specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services staff will be with AWP.
Please click on the links below or use the 'Related Links' tab on the right of this page to view the jobs currently advertised.
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Other than a few birthday cards, preschoolers generally don't get mail. That's why a Credit.com reader was surprised when the reader's 5-year-old son received a debt-collection notice:
My son is 5 years old and I recently received a letter in the mail from a collection agency addressed to him saying he owes a debt from his former hospital…he has insurance so I'm not sure how he can owe anything but what advice do you have for me and what can I do to pursue this?
Based on this short message, there are two issues to explore: First, having health insurance doesn't mean all medical expenses are covered, so it's definitely possible a health care provider required payment for whatever service the child received, even after insurance. Medical bills often go to a debt collector — sometimes, that's the first time the patient learns about them — and because collection accounts damage your credit standing, it's important to address them as soon as you can.
The other issue this reader brings up is what parents and guardians should do when a debt collector pursues a minor.
"Minors can't contract, by law," said Craig T. Kimmel, a consumer attorney and founding partner at Kimmel & Silverman. "The general rule is a parent is not responsible for a contract by a minor." Of course, there's an exception, and it includes medical care. Medical services fall under the doctrine of necessaries, which varies by state, but generally means a parent or next of kin can be held liable for bills a person incurs out of life-sustaining necessity, like food, shelter and medical care.
"If the debt's legitimate, the parent must be responsible for the child, whether or not the parents brought the child to the hospital," Kimmel said.
Because the parent is the one responsible for the debt, the name on the account and contact information used by the debt collector should be updated.
"Calling the debt collector and addressing that is the most straightforward way," said April Kuehnhoff, a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center. "To the extent that the parents are having trouble with the debt collector, they can always go back to the hospital."
The debt should be reported to the adult's credit report — a child shouldn't have a credit report, but parents can request one to make sure the debt doesn't generate a credit report, and if it does, they can work to fix the problem.
That's sort of the neat-and-tidy scenario in a situation like this, but it's possible there's something messier going on. If your child is receiving debt collection notices or other debt- or credit-related mail, it could be a sign of identity theft — that someone is using your child's personal information to fraudulently obtain and use credit instruments or medical care. As with any debt collection notice, you should first request a letter of validation from the collector, and if the debt isn't legitimate, it's time to start investigating what happened. This is another reason you'd want to request a child's credit report: to see if they've been a victim of identity theft.
Kimmel mentioned another possible reason a minor might receive a debt collection notice: The debt collector is pursuing someone else with the same or a similar name. In that event, the consumer should try to correct the confusion, but if the collector insists on pursuing the wrong person (the minor), the adult has legal recourse under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
More on Identity Theft:
- Identity Theft: What You Need to Know
- How Do I Dispute an Error on My Credit Report?
- What Should I Do If I'm a Victim of Identity Theft?
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The Information Barrier
I don't think that this topic would come as a shocker or shaker to anyone within the blind and visually impaired community but sad to say, it just might within the sighted world. There are so many of our sighted friends and associates who still do not understand when we complain that information barriers still exist for us and that they are very mountainous. The majority of websites are still guilty of not granting us equal access to information. Companies and organizations still continue to send out information in printed formats that are still not accessible to us and reachable by us. Important emergency procedures are still not in alternate formats that we can read and manuals that come with equipment and appliances are still not being produced in alternate formats.
For some inexplicable reason, websites continue to offer forms and downloadable files in PDF formats and even our Federal government is guilty of the same. Many websites are still offering forms that are not totally accessible to us. We are already living in a world of darkness so to speak but the information barrier makes our world even darker. Everyone needs information in order to keep up with their surroundings, learn, and understand. We are living in an information based society and as blind and visually impaired persons it is imperative that we have equal access to information. Inadequate access to information on the Internet means that we are unable to independently garner knowledge and we need to depend on sighted assistance to help us. Inaccessible forms means that we are unable to take full advantage of e commerce opportunities and access information that requires us to complete forms in order to receive information. Inaccessible forms also mean that we are unable to apply for jobs and funding and as a result we need to again depend on sighted assistance.
If procedures, especially emergency procedures are not available to us, then we have to again depend on sighted assistance and in addition, we are often at the mercy of kindness and compassion on the part of others. Nowadays, there is no excuse for not being able to make information available in a format that we can read. Information is almost always developed electronically so why can't society in general take that extra little step to make it available to us? Via email, or in other alternate formats? It is time for us to make a committed effort to break down the information barrier.
I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and encouraging you to go out there and tell the world that yes indeed! Blind persons can certainly enjoy things by using their sense of touch. If you'd like to learn more about me, then you can visit some of my blog spots at:
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — The Endicott women's basketball team traveled to Wesleyan (Conn.) for a non-conference matchup on Wednesday evening and was handed a 79-42 loss.
During the opening minutes of the game, both teams kept the score close but the Cardinals went on a 13-0 run over a span of five minutes to pull away and take a 19-7 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Wesleyan continued the offensive pressure in the second frame to take a 46-16 advantage at the half.
Throughout the third and fourth quarters, the Cardinals maintained the lead and eventually came out on top, 79-42.
Emily Pratt (Gardner, Mass.) led the Gulls with 11 points, while Lexi Gellerman (West Hartford, Conn.) pulled down a team-high eight rebounds.
- Mikaela Rogers (Haverhill, Mass.) netted nine points and Gellerman was close behind with six.
- Olivia Gorman (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.) recorded 15 points for the Cardinals, while Chynna Bailey (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Ava Tompkins (Juneau, Alaska) each had 12.
- Katy O'Connor (Southampton, Mass.) led Wesleyan in rebounds with nine.
Endicott (4-3) travels to Salem State on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 3 PM. Wesleyan (4-1) travels to Williams for a 3 PM game on Saturday, Dec. 8.
For the latest on Endicott Athletics, follow the Gulls on social media on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.>
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SINGAPORE – (September 3, 2012) – Christie® and its visual solutions partner, Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd, added a new meaning to time at the Faces of Beauty Digital Exhibition with the brilliant projection of art-inspired timepieces.
Held at ION Orchard from August 24 to September 2, 2012, the exhibition was part of the Craft of Time@ION event that showcased the beauty of timepieces to promote them as a fashionable lifestyle statement beyond their conventional application in our daily lives. The exhibition displayed dynamic digital presentation of the sophisticated design craft of 15 renowned brands, including Boucheron, Chaumet, Cortina Watch, Frank Muller, Harry Winston, IWC, Larry Jewelry, L'Atelier by The Hour Glass, Officine Panerai, Omega, Patek Philippe, Richard Mille and Tag Heuer.
Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd deployed 60 Christie MicroTiles® onto four rectangular exhibition structures for the digital projection of timepieces under the 15 brand names. Another 12 Christie MicroTiles were laid out in two horizontal arrays in a mirror fashion within the Highlight watch display showcase. To enhance the digital display, a Christie Roaster HD20K-J 3-chip DLP projector coupled with a Christie HD10K-M 3-chip DLP projector were employed to project compelling images onto a circular column and the ceiling of the shopping mall.
"Craftsmen from the world's renowned brands take their imagination into every delicate detail to give timepieces their unique identities. Together with Christie, we are proud to highlight the technical prowess of the 15 brands showcased in the Faces of Beauty Digital Exhibition using creative digital presentation of the craft," commented Adrian Goh, managing director of Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd.
"Christie is honored to be associated with the world's most respected brands in timepieces at the Faces of Beauty Digital Exhibition. Our projection technology displays the inner craft of watches in their most intricate form, enabling shoppers of ION Orchard to appreciate the true beauty of timepieces," observed Jonathan Lim, General Manager, Christie Singapore.
About ChristieChristie Digital Systems USA, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ushio, Inc., Japan, (JP:6925), is a leader in visual solutions for world-class organizations, offering diverse applications for business, entertainment, and industry. A leading innovator in film projection since 1929 and a pioneer in digital projection systems since 1979, Christie has established a global reputation as a total service provider and the world's single source manufacturer of a variety of display technologies and solutions. With the acquisition of Vista Controls Systems, Corp., Christie offers the most complete and advanced solutions for cinema, live venues, control rooms, business presentations, training facilities, 3D and Virtual Reality, simulation and education as well as industrial and government environments. For more information, visit www.christiedigital.com.
Christie® is a registered trademark of Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.Christie MicroTiles® is a registered trademark of Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


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Ipek Guler is an intern at Biostatech, Advice, Training and Innovation in Biostatistics, S.L. She has a MSc in Statistical Techniques from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and a BSc in Statistics from Gazi University (Turkey).
In previous posts about longitudinal data by Urko Agirre and Hèctor Perpiñán, mentions have already been made to the Mixed Models methodology .
Usually in medical and biological studies, the designed experiments include repeated measures which are used to investigate changes during a period of time repeatedly for each subject in the study. Multiple measurements are obtained for each individual at different times. These type of longitudinal data can be analyzed with a mixed effects model (Pinheiro and Bates, 2000) which allows modeling and analysis of between and within individual variation. An example of such data can be growth curves measured over time.
In many practical situations, using traditional parametric regression techniques is not appropriate to model such curves. Misleading conclusions may be reached if the time effect is incorrectly specified.
Durban et al, (2005) presented flexible mixed models for fitting subject specific curves and factor by curve interactions for longitudinal data in which the individual and interaction curves are modeled as penalized-splines (P-splines) and model's estimation is based on the mixed model representation of P-splines (Currie and Durban, 2002).
This representation is quite interesting because it allows us to use the methodology and the several software available for mixed models (e.g., nlme and lme4 packages in R), and it also comes equipped with an automatic smoothing parameter choice that corresponds to maximum likelihood (ML) and/or restricted maximum likelihood (REML) estimation of variance components. With this representation, the smoothing parameter becomes the ratio between the variance of residuals and the variance of the random effects.
First of all, let`s define a linear mixed model for a longitudinal data.
As a matrix notation;
- is the vector of the observed responses ,
- is the fixed effects parameters vector,
- is the residual vector,
- denotes unknown individual effects.
- a known designed matrix linking to ,
, assumed to be , independently of each other and of the is distributed as where and are positive definitive covariance matrices.
Consider a flexible regression model,
Where is the response variable of the observations and is the smooth function of covariate . We represent this function with a linear combination of known basis function
And we reformulate it as;
Depending on the basis that is used for the P-splines, and have the following forms;
- Truncated polynomials
- B-splines
Where is the matrix that contains the eigenvectors of the singular value decomposition of the penalty matrix and is a diagonal matrix containing the eigenvalues with null eigen values (Lee, 2010).
Therefore the model becomes;
Where is the number of columns of basis , and the smoothing parameter becomes; (Durban et al, 2005).
With this mixed model representation of P-splines, we can obtain more flexible mixed models which allows us to have a simple implementation of otherwise complicated models. In future posts, we can talk more about these flexible models with individual curves and factor by curve interactions also described in Durban et al (2005).


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Here is my situation
home network, windows machines, 1 external facing IP address (that allows port 80) 1 windows home server always on machine, planning on upgrading to WHS 2011 soon. several IP cameras which use their own webserver and are accessed directly.
My problem/goal:
Id like to be able to externally access my IP cameras and servers on my home network by subdomain, over port 80. ie: cam1.mydomain.com , cam2.mydomain.com, nas.mydomain.com, etc.
They are currently set up with port forwarding, but many networks where I work out of have all non standard ports locked down so I need them to all be on port 80. As I understand it, this cannot be done at the router level and would need to be done at the webserver level, which is fine.
In essence this is just internally routing to different servers depending on subdomain, which Im hoping is a common problem with a relatively simple solution.
let me know if I left anything out. thanks in advance.
(btw, IIS is preferable to apache if all things equal)


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Deaf children are more likely to experience mental health issues compared to hearing children. This is a fact.
If you are under 18 years old and want mental health support, or you are worried about a young person who has mental health issues, contact your Doctor.
Below are two specialist services for Deaf young people experiencing mental health issues.
National Deaf Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMH)
- This service supports Deaf children and young people aged 0-18 who use BSL as their first language and have emotional or behavioural issues.
- A child can access this service by getting a professional referral. This may come from a teacher, GP or paedeiatrician, any professional working with the child, young person or family.
- Website
Springfield University Hospital
- This is an inpatient service for Deaf children and young people aged 8-18 with severe mental health, behavioral and emotional problems. The hospital sleeps 6 people and all staff use BSL or SSE. Patients receive detailed assessments and personalised support. The team is made up of 'child psychiatrists, a psychotherapist, a clinical psychologist, an occupational therapist, a social worker, a speech and language therapist, child mental health workers, nursing staff, interpreters, and in the school unit, specialist teachers of the deaf'.
- A child can access this service by getting a professional referral from a GP, health professional, teacher or parent/carer.
- Website
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There has been quite a few good questions,( SOCKS!!), come up in the COMMENTS sections at the end of each of the Laundry posts. Be sure to look at the comments section for more laundry information. (Also, thanks to all who have put in suggestions for future topics!)
Couple of things about Laundry that I didn't explain fully:
1. When the little girls are doing their laundry I am with them the whole time helping to keep them on track and I also fold the 2 y.o.'s clothes.
2. Dish cloths, bibs and rags get taken to the washer as soon as they are dirty (this is usually several times a day). Whoever uses the washer next just includes them with their load and brings them to the kitchen after they are done drying.
For those of you who are despairing of ever catching up on your laundry I recommend two things:
1. Set up a new laundry routine that you think will work for your family. Use some of the ideas I have shared and try them out. Put it in writing. Try it for a month and then re-evaluate and fine tune it to suit your needs.
2. Set aside one day, the whole day, and work on the laundry until it is all caught up. Yes, even if you homeschool you can do this! This is your Home Economics class for the week/month/year. Set aside all the usual school subjects. Use this day to teach the children how to sort clothes, load the washer, set the washer settings, add the detergent/fabric softener, clean out the dryer lint catcher, start the dryer, fold clothes and put them all away. You might be thinking to yourself that there will be too much time while loads are running with nothing to do. Ha! Get out all those unmatched socks and have a game of "match the socks". The person who comes up with the most matches wins! If you still have excess time, have the kids go through their drawers and see if there are more unmatched socks hiding and also have them reorganize their drawers. Really ambitious? Have the kids go UNDER THEIR BEDS and pull out everything: toys, books, rubberbands, school books (so THAT is where that book went!), SOCKS, pencils, and don't forget the dust bunnies. You should also use this time to TEACH the children the NEW laundry routine/schedule. Fill the day with fun and prizes! Be creative! Give prizes for best attitude, fastest worker, tidiest drawers, best folder, etc. Don't forget that your GOOD attitude will go a long way in teaching the children that doing laundry and your new routine will be a benefit to the whole family.
March 8, 2006
Laundry - Part Three
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Labels: Children, Chores, Housekeeping, Laundry
12 comments:
- Karen said...
GREAT ideas, Jerri. I will do your "catch-up" idea tomorrow! While my girls are pretty adept at laundry, the boys would actually love to learn, and I think it would be valuable! We only have half a dozen loads to catch up on, but with all of us working on it, how long could it take?
- March 08, 2006 9:46 PM
- Roberta said...
Jerri~ (I am taking a blog break "break", and peaking in...glad I did.) :)
I was going to ask about your laundry separation, but saw you answered it in the comments of the previous post. I think we'll put the whites of dh and ds together on ds's laundry day...YES!...we are getting a plan in motion. Ds will start doing his on Thurs., and he's pretty excited about the responsibilty.
But I gotta say, I chuckled at you suggestion to take a "whole day" to catch up! ;) Try a WHOLE WEEK!!! LOL We "less-naturally-ordered-and-just-buck-up-and-get-it-done Mommas" are not quite on the same page...but I'm learning and just "Gettin' it done!" :)
- March 08, 2006 9:59 PM
- Mom of thirteen said...
You are too funny (a break from your break!)! If you have a week worth of laundry to wash, do you have anything left in your drawers to wear? ;)
Seriously, I have a friend who a LONG time ago, with 3 children at the time, had almost her whole 2 car garage floor covered, and up to 3 feet deep in some places, in dirty laundry! How did it ever get this bad you may ask? She got behind and instead of working to get caught up, she bought more clothes. This became a cycle and the mound on the garage floor grew and grew!
Most of us do not have the money to buy more and more clothes, thankfully! But, it might be tempting to have 2 weeks worth of clothes per person in the drawers and closets, right? I have found the more clothes in the house the more laundry to do and the easier it is to get behind. This cycle is hard to break, but it can be done!
I'm not sure if this helps at all, but I store summer clothes in boxes in the garage during the winter, and winter clothes are stored during the summer. That helps reduce the amount of clothes in the bedrooms and helps me see how much clothing each child really has. It also means we don't have to have tons of dressers in the bedrooms for clothes.
Really quick SOCK funny today: I was digging through the box of snow boots in the garage this morning (it snowed today!) and inside one boot I found a sock! It has been in there since Jan. 2nd when we went up to Mt. Hood to play in the snow. Socks, by nature, can find great places to hide in, can't they?
- March 09, 2006 9:31 AM
- Anonymous said...
thanks for the great attitude reminder as we need to teach especially our girls the good attitude we need to have when doing laundry and the other sometimes monotonous household duties. I know the boys need to know it all too which mine will be taught to help. Lisa
- March 09, 2006 9:39 AM
- Roberta said...
Well...*blush*...we DO have too many clothes. If I could caught up in one day I wouldn't need advice now would I? ;) (said in a silly loving tone).
I think the most helpful was to see how many items your girls have, and to simplify that, and also to have specific days of the week for particular loads. I think this will help me to see what is really being used and how much is actually needed.
Breaks over! :)
- March 09, 2006 11:45 AM
- Jenni said...
Thanks Jerri, I finally had a few minutes to sit down and read your posts about laundry. I'm inspired for when I have more kids! Although I was just realizing that my oldest-3 years- can help me by pushing the basket to his room or carrying things, I need to be more creative in how he can help. They both help in different ways but my youngest -16 months- has a totally different personality, not a people pleaser at all and I really have to work at getting him to want to help. He gets excited about it like if I tell him to go put something in the garbage (which he knows how to do quite well) he will head to the garbage and then at the last minute put it in the sink or the laundry basket. So I find that I have to constantly direct him which I get a little tired of (I'm due with baby number 3 tomorrow so getting up is a little challenging, especially when I know he knows how to do it:). Anyway, any suggestions about directing your littlest ones help? I think I probably know the answer, just being consistent with directing him. I've tried spanking and speaking sternly and speaking with an energetic positive voice and I seem to get the same response, he wants to do his own thing :) Thanks for the posts, those are great!
- March 09, 2006 2:38 PM
- Julie said...
I have to agree about having too many clothes! I can see that this is probably the source of many laundry issues! Also putting away winter clothes during the summer, and summer clothes during the winter. My girls have all their clothes stuffed (and I mean stuffed!) into their dressers, and most of the time during the winter they are pulling out summer clothes to try to wear! It would be much easier to keep those clothes somewhere else and not have to fight over what is appropriate to wear during the winter and how a bathing suit is not one of those things!! lol! I recently went through the drawers and pulled out clothes that no longer fit- which helped greatly also! They grow so fast it is hard to keep up with them! Our kids are blessed to have their own rooms, so we are faced with three different baskets of laundry for them all. I have actually found that it is so much easier this way, because I know who's clothes belong to each of them and they don't get all mixed up. I just wash their colors and whites all together for each kid and haven't had any problems with bleeding etc, I think because I only use cold water?! Ethan(2) is usually the only one around to help with the washing part, and he loves to help put the clothes in the machine. The girls are usually home in time to help with folding and putting clothes away in drawers. It's not perfect, but it is a system. I'm sure it will change as the get older though. Yeah!! :-)
- March 10, 2006 12:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
To help with outgrown clothes, I have a box in my storeroom marked "Outgrown Clothes" (makes sense, huh! LOL). If I notice a child wearing something that is just not right, I'll just pop it in that box until it comes time to box up the end of season clothes. Until I started doing this, I was either annoyed to see that they were still wearing something that was too small or I would "lose" the piece of clothing because I didn't have a good place to put it. Maybe this will help someone.
Great post. I only have 6 (9 down to 8 weeks) and I will begin to work on training them following a similar theme to yours. Up 'til now, I've kinda enjoyed doing washing (call me weird, but it's okay so long as I stay kept up - or my MIL visits and does all the washing!) but I'm finding that folding and sorting clothes is just one more thing to do in the evening. I have plenty of other stuff!
In Him
Meredith in Aus
- March 12, 2006 12:54 AM
- Mom of thirteen said...
A comment that was left here by anon. has been moved to part two's comment box.
- March 14, 2006 5:44 PM
- Kim said...
Just wanted to say how much I am really loving these laundry lessons! I have a mountain of laundry I am trying to get out from under and will be making up a schedule as soon as we get back! Thanks.
- March 15, 2006 8:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
I totally love your laundry idea - I am going to start this with my 6 kids. I look forward to reading more about your large family. I need ALL the help and ideas I can get.
Take Care,
- April 24, 2006 12:27 PM
- Mom of thirteen said...
Thanks for stopping by Shannon!
- April 24, 2006 10:01 PM


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Lenny Kravitz Wants You to Buy Tap Water For a Cause
Rocker Lenny Kravitz is still asking "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" As an actor he's appearing in the movie The Hunger Games in a couple weeks, but as an activist he's thirsty to get you drinking tap water during World Water Week, March 19-25.
While his character Cinna helps a young girl survive her dystopian fate in the upcoming blockbuster, his real life efforts will help millions gain access to safe clean drinking water through UNICEF's Tap Project by rallying fans to pay $1 for a glass of tap water at participating restaurants.The Tap Project is simple: just donate a buck when you ask for a glass of tap water and UNICEF provides 40 kids with clean water for a day -- or one child for 40 days. Your dollar goes far. Every gulp is a good reminder that 900 million people go without safe clean water in the world and half of them are kids.
No stranger to causes, the musician performed at the Gulf Coast Telethon, Live Earth concert in Brazil, has worked with the UN's Millennium Project to end world poverty, and donated a song to Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. Now Kravitz is supporting this clever campaign which coincides with the UN's World Water Day, March 22.
Since it started in 2007, UNICEF's Tap Project has raised over $3 million in the U.S. and brought clean water to more than a billion people in 90 countries. Without access to safe water and basic sanitation, 4,000 children die from waterborne illnesses -- every day. The aim is to cut the number of in half by 2015. This year the focus is on Togo, Vietnam, Mauritania, and Cameroon.
"When you take water, give water"
So whenever you eat out the week of March 19th, find a restaurant that's aboard the campaign at the website and buy a glass of tap water. Also, you can go to a Tap Project event, throw your own "Tappy Hour," donate directly, volunteer, or all the above. There are 48 restaurants near my home who are participating, including yogurt shops, and local events ranging from bake sales and walks to a benefit concert – not with Lenny Kravitz – he's opening in The Hunger Games on March 23.
It's a good time to drink from the tap. If your local eatery isn't on board, ask them to sign up.


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Inspection and supervision of import and export hazardous chemicals is not only an important part of national quality management, but also a part of national security work. General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward in the report of the 19th CPC National Congress: "Establish the concept of safety development, carry forward the idea of life first and safety first, improve the public safety system, improve the safety production responsibility system and resolutely curb serious security incidents", pointing the way for the safety management of hazardous chemicals in the new era.
After the Tianjin Port incident, the domestic supervision of the import and export of hazardous chemicals becomes much stricter. This webinar will interpret the No. 30 announcement of the AQSIQ in 2012, summarize the key points for the regulation of import and export of hazardous chemicals and combine the data of recent years and actual cases to help enterprises better cope with import and export supervision.
Webinar Time:
|Nov 8th, 2018(Thursday)
|Beijing Time (GMT+8)
|English Session One: 10:00-11:00
|English Session Two: 22:00-23:00
- Regulatory Basis
- Detail Interpretation of Key Points of Compliance
- Other National Compulsory Requirements
- Domestic Regulatory Status and Case Analysis
Mr. Alex Zhao
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Mr. Zhao graduated from Beijing University of Chemical Technology with master's degree in chemistry and now is focusing on tracking of chemical management (mainly in GHS and registration of chemicals) globally and experienced in classification and labeling (C&L) and compiling safety data sheets (SDS) in compliance with the requirements of China GHS. He regularly runs training programs on China GHS and hazardous chemical regulations for international companies and provided regulatory compliance service for over 500 enterprises.
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30 Volume (9%) Hair Lightening Kit (£6) – Specially formulated to condition and protect hair while you lighten. Contains 75ml bottle of cream peroxide, 25g sachet of powder bleach, 10ml sachet of moisturising shampoo, gloves, cap, brush and mixing tray.
Cream Peroxide (100 ml): 20 Volume (6%), 30 Volume (9%) and 40 Volume (12%) (£2.50) – for hair bleaching; to be mixed with Powder Bleach.
For quick results, choose 30 Volume (9%) for currently blonde to medium brown hair, or 40 Volume (12%) for currently dark brown hair. However, please note, though it takes a little longer, you can lift the hair much more gently with 3% and 6%.
50g Dust Free Blue Bleach Powder (£2.50) – For all off-the-scalp highlighting techniques. Non-drying. Non-flaking. Mild gentle formulation. Made in France.


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Gateway has introduced the LT2000, a new compact netbook series with 10.1-inch LED-backlit display.
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Healing Homes: An Alternative, Swedish Model for Healing Psychosis
Healing Homes
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The organization, backed by over twenty years of experience, places people who have been failed by traditional psychiatry in host families -- predominately farm families in the Swedish countryside -- as a start for a whole new life journey.
Host families are chosen not for any psychiatric expertise, rather, for their compassion, stability, and desire to give back. People live with these families for upwards of a year or two and become an integral part of a functioning family system. Staff members offer clients intensive psychotherapy and provide host families with intensive supervision.
The Family Care Foundation eschews the use of diagnosis, works within a framework of striving to help people come safely off psychiatric medication, and provides their services, which operate within the context of Swedish socialized medicine, for free.
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As reported by TVByTheNumbers.com, September 28th's edition of Monday Night Raw drew a 2.33 rating and an average of 3.330 million viewers. This rating is lower than the 2.47 rating Raw received for last week's episode and is currently the lowest number of viewers Raw has seen since the switch to the three hour format. According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, with the exception of a Christmas Episode back in 2012 these are the lowest ratings Raw has seen since an episode back in 1997. So why exactly are less and less people watching WWE's flagship show? Well it would be hard to pinpoint one exact issue as to why the ratings are depleting, however there are a number of issues that you can look towards for the drop.
*Three Hours is Too Long
Fans have been complaining about the three hour format of Monday Night Raw ever since it was announced they would be switching to this format back in 2012. Three years later and many of the fans complaints haven't really silenced, as the product has become very stale and difficult to sit through. With three hours being difficult to fill even the staff seem to have problems with the switch. On an episode of The Stone Cold Podcast on the WWE Network Triple H was interviewed by Stone Cold Steve Austin and when asked about what he would change about Monday Night Raw he specifically stated "I'd love it to be two hours", so clearly the choice for it to be three hours goes directly to the boss Vince McMahon.
*Nobody is Getting Over
With the issue of three hours being prevalent issue there is an even bigger issue at hand as well, WWE is overcrowded with nothing but mid card talent. With the exception of John Cena, Randy Orton, and Brock Lesnar, everyone on the roster is treated as though they are just another wrestler and not like a top superstar. As much as Vince McMahon will not admit it wins do matter, wins help a wrestler get over. If a wrestler goes out and loses every match he is in, then he is going to look like a loser in the fans eyes, and if two superstars are trading wins back and forth in a rivalry, then who is going to get over as the winner of the rivalry? A great example of this would be Dean Ambrose, in 2014 he was one of the hottest superstars on the roster, fans wanted to cheer for him as he was chasing Seth Rollins and feuding with Bray Wyatt. However, his 0-6 record on PPV after the Shield split as well as his numerous losses on Monday Night Raw made the Lunatic Fringe quickly blend into the pack as just another wrestler on the roster. Why book everyone to be a loser if you want people to care about the product?
*Excessively Long Promos
With three hours to fill and "too many wrestlers" for the over 20 writers to give a story the writers have to fill most of the three hours with promos. Promos that run about eight minutes long and take forever to get to the point of why the superstar is speaking. This has hurt a number of superstars on the roster because it is difficult to fill this time and not lose the audience. One major example of this is Bray Wyatt, who is without question one of the best talkers on the roster. His presence and character make fans want to see what he has to say, however often he does not say anything in his promos. Imagine how difficult it would be for Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Rock to get over with the crowd if they cut promos that just ran on and said nothing?
*Relying on Old Stars for Ratings
With the ratings for Monday Night Raw getting worse, Brock Lesnar made an appearance on the October 5th edition of Monday Night Raw. Of course it is to set up his match with the Undertaker at Hell in A Cell, but it is also to help the poor ratings. This is a problem that has been going on since 2011 in WWE, they rely too heavily on their usual stars and legends to draw ratings. Instead of creating new stars, WWE goes out of their way to bring back the legends that older fans are familiar with and it does not help the ratings for the long term. They look for that cheap pop of bringing back a legend like Ric Flair or Stone Cold Steve Austin (who is supposedly are going to be on the October 19th edition of Raw). This is going to hurt WWE in the long run, because how are they going to thrive if they cannot draw ratings without Chris Jericho making his 56th surprise return?
With Monday Night Raw well into the autumn season, obviously they are going to see a ratings drop while in competition with Monday Night Football, but this trend of ratings continuously dropping speaks to an even bigger issue. The WWE is clearly losing members of the "WWE Universe" at what should be an alarming rate and it is not getting any better. With John Cena taking time off, it is only a matter of time before Raw's viewers go into two million viewers. It is a shame to see how far the brand has fallen after reaching eight million plus viewers in the Attitude Era.


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Baal seems like a possible suspect as he DID try to save Ananke, and the letter does say to only do so if they can do it in a safe manner. But it being Baal would be a veeery complicated twist, but not an impossible one. Besides his initial punch, he barely fought Ananke, and so far he seems very focused on carrying on her work, except for the killing gods part.
Although now that I think about it, he kinda implied that he would kill a god if they get out of control. I guess we'll find out next arc.
I just finished the first HC and holy crap! I loved Phonogram and I was expecting this to be equally as awesome, but it was better. I can't wait for July
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If Ananke sent it to a God we know then yes Baal is the most likely as Sun/Sky Gods are in charge of fighting the great darkness.
And Baal is the Eldest God.
Well sure but Baal did advise against killing her.
I mean who are the options really. Its not going to be on the rebel side so its Baal, Woden and Ama as the main options of known Gods.
"Underworld Gods"
Morrigan, Baphomet/Nergal, Persephone, Dionysus, Urdr, Lucifer.
"Sky Gods"
Baal, Amaterasu, Woden, Minerva, Inanna.
Tara, Sakhmet.
Interesting issue to kick off the new arc. Both reflective and looking forward. My main thought reading it was that Mckelvie is not on form here. Either that or Wilson is not quite grounding the characters in a few sequences. Some scenes felt sketchy and the figures felt disconnected. I wonder if this issue took Mckelvie out of his comfort zone, with all the darkness, negative space and highlights, and he felt rushed elsewhere.
Plot wise this is an intriguing issue, taking characters into new areas, and entrenching others. How Pesephone reacts will be key.
I worry Dio is setting himself up for a gruesome death, by following in Orpheus' footsteps and seeking the return of a musician from hell.
Well I certainly think when the Cass fires up her machine things are going to go very bad.
Gotta love how Ama leaves out the details.
And yeah Dio is in trouble...this is not a story where the guy who wants to save everyone has a good end...
As for the Sahkmet...she has never been the most sane so I wonder if the other ones go mad does she go sane?
I'm wondering if Nergal/Baphomet isn't a legitimate god, and merely an extension of Morrigan.
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Per takes us through the facility. From the malt grinder to the simmering copper pans. He mentions things like "unpitched wort, yeast room, mash pan and cooling-mantled aluminium tank" . "Here, the beer is cooled for three to five weeks, he smiles, lightly tapping one of the large tanks".
– We actually found remains of the old brewery when we began excavating to build the new one, explains Per Lundmark as he greets us in the Skellefteå Brewery's new facilties, by the riverside in central Skellefteå.
Seth Mikael Franzén was really a shipowner and trader in wooden goods, but then one day he realized that Skellefteå was lacking its own brewery.
– The fact is that the old brewery was Skellefteå's first real industry. At its peak, it employed more than 90 people and beer and soft drinks were produced there until 1976. In 1984, the building was demolished. Now, forty years later, beer is once again being brewed in central Skellefteå.
– In a way, you could say that we've gone full circle, Per remarks with a laugh.
The modern history of the Skellefteå Brewery began four years ago. They were then located at Kallholmen in Skelleftehamn, operating under the name Kallholmen's Malt Brewery.
– We brewed the first batch over the Midsummer weekend of 2011. In the old facilities they could produce a maximum of 120,000 litres, explains Per.
– Today, we have the capacity to brew more than four times as much beer. In the last couple of years, the interest in microbreweries, in Sweden as well as internationally, has truly skyrocketed.
– When Kallholmen was founded, there were 43 active microbreweries in Sweden. Now there are more than 180. We have also noticed that beer now has a completely different status than it used to have. This can be seen, for instance, in the fact that beer is often a natural part of a fine dining experience nowadays.
Despite their name change, the Kallholmen brand is still one of the brewery's flagship brands.
– We work with three completely different product lines. Kallholmen, named after where it all began, Backens, named after where we are today and Seth Mikael, inspired by the Bavarian beer brewed by the Russian Vice Consul. The products are sold all over Sweden, but primarily in the northern parts of the country.
– Backens (literally The Slope's) in particular, is selling really well at many of the ski resorts in the mountain world, Per remarks with a laugh.
The beers that are part of the Kallholmen brand are described as 'living'. This means that the beer continues to develop after being bottled.
– This happens as a result of our brewing process. It is an unfiltered, unpasteurised beer with a distinctive character.
Per takes us through the facility. From the malt grinder to the simmering copper pans. He mentions things like "unpitched wort, yeast room, mash pan and cooling-mantled aluminium tank"
– Here, the beer is cooled for three to five weeks, he smiles, lightly tapping one of the large tanks. At the Skellefteå Brewery, Czech crafting tradition is combined with Swedish Lapland perseverance and pride.
– We brew in the way that it has always been done. That means pure ingredients. Malted barley, hops, yeast and water. Yes, the rest is actually pure craftsmanship.
At the brewery, there are four special tanks. They don't look so special from the outside, but they function in a special way. They are in direct connection with the pumps at the night club next door, Brygg CC.
– You can't serve much fresher beer than this at your establishment, Per says with a laugh. The Skellefteå Brewery offers tours where visitors are guided through the brewing process.
– It is also possible to take the experience even further by combining it with beer tasting at Brygg CC and a visit to the restaurant Bryggargatan Bar och Bistro. Both are right around the corner, the proud brewmaster concludes.
More information about the Skellefteå Brewery can be found online at www.skellefteabryggeri.se


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In Ireland, nothing starts on time. Infact, some things just don't happen at all.
Like busses, which are never where they're supposed to be.
People in Ireland have this mentality of "It'll happen when I want it to happen".
Meetings… Never happen the first time, or second time around. You have to schedule it, email them, book the room and organise the coffee. Then you wait for 10 minutes for them, then you have to go find them and remind them that they're supposed to be in a meeting.
I presented my first training session today.
I was giving training on a new, and rather important piece of software (which I wrote)
I booked out the Boardroom, did the usual Powerpoint presentation, and had it all planned out.
Using my Outlook Skills, I sent a meeting invitation to a list of people who will need to interact with the software in some manner, around 30 in total.
12 people accepted the meeting invitation. 5 declined it.
Of the 5 that declined it, 2 told me they were otherwise busy, the other 3 didn't give a reason at all.
I contacted the 2, and gave them a quick little training session at their desks.
The training was supposed to be at 10am today.
At 10:10, one person arrived. A person who hadn't actually responded to the meeting invitation.
By 10:30, I started training… To 1 person. (and a colleague, who felt sorry for me)
Its now 12:00, and so far only 1 person has come to be to appologise.
The rest have been told that the new software is live, and they're expected to know how to use it because they've all been trained.
Feeding the Blame Mentality in Ireland should be discouraged, but its just too easy.


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Amish Oak Furniture
Amish oak furniture looks great and will stand up to just about anything. It is common knowledge that Amish furniture is reliable and beautiful. One of the things, though, that not everyone knows is that this furniture comes in many different styles and varieties.
Some varieties of Amish oak furniture are listed here:
Bedroom Suite
While you may know that beds are a popular piece of Amish furniture, did you ever stop to think that your entire bedroom suite could be Amish-made? From the bed to the nightstand to the dresser to the hutch to the art on the wall, decorating with Amish oak furniture is a great way to both beautify and simplify your room.
Stereo Cabinets
While you'd be hard-pressed to find any stereos in Amish country, that doesn't mean they don't know how to make stereo cabinets. You can add entertainment centers to this category as well. It really doesn't matter what kind of Amish furniture you seek, it is a safe bet that it is available.
There are a number of different kinds of Amish chairs. One of the most popular style of chair people look into buying are dining chairs. There's nothing that accentuates the beauty of a table quite like some chairs built to complement.
In addition to dining chairs, there are a number of benches for use anywhere from the kitchen to the garden. It doesn't matter where you use it as much as the fact that you own these nice pieces of Amish oak furniture.
The Amish oak furniture you buy should not only be beautiful, but also durable and reliable.


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Khaleejia said: These Ramadan's 60sec. videos can really reach hearts..
August 8, 2011
Beautifull 2011 Ramdan TV Commercials
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Thank you for sharing those videos,it wasnice to watch them.Last one,I didnt understand.Is it about sharing,and the boy is giving his certificate to his mother and father who is divorced???interesting if so...
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u are welcome! you are right about the last video. Actually it is not tv commercial this video was published by emeratweet calling to parents' hearts who are separated. to union as children need both.kind of a social video.
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Sonic Mania Intro Released, PC Delay Announced On Livestream
Sonic Mania is coming out in only a few days, which means the leaks from early copies have come out, including the entire animated intro. As a response to it already getting out there, Sega has released the intro on their own. The intro, much like the pre-order trailer, was animated by the very talented Tyson Hesse, the artist behind the weird and hilarious Hedgehog the Sonic comic.
Sega also held a strange livestream today, advertised on Twitter as containing news about the Sonic Mania. The livestream began with a black screen stating that Sonic the Hedgehog's social media head, Aaron Webber, had overslept and was running late. Soon, others on the video began streaming Sonic Adventure 2 while waiting for Webber. The Twitter voice for the Sonic series eventually came out stating that he was just told that Sonic Mania would be delayed on PC until August 29th, but that pre-purchases would get Sonic the Hedgehog 1 as compensation.
The livestream eventually continued with an unboxing of Sonic Mania's Collector's Edition and ended fairly abruptly.
Check out the very cool intro to Sonic Mania below, as it might be the most sane aspect of Sonic Mania's marketing so far.


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For my whole life I have intense phobia for snakes. Just seeing photos of snakes will give me a panic attack, let alone seeing a real snake.
One evening my boyfriend and I were casually walking in a beautiful garden. He said there was a snake on the sidewalk.
I immediately started screaming and running away but hme kept encouraging me to go near and look at it. He said it's just a baby and non-poisonous. He kept persuading and I kept running.
I know he wanted to push me to face my fear and overcome it, but at that moment I just wanted to punch him. Why didn't he hug me tightly and protect me like a romantic Korean boyfriend?
Afterwards when I thought about this incident, I realise that I always react the same way whenever I face fear and discomfort. I run away.
I hate difficult conversations, so I avoid having them altogether. Whenever I have an argument with people, instead of talking it through honestly and resolving the conflict, I keep resentment and anger in my heart. When I need to do something I'm not confident about, I either procrastinate or say something like, "This sounds like a good idea, but from the practical point of view, I think…." I make up ten thousand excuses why I shouldn't try. I thought I am being rational but mostly I'm in delusional denial.
Fear comes in many forms. Sometimes it sounds like we are concerned and worrying, like a mother protecting her child from falling. Sometimes it sounds like logical thinking.
I have a friend who is known for being critical and analytical. We used to admire his strengths, but after seeing him doing nothing for a long time, we realise that he's just fearful. He is just too afraid to fail. All the big plans he has? He doesn't even need to try, he just analyze and he knows the plans won't work. He even analyzes for his friends and tell them why their plans will not work. Does this sound familiar? I bet you have a friend who always says he wants to do something but doesn't.
The key is to find the sweet spot between fear and courage.
The next time "what-ifs" pop up in your mind, ask yourself, what is the worst thing that can happen? What are the probable scenarios?
And the last question, what are the costs – financially, emotionally and physically – if you do not act upon it?
I thought about all these questions after listening to Tim Ferriss' TED talk about fear-setting. What I found out is the cost of inaction was far greater than the cost of action. I will regret if I don't try, so I have no choice but to take the risk of trying though there is a slim chance of success. This gives me the courage to take a small step forward.
How ever uncomfortable and difficult it is, you can take small actions and face the fear. Fear is paralysing, but if you can acknowledge and tame it, it becomes your fuel.
"Measure the cost of inaction, realize the unlikelihood and repairability of most missteps, and develop the most important habit of those who excel and enjoy doing so: action."
By the way, back to the story, I didn't go near that snake. I walked another route with my legs shaking and palms sweating. Maybe next time I will try to be slightly more courageous. Maybe.
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When The Day Before Is The Day Before
FEMA has released a new promotional campaign trying to get folks to plan and prepare now, because you really never know when something might happen. They say that you never know when the day before is the day before, meaning that you don't know today that a disaster might come tomorrow, so you need to be prepared anyway. Now, I think FEMA is simplistic in what they suggest (get a 72 hour kit, make a plan and stay informed), but what they suggest is easily achievable by nearly everyone, and if everyone did do it, such preps would carry folks through the vast majority of disasters, so it does have some merit.
Anyway, what I particularly like about this promotion is the effort they make to have it hit home everywhere to do away with the "it can't happen here" mentality that we talked about here the other day. They have a map of the US with a different date on each state. If you click on a state, you get the date before something big and unexpected happened, and the story of that disaster.
For instance, in my own state of Virginia, it shows Sept. 17. Clicking on it brings me the story of Sept. 18, 2003 when 20 inches of rains fell with 106 mph winds that knocked out power to 1.8 million people. Here's the page so you can see what happened in your state and what the day before was the day before. I think it is a good interactive exercise, especially to show those who say "it can't happen here."
Here's a link to the press release for the entire National Preparedness Month promotion.


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"Oh, I'm just going to "quickly" check my email…" How many times have you said that and the next thing you know its two hours later? I do it all the time! Since it's the New Year and we're all suppose to look at making changes for the better, I have resolved to improve my use of time andbetter take control of email; here is some interesting information and strategies for "Taming Technology". ...more
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About Liverpool English Centre
Welcome to the first step on your educational journey. Whether it be university preparation programs or career purposes, Liverpool English Centre is here to provide student services and counselling, both academic and personal. As competition for the best jobs increases and as national organisations are being more selective, job seekers and students have become more reliant upon educational services for improving themselves. LEC's English language training service focuses on learner's most demanding challenges – combining traditional and innovative learning methods while helping students retain the knowledge required to attain English language ability objectives. LEC is a fantastic friendly place to meet new friends and access your success. We are right in the centre of the cultural city of Liverpool. The award winning culturally, historical city has a large university student population and is a young, vibrant and exciting city. It has all modern facilities, such as, sports centres, shopping centres, theatres, cinemas and nightspots. It is just 30 minutes to the beach and 2 hours to London by train. LEC is the perfect opportunity to experience your success.
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At Liverpool English Centre we believe in you, we believe in your future and we believe in working with you to find the right pathway to get you to where you want to go. Liverpool English Centre seeks to create a challenging learning environment that encourages high expectations for success through development-appropriate instruction that allows for individual differences and learning styles. Our institute promotes a safe, orderly, caring, and supportive environment. Each student's self-esteem is fostered by positive relationships between students and staff. We strive to be actively involved in our student's learning.
LEC's objective is to open the gateway to your education.
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Wounds heal with the proper care and treatment along with time. Time alone does not heal a wound. If something goes untreated, it can fester and turn into an infection. You need to clean it, put ointment on it, and bandage it up. In some cases, the wound is bad enough to need a bandage change, antibiotics, a tetanus shot, and maybe even a trip or stay in the hospital. You can't leave these sorts of things alone.
The same goes for mental illness and trauma. You can't put it to the side and just hope that it goes away. It doesn't work that way. It needs to be talked about, written about, and shared. It isn't easy; it's super hard to do. But once it's no longer just you in this bubble of pain and hurt, others who love and care for you can help in tending and caring for your mental wounds and scars. That in and of itself is priceless.


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It's here! The annual (And definitive) Punky! Radio Hallowe'en podcast! Always our best show of the year and here's Tony with the proof…
"It's that time of year again so get ready for the best Halloween show around featuring great songs from Kreeps, Pussycat And The Dirty Johnsons, Mothra Slapping Orchestra, Project Marv, CatsMelvin, Zombina And The Skeletones, Arcane Winter and KDV Deviators.
Joanie Hates Jizz, Poetry Corner, Tony has your Facebook comments, Doctors receptionists, Goat Curry, Tony's booked the flights for his holiday, Comedy Suburbs, Tony's International Gig Guide, Zombina, Tony's off to see Russell Brand, San Francisco, Grand Canyon?, Lille Vintage Weekender, Izzatwat, how you can listen to us online and a thanks to Mevio for carrying the show!
Song 1: Kreeps – Vampire Girl
Song 2: Pussycat And The Dirty Johnsons – Burying The Bodies
Song 3: Mothra Slapping Orchestra – Zombie Party Time
Song 4: Project Marv – Once Upon A Slime
Song 5: CatsMelvin – Wrong Side
Song 6: Zombina And The Skeletones – 0-800 666
Song 7: Arcane Winter – Horsefly
Song 8: KDV Deviators – Buried Alive"
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Joel Groover/Shopping Centers Today – Mall landlords are doubling down on a strategy that would once have been unthinkable: reappraising their apparel-based tenant lineups. Several have been outspoken of late about this pivot, a signal to Wall Street of their commitment to this new direction. "If there's any criticism to be made on our industry, it's that we've been way too apparel-focused," Simon Chairman and CEO David Simon said during a conference with analysts this past September.
Both he and Sandeep L. Mathrani, chief executive of GGP, touted their portfolios' lowered exposure to apparel chains during second-quarter earnings calls this summer. In Simon's portfolio the percentage of apparel tenants is now down to the low 40s as an allocation of gross leasable area, according to a call transcript. The exposure to apparel for class-A assets at GGP is also in the low 40s, Mathrani told analysts. That number, which would have stood at about 70 percent at the typical mall as recently as eight years ago, is now down to about 50 percent sectorwide, according to a report by Boenning & Scattergood, a securities, asset management and investment banking firm. So far this year only 25 percent of GGP's new leases have been with specialty apparel retailers, Mathrani said.
CBL Properties is similarly conveying a new approach to tenants. "Our properties are not just about retail or shopping — they serve as gathering places for their respective communities," said Stephen D. Lebovitz, president and CEO of the Chattanooga, Tenn.–based mall REIT, in a press release last month. "They are evolving through the addition of more food, entertainment, service, fitness and other new uses, and we are actively exploring adding hotels, medical, office, residential and education components."
These shifts are notable, given U.S. malls' heavy focus on specialty apparel and accessories over the years, experts say. Back in 2010 the top tenants in the portfolios of Simon and GGP were the same: Abercrombie & Fitch, Foot Locker, Gap and Limited Brands, according to an analysis that year. By contrast, today only a few of GGP's top 50 tenants fall into the specialty-apparel category, according to Mathrani.
The dip in enthusiasm for these stores has everything to do with trends in the category, says Jeff Green, a Phoenix-based retail consultant. "We have been seeing this since the beginning of the year because of the number of store closures in the specialty-apparel segment," he said. "Everybody in the mall space is trying to diversify away from apparel by bringing in entertainment and restaurants, or [by] moving big-box chains into the mall so as to downsize small-shop space."
These moves come just as retailing in general happens to be growing nicely: According to an IHL Group report titled Debunking the Retail Apocalypse, retailers and restaurants this year will have opened 4,080 more units than they have closed. The fastest-growing categories include mass merchandisers, convenience stores and grocery chains. Specialty apparel is another story: By IHL's count, the sector is set to lose 3,137 stores. Among the apparel chains closing stores this year are Abercrombie & Fitch, American Apparel, Ascena Retail Group, BCBG, BeBe Stores, Gap, The Limited, Rue21 and Wet Seal. "Shoe stores are also having a tough go here, and part of that has to do with Payless [ShoeSource] — they're closing 700 stores," said Lee Holman, IHL's vice president of research and product development, during a webinar about the report. Among department stores, JCPenney, Kmart, Macy's and Sears are scaling back store count, with a loss of about 400 department stores in total.
The IHL report underscores the reality that store closings are normal even in times of economic growth. And any notion that all of specialty apparel is in a nosedive is a misconception as well, according to Kelly Sayre, an IHL retail analyst. "The data in our study shows that 2,783 store closings in specialty soft goods are attributable to just nine retailers," Sayre said. "Further, there are no less than 16 specialty soft-goods retailers that are showing a net increase of 20 or more stores for 2017. Five of those are opening more than 50 stores each."
When it comes to apparel retailers and department stores, the real issue is sluggish growth and productivity relative to other tenant types, explains Melina Cordero, head of retail research in the Americas for CBRE. "The traditional mall model that was developed nearly 70 years ago is heavily dependent on categories that are no longer fast-growing or meeting today's consumer demands," she wrote in a September report.
To understand why some of these tenants fall short, start with the cash-strapped consumer, says Paco Underhill, founder and president of New York City–based Envirosell, a behavioral research and consultant firm. According to the Census Bureau, it was only last year that U.S. median household income hit $59,039, surpassing what it had been in 1999. As Underhill sees it, this stagnant income growth goes a long way toward explaining why fewer shoppers are loading up on full-priced fashions at the mall: Once Americans pay for cable TV, mobile phones, Internet access, health and child care, insurance, taxes, tuition and more, he says, they have little money left over for discretionary spending. "There are only two places where you have flexibility in your wallet: one is apparel, and the other is food," Underhill said.
The need for consumers to stretch their dollars to the max is reshaping tenant mixes across much of the retail real estate landscape, says Mark Hunter, managing director of retail asset services for CBRE. "Overall, value and off-price apparel is a growing category," he said. "You're seeing this not only in outlet centers but also in traditional malls and typical power-center-format locations."
In this bifurcated U.S. economy, Cordero says, luxury and discount retailers alike are well positioned, but stores selling branded, midprice apparel and accessories often struggle. "It's the midrange pricing that has been hit the most, and that tends to correspond with the tenants you see in the malls," she said.
In this environment, off-price retailers such as Burlington, Ross and T.J.Maxx are among the winners. According to a September report by JPMorgan, the off-price retail sector will grow by up to $19 billion over the next five years. If current trends hold, department stores will lose about $22 billion in sales during that period. Off-price chains deserve credit for smartly capitalizing on the rise of the value imperative, Cordero says. "Off-price retailers like T.J.Maxx have really invested in their store formats and in their branding and marketing," she said. "Going into a lot of these stores, you do not feel like you're in a bargain basement. There has been a change in the image or the stigma around buying off-price."
Fast-fashion chains Forever 21, H&M, Uniqlo, Zara and others, known for their discount pricing, also continue to perform well in ways that are reshaping mall tenant mixes, Green says. "They've taken a big chunk out of the sales of traditional U.S. apparel chains," he said. As Holman noted during the IHL webinar, so far this year clothing and shoe sales are off by 1.1 and 0.9 percent, respectively, but fast-fashion sales are up by 6 to 7 percent. On the department-store side, IHL cites the deleterious effects of cosmetics and beauty concepts striking out on their own. "Companies like Sephora, Ulta Beauty, Lush and Body Shop are opening individual stores instead of being sections of department stores," said Greg Buzek, IHL's president, during the webinar. "Those are big, big changes that have affected the margins and the traffic within department stores."
Slashing prices is one way for mall-based apparel chains to try to compete, Cordero says, but this is hardly optimal for businesses that had mostly been charging full price before the recession. "Consumers may actually be purchasing the same number of apparel items they were buying 10 years ago," she said. "It is just that the pricing on those items has changed significantly, so the volume, in terms of sales, is actually lower than it once was." Competing in the e-commerce realm, too, tends to become a drag on these chains, Cordero says. "The pressure apparel retailers are facing is much more on the profit-margin end of things as opposed to losing a ton of share to online players," she said. "The problem is that the cost of operating e-commerce is much more expensive than the cost of operating a store. So even as sales may be flat or growing, [retailers'] costs are going up."
But just because specialty apparel is down does not mean it is out, some say. One intriguing possibility is that a breakaway fashion trend could reinvigorate sales, Cordero says. It has been about 12 years since so-called skinny jeans became enormously popular, she notes. "When a fashion trend like that comes out, it then spurs all of these other purchases around that item: certain kinds of tops that go with skinny jeans, or shoes," Cordero said. "There are some in the apparel industry who believe we are overdue for the next new thing." Individual chains can also shine by scoring a hit with shoppers. American Eagle Outfitters, for one, surprised Wall Street by posting same-store sales growth for the second quarter ended July 29. The retailer credited the popularity of its Aerie lingerie, sales of which had jumped by 26 percent.
or well over a decade, Underhill, author of the books Why We Buy (1999) and The Call of the Mall (2004), has urged U.S. mall owners to make their malls more like those in Europe or Asia, where tenants typically include grocers and other nonapparel uses. Now Underhill lauds the accelerating efforts of U.S. landlords to take their properties in this direction. "They are recognizing that if a mall is going to succeed, it has to be more of a destination," he said. "That means bringing in other things that drive traffic. It could be food, electronics — everything from a locksmith to an art gallery."
GGP's portfolio now includes 58 movie theaters, 36 entertainment concepts, 14 fitness centers and 12 grocery stores, as Mathrani noted in his earnings call. The firm has also added mixed-use elements to roughly 75 percent of its properties, he said. The latter tally includes 15 hotels, 6 million square feet of offices and 2,000 residential units. "It's all about location, location, location," Mathrani said. "Our centers are within an hour's drive of 56 percent of the U.S. population."
Already, U.S. malls have doubled the amount of space they lease to entertainment and food-and-beverage tenants, according to the Boenning & Scattergood report. The report writers caution, however, that so far the prime beneficiaries of these moves have been the owners of higher-end malls; those with lots of class-B and 'C' properties will have a harder time replacing department stores or wooing the best nonapparel chains.
"U.S. malls have seen declines in traditional retail categories, particularly among apparel tenants," the analysts wrote. "However, nontraditional retail categories, including food-and-beverage, have seen a consistent increase in sales during the past five years. For the first time ever, the value of restaurant sales surpassed those of grocery stores last year. The operators within our coverage universe have continuously repositioned their store base and tenant mix to maximize tenant sales and rental income."
Apparel trimming seems to be a good fit for many malls.


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Kottacheru: A Short History Of ViolenceJune 14, 2010
This article appears in The New Indian Express on the 27th of June, 2010.
Kottacheru is a village in pieces. There are fragments of it across the countryside – the anonymous, forgotten, cursed Muria people of Kottacheru can be found everywhere but at Kottacheru. It was a village born just 25 years ago when the adivasis from Nagaras migrated there to cultivate land. Then came the war.
'It all started with Pandu.' Laments Aitu (name changed), a refugee from Kottacheru in Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh. A few years before the Salwa Judum, Vanjam Pandu s/o of Maala (23) was a wanted man by the Maoists. They told him they would kill him for some alleged corrupt dealings and he fled his village of Kottacheru and built a shack right in front of the police station at Gadiras, far up north, hoping that he would be safe.
Eventually, he would be apprehended by the Maoists, then brought before the other villagers of Kottacheru and tied up. After a summary 'jan adalat', the Maoists slit his throat.
A while later, his good friend and Sarpanch of Kottacheru, Kovasi Bhime s/o of Idma was killed by the Maoists.
Then there was the infamous Oonga Madkam case. Oonga Madkam (35) s/o Madkam Admaaih was assassinated by the Maoists in 2004. He was travelling by motorcycle between Chetti and Konta – the bordertowns of Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. He was approached by four assailants on two motorcycles. Then shot in the head. And after he collapsed on the ground, one of the assailants crushed his head with a small boulder. The assailants, young adivasi youth, then shouted 'Laal salaam! Laal salaam!' repeatedly and disappeared.
Oonga Madkam left behind four wives, one daughter, seven sons and an unknown number of mistresses. He was also a 'Janpath Adishak', who the Maoists also killed for alleged corruption. The current leaders of the Salwa Judum in Konta had close ties to Oonga Madkam.
Then in 2006, the village of Kottacheru was attacked by the Salwa Judum and five persons, Madkam Deva s/o Bhima, Madkam Admaiah s/o Maasa, Madkam Admaiah s/o Linga, Madvi Deva and his father Madvi Bhudra were killed.
Madkam Admaiah s/o Linga was killed by the Salwa Judum as he tried to save his house from burning down. He was the father of the same Oonga Madkam whose head was smashed in by the Maoists at Konta.
Then on the 6th of February, 2006, the Maoists killed nine personnel of the Naga Battalion with the use of an IED near the village of Kottacheru.
And it still doesn't end there.
'Nine of our people were killed in our village,' Said Maala (name changed), another IDP from Kottacheru. But when I asked him for the names of the killed, he only gave me five names – the five people who were killed by the Salwa Judum. Then another woman, reservedly gave me the name of 'Kovasi Dhoole,' a young woman who was coming home to Kottacheru. And she wasn't clear about how she died.
'Did she die when the Salwa Judum raided the village?' I had asked.
'Did the Maoists kill her?'
She was quiet.
Eventually, over the course of six months, after interviewing over 14 villagers of Kottacheru in three different locations in Khammam district, including Kovasi Dhoole's sister, I managed to piece together the story of Kovasi Dhoole and the story of Kottacheru.
In 2007, Kovasi Dhoole was a young woman on her way from Nagaras to her village of Kottacheru. She was stopped at Errabor police station and allegedly detained against her will. She only reappeared two months later, as a SPO, married to another SPO, a 'turrka' or Muslim, according to the rest of the villagers of Kottacheru. They also alleged that she was forced to become a SPO, and there was no 'consent' in the marriage.
A while later, on the 9th of July, 2007, a combing operation was ambushed near the village of Gaganpalli by the Maoists. 25 security personnel were killed via the use of IEDs placed in the trees and small arms fire. The security personnel retreated out of the jungle and it would take them three whole days to recover the bodies of their fallen comrades. Kovasi Dhoole was one of the injured who was abandoned to the Maoists who found her bullet-ridden body. She was still conscious and breathing. Yet there was no mercy killing. For some reason, the Maoists took her injured body and left it at the road, hoping someone would take her to the hospital.
No one did.
Kovasi Dhoole from the village of Kottacheru, bled to death.
This is the short story of violence in the village of Kottacheru. Now what about the even shorter story of justice for the villagers of Kottacheru?
The National Human Rights Commission's Enquiry Team held a public hearing at Cherla, Andhra Pradesh in 2008 with a few villagers from Kottacheru where they had alleged that their homes were burnt down and looted by the Salwa Judum, and they had given three names of people who were killed by the Salwa Judum and the security forces.
The NHRC team then visited Kottacheru, found the village partially destroyed and completely abandoned. It also could not find any villagers from Kottacheru in any of the Salwa Judum Camps. Thus, they could not ascertain as to who was responsible for the burnings, killings and lootings.
Thus, ends the story of justice for the villagers of Kottacheru. Now what about the shortest story of storytelling for the villagers of Kottacheru?
Anthropologist Nandini Sundar who started to realize the extent of terror and violence unleashed by the Salwa Judum in 2005 had gone to the editors of most prominent mainstream publications and channels and passed on report after report of burnings, lootings, killings and rapes that were taking place in Dantewada and Bijapur District.
'They just couldn't believe it was happening.' She responds, 'It is a bit unbelievable. The extent of violence.'
Six years after the Salwa Judum, a hundred Kottacherus later, things still remain invisible to the mainstream media. Instead about talking about forest rights, land rights, agricultural development, malnutrition, exploitation, hunger, drought, child labour, dispossession, displacement, rehabilitation, they talk about the Maoists. Instead of attempting to understand what is really causing the violence, they're asking about the army. And what is the army really going to do?
Besides create a thousand more Kottacherus?


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