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Primary care physicians can take the lead in helping address these additional comorbidities in their patients with asthma.
Depressive symptoms can affect the way teens with asthma respond to interventions that are aimed at improving their asthma control and quality of life. Depression can modify the degree of improvement in emotional quality of life in response to specific interventions being done in the school setting for urban teens with asthma.
By screening for depressive symptoms in their adolescent patients, physicians can help identify and provide specific interventions for their patients. Primary care physicians can take the lead in helping address these additional comorbidities, such as depression, in their patients with asthma.
My colleagues and I discussed the effects of depressive symptoms on asthma interventions for urban teens in a recent study in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.Depression as Comorbidity in Asthma
Depression has been shown to be a significant comorbidity in patients with chronic respiratory illnesses and in urban teens with asthma.1-3 Many previous cross-sectional, community-based, epidemiological studies have highlighted the relationship between depressive symptoms and increased frequency of asthma symptoms and health care utilization rates.4 Also, young children with asthma whose parents are depressed are known to have higher rates of emergency department visits and health care utilization.5
The prevalence of depressive symptoms in our study of teenagers with asthma (Puff City II) was similar to the state of Michigan's reported overall prevalence of depression of 27.4% for all persons in this age-group.6 This implies that 1 in 4 teens reports depressive symptoms, and this can have a significant impact on their quality of life. The added morbidity of a chronic illness such as asthma in these teens can add to these symptoms.
The rates of adherence to medication and treatment plans have been shown to be lower in depressed teens with asthma.7 Therefore, depression can have a significant impact on asthma symptoms and health care utilization rates.
Physiological measures of lung function alone may not be true indicators of functional status. Therefore, a better understanding of asthma and its associated comorbidities may help lessen the impact of the disease on patients' lives. By addressing these aspects together, physicians can strive to develop disease management strategies that also will affect quality of life positively.
Asthma symptoms may disrupt daily activities, social interactions, and family functioning and this, in turn, affects the quality of life of urban teens. Research into the biological mechanisms of asthma and depression show that these two diseases both are associated with increased proinflammatory mediators. Interventions that target asthma symptoms alone may not be adequate to improve quality of life. Addressing these comorbidities may further enhance the effect of these interventions.
Self-Management Programs
We analyzed data from a randomized controlled trial of a Web-based, tailored asthma management intervention for urban teens to determine whether depression modulates intervention effectiveness for asthma control and quality of life outcomes. Using logistic regression analysis, we found that a lower percentage of treatment students had indicators of uncontrolled asthma compared with controls. However, for teens depressed at baseline, quality-of-life scores at follow-up were significantly higher in the treatment group than in the controls.
Several self-management programs have been developed for asthma and other chronic illnesses.8-13 These measures have been reported to be effective in both school and home settings. They can help patients take ownership of their disease and participate more actively in their disease management. These are structured programs that are targeted toward providing patients with information about their illness, its causes, and its management. They also help promote the learning of coping skills, which helps reduce the psychosocial impact of the illness on the child and the entire family.
In a systematic review and meta-analysis of all self-management studies done in children and adolescents with asthma, educational programs were associated with modest to moderate improvement in lung function, self-efficacy, absenteeism from school, symptoms (number of days of restricted activity, nights disturbed by asthma), and number of visits to an emergency department.14 The educational programs included in this meta-analysis were diverse and targeted children, parents, or both groups.
Single-session educational programs had the greatest reductions in measures of illness and symptoms associated with asthma. Programs based on several sessions achieved the greatest improvement in children's ability to cope with their asthma and reduced the number of emergency department visits.
By examining the impact of depressive symptoms on response to self-management interventions in urban teens with asthma, our study reports a significant difference in emotional quality of life that differed between the teens who reported depressive symptoms versus those who did not. Primary care physicians who take care of patients with various forms of chronic illnesses should recognize this interaction and help address the depressive symptoms in their patients. This may help make their disease-specific interventions more effective.
1. Ortega AN, McQuaid EL, Canino G, et al. Comorbidity of asthma and anxiety and depression in Puerto Rican children. Psychosomatics. 2004;45:93-99.
2. Katon W, Lozano P, Russo J, et al. The prevalence of DSM-IV anxiety and depressive disorders in youth with asthma compared with controls. J Adolesc Health. 2007;41:455-463.
3. Otten R, Van de Ven MO, Engels RC, Van den Eijnden RJ. Depressive mood and smoking onset: a comparison of adolescents with and without asthma. Psychol Health. 2009;24:287-300.
4. Richardson LP, Russo JE, Lozano P, et al. The effect of comorbid anxiety and depressive disorders on health care utilization and costs among adolescents with asthma. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008;30:398-406.
5. Ortega AN, Goodwin RD, McQuaid EL, Canino G. Parental mental health, childhood psychiatric disorders, and asthma attacks in island Puerto Rican youth. Ambul Pediatr. 2004;4:308-315.
6. Michigan Department of Community Health. Michigan epidemiological profile: Focusing on abuse of alcohol, prescription drugs, tobacco, and mental health indicators: State Epidemiology Outcomes Workgroup; 2011.
7. Bender B, Zhang L. Negative affect, medication adherence, and asthma control in children. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008;122:490-495.
8. Chini L, Iannini R, Chianca M, et al. Happy air®, a successful school-based asthma educational and interventional program for primary school children. J Asthma. 2011;48:419-426.
9. Shibutani S, Iwagaki K. Self-management programs for childhood asthma developed and instituted at the Nishinara-Byoin National Sanatorium in Japan. J Asthma. 1990;27:359-374.
10. Espinoza-Palma T, Zamorano A, Arancibia F, et al. Effectiveness of asthma education with and without a self-management plan in hospitalized children. J Asthma. 2009;46:906-910.
11. Chiang LC, Huang JL, Yeh KW, Lu CM. Effects of a self-management asthma educational program in Taiwan based on PRECEDE-PROCEED model for parents with asthmatic children. J Asthma. 2004;41:205-215.
12. George M, Campbell J, Rand C. Self-management of acute asthma among low-income urban adults. J Asthma. 2009;46:618-624.
13. Snyder SE, Winder JA, Creer TJ. Development and evaluation of an adult asthma self-management program: Wheezers Anonymous. J Asthma. 1987;24:153-158.
14. Guevara JP, Wolf FM, Grum CM, Clark NM. Effects of educational interventions for self management of asthma in children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2003;326:1308-1309.


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I'm thinking that one way Jeff and the Stack Overflow team could squeeze some extra money out of this site would be to automatically convert all Amazon links posted here into affiliate links, e.g. Stick "tag=codinghorror-20"
(or more likely a new site-specific tag) onto every Amazon link. This would bring in some additional revenue every time someone purchased a book via a link on this site.
They could do similar things with other links as well. Amazon's simply the most obvious choice.
So my question is, would anyone have a problem with this?
I know I wouldn't mind, but I don't know how other people would react.
What does everyone think? Is this a horrible idea, a great idea, a waste of time?

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Patrizia Gucci has a background as a designer for the fashion house sharing her family's name.
She recently joined the Non-Violence Foundation as an ambassador and has now made her very own unique interpretation of the knotted gun. Her version of the knotted gun finds inspiration in her homeland Italy and by contemporary fashion, such as the butterfly used by the fashion brand her great grandfather started in 1921.
"I love nature and took inspiration by Tuscany landscapes. The bird I designed on the sculpture, brings the branch of olive, symbol of Peace. The butterfly is a symbol of freedom. Flowers represent the nature. Everything is in a good balance and respect. In the nature, we have peace and respect for each other." - Patrizia Gucci.


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Nigeria sues JP Morgan for $875m over negligence on Malabu oilfield deal
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Nigeria has filed a claim against JP Morgan Chase for more than $875 million, accusing it of negligence in transferring funds from a disputed 2011 oilfield deal to a company controlled by the country's former oil minister.
However, a spokeswoman for JP Morgan, according to Reuters, dismissed the accusation Thursday, saying the firm "considers the allegations made in the claim to be unsubstantiated and without merit".
The suit filed in British courts relates to a purchase of the offshore OPL 245 oilfield in Nigeria by oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and Eni in 2011.
At the core of the case is a $1.3 billion payment from Shell and Eni to secure the block that the lawsuit says was deposited into a Nigerian government escrow account managed by JP Morgan.
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The lawsuit said JP Morgan then received a request from finance ministry workers to transfer more than $800 million of the funds to accounts controlled by the previous operator of the block, Malabu Oil and Gas, itself controlled by former oil minister Dan Etete.
The lawsuit said that JP Morgan then transferred the funds to two accounts controlled by Etete, without sufficient due diligence to make sure the money did not leave accounts controlled by the Nigerian government.
The filing seen by Reuters was made in London in November on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and says that JP Morgan acted with gross negligence by allowing the transfer of the money without further checks.
It said JP Morgan should have known that, under Nigerian law, the money should never have been transferred to an outside company.
"If the defendant acted with reasonable care and skill and/or conducted reasonable due diligence it would or should have known or at least suspected … that it was being asked to transfer funds to third parties who were seeking to misappropriate the funds from the claimant and/or that there was a significant risk that this was the case," the filing said.
Late last year, a Milan judge ruled that Shell and Eni must stand trial in Italy, where Eni is headquartered, for a separate legal case in which Milan prosecutors allege bribes were paid to Etete and others as part of the same oilfield deal, including sums that went to Etete's Malabu.
Both Eni and Shell have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in relation to that case. Malabu has never commented on the case.
Shell last year said it knew some of its payment to the Nigerian government as part of the deal would go to Malabu "to settle its claim on the block", but that it was a legal transaction.
There are also ongoing investigations regarding the deal in Nigeria and the Netherlands, where Shell is based.
The license for the offshore block was awarded to Malabu in 1998 under then-President Sani Abacha, but Shell finalised a deal for the block with the Nigerian government in 2011.
A British court, in a judgment late last year that agreed to return to Nigeria $85 million in frozen funds related to the deal, said that Malabu was controlled by Etete.


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Rita Ora Honors Avicii With One-Minute Silence, 'Lonely Together' Performance at Netherlands Festival (VIDEO)
Rita Ora paid homage to her late friend and "Lonely Together" collaborator, Avicii, with a special show and moment of silence for the EDM star who passed last week.
While in the Netherlands for her 538Koningsdag Festival appearance on Friday night (April 27), the British songbird fought to hold back her tears as she paused her set to tribute the departed DJ with a one-minute silence before performing the track they created together.
"I'm going to say something which is really, really special because it's going to be hard for me to sing this next song and I'll tell you why," the 27-year-old star led her speech. "I had the honor of collaborating with somebody who changed my life and he's a really good friend of mine and I heard some DJ's playing some of his music earlier."
"I haven't sung his song that we did together, ever since he passed away, until today. So it's going to be very hard for me to sing this next song," Ora ended, leading a crowd of approximately 40,000 in a minute's silence in Avicii's honor before beginning her set.
On April 20, 2018, the Swedish hitmaker, born Tim Bergling though remembered by his stage name, Avicii, was found dead in Muscat, Oman, from an apparent suicide.
The news of Avicii's departure arrives two years after the musician stated his early retirement from performing and traveling to concentrate on his health and wellbeing. It had been implied by Avicii's friends and family that the electronic star had suffered health complications and reportedly battled alcoholism in recent years. He was only 28.
Watch Rita Ora's moving tribute above.


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Listening to the lives behind the foodbank statistics
21st October 2015
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MPs and peers discussed tackling UK poverty.
The Trussell Trust, along with dozens of representatives from its UK network of foodbanks, were in parliament yesterday speaking with MPs and Peers about the work they do to combat hunger and poverty.
Hosting the event, Chris White MP commended the varied work of the Trussell Trust's foodbanks, particularly noting "the range of services offered by the Trust, including financial advice and life skills training."
Parliamentarians were more than aware that they need to do their bit to tackle poverty including looking into problems with welfare delivery. 44% of people referred to foodbanks are there due to delays with or changes to their benefits. The room went away with a renewed sense of purpose to do more to solve issues for the poorest and most vulnerable people in our society, at an important time for decision makers who are currently considering proposed tax credit changes.
Attendees heard voices and stories from the front line, including foodbank project managers from Wandsworth and Glasgow. Dave, a former client of Dundee foodbank explained the problems he faced having struggled with depression and benefits issues. Other speakers included Chris Mould, Chair and David McAuley, CEO of the Trussell Trust, as well as Martin Lewis, writer, broadcaster and founder of Money Saving Expert.
Over 1,200 centres make up the Trussell Trust's network of foodbanks across the UK, providing a minimum of 3 days-worth of nutritionally balanced food to those in crisis. During 2014-2015 Trussell Trust foodbanks gave food parcels for over one million people, including 400,000 children.
The majority of referrals to Trussell Trust foodbanks were due to welfare changes and delays, and thus the charity has been able to provide policy makers with a unique insight into problems surrounding welfare delivery and offer informed recommendations to remedy these issues.
Alongside emergency food provision, The Trussell Trust is developing More Than Food to allow their network of foodbanks to extend the help they can offer to clients. Martin Lewis – founder of Money Saving Expert – spoke about a ground breaking financial triage pilot which was introduced into eight Trussell Trust foodbanks in September last year. Clients visiting the foodbank were provided with professional advice from debt charities locating staff at the foodbank to help them structure debt repayments, avoid payday lenders and solve underlying causes of their crisis. This is just one example of how the Trussell Trust is working to bring those referred to their foodbanks out of the cycle of poverty.
Other services being introduced into foodbank centres as part of More Than Food include; welfare advice, school holiday meals and fuel banks.


text: AP |Matthew Lee and Josh Lederman?: The Trump administration is opening talks with Saudi Arabia on a potentially lucrative atomic energy agreement that's inextricably linked to an Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran. At stake: billions of dollars in contracts for U.S. companies and bigger questions about America's ability to keep friend and foe alike from reaching nuclear weapons capability. Energy Secretary Rick Perry will lead an interagency U.S. delegation to talks with the Saudis in London on Friday, two administration officials and three outside advisers said. The meeting comes as the Arab powerhouse explores a civilian nuclear energy program, possibly without restrictions on uranium enrichment and reprocessing that would be required under a U.S. cooperation deal. But there's a catch: The Saudis have indicated they might accept such curbs if a separate nuclear deal with its arch-foe Iran is tightened, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The separate negotiations, over Saudi and Iranian nuclear capabilities, put American officials in the middle of the great balance-of-power of the modern Middle East. The Saudis are loath to sign away their ability to move closer to bomb-making capability while Iran is bound by a 2015 nuclear accord that will become increasingly lenient next decade. When President Barack Obama blessed the nuclear compromise with Tehran, his officials insisted they weren't weakening nonproliferation standards for everyone else. But that difficult task has fallen to President Donald Trump. And the Saudis, among his closest allies, are now asking a simple question: If Iran can enrich, why can't we? "Our objective is we want to have the same rights as other countries," Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said this month at a security conference in Munich. At issue on Perry's trip is what's known as a "123 agreement." Without one, U.S. nuclear energy firms like Westinghouse would lose out on business opportunities with the Saudis. American officials and outside advisers said the Saudis have dangled the prospect of such contracts if new restrictions are imposed on Iran's nuclear activity. Trump shares many of the Saudi concerns over the Iran deal, which he's called the worst ever and repeatedly threatened to walk away from. In January, he vowed he wouldn't issue more waivers of U.S. sanctions � an Iran deal requirement � unless it's amended to prevent Tehran from gradually resuming a variety of currently banned nuclear activities. Such talks, primarily with Europe, are thus taking on added importance ahead of a mid-May deadline for more Trump waivers. Trump has identified four specific problems that must be addressed, including two not covered by the deal: Expiration dates on some nuclear restrictions, inspection rules for Iranian military sites, ballistic missile work and Iranian activity in countries around the Middle East � where it has helped Syria's government in a civil war and aided Yemeni rebels in another. A team led by the State Department's policy planning chief Brian Hook has met twice recently with European officials, in London last month and Paris last week. It's seeking Europe's commitment to re-impose sanctions with the U.S. if Iran violates a new set of nuclear restrictions. A third meeting is set for Berlin in March. British, French and German official have been receptive to the ideas, according to the U.S. officials and advisers. The focus is on a supplemental agreement addressing Trump's concerns without unravelling the original Iran deal, padded by European promises to consider tougher responses and sanctions for Iranian missile activity, support for Hezbollah and other non-nuclear matters. As it is now, Iran can use thousands of centrifuges and enrich uranium, albeit to levels far short of weapons-grade material. Under 123 agreements, foreign countries can buy U.S. nuclear technology and the nuclear know-how that comes with it if they agree not to enrich uranium and reprocess plutonium. Both can be used for nuclear weapons fuel. The irony that an agreement designed to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon lets it do more than its rivals isn't lost on Saudi Arabia � or other countries that have voluntarily limited the scope of their programs. At least 23 countries have such agreements with Washington, including South Korea, South Africa and Vietnam. The United Arab Emirates entered into a 123 agreement with the U.S. in 2009, one of the strictest ever reached. When the Iran deal was reached, the Emirati ambassador to Washington told Congress his country "no longer felt bound" by provisions preventing the UAE from enriching. While Trump has aggressively courted the Saudi government, seeing the Sunni-led powerhouse as a bulwark against Shiite Iran, there is near universal agreement among national security experts that allowing any country to introduce nuclear weapons in the volatile Middle East would be a terrible idea. Currently, the only Mideast country believed to possess a nuclear arsenal is Israel. But there are also concerns a U.S.-Saudi disagreement will lead the kingdom to turn to U.S. rivals Russia and China, whose state-owned nuclear companies are competing to build reactors in Saudi Arabia. That would give the United States even less insight into Saudi Arabia's nuclear activities in the future. The overlapping issues have Iran deal opponents insisting tougher rules on Iran is the easiest solution. "A fix puts the administration in a much better position with the Saudis," said Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. "It's a critical step in demanding adherence to the 'gold standard' as opposed to the Iran standard."


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Posted on Friday, May 17th, 2013 by Veronica Martzahl
The DCA is pleased to announce that the finding aid for the papers of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice is now available.
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice was founded in 1981 by Lois Marie Gibbs. The organization began as an information clearinghouse for environmental health issues and developed into an organization that focuses on raising awareness for environmental health concerns and assisting communities, organizations and individuals faced with environmental threats. CHEJ publishes a quarterly newsletter, Everyone's Backyard, and works on campaigns that raise awareness of significant environmental threats to communities across the country and abroad. CHEJ works by conducting conversations with community leaders about their problems and provides advice, leadership training, education and assistance. Through this approach they are able to address a large number of environmental threats and empower communities to take action on their own.
Ms. Gibbs will be on campus this weekend to receive an honorary doctor of public service degree at Tufts' commencement on Sunday, May 19, 2013.


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This is the coordination page for MTJ 1.0 RC2 testing effort.
The build is now available !! Please download it here
Organization and Sign up
This is the first organized testing effort for MTJ project. Please before start testing, make sure to fully read the Test Instructions
The tests cases are available here
In the bottom, there is a list of features that are signed up to be tested. You may add your name to the Signup matrix below and filling the MTJ feature column with the feature(s) you would like to test. Thanks for your support.
Signup Matrix
Tester Name (Company) | Client Platform | MTJ Feature | Comments |
Edson Lima (CESAR) | Mac OS X | All | none |
Edwin Carlo Ribeiro Marinho (CESAR) | Ubuntu 8.04 | All | none |
Juarez Vanderlei Guimarães Junior (CESAR) | Windows XP SP3 | All | none |
Felipe Moreira Duarte de Melo (CESAR) | Windows Vista Business SP 1 | All | none |
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Cireson hat eine neue Version der Asset Management App für SCSM veröffentlicht, anbei ein Artikel in englisch der die neuen Features vorstellt.
After recently releasing the newest version of the Asset Management app for Microsoft System Center (Features Press Release), this post goes a little more in depth to explain some of the amazing features included in this latest release. Always striving to make life easier and more productive for those who use and implement SCSM, they put a lot of thought into the features clients asked for and updates everyone was clamoring for.
Highlighted below are a few of notable enhancements, including the Cireson full Asset Catalog, Location to IP Awareness, Contract Management and Reporting.
The full Asset Catalog found within the Cireson Asset Management app allows users to define standard hardware types, as well as information such as model, manufacturer, and price. With access to a comprehensive yet simple and informative page view with all the relevant information in one place, users can better manage the standardization of asset types no matter what the scale of the organization.
Location to IP Awareness is now also an incredibly exciting feature. This function tracks where hardware assets exist, and also allows for hardware to location awareness based on IP address – information which is provided by System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. This is a great example of how Cireson works to utilize all System Center components in order to provide the most insightful and rich experience possible.
Expanding on the extensive Contract Management capabilities of the Asset Management app, the new version boasts the ability to perform full contract management with different types of contracts that relate to various software and hardware assets under management. Support and maintenance contracts, leases, and warranties represent the main areas of contract management. Highly unique to the Cireson app is the ability to manage contract status via a built-in SLA engine, with notifications upon near breach or expiration of a contract's end date.
In addition, the superior reporting functions of this new version allows for comprehensive reporting based on asset data from the data warehouse and cube reporting engine within Service Manager. These rich out-of-the-box reporting solutions cover contract, hardware asset, license, and software asset reports, amongst others.
Other enhanced capabilities of the Cireson Asset Management app now include, app metering data tracking against software asset types to understand installation vs. utilization vs. purchased count, and over 250 brand new features that make the System Center Service Manager experience better than ever before.
For more information, videos, and overviews relating to Cireson Asset Management for System Center, visit the app store at www.cireson.com.
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Play the Erhu in GarageBand for iPad
The erhu is a traditional Chinese instrument with a short body and a long neck. The strings are tuned in fifths. The bow is never lifted from the strings, but passes between them, producing a continuous, voice-like sound. Playing styles include glissando, grace notes, trills, vibrato, and a characteristic horse effect, which uses upper glissando harmonics and deep vibrato.
Open the Erhu
Tap the Browser button , swipe to World, then tap the Erhu button.
Use the chord strips
Tap the Chords/Notes button to switch to Chords view.
To play glissando, swipe a chord strip up and down. You can also tap to play individual notes.
You can add your own custom chords to play.
Play a pattern
Tap the Chords/Notes button to switch to Chords view.
Drag the Autoplay slider to one of the numbered positions.
Tap a chord strip. Tapping a different chord strip plays the same pattern with the notes of that chord.
Tap the chord strip again to stop the pattern playing.
Play individual notes
Tap the Chords/Notes button to switch to Notes view.
Do any of the following:
Play notes: Tap the strings on the fingerboard. Move your finger horizontally to glissando between notes. Move your finger vertically to play notes louder or softer.
Add a grace note: Touch and hold the Grace Note button as you play.
Play trills: Touch and hold the Trill button as you play. You can control the speed of the trill by moving your finger away from or towards the button.
Use the horse effect: Touch and hold the Horse Effect button as you play.
Play notes of a particular scale: Tap the Scale button , then tap the scale you want to play.
Add vibrato
Drag the Vibrato slider to the right. You can also control the amount of vibrato by tilting your iPad.
Download this guide: PDF


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If you're interested in Trinidad's native Amerindian culture, consider a visit to Arima, which is in the island's hilly interior 16 mi/26 km east of Port of Spain.
The island's third-largest city, Arima has a small museum in the Santa Clara Carib Community building with an extensive collection of Amerindian artifacts and a craft center. (The museum and the center are run by a group of people who are descendants of the island's original settlers.)
There is also horse racing at Santa Rosa Park in Arima. Phone 868-646-1986.
On the way to Arima from Port of Spain, you can see the Spanish Church in Arouca and the Ajoupa Hut, representative of pre-Columbian shelters.
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Poisons are abilities that enable Assassination rogues to coat their weapons with poisons. When a poisoned weapon strikes an enemy it has a chance of applying a debuff that damages, slows, or otherwise hinders the enemy, depending on the poison applied. First available at level 2, poisons are a core part of the Assassination rogue and their use is required to maximize effectiveness in most situations.
Poisons are considered a temporary (1-hour) weapon enhancement. Poisons do not stack with other temporary weapon effects such as a Blacksmith's sharpening stones or weightstones or Alchemist's oils. Only one such temporary weapon enchantment can be active on a weapon at a time.[citation needed]
Some rogue abilities and specializations increase the effectiveness of poisons.
Poisons are learned by the rogue as they level, either automatically or via talents. A rogue can only have one Non-Lethal and one Lethal type of poison at the same time.
- Non-Lethal
- [Atrophic Poison] (row 3 class talent)
- [Crippling Poison] (level 10)
- [Numbing Poison] (row 3 class talent)
- Lethal
- [Amplifying Poison] (row 7 Assassination talent)
- [Deadly Poison] (row 1 Assassination talent)
- [Instant Poison] (level 10)
- [Wound Poison] (level 23)
The following abilities, talents, and items directly relate to Rogue poisons:
- Master Poisoner
- Rogue ability
- Passive
- Increases the non-damaging effects of your weapon poisons by 20%.
- Poisoned Knife
- Level 29 Assassination rogue ability
- 30 yd range
- 40 Energy
- Instant
- Throws a poison-coated knife, dealing (16% of Attack power) damage and applying your active Lethal and Non-Lethal Poisons.
Awards 1 combo point.
- Venomous Wounds
- Assassination rogue ability
- Passive
- You regain 6 Energy each time your Garrote or Rupture deal Bleed damage to a poisoned target.
If an enemy dies while afflicted by your Rupture, you regain energy based on its remaining duration.
Weapon speed[]
Faster weapons do not always increase the rate at which you apply a poison: unlike the other poisons (which have a fixed chance per hit), [Wound Poison] use PPM (proc-per-minute) mechanics. This means that even on a very slow weapon your Wound Poisons will add the same amount of DPS (damage per second) as on a fast weapon.
The argument for using slower weapons is this: based on your weapon speed and your poison's PPM, an average proc chance is calculated that will be used every melee swing. However, your special attacks (Sinister Strikes, Mutilates, etc.) can also deliver your poisons, and they use this very same calculated proc chance. So equipping a slow weapon results in an increased chance of applying poison with your special attacks, which, of course, are not restricted by your weapon speed. The difference in damage is rather minimal though, so people often just follow the "slow MH, fast OH" because they could always put Crippling/Deadly/Mind-Numbing on their OH without much-reduced effect.
Prior to patch 3.0.2, Rogues made their own poisons using a Poisons skill. Poison ingredients were purchased at Shady Dealers or reagent vendors, found in junkboxes obtained through Pickpocketing, or gathered with Herbalism. Once you had the Poisons skill, you had to level it like a profession. You had a skill level that you could increase by making poisons that still gave skill. Unlike professions, you did not need to purchase the ability to skill up beyond the 75, 150, 225, and 300 limits. Instead, your current skill limit was simply five times your current level. There was no poisons trainer; instead you learned new poisons from the Rogue trainer, subject to meeting the level and skill prerequisites. Poisons did not count towards your two-profession limit, despite its similarities to other professions. As of the time of their removal, there were seven ingredients and six poison recipes: Crippling, Mind-Numbing, Instant, Deadly, Wound, and Anesthetic. Most of these types would continue to exist in some form in later expansions but sold ready to use directly from the vendor.
Previously Rogues could buy [Anesthetic Poison], which was used to dispel enrage effects. In patch 4.0.1 the ability to dispel enrage effects was built into [Shiv], making this poison obsolete. It is no longer sold by common vendors, although you can still buy a non-functional version from Jeeves (likely a bug).
After patch 5.0.4 the items were completely removed from poison vendors and made into an ability.
Formerly, the quest chains detailed below were required for all rogues to access Poisons—this is no longer the case and the ability becomes available for purchase upon reaching level 10. The quests remain, however, as Rogue-only quests.
- Alliance
Go to the Old Town in Stormwind. Master Mathias Shaw at SI:7 headquarters offers the first quest in the chain, [20] Mathias and the Defias. The quest takes you to a tower on the southern border of Westfall near Stranglethorn Vale, along the river, and requires a skill level of 70 in Lockpicking to complete. After completing [24] Klaven's Tower, the second quest in the chain, you will gain the ability to buy poisons.
- Horde
Go to the Cleft of Shadow in Orgrimmar and complete [20] The Shattered Salute. The Horde quest chain is difficult to solo at level 20, but two level-20 characters or a solo Rogue around level 23 should be able to complete it. The two main quests (including [21] Mission: Possible But Not Probable which requires a skill level of 70 in Lockpicking to complete) in the chain take you to a tower in the northeast corner of the Barrens. When the quest objectives are completed, the Rogue will be poisoned with a very slow-acting poison debuff. After turning in the quest at the Cleft of Shadow, the Rogue travels to Tarren Mill in the Hillsbrad Foothills, where s/he will be cured of the poison debuff (though the poison is easily curable through a variety of other means as well) and gain the right to buy poisons.
Patch changes[]
- Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Poisons are now exclusive to Assassination.
- Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Poisons have been redesigned into separate abilities instead of items. Instant Poison removed.
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Many class talents, spells, and abilities have been overhauled, added, or removed.
- Rogues now learn Poisons at level 10 (down from level 20), Rogues can now poison their Ranged weapon, Anesthetic Poison has been removed ( [Shiv] now dispels Enrage effects), poisons no longer have multiple ranks and now scale with character level, several abilities and talents related to poisons have changed, Glyph of Poisons added.
- Rogues now learn Poisons at level 10 (down from level 20), Rogues can now poison their Ranged weapon, Anesthetic Poison has been removed ( [Shiv] now dispels Enrage effects), poisons no longer have multiple ranks and now scale with character level, several abilities and talents related to poisons have changed, Glyph of Poisons added.
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Damaging poisons now scale with attack power. Poisons skill removed. All finished poisons are available on vendors rather than created by the rogue.
- Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): All poisons will now enchant the weapon for 1 hour, increased from 30 minutes.
- Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Poisons: The difficulty of dispelling these is now based off the level of the player, not the level of the weapon the poison is applied to. Rogue poisons no longer have charges.
- Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19): Temporary item buffs (e.g. poisons, sharpening stones and shaman weapon buffs) will persist through zoning or logging out. A number of items have had their stacking limits increased including leather, enchanting dust/shards and rogue poisons/reagents among others.
- Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Applying Rogue poisons will no longer break Stealth.
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Jetpack supplies you with a very easy to use contact form for your WordPress site. This plugin enhances that contact form by allowing you to send a custom automatic reply to anyone who fills in the form.
Plugin features
- Craft your custom reply message using the WordPress WYSIWYG editor
- Set a unique from name and address for auto replies
- Include user info in auto reply (name, email address, message content, etc.)
Want to contribute? Fork the GitHub repository.
Installing "Jetpack Contact Form Auto Reply" can be done either by searching for "Jetpack Contact Form Auto Reply" via the "Plugins > Add New" screen in your WordPress dashboard, or by using the following steps:
- Download the plugin via WordPress.org
- Upload the ZIP file through the 'Plugins > Add New > Upload' screen in your WordPress dashboard
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
- The automatic reply isn't sending! Why doesn't this plugin work?
First make sure that you have set up your auto reply to work with all the settings active (Jetpack > Auto Reply). If all of that is setup correctly then the problem will either be that your server is not allowing mails to be sent, or the emails are being sent, but being marked as spam.
- What if I don't want to show my email address to everyone who contacts me?
You can set a custom from name and address for your automatic reply, so you can use any email address (real or fake) that you like.
- How do I include the sender's name in the auto reply email subject?
You can include any of the contact form fields in the subject by adding the field label like this:
{Field label}
– e.g.{Name}
. This is case-sensitive. - How do I include the sender's message in the auto reply?
Just like with the subject, you can include any of the contact form fields in the auto reply email by adding the field label like this:
{Field label}
– e.g.{Comment}
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"Jetpack Contact Form Auto Reply" is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Keywords: holds, canceling requests
Though it is preferred that you almost always cancel your PCIRC items with re-request so that the request gets routed to another institution to be filled, there are instances where canceling, with no re-request, is appropriate.
- When it is known that no further requests are needed; that is, the patron no longer needs the material.
- When you are FILLING the request with a non-returnable item, e.g. a copy of a microfiche or a photocopy of a very small document (a couple of pages). In this case, you are actually filling the request, but you are not 'checking' the item out. You may want to wait a couple of days to cancel the request so that user gets the item before his request disappears off the screen (and he just requests it again!).


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This week the Senate Republican leadership unveiled its Obamacare replacement plan. Like its House counterpart, the misnamed Senate plan retains most of Obamacare's core features.
Both the House and Senate plans allow states to obtain waivers providing relief from some Obamacare mandates, although the waivers in both bills are too restrictive to be of much value. For example, the Senate's bill does not allow states to have waived two of Obamacare's most destructive mandates — guaranteed issue and community ratings.
The healthcare debate is dominated by emotional rhetoric about how government-run healthcare is necessary to protect the vulnerable. For example, in May, Jimmy Kimmel Live host Jimmy Kimmel delivered a touching monologue about his newborn son's open-heart surgery. Mr. Kimmel ended his monologue with a plea to retain Obamacare so all children can obtain life-saving treatment. After the monologue became a national sensation, many suggested that any Obamacare replacement plan be judged by a "Jimmy Kimmel test."
Every decent human being supports a healthcare system that ensures children have access to medical care. However, this does not mean every decent person should support government-run healthcare. In fact decent people should oppose all forms of nationalized medicine.
Government intervention in healthcare distorts the marketplace with mandates, subsidies, and price controls. As is the case with any goods or services, price controls in healthcare result in shortages and even price increases as providers look for ways to offset their losses caused by the controls. This is why many Americans have seen their health insurance premiums skyrocket under Obamacare.
Government-run healthcare can be deadly. Anyone who doubts this should consider the case of Laura Hillier, an 18 year-old Canadian who passed away from leukemia while on a government medical treatment wait list. This is one of many horror stories from Canada, and other countries with nationalized healthcare, of individuals who died while waiting for their turn to receive medical treatment.
One need not look to Canada to find casualties of government intervention in healthcare. In 2013 Sarah Murnaghan, a ten-year-old cystic fibrosis patient, almost died because of federal rules forbidding children her age from receiving organ transplants. Public outcry eventually forced the government to allow Sarah to receive the transplant, but how many Sarahs have died because of government organ transplant rules?
The Jimmy Kimmel test is a valid way to evaluate healthcare proposals. However, there should also be a Laura Hillier or Sarah Murnaghan test forbidding adoption of a new healthcare system that increases healthcare costs, creates healthcare shortages, or allows government to deny anyone access to healthcare.
The free market meets all these tests. In a free market, doctors voluntarily donate their time to help those in need, while private charities and churches fund charity hospitals and clinics. Such a system flourished in the days before Medicaid and Medicare, and would quickly return if the welfare state is eliminated.
Congress should be working to repeal all federal interference in healthcare, including by shutting down the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA raises the cost of medicine, denies Americans access to effective treatments, and prevents individuals from learning about cost-effective ways to improve their health.
Unfortunately, a Congress that so quickly abandons its promise to repeal and replace Obamacare will not restore free-market healthcare — or otherwise reduce the welfare-warfare state — unless forced to do so by an economic crisis or demands from a critical mass of pro-liberty Americans.


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CFP: Circus Culture (11/1/06; PCA/ACA, 4/4/07-4/7/07)
The Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention
of The Popular Culture Association &
The American Culture Association will take place
April 4-7, 2007
Boston Marriott Copley Place
110 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
This will be the eleventh meeting of the Popular Culture
Association Circuses and Circus Culture interest group.
We invite papers that explore the past and present of circus
as art, craft and a unique form of popular culture. Circus,
a continuously evolving tradition of live entertainment,
lends itself to scholarship from many perspectives.
Some previous papers:
--The Jack London Club: The Circus and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement
--Dan Rice, 19th Century Circus, Twentieth Century Myth
--Historic Themes in Ringing Brothers Spectacles
--West Meets East: The Western Impact on Traditional Chinese Circus
--The Savage East in the Wild West: Buffalo Bill's Reenactment of the Boxer Uprising
--Circus Related Crime and Deviance
--Images of Female Circus Performers in Painting and Popular Culture
--Sacred Play: A Seeker's Guide to the Circus
Our panels have been diverse and fascinating. We invite you
to join us. Send a fifty word abstract of your paper
by October 31, 2006 to PCA Circuses and Circus Culture Chair:
Robert Sugarman
P.O. Box 407
Shaftsbury, VT 05262
Phone: (802) 447-7179
Email: bobsugar_at_adelphia.net
From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List
Full Information at
or write Jennifer Higginbotham: higginbj_at_english.upenn.edu
Received on Sun Jul 09 2006 - 09:29:19 EDT


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His behavior started fairly innocently. He was happily married but there were occasions that his wife would work late. During these times, on occasion, he would call a "chat line." The conversations started out innocent enough but he didn't realize that he was being fleeced. God speaks about this. He says,"with persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk." The young lady on the other end of the phone started flirting with him and tapped into his ego. The next time he called her, she talked about how wonderful he was and how he helped her not to feel so lonely. A few calls later, the trap was sprung. He gave her his credit card number so that she would "tell him things that she knew he wanted to hear." His calls continued with greater frequency. He would get out of bed where his wife was sleeping to call this young lady. She was always available to him and would say things that his wife would never say.
He started to feel guilty and talked to the young lady about not calling her anymore. That is when she set the hook. She told him that she was a college student and that she needed the money to pay for school. She admitted that she did this with just a few men and that they "weren't doing anything wrong."
He looked at me and said, "but, I'm not cheating!!! I'm not having sex with her. We're just having a little fun . No one's getting hurt and I'm helping her pay for her education."
I cautioned him about his behavior. I explained to him what such behavior leads to. That's when he said, "funny you should say that...." He then proceeded with this all too familiar story:
This young lady suggested that they meet. It was a town that he visited on business often. She explained that she offered private services to help men feel more masculine and perform better in bed. She explained that he would enjoy it as "most men do."
He went to the house that she and several other young women (who were working their way thru college too) used to "help men." There was never any intercourse. He was "learning how to let a woman be in charge." He found these lessons exhilarating. He paused in his story, "but, I'm not cheating!!! We aren't having sex and I really like how she makes me feel." It's as if he was trying to convince himself more than he was trying to convince me.
I would love to be able to tell you that this man conquered this illicit behavior but I cannot. His life became a disaster.
One night when he was talking to this young woman on the phone, his wife happened to be listening on the extension. The next day, when he got home from work, he found his belongings on the yard, the locks changed and a court injunction prohibiting him from ever seeing his wife again. The divorce proceedings were quick and he soon found himself on the street with no home.
I haven't had any contact with him since. I don't know where he is and I don't know if he got help. I do pray for him, hoping that he has turned to God and is living a life that represents Christ well.
Why do I tell you this story? I guess you need to know that it is easy for men to rationalize their sinful behavior. Men have a tendency to compartmentalize their behavior and think that their lives cannot be affected.
God has something to say about this. "The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be."


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Start Your Path To Better Hearing
Cell Phone Accessories
Although the FCC now requires that hearing aid compatible (HAC) cell phones meet strict guidelines for quality, some hearing aid users wish to further improve their cell phone experience. Add-on devices and cell phone accessories can make cell phones even more compatible with hearing aids.
Many cell phones can be used with hearing aid telecoils. Hearing aid accessories that provide a hands-free option may also be helpful.
What Is A Telecoil?
Telecoil (also known as t-switch or t-coil) is a telephone switch feature that is now built in to about 45% of all hearing aids. If you are unsure if your hearing aid has this feature, contact your hearing specialist or the hearing aid manufacturer.
HAC devices and accessories support hearing aids that have the telecoil feature.
You can use a Bluetooth accessory and have a Bluetooth signal sent to your telecoil through a neckloop or earhook silhouette from phones that support Bluetooth technology.
What Is A Neckloop?
A neckloop is a necklace-sized wire that connects to many devices including HAC phones and accessories, and can be worn around the neck and adapted to telecoil hearing aids. Neckloops generate a weak magnetic signal that is recognized by the telecoil and amplified by the hearing aid. Neckloops are popular with many hearing aid users because they can drive both hearing aids and do not require wires running to the hearing aids.
What Is An Earhook Silhouette?
Like the neckloop, the earhook silhouette creates a magnetic signal that can be recognized by the telecoil in your hearing aid. It can be hooked over your ear, and it nestles behind BTE hearing aids. It is attached to a thin loop of wire that can be plugged into many devices, including HAC phones and HAC cell phone accessories.
More About Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC) Cell Phone Accessories
HAC cell phone accessories are beneficial to hearing aid users for several reasons. They put distance between the hearing aid and the cell phone, which can cut down on any buzzing or feedback, as well as decrease any interference between the two devices.
Some HAC accessories can give you hands-free cell phone usage, which is especially important if you plan on using your cell phone while driving. You may also be able to use the speakerphone function on some devices if you use the microphone mode on your hearing aid.
All major cell phone manufacturers are now required to make HAC cell phones available to hearing aid users, and many also have HAC cell phone accessories available as well.
It's a good idea to visit your cell phone carrier's local store and inquire about HAC phones and accessories, as well as try them out in the store with your hearing aid before making a purchase. Trying the phone with the device will give you a good idea of how well the accessory will work for you.
Keep in mind that some phones and devices may work differently once you leave the store, so it is also a good idea to find out about any money-back or satisfaction guarantees.


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XJTLU-UPD leads international workshop on Critical Planning for Chinese Cities2013-11-7 9:11:00 From: Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
(XJTLU, China, 31st October) The Department of Urban Planning and Design (UPD) at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), in collaboration with the International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design (ILAUD), hosted the Second International Workshop on Critical Planning for Chinese Cities in Suzhou, last week. The International Workshop on "Critical Planning for Chinese Cities" (CPCC) aims to bring together scholars and students from all over the world to discuss a key theme and provide policy based and design solutions for a related case study on the conflict between urbanisation and rural protection. The Workshop received the endorsement from Suzhou Municipal Tourism Administration and the sponsorship from Suzhou Industrial Park Design and Research Institute Co.Ltd. The idea behind the workshop was to study the system of rural villages around the city of Suzhou where the pressure of urbanisation is threatening the residual surrounding countryside with several implications in terms of loss of vernacular/minor heritage, transformation of a unique cultural landscape and displacement of local people. Under the coordination of Dr. Giulio Verdini and Dr. Yiwen Wang with the support of Dr. Joon Sik Kim, all from XJTLU's Department of Urban Planning and Design, this year's workshop centered on the theme of "Re-Programming Dongshan Peninsular in Tai Lake - Policies and design solutions for preserving a cultural landscape". The workshop, which ran from 19th to 26th October, included international seminars, charette, field visits, reviews and an award ceremony. The partner institutes of the event included: The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne; South China University of Technology; Suzhou University of Science and Technology; Xi'an Jiaotong University; and Wuhan University. Scholars from Shenzhen University, Polytechnic of Milan, University of Nottingham, National Research Council of Italy, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies were also present. During the introductory lecture, Dr. Jessica Sewell, UPD head of Department, welcomed friends, old and new, to the event at XJTLU and highlighted the successes of the 2012 workshop, adding that she hoped to see this years' research develop into even more exciting ideas on the topic of urban planning in China. Also to speak was Professor Paolo Ceccarelli, President of ILAUD, and the scientific coordinator for this year's workshop. He emphasised the importance of trying to combine students' work with faculty research, not only from different universities, but also from different academic and practical backgrounds. He urged people from all around the world to participate in this kind of workshop either face to face or through the internet to help develop the understanding of the challenges of urban planning in China. Other topics discussed during the International Seminar on "Managing rural landscape in China", on Monday 21st October, included a first introductory session on "City, countryside and landscape" chaired by Dr. Giulio Verdini from XJTLU, a session on "Landscape: Conservation/Management", chaired by Dr. Yiwen Wang from XJTLU and a final one on "Landscape: Dimensions", chaired by Francesca Frassoldati from South China University of Technology. Over the following days, more than 30 students were encouraged to work in small groups to develop a project of their own to identify the suitable tools for understanding the background and challenges related to this year's case study: Dongshan Peninsular, in Tai Lake in the west of Suzhou. Their findings, along with those of academic participants, formed the backdrop to the final presentations on the last day of the workshop. Each group presented their results to an audience of peers and government officials and they were judged on 'most sustainable proposal' and 'most feasible proposal' by workshop tutors and students respectively. As this year's event came to a close, all students were awarded a Certificate of Participation and encouraged to take part in the next workshop. (Reporter: Xuan He; Editor: Douglas Warner) Total:1 Page: 1


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As Monday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day:
Russian President Vladimir Putin devoted much of his annual Victory Day speech to Ukraine, but did not claim any victories. Nor did he signal major military or policy shifts in what the Kremlin continues to call its "special military operation" in Ukraine. Putin painted Russia's campaign as this generation's link to the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany, saying it was forced by actions of the U.S. and NATO. In a video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed that Ukraine would win, saying, "Very soon there will be two Victory Days in Ukraine." A senior U.S. defense official saidthere are no major changes on the battlefield.
World leaders weighed in on the Ukraine war on Victory in Europe Day. G7 leaders released a statement commemorating the end of World War II in Europe and pledging further support to Ukraine. "Freedom and security will win the day, just as freedom and security triumphed over oppression, violence, and dictatorship 77 years ago," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a speech. Over the weekend, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reopened his country's embassy in Kyiv. A formal reopening of the U.S. Embassy is expected soon.
The United Nations head and international aid organizations are among those condemning an attack on Saturday on a schoolin Luhansk that was sheltering 90 people, including children. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said he was "appalled" by the bombing. Thirty people have been rescued from the rubble. The rest are feared dead.
First lady Jill Biden wrapped up a four-day trip to Eastern Europe, which included a surprise visit to Ukraine on Sunday to meet with Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska, who has been in hiding since the war began.
The board of the Pulitzer Prizes awarded the journalists of Ukraine a special citation "for their courage, endurance, and commitment to truthful reporting" since Russia's invasion. "Despite bombardment, abductions, occupation, and even deaths in their ranks, they have persisted in their effort to provide an accurate picture of a terrible reality, doing honor to Ukraine and to journalists around the world," the citation says.
Ukraine's bomb-sniffing Jack Russell terrier received a presidential medal. Patron the dog and his owner, Mykhailo Iliev of the Civil Protection Service, received a medal from Zelenskyy in recognition of their service to the country. Patron, whose name means "ammo" in Ukrainian, is credited with detecting more than 200 undetonated explosive devices since the beginning of the war, according to Reuters.
'The New York Times' can't shake the cloud over a 90-year-old Pulitzer Prize.
Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S. says Ukraine will insist on EU membership.
These Ukrainian students are competing virtually in an international science fair.
Earlier developments
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Organisation Management
IIT Delhi, , Prof. Vinayshil Gautam
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
IIT Delhi, , Prof. Vinayshil Gautam
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
(a) Course Design Rationale The Rationale and objective of the courses to impart to the student: An understanding of the theory and principles of Organization Management and the resulting ability to practice effective and pragmatic management. The ability to perceive issues from an overall strategic organization management perspective. The means to analyse developments in an organisations macro environment in the order to enable the organization to take advantages of changing opportunities. The means to effectively understand the organization problem and harness resources to achieve the objectives of the organization and its members. The ability to become a performance-oriented change agent. ( b) Course Outline Introduction to the subject and the course Module A: Introduction, majors schools of thought and theories Introduction to organizational management, nature , scope and complexity Longitudinal thinking and legacy factor Theory and majors schools of thought and framework of organizational analysis Systems contingency approach to organization theory and practice; techniques of organizational diagnosis Theory of organizational structures nature and consequence of structure Module B: Impact of structure, organization change and intervention strategy Socio-culture dimension of work and behavior Impact of Environment and cultural variables on organization structure & Style Organization change & Organization development Intervention strategies for organization development - Individual, Group & Interpersonal Interventions Total System Intervention & Stabilizing Change, MBO Module C: Environment Analysis & Impact: Automation, Interdependence & Evaluation Issues Nature of Organizational Processes Environmental analysis Techniques & impact for organizational growth Issues of Mechanization, Automation & Computerization Organization Interdependence Organization Evaluation.
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Organization Management by Prof. Vinayshil Gautam, Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi. For more details on NPTEL visit httpnptel.iitm.ac.in
Sep 12, 2018
Excellent course helped me understand topic that i couldn't while attendinfg my college.
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When God had made the earth and sky, the flowers and trees,
He then made all the animals and all the birds and bees.
And when His work was finished not one was quite the same
He said, I`ll walk this earth of mine and give each one a name.
And so He travelled land and sea and everywhere He went,
A little creature follwed Him, until his strength was spent.
When all were named upon the earth and in the sky and sea,
The little creature said, Dear Lord, there`s not one left for me.
The Father smiled and softly said, I`ve left you to the end.
I've turned my own name back to front
and called you DOG, my friend.


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The girls were last to leave. My only daughter and her three little clones.
I get a lump in my throat as they all drive off. They don't live all that far away, but sometimes I want to be that other lucky grandma who lives next door!
The rooms heave a silent sigh that would sound like the timbers of a groaning ship if it could be heard by the human ear. Instead, it is only felt by the heart.
Then comes the folding up. The gathering of stray socks and power cords. A toy. A brush. So reliably found afterward. But the nursery is once again all mine.
I do very little ironing this time. Just a fold of barely damp linen to press itself smooth in the stacks and drawers.
It's also time to lay aside my autumn colors. The only time these pumpkin hues see my tables is late summer through the fall.
Say goodbye to November!
This big tablecloth (old season William-Sonoma) was just folded slightly damp dry as well. Good enough! I did take a hot iron to the Italian linen pumpkin colored napkins though. So nice!
It gave us so much pleasure laid over the table for a season!
There is also a certain pleasure to seeing things back in order again. Taking in the quiet, and organizing for the next big thing. Just a swing in the pendulum this time of year. It will all go so fast!
You know I just had to include one pretty vintage thing!
Don't you love that gorgeous hand made lace?
Thanks so much for your lovely comments!
Looking forward to catching up to you!