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Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas:
Abu Sufyan bin Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were merchants doing business in Sham (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan), at the time when Allah's Apostle had truce with Abu Sufyan and Quraish infidels. So Abu Sufyan and his companions went to Heraclius at Ilya (Jerusalem). Heraclius called them in the court and he had all the senior Roman dignitaries around him. He called for his translator who, translating Heraclius's question said to them, "Who amongst you is closely related to that man who claims to be a Prophet?" Abu Sufyan replied, "I am the nearest relative to him (amongst the group)."
Heraclius said, "Bring him (Abu Sufyan) close to me and make his companions stand behind him." Abu Sufyan added, Heraclius told his translator to tell my companions that he wanted to put some questions to me regarding that man (The Prophet) and that if I told a lie they (my companions) should contradict me." Abu Sufyan added, "By Allah! Had I not been afraid of my companions labeling me a liar, I would not have spoken the truth about the Prophet. The first question he asked me about him was:
'What is his family status amongst you?'
I replied, 'He belongs to a good (noble) family amongst us.'
Heraclius further asked, 'Has anybody amongst you ever claimed the same (i.e. to be a Prophet) before him?'
I replied, 'No.'
He said, 'Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king?'
I replied, 'No.'
Heraclius asked, 'Do the nobles or the poor follow him?'
I replied, 'It is the poor who follow him.'
He said, 'Are his followers increasing decreasing (day by day)?'
I replied, 'They are increasing.'
He then asked, 'Does anybody amongst those who embrace his religion become displeased and renounce the religion afterwards?'
I replied, 'No.'
Heraclius said, 'Have you ever accused him of telling lies before his claim (to be a Prophet)?'
I replied, 'No. '
Heraclius said, 'Does he break his promises?'
I replied, 'No. We are at truce with him but we do not know what he will do in it.' I could not find opportunity to say anything against him except that.
Heraclius asked, 'Have you ever had a war with him?'
I replied, 'Yes.'
Then he said, 'What was the outcome of the battles?'
I replied, 'Sometimes he was victorious and sometimes we.'
Heraclius said, 'What does he order you to do?'
I said, 'He tells us to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship anything along with Him, and to renounce all that our ancestors had said. He orders us to pray, to speak the truth, to be chaste and to keep good relations with our Kith and kin.'
Heraclius asked the translator to convey to me the following, I asked you about his family and your reply was that he belonged to a very noble family. In fact all the Apostles come from noble families amongst their respective peoples. I questioned you whether anybody else amongst you claimed such a thing, your reply was in the negative. If the answer had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that this man was following the previous man's statement. Then I asked you whether anyone of his ancestors was a king. Your reply was in the negative, and if it had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that this man wanted to take back his ancestral kingdom.
I further asked whether he was ever accused of telling lies before he said what he said, and your reply was in the negative. So I wondered how a person who does not tell a lie about others could ever tell a lie about Allah. I, then asked you whether the rich people followed him or the poor. You replied that it was the poor who followed him. And in fact all the Apostle have been followed by this very class of people. Then I asked you whether his followers were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were increasing, and in fact this is the way of true faith, till it is complete in all respects. I further asked you whether there was anybody, who, after embracing his religion, became displeased and discarded his religion. Your reply was in the negative, and in fact this is (the sign of) true faith, when its delight enters the hearts and mixes with them completely. I asked you whether he had ever betrayed. You replied in the negative and likewise the Apostles never betray. Then I asked you what he ordered you to do. You replied that he ordered you to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship any thing along with Him and forbade you to worship idols and ordered you to pray, to speak the truth and to be chaste. If what you have said is true, he will very soon occupy this place underneath my feet and I knew it (from the scriptures) that he was going to appear but I did not know that he would be from you, and if I could reach him definitely, I would go immediately to meet him and if I were with him, I would certainly wash his feet.' Heraclius then asked for the letter addressed by Allah's Apostle
which was delivered by Dihya to the Governor of Busra, who forwarded it to Heraclius to read. The contents of the letter were as follows: "In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful (This letter is) from Muhammad the slave of Allah and His Apostle to Heraclius the ruler of Byzantine. Peace be upon him, who follows the right path. Furthermore I invite you to Islam, and if you become a Muslim you will be safe, and Allah will double your reward, and if you reject this invitation of Islam you will be committing a sin by misguiding your Arisiyin (peasants). (And I recite to you Allah's Statement:)
'O people of the scripture! Come to a word common to you and us that we worship none but Allah and that we associate nothing in worship with Him, and that none of us shall take others as Lords beside Allah. Then, if they turn away, say: Bear witness that we are Muslims (those who have surrendered to Allah).' (3:64).
Abu Sufyan then added, "When Heraclius had finished his speech and had read the letter, there was a great hue and cry in the Royal Court. So we were turned out of the court. I told my companions that the question of Ibn-Abi-Kabsha) (the Prophet Muhammad) has become so prominent that even the King of Bani Al-Asfar (Byzantine) is afraid of him. Then I started to become sure that he (the Prophet) would be the conqueror in the near future till I embraced Islam (i.e. Allah guided me to it)."
The sub narrator adds, "Ibn An-Natur was the Governor of llya' (Jerusalem) and Heraclius was the head of the Christians of Sham. Ibn An-Natur narrates that once while Heraclius was visiting ilya' (Jerusalem), he got up in the morning with a sad mood. Some of his priests asked him why he was in that mood? Heraclius was a foreteller and an astrologer. He replied, 'At night when I looked at the stars, I saw that the leader of those who practice circumcision had appeared (become the conqueror). Who are they who practice circumcision?' The people replied, 'Except the Jews nobody practices circumcision, so you should not be afraid of them (Jews).
'Just Issue orders to kill every Jew present in the country.'
While they were discussing it, a messenger sent by the king of Ghassan to convey the news of Allah's Apostle to Heraclius was brought in. Having heard the news, he (Heraclius) ordered the people to go and see whether the messenger of Ghassan was circumcised. The people, after seeing him, told Heraclius that he was circumcised. Heraclius then asked him about the Arabs. The messenger replied, 'Arabs also practice circumcision.'
(After hearing that) Heraclius remarked that sovereignty of the 'Arabs had appeared. Heraclius then wrote a letter to his friend in Rome who was as good as Heraclius in knowledge. Heraclius then left for Homs. (a town in Syrian and stayed there till he received the reply of his letter from his friend who agreed with him in his opinion about the emergence of the Prophet and the fact that he was a Prophet. On that Heraclius invited all the heads of the Byzantines to assemble in his palace at Homs. When they assembled, he ordered that all the doors of his palace be closed. Then he came out and said, 'O Byzantines! If success is your desire and if you seek right guidance and want your empire to remain then give a pledge of allegiance to this Prophet (i.e. embrace Islam).'
(On hearing the views of Heraclius) the people ran towards the gates of the palace like onagers but found the doors closed. Heraclius realized their hatred towards Islam and when he lost the hope of their embracing Islam, he ordered that they should be brought back in audience.
(When they returned) he said, 'What already said was just to test the strength of your conviction and I have seen it.' The people prostrated before him and became pleased with him, and this was the end of Heraclius's story (in connection with his faith).

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Archive:Press releases/Danese Cooper joins Wikimedia as CTO
Wikimedia Foundation Hires Danese Cooper as Chief Technical Officer
SAN FRANCISCO, January, 28 2010 -- The Wikimedia Foundation today announced that it has hired open source evangelist and experienced technology manager Danese Cooper as its new Chief Technical Officer (CTO). Cooper will begin her work in Wikimedia's San Francisco office in February. As CTO, Cooper will be responsible for developing and executing Wikimedia's technical strategy and leading its technology team. This includes ensuring the Wikimedia sites, including Wikipedia, operate smoothly as readership continues to grow, as well as driving the continuing innovation of Wikimedia's software platform to service Wikimedia readers and editors.
"Danese has the perfect mix of open source commitment and managerial experience, and her background as an evangelist is particularly important to the Wikimedia Foundation," said Sue Gardner, executive director at Wikimedia Foundation. "In order to continue successfully serving hundreds of millions of readers in hundreds of countries and languages, Wikimedia depends on an active community of volunteers to develop and localize the software. I'm counting on Danese to grow and develop that network."
Most recently, Cooper developed open source strategy for the tech start-up REvolution Computing. Prior to that, she was Senior Director of Open Source Strategies at Intel from 2005 until 2009, and Chief Open Source Evangelist at Sun Microsystems from 1999 to 2005. In those roles, she led or supported major open source initiatives, including Sun's OpenOffice.org application suite, the Java platform, JXTA, NetBeans, GridEngine, OpenSolaris and Intel's Channel Software Operations and Moblin platform initiatives. Prior to working at Sun, she managed technology teams at Symantec and at Apple Computing for a total of nine years.
Cooper is a Board member at the Open Source Initiative, the non-profit organization that maintains the Open Source Definition and approves open source software licenses. She is also a member of the Apache Software Foundation, and serves on a Special Advisory Board for Mozilla.
"As a long-time Wikipedia enthusiast and supporter of Open Knowledge worldwide, I'm thrilled by the opportunity to invest directly in the evolution of the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm joining a great team, both at the Foundation itself and in the communities it supports, and the challenge is both exciting and daunting. I can't wait to get started!"
Wikimedia has been seeking a CTO since its first-ever employee, CTO Brooke Vibber, took a senior engineering role with an open source start-up company late last year. The search process was supported by Walker Talent Group (www.walkertalentgroup.com) on a pro bono basis.
High Resolution photograph of Danese can be found in Wikimedia Commons.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 345 million unique visitors per month, making them the 5th most popular web property worldwide (December, 2010). Available in more than 270 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 14 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants.
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Israel's ambassador to South Africa, Eliav Belotserkovsky, has been recalled to Jerusalem "for consultations" ahead of a parliamentary vote in the African country to decide the fate of the Israeli embassy.
The two countries' diplomatic relations have recently witnessed a rise in tensions over the Israeli war on Gaza.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa previously said his country believes Israel is committing war crimes and genocide in Gaza, where thousands of Palestinians have been killed.
"Following the latest South African statements, the Ambassador of Israel to Pretoria has been recalled to Jerusalem for consultations," Israel's ministry of foreign affairs posted late on Monday on X, formerly Twitter.
This came ahead of a vote in South Africa's parliament on a motion to shut down the Israeli embassy and cut all ties with Israel until a ceasefire is implemented in Gaza.
The motion tabled by the leftist opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters has the backing of the ruling African National Congress and other smaller parties.
South Africa announced last week that it had referred what it called Israel's "genocide" in Gaza to the International Criminal Court for an investigation, with its cabinet calling on the ICC Monday to issue an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Given that much of the global community is witnessing the commission of these crimes in real time, including statements of genocidal intent by many Israeli leaders, we expect that warrants of arrest for these leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, should be issued shortly," South African minister in the presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, told reporters on Monday.
Earlier this month, South Africa recalled its ambassador to Israel and withdrew all its diplomatic staff from the country.
The conflict will also be the subject of a virtual meeting of BRICS countries on Tuesday, which will be attended by leaders of the bloc, including Ramaphosa, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The economic bloc was formed by Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2009 and added South Africa in 2010.
Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia are also set to enter BRICS.
The Israel-Hamas war erupted after the Palestinian militant group's surprise attacks on Israel on October 7, which killed about 1200 people. Israel's retaliatory strikes on Gaza have so far killed more than 12,700 people, according to Palestinian health authorities.


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About CooperVision
Bringing better vision to the world
Dedication. Expertise. Leadership.
CooperVision is committed to helping people around the world see better every day. Through scientific and technological innovation, operational excellence and close working relationships with our eye care professional customers, CooperVision has helped improve the vision of millions and become a trusted global leader in the contact lens industry…
Manufacturing the widest range of soft contact lens prescription options*1
Available in over 130 countries2
Making billions of contact lenses annually1
Growing faster than the overall soft contact lens market†1
From our ground-breaking introduction of contact lenses proven to slow the progression of myopia in children‡§3; to our Digital Zone Optics® lens design, developed to address the needs of contact lens wearers who lead digital lifestyles; to our creation of the world's first full family of 1 Day silicone hydrogel contact lenses, CooperVision is advancing the range of what contact lenses can do—and bringing real advantages to contact lens wearers.
Other important information:
* Based on Rx option combinations (sphere, cylinder, axis and add) manufactured, across all soft lenses in sphere, toric and multifocal (including made to order), in silicone hydrogel and hydrogel from 4 main manufacturers. Includes 1 Day, 2 weekly, and monthly disposable contact lenses. Cosmetic and photochromatic contact lenses not included. Multiple base curve variants not included.
† Combination of 2013-2018 market research based on global revenue sales and internal estimates.
‡ Compared to a single vision 1 Day lens over a 3 year period.
§ Product not available in all markets.
1. CVI data on file, 2019.
2. CVI data on file, 2020.
3. Chamberlain P et al A 3-year Randomized Clinical Trial of MiSight Lenses for Myopia Control. Optom Vis Sci 2019;96:556–567.


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At what cost, percentage wise, is it better to rent than buy, if you plan on staying at a given location forever?
Buying a home is likely the most expensive purchase you will ever make.
And it's not always the right decision.
Many factors come into play when deciding whether it makes sense to buy, including: your current cash flow, the local markets, how long you plan to stay, interest rates and potential tax deductions, just to name a few.
But it's not just about finances: It's also important to consider the lifestyle ramifications that come with owning a home.
Here's what people should take into account when deciding whether to take the leap into homeownership:
Your monthly budget
The first step when deciding your housing future is to figure out just how much you can afford to spend.
First calculate how much money you bring in every month. Next, consider what you spend on essentials like food and transportation.
A good rule of thumb is to keep total housing costs — whether renting or owning — at around 28%-30% of your gross monthly income.
"You don't want to bite off more than you can chew,".
To help make a buy vs rent comparison, Fidelity recommended running a simple price-to-rent ratio: divide a home price by the annual rent of a comparable rental unit. If the ratio is less than 20%, buying is probably a better bet.
And it's not just home prices. Interest rates will also play a big role.
"When mortgage rates are very low, your buying power is much higher, with rates now that picking up again the dynamic has changing a little bit, said Cheryl Young, senior economist at Trulia.
But other factors should be considered as well when making the buy vs rent decision. For instance, how long do you plan to stay in the area? Typically, the longer you stay in a home, the more financial sense it makes to buy.
Some online calculators can tell you how long you'd need to live in a city to make buying the more affordable option. Look for calculators that include things like insurance, maintenance, home price appreciation and selling costs. While the figures will be assumptions, they can help paint a more accurate financial picture.
In many cities the favor tips to buyers in as little as two years, while in more expensive cities it can take closer to 10 years.
But buying a home is also investment and can be a key component of building wealth. Every mortgage payment means you own more of your home, which you will get back when you sell it (hopefully at a higher price than you paid for it, but that's not always the case).
"Part of the mortgage payment s is defacto investing into something that appreciates over the long term, and that is a big deal," said Skylar Olsen, senior economist at Zillow.
The opportunity costs
Buying a home comes with more upfront costs, including a down payment, closing costs and other legal fees. For renters, the upfront cost is typically a month or two of rent for a security deposit. Homeowners also have more reoccurring costs like property taxes, home insurance and maintenance costs.
Renting means you could save all that money for a down payment and closing costs and invest in the stock market instead. The return on that investment could potentially be worth be more than a home's price appreciation.
"You are sinking a lot of money into a home, which means you aren't investing in stock market," said Joe Kirchner, senior economist for Realtor.com.
Tax benefits
Homeowners can also take advantage of tax deductions, which can lessen the cost of owning a home. But keep in mind, the newly-passed tax reform dampened some of the deductions. Buyers are now only able to deduct interest on the first $750,000 of mortgage debt on a home. Plus, homeowners can now only deduct up to $10,000 in state and local taxes, including property taxes — a deduction which used to be unlimited.
While the changes mostly affect buyers in high-cost markets, the deductions have become less valuable because of the near doubling of the standard deduction, which means fewer homeowners will itemize and take advantage of them.
Becoming a homeowner means committing to fixing the leaky roof, backed up toilet or heat pump that stops working on the coldest night of the year. Some people just don't want the responsibility. Renters can pick up the phone and call the landlord. Landlords also tend to pick up the tab for utilities, trash pick up and landscaping
Also, consider the source of your income. If your paychecks aren't steady or your job security is uncertain, it might make sense to hold off on buying a home. Renters can always pick up and move to cut back or follow a new job.


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The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is one of the highlights of our county's history. For a comprehensive view of the subject, we recommend two books.
"Who's Your Founding Father?: One Man's Epic Quest to Uncover the First, True Declaration of Independence" by David Fleming, 2023
"The First American Declaration of independence?: The Disputed History of the Mecklenburg Declaration of May 20, 1775" by Scott Syfert, 2024
The Mecklenburg Declaration – History
In early 1775 the 13 British Colonies in North American were in ferment. In the 12 years since the end of the French and Indian War the King and Parliament had attempted to increase their power over these independent minded citizens. These attempts such as the Stamp Act and the Tea Taxes were unsuccessful, only causing the colonials to contemplate making a break with the mother country. The reaction of the Crown to the Boston Tea Party was to close the port of Boston and occupy the city with the British Army. As word of this spread through the North Carolina Colony and into the back country, people in Mecklenburg met by twos and threes to discuss what should be done. At length they determined to have a county-wide meeting and authorized Colonel Thomas Polk, the commander of the county Militia, to call this meeting. There were to be two representatives from each of the nine Militia Companies and their decisions would be binding on the citizens of the county.
On Friday, May 19th the elected representatives met at the courthouse in the middle of Charlotte and began their discussions. It just so happened that on that particular day an express rider arrived with the news of the battles of Lexington and Concord. As can be imagined, after hearing that British soldiers had fired on, and killed and wounded, fellow British citizens, the discussion increased in urgency and intensity, resulting in the five resolutions that make up the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. This document was not called a declaration at that time or for many years afterwards. Rather it was a resolution of the citizens of Mecklenburg County, to be sent to the North Carolina representatives at the Continental Congress, declaring the fact that they had separated themselves from the mother country.
The essence of these five resolutions was that Great Britain had "wantonly trampled on our rights and liberties and inhumanly shed the innocent blood of American patriots at Lexington" and that we "dissolve the political bands which have connected us to the Mother country" and declare ourselves "a free and independent people." The laws were to remain the same but "The Crown of Great Britain never can be considered as holding rights, privileges, immunities, or authority therein." To read the complete text of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, click here.
This document was read from the courthouse steps the next day at noon to the acclamation of a large assembly of Mecklenburg citizens. Everyone knew of the meeting on Friday the 19th and that whatever resulted, the news would be read out from the courthouse steps on Saturday. The news of Lexington and Concord greatly increased the people's interest. Since the decisions made here would be binding on all of the citizens of the county, people came from far and wide to hear the news.
Even as they were debating and approving what came to be known as The Mecklenburg Declaration, the delegates had realized that it lacked coherence and organization and they appointed a committee to revise it. By May 31st the committee had completed their work which was not a revision but rather a completely new document, and which came to be called the Mecklenburg Resolves. This new document was less emotional, more logical, and much better organized than the original:
- The introduction states the reason for declaring independence: Parliament had declared the Colonies to be in a state of rebellion, thereby annulling the King's authority and forcing the colonies to provide for their own governance.
- The first three resolves remove all royal officers, suspend all royal laws and place all legislative and judicial powers in the Congress of each Province.
- Resolves 4-15 lay out laws governing the Militia and the courts of justice and is concerned mostly with debts, rents and taxes.
- Numbers 16 and 17 deal with the punishment of those who remain loyal to the King and Parliament.
- Number 18 says that these resolves are in force until the NC Provincial Congress says otherwise, or until Great Britain changes its attitude toward the Colonies.
- Number 19 says that everyone should arm themselves and be ready for action.
- And finally resolve number 20 directs Col. Thomas Polk and Dr. Joseph Kennedy to buy 300 pounds of gunpowder, 600 pounds of lead and 1,000 flints on behalf of the county.
In short, finding themselves declared outlaws by the King, they set up their own government and prepared to defend themselves. And note that they did this not just for Mecklenburg County, but for the whole thirteen colonies. To read the complete text of the Mecklenburg Resolves, click here.
On about June 1, 1775 Militia Captain James Jack set off for Philadelphia with both documents to lay them before the Second Continental Congress then meeting in that city. When he returned he said that the representatives from North Carolina had read and approved the documents. However, at that time the Congress was debating and approving a petition to the King asking for reconciliation so the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was forgotten and not heard from outside of Mecklenburg County for many years.
James H. Williams
June 10, 2008


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Blue and Green Starter Plant Pot 3.5"h x 3.25"w
This is my newest plant pot and I'm in love. Ideal for a little baby plant that's not ready for a bigger pot yet. The bottom dish is separate and the pot has a hole for drainage. Stop using that ugly terra-cotta pot or plastic pot you've been using! The third picture is a stock photo to show you how it looks with a little plant. Approximately 3 and 1/4"width, 3.5"height. The last two pictures show all my plant pot sizes together. The starter pot is on the far left of the 4th picture.
Ready to ship. I will notify you when I ship and send you the tracking information.
Please note: This is handmade work. This means that my measurements can be off by 1/4" or so, even though I am pretty accurate. Sometimes the colors vary in person than portrayed on your screen, or they vary with glaze calculations or kiln temperament. The second picture is a stock photo of another sponge holder. This all adds to the beauty of the pottery you are buying. Dishwasher and microwave safe.
If you have previously purchased pottery from me in the past, please appreciate that this is handmade, and sometimes my glazes do not make perfect matches. For example, a blue or green from 2-4 years ago, may seem darker, or lighter. This is all dependent on the glaze components that I use for my glazes. The distributers may source materials from different areas, thus producing slight changes.


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An experiment of surfaces in hotel rooms finds television remotes to be among the most heavily contaminated with bacteria and items on housekeeping carts carry the potential to cross-contaminate rooms. Researchers from the University of Houston report the findings today at the 2012 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.
"Hoteliers have an obligation to provide their guests with a safe and secure environment. Currently, housekeeping practices vary across brands and properties with little or no standardization industry wide. The current validation method for hotel room cleanliness is a visual assessment, which has been shown to be ineffective in measuring levels of sanitation," says Katie Kirsch an undergraduate student at the University of Houston who presented the study.
As the public becomes increasingly concerned with public health, hotel room cleanliness and sanitation are becoming consideration factors for consumers when selecting a hotel room. Contact with contaminated surfaces is a possible mode of transmission of illness during outbreaks in hotels. This, combined with the lack of standardization of hotel room cleanliness, poses a risk for hotel guests, specifically immunocompromised individuals who are more susceptible to infection.
"Currently, housekeepers clean 14-16 rooms per 8-hour shift, spending approximately 30 minutes on each room. Identifying high-risk items within a hotel room would allow housekeeping managers to strategically design cleaning practices and allocate time to efficiently reduce the potential health risks posed by microbial contamination in hotel rooms," says Kirsch.
The study was designed as the first step in applying the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system to hotel room cleanliness. Originally developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, HACCP is a systematic preventive approach that identifies potential physical, chemical and biological hazards and designs measurements to reduce these risks to safe levels.
Kirsch and her colleagues at the University of Houston, along with researchers from Purdue University and the University of South Carolina sampled a variety of surfaces from hotel rooms in Texas, Indiana and South Carolina. They tested the levels of total aerobic bacteria and coliform (fecal) bacterial contamination on each of the surfaces.
While some of the most contaminated samples, including the toilet and the bathroom sink, were to be expected, they also found high levels of bacterial contamination on the TV remote and the bedside lamp switch. Most concerning, some of highest levels of contamination were found in items from the housekeepers' carts, including sponges and mops which pose a risk for cross-contamination of rooms. Surfaces with the lowest contamination included the headboard on the bed, curtain rods and the bathroom door handle. The researchers cannot say whether or not the bacteria detected can cause disease, however, the contamination levels are a reliable indicator of overall cleanliness.
Kirsch warns that this study is preliminary and is limited by the sample size, which included only 3 rooms in each state and 19 surfaces within each hotel room, but hopes that it is just the beginning of a body of research that could offer a scientific basis to hotel housekeeping.
"The information derived from this study could aid hotels in adopting a proactive approach for reducing potential hazards from contact with surfaces within hotel rooms and provide a basis for the development of more effective and efficient housekeeping practices," says Kirsch.
Katie Kirsch will participate in a live webcast media availability to discuss her research on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The webcast can be found online at www.microbeworld.org/asmlive.
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This particular episode featured a cook from the Twin Cities and a cook from the suburbs of Boston in the first round. They were given the secret ingredient of brats. The Twin Cities cook obviously blew the beanball nutbag out of the water (the Boston guy tried to make a "deconstructed brat" -- lmaoooo). Our Twin Cities hero (a James Beard winner) then faced Bobby Flay, and chose to compete over jucy lucys -- the classic Minneapolis dish, featuring cheese encased inside of hamburger.
So the whole time I'm watching them trying to make these jucy lucys, Bobby Flay looks like he's screwing up. He's using tiny bits of cheddar and american cheese, whereas Twin Cities guy is using nice sized slices of Wisconsin gouda infused with truffles (melts easily -- perfect for a jucy lucy). Bobby Flay is making beets or something, while Twin Cities guy just makes a simple arugula salad to put on top.
Time's up, and they get to the judges. Bobby's burger goes first. The judges all taste it, and all three of them say his jucy lucy is overdone. All three of them. An overdone jucy lucy? I can't imagine many things worse than that. It wouldn't goo, it wouldn't ooze. Yuck.
Then the judges taste the Twin Cities guy's jucy lucy, and they all declare it delicious! It's juicy and cheesy, just as it should be.
After a minute, the three judges reveal the winner, who is… Bobby Flay.
Why? Because
They said he lost because the JUCY LUCY was TOO CHEESY.
A jucy lucy is SUPPOSED TO BE CHEESY. That's the WHOLE POINT. It's a huge slab of cheese in a burger. I mean, come on. What the hell do you think we're doing out here in Minnesota and Wisconsin? Eating kale burgers?
Bobby Flay normally enrages me, but this enraged me even more. How dare a room full of coastal bastards who clearly don't even know what a jucy lucy is say the Twin Cities guy's jucy lucy wasn't as good because it was TOO CHEESY. WTF?
To illustrate how incredible dumb this sounded, consider the following hypotheticals:
- "This New England clam chowder is too thick. I prefer my chowder to be more soupy."
- "Sorry, I just didn't think this New York pizza was thick enough, and it needed a lot more toppings."
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Republic of Sierra Leone
Head of state and government Ernest Bai Koroma
The former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, was convicted and sentenced for crimes committed in Sierra Leone during the 11-year armed conflict. The country held its third elections since the end of the conflict, which international observers declared were orderly and transparent. The police used unlawful force against unarmed citizens. The government moved closer to abolition of the death penalty. Agreements between the government and corporations were not transparent and communities affected by corporate activity were not properly consulted about the potential impacts.
In April, the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), sitting in The Hague, found former Liberian President Charles Taylor individually responsible for planning and aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone's internal armed conflict. He was found guilty on all 11 counts of the indictment, including use of child soldiers, murder, rape and sexual slavery, and sentenced to 50 years in prison. In July, both the defence and the prosecution entered appeals; a decision was expected in 2013.
Due to an amnesty provision in the Lomé peace accord and the limited mandate of the SCSL, thousands of perpetrators of grave human rights violations during the conflict were never investigated or brought to justice. Tens of thousands of victims and their families were waiting for extensive reparations programmes to be fully implemented.
Sporadic clashes between supporters of the two main political parties occurred in the lead-up to the November general elections, but the process was peaceful overall. President Ernest Bai Koroma from the ruling All People's Congress (APC) was elected for a second term.
The Constitutional Review process was years overdue. The government promised to reinvigorate discussions after the 2012 elections. Two key pieces of legislation – the Freedom of Information Bill and the Gender Equality Bill – were still pending in Parliament by the end of the year. No attempts were made to amend the Public Order Act of 1965, which allows for the imposition of restrictions on freedom of expression.
Death penalty
The government continued to move closer to total abolition of the death penalty, following the establishment of an official moratorium on executions in 2011. At the end of 2012, according to civil society organizations, no inmates remained on death row and no new death sentences were passed.
However, the death penalty was retained in law for treason and aggravated robbery, and was mandatory for murder.
Justice system
In May, the Legal Aid Act was passed but was not implemented by the end of the year. The justice system continued to suffer from lack of capacity and resources. Civil society organizations reported that many people could not make use of bail provisions as they were often asked to pay bribes, at the police station or court, before bail would be granted.
According to civil society organizations, imprisonment for debt, under fraudulent conversion and other charges, and loitering, were commonplace. Women attempting to make a living through trade or microfinance institutions were at risk of imprisonment for debt. A lack of legal expertise within the criminal justice system and corruption were found to be serious underlying problems. Without access to lawyers, many individuals remained in prison for extended periods.
Constant adjournments, indictment delays, missing case files and shortage of magistrates contributed to lengthy pre-trial detention and prison overcrowding.
Police and security forces
In January, it was leaked to the press that the Sierra Leone police had received a shipment, worth several million dollars, of arms which they had purchased, including small arms, ammunition and grenade launchers. The shipment, ahead of the November elections, alarmed national and international actors. Members of the UN Security Council visited the country in May and raised this issue with the government, who gave assurances that some of the weapons were transferred to the armed forces.
- In April, police killed an unarmed woman, Musu Conteh, and injured at least 11 others when workers at a mining company held a peaceful demonstration against poor working conditions and remuneration. The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone investigated the incident and released its findings in September which included recommendations for criminal investigations and prosecutions. The government initiated a Coroner's Inquest into the killing but the investigation had not concluded by the end of the year. No one was held to account.
- In June, police shot and killed Alieu Sonkoh and Ishmael Kargbo-Sillah in Wellington. A third man was seriously injured. According to the families and community members who witnessed the incident, the unarmed men were part of a neighbourhood watch group who were in the area where police were looking for a vehicle. The President visited the community and set up a Coroner's Inquest, which closed in July. The results of the investigation had not been made public by the end of the year.
- In June, a motorcyclist was shot and killed by police in Goderich when he failed to stop at a police checkpoint. One officer was arrested and charged with murder. The trial continued at the end of the year.
Civil society groups called for an effective independent oversight mechanism to investigate complaints and hold the police to account.
Right to health
The government made some progress towards ensuring that the Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI), launched in 2010, became a reality for pregnant women and girls, lactating women and girls, and children aged under five. In June, the government passed the National Pharmaceutical Procurement Unit Act to monitor and regulate the supply chain of drugs and medical equipment. Health staff continued to report problems in receiving essential supplies.
Challenges remained in implementing the FHCI. Health facilities continued to charge fees for health care services that were intended to be free. A toll-free line, set up to enable people to make complaints if they did not receive the care to which they were entitled, was set up but the process was subject to delays and inefficiencies.
The overall budget for the health sector was reduced from 11% to 7.4% in 2012, or just half of the 15% recommended by the Abuja Declaration on health funding.
Women's and girls' rights
In August, the Sexual Offences Act was passed but had not been enacted by the end of the year. Discriminatory provisions remained under Section 27(4)(d) of the Constitution, in relation to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death, or other interests of personal law.
The level of violence against women and girls remained high and harmful traditional practices, such as early marriage and female genital mutilation, continued.
Corporate accountability
Land use agreements between communities, corporations and the government greatly favoured multinational corporations over local communities. Tracts of land were given over by traditional chiefs to companies with little or no adequate consultation with affected communities. Land agreements were often not available in local languages or made accessible for non-literate people. Community members and civil society organizations that spoke out in favour of corporate accountability and transparency faced harassment and intimidation.
In April, farmers, civil society organizations and activists gathered in Freetown to demand a review of all recent land deals. They called on the government to institute measures to ensure that deals between communities and multinational corporations were fair and transparent.
Amnesty International visits/reports
- Amnesty International delegates visited Sierra Leone in April/May and September.
- Sierra Leone: Briefing on the events in Bumbuna (AFR 51/004/2012)
- Seven-point human rights agenda for candidates in Sierra Leone's 2012 elections (AFR 51/005/2012)
- Taylor verdict sends message that no one is above the law (PRE01/226/2012)


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Hi all! This week's video comes from a trick that I stumbled on a while back, when working on some photos from a trip I took in March. I remember thinking to myself that some one is definitely going to catch this when I post the photo, but nobody did. Then I thought it would make a great tutorial. I didn't write it down and, well, you know how that story goes 🙂 So now it's 4 months later and the idea hit me again. It's involves a great little trick to use the Adjustment Brush in Lightroom to enhance/add/modify/whatever light sources right from within Lightroom. Enjoy!


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Recently, The Apocryphile Press has published The Vampire in Europe: A Critical Edition, once again edited by Browning, who in his preface remarks on the mission of these critical editions: 'Our approach, as literary critic Maurice Hindle noted after the fact, was instead a "disinterested appraisal," one aimed at re-visiting a familiar yet widely unexplored work with renewed perspective and interest in order that we may situate the book and its author in their historical context.'
I think that I have stated my mind on the matter in the aforementioned posts, but I am also happy to note that the new book does in fact include voices that comment on the style and contents of Summers's work, because Browning has included excerpts from original reviews of The Vampire in Europe, both from 1929 when it was originally published and from 1960 onwards when it was reprinted.
Thus, according to a reviewer in The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer on November 27, 1929, Summers's 'new book, like its predecessor, "The Vampire: His Kith and Kin," reveals an astonishing learning hand-in-hand with an utter neglect of scientific method or knowledge,' while August Derleth in 1962 similarly notes that 'The Vampire in Europe is a curious work, a volume of pseudo-scholarship written with a fascinating air of authority, offering between two covers a great deal of the lore Dr. Summers assembled from various sources.'
Reviewing the reprint in The Catholic Historical Review the following year, Ruth B. Dinbergs finds that: 'Much interesting material is included in this monograph, but it is presented in a dispersed and unsystematic way. The book seems written in haste. Legends and tales are related which show only the vaguest connection with vampirism as defined in this work. The book is divided into chapters according to countries, yet the author does not stay consistently within these confines. The numerous notes following each chapter testify to the broad erudition of the author, but it is frequently difficult to judge where notes begin and the text leaves off.'
A more in-depth review of Summers's approach to the subject and his use and neglect of sources was undertaken by Gustave Leopold Van Roosbroeck of Columbia University in The Romanic Review in 1930. He mentions several sources that Summers has neglected, while at the same time he criticizes the sources that Summers does actually take into account, before stating that: 'This study seems to rest on a vague notion of the meaning of Vamprism. It is impossible to explain, for instance, the inclusion (with an illustration) of Huysmans' Black Mass from À Rebours among vampire lore, when it is evidently a case of devil-worship; the illustrations from Goya's Los Caæprichos deal with the Sabbath and witchcraft, and not with vampires; and it is strange to find a description of popular superstition from D'Annunzio's Trionfo della Morte in this miscellaneous collection. With this lack of discrimination, the author could have included the entire history of witchcraft and half of folklore.'
Bringing it up to our day, Carol A. Senf in her afterword characterizes Summers's work along the same line as the just quoted reviewers:
'Summers moves casually from the ancient world to the medieval and from one part of the globe to another, cavalierly mising legends, literature, and folktales and treating even the most improbable cases with total seriousness. The experience is a bit like listening to a garrulous old uncle who interrupts himself and moves cavalierly from one story to the next, not stopping to take breaths between anecdotes.
His organization is equally eccentric. Even though his table of contents suggests that he is organizing his cases geographically, they are actually a hodge-podge of materials collected from literature, folklore, and personal anecdote.'
Adding that 'despite my criticism of his organization and his aesthetics, I was (and am) grateful for Summer's research,' she states exactly that ambivalence that many people have with regards to Summers: On the one hand, he is an unrealiable and inconsistent researcher, on the other he can be fascinating to read, and for a long time he was probably the main, if not sole, source for information on vampires and related subjects.
This ambivalence was nicely phrased by Marco Frenschkowski, as I mentioned in a post in 2013, that many of the scholars who denounce Summers's books on witchcraft probably read his books discreetly.
Decadence and Catholicism (1997) by Ellis Hanson, p. 346 |
Claiming that The Vampire in Europe is a casebook modelled on the work of Summers's friend and intellectual mentor, the Edwardian sexologist Havelock Ellis, he firmly states that the roots of Summers's views on vampires and related subjects are not in orthodox Catholicism, but in 'a strange syncretism':
'Those who praise or blame Summers for his putative ultra-orthodoxy are missing an essential point: Summers believed in Summers-ism, and even long after his covert ordination to the Catholic priesthood. Dig deeply enough into the footnotes of Summers's studies and you will find Tertullian and St. Thomas Aquinas rubbing elbows with the sexologist Havelock Ellis, the German physician and occultist Franz Hartmann, practitioners of Victorian parlor mysticism, and trance mediums and spiritualists of all kinds. If reading Summers appears to stretch a reader's credulity, it is because the writer himself believed so many contradictory notions simultaneously. He accepted as established fact many things which any skeptic, rationalist or even conventional Catholic would dismiss out of hand.'
Personally, I feel unsure to what extent Summers actually believed in the existence of vampires, or if his claims to do so were rather a gimmick, a way of setting himself up to sell his pseudo-baroque collections of witchcraft, vampire and werewolf stories? In any case, it should be obvious that one cannot expect Summers to be systematic, consistent or reliable, but rather the opposite, and even self-contradictory. Summers-ism makes for fascinating reading and a vast resource to dip into, but not a voice of scholarship in any traditional sense.


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Afghanistan is already beginning to defeat Barack Obama. He came into office last year clearly hoping to find a way to move Hamid Karzai, the mercurial and ineffectual president of Afghanistan who only controls some 30 percent of the country, out of office in favor of someone more capable as a leader. Perhaps he had in mind the way the US allied with Kurds, Sunnis and other Shiites to dump Ibrahim Jaafari as prime minister of Iraq in the first months of 2006. But Karzai fought back with all his considerable local resources, arranging to steal the presidential election of August 2009 and then to behave so extravagantly that he discouraged his only major challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, from even mounting a run-off challenge. The breathtaking boldness of this blatant set of slaps in the face of Washington and other international patrons astonished UN diplomat and former US ambassador Peter Galbraith, who went public with his criticisms of Karzai and got himself summarily fired.
Even as Karzai was stealing the election and shoring up his power by depending on his brothers and on cronies (who have been accused by some high US officials of being a drug cartel), he was continuing to reach out behind the scenes to his primary internal enemies, the old-time mujahidin (Gulbadin Hikmatyar's Islamic Party militia in the Pashtun East and the Haqqani Network of Jalal and Siraj Haqqani) and the Old Taliban of Mulla Omar. The US was opposed to such contacts, and some US military personnel saw Karzai's negotiations with people who were actively attempting to kill American soldiers little short of treasonous.
In contrast, Obama's plan for Afghanistan was a massive counter-insurgency effort, including the adding of tens of thousands of new troops and hard war fighting aimed at taking and holding vast swathes of territory. It is an audacious plan and its chance of success is about 10%. It is more or less opposed by Karzai, who expressed himself lukewarm about the first major demonstration project in Marjah, the success of which is still questionable.
Obama had tried and failed to dislodge Karzai by disparaging him, had opposed Karzai's negotiations with insurgents, and had imposed on the reluctant Karzai and enormous new military occupation of his own power base in the Pashtun West.
Relations got so bad that a few weeks ago Karzai threatened to go over to to the Taliban.
This week in Washington, Obama finally backed down. He feted Karzai and made sure he felt wanted. He acquiesced in Kabul's outreach to the insurgents. He reconfigured his troop escalation as helpful pressure on the guerrillas to force them to the negotiating table.
Karzai mostly won, though he hadn't gotten the hated counter-insurgency plan cancelled and could still see his beloved Qandahar invaded and occupied by the white Christian Westerners this summer. Still, Obama's own plans for Afghanistan lay in tatters as he is forced to face the harsh limits on US capacity to shape a huge, craggy, tribal country half way around the world.
Radio Azadi reports in Dari Persian that Afghanistan's independent human rights commission was disappointed that the communiques coming out of the White House and Karzai's office about the meetings in Washington did not foreground the welfare of the actual people of Afghanistan, or human rights in that country, or improvements in the position of women.
PBS Newshour has video which is as usual professional. But the title, "Obama, Karzai Renew Pledge to Continue Fight Against Al-Qaida in Afghanistan," drives me crazy. There is no al-Qaeda to speak of in Afghanistan and that organization is irrelevant to the social and political struggles in that country. Obama himself continues to frame whatever it is he thinks he is doing in that country in those terms, which does not inspire confidence. But why would among our best foreign affairs programs fall for that rhetoric?


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Milk Producers Urge Senate to Act on Farm Bill
US - he National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is working with a bipartisan group of senators, as well as with other farm and agriculture organizations, to urge the Senate's leaders to bring the pending 2012 Farm Bill legislation to a vote this spring.In a letter sent Tuesday to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 44 Senators urged that the farm bill be brought to a vote as soon as possible. If Senate action is delayed, it greatly diminishes the chance that the House of Representatives will make time to act on the Farm Bill yet in 2012 – meaning that important changes in dairy policy will not come to fruition this year.
In the letter circulated by Agriculture Committee members Max Baucus and Mike Johanns, along with Senators Maria Cantwell and Roy Blunt, the Senate leadership is told: "We need to act soon to complete a farm bill in 2012 and provide certainty for farmers, ranchers, rural communities, other stakeholders, and all Americans. We very much appreciate your recognition of the need for timely action on the farm bill."
The Senate leadership received a similar letter from farm groups last week, when NMPF joined more than 125 other agricultural organisations in pointing out how important it is to act on the farm bill quickly. That letter pointed out to Mr Reid and Mr McConnell that the farm bill "is one piece of legislation upon which all Americans depend, urban as well as rural. With limited time remaining before expiration of current program authorities, time is of the essence. While each of our respective organisations will continue to work to accomplish our key priorities, the farm bill must move forward."
NMPF President and CEO Jerry Kozak said that "the clock is ticking on our opportunity to get a farm bill done in 2012. We appreciate the display of bipartisan effort by senators from across the country to move this legislation forward."
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Overpriced doctors and other medical providers who can't charge a reasonable rate for their services could be put out of business when new rules against surprise medical bills take effect in January, and that's a good thing, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told KHN, in defending the regulations.
The proposed rules represent the Biden administration's plan to carry out the No Surprises Act, which Congress passed to spare patients from the shockingly high bills they get when one or more of their providers unexpectedly turn out to be outside their insurance plan's network.
The law shields patients from those bills, requiring providers and insurers to work out how much the physicians or hospitals should be paid, first through negotiation and then, if they can't agree, arbitration. Doctor groups and medical associations, however, have lashed out at the interim final rules that HHS unveiled last month, saying they favor insurance companies in the arbitration phase. That's because, although the rules tell arbiters to take many factors into account, they are instructed to start with a benchmark largely determined by insurers: the median rate negotiated for similar services among in-network providers.
The doctor groups say giving the insurers the upper hand will let them drive payment rates down and potentially force doctors out of networks or even out of business, reducing access to health care.
The department has heard those concerns, Becerra said, but the bottom line is protecting patients. Medical providers who have taken advantage of a complicated system to charge exorbitant rates will have to bear their share of the cost, or close if they can't, he said.
"I don't think when someone is overcharging, that it's going to hurt the overcharger to now have to [accept] a fair price," Becerra said. "Those who are overcharging either have to tighten their belt and do it better, or they don't last in the business."
"It's not fair to say that we have to let someone gouge us in order for them to be in business," he added.
Nonetheless, Becerra said he did not foresee a wave of closures, or diminished access for consumers. Instead, he suggested that a competitive, market-driven process will find a balance, especially when consumers know better what they are paying for.
"We're willing to pay a fair price," he said. But he emphasized that "I'll pay for the best, but I don't want to have to pay for the best and then three times more on top of that and get blindsided by the bill."
Becerra also pointed to a report on surprise medical bills that HHS was set to release Monday and that was provided to KHN in advance, highlighting the impacts of negotiation and arbitration laws already in effect in 18 states.
The report, which aggregates previous research, found people getting hit with surprise bills averaging $1,219 for anesthesiologists, $2,633 for surgical assistants, $744 for childbirth and north of $24,000 for air ambulances.
In the states that use benchmarks similar to what doctors are suggesting HHS use, such as New York and New Jersey, the report found costs rising. New York has a "baseball-style" system in which the arbiter chooses between the offers presented by the provider and the insurer, although the arbiter is told to consider the offer closest to the 80th percentile of charges. "Since the amount providers charge is typically much higher than the actual negotiated rate, this approach risks leading to significantly higher overall costs," the report found. In New Jersey, billed charges or "usual and customary" rates are considered.
"When the arbitration process is wide open, no boundaries, at the end of the day health care costs go up, not down," Becerra said of the methods doctors prefer. "We want costs to go down. And so we want to set up a system that helps provide the guideposts to keep us efficient, transparent and cost-effective."
The system chosen by the Biden administration was expected to push insurance premiums down by 0.5% to 1%, the Congressional Budget Office estimated.
"Everyone has to give a little to get to a good place," Becerra said. "That sweet spot, I hope, is one where patients … are extracted from that food fight. And if there continues to be a food fight, the arbitration process will help settle it in a way that is efficient, but it also will lead to lower costs."
While the administration chose a benchmark that physician and hospital groups don't like, the law does specify that other factors should be considered, such as a provider's experience, the market and the complexity of a case. Becerra said those factors help ensure arbitration is fair.
"What we simply did was set up a rule that says, 'Show the evidence,'" Becerra said. "It has to be relevant, material evidence. And let the best person win in that fight in arbitration."
The interim final rules were published Oct. 7, giving stakeholders 60 days to comment and seek changes. More than 150 members of Congress, many of them doctors, have asked HHS and other relevant federal agencies to reconsider before the law takes effect Jan. 1. The lawmakers charge that the administration is not adhering to the spirit of the compromises Congress made in passing the law.
Rules that are this far along tend to go into effect with little or no changes, but Becerra said his department was still listening. "If we think there's a need to make any changes, we are prepared to do so," the secretary said.
The HHS report also noted that the law requires extensive monthly and annual reporting to regulators and Congress to determine if the regulations are out of whack or have undesirable consequences like those the physicians are warning of.
Becerra said he thinks the rules strike the right balance, favoring not insurers or doctors, but the people who need medical care.
"We want it to be transparent, so we can lead to more competition, and keep costs low — not just for the payer, the insurer, not just for the provider, the hospital or doctor, but for the patients especially," he said.
KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.
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This blog documents various aspects of my genealogy research. I'm well versed in German, Hungarian and Chicagoland research.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Ancestor Approved Award
I received the Ancestor Approved Award from my friend Nuccia the other day. I've neglected to write about it until now. You can find her blog here. Thank you for the award, Nuccia!
As a recipient of this award, I am to list 10 things I have learned about my ancestors that have surprised, humbled or thrilled me and then pass the award on to 10 other genealogy bloggers I feel are doing their ancestors proud. So here goes...
1. My 5th-great-grandfather, Hiram Howell, was murdered in 1853.
2. Agnes Gotowa, my 3rd-great-grandmother, jumped out of a third story window in Chicago in 1917, only 5 months after her husband passed away. She died two weeks later due to injuries from her fall. The secondary contributing cause of death on the certificate stated "temporarily insane".
3. My grandmother died at 45 years old from a heart attack. My life could be more than half over already.
4. I was surprised to learn of my talent of Hungarian research. It came naturally to me.
5. I descend from the Swayze family, which makes me kin to Patrick Swayze!
6. In 1990, I learned I was going to have a little sister. I didn't know until years later when I was older, that my sister was actually a twin.. my mother had miscarried the other one. Looking into my family tree directly down my maternal line, my 4th great-grandmother was the daughter of a twin. Perhaps it was genetics?
7. I descend from two men who served during the Civil War. One of them was Johann Peter Stuempges, serving for the Union from Wisconsin. The other was James Andrew Costilow, serving for the Confederates from Mississippi.
8. How many cousins I have!
9. I'm a direct descendant of King Béla IV of Hungary. I descend through his daughter Szabina, who was the wife of Mózes, Palatine of Hungary.
10. My 3rd-great-grandfather, Johann Georg Summ, was born in the house that would later become the focus of the Schwarzwalder Freilichtmuseum ("Open Air Museum") in Gutach, Baden, Germany. The house is called Vogtsbauernhof and is the only house in the museum to be in it's original location. The other houses featured in the museum were brought in from various parts of Germany.
Now to pick 10 blogs I feel are worthy of this award - not an easy choice since I think they're all great but since I have to choose then these would be my choices.
1. ChicagoGenealogy
2. Nolichucky Roots
3. Old Stones Undeciphered
4. The Slovak Yankee
5. What's Past is Prologue
6. Royal Musings
7. The Ancestry Insider
8. Blood And Frogs: Jewish Genealogy and More
9. Bayside Blog
10. 100 Years in America
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Spades is a partnership game similar to Bridge. It requires nothing more than a standard deck of 52 cards and a notepad for each player to track bids and points. Dealing begins with a random selection of player and then moves clockwise on each successive round.
The card rank for a game of Spades is the traditional Ace to two descending. The dealer hands out the cards until all have been dealt, which means 13 for each player. It is at this point that bidding can begin.
A bid is simply the number of tricks a player believes their team will win. It can be from zero to thirteen, but it is important to remember that scoring is meant to punish and discourage inexact bidding. What this translates to is that teams that overbid are punished only minimally, while teams that underbid are punished fully.
Each team will add up the total number of tricks they must win in order to get the best score possible. Unlike many other bidding card games, the bidders in a game of Spades do not have to make bids higher than the player before them. There is one round of bids and then play begins.
There are two specialty bids in Spades and these are Nil and Blind Nil. The player who bids Nil believes they will not win a trick in the hand, if this is true the player gets bonus points. If, however, they do win tricks in the hand they are penalized. A Blind Nil is one that is bid without the player having looked at their cards. The bidder of Blind Nil is allowed to exchange two random cards with their partner and their team must be losing by at least one hundred points at the time.
A trick is played by the player to the dealer's left establishing the suit, and the succeeding players must follow suit if possible. If a trick contains a spade it is won by the highest spade appearing. If it is following suit, it is the highest card in suit that wins. The winner of a trick leads the next. Players continue until all cards are gone.
To score the hand, the teams that took as many tricks as they bid gets ten times their bid. Any additional winning tricks get one point each. Additional tricks are known as bags, and any team that happens to accumulate ten or more will be penalized by one hundred points.
Fifty points are rewarded to the Nil bidder, plus the score won or lost by their partner for the tricks made. Of course fifty points are deducted from the score if the Nil bid is a failure. One hundred points goes to the Blind Nil bidder in addition to the score that was won or lost by their partner. It is a one hundred point loss, however if the Blind Nil was a failure.
If a team did not make its bid, a deduction of ten points for each trick taken is levied. The game ends when one team reaches five hundred points.


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Alliant International University has a notable history of distinguished faculty who are thought leaders and innovators in their fields. Each and every member of the Alliant faculty strives to continue this legacy while preparing their students to join their ranks as leaders in their field.
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Smartsheet Ushers Enterprises into New Era of Dynamic Work with Expanded Partner Ecosystem and New Product Innovations
Scalable Platform is Used by 80% of Fortune 500 to Drive Revenue, Reduce Risk, and Empower People by Unifying Collaboration, Workflows, and Project Management
SYDNEY, 18 February, 2021 – Smartsheet (NYSE:SMAR), the enterprise platform for dynamic work, today announced a series of ecosystem partners and product innovations that support enterprises as they adapt to the evolving nature of work. As companies seek ways to drive revenue, reduce risk, and align their people, they require a common platform that eliminates the silos created by "managing the management of work" to instead focus on the collaboration, workflows and content that drive outcomes.
"The world is changing rapidly, and to thrive in the new hybrid work environment, companies must go beyond the pursuit of productivity gains. This new imperative places productivity in the context of digital work transformation," said Mark Mader, President and CEO of Smartsheet. "That's why progressive leaders are improving corporate agility and unlocking value from more employees, realising the benefits of what a dynamic platform for project execution, automation, and customer engagement can do for the enterprise."
As a result, global brands like Roche Diagnostics, Domino's, Cisco, Syngenta and Mimecast together with local organisations such as NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Fox Sports Australia and many more public and private sector companies use Smartsheet to get work done.
This comes as Smartsheet has continued to grow its presence in the APAC region, including opening its head office in Sydney, Australia in January 2020.
"Technology will undoubtedly play a critical role in the future of work, and we are in a strong position to assist companies across the APAC region looking to transform how they execute their work," said Nigel Mendonca, Vice President, Asia Pacific at Smartsheet. "We made a sizable investment in our APAC business last year and we are committed to growing our Sydney team by over 50 percent in 2021 in order to support and enable our fast-growing customer base in the region to harness a dynamic platform and thrive in this new work environment."
Enhancing Enterprise Capabilities for Today's Modern Digital Business
Leaders need the right tools to drive change across the enterprise. To enable dynamic work, Smartsheet recently expanded its capabilities across the critical elements of workflow, content management, and collaboration, to include:
- Providing leaders with real-time resource management and insight on team activity to staff projects more strategically and optimise workforces;
- Improving productivity with automated no-code workflows between Smartsheet and partner platforms to eliminate repetitive, manual processes and reduce the risk of mistakes as work is moved between platforms;
- Simplifying collaboration and work with easy-to-build, intuitive web and mobile applications that unify sheets, forms, reports, dashboards and external web content to streamline business processes;
- Helping marketers and creatives manage, distribute, and track assets at scale through newly acquired digital asset management platform Brandfolder.
Driving Dynamic Work and Collaboration Through Smartsheet's Strategic Partner Ecosystem
Smartsheet's growing global strategic partner ecosystem, along with local channel partnerships with ANATAS, DataSpark, RGP and UBT, enable secure and seamless real-time collaboration by connecting the tools most used by today's enterprises. Smartsheet enables businesses to get more from their technology stack with key integrations, including:
- The ability to easily send notifications, reminders and direct messages between Smartsheet and Microsoft Teams and add Smartsheet "tabs" within a Teams channel;
- Allowing creative and marketing teams to better manage projects, resources, and workflows through Smartsheet's Adobe Creative Cloud extension;
- Automatically syncing data with the Smartsheet Salesforce Connector to ensure all stakeholders are viewing the most current information;
- Enabling visibility into IT and software development projects through the Smartsheet Jira Connector by automatically synchronising issues to ensure every record is up to date.
Other Smartsheet partnerships and integrations include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Box, Dropbox, Google, Microsoft, Slack, ServiceNow and Workday.
"While many people have the same job title, no two people do their job the same way," said Gene Farrell, Chief Product Officer at Smartsheet. "As the new hybrid work environment gives people more opportunity to redefine their jobs and think beyond prescribed or traditional roles, the possibilities for what they can achieve are limitless. That's why we've built a scalable platform and an ecosystem that adapts to their unique needs and workstyles, both in the current environment and for the future."
Planning Ahead for Long-term Hybrid Work
As companies prepare for a long-term shift to hybrid work, having a secure, adaptable platform that enables people to rapidly make an impact without assistance from IT, becomes more important than ever. Smartsheet has built its platform for the new era of dynamic work – one in which all employees can easily and securely access the tools, data, and insights that allow them to become more engaged, innovative and productive. The company will roll out more integrations, new products, and enhancements in the coming months.
About Smartsheet
Smartsheet (NYSE: SMAR) is the enterprise platform for dynamic work. By aligning people and technology so organizations can move faster and drive innovation, Smartsheet enables its millions of users to achieve more. Visit www.smartsheet.com to learn more.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements that are based on our management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about Smartsheet's expectations regarding possible or assumed business strategies, channel and partner strategies, potential growth and innovation opportunities, new products, and potential market opportunities.
Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as "believe," "continue," "could," "potential," "remain," "will," "would" or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to: our ability to achieve future growth and sustain our growth rate, our ability to attract and retain talent, our ability to attract and retain customers (including government customers) and increase sales to our customers, our ability to develop and release new products and services and to scale our platform, our ability to increase adoption of our platform through our self-service model, our ability to maintain and grow our relationships with channel and strategic partners, the highly competitive and rapidly evolving market in which we participate, our ability to identify targets for, execute on, or realize the benefits of, potential acquisitions, and our international expansion strategies. Further information on risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from forecasted results is included in our filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on December 8, 2020. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons if actual results differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.
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A Data Source Name associates the configuration parameters for communicating with a specific database. Generally, a DSN consists of the following parameters:
- Name
- Host Name
- Database Name
- Login
- Password
In addition, different ODBC drivers, including Connector/ODBC, may accept additional driver-specific options and parameters.
There are three types of DSN:
A System DSN is a global DSN definition that is available to any user and application on a particular system. A System DSN can normally only be configured by a systems administrator, or by a user who has specific permissions that let them create System DSNs.
A User DSN is specific to an individual user, and can be used to store database connectivity information that the user regularly uses.
A File DSN uses a simple file to define the DSN configuration. File DSNs can be shared between users and machines and are therefore more practical when installing or deploying DSN information as part of an application across many machines.
DSN information is stored in different locations depending on your platform and environment.