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|Lisa McLean (Research Officer, Faculty of Arts and Education),
Helen Blake, Ben Pham
November 30, 2017
Higher Degree by Research Symposium
This week three of my PhD students (Helen Blake, Ben Pham and Nicole McGill) went to Wagga Wagga to participate in the Charles Sturt University Higher Degree by Research Symposium. They have come back with stories of collegiality, learning, and confirmation of what they already know and do.
November 28, 2017
2017 achievements
Today I had my annual performance management review with my head of school. It is a time to consider productivity for the year. Here is a list of what I reported for 2017 thanks to the amazing team of people (students, postdocs, and colleagues) I work with:
- Awarded: 4 grants ($650,567 in funding)
- Published/in press: 1 book, 7 encyclopaedia entries, 6 book chapters, 20 journal articles, 2 commissioned reports
- Presented/co-authored: 3 invited conference presentations, 21 peer reviewed conference presentations (published abstracts) in Australia, Japan, Scotland UK, US, Greece, Germany, and Viet Nam
- Submitted (in addition to above): 2 grants, 1 book chapter, 10 journal articles
November 23, 2017
Charles Sturt University's Academic Senate
I am an elected member of Charles Sturt University's Academic Senate, representing the Professors' Forum. We meet face-to-face five times each year. Yesterday was our last meeting for the year in Wagga Wagga where we said farewell to Professor Jo-Anne Reid as the Presiding Officer of Academic Senate.
|Members of Academic Senate
Labels: Academic Senate, CSU, meetings, travel
November 21, 2017
Can teacher-child relationships support human rights to freedom of opinion and expression, education, and participation?
The following manuscript has been accepted for publication
Wang, C., Harrison, L. J., McLeod, S., Walker, S., & Spilt, J. L. (2017, in press November). Can teacher-child relationships support human rights to freedom of opinion and expression, education, and participation? International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Here is the abstract:
Wang, C., Harrison, L. J., McLeod, S., Walker, S., & Spilt, J. L. (2017, in press November). Can teacher-child relationships support human rights to freedom of opinion and expression, education, and participation? International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Here is the abstract:
Purpose: This study explored how teacher-child relationships change over the early school years, in terms of closeness and conflict, whether these trajectories differ in type and frequency for children with typical development and children with speech and language concern (SLC), and whether the trajectories are associated with school outcomes at 12-13 years.
Method: Participants were children, parents, and teachers in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Parents identified 2,890 children with typical communication and 1,442 children with SLC. Teacher-rated teacher-child closeness and conflict were collected biennially over six years. Academic and social-emotional outcomes were reported by teachers and children. Growth mixture modelling was conducted to generate teacher-child relationship trajectories and Wald's chi-square analyses were used to test the association between trajectories and school outcomes at 12-13 years, after controlling for a range of covariates including child's sex, language background, indigenous status, age, and socio-economic position.
Result: In both groups, the majority of children had teacher-child relationship trajectories with sustained high closeness and low conflict that predicted positive outcomes at age 12-13, but the SLC group was more at risk of less positive trajectories and poorer school outcomes.
Conclusion: Close, less conflicted relationships with teachers may provide a supportive context for later language, literacy, and social-emotional development. This study highlights the role of teachers in supporting children in their development of communication and academic skills that will optimise their capacity for freedom of opinions and expression, education, and participation, as enshrined in Articles 19, 26 and 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Labels: IJSLP, journal, publication, teacher, UDHR
Xuan's visit re Southern Vietnamese children's speech acquisition
This week Xuan Le (Lê Thị Thanh Xuân) is visiting Bathurst to work with Ben Pham and myself to analyse and write up speech acquisition data collected with children from Southern Vietnam. Xuan is a co-author of the Vietnamese Speech Assessment (VSA, Pham, Le, & McLeod, 2016) and we have been collecting data from the north and south of Viet Nam to finalise our examiner's manual for the VSA and write a supporting journal article. The data from the south were collected with support from a Trinh Foundation Australia grant. This is the fourth time Xuan has visited me in Bathurst.
|Xuan Le, Ninh Dang Vu, Ben Pham and Sharynne working together in Bathurst
|Celebrating Xuan's birthday in Bathurst
|At the end of the week we submitted an article to be considered by an international journal
Labels: Bathurst, CSU, Trinh Foundation, Vietnam, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Speech Assessment, visitors
November 15, 2017
Discussing research with Vietnamese children with the Bilingual Development in Context Lab at SDSU
While visiting San Diego State University, Dr. Giang Pham welcomed Ben Pham and I to her Bilingual Development in Context Lab. We discussed our research with Vietnamese children (including our new ARC Discovery grant) with her research assistants and students, and learned about their research about Vietnamese children's language skills undertaken in San Diego and Ha Noi, Viet Nam. We look forward to this productive exchange continuing into the future.
|Members of Dr Giang Pham and Dr Sonja Pruitt-Lord's labs
|Lunch with members of Dr Giang Pham's lab
Presentations at San Diego State University
This week Dr. Giang Pham invited Ben Pham and I to visit San Diego State University. While visiting we met with faculty and students and presented some seminars.
|Attendees at Monday's seminar
- On Monday I presented a seminar titled "Multilingual Children's Speech: A World Tour" to students, staff and speech-language pathologists from within the community.
- On Tuesday, Ben, Giang and I presented our invited seminar from the ASHA convention titled "Vietnamese children's speech and language: Latest clinical research" We presented to the staff and students in the research laboratories.
|Ben and Sharynne at San Diego State University
Labels: Invited presentations, San Diego State University, travel, USA
Visiting the Confucius Institute at SDSU
Today Ben Pham and I visited Professor Lilly Cheng at the newly opened building for the Confucius Institute at San Diego State University (SDSU). We were honoured to participate in the tea ceremony and to have a tai chi display and concert. Lilly welcomed us into her new office, taught us Chinese calligraphy and showed us many very special Chinese artifacts.
We visited because Professor Cheng is the President of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (and I am Deputy Chair of the Child Speech Committee).
We visited because Professor Cheng is the President of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (and I am Deputy Chair of the Child Speech Committee).
|Professor Lilly Cheng in her office
|Ben learning calligraphy
|Participating in the tea ceremony
Labels: China, San Diego State University, tea ceremony, travel, USA
November 14, 2017
Meeting with the International Communication Project
Yesterday I was invited to present to the International Communication Project members about our work on the special issue of IJSLP to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and future plans. Members of the ICP are the presidents, CEOs and other office holders of:
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Speech Pathology Australia
- New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association
- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Speech-Language and Audiology Canada
- Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists
November 13, 2017
Working on the second edition of Interventions for Children with Speech Sound Disorders
While at the ASHA convention we finalised plans to work on the second edition of Interventions for Children with Speech Sound Disorders with Astrid Zuckermann, Melissa Behms and Stephanie Henderson from Paul H. Brookes Publishing. I look forward to working with my co-editors Dr Lynn Williams and Dr Rebecca McCauley, and all of our outstanding authors throughout the world.
|Sharynne, Rebecca McCauley, Lynn Williams, Astrid Zuckermann, Stephanie Henderson
November 10, 2017
New ARC Discovery grant: Vietnamese-Australian children's speech and language competence
Today Sarah Verdon and I learned that we received an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant to undertake a project titled: "Vietnamese-Australian children's speech and language competence"(DP180102848). We have been awarded $312,051 for 2018-2020.
The ARC announcement is here
The CSU media release is here
Here is the proposal summary:
The ARC made their grants announcement while I was presenting an invited 1-hour session with Ben Pham and Giang Pham titled "Vietnamese children's speech and language: Latest clinical research" at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention in Los Angeles.
This year the ARC received 3,152 Discovery proposals and funded 18.5%. Funding was, on average 65.8% of the requested budgets. Charles Sturt University had a 25% success rate.
The ARC announcement is here
The CSU media release is here
Here is the proposal summary:
This Project aims to support Vietnamese-Australian children and families to maintain their home language, enhance speech skills in Vietnamese and English and equip English-speaking professionals to support multilingual children's speech. The Project expects to develop a database of Vietnamese-Australian children's speech acquisition and a Vietnamese-English speech program. Expected outcomes include enhanced language maintenance and scalable prototypes for other languages. Since the Vietnamese community are one of Australia's largest migrant groups this Project should provide cultural, economic and social benefits for Australia including increased multilingualism, social cohesion, and enhanced capacity to participate in a globalised economy.We are very excited to begin working on this project.
The ARC made their grants announcement while I was presenting an invited 1-hour session with Ben Pham and Giang Pham titled "Vietnamese children's speech and language: Latest clinical research" at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention in Los Angeles.
This year the ARC received 3,152 Discovery proposals and funded 18.5%. Funding was, on average 65.8% of the requested budgets. Charles Sturt University had a 25% success rate.
|Celebrating the announcement of the grant at the ASHA convention in LA with Ben, Thora, Helen, Suzanne
Labels: ARC, CSU, grant, Vietnamese, VietSpeech
The size of the ASHA convention
At the ASHA convention in LA there are 13,000+ delegates and 2,500+ sessions comprised of 38 short courses, 637 oral seminars, 261 flash sessions, and 1798 posters! There were over 500 international delegates (more than ever before) attending from 55 countries.
|A small section of the exhibit hall
|It's not Hollywood - it's ASHAwood
|Thank you to the ASHA staff who organise the convention each year,
including my friend Gina Olwoch
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November 9, 2017
Networking at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention
While at the ASHA convention, my students and I have enjoyed talking with many researchers we quote in our work.
|Thora Masdottir (Iceland), Ben Pham, Suzanne Hopf, Lynn Williams (ASHA Vice President), Helen Blake, Anna Cronin, Karla Washington (University of Cincinnati)
|Suzanne Hopf met her PhD examiners: Carol Westby and Brenda Louw
|Anna Cronin, Ben Pham, Lilly Cheng, Dolores Battle, Helen Blake
|Kathy Chapman, Mary Hardin-Jones, Anna Cronin, Nancy Scherer
|Sharynne, Larry Shriberg (UWisconsin-Madison), Helen Blake
|Pam Enderby (incoming President of IALP) and Sharynne
Presentations at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention in LA
|Ben Pham, Helen Blake, Suzanne Hopf, Anna Cronin and Sharynne at ASHA
- Blake, H. L., Bennetts Kneebone, L. & McLeod, S. - Humanitarian migrants' oral English proficiency and self sufficiency. Poster.
- Blake, H. L., & McLeod, S. (2017, November). Intelligibility enhancement for multilingual university staff and students: A retrospective record review. Oral paper.
- Cronin, A., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. - Toddlers with cleft palate: Speech practices across four continents. Poster.
- Hopf, S. C., McLeod, S., & McDonagh, S. H. - Validation of the Intelligibility in Context Scale for multilingual Fijian school children. Poster.
- Hopf, S. C., McLeod, S., McDonagh, S. H., & Wang, C. - Culturally-sensitive practices supporting children's communication in Majority World countries: A Fijian perspective. Poster.
- Masso, S., McLeod, S., Baker, E., & McCormack, J. - Polysyllables and emergent literacy development in preschool children with speech sound disorders. Oral paper.
- McGill, N., - Animation for education: The Speech-Language Pathology Referrals project. Poster.
- Phạm, B., McLeod, S., & Harrison, L. J. - Assessing Vietnamese children's intelligibility. Poster.
- Pham, G., Phạm, B., & McLeod, S. - Vietnamese children's speech and language: Latest clinical research. Invited 1 hour seminar.
- Verdon, S., McLeod, S., & Wong, S. - The Principles of Culturally Competent Practice for speech-language pathologists. Oral paper.
- Washington, K. N., & McLeod, S. - Global tools and resources for pediatric SLPs: Supporting children around the world. Invited 1 hour seminar.
|Helen Blake's presentation
|Ben Pham's presentation
|Ben's poster: Sharynne, Thanh and Ben Pham
|Anna's poster: Thora Masdottir (Iceland), Anna Cronin, Kathy Chapman (USA), Sharynne
|Suzanne's poster: Thora Masdottir, Suzanne Hopf (Fiji), Helen Blake, Anna Cronin, Tricia McCabe
|Nicole's poster: Travis Threats (USA), Sharynne, Bernice Mathisen (Australia), Seyhun Topbas (Turkey), an SLP (USA)
|Ben Pham's poster received a Most Meritorious Poster Award
November 7, 2017
Enjoying LA with my PhD students
Most of my PhD students and I work in different cities and countries, so when we go to conferences we really enjoy spending time together. For a few days before the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention in Los Angeles, we enjoyed some of the highlights of LA.
|Ben and Sharynne visiting Santa Monica
|Helen, Ben, Sharynne, Minh, Ninh, and Anna
visiting the Happiest Place on Earth
|Suzanne and Sharynne in Hollywood
November 2, 2017
Siblings of children with hearing loss
Some time ago Kate Crowe, Jacqui Barr and I were invited to write a piece titled "Siblings of children with hearing loss" for the Oxford University Press eBulletin Raising and Educating Deaf Children: Foundations for Policy, Practice and Outcomes. It has been posted online here: http://www.raisingandeducatingdeafchildren.org/2017/10/16/siblings-of-children-with-hearing-loss/
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TRIKALA, Greece – After innovating with the introduction of the driverless buses, the municipality of Trikala is once again taking the lead by providing five electric vehicles that will be available for use by both local residents and visitors to the city. A presentation of two of these vehicles was held in the city on Wednesday.
The vehicles were manufactured as part of the European Union's Elviten Project, which demonstrates the usefulness of light electrified vehicles for urban transportation and sustainable cities. This is implemented by e-Trikala SA with the National Technical University of Athens' University Research Institute for Communications Systems and Computers. Elviten, which was launched in April 2018, is part of the broader "Horizon 2020" programme and is taking place in six European cities: Trikala, Berlin, Rome, Bari, Genoa and Malaga.
In statements, e-trikala SA CEO Yiannis Kotoulas noted: "The time has come for local residents and visitors to use electric vehicles. Trikala Municipality staff have been using them for 15 days now. This concerns five vehicles, three of which will be at the central square and three at the Matsopoulos' park. Any resident or visitor can take them and use them, simply by showing their ID and a driving licence for a motorbike. They are insured, have licence plates, are fully legal to use and can go anywhere, having an autonomous range of about 80 kilometres and a top speed of about 35 km/hour. They will be here for a year."
Trikala Mayor Dimitris Papastergiou said the initiative was part of an effort to promote use of electric vehicles in transportation: "The new electric vehicles can be a solution for our cities and especially for flat cities, such as Trikala," he said.


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This article is dedicated to beginners that decide to use Flask Microframework to code their next web project. At the end of this article you should be familiar with a real web application coded entirely in Flask, enhanced with authentication, database (SQLite), forms usage, basic routing and static export of the entire app. The live demo of this boilerplate, can be found here.
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What is Flask?
Flask (source code) is a Python web framework built with a small core and easy-to-extend philosophy. Sometimes called a "microframework" because has a small footprint compared to (much havier) Django. In fact, Flask was born years after Django, and built with Django drawbacks in mind by the Armin_Ronacher, the creator of Flask.
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Basically, a boilerplate is a skeleton, a base of a future project. Using a well coded boilerplate can help allot a developer, because he skip the part where the wheel is reinvented. You get the code, and add your magic on top.
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In case you wonder what's in the box, i will make a short list of features of this boilerplate:
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Wing clipping is controversial. It may stop your bird from flying out and escaping, but they can become injured by crash-landing when they can no longer fly properly. Think carefully first, and consider the alternatives that are recommended by bird trainers and behaviorists, including clicker training a bird to recall, so you can safely let them out of their cages. If you truly have no other option, then consider clipping as a last resort.
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Determining When and Whether to Clip
1Ask yourself whether you want to clip your bird's wings. There are strong arguments on either side — both for and against clipping. Those who caution against it say that birds were meant to fly and we should not interfere with a parrot's natural inclinations. Clipping the parrot's wings deprives them of this basic freedom.[1] X Research source Consider other options first.
- If you are planning to show your bird, it should never be clipped.
2Train your bird. Parrots respond very well to clicker training, and you can train your parrot to return to you when called. You can also use clicker training to modify unwanted behaviors, which can help your parrot stay happy and safe.[2] X Research source
- If you are not willing to do the work to train a parrot, then you may want to reconsider if getting a bird is right for you.
3Clip the wings for safety reasons indoors. There are some dangers to letting your bird fly free in your home. They can potentially damage their feathers, knock things over, and consume things that they should not. Many household items can be dangerous to parrots, including toilets and other standing water, lightbulbs and stoves that get hot, ceiling fans, cords to blinds, and windows and mirrors.[3] X Research source
- Ask yourself why you want a bird if you don't want it to fly or don't feel that your home is a safe environment. Consider that a different pet may be more appropriate.
4Prevent your bird from escaping. Parrots are quick and can take advantage of any open door or window to get out. Once outside, it may be difficult to get bird back if you have not trained them. With clipped wings, the chance of escape is reduced. And if your bird does get out, it's much easier to get them back.[4] X Research source
5Don't clip a baby parrot's wings. Bird wings should not be clipped until the bird can fly. Clipping too early can stunt the regular growth of the feathers.[5] X Research source
6Decide if you want a veterinarian to cut your bird's wings. If you've never done it before, it's advisable to have your vet do it the first time. That way you can see how it works and then decide if you want to continue to do it at home.[6] X Research sourceAdvertisement
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Cutting the Wings
1Prepare to cut the wings. Find an assistant, a towel suitable for the size of the bird, a sharp pair of scissors, and styptic powder, available at pet stores. Styptic powder is essential if you end up cutting too much and your parrot bleeds. If you don't want to clip your parrot's wings yourself, ask the assistant to clip them.[7] X Research source
2Use a towel. Drape the towel over both of your hands. Stay relaxed and face your bird. Gently wrap the towel around it if possible. If not, toss the towel over the bird and gently but firmly place your index finger on the top of its head and your other fingers around the sides of its lower beak. This will prevent biting and allow you and your assistant to arrange the towel safely. Make sure the feet are secured inside the towel to prevent scratching.[8] X Research source
- Birds are very sensitive to stress, and it is possible that the bird may have a heart attack when forcibly restrained.
3Determine which feathers to cut. Pull a wing out of the towel restraint and find the primary flight feathers. These will be the last ten and longest feathers on the wing. Talk to your vet before you cut the first time — different birds (depending on size) might need different feathers cut.[9] X Research source
4Using the scissors, cut off the ends off the outer six or seven. Leave a few centimeters between the cut end of the feather and the smaller feathers above. You may be tempted to leave the outer one or two alone for appearance's sake, but this is unadvised as this may be enough to give your bird the lift it needs to fly.[10] X Research source
5Avoid cutting the "blood" or "pin" feathers. These feathers are new and just starting to grow out, still endowed with a waxy sheath and plenty of blood supply for growth. You should be able to see the blood in the feather tube. Generally if you accidentally cut one of these, the blood will clot on its own. However, if you end up re-injuring one of these, the blood probably won't clot. If you are inexperienced, you should keep Kwik Stop or another styptic powder handy to immediately stop the bleeding. Birds have very little blood, so stopping a bleed quickly is important.
6Cut the other wing. Do it in the same way you did the first wing. Cutting less off both sides is much better than cutting one wing (making the bird list to one side and unable to fly).Advertisement
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Maintaining Cut Wings
1Cut according to the bird's weight and strength. A good wing trim will allow your bird to exercise the pectorals, or wing-flapping muscles, and will give it some coasting ability. Your bird shouldn't fall like a rock when it tries to fly, since landing on its chest can kill a heavier bird. Always trim less rather than more until you see how your bird adjusts. Heavier parrots like African Greys should be clipped less severely, while most cockatoos should be clipped more.[11] X Research source
2Check your bird's feathers monthly, clipping when necessary. Also decide on a day to be "Clipping Day," and mark it on your calendar each month. This should be the day you inspect the parrot's feathers — they might not be long enough to clip. Then you would mark another date in the future to see (one week, two weeks ahead) if the parrot's feathers are long enough.[12] X Research source
3Check in with your veterinarian. Make sure that you are doing the trim as you are supposed to. Your vet will be able to give you suggestions if he or she believes you haven't mastered trimming your parrot's wings.Advertisement
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QuestionWhat else can stop bleeding if applying cornstarch doesn't work?Blood loss from a clipped feather can be severe, even life-threatening. One tip is to hold the feather stump at 90 degrees to a bar of soap, and then push the feather deep into the soap, so the latter forms a plug (like a cork in a bottle). If this doesn't work, contact a veterinarian urgently. The feather may need to be cauterized in order to stem the flow, but do not attempt this at home.
QuestionIs it cruel to clip wings?This is much debated but in my personal opinion, yes it is. Birds with clipped wings are deprived of one of their basic needs: flying. This is like hobbling our legs so we could never walk anywhere. Also, birds with clipped wings still try to fly, but crash land which risks them becoming injured.
QuestionWhy are birds' wings clipped?Wings are clipped in order to stop them from flying. The argument in favor of wing clipping being that it allows the bird to spend time out of the cage but without the risk of them escaping. However, there are other more humane ways to do this. Intelligent birds, such as parrots, can be trained to a recall, much like a dog.
QuestionCan you cut a parrot's nails?Yes, if the nails are overlong. But always take care to visualize the living part of the nail, the quick. Be sure to cut below the quick so that you don't cut into it and don't hurt the bird or make the nail bleed.
QuestionCan I trim my parrot's wings, or should the vet do it?Community AnswerIt is best to let the vet do it, unless he/she teaches you how to do it properly.
QuestionDo I need to apply anything on the scissors before wing trim?Amy HarrisonTop AnswererNo, but make sure they're sharp.
QuestionDoes this work with parakeets?Unnamed12Community AnswerI am sure it works with parakeets just as well as it works with other breeds.
QuestionWhy would my parrot be losing his feathers?Community AnswerThere are a couple possibilities. He may just be in a natural molting phase. Most all birds go through this periodically after they reach a certain age, and it's completely natural. If he's not getting out of the cage enough, he could also be stressed out, which can cause birds to pluck their own feathers or just lose them at an accelerated rate. Finally, he may just be getting old. That starts to happen eventually.
QuestionHow long does it take a parrot to regrow its feathers?Community AnswerIt took my Quaker parrot almost a full year to regrow all of her flight feathers, but that didn't stop her from flying. Once your parrot's feathers reach a certain length (differs from parrot to parrot) they will have the ability to fly again. Diet, health, and stress levels will affect the growth rate. Check your parrot's feathers every month to two for growth.
QuestionHow much would it cost to get a vet to clip the parakeet's wings?Community AnswerIt depends on the vet, but it will probably be 5 to 20 dollars or little more for an experienced avian vet.
- ↑ http://www.petpages.com.au/a/grooming/should_i_clip_my_pet_parrots_wings
- ↑ http://hari.ca/avian-care/behavior-training/clicker-training-parrot-modify-behavior/
- ↑ http://www.onafricanwings.com/clipping.htm
- ↑ http://www.onafricanwings.com/clipping.htm
- ↑ http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww19eii.htm
- ↑ http://www.theparrotsocietyuk.org/pet-parrots/wing-clipping
- ↑ http://www.theparrotsocietyuk.org/pet-parrots/wing-clipping
- ↑ http://www.parrotparrot.com/lovebirds/tutorial-on-trimming-wings/
- ↑ http://www.parrotparrot.com/lovebirds/tutorial-on-trimming-wings/
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To clip a parrot's wings, start by talking to your veterinarian and making sure your bird is old enough to have its wings clipped, since cutting a baby bird's wings can stunt the growth of its feathers. If the vet gives you the ok, wrap your bird in a towel and ask an assistant to hold the bird firmly, but gently. Next, pull 1 wing out of the towel and use scissors to cut the ends off the outer 6 feathers. Then, do the same thing on the other wing. Finally, check your parrot's feathers once a month and trim the outer feathers back as necessary. For advice from our Veterinary reviewer on how to treat your bird if you accidentally cut a pin feather, keep reading.
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AP"Very useful and informative steps. Being able to see pictures also helped a great deal in the wing-clipping process. Lots of pre- and post-care for wing clipping and all around health and safety for your winged pet! Thank you!"..." more
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They must be more people that skip washing their hands according to a new study at the University of Colorado published in the journal PLoS One. The new study found bacteria are plentiful on virtually every bathroom surface you might imagine touching – toilet handles, stall doors, soap and towel dispensers.
They tested both mens and womens bathrooms on a college campus and both had the same amount of germs. And the researchers found a wide variety of bacteria, even though the bathrooms were well maintained.
The germs were found everywhere from sink handles to towels, soap dispensers and toilets. Some toilet bowl handles had soil bacteria which meant some flushed with their feet instead of their hands. Gut bacteria – the type of bugs that live in the human gastrointestinal tracts – were found on the handles of bathroom exits, a giveaway that not everyone is following advice to wash their hands after using the toilet.
Toilet seats and most of the toilet handles were populated with gut microbes, "suggesting fecal contamination of these surfaces," the journal PLoS One said, adding the contamination could have been the result of direct contact or water splashes when a toilet was flushed.
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Reflections of African American CEOs of Community Colleges: Racial Identity and Educational Experiences in Segregated and Integrated Schools
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Dorothy Ettling
Anita Anderson
Tarcisio Beal
Sandra M. Mayo
The intent of this qualitative study is to analyze the experiences of 26 African American Chief Executive Officers of community colleges in the United States. Through historical study and the subjects' own words, the study paints a vivid portrait of racism, personal struggle and ultimate triumph of both the CEOs, and African Americans collectively. Principal topics include Supreme Court decisions based on racial issues, the influences of Black leaders such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois, and the CEOs' experiences while attending integrated and segregated schools. Other crucial areas discussed are the impact of the Civil Rights Movement, and the use of Critical Race Theory as a research methodology. William Cross' Theory of Nigrescence contributes to further analysis of the issues by the application of Cross' theory to the CEOs' experiences of racial identity. Based on data collected through questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and personal artifacts, seven themes emerged. These themes indicate that the participants' personal and professional achievement was due to perseverance, preparedness, strong support systems, connection to family and the recognition of the need to "reclaim one's cultural center" by acknowledging ancestors, ethnicity, and uniqueness. The study leads us to conclude that both segregation and integration were key influences that provided many strong, positive and negative life experiences for the CEOs. Yet, the blending of those experiences served as a catalyst that sparked their aspirations, motivation, and ultimately, the fulfillment of their academic and professional success.
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Williams, Angela McPherson, "Reflections of African American CEOs of Community Colleges: Racial Identity and Educational Experiences in Segregated and Integrated Schools" (2002). Theses & Dissertations. 78.


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It's been another pulsating couple of months at Road Ahead magazine, with plans being hatched for a mega event called Critical Mass, at the beautiful Spier Wine Farm in Stellenbosch in February next year.
With crime on the up and hijacking a daily occurrence, the event will delve into solutions for the supply chain, along with a variety of other pertinent topics.
Delegates can expect a special guest appearance from the stars of Big Rig Bounty Hunters on the history channel, Shawn Zimmerman and Vince Jones, all the way from Ohio, USA. They will be discussing what has made them the premier truck retrieval operators in North America, while passing on knowledge to the South African market during their visit.
The likable Americans will be joined by some of the finest minds and leaders from southern African trucking, telematics, forensics, OEM manufacturing/assembly and supply chain risk management, who will take centre stage at this two-day event in Cape Town.
The event will include an exhibition showcasing the companies that matter in the industry, and is set to be a regular date on the trucking and logistics calendar. There will be live demonstrations from some of the experts to add a practical element to the event.
Critical Mass will conclude with a glitzy gala dinner and awards ceremony to cap what is set to be a 'can't miss' event on the logistics calendar. Expect to see all the main players from the wide world of vehicle tracking through to the top OEM brass from southern Africa's proud manufacturing base, with 500 knowledgeable delegates expected to descend on the Mother City.
With that being said we have included an interview with Zimmerman in this edition – a very interesting cowboy, to say the least. We've also got expert opinion pieces and interviews with some of the speakers for Critical Mass like counterfeiting expert Kyle Parker, digital radio insider Tony Sibanda, aviation ace Gerhard van Zyl and telematics wiz Craig Lovell, to give you taste of things to come.
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Alaska governor touts pipeline project that faces hurdles
November 30, 2017
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker on Tuesday touted the benefits a major liquefied natural gas project would bring to Alaska, though the project, which the state is pursuing with Chinese partners, is far from assured.
Walker, speaking in Anchorage, told reporters the project could provide affordable natural gas to communities, create thousands of jobs and generate up to $2 billion a year in revenue for the state.
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A couple of quick "housekeeping" matters this morning.
First, thanks to Evan Schaeffer at Legal Underground for adding Kierkegaard Lives to his blogroll. I added Legal Underground to the blogroll here after the Friday Fantastic Four 1-06-06 when I featured Legal Underground as the legal blog of the week.
Second, thanks to the fine folks over at Concurring Opinions for adding Kierkegaard Lives to their blogroll. Concurring Opinions is, in my opinion, by far the best law-prof blawg out there. If you haven't already been checking out their posts, now would be a good time to start.
Coming soon: I'm currently working on creating an idex to previous posts, grouped by category. Look for that to be coming in the next week or so, over at the sidebar on the right.
Finally, my apologies for not getting a "Friday Fantastic Four" up last Friday. The Alito hearings consumed my minimal blogging time last week. I'll definitely get one up again this week, though.


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My cat has had vomiting problems for 12 months, numerous tests at the vet did not find anything wrong. I got this food and the vomiting has stopped. My cat does occasionally vomit but it's usually a hair ball she brings up. I will be keeping her in this food
My friend recommended this to me as my maine coon keeps getting a runny tummy, wow, it's worked almost over night, this morning we have solid poo. The great thing was how much she loved it, she even went in the bin over night and got the empty tray out to lick it dry ha ha. I got the dry food too which again she loves. Can't thank this product enough. Ordering more later today.
Excellent food for sensitive tums
Having tried every sensitive food on the market, this is by far the best. My cat licks her bowl clean and she maintains a healthy weight. Great value on zooplus also.
Have been using the lamb and rice variety for a few months now. As others have pointed out, it is a very thick pate that will need mashing with a fork. However, it is exactly what it says on the tin: lamb and rice only. I am unsure what exactly my cats' sensitivity is, she gets soft stool periodically that ends up needing probiotics to firm back up, but since I have switched to this sensitive food there has been no further outbreak for months now. I also feed her RC sensitive and JWB turkey as a rotation but I consider this integra food the healthiest of the sensitive bunch.
Quite good
I bough the 'sensitive lamb and rice' variety and only one of my two cats likes it. The consistency of this is very solid, it needs to be mashed down really well with a fork. The ingredients are good, it is so hard to find a type of wet cat food that doesn't contain chicken, which my cat is allergic to.
Not a huge fan
Good quality no doubt, but my cat just won't eat it. He is usually not fussy, but he simply doesn't like this, I've tried all three varieties but nothing works. Especially with the turkey and potatoes, the consistency is very solid. I tired to soften it with a bit of water but she still wouldn't touch it and left it to try in the bowl. I ended up giving away almost all the trays I bought.. But I've found that Animonda vom Feinsten is slightly better quality and very natural, without additives etc, and that works for us. I have already ordered a pack of Animonda from zooplus - they are always the best for finding new foods :))
Not our favourite
This food does not look bad but my cat was reluctant to eat it, and left it to go off in her bowl. I guess it depends on the cat..
Excellent quality and the cat loves it
I'm in search of a new food for my cat with food intolerance. I tried these trays and so far they've been successful!
Helped a very poorly cat
My 12 year old Tiffanie had been very ill with sickness and diarrhea and despite lots of tests the vet could find nothing wrong so I decided to radically change her diet to try and save her. This was one of many products from Zooplus I tried as the selection for cats with dietary problems is very good. This is one of the successful ones for her along with Kattovit. As we all know with cats one of the problems is getting them to eat the food which is good for them but she does like this and the turkey and rice one sometimes. I am going to try the turkey and potato. My poorly girl is now looking a lot better.
Best food ever
The only food that doesn't give our Merlin diarrhoea is the Turkey & Potato Integra Sensitive.
Good but not very tasty
I have to admit, my cats are spoiled. This product is certainly good quality, looks healthy for cats, with whole grains of rice... The smell is like a classic paté. This food will help your cat to monitor its weight and food sensitivity.
Only thing my cat would eat
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Are humans getting healthier? Do you know what percentage of children survive their fifth birthday? Do you know what percentage died before the age of five in the year 1800?
This graph, created by Max Roser from data from GapMinder and the Worldbank shows child mortality over time. In the year 1800, nearly 43% of ALL children died before the age of five. Today, all around the globe, 4.3% of all children die before the age of five.
Over the past 200 years, child mortality has dropped from 43% to 4.3%! While 4.3 percent is still a tragically high number of children, this is a vast improvement over 43%.
How did this improvement happen?
With increasing wealth, people's living conditions improved. They ate healthier diets which increased heath. With knowledge, they avoided sickness. With Pasteur's discovery of the germs causing infectious disease, people improved their sanitary practices, got vaccinated and used antibiotics to ward off infectious disease.
Child mortality can tell us a lot about human health. As children survive childhood, it shows that humans are getting healthier.
Future of Child Survival
If this trend continues, it appears that, within 20 years, fewer than 1% of children will die before the age of 5. While it is still a tragedy for the families of the million children who will die, this is good news for the millions more families who will not lose a child.
This graph is courtesy of Max Roser (2018) – "The short history of global living conditions and why it matters that we know it". Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: 'https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions-in-5-charts' [Online Resource]


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Pieced Together Quilt Guild meets at the Green Knoll Rescue Squad, North Bridge Street, Bridgewater, New Jersey 7-9:30pm 2nd and 4th Wednesdays (except July & August). We have approx. 70 members who pay $47/Year in dues. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month except July & August from 7-9pm. We have 1 Business Meeting and 1 Guest Speaker or Program per Month. We also have other fun Guild activities (Bus Trips, Challenges, Show-n-Tells, etc.) EMail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Garden State Quilters Guild, Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 4 Madison Ave, Madison, NJ. Garden State Quilters features speakers at most meetings and workshops to further enhance member skills. Our 250 members pay $60 annually, and we welcome guests from whom we ask a small donation. We meet on the second Monday of each month excepting the third Monday of October. In addition to our speakers, meetings feature Show and Tell, fat quarter exchanges, Guild library sharing, and Block of the Month raffles. Our Sunshine project creates quilts for needy babies and other charitable recipients which we are glad to have members complete at home or at our monthly Bee. Join us! For more information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com Our members love to share their skills.
- Cherry Hill
Love Apple Quilters PO Box 3734 Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 Meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month. Meetings are held at St. Andrews Methodist Church on Route 70 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Meetings are held from 7:30PM until 9:30 PM. For more information visit our website.
- Cinnaminson
Cinnamisnon Quilters We have 50 plus members. Dues are $10 per year Meetings are held at the Community Center, Manor Road and Riverton Moorestown Rds. each month on the second and fourth Wednesday, from 10 am till 2 pm. contact email@example.com for more information
- Clifton
Clifton Quilters` Guild 7pm last Wednesday of every month (except for Nov and Dec) in the Senior Barn at the city municipal complex. We have average of 50 members who pay $25 yearly dues. Monthly programs with area speakers. We make baby quilts for our area hospital and donate 10-12 quilts to Habitat for Humanity every year. Celebrating 30th Anniversary April 2019. Publicity Chair Michele Kopack firstname.lastname@example.com
- Colts Neck
Jersey Shore Modern Quilt Guild We are a young but quickly growing guild of dedicated quilters. From beginners to experienced quilters, we have something for everyone. Meeting the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 7-9 at the Colts Neck Reformed Church... and holding sew-ins the 2nd Saturday of each month at the same location. Dues are $40 per year. Come join us! Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
- Egg Harbor City
Lafayette Quilt Guild meets every second Saturday of the month at 9:30 am in the Senior Nutrition Center. Our Members work together to encourage the preservation of the cultural and historical value of quilts as an American Folk Art and support present day quilting as tomorrow's heirlooms - and we have a heck of a lot of fun and laughter in doing so. Guests are always welcome. Visit our website to learn more about us or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
- Ewing/Trenton
Round-table Quilters We meet once a month working on on-going individual Projects. Third Saturday of each month Call to attend. New members welcome. 609-222-3422
- Fanwood
The Harvest Quilters is a quilt group which meets on the first Monday of each at Chelsea Independent Living facility, 295 South Avenue, Fanwood, NJ. No dues and all are welcome. Contact Ann Eelman at firstname.lastname@example.com
- Franklinville
South Jersey Quilt Guild. We Meet at the Franklinville Community Library at 7 PM on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. We also meet on the third Saturday each month from 9:30 to 2:30. We have an annual bus trip to quilt shops in Lancaster each fall. We support many charity events and workshops for all levels of quilting. All are welcome. Contact SJQG, PO Box 336, Franklinville, NJ 08322
- Frenchtown
Courthouse Quilters Guild. We have about 100 members who pay $35 per year in dues. We meet at 6:30 PM on the first Sunday of the month (with some exceptions, please see our website) at the Masonic Lodge in Frenchtown, NJ. We host a bi-yearly quilt show at the Prallsville Mills with over 200 quilts on display in the loveliest venue in the state. We offer many workshops and charity quilting opportunities. Our guild is dedicated to the ongoing education of quilters and those who appreciate the art.
- Groveville
Turtle Creek Quilters Guild. We have about 60 members who pay $30/year in dues. We meet at 1:30 pm on the third Sunday of the month, off July and August. We have speakers, a block of the month, workshops, charity projects, a monthly silent auction, show & tell, a library, snacks, occasional trips, a newsletter, and monthly UFO workshops at a local library. Come early to catch up with old friends and meet new! Contact M. Pemberton, 732-651-0067 or email@example.com, for directions.
- Hamilton
Birds of A Feather Quilt Guild. We are a new guild that meets on the Third Sunday of each month at 1:30 pm in the Hamilton Township Recreation Building on Olden Avenue. Our motto is For the love of Quilting, The thrill of learning , and the joy of friendship. Dues are $20. a year.
- Jamestown
Turtle Creek Quilters, 27 West Churchg ST, Jamesburg 08831
- Jersey City
Jersey City Quilters' Guild The JCQG meets on the first Saturday of every month from September to June at 10:00 a.m., in the rectory of St. Aloysius Church at 691 West Side Ave., in Jersey City. The yearly dues are $30. We always welcome new members and invite interested quilters to come to a meeting to see what we are all about. For more information, please contact Ellen at email@example.com.
- Lakehurst
Pine Needles Quilters c/o Toni Altier 628A Stamford Ct Lakehurst, NJ 08733
- Manahawkin
Pieceful Shores Quilters Guild, Guild Meetings are currently held twice a month. The afternoon meeting, starts at 1:00 PM, the third Wednesday of the month. The evening meeting is held at 7:00 PM, on the fourth Thursday of the month. Both will held be at the Bay Avenue Community Center located at 775 Bay Ave, Manahawkin, NJ 08050. The guild has approximately 75 members.
- Marmora
South Shore Stitchers meet at the Tuckahoe United Methodist Church on the 2nd Monday of each month. Doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting starts at 7. We have over 125 members, but always welcome guests to our meetings. We meet year-round and have a program every month. Mailing address: PO Box 1103, Marmora, NJ 08223 Visit our web site for much more information on this active, happy guild!
- Medford
Berry Basket Quilters PO Box 1614 Medford, NJ 08055-1614 phone # 609-953-2611
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday 7:30-10 pm
- Middletown
Rebbeca's Reel Quilters of Poricy Park meet once a month. We are an active group that donates much time and energy to community based projects. New members are always welcomed. Log onto our website for information about our Guild and its meeting, workshops, programs and events. Poricy Park, PO Box 36, Middletown, NJ 07748 (732)842-9566 email@example.com
- Millville
Garden Patch Quilters 27 Caloris Ave. Millville, NJ 08322
Meetings 3rd Wednesday 7-9:30 pm
- Montclair
Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild. We have about 31 members who pay $25 per year in dues. We meet at 1pm on the second Saturday of each month at The Wally Choice Community Center, 45 Maple Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042. We do fat quarter swaps,work on charity projects, have workshops and trips. We do a show every year. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
- Moorestown
Moorestown Area Quilters We meet on the third Wednesday from September to June at 7PM. Additional information is available on Facebook or email at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Mullica Hill
African American Ebony Rainbow quilt guild 30 members @ 20 yrly dues. we meet 3rd Saturday @ the Mullica hill library 10am-4pm no guest fees for two mtgs. then open for joining.. annual summer picnic & holiday brunch open to members of color contact firstname.lastname@example.com Barb JORDEN
Quilting Divas of NJ is a small guild that meets on the 3rd Sunday of each month at the Gloucester County Library, 389 Wolfert Station Rd, Mullica Hill, NJ. We do a show in March of each year at the library. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.Peaceful Stitchers Quilters Guild. We have about 25 members who pay $20 a year in dues. We meet at 10 am on the 3rd Saturday of the month at the Gloucester County Public Library. We have classes, do service projects for charitable organizations, complete a raffle quilt every other year, have quilting retreats. Contact email@example.com for more information
- Newfoundland
West Milford Heritage Quilters 361West Union Valley Rd. Newfoundland, NJ 07435 Meetings: 3rd Friday 7-11 pm at the First Presbyterian Church
- North Plainfield
Harvest Quilters meets on the 1st Monday of each month at 7 pm at the Chelsea Independent Living facility, South Avenue, Fanwood, NJ. email@example.com
- Northville
Pieceful Valley Quilters c/o M.Piehler 423 Briarwood Ln. Northvale, NJ 07647
- Paramus
Brownstone Quilters Guild We meet on the second Thursday of each month, excluding July and August, at the Central Unitarian Church at 156 Forest Avenue, Paramus, NJ. We have speakers, workshops, trips, block of the month, sew days and challenges. Our service group makes and distributes quilts throughout Bergen County. A quilt show is put on in November every other year. You may contact us at email@example.com.
- Pemberton
The Jersey Girl Quilters. We are a newly formed small group of quilters who meet on a monthly basis at a member's home. We attend classes, participate in group projects and do charity quilting. For information contact firstname.lastname@example.com
- Pennington
Hopewell Valley Quilters. We meet the third Thursday of every month at 7:00 PM in the Hopewell Township branch of Mercer County Library. This is an informal group of about 35 active quiltmakers. There are no dues and no formal membership. Meetings typically consist of announcements, show and tell, and informal conversation. All are welcome! For more information, contact Nancy Breland at email@example.com
Central Jersey Modern Quilt Guild. We have about 60 members who pay $50 in dues. We meet at 7 pm on the second Tuesday of the month at Pennington Quilt Works. Our meetings include short lessons, swaps, discussions, show and tell, and challenge. We meet for retreats 2x year and free sewing days for members every other month. Join us! Contact centraljerseymqg(at)gmail(dot)com.
- Pitman
Good Shepherd Quilt Guild. We have @40 friendly quilters who meet in the Parish Hall of The Church of the Good Shepherd from 6:30-8pm on the 3rd Wednesday from September thru June. Each year we have a special project and guest speakers. We make quilts for NICU preemies, veterans, pillowcases for teens in hospitals, and other charitable causes. Contact Shelly at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
- Point Pleasant
Jersey Shore Quilters. We meet at Good shepherd lutheran church 708 Ocean rd. Rte88 point pleasant,nj' Tuesday 7pm-9pm-Thursday 10am-2pm. We are a quilting bee ,no dues, just show up. email@example.com
- Readington
Hunterdon County Quilting Guild. We have about 75 members who pay $40 per year in dues. We generally meet the 3rd friday of each month with the exception of December and June at the Readington Reformed Church, Readington, New Jersey. We do not meet in July and August. We have lectures, workshops and a block of the month. Please visit out website for further information regarding meeting dates and activities. EMail: email@example.com
- Scotch Plains
The HArvest Quilters of Central New Jersey meet on the first Monday of most months and have a casual format for meetings which are concentrated entirely on quilting. There is no structure, officers or dues. To join you need only love quilting. All are welcome. Call 908-755-7653 to learn where next meeting is or to find out more. email@example.com
- Secaucus
Meadowlands Piecemakers Quilt Guild. We meet 1st Tuesday of month 7 to 9 p.m at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 800 Roosevelt Ave, Secaucus, NJ. Dues $20.00 for Jan-Dec. Guest free 1st meeting, $2.00 thereafter. Block exchange, fat quarter swap, shop hop, informal classes on different techniques. 4th Tuesday of month informal meetings to work on charity quilts.
- Somers Point
Wind Rose Quilt Guild. 16 South View Dr., Somers Point, NJ 08244
- Southampton
Berry Basket Quilters, 509 Paige Dr, Southampton 08088
- Spring Lake Heights
New Jersey Manasquan/Spring Lake Heights Circle of Friends, formerly of Manasquan, is now meeting in Spring Lake Heights at the SLH Community Center, 9th & Ocean Rd. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the 4th Tuesday of every month with the exception of August & December. We have about 25 members and enjoy meeting to share ideas & techniques, do community service projects, and learn through informal lessons & classes. We have summer and holiday parties. Visitors and new members are always welcome! For more information, contact Gail at firstname.lastname@example.com
- Tennent
Molly Pitcher Stitchers. Meetings the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:00PM at the Old Tennent Church, Tennent, NJ.
- Toms river
Beachplum Quilters of the Jersey Shore. P.O. Box 749, Island Heights, NJ 08732-0749. firstname.lastname@example.com. Approx. 80 members- dues $30/ year Sept - June. Meetings at Presbyterian Church of Toms River, 1070 Hooper Ave. Third Friday of the Month, 6:30 PM. Even Year Quilt Show w/ Raffle Quilt at Toms River Elks Lodge. New members welcome
- Trenton
Princeton Sankofa Stitchers MQG meets at the Shiloh Baptist Church, 340 Reverend S Howard Woodson, Trenton, NJ 08618
Princeton Sankofa Stitchers Modern Quilt Guild (PSSMQG) was formed in late 2015 by a group of African American women who began getting together casually to quilt and to share information about the craft. We meet at 11:00am on the second Monday of the month at Shiloh Baptist Church. We have many activities including sewing for various charities, quilt challenges, and recreational quilting. Please contact us if you'd like to attend a meeting. EMail: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Tuckahoe
South Shore Stitchers, South Shore Stitchers. We have about 120 members, with monthly programs throughout the year. We meet at the Tuckahoe United Methodist Church on the 2nd Monday each month; doors open at 6:30, meeting starts at 7. Our quilt shows are during odd-numbered years. Dues are $30. Contact: Merry May 609-628-2231 or firstname.lastname@example.com
- Tuckerton
The Seaport Stitchers Quilt Guild meets the second Monday of the month at the Tuckerton Seaport just off Route 9 in Tuckerton, in The Shanty, at 7:00 PM. You can come and visit before deciding to join. Dues are $25.00 per year due in January.
- Waldwick
Brownstone Quilters PO Box 228 Waldwick, NJ 07463 (201) 670-4856. Meetings: 2nd Friday 12 noon and 7:30 pm
- West Milford
West Milford Heritage Quilt Guild meets at the West Milford Library 1470 Union Valley Rd. on the 3rd Friday at 7:00. We have show and tell and a project or program each month. Contact email@example.com from more information.
- Willingboro
3 Q's (Queens of Quality Quilting). We meet the first Saturday of each month except July and August. We meet at the Kennedy Center in Willingboro from 12:00-3:30pm. We have a Roung Robin and quarterly projects. We donate at least 12 quilts annually to different organizations. We also have a yearly retreat in March. For info please contact Patricia Clement @ email@example.com
- Woodbridge
Woodbridge Heritage Quilters. We have about 35 members ranging from beginners to expert. We meet at 7:30 pm on the third Monday of the month at the Main Library in Woodbridge. We have a block of the month, challenge quilts, workshops, guest lecturers, and do community service quilts for women and children in need.We are always eager to meet and greet new faces and share our love of quilting.
- Yardville
Turtle Creek Quilters. Turtle Creek Quilters is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a forum for quilters to meet and exchange quilting ideas while supporting charitable organizations in the area. We meet at 1:00 pm on the third Sunday of the month (September through June) at the Ray Dwier Recreation Center on Church Street in Groveville (Hamilton), NJ.


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The Essential Role of In-House Analytics
Across industries, innovators are finding ways to use data and analytics to be disruptive. This combination fuels the need for organizations to have advanced data capabilities in order to stay competitive. Many life sciences companies aim to meet this challenge by tapping the resources and expertise of their in-house analytics teams. However, these teams can […]
Novartis's Intelligent "Personal Assistant" Facilitates More Meaningful HCP Interactions
Life sciences organizations are continuing to adopt digital technologies as the industry experiences a digital revolution. With the incredible amounts of data set to be captured in 2019, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are changing the industry landscape. Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan discusses in a recent article how strategic technology partnerships are enabling acceleration […]
Four AI trends making commercial life sciences smarter in 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already proved to be useful when it comes to life sciences R&D, starting to fruitfully aid in plumbing the vast depths of discovery, clinical, and real-world data. However, the benefits of AI are now making themselves known on the business side of the life sciences industry, enabling commercial teams to better understand and address the needs of the healthcare providers and patients they serve. In 2019, the following trends will help to define how AI can become better integrated into the commercial side of life sciences businesses.
From Manual to Automation: MSD Personalizes Individual HCP Interactions
It's no secret that customer centricity and personalization tools are rapidly becoming the gold standard for healthcare professional (HCP) interactions. The growing consensus across the life sciences industry is that automation will help organizations target down to the individual level. Using tools enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) can help brand teams design customer journeys that […]
Novartis and Aktana Present the New Commercial Engagement Model at
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The Veeva Commercial and Medical Summit, Europe welcomed over 1,000 attendees this year in Madrid, including speakers from some of the world's largest life sciences companies. Concentrated on the era of intelligent customer engagement, attendees discussed the future of customer engagement across sessions, networking conversations, and on social media.
Four Essentials for Maximizing Engagement in AI Decision Support
Decision support has become a vital tool in connecting brand strategy with execution, resulting in increased CRM satisfaction and better healthcare professional (HCP) engagement. When you roll out your decision support program, how can you ensure that you'll get the adoption and long-term user engagement with the technology to achieve these results? Below are four essentials for maximizing engagement in AI decision support.
Aktana Presents the Missing Link to Coordinated Sales and Marketing at Dreamforce 2018
This year's Dreamforce event brought together over 170,000 people in downtown San Francisco for its 16th year. One of the major themes discussed was how to cut through the noise to create a better customer experience through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital engagement.
Still Waters Run Deep: The Major Analytical Advantages of Data Lakes
Companies today are drowning in data. The average company exceeds 50 percent per year in volume of data growth and has an average of 33 unique data sources — these are overwhelming amounts that make extracting analytical insights an arduous task. For those swamped with data that's not being put to use, data lakes can provide immense value. Data lakes are storage systems that hold large volumes of raw, highly diverse data from many sources. Aside from providing internal benefits such as architecture flexibility and scalability, they make processing data quicker and more accurate, uncovering analytical insights that companies didn't even realize before.
The Future of Machine Learning in the Life Sciences Industry – Part 2
As discussed in part one of this series, machine learning and AI have already been applied in several ways in the commercial life sciences -- yet there's potential to do even more. In part two, Veeva Systems SVP of Commercial Strategy Paul Shawah and Aktana CEO David Ehrlich discuss what's in store for this emerging technology and how commercial and medical teams can make the most of it.
The Current State of Machine Learning in Commercial Life Sciences – Part 1
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LuAP(Ce) (LuAlO3:Ce) is a scintillation crystal with high density and short decay time suited for SPECT, PET, and PEM.
LuAP(Ce) and yttrium-containing LuYAP are materials of interest in the scintillator community. These materials are attractive because of their high density (up to 8.34 g/cm3), short scintillation decay time (primary component as short as ~18 ns), and potential high light output (close to 12 photons/keV). However, due to self-absorption, the scintillation efficiency is lowered significantly and therefore the light output of these materials is strictly dependent on the thickness of the crystal.
- High light output
- High density
- High energy resolution
- Non-hygroscopicity
- Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
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Surveillance Is Your Busy Work
NY: [NY Transit Authority/ Nexus Press], [1983]. 11 × 28 in [27.9 × 71.1 cm]. Offset lithograph printed in red, black and white. Original lithograph placard produced for placement in mass transit. Fine condition with some slight toning to the stock noticeable on the rear. Item #36766
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports R-22 refrigerant depletes the ozone layer. Therefore, R-22 (Freon) is being phased out. The EPA has reduced the production of R-22 refrigerant for 2013. By 2015, production will be almost completely banned.
The price of R-22 refrigerant has increased drastically, and will continue to rise. The availability of R-22 refrigerant will decrease until eventually contractors will not have it in inventory.
If you have an existing R-22 heat pump or air conditioning system, take care of it by having it serviced regularly.


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"In this volume, Corey Anton and Lance Strate have carefully crafted a collection of comparisons of Korzybski's thoughts to other key philosophers and their ideas. Media, semiotics, imagination, rational thought, cultural studies, and cyberculture are only a sample of the many stimulating topics that come to life in this book…With freshness and vision, this edited collection takes us on a thought-provoking journey connecting us to the essence of Korzybski's contribution. I found it to be a thoroughly enjoyable read."
–Karen Lollar Ph.D.
Chair, Communication Arts and Sciences Metropolitan State University of Denver
Author of The Talk Within: Its Central Role in Communication (2012)
"The collection of essays contained within this book represent a gallant and exquisite attempt to backtrack, as well as to sidetrack and track ahead, and show how Alfred Korzybski's enterprise is indeed aligned not only with various strains and traditions in academic thought and scholarship, but with the work of a host of significant theorists from across the disciplines. As such Corey Anton, Lance Strate, and their contributors have done a great service to Korzybski's legacy, and to the continuation and expansion of general semantics as both an applied and a theoretical system. They have positioned Korzybski and his work as a locus, rather than an outlier."
–Thom Gencarelli, Manhattan College
"Corey Anton and Lance Strate have assembled a 'wild variety' of 16 erudite essays demonstrating the past, present and continuing influence and relevance of Korzybskian general semantics. Academic specialists from diverse fields explore the "connections, intersections, and divergences" between general semantics and assorted topics ranging from phenomenology to psychotherapy to philosophy; from Heinlein to Hayakawa to Heidegger; from matters of time and temporality to the nature of human happiness. "Korzybski And …" is a collection not to be missed, an example of time-binding at its finest."
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Saturday, 12 November 2016
Reports today that Labor Leader Bill Shorten intends to take a tougher approach to 457 visas for foreign workers are laughable.
Mr Shorten is lying when he says Labor wants to remain the friend of blue collar workers. The truth is Labor has long abandoned blue collar workers for green voters in an effort to defend inner city seats from the Greens party.
The Opposition Leader and his party presided over a huge growth in 457 visa numbers when last in government and did little to protect Australian workers from being displaced by temporary visa holders.
Under Labor the number of 457 visa holders climbed from 68,000 in 2010 to more than 110,000 when they left office in 2013 and misuse of the 457 programme was rampant.
In one instance a company had 400 Chinese workers and just one Australian worker on a construction site. In another the workforce was almost exclusively South Korean with around 200 workers on 457 visas.
Under the Coalition Government the number of 457 visa holders has declined significantly by around 15,000 while at the same time hundreds of thousands of new jobs have been created for Australians.
The Coalition has strengthened integrity in the 457 programme through increasing resources for monitoring 457 sponsors, new obligations on those sponsors and additional penalties for those who attempt to game the system.
Whereas Labor cut staffing of the Fair Work Ombudsman when Bill Shorten was the responsible Minister, the Coalition has provided additional resources for the FWO to investigate and prosecute breaches of visa obligations.
These reforms ensure the 457 programme is a supplement to, not a substitute for, Australian workers.
Labor failed Australian workers when in government and Mr Shorten's claims now to want to protect them are hypocritical.
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URL: https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/peterdutton/2016/Pages/shorten-caught-out-lying-again.aspx
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311 – Christian Kirksey (Drummer + Starting LB Cleveland Browns): Discipline, Dedication and Sacrifice
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Christian Kirksey is a man of determination. As the starting linebacker of the Cleveland Browns he knows what it takes to set his sights on a goal and attain mastery. Even more interesting is that he grew up playing drums in church and worked his way up the ranks to become the full time drummer of the church band before setting his sights on the NFL.
We chat about the parallels between what it takes to become a pro athlete, master an instrument or achieve any other goal you have your sights on.
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Application For A Free Irrigation Evaluation
"I was so happy to have someone from the City evaluate my irrigation system. [The Irrigation Specialist] was courteous and knowledgeable, and he gave me useful information that will help cut my water usage. I will absolutely follow up on the recommendations he made."
— Elizabeth B.
"[The Irrigation Specialist] was so knowledgeable and patient in explaining things to me. I will definitely follow through and get the things repaired that are needed. I am an 86 year-old widow and had little understanding of my sprinkler system. It was great to have someone who knew so much to come help me. I applaud the City for not only providing this service to people like me, but to conserve water."
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