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Chronic obesity is currently at epidemic levels in the UK and many other countries worldwide and is having a major adverse impact on our society. It is estimated that more 25% of the adult population are obese and around two thirds are either overweight or obese. Worryingly over the last 20 years there has been a ~3 fold increase in the number of children and adolescents who are obese or overweight. This trend is alarming, as chronic obesity is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular and liver disease and some cancers. Most notably however, obesity is a primary driver for induction of peripheral insulin resistance, which when coupled with pancreatic beta cell functional insufficiency, leads to diabetes. Recent work also indicates that the risk of Alzheimer's disease is higher in patients with diabetes and obesity. Therefore it is clear that our society is on a trajectory that will see significant increases in the proportion of individuals entering or in old age with severe chronic health issues. This places an enormous burden on the NHS and society generally, which is likely to worsen over the next 10-20 years if effective actions are not taken soon.
The aim of our work is to understand, at a molecular level, why and how these diseases are linked, in order to find new ways to prevent their long-term harmful consequences. We currently use a number of different systems to study the interactions between the hormones, leptin and insulin, and glucose and fat metabolism. Our current research projects are addressing: (i) how the enzyme beta secretase (BACE1) influences nutrient metabolism and leptin and insulin sensitivity; (ii) the role of the transcription factor, Nrf2, on glucose and lipid metabolism; (iii) how different cellular stresses influence cell metabolism and function; and (iv) how hypothalamic neurons and pancreatic beta cells sense changes in glucose levels.
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The Role of NCX1 Palmitoylation in Cardiac Function
25/09/17 → 24/09/21
Project: Research
East Central Scotland Network Centre
1/09/14 → 31/08/20
Project: Research
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Elevated circulating amyloid concentrations in obesity and diabetes promote vascular dysfunctionMeakin, P. J., Coull, B. M., Tuharska, Z., McCaffery, C., Akoumianakis, I., Antoniades, C., Brown, J., Griffin, K. J., Platt, F., Ozber, C. H., Yuldasheva, N. Y., Makava, N., Skromna, A., Prescott, A. R., McNeilly, A. D., Siddiqui, M. K., Palmer, C. N. A., Khan, F. & Ashford, M. L. J., 14 May 2020, In : Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
CD44 contributes to hyaluronan-mediated insulin resistance in skeletal muscle of high fat-fed C57BL/6 miceHasib, A., Hennayake, C., Bracy, D. P., Bugler-Lamb, A-R., Lantier, L., Khan, F., Ashford, M., McCrimmon, R., Wasserman, D. H. & Kang, L., Dec 2019, In : American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism. 317, 6, p. E973-E983 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Corrigendum to "The BACE1 product sAPPβ induces ER stress and inflammation and impairs insulin signaling" [Metab Clin Exp 85 (2018) 59-75]Botteri, G., Salvadó, L., Gumà, A., Hamilton, D. L., Meakin, P. J., Montagut, G., Ashford, M. L. J., Ceperuelo-Mallafré, V., Fernández-Veledo, S., Vendrell, J., Calderón-Dominguez, M., Serra, D., Herrero, L., Pizarro, J., Barroso, E., Palomer, X. & Vázquez-Carrera, M., Jul 2019, In : Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 96, p. 101-102 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Bace1-dependent amyloid processing regulates hypothalamic leptin sensitivity in obese miceMeakin, P. J., Jalicy, S. M., Montagut, G., Allsop, D. J. P., Cavellini, D. L., Irvine, S. W., McGinley, C., Liddell, M. K., McNeilly, A. D., Parmionova, K., Liu, Y-R., Bailey, C. S. L., Dale, J. K., Heisler, L. K., McCrimmon, R. J. & Ashford, M. L. J., 8 Jan 2018, In : Scientific Reports. 8, 1, p. 55 16 p., 55.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Calcium Channel CaV2.3 Subunits Regulate Hepatic Glucose Production by Modulating Leptin-Induced Excitation of Arcuate Pro-opiomelanocortin NeuronsSmith, M. A., Katsouri, L., Virtue, S., Choudhury, A. I., Vidal-Puig, A., Ashford, M. L. J. & Withers, D. J., 9 Oct 2018, In : Cell Reports. 25, 2, p. 278-287.e4 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- 1 Participation in conference
Activities per year
Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2013
Michael L. J. Ashford (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Investigation of BACE1 as a stress-induced regulator of neuronal metabolismAuthor: Findlay, J. A., 2014
Supervisor: Ashford, M. (Supervisor) & Sutherland, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
Investigation of KATP channel function in response to metabolic and pharmacological manipulation, in the hypothalamic GT1-7 cell lineAuthor: Haythorne, E., 2014
Supervisor: Ashford, M. (Supervisor) & McCrimmon, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
Nrf2 in metabolic related inflammation in the brainAuthor: Liddell, M. K., 2015
Supervisor: Ashford, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
Palmitoylation of the Cardiac Sodium-Calcium ExchangerAuthor: Reilly, L., 2014
Supervisor: Fuller, W. (Supervisor) & Ashford, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
Recurrent Hypoglycaemia-examining Impact and StrategyAuthor: George, P., 2015
Supervisor: McCrimmon, R. (Supervisor) & Ashford, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy


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Central Saanich Police Deputy Chief Les Sylven will be stepping up into the position of top cop this September when Chief Constable Paul Hames retires after 16 years on the job.
The Police Board made their decision March 12 to offer the position to Sylven, and he immediately accepted.
"It's a little hard to believe still," said Sylven. "It is an honour. This is such a great community, and the opportunity to continue serving here is really exciting."
Sylven, 49, first began his career in policing with the RCMP in 1988 in Squamish and the Lower Mainland. He joined the Victoria Police Department in 1996 and after serving in various roles for 15 years, accepted his current position as Deputy Chief with the Central Saanich Department in 2011.
The promotion to Chief Constable comes hot on the heels of a recent prestigious honour: Sylven was invested into the Order of Merit of the Police Forces by Governor General David Johnson last year in recognition of his contribution to policing in Canada.
It's that commitment to the highest standards of policing that Sylven plans on bringing to his new position.
"We've got a lot of challenges in policing in general, and the theme around a lot of it is trust and transparency," he said.
Standards for dealing with missing persons and domestic violence, as well as how the police use force are top of mind for law enforcement in Central Saanich, and across the country, said Sylven.
"We have to be constantly checking to make sure that we are meeting the community's expectations. It's about making sure that the public has that confidence in us, because without that confidence, we can't be effective at our job."
Keeping on top of traffic safety and addiction issues on the Peninsula are also big topics for Sylven and Central Saanich, he said.
"We spend a lot of our time dealing with addiction-related issues," he said, noting that both alcohol and drug intoxication are involved.
The Department will continue to work closely with the Sidney North Saanich RCMP and with the community to ensure the Peninsula is a safe and positive place to live, he said.
"The police officers and staff are all so excellent," he said, adding that "Chief Hames has been in the role for 16 years now, and has done an excellent job leading the department. Those are some big shoes to fill. But I'm very excited about the future, and looking for more and more ways we can engage with the community."
The Police Board is expected to announce the search process for the next Deputy Chief in the weeks to come.


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Antivirus firewall software often comes as a bundle of separate programs packaged into one security suite. Though, there are antivirus programs that can be installed as stand-alone applications. There are also stand-alone firewall programs that can replace the bundled basic Windows Firewall that gets installed with recent or updated versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
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Siskind Susser is excited to announce that Lynn Susser was recently elected to ABIL, the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers. ABIL is comprised of over 20 lawyers from top tier immigration practices with years of expertise and a comprehensive understanding of immigration law. For more information on ABIL, including a map of ABIL attorneys worldwide, visit their website at www.abil.com.
The following articles are excerpts from ABIL's monthly Immigration Insider, available here on their website.
USCIS Recalls Incorrectly Dated Green Cards for Spouses of U.S.
Citizens On May 14, 2018, USCIS began recalling approximately 8,500 permanent resident cards ("green cards") due to a production error. The green cards were for approved Forms I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions of Residence, for spouses of U.S. citizens. The cards were printed with an incorrect "Resident Since" date and were mailed between February and April 2018.
USCIS said it was sending notices to individuals who received the incorrect green cards and to their attorneys of record, if any. The affected individuals should return their incorrect green cards to USCIS in the provided pre-paid envelope within 20 days of receiving the notice, or return their cards to USCIS field offices, USCIS said. USCIS will send replacement green cards within 15 days of receiving the incorrect card.
The recall does not affect these green card holders' status as lawful permanent residents. If affected individuals need to travel internationally or prove their lawful permanent residence while they wait for a replacement card, they may call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 to determine if they need additional proof, the agency said.
Spouses of U.S. citizens may apply for naturalization after three years of permanent residence and must meet other requirements. The incorrect date on these cards could lead applicants to wait longer than necessary to apply to become U.S. citizens, USCIS said.
The USCIS announcement is at https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-recall-incorrectlydated-green-cards.
Guidance Revised on EB-5 Immigrant Investor Cases Involving Tenant Occupancy; Adjustment of Status Interview Guidelines/Waiver Criteria
USCIS announced on May 16, 2018, that it is revising guidance on immigrant investor (EB-5) cases involving tenant occupancy. Previously, the USCIS Policy Manual allowed for tenant occupancy methodologies used by some petitioners to show that their capital created, or will create, 10 indirect jobs. USCIS said it determined that "these methodologies do not provide reasonable predictions of indirect job creation and are no longer considered reasonable methodologies to support economically or statistically valid forecasting tools."
USCIS said it therefore will no longer accept tenant-occupancy models for filings. USCIS said it will continue to "give deference to Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, and Form I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status, "when directly related to previously approved projects, absent material change, fraud or misrepresentation, or legal deficiency of the prior determination."
USCIS also announced the same day that it is updating guidance on adjustment of status interview guidelines and interview waivers by:
- Clarifying that USCIS will interview all adjustment of status applicants unless the agency waives the interview;
- Removing employment-based and fiancé(e)-based adjustment cases from the list of types of adjustment of status cases in which USCIS might waive the interview; and
- Editing the guidance on relocating cases for adjustment interviews to be consistent with the updated list of cases in which USCIS might waive the interview.
The USCIS announcement is at https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-policy-manual-updates.
USCIS Corrects Biometric Services Appointment Notices with Wrong Application Support Center Locations Dept. Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Texas Company
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on May 23, 2018, that due to a processing error on May 4, 2018, USCIS mailed a number of biometric services appointment notices with incorrect Application Support Center (ASC) locations to petitioners who filed Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence.
The affected notices have a date of 05/04/2018 and a case type of "I-751 – PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS ON RESIDENCE." The notices tell petitioners to appear for their biometric services appointments starting the week of May 21, 2018, at ASCs located out of the normal geographic area.
On June 8, 2018, USCIS plans to mail new biometric services appointment notices to petitioners who received incorrect notices and did not reschedule their appointments or appear as walk-ins at the closest ASCs to their locations.
USCIS released the following instructions in the meantime:
If you received an incorrect appointment notice, you do not need to travel out of the normal area to attend your biometric services appointment. Instead, you have two options:
- Wait until you receive a new biometric services appointment notice with the correct ASC and new appointment date. You can confirm that we sent a new appointment notice by checking Case Status Online.
- Go to the ASC closest to you as a walk-in. However, you may experience a long wait time and may not be seen that day. You can find the closest ASC by using the ASC locator on https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office.
The USCIS announcement is at https://www.uscis.gov/news/update-form-i-751-petition-removeconditions-residence.
This newsletter was prepared with the assistance of ABIL, the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (www.abil.com), of which Lynn Susser is an active member.
Disclaimer: This newsletter is provided as a public service and not intended to establish an attorney client relationship. Any reliance on information contained herein is taken at your own risk.


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What will you be stuffing in your fella's stocking this Christmas? I've come up with a gift guide that combines both high street and web-based shopping for the men in your life. I'm hoping to be able to give my male family members Christmas presents that they will enjoy receiving this year, rather than the standard Lynx set, chocolate coins and multi-pack of socks, so I've done the leg-work and found some bargains that will be gratefully received – check these out:
Firsly, I came across a website that realty caught my eye – JustMiniatures.co.uk – yes, they are specialists in mini bottles of alcohol and I immediately thought that these would make excellent stocking fillers for my husband. This is a great way to buy unusual and specialist alcohol without investing in a pricey full-size bottle or spending hours searching for a rare blend. There's something for everyone on this website, with all the famous brands alongside more obscure flavours sourced from far-flung distilleries so I'm sure that I will be able to find something for each of the men in my life – there's even miniature soft drinks for the youngsters and non-drinkers. I'm even thinking of recreating my Christmas Cracker tutorial using miniatures as the gift in the centre for a fun after-dinner tipple!
Next, I took a look at the John Lewis website and found a very helpful 'stocking fillers for him' section. No need to look any further, it was all there! From Mr Natty's Shave Oil to Reindeer silk ties, leather wallets to bobble hats, I filled up my online basket quicker than you can say "I'll take a Monty the Penguin please". And on that note, there are a couple of super-cute Monty and Mabel t-shirts and jumpers available and I'm not sure I can resist them! There are also lots of fun retro toys and classic stocking fillers on the website so I'm sure to find plenty of goodies to pop into the Christmas stockings of all my family members – everyone loves a set of juggling balls!
Finally, I decided to take a look on Etsy to find unique homemade or vintage gifts for my family. I discovered a whole range of independent sellers who have Christmas all wrapped up. One of the first items that caught my eye was this Christmas gift set of natural vegan soaps and handmade washcloth. I am always surprised to find such fabulous quality gifts at a considerably lower-than-high-street prices for something so special. I especially love the personalised items available such as this leather travel journal with recycled paper, which can be engraved with the recipient's name and a special message. I've even found one of my husband's 'big' gifts on Etsy, but I can't tell you what it is because he sometimes reads my blog!
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Older News from 2003
Sep 26: We are pleased to announce the release of Helix DNA Client 1.1.5 (Developer Release 5). Improvements over Developer Release 4 include a new versioning scheme, SMIL support, a new fixed point MP3 decoder, and several bug fixes. (more info)
Sep 24: Did you know one out of five Americans have used Internet audio or video in the past month? Check out the latest study by Arbitron/Edison Media Research.
Sep 22: "Openwave is confident that Linux will enjoy the same popularity it has achieved with server and desktop computing systems, because it is flexible, and because there is a vast community of open-source developers behind it." Openwave dials up Linux for Smartphones. - NewsFactor
Sep 19: Two weeks left! Proposals for the Helix Community Grant Program are due by midnight PST Friday, October 3, 2003. (press release)
Sep 16: The Helix DNA Server team recently branched the server for another stabilization run. This means new check-in procedures for the team. Those working on Helix DNA Server development should find more details in Dean Collins' mail to the server mailing list.
Sep 11: The Helix DNA Producer team has announced two new projects: Cameo, an easy-to-use Win32 application for creating RealMedia, and Surreal UI, for more advanced jobs. (more info)
Sep 08: Sun and RealNetworks announce that Sun will bundle the RealPlayer with its upcoming Linux/Solaris complete desktop solution code-named 'Mad Hatter'. Also Sun will collaborate with the Helix community on development of the Helix Player, the open source, next-generation media player for Linux, Solaris and Unix. Welcome Sun to the Helix Community!
Sep 05: The specifications and technology compatibility kits (TCKs) are now available to RPSL licensees. These were previously only available to RCSL licensees.
Aug 23: Helix DNA Producer 9.2 Milestone 6 was released today. This milestone release adds Mac OS X SDK Mach-O binary compatability. (more info)
Aug 22: Nightly builds of the Helix DNA Client are now available. These builds have had little to no testing, so use at your own risk. The process is manual right now, but will be automated over the coming weeks to ensure the bits will be available as soon as they come off our build machine.
Aug 14: The Helix Community Newsletter #5 is now available. Topics covered include Helix Community Grant Program, Helix Player, Helix DNA Client, Helix DNA Producer, Helix DNA Server, New Fixed-point MP3 Decoder, Community Contributions, Free Hardware for porting to the AMD 64, SMIL 2.0 now open source, Helix in the Wireless industry: Vodafone, Nokia, wideopen project, Chinese-language mailing list.
Aug 14: The Helix DNA Client 1.0.1 ("KittyHawk") is available in the download area (requires acceptance of the "Binary EULA").
Aug 13: The RealNetworks codec team has released a new fixed-point MP3 implementation, designed to be a cleanly implemented, portable and fast decoder for embedded devices. It is optimized specifically for ARM processors, but includes high quality reference C-code reference that is an excellent starting point for other platform specific implementations. (more info)
Aug 08: A sample remote encoder browser-based interface to Helix Producer has been uploaded to the File Sharing section of the helix-producer project. Download the utility and other graphical user interfaces to Helix DNA Producer in the User Interfaces section of File Sharing (must agree to the "Binary EULA" first).
Aug 08: HPG, a graphical user interface developed for Helix DNA Producer, is now available. More details here
Aug 06: We just launched the Helix community grant program, where we plan to award up to $75,000 in grants for open source development by the end of the year. (press release)
Aug 06: The Helix Player project is now officially underway. See the press release for more details
July 29: Come see us at LinuxWorld in San Francisco August 5-7, 2003. Helix Community Coordinator Rob Lanphier is presenting, plus we're hosting the opening night party! All Helix community members are welcome...just bring this invitation with you.
Jul 24: Aaron Colwell just posted a new porting guide and OS abstractions guide to help ease porting the Helix DNA platform to other operating systems.
Jul 24: Helix DNA Producer 9.2 Milestone 5 released. New are destination output rolling in command line, audio delay compensation pre-filter, and bug fixes.
Jul 21: Eric Hyche has an updated Helix DNA Client overview webcast .
Jul 17: Helix Producer SDK for Mac OS X users should be aware of an important announcement regarding a plan to switch binary support from CFM to Mach-O.
Jul 10: Check out the new Helix Player project, where we're building a Gtk-based player for Linux, Solaris and other X-Window environments.
Jul 10: RealNetworks releases industry standard SMIL code to Helix community. You can now easily create Helix DNA Client products supporting synchronized multimedia.
Jul 03: Here are RealNetworks' participation details at OSCON. Helix community members are presenting the following:
- PyPlayer - Scriptable multimedia with Python , Jonothan Farr - more info on PyPlayer project page
- Case Study: How Ogg/Vorbis Plugins Were Written for the Helix Producer SDK, Holly Watson
- Untangling Multimedia Standards, Rob Lanphier
Jun 30: Vodafone Group chooses RealNetworks' Helix technology as global platform for mobile media.
Jun 23: Helix DNA Producer 9.2 Milestone 4 Released
Jun 17: RealNetworks and Nokia announce expanded support for Series 60 and Symbian-based mobile phones. We're porting the next generation Helix DNA Client to Symbian OS and encourage you to join the project.
Jun 10: Updates made to Helix DNA Wishlist. e.g., AMD is looking for developers to port Helix DNA to their 64-bit CPU. AMD has hw for willing contributors. Conor Malone (email@example.com) has details. Note, Helix DNA licensees may edit this page.
Jun 02: RealOne Mobile Player now available for Palm Tungsten C enabling users to tap into RealAudio and MP3 content. If you are interested in porting the next generation Helix DNA Client (the engine of the RealOne Player) to Palm OS 5/6, we welcome your involvement.
May 28: Check out the new wideopen project, an open CVS repository where you, now have access to edit the Helix community website and collaborate on documentation. Bookmark wideopen.helixcommunity.org and check back frequently.
May 22: RealNetworks is hiring for many positions, some of which involve working in the Helix community. Check out open positions at the RealNetworks website.
May 14: A Chinese-language discussion list has been created. Click here for subscription information (find "discuss-zh") If you are more comfortable asking questions or discussing issues in Chinese, this list is for you.
Jun 16: CollabNet needs to perform maintenance on network infrastructure, Saturday, June 21st, 12:00 to 14:30 PDT. During this time, helixcommunity.org will be intermittently unavailable.
Jun 13: Helix Community Coordinator Rob Lanphier will be presenting "Mobile Multimedia and Open Source/Free Software" at the Annual GNOME Users And Developers European Conference (GU4DEC) on June 17, and speaking on a panel on open source multimedia the next day. Ryan Gammon, the contributor of the Gtk2-based version of guiplayer will also be there, and we'll also have a booth, so stop by and see us.
Jun 05: Helix Community managers Duncan Howard and Rob Lanphier will be presenting at the Portland Linux Users Group meeting this Thursday at 7pm. We look forward to seeing those of you in the Portland, OR area. If you have a Linux user group elsewhere, let us know, and we'll see what we can arrange.
May 12: Helix Community managers Duncan Howard and Rob Lanphier will be presenting at the next Tacoma Linux Users Group meeting this Saturday, May 17 at 2pm. We look forward to seeing those of you in the Tacoma area. If you have a Linux user group elsewhere, let us know, and we'll see what we can arrange.
Apr 28: On Tuesday, April 29, RealNetworks will be presenting at the Symbian developers conference in London. Attend to hear more about the Symbian Porting Project on Helixcommunity.org from Greg Wright, Helix Client Software Development Engineer. He'll discuss what we have learned in porting millions of lines of cross-platform code to the Symbian platform. In addition, we will answer your questions on how you can leverage the Helix DNA Client for your own multi-media needs on the Symbian platform. For more information, see the conference program.
Apr 22: Catch Helix Community managers Rob Lanphier and Duncan Howard at the upcoming LinuxFest Northwest happening in Bellingham, WA, USA on April 26. We'll be the ones wearing the Helix shirts!
Apr 04: The latest Helix Community Newsletter has been published. Read it for news about the following:
- Helix DNA Client Porting projects: Linux ARM, Symbian, WinCE
- Helix DNA Client: New Stabilization Branch and Profile Documentation
- Helix DNA Producer
- New York Linux Users Group Appearance
- OpenWave joins the Helix Community
- New Helix Community Program Manager
- Job Openings and Internships
- Centralized Issuezilla, Site Software Upgrade, and other administrivia
Jan 22: RealNetworks has released the third source code component of the Helix platform, the Helix DNA Server, which is now available to software developers. With Helix DNA Server, developers for the first time have source code access to a major end-to-end media delivery platform, consisting of producer, server and client components. Helix DNA Server is the core source code of RealNetworks' Helix Universal Server, the 9th generation, multi-format digital media server that thousands of webcasters already use to deliver content on the Internet.
You can read the full press release here.


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Get Out the Vote
This article was originally published on the Brown Medicine Magazine website.
Med students across the US are working to get their classmates to the polls in November.
You don't have to be a political junkie to be absorbed by the news this election season. But even civically minded medical students, mired in exams and clinical rotations, may feel that voting should take a backseat to their studies.
Not so, says Aaron Shapiro MD'18, founder of the student group Citizen Physicians at Alpert Medical School, which aims to increase civic engagement among its fellow med students.
"Physicians—just like every other citizen—have a civic responsibility to vote," Shapiro says. "We work to find ways to decrease barriers to engagement. This is a very important election year and we want to make sure that medical students across the country are able to participate."
Their goal is not small. Citizen Physicians, which also has chapters at Harvard and the University of Chicago, aims to get every medical student in the nation registered to vote in time for the November 8 election. Their National Medical Student Voter Registration Campaign is reaching out to medical schools across the US to organize voter registration drives and get the word out to students that yes, they can—and should—make the time to vote. So far 25 schools are participating, and more sign up every week, Shapiro says.
"I've heard from medical students across the country that there really isn't any voice encouraging medical students to register to vote," he says. "We want them to know that their administrations support them and encourage them to take this time."
Last fall, Citizen Physicians welcomed Alpert Medical School's first-year students with a voter registration drive, and will do so again this August. The group helps students navigate concerns about where they should register—locally or in their home states—as well as how to request absentee ballots.
To make any good habit last a lifetime, it's best to start early. That's why targeting medical students is important. "Physicians vote significantly less than the national average," Shapiro says. "Making it so easy to register to vote was the main reason we are working to bring this initiative to national scale."
Any medical student who organizes a voter registration drive at their school (especially focusing on registering first-year students at the start of next academic year) will receive a Citizen Physicians lapel pin for their white coat.
New Citizen Physicians Chapter Founded at University of Maryland School of Medicine
Originally posted 6/15/2016
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We are so happy that Daniel Imas and Kaylie Miller, students at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have officially founded a chapter of Citizen Physicians! Now the fourth recognized medical school chapter, UMB joins Brown, Harvard, and University of Chicago as the medical schools spearheading the initiative to increase civic engagement among medical students across the country. If you are interested in starting a chapter of Citizen Physicians at your medical school, please contact us.
Daniel is a second year medical student at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Originally from Bethesda, MD, he attended Rice University and majored in Chemistry. While in college, he volunteered for a local Houston campaign and served as an election clerk. His passions include equal access to healthcare and civil rights. He is excited to help keep medical students civically engaged by giving them more opportunities and resources to express their opinions to government officials, particularly those decisions impacting how they will practice medicine in the future. He hopes to share his love for public policy with those who have not previously had much exposure to it.
Kaylie grew up on a farm in Western Maryland with her parents and two older siblings. She studied biology and psychology at Northwestern University (class of 2014) and took some time off school after undergrad to do basic science research in Chicago. Currently, she is a 2nd year student at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and is hoping to involve her class in the political processes that will affect their future patients.
Originally Posted 6/15/2016
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I am thrilled to announced that Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott -- Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health -- has joined Liz Schrayer, Barbara Bush, and Emily Flower on the Citizen Physicians Advisory Board.
The Citizen Physicians Advisory Board is an invaluable group of professionals with years of experience in public health, social justice, civic engagement, political strategy, program development, and non-profit management. They advise Citizen Physicians leadership through strategic decision making, program implementation, and effective growth. They are a truly invaluable piece of Citizen Physicians' work and we are thrilled to have Dr. Alexander-Scott join our team.
Originally posted 4/27/2016
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The National Medical Student Voter Registration Campaign (NMSVRC) is a new effort by Citizen Physicians to get every eligible medical student in the country registered to vote so that we are ready to exercise our right to vote on November 8, 2016.
Any medical student that organizes a voter registration drive at their school (especially focusing on registering first-year students at the start of next academic year) will receive a Citizen Physicians lapel pin for their white coat. This pin indicates that you are a healthcare provider who understands the need to be civically conscious and engaged in order provide the best care for our patient populations.
Citizen Physicians is a start-up organization with a non-partisan, non-issue-based mission to train future healthcare providers in effective civic engagement.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out this form to receive more information on how to easily set up a voter registration activity at your school and how to receive your Citizen Physicians white-coat pin.
If you have any questions about this campaign, please don't hesitate to contact us at email@example.com. To learn more about Citizen Physicians, visit us at www.citizenphysicians.org, like us on Facebook and follow us @CtznPhysicians.
Aaron Shapiro
Executive Director, Founder
Citizen Physicians
We would love for any student to post a selfie in line at your polling place, mailing in your absentee ballot, or wearing your "I voted" sticker to our Facebook page with a sentence about how you made time to cast your vote even as a busy medical student to encourage others to do the same.
13 Health-Related Bodies in the State of Rhode Island that You Should Know About
Originally posted 4/18/2016
Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but it has numerous government bodies and organizations that work toward the goal of promoting the health and wellbeing of its population. As medical student advocates, it's important for us to understand the context of the state where we will be training, learning, and growing into future physicians. This blog post is meant to provide short summaries of Rhode Island's major health-related bodies. A subsequent post will explore concrete ways in which we can intersect and engage with these organizations, but for now, which state governmental bodies regulate and administer healthcare in Rhode Island?
Department of Health
"The Rhode Island Department of Health's mission is to prevent disease and protect and promote the health and safety of the people of Rhode Island." It wishes to "address the social and environmental determinants of health in Rhode Island... eliminate the disparities of health in Rhode Island and promote health equity... [and] ensure access to quality health services for Rhode Islanders."
Departments: Click here to learn more about the organization's sub-departments/offices.
3 Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02908
(401) 222-5960
Department of Human Services
"The Department of Human Services (DHS) administers human service programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Rhode Island Works Cash Assistance Program, Child Care, General Public Assistance, State Supplemental Payments, and Child Support. DHS is also responsible for determining eligibility for the state's health-benefits programs."
Ongoing initiatives: Click here to learn more
Louis Pasteur Building, 57 Howard Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 462-5300
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
"The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) was created on December 1, 2005 to facilitate cooperation and coordination among the state departments that administer Rhode Island's health and social service programs. EOHHS is responsible for the management of Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and other publicly-funded health-care programs in Rhode Island."
See here for a list of the departments under the EOHHS umbrella
Ongoing Initiatives:
Click here for a list of ongoing initiatives by the EOHHS
74 West Road, Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 462-5274
The Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC)
"The Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner is responsible for guarding the solvency of health insurers, protecting the interests of consumers, encouraging policies and developments that improve the quality and efficiency of health care service delivery and outcomes, and viewing the health care system as a comprehensive entity and encouraging and directing insurers toward policies that advance the welfare of the public through overall efficiency, improved healthcare quality, and appropriate access."
Ongoing initiatives: Click here to learn more
1511 Pontiac Ave, Building #69 First Floor, Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 462-9517
HealthSource RI
HealthSource RI manages the health insurance "exchange" or marketplace that provides Rhode Islanders with (1) information about health insurance coverage and (2) the online infrastructure to register for insurance.
Department of Children, Youths, and Families (DCYF)
DCYF believes that "the family, community and government share responsibility for the safety, protection and well-being of children through a family and child-centered wraparound model of care. When the family is unable to care for a child/youth, it is our responsibility, in as timely a manner as possible, to ensure the child/youth is provided permanency in his/her life in a safe, stable and nurturing home."
Child Welfare
Child Care
Foster Care
101 Friendship Street, Providence, RI 02903-3716
(401) 528-3502
Office of the Child Advocate
"The Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) is an independent and autonomous Rhode Island state agency responsible for protecting the legal rights and interests of children in state care. These rights include, but are not limited to, a child's right to appropriate placement, healthcare and education, and to be treated with dignity and respect."
Examples of Relevant Laws the OCA Enforces:
See here and here
57 Howard Ave, 4th floor, Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 462-4300
Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals (BHDDH)
BHDDH administers a system of care that provides services for more than 50,000 Rhode Islanders with mental health and substance abuse issues, developmental disabilities, and chronic long-term medical and psychiatric conditions. As we continue to provide services for our most vulnerable populations, we also continue to navigate the changing landscape of healthcare reform."
Substance Abuse
Mental Health
Developmental Disability
Barry Hall, 14 Harrington Road Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 462-2339
RI Department of Corrections Health Care Services Unit
"The Health Care Services Unit, under the direction of the Medical Program Director, incorporates medical and mental health, dental and health education. This unit provides medical and clinical services to the incarcerated offender population, both sentenced and awaiting trial in all facilities of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC)."
Institutions and Operations
Rehabilitative Services
39 Howard Ave, Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: (401) 462-2678
RI Commission for Human Rights
Established by The Rhode Island General Assembly, the Commission enforces the Rhode Island antidiscrimination laws in the areas of employment, housing, public accommodations, credit and delivery of services.
Examples of Relevant Laws the Commission Enforces: Civil Rights of People with Disabilities Act; the law regarding HIV/AIDS discrimination; Expanded Employment Protections for Conditions Related to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Related Medical Conditions
180 Westminster Street, 3rd Floor, Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2661
Office of the Governor
Message from Gov Raimondo: "We must create conditions that will jumpstart our struggling economy, create jobs, and expand opportunity for all Rhode Islanders."
Ongoing Health-Related Initiatives: Working Group to Reinvent Medicaid; Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force; Working Group for Healthcare Innovation
82 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 222-2080
Fax: (401) 222-8096
Office of the Lt. Governor
"The Lieutenant Governor is the executive officer of a state who is next in rank to a governor and who takes the governor's place in case of disability or death. His current interest areas and initiatives of Lt Gov Dan McKee include emergency management preparation, tackling issues facing small Rhode Island businesses, and coordination of long-term care for elderly populations in RI."
Click here for information regarding the Office of the Lt. Governor
82 Smith Street, Room 116, Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2371
Rhode Island Housing
"Rhode Island Housing uses all of its resources to provide low-interest loans, grants, education and assistance to help Rhode Islanders find, rent, buy, build and keep a good home. Created by the General Assembly in 1973, Rhode Island Housing is a privately funded public purpose corporation."
44 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903
(401) 457-1234
Post Authors: Margie Thorsen and Noah Lubin, medical students at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and co-Coordinators for PLME Outreach and Engagement for Citizen Physicians
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Founds New Citizen Physicians Chapter
Originally posted 4/13/2016
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I'm thrilled to announce that Citizen Physicians has officially founded our third medical school chapter at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
Pritzker's chapter is being spear headed by Michael Harries. Before starting medical school at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Michael attended Washington University in St. Louis where he was very involved with global health work. Following graduation he spent two years teaching high school physics as part of Teach For America in Chicago. Michael remains very active in the Chicago educational landscape. He believes civic engagement is incredibly important, especially to enact social change in the areas he is passionate in: education and healthcare.
As election season ramps up, students at our inaugural chapters at Brown, Harvard, and University of Chicago are looking forward to promote civic engagement activities on our campuses. If you are a healthcare student and would like to get information about organizing an event like a voter registration drive at your school, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
Post Author: Aaron Shapiro, medical student at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Founder and Executive Director of Citizen Physicians.
Originally posted 3/21/2016
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Aaron Shapiro is the founder and Executive Director of Citizen Physicians. Originally from Maryland, Aaron is a medical student at Brown, part of the National Health Service Corps, and a Global Health Corps alumnus. He gets really excited when talking about increasing voter turnout!
Alan Siero, originally from Southern California, is currently a first-year medical student at Brown University who has experience in healthcare administration and communication management and is eager to continue to learn about his new home of Rhode Island and its legislative process. Formerly a communications director and public relations specialist, Alan joined Citizen Physicians as the Director of Communication to help further develop their online presence and manage a strong following for their social media platforms and newsletter for the upcoming year.
Andreas Mitchell is a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School. He grew up in Ellicott City, MD and went to college at Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied anthropology. Andreas is a member of the Student National Medical Association, Medical Students for Long Island (an addiction treatment advocacy group), and a former member of the Student Leadership Committee of the HMS Center for Primary Care. He looks forward to applying to residency programs in primary care internal medicine. In his free time, he enjoys running and binge-watching The West Wing.
James Tanch is currently a first-year medical student at Brown University and is Director of Media and Blog Editor for Citizen Physicians. He is originally from Salem, MA, and graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in biology in 2012. Before coming to medical school, James was an ER Technician for three years at Brigham and Women's Hospital. While getting his hands dirty at the Brigham, he engaged in quality improvement and wrote clinical checklists and policies for the hospital.
Margie Thorsen hails from Cumberland, RI and is excited to be a part of Citizen Physicians Outreach and Recruitment at Brown University. Margie, currently a first year medical student at Alpert Medical School, studied public health in her undergraduate years at Brown and has particular interests in refugee health, digital health, and injury prevention. Margie looks forward to fostering a community of civically-engaged medical student advocates in her home state.
Noah Lubin hails from Ft. Lauderdale, FL and is excited to join Citizen Physicians as the PLME Outreach and Engagement Co-Coordinator. He graduated from Brown University with a BSc in Neuroscience in 2015 as part of the Program in Liberal Medical Education, and he is currently in his first year at Alpert Medical School. With a passion for healthcare reform, Noah is looking forward to affecting change in health policy in Rhode Island.
Shayla NM Durfey enthusiastically joins Citizen Physicians as Co-President of the Brown University Chapter. Shayla brings a passion for health systems change and advocacy, as well as experience working with the RI Department of Health. A native Rhode Islander, Shayla is a medical student who is excited to motivate her peers towards state government involvement and advocacy.
Yao Liu is excited to serve as Co-President of Citizen Physicians of Brown University. He has conducted economic and policy research on health systems issues and interned in the RI State House on health reform. Originally from Oregon, Yao has adopted Rhode Island as a new home and looks forward to engaging medical students in the political process to advocate for our future patients.
Originally posted 2/3/2016
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I was thrilled to see how successful Harvard Medical School's first Citizen Physicians event was! They invited Dr. Ira Helfand, co-President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and co-Founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility to speak to the over thirty students in attendance from all four classes of the medical school. He gave an engaging presentation on how advocacy as health professionals has a significant impact on international discourse, focussing on his work around nuclear disarmament. He discussed how resident physicians originally started these organizations as a journal club, but worked to grow them into a Nobel Peace Prize winning organization in only 6 years. Students left inspired hearing from a physician who was able to walk them through his journey of affecting change on an issue he felt passionately about.
Thank you to Dayton McMillan (MS1), a founding member of HMS's Citizen Physicians chapter for organizing such a wonderful event and thank you to Andreas Mitchell (MS2), HMS Citizen Physicians' founding chapter president for doing such a great job getting these initiatives off the ground.
Stay updated on great Citizen Physicians events by liking us on facebook and following us on twitter.
Post Author: Aaron Shapiro, medical student at Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Founder and Executive Director of Citizen Physicians.
3 Important Dates to Know When Voting in the Presidential Primaries in the State of Rhode Island
Originally posted 1/18/2016
Rhode Island has semi-closed primaries. That means you MUST register with your party or as undeclared should you wish to vote for your candidate in the primary. You must register to vote along with your party affiliation at least 30 days before the primary! Further, if you wish to change parties to vote in an opposing primary, Rhode Island has a special deadline to change your affiliation, January 26. That is only 8 days away as of the writing of this blog post.
Voter turnout in presidential primaries is notoriously low, which means your vote counts more than ever. The best way to support your candidate is to get out and vote for them, first in the primaries, and then in the general election. Here are the important dates to know if you wish to vote in the presidential primaries in the state of Rhode Island.
PRIMARY election day: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
REGISTER BY: Saturday, March 26, 2016
CHANGE AFFILIATION BY: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 (8 days away!)
Interested in learning how to register to vote in Rhode Island? Check out our previous post here.
Post Author: James Tanch, a medical student at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Director of Technology and Blog Editor for Citizen Physicians.
Originally posted 1/16/2016
Like any citizen medical student, you might be wondering how to register to vote in your new state of residence. Let us break down the 5 W's of registering to vote in RI.
Who: RI Resident… Including RI medical students!
What (do I need to register?): Not a whole lot. You don't need to move anything over (like drivers license or car registration to RI). Just submit your voter registration form on time (30 days prior to election time) and bring your photo ID (i.e. driver's license of any state, US passport, Brown ID card, gym card… basically any old card with your name and face on it) with you to your polling place. You may also choose to send a copy of your eligible photo ID with your voter registration form. You also have the option of obtaining a special Voter ID that can be used at any RI polling place.
Come election day, if you forget your ID, you can still vote using a standard provisional ballot; this ballot will be counted if the signature given at the polling place matches the signature on your submitted voter registration form.
When: At least 30 days prior to the primary or election in which you want to vote OR after you change your name or address.
How (do I know that I am registered?): Your local board of canvassers will send you an acknowledgement notice within 3 weeks (you will also be notified if your registration does not meet requirements). Still haven't heard anything? Enter your information at the RI Voter Information Center to view the status of your voter registration, party affiliation, your state and federal elected officials, and dates/addresses of all upcoming elections.
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Why? Because you are an excellently engaged medical student wanting to make a difference and you understand that the well-being of our patients is heavily influence by the decisions made by our government!
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Shayla Durfey, a medical student at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and co-President of Citizen Physicians
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Approximately 1,400 chemicals in personal care and cosmetic products are currently banned in other countries like Europe. However here in the U.S, thirty chemicals are banned in products. How is this? Shouldn't safety and well-being be a top priority in the US? Since the Food and Drug Association regulates personal care products, companies only have to meet minimal restrictions, and can conceal almost any chemical under the name "fragrance" on ingredient labels.
When you hear chemicals are in a product you use, you may say "oh I've been using it for years it's fine" or "a little bit won't hurt me". We often feel most things will not affect us, we just hear about it happening to others. It's not until it hits close to home, that we are motivated to make a change. Don't wait until something happens, start today by assessing your personal care and cosmetic products. This will help you in the long run. Let's highlight some of these chemicals that may be of harm towards your health.
Propylene glycol (also butylene and ethylene glycol), this is a chemical used in antifreeze that acts as a dissolvent. This same chemical is also found in facial washes, baby washes, and body lotions. The glycols break down protein layers of the skin, leading to premature sagging and wrinkling. These glycols also have been linked to kidney, brain and liver malfunction. (1)
Sodium laurel sulfates, we all hear how drying sulfates can be for our hair and skin. This chemical is a strong degreaser, so strong it's used in engine degreasers. It's going in almost 90% of your personal care products that foam, because it is the cheapest way to create foam. Our cells retain this chemical for extended periods of time. As a result it has been linked to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or "ADHD" in children and adults, and hormone disruption leading to thyroid disorders. (1)
Polyethylene Glycols or "PEGs" are chemicals used in cosmetics as thickeners, solvents, and hydrants. The higher the PEG number for example PEG 20 or PEG 120, the more chances it is contaminated with ethylene oxide. The International Agency on Cancer Research has classified ethylene oxide as a human carcinogen, linked to breast, liver and kidney cancer. (1)
Urea, also listed as DMDM, are preservatives that release formaldehyde.These are found in mascaras, moisturizers, lipsticks and more. The Environmental Protection Agency has classified formaldehydes as human carcinogens that have been linked to several different types of cancers. Also, as many may know, formaldehyde is used in the process of embalming bodies (yikes). (1)
Parabens are found in the majority of our cosmetic products and used as synthetic preservatives. Research conducted at Cornell University found that parabens can mimic estrogen in our cells, leading to hormones disruption. They also found high amounts of parabens in breast cancer tumors.
So, grab your products and read the labels! If you find any of these chemicals and more, toss them out! What better month than this October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, to make a switch to safer products! There are a number of safe, chemical free cosmetic and personal care lines such as beautycounter and BLK + GRN. Chemicals are used because they are cheaper for mass production. Safe ingredients https://www.beautycounter.com/are much more costly, but you can't put a price on your health!
Beautycounter has been approved by the environmental working group to have 100% safe products. To learn more, visit www.beautycounter.com/rochelleyoung and read their "Never List" of chemicals. You can also visit www.ewg.org to learn more on chemical regulations and safety.
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Sentiment classification has become a ubiquitous enabling technology in the Twittersphere, since classifying tweets according to the sentiment they convey towards a given entity (be it a product, a person, a political party, or a policy) has many applications in political science, social science, market research, and many others. In this paper, we contend that most previous studies dealing with tweet sentiment classification (TSC) use a suboptimal approach. The reason is that the final goal of most such studies is not estimating the class label (e.g., Positive, Negative, or Neutral) of individual tweets, but estimating the relative frequency (a.k.a. "prevalence") of the different classes in the dataset. The latter task is called quantification, and recent research has convincingly shown that it should be tackled as a task of its own, using learning algorithms and evaluation measures different from those used for classification. In this paper, we show (by carrying out experiments using two learners, seven quantification-specific algorithms, and 11 TSC datasets) that using quantification-specific algorithms produces substantially better class frequency estimates than a state-of-the-art classification-oriented algorithm routinely used in TSC. We thus argue that researchers interested in tweet sentiment prevalence should switch to quantification-specific (instead of classification-specific) learning algorithms and evaluation measures.
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Peter Okoye, and his wife Lola Omotayo are celebrating their first child, Cameron's 10th birthday today.
Peter took to Instagram to shared cute photos of his son with the caption:
"Happy birthday to my dear son @cameronokoye10 May you be a brave and have the strength that God gives you to be a Man of Value and Blessings. Wow! can't believe are 10 today. Birthday Boy #SoccerStarInTheMaking Cc @lolaomotayo_okoye"
Lola Omotayo also shared some pictures and wrote:
"Today is all about my son! Happy Birthday my love @cameronokoye10 @peterpsquare:"
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I wasn't going to do this. I wasn't going to post another small collection of pictures. No. Not forever. Nothing is forever. Besides, you know me. I change my mind whenever I feel like it. Just not today. Or, for parts of the next few weeks. I was just going to post the top picture of The St. Louis Cathedral with the next golden side light hitting it. But, as I started working on these pictures for inclusion to my agency collection, I realized that I had a nice, little group of very blue pictures. I thought, why not?
Although I will probably do this again tomorrow with second line pictures, I am planning on going to the one picture a day format for a while. Between taking the pictures, processing them, modifying them, and then enhancing them for Storyteller, I spend a lot of time just working on the pictures. Then there is all the back-end work. Re-sizing them properly for web work. Embedding metadata and copyright information. Captioning. SEO work. All the stuff that it takes to protect, and to help people to find, my pictures.
This is a lot of work.
Please don't misunderstand. I like sharing my work with you. But, for a short while, maybe just not so much of it. Or, as appropriate. Not everything I photograph needs to be shown in multiple pictures. Sometimes, one picture does it. Most times, I'm thinking.
These pictures. They are part of my take from a few days ago when the post storm light was so beautiful. I work on the cathedral a lot because I think it is so pretty. I probably should go back during the day and photograph the interior. I've done this in the past. But, it never hurts to refresh my overall collection.


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What can an application like Oracle HCM Cloud do for your organization?
If nothing else, at a very high level, organizations with a high rate of HR technology adoption among their users have "doubled the gross revenue per employee" and "a 12% increase in their overall HR, Talent, and Business outcome metrics." At least, that's what the 2017 edition of the highly respected Sierra-Cedar HR Systems Survey found.
Specifically, with Oracle HCM Cloud, companies like Stolt Nielsen have improved HR efficiency by reducing HR processing time by 50% and external IT support by 80%. That's impressive, to say the least.
When it comes to HCM technologies, Oracle HCM Cloud is in a tug of war with Workday and SAP SuccessFactors. Nearly 2400 enterprise companies hold a Oracle HCM Cloud subscription, as of May 2018, according to Gartner. Of these, almost 1700 have already gone live. Workday is not far behind. More than 2200 companies have purchased its license and 1600 are already live.
Good numbers. It may also be added that majority of the Fortune 500 organizations are concentrated in the hands of these two companies.
In an ideal world, you could be forgiven for saying both Oracle HCM Cloud and Workday are doing pretty well. But this not an ideal world. The business side talk of Oracle HCM and Workday is best reserved for another day. For now, the emphasis is on implementation and the challenges that follow, specifically with regards to user adoption.
To be fair, Oracle HCM Cloud implementation challenges come in two phases. One which is prior to go-live and involves logistical and technical challenges like data migration, data conversion and integration. The second is people related and is about user acceptance and adoption.
A 2015 study by Panorama Consulting found 21% organizations categorized their ERP implementation "as a failure." KPMG found last year that 63% HR leaders expected more from their cloud HCM software than they had achieved. But many companies don't go that far. Poor user adoption can result in implementation failure as was the case with a manufacturing client Panorama Consulting was working with. Another recent study found that companies going for HCM applications are high in number but satisfaction is extremely, extremely low.
Panorama reported that some departments in the manufacturing company completely abandoned the ERP software and reverted back to their legacy processes. This is a classic case of software implementation failure, something that is also a common occurrence in Oracle HCM deployments.
Users can abandon new software systems like Oracle HCM Cloud if they don't instantly understand how to use it effectively. Traditional training can be forced upon them but delivers little value in the medium and long term. In reality, traditional training also doesn't work because it is not on-the-job.
And, if users don't really utilize Oracle HCM Cloud, they can never really find the value that it can offer. If users don't utilize Oracle HCM Cloud, they can never generate double the revenue they were generating earlier.
The success of Oracle HCM Cloud is squarely dependent on adoption at the user level. Poor adoption results in failure while high levels of end user adoption of Oracle HCM Cloud would result in success and value realization for companies who deploy it.
In some ways, HCM software is unique. Applications are Oracle HCM Cloud are big ticket buys because HCM must always be centralized in any organization. Someone like a Cummins can only have one HCM Cloud across the entire organization even though the manufacturing giant has offices in more than 190 countries. And all the employees across all these geographies have to be on one Cloud HCM application.
That's very much unlike a CRM software which can be isolated within one department or geography.
And so, such a mandatorily organization-wide deployment brings its own set of challenges before companies can actually realize the benefits that the likes of Cummins and Stolt Nielsen have realized. The technical side of the implementation can be done if you have the right personnel and implementation team. Failure is possible but factors that contribute to success are largely under control.
The people side of implementation is when the real challenges spring up and things start getting a little tricky. With Oracle HCM Cloud, challenges could range from the most obvious to the most unexpected.
A recent Mercer study found that 29% of their internal users didn't have any HCM technology knowledge while 37% had deep trouble with using certain functionalities like reports and analytics. Be prepared for just these two problems and risk factor comes crashing down to the safe zone.
Nevertheless, there are some persistent challenges that companies must solve or plan for during implementation to improve their success rates.
If you are going live with Oracle HCM Cloud, there is obviously a case of organizational change. You would know from experience that the toughest part of change management is communication. Telling users that change is necessary, or more importantly, why a switch to Oracle HCM Cloud is absolutely necessary. So, how does one communicate the necessity and importance of change to a globally distributed audience? Just an email? A generic webcast? How? That's the challenge.
Geography brings huge challenges. To ensure users across 190 countries accept and adopt a new cloud HCM platform is a mammoth task. Even if HR function users aren't located in across all those countries, they would still be distributed across multiple time zones and continents. Yet, you want to ensure all these HR functional users utilize Oracle HCM Cloud effectively. Which means you must arrange for all of their training. And that's a logistical nightmare you don't want but can't avoid.
Oracle HCM Cloud has very frequent feature releases that are auto-pushed to the entire base at the same time. Now, that challenge can be broken down to two sub-challenges. One, where your HR function user base needs to have access to renewed and updated training on how to use the product. Second, you need to somehow train the non-HR functional users who only login to Oracle HCM Cloud once in a fortnight or a month. They login once, file a check their leave balance for the year and logout. The next time they login, the interface is all different and now they are clueless. So, the problems is to help them in realtime so they are not mentally invested in a task as simple as checking their leave absence.
Providing support isn't a challenge. Providing support that doesn't eat into employee productivity is the challenge. No matter how easy to use the Oracle HCM Cloud interface is. No matter how well it is implemented, users will always be puzzled when they actually interface with the system for a different task. The key is to really provide support post go-live that improves the user experience by way of quick and simple resolution. Support is also a good opportunity for companies to train their employees. That's since support is task-based and training should essentially be task based. Think about the efficiency you can generate when you do both.
In the long run to value realization on Oracle HCM Cloud, these are the biggest hurdles. At the same time, there are a lot of other challenges which are comparatively easier to resolve. Some of them are:
The problem is often more important than the solution.
Different companies could think of different ways in which they can solve. If you observe, almost all of these challenges are hurdles to long term user adoption of Oracle HCM Cloud. And user adoption can be improved with the right guidance. Guidance that helps end users in a way that is aligned with their expectations and learning habits. For instance, employees like knowledge to available precisely at the time of need, they want to learn at work in their processes.
What employees don't want to do at all is spend time away from work in training trying to learn HR processes they will not really remember anyway. Digital adoption platforms are a great solution that can help companies solve these major challenges:
We are going to be talking about about a really good way to solve these challenges in a webinar on December, 4th. Once the webinar is done, we'll sum it up here and post the recording as well. You can register for the webinar here.


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Crusty Cob Loaf
500g strong white bread flour
7g dried yeast (1 sachets or 2 teaspoons)
7g salt (1 teaspoons)
320ml warm water (65% hydration)
Mix flour, salt and yeast in a bowl.
Add the water and mix with one hand.
Knead the dough for 10 minutes (push, fold, turn).
When dough is soft and elastic make into a ball and put in a bowl, cover with a plastic shower cap or a tea towel.
Leave it to rise for one to four hours.
Knock back the dough. Knead out all the air in the dough.
Shape into a round loaf on a baking tray or put in a baking pan/loaf tin.
Sprinkle a little flour on top and cover with a tea towel.
Leave shaped dough to rise for an hour.
Put a roasting tray in the bottom of your oven to get hot.
Slash the top of the loaf with a sharp knife in a simple pattern (an 'X' or three in a line for example. This allows the loaf to expand in the oven and creates a very professional looking loaf).
Bake in a hot oven (220C/Gas 7) for 30 minutes.
If you want a crusty loaf, pour a cup of water into the tray at the bottom of the oven before closing the oven door. If you want a softer loaf do not add the water.
'Our Daily Bread' encourage people to make two loaves. One is kept for their own enjoyment and the second is for them to give away to someone together with information about 'Our Daily Bread'. You might give your bread to a neighbour, friend or someone at work, school or college or perhaps to someone you do not know who you think might welcome a loaf of handmade bread.


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AOL Cuts Deal With Katalyst Films
Posted on February 14, 2006
Katalyst Films Inc., MTV's Punk'd creators, will be developing short programming for AOL.com and AOL's AIM service according to an article from Reuters.
The deal with Katalyst Films Inc., co-owned by "That '70s Show" actor Ashton Kutcher and producer Jason Goldberg, calls for the creation of five programs with at least 20 episodes per program.The press release for the AOL and Katalyst deal can be found here. Time Warner is focusing more and more on online content. In addition to the Katalyst deal there is the upcoming Office Pirates launch. Time Warner also bought the Weblogs Inc. blog network last year and sold the Time Warner Book Group this year.
In a phone interview, Goldberg was cagey about the shows' details, saying only that it would be comedy-based. The shows will debut later this year and feature largely unknown actors.
"The programming is going to have a severe attitude behind it," Goldberg said. "There might be hurt feelings."
The move is part of the online division of Time Warner Inc.'s focus to add more free programming to its site to boost online advertising revenue. Some 43 million users send and receive messages on the AIM service, the company said.


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Dobrinka Tabakova - Immortal Shakespeare
Performed by Orchestra of the Swan, Tamsin Waley-Cohen- violin, conducted by David Curtis
Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon 21 April 2016 - Part of Shakespeare 400 commemorations
Immortal Shakespeare
Choral symphony for choir and orchestra
Prelude (00'54)
I. Brave new world (03'56)
II. To thine own self be true (08'31)
III. Never doubt I love (14'04)
IV. Be fire with fire (21'35)
V./VI. Truth will come to light / All the world's a stage (24'08)
VII. Set me free (27'30)
Postlude (Stay passenger) (32'10)
The choral symphony 'Immortal Shakespeare' brings together three artistic strands- words, visuals and music, in celebration of the timeless words of the Bard. Key to the project are a series of sketches made by J.M.W. Turner on a visit to Stratford-upon-Avon in 1833, which I came across when researching this commission in 2011. The sketches can be arranged to form a journey from birthplace to resting place and on one of these Turner inscribes 'The Immortal Shakespeare was born in this house', which gave the title of this choral symphony.
The birthplace to resting place idea is mirrored in the choice of text, as I took Jacques' famous monologue and compiled a selection of texts from Shakespeare's plays which chart the seven ages of man: from Infant to Old Age. The final hymn sets the words on Shakespeare's funerary monument at Holy Trinity Church, where the work received its premiere.
The work is commissioned by Orchestra of the Swan and Sorel Organization, with special gratitude to Tate Britain for permission to display some of the sketches and Dominic Dromgoole (Artistic Director, Shakespeare's Globe) for his insightful guidance during the choice of text.


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A consent decree was signed on January 17, 2013 against Jonlly Fruits, Inc. prohibiting distribution of their fruit and juice products in the United States. Products manufactured by that facility were recalled last year for undeclared milk allergens.
The press release states that "defendants have a long history of violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Costmetic Act by failing to comply with current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) and the juice Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HAACP) regulations. Such violations render Jonlly's fruit and juice beverages adulterated under the Act because they have been prepared, packed, and held under unsanitary conditions." In addition, the products were often labeled with false claims, including "light" and "no sugar" without complying with FDA regulations.
All operations have been ceased until the facility complies with the Act and comply with regulations. Melinda K. Plaisier, the FDA's acting associate commissioner for regulatory affairs, said, "our investigators recently inspected the firm and, along with labeling violations, found mold on a grinder, rust on a bottle-capping machine and rodents in the processing area." The corporation was sent a warning letter almost two years ago about these issues.


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Obsteig Resort Guide
Obsteig, Austria
Rated: 2/5 (from 6 ratings)
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|Beginners and Apres-Ski.
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|Salzburg and Linz
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Obsteig at a glance
Formerly a small ski area at the heard of the Innsbruck region of nine major ski resorts, with 300 km of slopes and 90 lifts. A decision was made to remove the old chairlift around 2010 and replace it with two magic carpet lifts to create a fun area with cross country, snowshoe hiking, sledging and so on.
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The Austrian Ski Resort of Obsteig has direct access to a total of 3 ski lifts.
The skiing is at relatively low altitude, so snow cover can be variable.
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Skiing in Obsteig
Obsteig offers good sking, particularly, for Beginner skiers.
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Obsteig offers some good boarding.
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The three ski lifts of Obsteig are able to uplift 1,500 skiers and snowboarders every hour.
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Austin-Healey 100-Six Information
|Austin-Healey 100-6
|Austin-Healey (BMC)
|Abingdon, England
Longbridge, England
|2639 cc C-Series I6
|92 in (2,337 mm)[1]
|157.5 in (4,000 mm)[1]
|60 in (1,524 mm)[1]
|50 in (1,270 mm)[2]
|Austin-Healey 100
|Austin-Healey 3000
The Austin-Healey 100-6 is a two-seat roadster that was announced in late September 1956[3] and produced from 1956 to 1959. A replacement for the Austin-Healey 100, it was followed by the Austin-Healey 3000; together, the three models have become known as the Big Healeys.
The 100-6 featured a 2 in (50.8 mm) longer wheelbase than the 100, a more powerful straight-six engine in place of its slightly larger inline-four, and added two occasional seats (which later became optional). The body lines were slightly streamlined, a smaller, wider radiator grille placed lower, an air scoop was added to the bonnet, and the windscreen fixed.
The 100-6 was produced in two model designators, the 2+2 BN4 from 1956 onwards and the 2-seat BN6 in 1958-9.
The cars used a tuned version of the BMC C-Series engine previously fitted to the Austin Westminster, initially producing 102 bhp (76 kW) and increased in 1957 to 117 bhp (87 kW) by fitting a revised manifold and cylinder head.[4] The previously standard overdrive unit was made optional.
In late 1957 production was transferred from Longbridge to the MG plant at Abingdon.[4] 14,436 100-6s were produced before production ended in 1959.[4]
A 117 bhp (87 kW) BN6 was tested by The Motor magazine in 1959 had a top speed of 103.9 mph (167.2 km/h) and could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 10.7 seconds. A fuel consumption of 20.8 miles per imperial gallon (13.6 L/100 km; 17.3 mpg‑US) was recorded. The test car cost £1307 including taxes of £436.[2]
- Ray Bonds (2003). The Illustrated Directory of Sports Cars. Motorbooks. ISBN 0-7603-1420-9.
- ^ a b c Culshaw; Horrobin (1974). Complete Catalogue of British Cars. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-16689-2.
- ^ a b "The Austin-Healey 100-Six Two-seater". The Motor. 8 April 1959.
- ^ "New Austin-Healey Sports Car". The Times (53648). 28 September 1956. p. 5.
- ^ a b c Robson, G. (2006). A-Z of British Cars 1945-1980. Devon, UK: Herridge Books. ISBN 0-9541063-9-3.
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Eastcoast Flare Overall Eco Judy Blue
$90.00 was $179.99
This variant is currently sold out
Drawing inspiration from a signature Rolla's look, the Eastcoast Flare Overall is designed to a fitted silhouette accentuating to a full length flared hem. It features a front zipper opening and adjustable straps that crossover at the back and is designed in premium stretch fabric in an Eco Judy Blue. Wear on its own or layer over a tee for an effortless weekend look.
This item is part of our conscious collection because it is made in an environmentally friendly wash with no chemical distressing and in laundries with water recycling capabilities.
Fabric Composition
99% Cotton, 1% Spandex
Care Instructions
Wear for as long as possible then;
Cold machine wash inside out
Wash with similar colours
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Muslim Film Festival kicks off in Russia
Moscow, The 14th International Muslim Film Festival opened in Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, featuring four Iranian films.
The opening ceremony of the 14th International Film Festival was held in Kazan on Tuesday evening (Sept 4) with dozens of Russian and foreign cultural figures attending the event.
Speaking at the ceremony, Tatarstan Parliament Speaker Farid Mukhametshin read the message of Rustam Minnikhanov, the president of Tatarstan, saying every year, the International Festival attracts more attention from all over the world.
Mukhametshin noted that with the talented directors and cinematographers attending Kazan Festival, the festival will be more popular internationally.
In the first festival 40 films from 15 countries were featured and the number increased to over 900 films from over 50 countries, he added.
Also Mintimer Shaimiev, former president of Tatarstan said the festival is a major accomplishment for The Republic of Tatarstan and holds a special place in the Islamic world.
This year four Iranian films have been featured in the international festival.
The motto of the one-week film festival is 'To the dialogue of cultures through the culture of dialogue'. The event aims at enhancing international peace and persuading discourse among nations through the seventh art.
Over 960 movies from 57 countries will be presented in the 14th Kazan International Muslim Film Festival and 65 films from around 30 countries will take part in the competition.
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency - IRNA


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Latte Da Coffee House and Wine Bar is ending its school supply drive with a bang: Back to School Bingo Night and Wine Tasting, happening from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25. Bring five different school supplies to donate (pencils, pens, crayons, lined paper, rulers, blunt-edged scissors, to name a few items) or $1 cash to donate, and you'll get a bingo card and you can play your way to fun prizes!
While you're they're, slip into Latte Da's beautiful tasting room to sample a flight of wines from L'Ecole—and bring a glass back to your table to enhance your bingo-playing abilities. A flight of four tastes is $10—and anyone who donates school supplies gets an extra free taste! Wine tasting lasts the whole two hours, and bingo starts at 6 p.m.
Latte Da's full food and drink menu will be available, including its marvelous small plates ranging from grilled chicken flatbread pizza to arancini to stuffed mushrooms. Sandwiches, wraps, pastries and delicious coffee concoctions will also be available, as well as craft beer by the bottle. All ages are welcome. For more details, visit www.lattedacoffeehouse.com and click on the "Calendar" tab.


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KUWAIT CITY, Oct 9: MP Ahmed Al-Qudaibi on Sunday presented a grilling request against Minister of Justice, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sanei on the delayed issuance of the executive regulation for the Anti- Corruption Authority Law.
Speaking to reporters, the lawmaker explained that corruption is widespread in government institutions and HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah gives priority to the fight against corruption; thus, the Anti-Corruption Authority Law was ratified through a decree of necessity after the previous Parliaments failed to enact it.
He stressed Al-Sanei must explain the delay; otherwise, he must stand on the grilling podium. "I wish the Parliament is not dissolved before the issuance of the regulation in order to oblige the MPs and ministers to submit their financial statements."
In another development, MPs Fares Al- Otaibi, Hamad Al-Harshani, Madhi Al-Hajri, Mohammed Al-Barrak and Mansour Al-Zufairi presented a proposal stating that the prices of gasoline should not be increased unless it is done through a law.
Meanwhile, MP Faisal Al-Duwaisan has stressed the need to ratify a law specifying rental fees in order to curb the abusive acts of landlords and owners of real estate properties.
He said the law must be applied on everyone regardless of their status, indicating the rental fees for flats should be determined according to the location and size especially since the rents have increased remarkably. He asserted the remarkable increase in rents has negatively affected the citizens and expatriates while the government keeps on watching silently.
He added the government has given expatriate teachers a number of financial privileges, particularly the KD 150 housing allowance. He asserted this resulted in a remarkable increase in rents and prices under the watch of various regulatory bodies.
He lamented such a move affected citizens first before the expatriates, wondering if the government can activate its regulatory tools to control rental fees and prices of commodities or it will succumb to pressure from influential people like landlords and property owners. It can be recalled that two years ago, the lawmaker submitted a draft law on determining rental fees as per the governorate and size of the flats but the bill is still in the hands of the parliamentary Legislative Committee which has yet to present its report in this regard
By Abubakar A. Ibrahim Arab Times Staff


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HARCO Bank Clerk, Accountant & Asst Manager Online Form
HARCO Bank Clerk, Accountant & Asst Manager Recruitment
Haryana State Cooperative Apex Bank
Haryana State Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd (HARCO Bank) released an employment notification for the recruitment of Clerk, Junior Accountant, Senior Accountant, Assistant Manager/ Development Officer vacancies.
Interested Candidates who found eligible themselves by reading the Notification below are advised to apply for the vacancies on or before 31.08.2019
Post & Vacancy Details - HARCO Bank Clerk & Manager Jobs
Total Vacancies: 978
|Pay Scale
|Level-6 (Rs.35400-112400)
|Junior Accountant
|Level-6 (Rs.35400-112400)
|Senior Accountant
|Level-6 (Rs.35400-112400)
|Assistant Manager/ Development Officer
Level-7 (Rs.44900-142400)
Important Dates - HARCO Bank Clerk & Manager Jobs
Starting Date to Apply Online & Payment of fee: 14-08-2019
Last Date to Apply Online & Payment of fee: 31-08-2019
Online Examination Dates (Preliminary examination for Clerks): Oct 2019/Nov 2019 (Tentative)
Date for Main examination for Clerks: To be announced later
Online single Examination for Jr Accountant, Sr Accountant & Asst Manager/Development Officer: To be announced later
Age Limit - HARCO Bank Clerk & Manager Jobs
Minimum Age: 18 Years & Maximum Age: 42 Years (as on 31-08-2019)
Age relaxation is applicable as per rules.
Educational Qualification - HARCO Bank Clerk & Manager Jobs
Clerk: Graduation with 55% marks or Commerce Graduate with 50% marks from a recognized University.
Junior Accountant: B.Com/B.A with Economics or Math/ B. Sc with Math as one of the subjects with at least 55% marks in aggregate/ B. Tech with at least 60% marks.
Senior Accountant: At least 55% marks in Commerce or Science with Math or BA with Math or Economics with 3 years' experience. (or) At least 50% marks in M.Com or MA with Math or Economics
Assistant Manager/ Development Officer: At least 60% marks in Graduation in science with Math/ Arts with Economics or Math/ Commerce/B.Tech. (OR) Postgraduate in Math or Economics or Commerce or Business Administration or Engineering with at least 55% marks either in Graduation or Post Graduation or Chartered Accountant with at least 55% marks. (OR) 50% marks in Post-Graduation in Economics or Math or Commerce with CAIIB. (OR) Master in Banking and Insurance Management with 60% marks
Knowledge of Hindi/ Sanskrit up to Matric standard is required qualification for all the posts.
Examination Fee - HARCO Bank Clerk & Manager Jobs
For General: Rs. 600/- + GST
For SC/BCA/BCB/ EBPG(EWS) candidates of Haryana only & Female: Rs. 300/- + GST
For Ex-Serviceman: Nil
Selection Procedure - HARCO Bank Clerk & Manager Jobs
Selection of the candidates for the posts of Clerk, Junior Accountant and Senior Accountant as follows.
Clerk: Prelims & Mains Online Examination
Assistant Manager/Development Officer: Single Online Exam & Interview
Please refer Exam Pattern & related details on the official website.