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Parents Night Out events are typically scheduled for weekend evenings from 4 – 8 p.m., and are designed for kids ages two to ten years old.
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*Multiple Child Discount: Above pricing for the first 2 children. Third child and beyond is an additional $10/child for Members and $15/child for Non-Members.
Contact Member Services at your local Y branch for registration and additional Parents Night Out dates. You can also register by completing the registration form. Please submit completed form to your local Y branch.
*Members and non-members are welcome!
*Children must be potty-trained to attend Parents Night out at both Midway and Rochester


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Last month in Manhattan, a special reunion took place on Meredith Vieira's new talk show between an Army Reserve officer and the family he hadn't seen in nearly a year.
First Lt. Beau McNeff and his wife Ceci had missed their last two wedding anniversaries due to deployments and work-ups. While Ceci was in on the reunion, their four kids – including their newborn daughter Lexi – got the surprise of their young lives on live television.
The USO, which benefitted from more than 250 hours of McNeff's volunteer service while he was stationed at Forward Operating Base Fenty in Afghanistan, selected the McNeff family for the surprise reunion and also arranged three days of fun for the family in Manhattan as a thank you for his contributions to the military and the organization.
"Before deploying, the only thing I knew about the USO was that they did care packages and they were in the airports," McNeff said. "But then I go to Afghanistan and they're in every airport that I went through. Fellow veterans, families, people who want to help and support our veterans and our military [were volunteering at each location], and these people loved us. They treated me like family at every stop. Then I get to Afghanistan and there's a USO on my [forward operating base]."
McNeff visited that USO almost daily, and used the USO/United Through Reading Military Program room as often as possible to communicate with his four children back home in Beaverton, Oregon. After he became one of the first fathers to participate in the USO's Tiny Tots program (a reverse care package program where a dad requests a personalized USO newborn kit be sent to the mom back home), he became a committed USO volunteer for the rest of his deployment.
"The McNeffs are a wonderful example of how a family is able to stay connected through so many of our wonderful programs and services," USO President and CEO Dr. J.D. Crouch II said during the show's taping. "This truly shows how we are always by their side … from the moment they join, through their deployments and as they transition back to their communities."
On set, Vieira concealed the show's surprise by demonstrating how the USO keeps families together via Skype. But McNeff, who could be seen on camera in uniform, was not actually in Afghanistan. He was backstage, waiting to surprise his family.
"It was surreal," McNeff said. "I got to go behind the scenes and see how the show was put together. I'm sitting in this green room looking down on the set of "Saturday Night Live" as they set up for the weekend's show. They pretended like the camera feed dropped out and I came out on stage. Our two oldest came running to me and started crying. Our 2-year-old stayed crying the whole time she was out there, holding her daddy doll … and that's when I got to meet [Lexi] for the first time.
"It was one of those moments in life when everything felt right. I'd seen pictures of her, but I finally got to hold her and she smiled at me for the first time and you can't beat that.
"And the USO set that up for me. It was more than anything I could have asked for."
After the show, the USO had more surprises in store for the McNeff family. Volunteers from USO of Metropolitan New York spent three days with the McNeff family, leading them on a guided tour of the Museum of Natural History, the USS Intrepid and the Statue of Liberty.
McNeff's two little girls, 6-year-old Elena and 2-year-old Sarah, were taken to the American Girl store where they were able to design their own custom dolls, and his 4-year-old son Daniel was taken to FAO Schwarz, where he picked out "the coolest Transformer in the whole world."
"It's just amazing the experience the USO can bring to a soldier," McNeff said. "Both while you're gone, and redeployment and now coming home."
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Pennsylvania is one of 17 states that doesn't allow their citizens to participate in any form of direct democracy — an umbrella concept that includes initiative, referendum and recall.
Originating in Switzerland in the mid-19th century, direct democracy was introduced in the United States during the Progressive Era, roughly between 1890 and 1920. Progressivism was not a monopoly of one political party; Republicans like Robert La Follette and Theodore Roosevelt and Democrats like Woodrow Wilson identified with it. Progressives pushed numerous reforms at the local, state and federal levels.
Three important constitutional amendments — authorizing a federal income tax, the direct election of senators, and women's right to vote — were ratified during this period. Fittingly, no fewer than 22 states, followed ultimately by a dozen others, adopted at least one of the three direct democratic forms in the course of the Progressive Era.
Let's examine each of these a little more fully.
Initiative is a procedure with several manifestations, all having in common citizens' involvement in the legislative process via the ballot. It literally means that the people can initiate legislation themselves, independent of the legislature.
Some states use the direct initiative, which enables a proposal to be placed directly on the ballot for the voters' approval or rejection. Others employ the indirect initiative, which means the proposal first goes to the legislature. If that body disallows it, the proposition typically goes on the ballot together with an alternative recommendation from the legislature; the voters then decide between them.
Moreover, the focus of the initiative varies from state to state. In some, citizens may initiate only statutes (laws); in others, only constitutional amendments; in still others, both.
The referendum procedure is less complex. The principal version, the citizen referendum (also called the veto, or popular, referendum), gives citizens the right to veto any act passed by the legislature. If a group of citizens objects to a legislative measure, it cannot go into effect pending the holding of a referendum. Should that law be repudiated by the voters, it becomes invalid.
By contrast, the so-called "legislative referendum" is not really an instance of direct democracy as such. All but one of the states use this mechanism, by which they're obligated to get the approval of the voters to finalize state constitutional amendments and certain other questions, including tax changes. Pennsylvania voters will likely recognize it.
The third element of direct democracy is the recall. This device makes it possible for citizens to remove a public official prior to the end of that individual's term. If the recall is successful, the object of the effort must leave office immediately; there is no appeal. In that event, the voters also decide, sometimes simultaneously, on the ousted official's replacement.
Significantly, the recall method differs from impeachment: the former is a political process involving a popular election, while the latter is a judicial process whose ultimate outcome is determined by a trial. The rationale is different as well: whereas impeachment is often a response to criminal behavior, a recall is generally the result of a political disagreement.
How these procedures actually function is not the same in every state. Moreover, none of them is easy to carry out, an intentional safeguard against abuse. Initiative, referendum and recall all require several steps before any election can take place, though these vary somewhat among states.
Proponents generally submit an application to a state official to jump-start the process. They must then circulate a statewide petition during a specified period of time to obtain a designated number of signatures supporting the request. The number of signatures needed often varies widely in different states and among the different forms of direct democracy; usually the number is a percentage of the votes cast in the most recent general election. Finally, the signatures must be verified. If these steps are successfully completed, the proposal will go on the ballot. Normally, it takes a majority of affirmative votes for it to pass.
Given the participation of the voting public in direct democracy, it might seem that its widespread, even universal, popular acceptance should be a no-brainer. Yet while almost 70 percent of the states make use of one or more of these processes, when taken separately the percentages are smaller.
Furthermore, while supporters offer strong arguments in favor of initiative, referendum and recall, their critics also make a good case. We'll consider these opposing views next.
GENE MILLER taught history at Penn State Hazleton from 1969 to 2004 and still lives in the area.


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BOCA RATON—A week ago, the NFL claimed a link between football and CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). Jeff Miller, the NFL's senior vice president for health and safety policy, was asked by Representative Jan Schakowsky if there was a connection between football and degenerative brain disorders, and he said, "The answer to that is certainly, yes."
This is a huge topic of conversation at the NFL's League Meeting, being held this week at the Boca Raton Resort.
"There's no secret that repeated concussions can have a very serious long-term effect [on players]," said Giants co-owner John Mara. "And I am startled to a certain extent by the rise in concussions this year because we were on a steady downward trend for the last three years, and all of a sudden they spiked up this year, and we're still trying to understand why that is.
"We understand more than we did years ago, but we're still not even close to having the knowledge that we need to have going forward. That's why we're spending millions of dollars in research and trying to understand more about this issue. That's why we have the leading experts, we think, in the country on our health and safety committee. So we have a long way to go on that issue. It's the number-one challenge going forward, and everything else we talk about this week is secondary to that."
Another New York owner, Woody Johnson of the Jets, also addressed this lightening-rod issue.
"One of the things everyone should know is the league, the owners, are always concerned about player health, player safety," Johnson said. "I come from a health business (Johnson & Johnson), so my whole life has revolved some ways about health, so we take these issues very, very seriously.
"We want to make the game as safe as we possibly can. It is football, it is a contact sport, but if we can take ridiculous plays out, like using your helmet as a weapon and all the things we've done, 38, 40 rule changes by now, probably more after we are done this week, it should [improve], without destroying the nature of the game."
Johnson feels there is still a long way to go in studying brain injuries vis-à-vis football.
"I know a little bit about brain science," Johnson said. "I know a lot about the heart, a lot about the joints, we know a lot about the rest of the body, but the one area we don't know as much about, is [the brain]."


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Wind Chimes event at Hikawa Shrine | KAWAGOE
July 7 @ 09:00 - September 9 @ 21:00
Wind chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine
Last year the annual wind chimes at Hikawa Shrine in Kawagoe were on display much earlier than usual, but this year they've pushed them back again. However, they will remain for a week longer than last year, stretching into September. The dates for 2018 are July 7th to September 9th.
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Ngati Porou members recently gathered at Uepohatu Marae in Ruatoria for the 2016 Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou hui a tau (annual general meeting). The hui provided the opportunity for the Iwi to take stock, not just of the financial year ended — but of the past five years since the post-settlement governance entity was established.
The hui, held on the last Saturday of November, was broadcast live over the internet and radio, to enable Natis living at home and around the world to learn more about the activities conducted over the past 12 months by Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou (TRONPnui) Group.
Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou is charged with the oversight of social and health services (Whanau Oranga and Ngati Porou Hauora), supporting cultural development (Toitu Ngati Porou) and growing the collective iwi asset base (Ngati Porou Holding Company). Representatives from the Runanganui's governance and senior management delivered presentations throughout the hui, that detailed the performance of each of the various divisions.
TRONPnui chairman, Selwyn Parata highlighted in the first presentation activities and initiatives that the organisation has contributed to whanau and hapu development, and its investment in cultural and economic development.
Among these activities included providing financial assistance to Ngati Porou Hauora to help cover the organisation's shortfall in government funding. By providing financial support, Ngati Porou Hauora has been able to continue providing health services to Ngati Porou communities on the East Coast.
Another initiative included the establishment of Te Tini o Porou social service hub in Kaiti. Over the past year since it opened Te Tini o Porou has provided a central base for Whanau Oranga social services to provide support to vulnerable whanau. Investment in the Ngati Porou language strategy and continuation of the marae grant programme have also helped to support Ngati Porou communities to develop their cultural and social capital.
In his presentation the chairman also out-lined the direction the board will take over the coming year. A major focus will be on the reduction and elimination of operating deficits, so debt could be paid down and more dividends can be invested in whanau and hapu development. Selwyn says each sector is actively moving to reduce costs while balancing that with employment level expectations.
"TRONPnui is a major regional employer. Every dollar spent in wages translates to $1.60 spent in the local economy. The combined pay packets of our workforce and earnings from the sale of our produce is growing Ngati Porou's contribution to the region's GDP and prosperity. We need to look at how we leverage our collective asset base to invest in our local economy, nurture and grow Ngati Porou entrepreneurship, improve the alignment of tertiary education and training with industry workforce requirements and attract more investment."
TRONPnui chief executive, Herewini Te Koha provided a strategic overview of the organisation's operational activities, which included advocacy within the environmental space. Herewini says, "much planning has gone into co-management with the Department of Conservation to develop Nga Whakahaere Takirua, an ecological strategy for conservation lands within the Ngati Porou rohe."
Hearings on a proposed freshwater management plan have delayed progress on the Waiapu Catchment Joint Management Agreement (JMA) with Gisborne District Council. With more meetings scheduled, the chief executive says the JMA will further hapu aspirations for the health of the Waiapu and other tributaries. TRONPnui is also participating in the design of the National Freshwater Management policy for the protection and enhancement of freshwater, and have been successful in anchoring Te Mana o Te Wai as the overarching principle.
Senior Manager of Whanau Oranga services, Anne Huriwai, says her sector self-funds — receiving $3.6million in contracts annually from nine government departments.
Whanau Oranga has 54 staff offering social services to whanau in Kaiti and on the Coast. Close to 4000 people received support from 26 services this year.
Anne says a deliberate decision was made this year to focus Whanau Oranga as a prevention space that prioritises the most vulnerable children and whanau.
Awhi Whanau helped 69 whanau out of involvement with Child Youth and Family (CYF). The programme's early intervention service kept 132 children from entering CYF oversight.
The Tatai Hono Iwi Justice Panel has steered 230 low-level offenders away from future offending. Positive too are the results from the In-Prison programme with 60 prisoners graduating while 11 children from prisoner's families have received mentoring and support.
Anne says Whanau Oranga has proved its ability to respond to urgent need with the Huarahi Pai programme working alongside 35 Kaiti whanau who were caught up in a series of drug raids earlier this year.
She says a further 20 young mothers gained workplace skills with the help of Wahine Activate.
Absenteeism is a perennial problem. However, Anne says the Tairawhiti School Attendance Service worked with 579 students in total and were successful in getting 431 students back in school.
There was more good news for rangatahi this year with Paikea Gymnasium at Te Tini o Porou up and running. Fifty young people are enrolled in the Paikea Peak Performance pilot programme and plans are underway to mobilise the new equipment for use in communities along the Coast.
Whanau Oranga staff are looking to move to a single reporting system to simplify accountability requirements. "Once adopted, it will reduce the number of contractual reports we must complete from 130 to four and result in quarter of a million dollars' worth of savings," says Anne.
Toitu Ngati Porou is charged with the overall cultural development of Ngati Porou and with the implementation of strategies for education, matauranga, te reo, communications and marae.
This year Toitu paid out $660,000 in marae grants and $20,000 in capital grants to 35 Ngati Porou marae. Chairperson, Amohaere Houkamau says 24 marae have joined the Nati Insurance Scheme which has resulted in the majority of them reducing the costs of annual premiums by 30 percent to 50 percent and increasing insurance coverage.
She says the Wai Whai Nati initiative has connected 43 out of 48 marae with high-speed broadband.
To reduce governance costs, Toitu has reduced the number of its trustees from seven to five and cut back on the number of 'kanohi kitea' board meetings
"Given that we've got high expectations — major ambitions —and uncertain annual revenue streams we need to prioritise our spending to firstly cover our annual marae grant payments, which requires us to provision approximately $1.1 million every year.
This coming financial year we will also be prioritising Ngati Porou Reo, matauranga/education, the arts and entrepreneurship," says Amohaere.
The Ngati Porou Reo Implementation Plan will roll out next year at the Ngati Porou Pa Wars, with a major communication drive. The purpose of the communication drive is to inform Ngati Porou hapu, marae, taurahere and reo collectives about the initiatives Toitu Ngati Porou will be investing in over the next two years and how they can engage and participate.
Radio Ngati Porou's part-time archivist Kingston Cooper, provided a report on the work that he has been doing, as a consequence of Toitu's investment in the radio's archive project. Kingston has so far archived 964 recordings of pakeke, wananga and hui, which Radio Ngati Porou will be broadcasting on multiple platforms.
Amohaere says a contestable fund for Ngati Porou entrepreneurship, visual and performing arts as well as taonga conservation will be set up to enable people to rebuild traditions.
This year has seen Ngati Porou Hauora (NPH) grow its client base to 9185 especially in the Gisborne service, Puhi Kaiti. The Huringa Pai initiative, additional diabetes clinics, dietary interventions with whanau and the outreach work of diabetes nurses have all had a positive impact.
NPH board chairperson, Teepa Wawatai says NPH is having to deal with a "dislocated funding system" with Tairawhiti District Health Board showing a profit this year despite consistently underfunding primary care. He says NPH is among the big-hitters in performance but has, so far, been reliant on the support of TRONPnui to the tune of $6 million to provide its Coast services.
Teepa says iwi should not have to dip into treaty settlement funds to subsidise primary health. He says Government is dodging its obligations to provide health services to all New Zealanders. TRONPnui plans to meet with Crown Ministers to address the deficit and find alternative pathways to alleviate the Hauora's budget pressures.
Ngati Porou Holding Company Ltd (NPHCL) chairperson, Matanuku Mahuika presented an overview of the activities of the commercial arm of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou, which included presentations from Ngati Porou Seafoods Group and Pakihiroa Farms.
On the investment front, two-thirds of the groups assets are invested through a series of fund managers. It was a tough year for financial markets, which were badly affected in early 2016 by the slump in the Chinese economy and then again in June, by the United Kingdom's decision to exit the European Union just before the June 30 balance date (shortly afterwards however the markets quickly recovered). As a result of market volatility, this saw Ngati Porou's profit dip to $6.5 million down from $18.3 million the previous year. However, overall asset base remained unaffected and grew, with total group assets reaching $210.9 million — up from $208.7 million in 2015.
Matanuku says market volatility is expected and factored into the investment plan which assesses returns over a five-year period and aims for a 2.5 percent real return over that period. "Our job is to cut and trim and do our best to anticipate what is going to happen, but the model anticipates volatility and despite the tough year we are still performing above the investment plan benchmark" says Matanuku.
Aside from overseeing investments, NPHCL has also been working with the operating parts of its business (fishing, farming, forestry and now manuka honey) to improve returns and therefore generate a greater contribution to group earnings.
The year produced mixed results with the fishing result being below budget due to the drop in pricing for the lease of deep water quota. However, farming had an improved result with a net profit of just under $400,000, up from a small loss in 2015.
The Ngati Porou miere (manuka honey) collective alongside a number of Ngati Porou land blocks is an exciting development and hopefully only the first collaborative enterprise with Ngati Porou land owners. A feasibility study is now under way into the possibility of developing a port in northern Ngati Porou.
Matanuku says, "There are a lot of challenges to this, including being able to satisfy ourselves about the environmental effects of such a development. However, this has been discussed for many years and we need to know whether it could work."
NPHCL is also taking part in a Tairawhiti- Gisborne regional branding campaign which Matanuku says has potential to provide benefits to the region, particularly emphasising, "we want to be telling stories that speak about us and the provenance of Ngati Porou goods and services."
Ngati Porou is beginning a process to review the TRONPnui Trust Deed five years after settlement. TRONPnui board member, Mei Reedy Taare says review dates have been pencilled in for January to May 2017 with June to August scheduled to incorporate any changes to the shape or content of the document. The review will be progressed by a TRONPnui Committee, although consideration is being given to the appointment of an external independent reviewer to oversee the process. The final report and recommendations will be tabled at the 2017 hui a tau and a special general meeting will be needed to approve any subsequent amendments to the Trust Deed.
Environmental advocate, Tina Ngata spoke about seismic testing in the Pegasus and East Coast Basins. New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals (NZPAM) granted joint prospecting permits to oil giants Chevron and Norwegian ownedStatoil, despite formal objections by TRONPnui, nga hapu o Ngati Porou and Gisborne District Council.
At the close of the meeting, Ohinepoutea requested that a resolution be read regarding the settlement of Ngati Uepohatu claims within the overall Ngati Porou settlement.
• To watch the full webstream recording of the 2016 TRONPnui Hui a Tau visit the home page of www.ngatiporou.com
• To read the 2016 TRONPnui annual report and full financial statements, copies of the publication can be picked up from TRONPnui's Gisborne and Ruatoria office sites, or downloaded from here.


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Whilst these projects are currently the main beneficiaries of Nineteen48's charitable donations, we are open to other worthy causes and we continue to investigate other projects that we can support in the future.
Nineteen48's long-term vision is to form a foundation which can provide funding to numerous charitable projects and social enterprises into the future.
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Kandy Kids (Charity Number: XT37134) is run by Steve O'Driscoll and Edith Bluker, who are based in the UK. The charity has been operating since 2007 and is focused on three key areas – food, fun and education.
Kandy Kids supports several orphanages in the Kandy area with food and equipment (both general and educational), as well as providing support in the form of scholarships to individual children from underprivileged families from the Kandy area. Hence, the charity has many of the same core values as Nineteen48.
You can make a donation directly to Kandy Kids via the link on their website's home page.
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Emerge Global is a Boston-based, non-profit organisation (EIN: 26-3230131) that aims to empower young women in Sri Lanka who have survived abuse and sexual violence, or are at high-risk to such abuse, to celebrate their personal sense of beauty, develop their self-sufficiency and become leaders in their own communities.
Emerge Global works with its Sri Lanka-based sister entity, Emerge Lanka Foundation (Company Number: GA2247), to implement the Emerge Beads-to-Business, Life Skills and Mentorship programmes. The programmes equip Sri Lankan teenage girls with skills and resources for their futures, using comprehensive curricula that emphasise leadership, life skills, and business knowledge, whilst simultaneously generating savings through jewellery design. Emerge currently works in three homes with a total of 70 teenage girls at a time.
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Discussion in 'Wii - Hacking' started by shonko, Sep 25, 2007.
Do I need to use the 1.0 disc first, or can I just use any of them?
You can use any Config Disc. It doesn't matter which version. If you updated your Wiikey to 1.9b then you have to use the upcoming Config Disc 1.3 to turn on region-free for GC games.
Thanks, everything's working perfectly now!
Just saw that Config Disc 1.3 along with the official update have been released, so use that.
just adding on a question here..
are there different versions of the WiiKey.. I mean hardware wise..
or as long as it says "WiiKey" everybody should be fine?
Adding a question of my own here. I apologize if this is a really dumb question. Is there anyway to confirm that the 1.96b update installed successfully? Like, for example, does the 1.3 or 1.2 Setup disc not work properly if you don't have 1.96b installed? My 1.3 disc is working fine, so if that's an indication my upgrade worked then great! I just want to make sure my 1.96b is properly installed and I don't know of a reliable way to test that. I guess aside from playing a Gamecube game with the streaming audio to see if it's been fixed, but I don't have any of those titles to try.
burn the config 1.3 disc from the wiikey website and see if it boots without error, then you know the update went correctly.
Thank you! My upgrade is working fine in that case.


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"With CMS phasing in new star ratings for quality measures, we wanted to focus on helping nursing facilities and home health companies find a solution before those changes take place"
Edmond, Oklahoma (PRWEB) August 29, 2016
Oklahoma based PGx Medical takes innovative program to the next level by focusing on improving the quality of life in seniors through their pharmacogenetic program.
"It was an easy decision for our company. We saw a need and we are addressing it. With CMS phasing in new star ratings for quality measures, we wanted to focus on helping nursing facilities and home health companies find a solution before those changes take place," said Clay Bullard.
Bullard, President of PGx Medical, is a person experienced in the challenges of medication management. Through a personal experience with a family member, Bullard quickly realized the trial and error process wasn't providing much hope or direction for treatment - not to mention the financial burden and loss of valuable time. "The idea of avoiding trial and error and having a personalized treatment plan for pharmaceutical usage captivated me." It is at that time he started his professional journey with what is now PGx Medical.
PGx Medical has a proprietary process that impacts quality, adds value and addresses clinical concerns such as falls, dementia, pain, medication management and overall staff efficiencies, via pharmacogenetics.
Pharmacogenetics aligns current and future medications with each person's unique genetic profile.
Drug-related problems are common in the elderly and include drug ineffectiveness, adverse drug reactions, overdosage, underdosage, and drug interactions. This is one of the reasons PGx Medical made the decision to focus primarily on the field of aging services.
With over 43.1 million adults 65 and older and that number is growing rapidly, statistics show proper medications play a role in improving the quality of life for older Americans. In the long-term care community population, medication-related problems currently cost $177.4 billion a year. ~ascp.com
Bullard adds, " PGx Medical has spent years educating healthcare professionals on the benefits of pharmacogenetics, how it impacts current medications and it is a roadmap for the future. We never really focused our time on one targeted space. After working with clinicians in the field of aging services, we realized there is a need, not only for residents, but also for the clinical caregiver and the family member. You want your loved one to be up and active, living a quality life. That doesn't happen if they are overmedicated or not receiving proper therapy from the medications they are taking."
Pharmacogenetics is a one-time diagnostic lab reimbursed by Medicare B. PGx Medical partners and provides a solid program that includes education on pharmacogenetics and the testing process, assistance with implementation, and ongoing support. Providers across the country are using the PGx program to increase quality and enhance clinical outcomes via pharmacogenetics.
Medicare estimates 4.3 billion prescriptions were written in 2015 and studies show 65 percent of doctor visits result in a prescription. If ineffective medications continue to be prescribed, we as a nation will continue to deal with the negative outcomes.
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July-August 1999
Très Riches Heures: Behind the Gothic Masterpiece. By Lillian Schacherl. Prestel-Verlag. 127 pages. $25.
I have extravagant feelings about this beautiful volume, which contains reproductions from a Book of Hours created for Jean, Duke of Berry, by the now famous Limbourg brothers between 1410 and 1416. Of every reproduction in the book one must say what Schacherl says of the Adam and Eve painting: This is a magnificent miniature: generously composed, succinctly formulated, so pure of form and so light of touch.
Books of Hours developed from the breviaries used by clerics but were the personal prayerbooks of the laity, used both at home and church for daily devotions. They typically contained a calendar of the Churchs principal feast days, sequences from the Gospels, the highly popular canonical Hours of the Virgin, the penitential Psalms, and various Masses. Because these books were made for the glory of God, most were as ornate as the worshiper could afford. In due course, Books of Hours became status symbols for the lords and ladies who commissioned them, and bibliophiles like the Duke of Berry maintained staffs of artists who specialized in their production. The last of six different Books of Hours commissioned by that Duke, Très Riches Heures is considered the finest example of the genre. Schacherl presents and analyzes 30 of the lovely illustrations created to adorn its pages.
Here is how Schacherl describes the miniature that first attracted me to the book, The Exorcism, with its tiny black demon fleeing in fright from the blessing of Jesus. The illumination depicts the moment when Christ drives the devil out of a dumb man and restores his speech. Schacherl writes, On one side the Pharisees watch, gesticulating in alarm and denial, while on the other side a crowd of onlookers observes the scene with astonished curiosity. The many curved forms create a sense of excitement and movement: rhythmic gestures, rounded turbans and the arches of the temple in which the scene unfolds are echoed by arabesques of golden foliage against the deep blue background of the sky. Schacherl rightly describes the combination of blues and golds as the harmonious colour chord of Très Riches Heures. She points out the astounding gradations of blue in the clothes, arches and tiles of The Exorcism and quotes Millard Meisss remark about the artists extraordinary French feel for this color. I would buy this book for the beauty of its blues and golds alone, but all the colors are sparklingly reproduced.
A valuable complement to the pictures is the authors chapters on the historical background of Très Riches Heures on its patron, Jean, Duke of Berry (1340-1416), on the artists Paul, Herman, and Jean Limbourg and their workshop, and on the wild, colourful, compassionate and callous, sensitive and savage age in which they all lived, when sanctity and iniquity, self-indulgence and spirituality went hand in hand. The historical information is illustrated by miniatures that depict the 12 months of the year, such scenes of daily life having in themselves much to reveal about those hectic times.
Most rewarding of all are the deep spiritual insights found in the commentaries that accompany each illustration. The text tells one just what to look at and why each detail is there. Regarding the illumination called The Fall of the Rebel Angels, for example, where the color chord of blues and golds seems at its peak, Schacherl observes that the sphere of the Heavens with their Lord is set against the globe of the Earth with its fallen anti-King: a breathtaking composition, intellectually and visually daring. But she also reminds us that the color green symbolizes eternal life and notes that the falling angels who are cascading out of Heaven are shown losing Heavens green from their wings.
Some of the loveliest illustrations depict the mysteries of the Rosary. Among the Joyful Mysteries one finds an Annunciation, a Visitation, a Presentation in the Temple (a slightly altered copy of a fresco by Taddeo Gaddi in Santa Croce in Florence), and a lovely Nativity, complete with shepherds and regal magi. The Sorrowful Mysteries are represented by an Agony in the Garden, striking in its nocturnal effect. The artists have chosen to depict the moment when Jesus says, I am He, and the soldiers who have come to arrest Him fall to the ground, stricken. The Carrying of the Cross and the Crucifixion are also depicted. Schacherl notes that few representations of the crucifixion convey as compellingly as this one the fact that this is not a tragedy but a miracle. And as for the Glorious Mysteries, nothing could be more glorious than the magnificently festive Coronation of the Virgin.
The pictures are so enchanting and the book is so lucidly written that I would venture to say that one could catechize a child by calling his attention to the details of these splendid illuminations and Schacherls explanations. A child who has seen only the tiresome depictions of the Holy Family masquerading as religious art in our own time sappily sentimental on the one hand or stylishly primitive on the other could learn much from seeing the dignity of the Jesus, Mary, and Joseph who grace the pages of the Limbourg brothers masterpiece. And any adult will be refreshed.
- Elaine Hallett
Joan of Arc. By Josephine Poole. Knopf (childrens book). 32 pages. $No price given..
Save for the Gospels themselves, portrayals of Christ in literature (as in cinema) always seem inadequate because they dont quite live up to the idea the reader (or viewer) has of Him. There are related difficulties with portrayals of those who reflected Him in their lives. Pooles tale of Joan of Arc for children has something of this problem, even as it provides a fair enough outline of what happened. Yet the books affection for Joan and its fidelity to the historical record as opposed to a modern (or modernist) agenda make it a fine introduction for any Catholic child, or for that matter any Protestant or unchurched child. (Barretts illustrations are magnificent.)
Some parents might, however, complain a little about what is left out or is treated too briefly. For example, the resistance to Joan by the French nobility and episcopacy, and her overcoming of it, are poorly dramatized. Neither do we learn of her collapse and recovery before she was burned. Nor does the writer acknowledge that Joan of Arc remains, to this day, the youngest commander of a national army in history. I wonder how well this book will enable children to grasp the remarkable, indeed unique, nature of Joans life, and why, even after her death, she inspired the French to reconquer their country. Still, it is not impossible that the book, which includes a chronology and an attractive map, could spark a deeper curiosity about Joan.
Further caveats about this rendition are: a somewhat clumsy presentation of how her furious patriotism mixed with her sorrow for the suffering she and her troops inflicted on the enemy English; occasional remarks about her fasting without any context; and a far too slight account of why she came to the aid of Compiegne, despite being warned by Heaven that this would lead to her capture. The book also omits the profound religious and theological insights this peasant girl regularly offered and offered in very simple and accessible language. Joans faith is never really explained, so her whole adventure, including the voices from Heaven, seems too much like a fairy tale.
Still, as Chesterton might have said, fairy tales are much closer to reality than well, closer than book reviews, for example. After telling of Joans death by burning, the book closes this way: But that was not the end. A saint is like a star. A star and a saint shine forever. An adult might quibble about the comparative durability of stars. A kid, on the other hand, is likely to get the poetic point.
- Richard Cowden Guido
Medieval Exegesis, Vol. 1: The Four Senses of Scripture. By Henri de Lubac. Eerdmans. 466 pages. $45.
At first blush Henri de Lubacs Medieval Exegesis seems an intimidatingly scholarly book it has 188 pages of endnotes. A nonscholar may set out gingerly into this wide-ranging investigation of the history of the spiritual interpretation of the Bible, and may pause often amid its sometimes bewildering series of tangents, anecdotes, and quotations. The persevering and careful reader, however, will be amply rewarded for his efforts by hearing a sustained, thorough, and passionate defense of the traditional biblical exegesis used consistently in the Catholic Church until the 20th century.
The heart of de Lubacs argument is that the Old Testament cannot be understood in a Christian way unless one employs a spiritual exegesis and unless one reads from within the Church. Spiritual exegesis traditionally includes allegorical, moral, and anagogical (heavenly) interpretations. He says that a literal reading of the Old Testament one employing the tools of the historical-critical method, with its supposed neutrality to faith simply will not point to fulfillment in the New Testament. The coming of Jesus, though prepared for by the Old Testament, is not simply a result of the events in the Old Testament. Only God, the primary author of the Bible, knew about the coming of Jesus, and only His Spirit, present and active in the Church Jesus founded, can help us discern the real preparation that was going on in the Old Testament.
De Lubac does not reject the legitimate contributions of a historical-critical reading of the Bible: Thus we need both the learned, in order to help us read Scripture historically, and the spiritual men (who ought to be men of the Church) in order to help us arrive at a deeper spiritual understanding of it. If the former deliver us from our ignorance, the latter ones have the gift of discernment which preserves us from interpretations that are dangerous to the faith. The fruits of historical research will certainly increase our knowledge of sacred Scripture and help us avoid the worst exaggerations and excesses possible when allegorical exegesis runs amok. But in the end our reading will be barren unless we follow the example of the New Testament authors, the Church Fathers, and the great medieval exegetes such as St. Bernard and St. Thomas. Like them, we must interpret the Bible from the perspective provided by a life of prayer, liturgy, and charity. We must read it on our knees.
Medieval Exegesis, though written in the 1950s, is, if anything, even more timely and urgent today than it was four decades ago. Anyone interested in acquiring a deeper understanding of the Old Testament will benefit from a careful reading of this book.
- Robert F. Gotcher
Roses, Fountains, and Gold: The Virgin Mary in History, Art, and Apparition. By John Martin. Ignatius. 265 pages. $14.95.
Our tainted natures solitary boast as Wordsworth would praise Mary deserves to be as marvelously treated as she is throughout these pages. Martin leaves no issue unraised, no question unanswered. For example, what is the earliest evidence we have showing Christians composing prayers asking for Marys protection and intercession? How did the scapular, in all its varied forms, come into popular use? Where did Mary appear and speak Nahuatl? What poet refers to the graces that flow through Mary as a world-mothering air and likens her cloak to a wild web, wondrous robe which mantles the guilty globe?
This work spends a good amount of time answering questions about Marian apparitions. Eleven of the 18 chapters chronicle various reported appearances of Mary. Martin treats Juan Diegos visions at Tepeyac, Marys presence during the Battle of Lepanto, her sorrow at Siluva in Lithuania, the visions of Catherine Labouré, and, of course, La Salette, Lourdes, and Fatima. Also taken up are the visions in Pontmain and Knock in Ireland, Beauraing and Banneux in Belgium, and the more recent in Akita (Japan), Kibeho in Rwanda, Garabandal (Spain), and Medjugorje.
Martin like the Church is careful not to credit all reports of Marys appearing, but he does at least describe some of the more recent apparitions lacking official approval. Of Irelands Christina Gallagher, who is said to receive the stigmata every week, he writes, Unless she is secretly a charlatan to rank with Lola Montez, Lord Gordon-Gordon, and Count Cagliostro, it would seem this largely unlettered housewife from a tiny village in County Mayo has been living out an existence of remarkable spiritual depth and range. He is more skeptical of New Yorks Veronica Leuken: Then there are those that seem to have come out of left field with all the fans in the bleachers following. On the question of Medjugorje, Martin properly concludes that, as with all other alleged apparitions that have not received official approval, it is wise to bear in mind that an apparition can be any one of four things: genuine, hallucinatory, deliberately invented, or satanic. Martins treatment of Marian apparitions is thus judicious and sober.
Martin relies on Justin Martyrs understanding of Mary as the New Eve to explain how in Marys answer to Gabriel, Let it be done unto me, we find the restoration of creation. Her obedience is an inspiration for the heights in human culture. Accordingly, Martin finds Mary to be the Queen of poets, since her Magnificat is the beginning of Christian poetry. She is likewise the Model of artists and the Inspiration of architects: the first tabernacle and the first cathedral to house the Divine. Thus the books title: Mary continues rejuvenating creation as she comforts the earth with the beauty of roses, the mercy of fountains, and the permanence of gold. Nowhere is the craftsmanship she inspired more apparent than in France, the Churchs eldest daughter. Martin points out how in the cathedrals of France Mary, inspires stone almost into life. Martin quotes the British essayist Cecil Headlam: The cathedral is a Bible in stone, and the porches a gospel in relief, a sculptured catechism, a preface and résumé of the book. Each stone, thus understood, is seen to be a page of a great drama.
Both devotional and apologetic, this is a perfect introduction to the role of the Mother of God in the life of Christianity. Martins work should be especially helpful to anyone new to the Faith and to those who misunderstand the Churchs Marian teachings. It includes, for example, an excellent explanation of the fittingness of the Immaculate Conception as well as how the Church understands Christs brothers referred to in the New Testament. Here one will also find a detailed history of the Rosary as well as the scriptural basis for the veneration of relics. Martins prose is very accessible perhaps too accessible at times (e.g., East Side, West Side, all around the Empire or, in discussing a textual variant at Genesis 3:15, to paraphrase Ira Gershwin, whether you say ipse and I say ipsa is of little consequence ). The books reproductions of great Marian art strengthen Martins points throughout. Unfortunately, the book has neither bibliographical references nor an index. Despite this, Martins latest is highly recommended for anyone interested in growing closer to Christ through His Mother, our Mother, who is both guide and path.
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Binford summarised the concert well, encapsulating the importance of the Kimberley artists who collaborated in the concert; the significance of Gabriel Nodea's Warmun story, and the song by Bunuba man Danny Marr called "Water on a Rock," which describes the longing of the Banuba people to return to their land and for their land to be returned to them.
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How to Obtain a Concealed Carry Permit in Ohio
Ohio Carry Concealed Weapon Permit Requirements
In Ohio, the Carry Concealed Weapon permit (CCW) has a few hoops to jump through. Overall, when I think of how much responsibility a person takes on when carrying a concealed weapon; the amount of time and the knowledge is very minimal. There are not many requirements to obtaining your CCW, the hardest part for most would be the basic training for handguns or if they have a criminal record.
I am on the fence on the topic of what is enough for people to carry a concealed weapon. For the average person who does not shoot, I do not think that enough information is covered. I have the hope that these people would continue to learn and practice in order to hone their skills if truly interested in carrying a concealed weapon. Sadly, I have the feeling that this is not the case and I think that a lot of people may be as dangerous to those around them as they are to the criminal element they want to be protected from. I say this for two reasons: a lack of knowledge and practice on the carriers part and a lack of effort and involvement on the instructor's part. I will talk about this more in the training section.
In the next sections, I will go over the requirements and if need be I will go into more detail about each individual requirement. Most of them are self explanatory, and if I do gloss over something and you want more information put a comment in so that I know you want to know more.
The most basic requirements for an Ohio CCW
The most basic of all the requirements for an Ohio CCW are quite simple and very direct. These requirements are as follows:
- An individual must be 21 years of age.
- An individual must have been a resident of Ohio for a minimum of 45 days.
- An individual must have been a resident of the current county of resident at least 30 days.
These are all straight forward and I do not think anyone should have any questions about these. I would like to mention now that if you have a criminal background on record that it will make it more difficult or impossible to obtain a CCW depending on the violations. Before gaining a CCW you will have a background check and need to pass this check satisfactory.
Acceptable training for Ohio CCW
In the state of Ohio, you do need to show that you have basic knowledge about handguns. There are two courses offered to show competency in handguns and they are as follows and both must have been taken within the previous three years of you applying for your CCW:
- National Rifle Association's Basic Pistol Course
- Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission Basic Handgun Course
The National Rifle Association (NRA) is the most popular class for proving that one is certified as having basic handgun knowledge. This is the course that I took and I have not taken the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission's (OPOTC) course. I have been a hunter and shooter since childhood and I currently make my own guns for self-use. I have to say the coarse was very basic and provided all the information to pass the test.
On that note, I believe that these classes need to talk about tactical issues more. How to draw your handgun from concealment, recommend practice times, and try to steer people more towards improving themselves with firearms. After seeing how easy the course was, I am a little concerned because I understand the average person's ability and knowledge of and with guns. This makes me want to improve even more to prevent unintentional harm from coming to my friends and family in dangerous situations from a criminal element as well as other carriers.
There is a 50 question test after the 10 hours of class work. An individual must receive a 90% to pass the NRA Basis Pistol classroom test. The classroom material covers all of the questions on the written test. I took my time with the test and I think it took me about 6 or 7 minutes. There were several questions on the test that were worded in a way that made me reread them. I did not miss any questions on the test, if I had rushed through the test I probably would have missed one or two questions because of the wording.
And the most fun test is shooting for 2 hours at the range to prove proficiency. I believe an individual must be able to group within 6 inches to pass. With very little practice and a basic understanding of aiming, this is quite easily obtainable to pass the shooting test.
From what I have seen in my area, these rules may not always be followed by instructors. But take the time to make sure that you can be proficient with the stated requirements because they are not hard and it may get you killed if you cut corners. These classes are only the very basics and I strongly believe that people should practice drawing their handgun, aiming, malfunction situations, shooting from various positions, and be as dynamic as possible.
CCW Law
Read the law and know what is legal and illegal when it comes to your CCW permit; ignorance will not protect you. If you have any questions call and talk to either your instructor, an attorney, or even the police. The Ohio Attorney General's booklet on concealed carry law is located the Attorney General's website for easy access.
You should receive a copy of this book from your class. If not, then simply go to the website and download the material for reading. The 2nd Amendment is a big enough and controversial enough topic there are also many interpretations of the laws on the internet if you want to google them. I would simply call the local authorities on this or talk to an attorney to make matters more simply and to know the source the information is coming from.
Passport Photo
If you look at the application for the CCW you will see on the left hand side of it an area for a photo. This photo must be provided by the individual applying for the CCW. I have read that it is supposed to be 2 inches squared, but I took in a photo that matched the rectangle box which is roughly 2 inches by 3 inches.
Generally, a good quality photo that is cut to the suggested size can work for the sheriff's office. The photo must be a good quality and at most 30 days old. The more current the photo the better simply because the state of Ohio wants the closest image of you as possible.
The CCW Application
The application is a little more tedious than most everything else in the process. The reason I say this is the address part took me a couple of days to complete to the best of my knowledge. I have moved around 35 times in my life and the application asks for each address in order since the time the applicant turned 18 years of age. But overall, the CCW application is quite simple even if some of the questions are quite wordy. Take the time to fill this out completely before calling the sheriff's office about going to apply for a CCW.
Do NOT
- Carry your firearm
- Bring your firearm with you at all
- Forget documentation or forms
- Lie
The Sheriff's Office
When you complete all of the steps to be able to apply for the CCW, you need to decide if you are going to visit your sheriff's office or one of the adjacent counties to you. I was planning on going to the next county because my own county had very limited hours for applicants to come in and file. I looked at my county sheriff's website and found the hours are fine. My county does have limited days that they accept applicants, but it still works great for me.
One thing that will prevent you from wasting time and annoying your sheriff's office is to check their website or call them for the hours that they accept CCW applicants. Each county can be different about hours and days that they will allow people to apply. Also, check into the form of payment that your sheriff's office will accept. I notice my county sheriff limits some of the payment options so I need to make a stop by my bank before going to the sheriff's office.
Call and ask if they need you to make an appointment before going. Be considerate and polite. When you do go visit the sheriff's office make sure to bring the following:
- Photo I.D. - driver's license etc.
- Certificate of training - NRA is most popular
- Payment for CCW application - check for methods of payment and amount
- Passport Photo - continues on with application
- CCW Application - completely and legibly filled out
- Finger Printed - electronically or inked
- Attorney General's Pamphlet - attest that you have read it
- Pass Background and Mental Competency Check
Concealed Carry
The concealed carry goes by several names. I call it a CCW, everyone seems to recognize what I am talking about and that is what I hear the most. The second naming I see is CCL, this stands for Concealed Carry License. I have seen CCH as well, which I assume stands for Concealed Carry Handgun.
The CCW Permit
I have met people who have done everything necessary to obtain a CCW and then decided that they did not want it. There are plenty of liability issues involved with carrying a firearm with you. Make sure that you know the laws, take it serious. Practice and talk to other people who are active in gun activities. You can always learn something new from others. And I will always tell people - practice! I am always on the look for learning something new. I talk to the police, instructors, watch videos, and what ever else I can do to learn something new. I take my family's safety and mine very seriously. The best way for me to do this is to keep learning so I am more efficient and have had more repetition and muscle memory built up when something does happen.
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Make the Road Connecticut members and allies will rally at City Hall again on Monday evening in favor of making Bridgeport a sanctuary city.
Some will testify in support of the resolution that will prevent immigrant communities from being targeted by local police and local agencies because of their race and/or immigration status.
Immigrants and community members from Make the Road CT will be joined by Bridgeport Generation Now, 32BJ, Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance and CT Student for a Dream at the rally from 6 to 8 p.m. at 45 Lyon Terrace.
More than 100 people turned out for a rally last Monday evening to fight President Donald Trump's executive order severely restricting immigration and travel from seven Muslim-majority countries .
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Surrounded by City Council members, Ganim said he would welcome more dialogue to find solutions to the issues facing those in Bridgeport, which is believed to have the biggest population of immigrants and undocumented people in the state.
He was met with shouts of "sanctuary city," a call for Bridgeport to seek designation as a safe haven for undocumented people.
Julio López, state director for Make The Road, called on those gathered to seek common ground and not worry about their differences.
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Make The Road held a smaller rally on the steps of City Hall on Jan. 19. López said he sees the movement gaining steam and more supporters.
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About 40 demonstrators rallied outside Bridgeport City Hall, calling on city leaders to designate Bridgeport as a sanctuary city where immigrants and refugees can find safe haven .
City Council member José Casco told the group he intended to submit a resolution to the council, noting several other cities around the state are designated as sanctuaries or have a resolution ready for a vote.
"Why Bridgeport cannot do that?" said Casco, who was born in Mexico. "Let's get united and work together for our community."
Julio López, state director of Make the Road, one of the rally's organizers, said it's believed that Bridgeport has the largest number of undocumented people in the state. He said his group is working with local schools and officials to help protect students and keep families together.
"It starts with the support of the mayor," he said.
Mayor Joe Ganim was in Washington, D.C., the day of that rally preparing to attend the presidential inauguration.
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'Paradise Yard', is an ensemble formed by Sue Lynch in 2016, as part of The Horse Improvised Music Club's programme and has featured collaborations with Adam Bohman on text. The ensemble combines written and improvised horn lines with electronics, amplified objects, percussion, vocals and spoken word, including new text collages by Adam Bohman. Previous concerts have included dedications to women electronic pioneers including Delia Derbyshire and Daphne Oram. This ensemble is formed to suit the compositions and features guest musicians. The line-up will include Adam Bohman, Hutch Demouilpied, Sharon Gal, Greta Pistaceci, Sue Lynch and Crystabel Riley
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Adam Bohman has been operating on the outer fringes of underground music for decades. Working with home-built instruments, found objects, tape cut-ups, collages, ink drawings and graphic scores. Favouring acoustic sounds over electronics, he explores the minute tendrils of sounds coaxed from any number of non-musical instruments and objects. He is a member of British experimental groups, Morphogenesis, The Bohman Brothers, Secluded Bronte, and The London Improvisers Orchestra. Adam's music is unique and experimental, incorporating Fluxus japery, musique concrete, sound poetry and free improvisation.
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There's the Chinese giant and his Congolese mentor. There's the Argentinian expat, the Slovenian and the scruffy Spaniard who mocked Chinese giants in Beijing last summer. And there's even an Italian-speaking African American. Has the NBA ever been a stronger metaphor for sports as a global village?
When the Los Angleles Lakers-Houston Rockets series started, the primary match-up focused on the teams' leading stars, Yao Ming and Pau Gasol, whose Spanish Olympic team sparked controversy last summer when a photo captured them slanting their eyes in apparent mockery of their Chinese hosts.
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