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Mozambique is home to some 26.5 million inhabitants. It is a young population with a median age just over 17 years, largely due to nearly two decades of civil war spanning the mid-1970s through the 1990s. UNAIDS estimates for 2016 indicate that the HIV prevalence rate among adults is 12.2 percent, with about 1.8 million people currently living with HIV or AIDS — including some 13,000 children newly infected with HIV through mother-to-child transmission.
Regional economic developments and employment opportunities are currently expanding, resulting in more migration, more disposable income, a disintegrating family structure, and an increase in the commercial sex industry. Collectively, these factors are compounding infection rates, particularly because the country's doctor-patient ratio is just 0.04 per 1,000 people.
Mozambique's health system is further burdened by high risk of infectious diseases, including bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever, as well as vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.
With support from the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and various US Government funding agencies in country, the American International Health Alliance (AIHA) manages capacity building initiatives in Mozambique through our HRSA-supported HIV/AIDS Twinning Center Program through our regional office for Southern Africa based in Pretoria, South Africa.
Click here for a printable overview of our work in Mozambique.
Current Projects
Centro de Aprendizagem em Saude Sexual Reproductiva (AMODEFA) / Children's Place International
(2016 – Present)
The overarching goal of this partnership is to increase the percentage of Mozambican families that have informed their HIV-positive children and adolescents of their HIV status.
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In early 2016, AIHA launched a partnership linking the Associação Moçambicana Para o Desenvolvimento da Familia (AMODEFA) with the Chicago-based Children's Place International (CPI). Later, the University of Michigan School of Public Health (UM) joined the partnership to provide additional technical assistance and support. The overarching goal of this partnership is to increase the percentage of Mozambican families that have informed their HIV-positive children and adolescents of their HIV status.
Although research indicates that when adolescents living with HIV
do not know their status, they are less likely to adhere to treatment
and more likely to engage in high-risk behaviors, PEPFAR's 2017 Mozambique Operational Plan estimated that only 58 percent of this population were aware that they were HIV-positive, with just 41 percent of these on ART.
AIHA partners conducted a needs assessment at the onset of the
project, which revealed that caregivers and health workers alike
reported a cultural norm of disclosing HIV status to a perinatally-infected adolescent between the ages of 15-19, well beyond the
average age of sexual debut. This, along with other assessment results, helped inform development of a theory-based, evidence-informed adolescent disclosure intervention called N'tiyiso, which means "truth" in Changana, a local language.
Designed to be delivered by community health workers to parents and caregivers of adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 who are living with HIV yet do not currently know their status, N'tiyiso is a "home-grown" intervention. A collaborative team of community-based HIV service providers in Mozambique and experts from the US partner institutions used participatory methods that allowed for equitable input from all parties. The result is a 9-session intervention that utilizes a developmentally and culturally appropriate framework to address the pre-disclosure, disclosure, and post-disclosure needs of families with adolescents who are living with HIV.
N'tiyiso features a manual and accompanying implementation resources that provide step-by-step guidance to support
community health workers as they deliver the package of nine structured, one-on-one sessions first to parents or caregivers of adolescents living with HIV, and — once disclosure occurs — to both caregivers and the adolescent.
N'tiyiso utilizes a trauma-informed, empowerment-based participatory approach that focuses on the entire family unit and is integrated into existing systems of care for families impacted by HIV. The intervention package includes a user-friendly facilitators manual, as well as supplementary materials for parents, adolescents, and the healthcare providers who are delivering the intervention. A detailed implementation manual to assist sites in adopting and executing this intervention is currently under development.
When AIHA launched this partnership, there were no existing evidence-based interventions addressing primary HIV
disclosure to adolescents. Partners therefore developed N'tiyiso through an iterative, evidence-informed process to maximize effectiveness and cultural appropriateness. Given the lack of comparable existing interventions, partners conducted a small pilot from March to July 2017, delivering the intervention to 10 families in Maputo to assess feasibility and acceptability of this novel adolescent disclosure project. Outcome data were collected using a mixed-methods (qualitative and quantitative) evaluation to assess feasibility and acceptability of the intervention and gauge its potential impact.
Evaluation results demonstrated that the N'tiyiso intervention is both feasible to implement using community-based health workers and highly acceptable among the families who participated. Families reported increased caregiver knowledge, increased motivation to disclose, and increases in multiple health-promoting behaviors among participants, including increased adherence to ART and increased utilization of HIV medical care and support services. Of the 10 families who participated in the pilot, nine caregivers successfully disclosed HIV status to their adolescents, while one family decided to work toward disclosure in the next year and continues to receive support.
Intervention facilitators and participants reported no unintended negative effects and families provided testimonials of how the intervention not only provided them with the information, motivation, and skills to disclose, but also positively affected their families in terms of communication of HIV status and adherence to ART. Families overwhelmingly asked for the intervention to continue so that other families and adolescents could be similarly supported.
Partners analyzed the evaluation data and identified areas that would benefit from modifications, as well as needs for additional new materials, including an implementation manual, educational brochures, and promotional materials, prior to scaling up the intervention and rolling it out to additional regions.
Partnership to Strengthen Social Work Training to Improve OVC Care and Support
(currently under development)
USAID is supporting this new Twinning Center partnership, which will initially focus on developing in-service training courses to improve the knowledge and skills of social workers who already manage programs local social welfare support programs. It will also support the Ministry of Health's efforts to decentralize all social work training courses.
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HIV/AIDS poses a significant threat to children and young adults in Mozambique, which is home to more than 1.6 million orphans — the equivalent of roughly 16 percent of the country's child population. More than 600,000 of these children were orphaned due to HIV, and AIDS is a major cause of child mortality. Regardless of cause, however, orphans and other vulnerable children face great difficulty accessing essential needs and services, including healthcare, food,
education, financial and legal support, and psychosocial care. As they grow older, they have limited means of income generation and are more likely to engage in risky or harmful behaviors, such as substance abuse, commercial sex work, and early marriage as a way to survive or, in some cases, support other members of their households.
Having access to a strong social support network can make a world of difference for Mozambique's vulnerable children, but formal training for social workers that had previously been coordinated by the Ministry of Health and the National Health Institute ceased in 2004. In 2012, the Ministry of Education Reform Program for Professional Training Unity (PIREP) launched a new curriculum and resumed trainings. Unfortunately, this new cadre of trained social workers experienced marked delays — sometimes as long one year — receiving their certifications. Without official certification, they cannot be integrated into the Ministry of Women and Social Action's remuneration categories and often turn to a different field that has little compatibility with social work.
In response, the Ministry is decentralizing all social work training courses and AIHA is working with closely with local stakeholders, including the Instituto de Ciencias de Saude and the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane to develop district-and provincial-level capacity to implement these changes.
In 2017, AIHA launched a partnership linking a team of social work experts from Tanzania and the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Action (MGCAS) in Sofala Province. The US and Tanzanian partners shared information about their experience developing the Para Social Worker (PSW) training program in Tanzania, while MGCAS representatives shared information and organized site visits to help the partners better understand the social service delivery context in Sofala. Together,
partners designed a 5-day PSW training program for the province, delivering it to 27 social welfare technicians and officials from Sofala's 13 district offices in Sofala Province. In addition, the US and Tanzanian partners revised, updated, and adapted the full 9-month PSW training program based on the version they developed and successfully implemented in Tanzania and shared the materials with MGCAS and the 27 individuals trained in the short course.
To promote program sustainability, AIHA is currently engaging with other implementing partners in Mozambique to share the PSW training materials and expand the reach of this vital community-based cadre throughout the country.
Past Projects
Mozambican National Nursing Association (ANEMO) / African Palliative Care Association
(2006 – 2008)
This south-south partnership focused on building the institutional capacity of ANEMO, strengthening its capacity as a member organization to help improve HIV-related nursing care throughout Mozambique.
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The Associação Nacional dos Enfermeiros de Moçambique (ANEMO) — the Mozambican National Nurses Association — collaborated with the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) based in Kampala, Uganda, to strengthen ANEMO's expertise and capacity to implement, monitor, and evaluate programs that mitigate the spread of HIV and improve the ability of nurses in Mozambique to provide quality patient care. This south-south partnership graduated from the HIV/AIDS Twinning Center's technical assistance program in December 2008.
The overall goal of the partnership was to strengthen ANEMO's human and institutional capacity to effectively contribute to the fight against HIV/AIDS in Mozambique by developing its organizational capacity.
At the partnership's close, AIHA reported that the ANEMO/APCA alliance exceeded its target results for all indicators, training 196 individuals in HIV/AIDS policy development and providing related technical assistance to 24 local organizations. Partners also trained 181 people in HIV/AIDS institutional capacity building and provided related technical assistance to 20 local organizations.
Partners jointly reviewed ANEMO's governance structure, including the existing councils, and identified areas of improvement at both the governance and secretarial level. Human resource and financial policies were also reviewed and recommendations were given to best serve ANEMO's needs. A new governance structure was developed, which allowed for easier operating procedures for ANEMO. This allowed for the beginning of the strategic planning meetings and a clear vision and mission for ANEMO. During the partnership, partners jointly ratified ANEMO's constitution, translated it into Portuguese, and presented it to ANEMO's board.
Partners conducted strategic planning workshop for ANEMO board members, which assisted Board members and ANEMO staff to better understand the organization's strategic direction. Additionally, it allowed ANEMO to implement objectives, measure the Board's competencies, and to better understand the organization's overall structure. Strategic planning workshops were also conducted for ANEMO's provincial members and the General Assembly, to determine how to best execute ANEMO's activities to maximize the outcomes for ongoing and future activities.
Throughout the course of the partnership, partners planned and conducted professional exchanges and study tours to learn about palliative care initiatives in Uganda. ANEMO representatives gained practical exposure to palliative care delivery services through home-based care to integrate this within trainings offered in Mozambique. While in Uganda, partners visited palliative care associations and hospices to learn about activities that could be adapted and mirrored in their own settings.
In accordance with ANEMO's objective of expanding its services beyond Maputo, partners conducted monitoring and capacity-building visits to provincial delegations to provide support to local authorities and strengthen membership recruitment. They implemented trainings of provincial trainers on various topics related to home-based care, including technical support, WHO self-awareness checklists, and the development of a national action plan for ANEMO.
Partners identified strategies to improve access to essential pain medicines in Mozambique. They jointly reviewed draft strategies, carried-out assessment of contributing factors to the current opioids situation in Mozambique, identified reasons for unavailability and/or lack of accessibility of opioids in Mozambique, identified possible solutions to roll-out barriers, and potential funding sources. They also formed three groups to examine the current status of the WHO pillars for a palliative care program — policy, education, and training — as well as drug availability. Task force members drafted and finalized an action plan, which was shared with the Mozambican Ministry of Health and development partners.
With the overall goal of increasing the sustainability of ANEMO, the partners developed clear strategies to increase the organization's visibility throughout Mozambique. Meetings were conducted with ANEMO staff, including those in the provinces, to determine the best methods of successfully rolling out effective communication messages. An ANEMO newsletter was developed, which assisted with bolstering membership. Partners also hired a consultant to begin work on the official ANEMO Web site. At the conclusion of the partnership, the site was operational, allowing for increased communication between ANEMO and the organizations with which it partners.
As this partnership with APCA was approaching its end in late 2008, AIHA launched a second partnership with ANEMO, pairing the organization with St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing at Moravian Collage in Pennsylvania.
Namaacha Health Center and Esperanza-Beluluane VCT Center / University of California – San Francisco School of Nursing
(2006 – 2010)
Partners successfully implemented "prevention with positives" programs in two distinct community-based settings: a healthcare clinic and a VCT and peer support center. They also expanded these successful prevention services to Mozambique's Sofala and Zambezia provinces.
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As ARV medicines become more widely available in Mozambique, people living with HIV are living longer and feeling healthier. This necessitates the expansion of prevention messages beyond the traditional target of uninfected individuals.
In 2006, AIHA established a partnership linking Namaacha Health Center and Esperanza-Beluluane Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center with the University of California – San Francisco School of Nursing to implement clinic- and community-based prevention messages that target people who are living with HIV. This partnership graduated from AIHA's HIV/AIDS Twinning Center technical assistance program in 2010.
The objective of the "prevention with positives" programs implemented by partners was to prevent re-infection and co-infection of HIV among those already living with the virus, as well as among sero-discordant couples.
Some of their key partnership activities included:
- Training healthcare workers to conduct short risk-reduction interventions with HIV-positive patients;
- Developing a provider-based prevention with positives intervention;
- Developing a client-led prevention with positives intervention; and
- Expanding interventions to Mozambique's Sofala and Zambezia provinces.
Partners also developed a training curriculum and conducted a series of professional exchanges, as well as secured approval of a set of monitoring and evaluation instruments from the Mozambique Bioethics Committee.
The Positive Prevention Toolkit developed jointly by partners was highlighted as a PEPFAR success story in its Stories of Hope series in April 2010.
Catholic University of Mozambique / University of Pittsburgh
(2006 – 2014)
Partners collaborated to support the Mozambican Ministry of Health's goal of strengthening the healthcare workforce by providing in-service training in HIV/AIDS care to mid- and lower-level caregivers, as well as opening a model clinic that also serves as a practical training site. By 2013, this highly successful twinning partnership had sufficiently built the institutional and human resource capacity at Catholic University's campus in Beira to allow AIHA to graduate the University of Pittsburgh and continue providing direct funding and support for the Mozambican partner's medical education and treatment and care activities through the fall of 2014.
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Mozambique faces a severe shortage of human resources for health that has long been hindering its ability to rapidly scale up efforts to provide ART and other essential treatment and care services to PLHIV. Adding to the complexity of the situation is that fact that some 17 percent of the public healthcare workforce is also living with HIV and in need of care themselves.
Mozambique's Ministry of Health recognizes the need to train additional healthcare workers and has been targeting in-service training, particularly for mid- and lower-level healthcare workers, as a key component of its national HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan.
In support of this initiative, in 2006 AIHA launched a twinning partnership linking Catholic University of Mozambique with the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. The overall goal of this partnership was to increase the availability of quality HIV services in Mozambique's Sofala Province, with specific objectives to expand the number of healthcare workers and to create a model clinic that provides high quality HIV-related treatment and care services while at the same time serving as a clinical training site for students and healthcare professionals.
In June 2009, partners opened the São Lucas Health Center at Catholic University of Mozambique's campus in Beira. Since then, staff have treated more than 50,000 patients, averaging about 1,200 consultations each month. Between October 2013 and March 2014 alone, São Lucas staff provided counseling and testing services to an average of 458 patients each month, enrolling 42 in pre-ART care and 36 in ART monthly. São Lucas Health Center is currently tracking treatment progress via the ICAP ART reporting database.
Partners also launched a training program for Agentes de Medicinas and medical students, serving as a clinical rotation site focusing on quality HIV care and patient management for six final year students, five penultimate year students, two clinical psychology students, and one hospital administration student in 2013. In addition, partners initiated mandatory rural site visits for 5th and 6th year medical students and are establishing clinical rotations to provide medical students the opportunity to gain critical patient care skills.
In the fall of 2013, AIHA transitioned this partnership to its sustainability phase by graduating the University of Pittsburgh and providing Catholic University of Mozambique with a subgrant to support daily activities during its final year of technical assistance. In the fall of 2014, Catholic University of Mozambique graduated from AIHA's Twinning Center Program and now operates independently of AIHA support.
Mozambican National Nursing Association (ANEMO) / St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing at Moravian College
(2008 – 2012)
Partners collaborated to strengthen ANEMO as a professional association and increase membership programs related to HIV prevention, care, and treatment.
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Associação Nacional dos Enfermeiros de Moçambique (ANEMO) — the National Association of Mozambican Nurses — collaborated with St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing at Moravian College in Pennsylvania between 2008 and 2012 to strengthen ANEMO's capacity as the leading autonomous professional nursing association in the country.
The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) also supported the work of this partnership, providing technical assistance on nursing leadership, including the implementation of the Mozambican Nursing Leadership Institute (MNLI).
Other key objectives of this partnership were to increase ANEMO's organizational capacity and infrastructure and to elevate the association by strengthening the relationships, linkages, and visibility among both national and international stakeholders.
The successful completion of the year-long pilot MNLI program in 2010-2011 represented a major achievement of this partnership. Some 43 Mozambican nurses — along with a small number of international participants — graduated from MNLI in August 2011 and ANEMO faculty who had been trained through the process conducted the first training for the second, locally facilitated MNLI session.
In addition, both U.S. and Mozambican partners attended and co-facilitated workshops and presentations during ANEMO's regional Inhambane general assembly meeting. They also completed development of ANEMO's website and began disseminating quarterly newsletters to ANEMO members.
At the time of graduation from AIHA's Twinning Center Program, ANEMO staff were planning to conduct local nursing events during International Nursing Week and National Nursing Week; facilitate two additional MNLI sessions; and participate in AONE's annual meeting. They also planned to conduct health fairs and other community service projects to raise the profile of the nursing profession and help improve public health throughout the country.
Eduardo Mondlane University / University of California – Los Angeles
(2011 – 2014)
This university-to-university partnership focused on overall quality improvement at Eduardo Mondlane, with a specific emphasis on improving pediatric services.
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Mozambique's dearth of trained human resources for health is even more pronounced in clinical specialties, especially when it comes to pediatrics and neonatal care.
In response, AIHA launched a university-based partnership linking Edward Mondlane University and Maputo Central Hospital with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine in 2011. The overall goal of this partnership — which was graduated from AIHA's Twinning Center Program in the fall of 2014 — was to improve quality of care at Maputo Central Hospital with a particular focus on pediatric services.
Key objectives were to improve newborn care and pediatric surgical care, as well as to strengthen the institution's capacity to care for critically ill children.
To accomplish this, partners jointly assessed the hospital's HIV services, including observations of the HIV clinic, HIV testing routine on the wards, initiation of ART on the wards, and PMTCT protocols.
Maputo Central Hospital staff also met with local HIV care leadership to determine where gaps exist, including linkages to HIV care for individuals who are newly diagnosed with HIV. Working closely with hospital and medical school leadership, the UCLA Global Health team supported both the clinical and
educational programs in pediatrics at Eduardo Mondlane University and Maputo Central Hospital, creating training programs for Mozambican clinicians working in newborn medicine, critical care pediatrics, transfusion medicine, infection control, and pediatric surgery.
Partners also facilitated a refresher training on hand hygiene and began curriculum development for a one-week training on infection control. In support of these efforts, AIHA established in 2013 a Knowledge Management Center (KMC) at the hospital's Pediatrics Department to facilitate access to evidence-based medical resources as a way to strengthen education and training and improve quality of care.
Mozambique Open Architectures, Standards, and Information Systems (MOASIS) / JEMBI Maternal and Child Mortality Data Monitoring System
(2011 – 2014)
This south-south partnership worked to strengthen Mozambique's access to international health resources through the correct use and implementation of e-health and health information systems.
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From 2012 to 2014, partners at the Mozambique Open Architectures, Standards, and Information Systems (MOASIS) worked with the South Africa-based NGO JEMBI to strengthen Mozambique's access to international health resources through the correct use and implementation of e-health and health information systems.
Key objectives of this partnership were to support JEMBI as a social enterprise and investigate sustainable models to grow the organization in the future. Partners also worked to build the organizational capacity of MOASIS, bolster performance of the Ministry of Health's human resources development activities, and support collaboration of the principles with other key stakeholders.
One of the significant accomplishments of this partnership was the implementation of SIS Compact Stations, fully embedded stations complete with a touch screen micro-computer powered by open-source software that enables the function of approved applications. Data can be easily entered using a variety of means then transferred to the district, provincial, and central levels via email. This information is subsequently used to generate daily, weekly, or monthly reports from the SIS Compact Station that allow not only complex data analysis, but also building a reference and patient record system.
The SIS Compact Station prototypes were piloted at General Hospital of Jose Macamo and Mavalane, with eight prototypes of the u-Data Capture Device built; these were then successfully tested at rural health sites. In preparation for partnership graduation, members rolled out the SIS Compact Stations to 10 additional sites.
Together, partners worked on a strategic plan detailing concrete short- and long-term objectives for MOASIS. They worked together to develop the organizational capacity of MOASIS, drafting a business model, strengthening its ongoing ability to attract project-based funding, and creating a framework to sustain health information systems projects in partnership with the Mozambican Ministry of Health and other national stakeholders.
Eduardo Mondlane University / University of California at San Diego
(2011 – 2014)
Partners collaborated to improve trauma care training and practices through faculty and curriculum development.
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AIHA launched a second partnership with Edward Mondlane University and Maputo Central Hospital in 2012, linking these institutions with the University of California San Diego (UCSD). The overall goal of this partnership, which was graduated from the Twinning Center Program in the fall of 2014, was to support the provision of quality trauma care throughout Mozambique by strengthening related training and certification courses.
To this end, partners collaborated to develop a postgraduate trauma education curriculum that conforms to international best practices while remaining responsive to the local care context.
They worked to make Maputo Central Hospital a national center of clinical excellence in trauma care, initiating discussions with a successful trauma training center in Ghana, as well as with the WHO Essential and Emergency Surgery Program Director, about adapting the WHO trauma training curriculum for the purposes of this project. They also identified key textbooks and other necessary training resources and worked to establish a trauma center at the hospital.
With support from the UCLA partners, the UCSD team successfully provided technical assistance to Edward Mondlane faculty, helping them to develop a basic framework for locally-delivered trauma course that integrated a broad range of resources drawn from UCSD, including training videos on treating injuries due to trauma and burns.
The UCSD team also supported efforts of Edward Mondlane University's Department of Surgery to successfully achieve accreditation for its surgery training program under the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA). As accredited members, they now have access to training materials and instructors from neighboring countries with similar health systems and surgical training programs.
As this partnership moved closer to graduation from AIHA's technical assistance program, the UCSD partners helped their Mozambican counterparts develop a plan describing the long-term vision of the trauma service and identifying other potential development partners. This approach included development of a national program to train other cadres of trauma care providers.


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2020 Toyota Prado will be the following crossover SUV that will be delegated because the 2020 calendar year version car. Coming with some alterations and changes, the business believes that it vehicle are able to struck the market from the class and likewise be able to contest with one other vehicles. The adjustments completed in this vehicle protect the exterior design, interior models, as well as engine performance.
2020 Toyota Prado Modifications
Exterior and Interior
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CAIRO — It is four years since Hosni Mubarak became the leader of Egypt, propelled to the presidency by the assassination of his mentor, Anwar Sadat. More than any other event since, that murder has shaped the nature of Mubarak`s stewardship.
He has taken a slow, cautious approach to the country`s staggering social and economic problems, stressing security and rejecting the grand gestures that marked the rule of Sadat.


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This page represents the wiki for the 2nd iteration of the CODEx (Collaborative Oncologic Data Exploration) Project. Our aim is to utilize 'omics'-related technologies to understand the basic pathologic processes of oncogenic transformation and metastasis and combine this with clinical information, ushering new insights into how the molecular events of cancer manifest themselves clinically. Members of the Project include:
- Department of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center
- Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
- Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center
Papers from the 1st phase of the project include a study of lymph node metastasis prediction in breast cancer published in the Lancet and another using gene expression information to develop metagenes that are distinct for activation of specific oncogenic pathways published in Nature Genetics. We have also published phase one work in the Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences and Biostatistics.
Selected Papers
- Surgery, An overview of genomic data analysis, Huang, E., Nevins, J.R., West, M., Kuo, P., Volume: 136), Pages: 497-99.
- Cell Cycle, Gene expression phenotypes of oncogenic signaling pathways, Huang, E., Dressman, H., Nevins, J.R., Volume: 2(5), Pages: 415-17.
- Cancer Research, Distinct gene expression phenotypes of cells lacking Rb and Rb family members, Black, E.P., Huang, E., Dressman, H., Ishida, S., West, M., Nevins, J.R., Volume: 63(13), Pages: 3716-23.
- The Lancet, Gene expression predictors of breast cancer outcomes, Huang, E., Cheng, S., Pittman, J., Tsou, M.-H., Dressman, H., Iversen, E., Liao, M., Nevins, J.R., West, M., Huang, A.T., Volume: 361, Pages:1590-96.
- Nature Genetics, Gene expression phenotypic models that predict the activity of oncogenic pathways, Huang, E., Ishida, S., Pittman, J., Dressman, H., West, M., Nevins, J.R., Volume: 34(2), Pages: 226-30.


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A Collectors' Paradise
Brian Haughton Gallery, 15 Duke Street St James's, London SW1Y 6DB
Friday 30th June to Friday 7th July, 2017
Preview Thursday 29th June
New to the art calendar this year is a possé of international dealers joining forces to set up an exhibition entitled 'A Collectors' Paradise' at 15 Duke Street, St James's, London SW1Y 6DB from Friday 30th June to Friday 7th July running concurrently with London Art Week.
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10 years ago, one of these gorgeous little golden waggly tails chose us. Second from the left. A little more yellow than the others. Quiet. Gentle. Snuggly.
Grace. Little Gracie. Gracie Lou.
She chose us. To be her family. Her humans.
She quickly became a partner in crime with her chocolate companion - quite the dynamic duo.
Between them, they demolished several garden watering systems and countless plants and pots. In true partnership style, one loved the plants and one loved the pots . . . so they worked together and made a happy team!
She was just born to be a companion. She loved company - canine and human.
She loved to be scratched and petted and brushed. She loved the water. She loved her food. And she loved us.
This week she left us.
Unexpectedly. Suddenly. And forever.
But she left us infinitely better than she found us. Better for having had the privilege of her beautiful, gentle spirit in our lives.
She will be missed. She will be forever treasured. And always loved.
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Posted by Suedio at 20:30
3 comments:
- beecee said...
oh dear girl, I am sorry sorry about your grace.A loss is always such a terrible thing, but a sudden one the worst.
- 13 March 2012 at 14:15
- FIONA said...
Oh Sue .... just read about Grace ... I'm feeling for you .... I can't imagine losing such a little treasure now and we have only had ours for 3 months! Hugs and more hugs to you and your family .... and aren't puppies just the cutest things and then they grow up into loving and beautiful companions. Hugs xx
- 15 March 2012 at 21:28
- Sue-Anne said...
A wonderful tribute to Gracie. My thoughts are with you xxx
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- Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions in the beginning of this section.
- Remove the strut from the vehicle and install in a strut spring compressor. Compress the spring until the end of the spring comes away from the spring seat.
- Remove the upper strut mount, spring seat and related components.
- Remove the coil spring from the strut spring compressor.
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- Compress the spring and position the strut so that the end of the spring aligns with the notch in the spring seat.
- Install the upper strut mounting components and tighten the nut to 22 ft. lbs. (29 Nm) for vehicles with 4 cylinder engines or to 33 ft. lbs. (44 Nm) for vehicles with 6 cylinder engines.
- Install the strut to the vehicle.
- Check the wheel alignment and adjust as necessary.
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- Compress the strut spring, then remove the self-locking nut (A) while holding the strut rod with a hex wrench (B). Do not compress the spring more than necessary to remove the nut.
- Release the pressure from the strut spring compressor, then disassemble the strut.
- Reassemble all the parts, except for the spring.
- Compress the strut assembly by hand, and check for smooth operation through a full stroke, both compression and extension. The strut should extend smoothly and constantly when compression is released. If it does not, the gas is leaking and the strut should be replaced.
- Check for oil leaks, abnormal noises, or binding during these tests
- Install all the parts except the self-locking nut onto the strut. Align the bottom of the spring (A) and the stepped part of the lower spring seat (B).
- Align the stamp of the upper spring seat (A) and the spring mount rubber (B) as shown, and then set it on the spring.
- Align the stamp (A) on the upper spring seat with the spring mounting cushion as shown. Install the strut assembly on a commercially available strut spring compressor.
- Compress the strut spring.
- Install a new self-locking nut.
- Hold the strut rod using a hex wrench, and tighten the self-locking nut.
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Aviation Investigation Report A05W0059
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigated this occurrence for the purpose of advancing transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.
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Component Failure
Wing-to-fuselage Attach Angle
Bradley Air Services Ltd. (First Air)
Lockheed L382G Hercules C-GHPW
Vicinity of High Lake, Nunavut
12 April 2005
On 12 April 2005, a Lockheed L382G Hercules (registration C-GHPW, serial number 4799) owned and operated by Bradley Air Services Ltd. (First Air) and designated as flight FAB702, departed High Lake, Nunavut, for Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, with four crew members on board. At 1139 mountain daylight time (MDT), approximately 10 minutes after departure, as the aircraft was climbing through 18 000 feet, the crew heard a bang from the cargo area. When they examined the cargo compartment, they heard the sound of air escaping from the left side of the compartment and discovered a crack estimated to be 24 inches long and approximately one-half inch wide in the left wing-to-fuselage attach angle (drag angle).
When the flight crew learned there was a major structural failure, the aircraft was levelled off at flight level (FL) 230 and depressurized. Speed was reduced to 180 KIAS (knots indicated airspeed), an emergency was declared, and all crew members went on oxygen. The aircraft was level for about five minutes then descended to FL 220 for the direction of flight, and remained level for about 35 minutes. The flight crew later descended to 10 000 feet to ensure they were well supplied with oxygen. By this time the crack was no longer visible. On nearing Yellowknife, the aircraft was slowed to 140 KIAS (rather than 170 KIAS) when the landing gear was lowered. The aircraft landed safely at 1312 MDT with the flap retracted. Aircraft rescue and firefighting crews and equipment were standing by. There were no injuries.
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The crew was certified and qualified for the flight in accordance with existing regulations and very experienced in Lockheed L382G Hercules operations. After the crack was discovered, the crew had several options, including returning to High Lake, Nunavut, or diverting to an alternate airport. The runway at High Lake was a 5150-foot-long ice strip that was unsuitable for a precautionary zero-flap landing, and all the other available alternates were gravel airstrips where aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) services were unavailable. The decision to continue to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, was predicated on the availability of ARFF and a 7500-foot-long runway.
Visual meteorological conditions, with generally clear skies and light winds, prevailed for the entire flight. Weather was not considered a factor in the occurrence.
After the aircraft landed, at 1312,1 the crack was inspected; it had closed up and was not visible. The aircraft was subsequently flown unpressurized to a repair facility in Edmonton, Alberta. It was determined that the crack had propagated to 33 inches in length in the radius of the left attach angle, PN 390624-7, near fuselage station (FS) 577, butt line (BL) 61. Records indicate the attach angle had accumulated 35 789 hours time in service and had undergone 31 205 pressure cycles. The one-piece left and right wing-to-fuselage attach angles2 secure the fuselage sidewall to the lower skin of the centre wing box beam in the
aircraft. The attach angles are installed on the upper corners of the cabin, from forward of the centre wing at FS 477 to aft of the centre wing at FS 617 (see Figure 1). They provide a pressurization seal at the centre wing-to-fuselage juncture and support the fuselage sidewall against pressurization blow out (see Photo 1). Primary wing-to-fuselage structural loads are carried by vertical beams extending down the side of the fuselage, below the centre wing. To date, attach angle cracking has never contributed to the loss of an aircraft due to catastrophic structural failure.
The attach angles installed on L382/C-130 aircraft manufactured prior to serial number 5306 are machined from a 7075-T6 aluminum extrusion. To increase the bending strength of the attach angles in aircraft serial numbers 4383 to 5305, strap doublers are installed on the vertical and horizontal legs of the attach angles from FS 477 through FS 617. Many Lockheed Hercules aircraft, including the L382G stretched versions, have additional thick step doublers installed aft of FS 588, below the rear spar. The occurrence aircraft had both strap doublers and step doublers.
As of serial number 5306, aircraft are fitted with improved attach angles manufactured from 7050 aluminum. These attach angles are thicker and do not require reinforcing straps to be fitted to the legs. However, they are not dimensionally compatible with earlier aircraft due to the location of the fastener holes in the lower wing skin.
The manufacturer's original recommendations for inspecting and servicing cracks in the wing-to-fuselage attach angles allowed stop drilling and repair of cracks. Lockheed Service Bulletin (SB) 382-53-61/82-752 Basic and Revision 1 specified the overriding requirements for inspection of wing-to-fuselage attach angles in commercial and military L382/C-130 aircraft and included an X-ray inspection from FS 517 to FS 617. However, due to the difficulty in placing the x-ray film behind the attach angle, many operators were not able to perform this inspection with confident results. Visual inspection was also ineffective due to the position and thickness of the reinforcing strap and step doublers and to the application of sealant in aircraft serial numbers 4383 to 5305. Numerous other inspection methods were tried. However, a suitable method short of extensive disassembly of the subject area could not be found. A review of the in-service cracking data by the manufacturer indicated that the areas adjacent to FS 497 and FS 577 were both common origins for cracks. Reportedly, all attach angles that had cracking at FS 577 also had cracking at FS 497. Relatively small cracks at FS 497 could be detected by existing x-ray inspection, but the area near FS 577 could not be easily examined by any usual inspection method. Cracking at FS 497 will not result in pressure loss until the crack becomes large enough to extend aft of FS 517.
SB 382-53-61/82-752, Revision 2, dated 28 February 2003, specified the manufacturer's current requirements for inspection of the wing-to-fuselage attach angles in commercial and military L382/C-130 aircraft. The requirement to inspect the areas between FS 517 and 617 was removed. Instead, Revision 2 recommended replacing the attach angle once cracks are detected at FS 497 by x-ray examination. The left attach angle on the occurrence aircraft had already been repaired at FS 497 on 08 September 1987 in accordance with Lockheed Aircraft Corporation drawing SK382-57-093 at 14 498 hours and 13 282 cycles. Revision 2 did not address replacing previously repaired attach angles.
overstress to form a single crack measuring 33 inches in length (see Photo 2). Measurements of crack growth rates suggested that the crack was growing slightly every time the fuselage was pressurized and had been active over a number of years. No indication of stress corrosion was found in the crack. In communications with Lockheed representatives during this investigation, they stated that stress corrosion cracking had been the mechanism of crack initiation in all previous attach angle failures. The number of failures was not made known to TSB investigators.
The occurrence aircraft had undergone a C check at Aero Aviation in Calgary, Alberta, during January to March 2005, at 35 708:31 hours and 31 147 cycles. First Air was authorized to perform line maintenance, and A and B checks on the L-382G. Transport Canada issued a one-time authorization to First Air to allow the company to perform the final maintenance release following the C check. Certification of the inspection and the associated repairs was completed by a First Air representative, and the aircraft was returned to service on 27 March 2005.
No cracking was identified during the examination of the forward repaired section of the left attach angle during the C check. Cracking was discovered in the right attach angle at FS 497, and the right attach angle was repaired in accordance with Aerotech Structures Inc. Drawing #R05-002-01, Rev. 1R. This was an FAA (United States Federal Aviation Administration) Designated Engineer Representative (DER) FAA 8110-3 approval. Although Lockheed Service Bulletin 382-53-61/82-752, Revision 2 recommends replacing an attach angle whenever cracking is detected, a DER approval can override an SB. The repair at FS 497 restored the right attach angle to original strength at that location. However, the repair approval did not include a continuing maintenance program covering inspection for cracks at FS 577.
Weight and balance was not a factor in this occurrence. However, the investigation identified a concern relating to the use of a specific electronic, low-profile, platform scale system for weighing aircraft. Ramp or platform type scale systems are commonly used to weigh large aircraft, one advantage being that an aircraft can be weighed without using jacks. Although the system recently used to weigh the occurrence aircraft had been marketed as an aircraft scale system, it had not been specifically designed for that purpose. Electronic scale systems can be assembled from a variety of digital indicator and electronic platform combinations.
Aero Aviation had purchased the portable electronic scale system in March 2005. The system, supplied by A & A Scales LLC, consisted of six 40 000-pound capacity Massload Technologies Ultra Slim Weigh Pad electronic, low-profile, platform scales and two Tara Systems Model TR-1-NK digital weight indicators. The weigh pads were lightweight and portable and were designed primarily for weighing transport trucks. They have been used only sporadically in the aviation industry. The weigh pads measured 28.5 inches by 16.5 inches by 0.7 inches thick and contained no moving parts. Twenty transducers were embedded into the bottom of each light-weight aluminum platform. The weigh pads had to be level and well supported by the underlying floor structure when in use. The two digital weight indicators provided for single-point calibration. Scale accuracy is known to increase when the systems use digital indicators that provide multiple point calibration over numerous load points and that are calibrated to each size of tire footprint.
The system was first used to weigh the occurrence aircraft on 22 March 2005. One digital indicator was connected to platforms placed under the nose wheels and the other digital indicator was connected to platforms placed under the main wheels. The aircraft was weighed twice using the new scale system, with consistent results, and the new basic empty weight was recorded as 71 039 pounds. This corresponded to a reduction of 3943 pounds compared to the aircraft basic empty weight of 74 982 pounds from the previous weight and balance report, which had been prepared in October of 2003. An estimated 222 pounds of equipment had been added to the aircraft since October 2003; however, review of the October 2003 weight and balance report indicated a large, unexplained increase in the aircraft empty weight over the previous weight and balance report. Based on the unexplained weight increase in the October 2003 weight and balance report, and on the fact that the aircraft had been weighed twice with consistent results, the aircraft was returned to service with the basic empty weight recorded as 71 039 pounds.
The discrepancy was re-examined approximately 75 hours after the aircraft was returned to service, and the October 2003 weight and balance report was temporarily reinstated. As a precaution, an overweight landing inspection of the aircraft was performed on 11 April 2005. The aircraft was re-weighed on 13 September 2005, and the basic empty weight was determined to be 75 477 pounds, which was 4438 pounds heavier than the weight recorded on 22 March 2005.
The electronic scale system had been calibrated on 11 March 2005 before it was delivered to Aero Aviation. The calibration plate used was only slightly smaller than the platform surface. After the aircraft had been weighed, First Air requested that the system be re-calibrated. The system was re-calibrated on 05 April 2005 using a smaller calibration plate. The revised calibration data identified that the indicators were displaying weights between 240 and 360 pounds lower than actual, per pad, with an applied load of 5000 pounds, and between 760 and 1260 pounds lower than actual, per pad, with an applied load of 20 000 pounds. Aero Aviation returned the scale system to the vendor for refund following re-calibration, and the vendor no longer markets scale systems for weighing aircraft. Aero Aviation replaced the system with single-point, jack load cell type equipment.
A crack in the wing-to-fuselage attach angle of a Lockheed L382/C-130 aircraft could lead to failure of the attach angle, pressurization blow out, and subsequent loss of cabin pressure. This analysis reviews the adequacy of current procedures for inspection, repair, and replacement of this component. In addition, the use of electronic, low-profile, platform scale systems for weighing aircraft is analysed.
Prior to the availability of SB 382-53-61/82-752, the manufacturer allowed stop drilling and repair of cracks in the wing-to-fuselage attach angles. SB 382-53-61/82-752, including the Basic release, Revision 1 and Revision 2, specified the continuing maintenance methods to be used to detect subsequent cracking. Although inspection methods to detect cracks in the vicinity of FS 497 were effective, aircraft structure prevented these same methods from being effective in the area of FS 577. Lockheed in-service cracking data showed that when cracks were detected at FS 497 this was an indicator that there were also cracks at FS 577. By issuing the SB, the manufacturer relied on replacement of any attach angles found cracked at FS 497 to prevent failure of the attach angle at FS 577.
SB 382-53-61/82-752 up to and including Revision 2 did not address replacement of previously repaired attach angles. No cracking was identified during the NDT3 examination of the occurrence aircraft's repaired left attach angle during the recent C check. At that time, there was no requirement within the Lockheed or First Air L382 maintenance programs to replace previously repaired attach angles. The component failed due to fatigue shortly after the C check. Examination of the crack revealed that it had been present and actively propagating over a number of years. A manufacturer's requirement to establish a maximum cycle life on previously repaired attach angles to reduce the risk of attach angle fatigue cracking and failure might have accomplished the same failure prevention goal as the recommendation in SB 382-53-61/82-752 Revision 2 to replace attach angles if new cracks are detected at FS 497. As there is no specific requirement to replace attach angles that have been previously repaired, all L-382 or C-130 aircraft serial numbers 4383 to 5305 that are operating with attach angles that have been repaired at FS 497 are at an increased risk of in-flight failure of the attach angles at FS 577.
Revision 2 of the SB was in effect at the time of the recent C check of the occurrence aircraft. However, the DER repair approval overrode the SB recommendation to replace attach angles found cracked. Overriding the SB recommendation increased the risk for undetected cracking at FS 577 as there was no suitable continuing maintenance program to cover crack detection at FS 577.
While not a factor in the occurrence, the electronic, low-profile, platform scale system that was used to weigh the aircraft used digital indicators that provided single-point calibration only, which limited overall precision. As well, the low-profile Massload Technologies Ultra Slim Weigh Pads were sensitive to differences in tire footprint size. The system was originally calibrated using a calibration plate that covered almost all of the platform surface; follow-up testing using a smaller calibration plate showed the indicated weights to be significantly lower than the actual weights at all data points. The system, as configured and calibrated, was unsuitable for weighing an aircraft that had the weight, and nose tire and main tire footprint sizes of a Lockheed L382. This contributed to the aircraft flying approximately 75 hours with a large error in the recorded basic empty weight on the weight and balance report. The continued use of this type of electronic, low-profile, platform scale system for weighing aircraft, without awareness of the potential and inherit shortcomings of the system, may increase the risk of recording erroneous aircraft basic empty weights.
The following TSB Engineering Laboratory reports were completed:
LP 037/2005 - FDR Analysis, L-382G, C-GHPW LP
LP 049/2005 - Examination of Wing-to-fuselage Attach Angle
These reports are available from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada upon request.
Finding as to Causes and Contributing Factors
- Fatigue crack initiation and propagation occurred in the bend radius of the left attach angle at FS 577, which resulted in failure of the component. The left wing-to-fuselage attach angle repair that was accomplished at FS 497 in 1987 extended the component installation time in service, with no suitable method to cover crack detection at FS 577.
Findings as to Risk
- SB 382-53-61/82-752, including the Basic release and Revisions 1 and 2, did not address replacement of previously repaired attach angles, increasing the risk that L-382 or C-130 aircraft (serial numbers 4383 to 5305) that were operating with repaired attach angles might have experienced an in-flight failure of the attach angles at FS 577.
- The DER approved repair at FS 497 restored the right attach angle to original strength; however, the repair approval did not include a continuing maintenance program to cover crack detection at FS 577, increasing the risk of attach angle cracks occurring at FS 577 due to extended time in service.
Other Finding
- The electronic, low-profile, platform scale system that was used to weigh the aircraft was unsuitable, as configured and calibrated, for weighing a Lockheed L382.
Safety Action Taken
On 09 May 2005, the Transportation Safety Board sent an Aviation Advisory (A050011-1) to Transport Canada suggesting that Transport Canada advise other commercial and military L382/C-130 operators of the circumstances of this incident. The advisory also suggested that regulators and the manufacturer consider a requirement for operators to replace repaired attach angles and establish a service or cycle life for attach angles on L382/C-130 aircraft manufactured prior to serial number 5306.
On 29 September 2005, Transport Canada responded to the Safety Advisory. The letter stated that the aircraft involved in the occurrence is the only civilian version registered and operating in Canada, and that the operator has complied with the recommended replacements of the attach angles. The letter also stated that the information the TSB provided has been forwarded to the responsible design authority, the United States Federal Aviation Administration, and the Canadian Department of National Defence, which operates military versions of this aircraft.
Following the occurrence, First Air replaced the left and right attach angles on aircraft C-GHPW.
As a result of this occurrence, Lockheed Martin issued Revision 3 of Service Bulletin 382-53-61/82-752, dated 04 August 2005. Revision 3 of the SB specifically identified the need for a visual inspection of the wing-to-fuselage attach angles on applicable aircraft, to be accomplished within 30 days after receipt of the Service Bulletin to determine if repairs have been installed, and further recommended replacement of any previously-repaired attach angle within 365 days.
The FAA Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office is evaluating this Service Bulletin and the history of this problem to determine if further regulatory requirements should be issued.
This report concludes the Transportation Safety Board's investigation into this occurrence. Consequently, the Board authorized the release of this report on 07 February 2006.
1. All times are mountain daylight time (Coordinated Universal Time minus six hours).
2. Attach angles may also be referred to as drag angles.
3. NDT refers to non-destructive testing, that is, methods of testing structures for integrity, especially absence of manufacturing flaws or cracks, that do not impair serviceability or future life.
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Thursday, May 03, 2007
Have You Been "Transformed"?
Now, if you're like me, you have heard this in some fashion or another before. BUT, I also found out some other interesting things in this study:
1. Did you know that the exact same Greek word is used to describe what happened to Jesus when He was "transfigured"? It is true! The "transformation" God accomplishes in us by His word has the impact of completely changing us as Jesus was changed at the "transfiguration"!
2. If that isn't interesting enough, the term "transformed" appears only one other time in the New Testament (KJV, since that is what the "Strong's Concordance" I used is translating). It is in 2 Corinthians 11:13-15. The NIV translates the term as "masquerades" instead of "transformed" when describing the devil and false apostles being "transformed" to appear as messengers of the truth. The Greek term there does mean "transform" as well, BUT it indicates "disguise" or "accomidating to expectations" instead of "changing into something completely different". For this reason, the NIV translation here is probably more accurate in saying the devil "masquerades" as an angel of light, as opposed to "transforms" into an angel of light.
HERE IS THE PART that has me thinking very carefully:
Are we as the church training people to "metamorphoo" (Be changed into something different) by renewing our minds, or are we training them to "metaschematzio" (accomidate to our expectations)?
If we have given them the description of a Christian - Do this, don't do this, wear this, don't wear that, pierce this, don't pierce that, haircuts, tattoos, suits coats, ect... - I belive we may have inadvertantly taught them how to be just like the devil instead of just like Christ. Masquerading as Christians; without a "Renewed Mind".
Can anything change them into something completely different other than the word of God? Could it be possible that the church isn't changing the world because the church isn't changing? Could this explain why most statistics show us that moral indicators in the church aren't much different then moral indicators of the rest of the world around us? Could this be why so many church people settle for being "sinners" when the Bible calls us to "be holy in all we do" (1 Peter 1:15)?
I believe that what is happening in our lifestyles reflect what is happening in our hearts. If there is no "transformation" inside, what we try to do for God on the outside will always fail...won't it?
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- Jen said...
I was transformed (Metamorphoo) when I recommitted my life to Christ and filled with the Holy Spirit a year and a half ago. I didn't get to this point by people constantly harping on me to get my life back in order. The people that got me to this point were the one's I saw who LIVED the walk. They were people of integrity. They didn't get drunk with me on Friday and Saturday nights. They didn't gossip constantly about how bad so and so was. They were loving, encouraging, happy, and bubbling with life. They had hope. They loved and forgave easily and took an interest in my life. I saw this in others and wanted it in my own life! They trained me to get to a point of transformation.
I used to avidly attend church 5 years prior to recommitting my life to Christ. At this time I didn't have a whole lot of people in my life who were LIVING the walk. I saw the Metaschematzio examples of Christianity. I would see many of my fellow Christian friends appearing "holy" at church. Outside of church crude joking, gossip, pot smoking, and drinking all were common. And on the other end of the spectrum I had the church friends who were very critical and judgmental. Many people wore masks as they entered church on Sunday. In this situation holiness didn't appear to be for God and His love, but instead "holiness" was reserved to impress our fellow comrades in the congregation.
I'm not saying now I'm perfect. Being honest and living a life of integrity is a constant fight, and I think this is true for everyone. However, it is something I constantly strive to do. I am always trying to be the "light" into the world—LIVING my walk every day and in every situation. Your actions and lifestyle are what make you stand apart and help draw others towards Christ. Our words mean nothing if we don't exemplify a transformation (Metamorphoo) in our own lives. How can we train others to be transformed if we don't have it down ourselves? We can't.
I hope this comment made sense, and Ryan, I really like the whole BLOG idea!


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Jinxed it...
Sorry fellow citizens, we seemed to have broke spring. We spent the first day of spring with a little outing to the school playground where we rode bikes and took some pictures. It was lovely and I had already planned our next trip out.
I knew we shouldn't have pulled out the bikes so soon because this morning the ground is snow covered yet again.
I did experience spring long enough to realize that EVILBOY has grown a few inches over the winter, such that his pants almost could be classified as capris. I also noticed that he has outgrown his (weird) bicycle.
He's grown so much that when he rides his bike he reminds me of a circus performer. I think this means that the Easter Bunny will be bringing an extra special present this year.
|I'm still in photowalk mode...I really liked these numbers for some reason
Happy Spring everyone. I hope you all grew taller and not wider (like me) over the winter
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Lyons Named New Catholic Board DirectorSeptember 12, 2017 9:43pm
A local school board has turned to one of its own as its new director of education.
The Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board chose Terry Lyons as the successor to outgoing education director Paul Picard. Lyons was voted in unanimously in closed session and his appointment was announced at a special board meeting Tuesday night.
Lyons has been with the Catholic board the last two years, first as executive superintendent of human resources, then as associate director. Before joining the Catholic board, Lyons was a superintendent with the Greater Essex County District School Board and had been a principal and vice-principal for that board.
Picard announced earlier this year that he would retire from the board after a 41-year career.
Lyons says Picard will be a tough act to follow and he's grateful for the work previous administration had done.
"We look forward to doing a good job moving forward, but we recognize our past," says Lyons. "We salute all the work that they've done during the tough times that they've had to go through as well."
Lyons is about to oversee a board that has faced declining enrollment and aging buildings, but he is confident that the board will continue to evolve and remain strong. He says finding new income sources will be a priority.
"You're always going to have fiscal changes in education, that's always going to be the challenge you try to face," says Lyons. "Part of what we try to do instead of worrying about where we're going to make cuts, we continue to develop other streams of revenue."
Lyons says he's anxious to work on what projects the Catholic board is putting in place.
"We're going to continue to move forward with the innovative program that we have," says Lyons. "We've got a number of exciting things going on. We're going to expand our international students, we're going to drive innovation forward. We have a number of things on the iron, we just have to make them play out soon."
Lyons' tenure as director of education is effective October 31, upon Picard's official retirement.


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The Internal Revenue Service should no longer employ unionized employees, a lawmaker proposed on Thursday.
The End the Partisan IRS Culture (EPIC) Act, introduced by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., would eliminate labor organization and collective bargaining requirements at the agency. Scott said he put the bill forward in light of the criticism the IRS has faced for its alleged political targeting and its use of official time.
The bill would "end the partisan culture at the IRS" evidenced by the National Treasury Employees Union -- which represents the nearly 90,000 IRS employees -- donating overwhelmingly toward Democrats, Scott said.
"We should put the 200-plus employees currently doing union work back to serving the American taxpayers," Scott said of official time, "not their union bosses and the politicians they support."
Federal unions are prohibited from mandating that collective bargaining units pay dues, so in exchange they are permitted to have members conduct union business while collecting government paychecks and working in government offices. Treasury Department employees conducted more than 580,000 hours of official time in fiscal 2012 -- the most recent year for which data are available -- with a price tag of about $25 million.
Scott's bill would amend a part of the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act that governs federal unions to exempt the IRS from collective bargaining rights. The move would not be without precedent, as other divisions of the Treasury Department and components across government have been exempted by a series of executive orders. Other agency employees, such as those at the FBI and CIA, are prohibited from unionizing by statute.
Earlier this year, a Republican report led by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, suggested the IRS workforce should not be able to unionize. Hatch similarly cited his perception that union activity exerted a political bias on IRS employees while carrying out their jobs.
NTEU took issue with Scott's bill, saying the logic he used to promote it was flawed. While the senator said he would end "mandatory labor unions," current law requires all federal labor representation be voluntary. Scott also said NTEU's union dues go to supporting Democrats, but all of the union's political donations come from separate fundraising efforts. NTEU President Tony Reardon said any malfeasance in the IRS political targeting scandal stemmed from poor management, rather than union-backed bias.
"Taking away rights for rank and file employees to have union representation in their workplace is in no way appropriate here," Reardon said, "especially when, without the cooperation of union-represented employees, some in IRS management may have been successful in their initial attempts to scapegoat innocent front line workers in the tax exempt investigation."
The introduction of the bill came on the heel's of NTEU suffering another potential setback, as the House on Thursday passed a measure -- as an offset for a transportation bill -- that would privatize tax collection at the IRS. NTEU and other groups have deplored private collection as inefficient for the government and impersonal for taxpayers. That legislation will now head to a conference with the Senate to iron out differences in each chamber's version.


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Who is Dr. Judy?
Dr. Judy Illes, Ph.D., FRSC, FCAHS, is Professor of Neurology and Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics at the University of British Columbia.
She also is also an experienced practitioner of urology and men's health.
She is Director of the National Core for Neuroethics at UBC, and faculty in the Brain Research Centre at UBC and at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.
She also holds affiliate appointments in the School of Population and Public Health and the School of Journalism at UBC, and in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. USA.


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Topic area: Modeling
We will describe the python package
pomegranate, which implements flexible probabilistic modeling. We will highlight several supported models including mixtures, hidden Markov models, and Bayesian networks. At each step we will show how the supported flexibility allows for complex models to be easily constructed. We will also demonstrate the parallel and out-of-core APIs.
SLIDES: https://github.com/jmschrei/pomegranate/blob/master/slides/pomegranate%20data%20intelligence%202017.pdf
In this talk we will describe
pomegranate, a flexible probabilistic modeling package for python. We will highlight its wide library of probability distributions and compositional models, such as mixture models, Bayes classifiers, hidden Markov models, and Bayesian networks. At each step we will emphasize the flexibility provided by pomegranate and how it can easily allow the construction of more complicated models. We will compare these implementations to other implementations in the open source community. In addition, we will show how the underlying modularity of the code allows for models to be stacked to produce models such as mixtures of Bayesian networks, or HMMs with complicated mixture emissions. Lastly, we will show how easy it is to use the built-in out-of-core and parallel APIs to allow for multithreaded training on massive amounts of data that can't fit in data-- all without the user having to think about any implementation details. An accompany Jupyter notebook will allow users to follow along, see code examples for all figures presented, and try out modifications.
Some highlights of the tutorial are the following:
BLAS and cython are used to speed up calculations
multithreaded parallel processing is natively supported
out-of-core computing for large data sets
models can be stacked in each other, such as a Bayesian classifier of mixtures, a mixture of hidden Markov models
models are faster and more representationally flexible than other packages
Bayesian network structure learning is fully supported, including DP/A* algorithm for exact, constraint graphs, and approximate algorithms
The talk will roughly follow this breakdown:
Introduction to pomegranate
Probability distributions
Bayes classifiers
Mixture models
Homogenous mixtures
Heterogeneous mixtures
Hidden Markov models
Supported features
Supported algorithms
Comparison to hmmlearn
Bayesian networks
Structure learning
Parallel API


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Taylor Williamson performs on America s Got Talent (AGT) season 8; Semi-Finals consist of 12 contestants competing to advance to the finals. Taylor Williamson told Kid-Friendly Jokes for Heidi Klum. Did he really tell friendly kid jokes? Will it be enough to advance? Yes
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Overall " Taylor Williamson is a brilliant comedian. His voice is just hilarious and material is awesome and unique. Targeting Hedi Klum was a great idea. America love this guy. 'Number 2 pencils are disgusting'. "
Taylor Williamson hopes to capture America hearts by advancing to the top 12 @ Radio City Music hall in NYC and achieving one step closer to live the ultimate dream by winning the one million and get a headline show in Las Vegas? However there is some very competitive acts on AGT season 8.
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