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By Josh Burgin
August 13, 2014
Business Intelligence
Big Data
When Gartner compares traditional BI to Big Data, they often use the Suits vs Hoodies metaphor. Traditional BI/DW being the Suits, and Big Data being the Hoodies.
The methodologies of the Suits are tried and true. Their requirements based top-down approach has proven its value to the enterprise time and time again. Most organizations have a significant investment in BI, and are happy with the known unknowns that traditional BI solutions answer. In contrast to the requirements based top-down approach, Big Data is driven more by opportunity oriented experimentation. Hoodies are typically using the Hadoop ecosystem to drive innovation and insights for a functional area or business initiative. Everything from the buzz words they use to their tools of choice are very different than those that a traditional BI team uses. Often times the insights the Hoodies derive never make it from the Data Lake or Big Data System to the Data Warehouse and vice versa. Microsoft's Analytic Platform System (APS) brings the Suits and Hoodies together.
What is Analytics Platform System (APS)?
In April 2014 Microsoft announced a rebranding of their data warehouse appliance from Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) to APS. The name change was a good idea as new features really make the appliance a new offering. In other words, the PDW aspects of the appliance aren't going away. They have been supplemented with an awesome new feature code-named Polybase which integrates PDW seamlessly with Hadoop.
The PDW region within APS utilizes Massively Parallel Processing to process large volumes of structured data with relative ease. This is the place where the Suits reside. By migrating your Enterprise Data Warehouse and/or data marts to PDW you will see a dramatic increase in query performance for the right price. PDW boasts a lower cost per TB than any other data warehouse appliance on the market.
Inside APS, one can also take advantage of the Hadoop region. This of course is where the Hoodies reside. They can place all their log data, sensor data, etc in a Data Lake in the Hadoop region. The Hadoop Region in APS can sit inside or outside the appliance. You really want it to sit inside the appliance if possible to take advantage of the performance gains you will get from the Infiniband network. The Hadoop region supports Hortonworks on Windows and Linux, Cloudera for Linux, and Microsoft's instance of Hadoop in the cloud, HDInsight.
Polybase allows one to write a single SQL query against structured data in PDW and non-structured data in Hadoop. Think of APS as the brain. When you ask APS a question, the brain can reach into the PDW Region and/or the Hadoop Region to compute the answer.
At Cardinal Solutions we see APS as a product that can help our customers answer some complex business questions more efficiently and effectively, and we are excited to help them on their APS journey.

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public spending on health in the UK and the US as a percentage of GDP in 2006: 7%
additional private spending in the UK: 1.5%
additional private spending in the US: 9%
(source: Nigel Crisp - Turning the World Upside Down)
What is good service design? What are examples of things gone wrong and why? I am collecting thoughts and experiences here about services in general and health services in particular and am looking forward to your comments.
Sunday, 18 September 2011
Figure of the day (1)
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Friday, 16 September 2011
Expert Comment - Outlook UN meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD)
Just found this very interesting comment from a Chatham House expert in my inbox. Dr Sudeep Chand is rather pessimistic on the upcoming high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCD). He argues that a more systemic view is needed, which looks beyond intermediary factors of habit and choice (which will probably dominate the agenda). Let's hope the right people read his comment.
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Korean News
I mentioned in one of my last posts that I was interviewed by Korean journalists. Just got an email that the story is online. Unfortunately the story is in Korean and google translator makes a right mess out of it. They included a picture of me - not the most flattering one, so not worth checking it out for that. However, I'll still post the link, just in case you can read Korean. And if you can read what they wrote about me, I'd be interested to hear what I am reported to have said :)
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
I know it's politics ...
... and I also know that you can't know everything. But I find such ignorant scaremongering absolutely irresponsible - especially if it comes from people who are dismiss solid scientific evidence which does not play to their agenda (climate change, evolution ...) as "believes".
TIME: Vaccination Causes 'Mental Retardation'? Fact-Checking Michele Bachmann's Claim
Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/09/13/vaccination-causes-mental-retardation-fact-checking-michele-bachmanns-claim/#ixzz1XwDr2RKC
TIME: Vaccination Causes 'Mental Retardation'? Fact-Checking Michele Bachmann's Claim
Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/09/13/vaccination-causes-mental-retardation-fact-checking-michele-bachmanns-claim/#ixzz1XwDr2RKC
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Sunday, 11 September 2011
Comparing Health Care Systems
A friend of mine worked for a news agency in Korea. And a team of this agency is right now in Europe to research health care systems. So I agreed to talk to them. Now my research in the past 3 years gave me an in-depth insight into the UK system. However, my main focus was on how to improve the process by which services are designed. We talked a bit about the UK system but inevitably the Korean journalists were interested where I see the differences between the UK and the German health care system and which one performs better.
Very interesting question - and a rather tough one. While I lived in Germany I was in full-time education and insured with my parents, so my knowledge is restricted to what I picked up over the years from the news, conversations etc. I was quite sure that someone must have done that type of research and indeed I just stumbled upon a report from the independent Commonwealth Fund which compares the systems of Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK and the US.
Summary of the summary: The Netherlands come first overall, followed by the UK in 2nd place. Germany comes 4th and the US last. Furthermore, the US are also last in 5 out of 6 dimensions. The one dimension where the US only are 2nd to last is Quality Care, here the Canadians are trailing the pack. Not all is bad though, the US are leading in preventive medicine and are strong when it comes to waiting times for more specialized care.
|page v of "Mirror Mirror on the Wall" by the Commonwealth Fund
Also interesting that the two nations with the highest per capita health spending (US $7,290 and Canada $3,895) are last and second to last, respectively. The other countries spend between $2,454 (NZ) and $3,837 (Netherlands), whereby the UK, which overall ranked 2nd, had the 2nd lowest expenditure at $2,992.
The full report can be found here. Happy reading :)
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It's a great time of year for soups and this recipe from our wellness ambassador, Vladia Cobrdova, is warming, soothing, immune boosting and uses ingredients which are known to be anti-inflammatory.
Place all the below ingredients together in a large pot:
half head of med size cauliflower
1 knob turmeric, with skin
1 knob ginger, with skin
1 large clove garlic
1 tbsp ghee
1 cube veggie stock (or equivalent)
3 cup water
Himalayan salt
1 can coconut milk – but add this at the end of the cooking process
Cook the above for 45 minutes on a slow heat. Add the coconut milk towards the end and heat slowly so it doesn't curdle. Blend until smooth and serve with a garnish of fresh coriander, a wedge of lime, chilli flakes or freshly chopped chilli – delicious!
About Vladia Cobrdova:
Vladia Cobrdova is the COO and Wellness Ambassador for aboutlife, a Nutritionist and Author. After being involved in the hospitality industry for years at her home in Czechoslovakia, she moved to Australia where she pursued studies in Natural Health & Therapies. She has been working with the Organic Industry for close to 15 years and knows everything there is to know about operations and business management. She's seen organics & wellness go from alternative to mainstream.
She has combined her love for real food, business and operations to create what she calls her 'dream job' as the Chief Operations Officer of aboutlife. She believes aboutlife is a powerful vehicle for reaching thousands of people at once and making an impact on people's health on a large scale.
Vladia is the Author of the Wholefoods for Wellness cookbook, which features some of your favourite aboutlife dishes that you can cook at home. She also is the co-ordinator of aboutlife's popular Wholefoods for Wellness classes held monthly at their 5 stores.
You can find Vladia at:
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Wednesday on Fox News Channel' s "Fox & Friends," network political contributor Karl Rove, the former campaign strategist and deputy chief of staff for President George W. Bush, dismissed the relevance of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) being mathematically eliminated from securing a majority of 1,237 delegates needed to secure the Republican presidential nomination prior to July's convention.
Rove speculated that some of the delegates committed to GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump on the first ballot at the convention won't vote for him on later ballots, which could prevent him from becoming the party's nominee.
"That's not really important," Rove said of Cruz's mathematical elimination. "Trump dismisses the multiple candidate, uses it for as an excuse, saying, 'Well, I didn't get 50 percent of the vote until the 39th contest until there were so many candidates' and yet he turns around and says, 'Well, you can't — Cruz can't get there because there are multiple candidates.' Well, you know, it is what it is. The question is can Trump get there and can the 'not Trump' forces keep him from getting there? Because I think everyone agrees, on the second ballot he'll bleed. There are people who are being elected to the state conventions who are legally committed to him for the first or the second or the third ballot who will not be for him."
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Each member of Sheldon College is a learner, whether they are part of our teaching team or the student body. At the school level, research-validated studies tell us, unequivocally, the most important contributor to improved student achievement is the effectiveness of the teacher. Our students share both the right to and the privilege of having teachers who are considered to be experts in their respective fields, who possess the drive and energy to continuously refine their instructional strategies and practices, and who demand nothing but the best from their students.
We will always maintain the highest of standards in relation to individual scholarship and work habits. It will be those students who possess these attributes who will be best positioned to take the greatest advantage of the many opportunities their future will most certainly provide.
Sheldon College offers a comprehensive range of sporting, cultural, performing arts and personal development programs to ensure students can develop self esteem, teamwork and higher order thinking skills, as well as extending individual skills to the highest level.


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Foods That Are Rarely Sold On The Streets Of Accra
Waakye, Banku and fried rice are all local Ghanaian foods easily accessible on the streets of Accra. Each day food vendors are dotted accross every corner of the streets selling their food to the public.
However, there are some local dishes which are not readily available on the streets of Accra although people love to enjoy it.
Below are lists of food that is unpopular on the streets of Accra
Akple is a Ghanaian meal mostly enjoyed by the people from the Ewe tribe and is whitish in colour. It is usually made into balls and ingredients used in preparation are corn flour, cassava dough, salt and water.
Fante Fante
Fante Fante is an indegenous meal eaten by people from the Fante tribe in Ghana. It is a sauce made from fresh fish and palm oil usually eaten with etsew or fante kenkey.
Acheke is a West African meal popular in Ivory Coast & Senegal and also eaten in Ghana. It is a tasty and prepared from shredded cassava. It is usually served with with gravy and grilled fish or fish stew.


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Your career starts here
There are so many ways to get into CS. Here are just some ideas to inspire you.
Find a STEM opportunity near you
The Connectory
Discover events, ideas and opportunities at every level
Find STEM summer programs and colleges
Do workshops, after-school programs and summer camps
Hands on Mobile
Years 3-6, San Diego
Enter a global online science and engineering competition
Google Science Fair
Ages 13-18, worldwide
Join fast-thinking girls and build game-changing apps
Black Girls CODE Hackathons
Girls, ages 12-17, Oakland and NY
Take part in a competition for college scholarships
The Siemens Competition in Maths, Science and Technology
High school students (grades 9-12), regional and national levels
Get a one-hour introduction to computer science
Hour of Code
Age 6+, worldwide
Take on other students around the world in a coding challenge
Google Code Jam
Age 13+, worldwide
Go for gold and the chance to represent the US
USA Computing Olympiad
Pre-college students, nationwide
Test yourself against other students around the world
Microsoft's Imagine Cup
Age 16+, worldwide
Find a computer science competition
The American Computer Science League
Pre-college students, worldwide
Spend 20 hours learning to code
Code Studio
Ages 4-18, worldwide
Try games for tomorrow's programmers
All ages
Create art, music, games and more as you learn to program
Pencil Code
All ages
Access tech courses on Python, 3D printing, Minecraft and more
Tech Rocket
Ages 10-18
Make a website, learn SQL and more in eight different programming languages
Code Academy
All ages
Jump into a degree
College level
A degree can get you set up for an amazing career. At Colorado Technical University, students can pursue the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a specialization in Web Development and have the opportunity to develop a strong foundation of IT skills plus web design. This program is offered on campus in Colorado or online and has multiple start dates throughout the year.
Find free resources to get you started on your coding journey
DeVry Bootcamp
All ages
Watch YouTube videos on essential coding concepts
All ages
Learn to create animations, games and stories from Scratch
Ages 8-16
Use your imagination making animated movies and simple video games
Build your own game or program with just a few lines of code
Small Basic
Ages 10-16
Take your pick of free tech topics – cryptography, algorithms, information theory…
Khan Academy
All ages
See what cybersecurity's all about and take a look at study options…
Cyber Degree Hub
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Grace Hopper Celebration
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Anita Borg Institute
Local events bit.ly/2aHkFVm
The Systers community bit.ly/2aii83p
Learn to code with Microsoft
DigiGirlz High Tech Camp
Girls, age 13+, locations around the US
Spend your summer at the hottest tech companies in the world
Girls Who Code Immersion Program
Girls, ages 15-17, at leading tech companies around the US
Choose from game design camps, web design camps, robotics camps and more
ID Tech Camps
Ages 6-18, locations around the US
If you don't have much CS experience but excel at maths and science
MIT's Women's Technology Program
Girls, ages 16-17, MIT
Become a technolochica, meet others and get info about opportunities
NCWIT's TECHNOLOchicas
Latinas, nationwide
Workshops for the new generation of coders
Black Girls CODE
African-American girls, locations around the US
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Lamon, R. S. and Shipton, G. M. 1939. Megiddo I: Seasons of 1925–34, Strata I–V. Oriental Institute Publications 42. Chicago: University of Chicago.
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Everyone seems to be trying to come up with their own secret to success for doing business in the Chinese marketplace. In his book, KFC in China: Recipe for Success, Warren Liu aims to do just that. KFC is the market leader in China's quick food services industry, and as Vice President of Yum! Brands Greater China, and a member of the Executive Committee from 1997-2000, Warren instilled many of the winning practices that helped KFC achieve such tremendous success.
JB: Warren, to start with can you provide our readers with an overview of your book KFC in China: Recipe for Success (Wiley,2008)?
WL: Since 2000, KFC has been the single largest restaurant chain in China. How did an American fast food brand rise to such high plateau in a country known for its thousands of years of distinct culinary history? How did KFC, at best a follower in other markets around the world, overtake other international and domestic brands in China? My book aims primarily to identify and investigate the factors which have contributed to KFC's success in this very unique marketplace. The book describes the context behind the company's 20 year history in China, followed by an examination, chapter by chapter of the key factors which contributed to its success including characteristics of the leadership team on the ground, its business strategy, and the implementation of that strategy touching upon local partnerships, franchise and JV partnerships, government relations, localization, supply-chain and back end functions and the establishment of an effective corporate culture. The book provides insight into key management successes and strategies that are applicable for executives and students of business interested in doing business in China.
JB: Mainland China is the number one market for Yum! Brands and KFC China alone has contributed to over 20 percent of global revenue for Yum! Brands. You joined the team in the late 90s shortly after KFC first began franchising in China. How do you believe you positioned yourself differently from the popular McDonald's China franchise or others like Burger King that have been successful in other Asian markets like Singapore, but have yet to expand significantly throughout Mainland China?
WL: KFC has been positioned in China as a Western brand, even an American brand, with Chinese characteristics – a conscientious decision made at the beginning of KFC's initial entry into China in 1987. Over the years, KFC China's branding strategy has been modified through product localization and differentiated marketing practices. While McDonald's entered China in 1990 and has remained a distinctively American brand since, KFC's success can be attributed greatly to the fact that it has re-positioned itself, over time as a foreign brand with local characteristics. From an advertising perspective, specifically TV advertising, the divergence in branding strategies is rather pronounced. While McDonald's continues to focus on the young and hip by placing emphasis on individual expression, relying on young sporting stars and pop stars as brand spokespersons, KFC expanded its target market focus to include family and friends of all age brackets, reflecting its business volume growth and brand maturity in the process.
JB: During the localization process, I've observed that some foreign brands that are low-end in their home markets instead promote themselves as high-end brands in China, for example ABInbev's Budweiser brand beer. Localization is certainly a key aspect of any food and beverage MNC's market entry strategy. How are you able to localize the KFC experience for the Chinese market, having it both suit local tastes yet also position itself as a higher-end alternative to traditional family dining?
WL: The eventual brand perception of KFC is based on circumstances and context. When KFC opened its first restaurant by Tiananmen Square in Beijing in November of 1987 it became an instant success. This was not because KFC positioned itself at a higher brand level, but instead was because of its very unique brand proposition as perceived by Chinese consumers back in the late 1980s; the eventual brand perception of KFC by Chinese consumers is based on circumstances and context. The fact that the cost of a KFC meal in those days was considered very high by local standard led to a perceived brand image that KFC is of a higher level than it is perceived in America. So, as you can see, the evolution of KFC's brand perception by Chinese consumers began as a result of circumstances, rather than deliberate strategy formulation. Additionally, prices were kept high for consumers, because at that time there was a high cost structure for doing business in China and those high costs had to be passed on to the end consumer in order for the restaurant to be profitable. KFC in China has adopted a localized approach by localizing staffing, localization of menu and localization of management practices.
JB: Logistics and supply chain management challenges are unavoidable in China due to its vast size and different levels of development across various regions. KFC China has nearly 2,600 restaurants in over 550 cities – how did you overcome these challenges?
WL: The way KFC managed its distribution system in China is one of the main contributors to KFC's success. Before KFC formulated the logistics strategy for its China operations, KFC was confronted with two fundamental facts:
- Up until the end of this century, roads in China, especially highway infrastructure were vastly inferior compared to any of the developed countries. At the beginning of the century, China had less than 20,000km of highway. The great majority of the highway system in China today is the direct result of construction done since 2000 which now amounts to approximately 60,000km.
- Lack of 3rd party logistics service providers that offer storage, transport, and delivery services across all provinces. Even today there are very few firms with this capability.
Presented with these two challenges, KFC adopted an approach that relied on existing assets – warehouses, trucks, workforces that were inherited from local JV partners. KFC then injected its own quality control and management systems. Within a few years the operations standards of these warehouses and trucking services were up to KFC's global standards. With distribution and logistics resources directly and completely under KFC's own control, KFC was able to expand further, and faster, than its competitors; thereby establishing competitive advantage through business volume, scale, cost efficiency, and brand leadership. A captive supply chain complements KFC China's business strategy of rapid expansion through scale and speed; without which the successful execution of KFC's strategy in China would have been impossible.
JB: I understand that during the early years the KFC leadership team was primarily composed of ethnic Chinese expats, but hiring local talent quickly became a priority. In terms of talent management, how did you go about attracting, training and retaining exceptional employees?
WL: One thing that sets Chinese quick service restaurant industry workers apart from their counterparts in developed nations is their intense desire to learn and be more than trained. To achieve this goal, employee training in China for KFC took two forms. First, there is in-restaurant training up to the level of restaurant manager. Above the level of restaurant manager, KFC devised a centralized approach to restaurant management training. Back in the 1990s, KFC established a centralized training center in China. The best operating managers from all over China were brought there and were put on a rotational assignment (1-2 years). They become "teachers" and students therefore are able to better relate to their teachers who are all well versed in the world of restaurant operations. These faculty members also contribute to the assembly and development of teaching materials. The end result is a process of self-renewal and continuous improvement. Because the approach is practical and cost effective, KFC is able to efficiently train, motivate and retain rising talents while simultaneously strengthening their company loyalty.
JB: Other multinationals such as Omega, adidas, L'Oreal, and General Motors have been far more successful in China than many other foreign companies. What do you think these companies have in common with KFC in their unprecedented success?
WL: I believe much of what has led to the success of these firms is industry and company specific; however, I can identify five common factors:
- Speed of decision making and action implementation. For any company that chooses to do business in China, their success rests heavily on their ability to adapt quickly;
- Related to speed of change, the local management team must be able to deal with this fast-paced environment and be confident making quick decisions;
- Importance of working effectively with the Chinese government. Since China entered the WTO in 2004 the importance of government relationships has declined, but when compared with other developed economies it still remains a key factor to a company's success;
- Brand perception: the Chinese concept of mianzi commonly translated as "face" or image is a crucial aspect of consumers' purchasing decisions. Companies like the ones you mentioned have been able to tap into this cultural factor to build brand equity in China;
- Channels of distribution: For many years, the entire retail and wholesale distribution system at all levels was largely in the hands of the Chinese government. Such a distribution system is complex, inefficient and requires a lot of relationship building. With recent modernization of China's retail industry, traditional involvement of the government has declined; however, for those who choose to target western China for future growth, distribution-related issues will remain a critical challenge for years to come.


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Peter Hannam: As many as 140 million people in Bangladesh may be at risk from a huge earthquake as pressure builds beneath the surface of one of the world's most densely populated nations, US and Bangladeshi scientists say.
Sediment flows from the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers have layered parts of the country with as much as 20 kilometres of sand and mud, masking until now the extension of the same fault line that triggered the 2004 Sumatra tsunami and killed 230,000 people.
"The fault is entirely in the sub-surface," said Michael Steckler, a geophysicist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and lead author of a paper published this week in Nature Geoscience. "It's been suspected but we haven't had the data to prove that [the pressure] is actually been building up."
Data collected since 2004 by Professor Steckler's team has found that a juncture between major tectonic plates in the region is locked and loading up with stress.
Measurements found convergence of tectonic plates at the rate of 13-17 mm per year "on an active, shallowly dipping and locked megathrust fault", the paper said.
That build-up has the potential to trigger major shifts in land and also an earthquake with a magnitude of between 8.2 and 9.
"We can see the strain building up, we can see the motion of the plates but we can't estimate when something might happen," Professor Steckler told Fairfax Media, adding that the build-up had been going on for at least 400 years and perhaps as long as 2000.
"It would certainly be one of the largest [recorded quakes]," he said. "I suspect it might be at the lower end [of the 8.2-9 scale], but I can't rule out a really large one."
(See chart below showing the Indian Plate colliding with the Eurasian Plate that has created the Himalayas and triggered major recorded earthquakes. The Burma or Sunda Plate is also shifting westwards into Bangladesh.)
Scientists can't tell when the next major quake will strike nor where the rupture in the fault will be the most severe. However, Bangladeshi's location mostly on the river delta of the giant Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta makes the bulk of its 160 million population particularly vulnerable, should a large one occur.
Professor Steckler said a 250 kilometre by 250 kilometre region – including the capital, Dhaka, a megacity with a population of 15 million – is of significant risk.
This area (see chart below) is home to about 140 million people, and sits atop deep sediment that could liquefy in many places in the advent of a big quake. Whole buildings and infrastructure could sink into the sand and soil.
Buildings might "not even break, but literally fall over because the soil loses solidity", he said.
Dhaka's streets, which already experience traffic that "can be really terrible in normal times", could quickly become impassable. "Getting emergency services, foods and water to people is going to be a nightmare," Professor Steckler said.
Syed Humayun Akhter, from Dhaka University, said the capital could become "totally a dead city … it will be really devastating".
"All the natural gas fields, heavy industries and electric power plants are located close to potential earthquakes, and they are likely to be destroyed," Dr Akhter said. "In Dhaka, the catastrophic picture will be beyond our imagination, and could even lead to abandonment of the city."
The warning extends not just to Bangladesh but also to Aizawl, the capital of India's Mizoram state to the north-east, which could be subject to landslides in a major quake, Professor Steckler said.
Another risk is that the rivers themselves could change course, adding to the misery of those affected by the quake.
"If the ground moves by 10 metres, it's entirely possible to get one to two metres of uplift [of land]," Professor Steckler said. "That can be enough to really rearrange the rivers" – as has happened in the past.
Authorities can reduce the future impact of a big quake by tightening building codes – only introduced in 1993 – and enforcing them, he said.


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Team Braven Heads Back to Moab, Utah for the 51st Annual Easter Jeep Safari
Most of the year, the Braven Jeeps live a fairly domesticated life. Picking up office supplies, shuttling our team to trade shows and other non blog worthy tasks. Occasionally, however, get loose, get down and get dirty. Enter the Easter Jeep Safari.
Held in the red rocks of Moab, Utah, the annual Easter Jeep Safari gathers the off-road enthusiast community, attracting four wheeling gear heads from around the country.
As soon as we got to town, we rounded up the team and headed to the trails for a test run. We loaded up our Yeti coolers with drinks and trail mix, and of course, brought a few Braven speakers to supply music in and out of the Jeeps.
{Gearing up for a day on the trail. Yeti coolers packed, and the BRV-HD ready to play all day.}
{Exploring the scenery before we start the climb.}
After a short drive to the trail head, we wasted no time putting ourselves in…unique situations.
Besides a small lift and some bigger wheels for clearance, our Jeeps don't have many crazy upgrades. You'd be surprised at what a nearly factory Jeep can accomplish. Let some air out of the tires, put it in 4WD, and with proper throttle control and the right approach, you can crawl up nearly anything; a true testament to the R&D that goes into these machines. Undeniable proof that Jeeps are destined for more than just grocery runs.
{Just put it in 4 low & go!}
Moab is not only an offroading Mecca, but it's also home to some of the most beautiful, natural land formations in the world. After hours of crawling up rocks, we broke to take in the beautiful scenery accompanied by some tunes from the BRV-PRO.
{Charging up with the BRV-PRO + Solar Panel.}
After a solid first day of getting a feel for the terrain, we crawled back down to town to prep for day two! Check back soon for more EJS coverage, and be sure to follow along on Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook for more behind the scenes coverage all week.


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SpikeDislike 2 Developer Clashes with IGN Over Game's Coverage
IGN is under hot water with the developer of SpikeDislike 2 for profiting from the game's trailer without proper credit.
SpikeDislike 2 takes the simple concept of a bouncing ball hopping over spikes for points and executes it in an addicting way. James Gamble, the man behind the iOS game, blogged about the way IGN was promoting his content. In the blog post, Gamble states his initial excitement for his little indie game being widely publicized by such a big gaming website like IGN. However, his mood quickly turns sour when he saw how IGN was promoting his game. His first issue with IGN's SpikeDislike 2 article is that they didn't ask for the game's trailer. Second, they took the trailer and uploaded it to their own Youtube account with the IGN watermark plastered on it. Third, IGN added ads in the SpikeDislike 2 trailer, ensuring they would profit from the video. The fourth and most important complaint Gamble had with IGN's exposure for SpikeDislike 2 is that they didn't credit him or link back to the app. To say the lack of credit made Gamble a little upset would be an understatement:
The official IGN page contains no links to my App.
The YouTube description contains only a link to the IGN page.
There is no link.
There is nothing.
IGN stole my content, called it their own, slapped a watermark and adverts on it, and then didn't even so much as put my fucking name on it.
The rat fucking bastards.
After Gamble's rant against IGN was tweeted, retweeted, and posted on Reddit, the gaming website removed the SPikeDislike 2 page and later took down the trailer.
Considering how IGN usually works together with big named publishers to promote their games, like their recent coverage of Dark Souls 2 and their advance review of Bioshock Infinite that drew negative attention from other gaming journalists, their lack of recognition they gave to Gamble for SpikeDislike 2 comes off as disrespectful to the indie developer. While IGN did the right thing by removing the game's trailer from the Youtube account, they could have smoothed the situation out by simply crediting Gamble and linking back to SpikeDislike 2 like he asked.


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According to the American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline for low back pain (LBP), LBP is the fifth most common cause for doctor visits in the United States. The most commonly prescribed medications for LPB are considered to be acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), benzodiazepines, antiepileptic drugs, and antidepressants. The evidence supporting the combined use of different pain medications is conflicting. [1]
A review article suggested that the steps to treat patients with acute LPB are patient education, heat, exercises, medications, and return to normal activities. The recommended first-line agents for acute LBP are NSIADs. [2]
Table 1
|Naproxen With Cyclobenzaprine, Oxycodone/Acetaminophen, or Placebo for Treating Acute Low Back Pain A Randomized Clinical Trial [3]
|This was a randomized, double blinded, three group study (N = 2588). Of the initial patients, 2198 patients meet exclusion criteria or refused to participate. A total of 323 patients were randomized.
|To compare functional outcomes and pain at one week and three months after an emergency department (ED) visit for acute LBP among patients randomized to a 10-day course study therapy
|Study groups
|Placebo + naproxen (n = 107), Cyclobenzaprine + naproxen (n = 108), oxycodone/acetaminophen (n = 108)
|Patients were randomized to receive naproxen 500 mg twice daily + placebo; naproxen 500 mg twice daily + cyclobenzaprine five mg; or naproxen 500 mg twice daily + oxycodone/acetaminophen five mg/325 mg. Patients were instructed to take placebo/cyclobenzaprine/oxycodone and acetaminophen one to two tablets every eight hours as needed for LBP. Follow ups were made on week one and month three from ED discharge
|April 2012 through December 2014
|Primary Outcome Measure
|Improvement on the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) between ED discharge and one week post discharge
|Baseline Characteristics
|Mean age in years (SD)
|39 (11)
|38 (11)
|39 (11)
|Mean RMDQ at discharge (SD)
|18.7 (4.0)
|18.4 (4.1)
|18.9 (3.7)
|Duration of LBP prior to ED in hours (IQR)
|48 (24 – 96)
|48 (18 – 96)
|72 (33 – 139)
|Improvement in RMDQ at one week follow up (CI)
|9.8 (7.9 – 11.7)
|10.1 (7.9 – 12.3)
|11.1 (9.0 – 13.2)
|Adverse Events
|Common Adverse Events:
|Drowsiness, n (%)
|4 (4)
|7 (7)
|16 (15)
|Dizziness, n (%)
|3 (3)
|3 (3)
|16 (15)
|Nausea or vomiting, n (%)
|6 (6)
|4 (4)
|19 (18)
|Serious Adverse Events: Not applicable
|Percentage that Discontinued due to Adverse Events: Not applicable
|Study Author Conclusions
|Among patients with acute, nontraumatic, nonradicular LBP presenting to the ED, adding cyclobenzaprine or oxycodone/acetaminophen to naproxen did not improve functional outcomes or pain at one-week follow-up. These findings do not support use of these additional medications in this setting.
The study found that supplementing naproxen with other medications had no statistical significance in the reduction of pain or improvement of function. This suggests that NSAID therapy alone may be a sufficient prescribing practice for acute LBP. In practice this could help reduce the misuse and abuse of scheduled pain medications. Pharmaceutical pain management should only be considered part of complete patient care. Physical therapy is often needed to prevent acute LBP from progressing to chronic LBP.
- Chou R, Huffman LH. Medications for acute and chronic low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians clinical practice guideline. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(7):505-14.
- Casazza BA. Diagnosis and treatment of acute low back pain. Am Fam Physician. 2012;85(4):343-50.
- Friedman BW, Dym AA, Davitt M, et al. Naproxen With Cyclobenzaprine, Oxycodone/Acetaminophen, or Placebo for Treating Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.2015;314(15):1572-1580. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.13043.


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Research has shown that not more than 200,000 baseball related injuries under the age of 18 are treated in hospital emergency rooms around the world. Hundreds of thousands of adults receive minor injuries in this sport. Not having injuries or accidents on a baseball pitch is not determined by the number of years of pitching or batting, even the best players still risk the possibility of a serious baseball injury. No baseball player, professional or amateur, young or old, is invulnerable to getting hurt or sustaining minor or long-term injury.
There are mainly two types of baseball and injuries. The impact and overuse. Just like the names imply, Impact injuries are caused by the sudden contact with an object, the ground, or another person. Impact baseball injuries include being struck by a bat or ball, or colliding with another player on the pitch. Overuse baseball injuries are those that occur from excessive use of the wrist, arm, and shoulder joints from pitching and batting the ball. Baseball and softball related injuries involve the head more than any other part of the body. Before you get on the pitch to play or practice, you need to be aware of some of the ways baseball injuries can occur, and how you can help prevent them.
Baseball safety tips
- Make sure you wear all the required safety gear every time you play and practice. Wear a helmet when batting, waiting to bat, or while running the bases. Helmets should have eye protectors, either safety goggles or face guards. Shoes with molded cleats are recommended. You should avoid using steel spikes. If you're a catcher, you will need additional safety gears like catcher's mitt, face mask, throat guard, long-model chest protector, and shin guards.
- Make sure first aid is available at all games and practices. You can get a ready packed first aid kit from a sports store or you can put one together yourself. It should include elastic bandages, wraps, antibiotics, cold compresses for minor pain and swelling, sprays for cuts, and first aid scissors. And since baseball players spend a lot of time in the sun, it's a great idea to include sunscreen, zinc oxide, sting and burn relief.
- Make sure a person certified in CPR and first aid is present at all games and practices.
- Check and inspect all playing equipments (Helmets, bats, balls and gloves) to make sure they are in good condition.
- Chest protectors and softer balls are also being studied for their protective effect.
- Taking a quick look around the baseball field for trash, broken glass, and pot holes before games can.
- Practice good batting and pitching techniques, Learn proper throwing techniques such as: releasing the ball out in front of the body after the arm passes the head, using a smooth throwing motion and keeping your eyes on the target and Keep your head up while running the bases.
- If you're a baseball coach or volunteer parent, you can help kids avoid collision or other impact injury in a few ways. One is by teaching and reinforcing good team communication skills from the start.
- Encourage your league to use breakaway bases. These bases, which detach when someone slides into them, can prevent many ankle and knee injuries in both children and adults. Remember, you don't have to be on a baseball diamond to get hurt. Make sure you wear safety gear and follow safety rules during informal baseball and softball games, too.
- Teammates should practice communicating with each other, which not only can prevent many impact (collision) baseball injuries but it's a great lifelong skill.
- Bat with confidence. To avoiding being smacked by a wild ball while up to bat. Batting with confidence doesn't only involve becoming skilled at the mechanics of batting. Knowing when to bat, how to keep yourself from getting hit by a wild pitch, and how to release the bat before running the bases. Keep a close eye on the ball, and move aside when a ball is heading straight for the head or body by tucking the chin, lowering the head, and turning the face and body away from the pitcher. Touch the end of the bat to the ground to let the pitcher know they're not ready. Set the bat down rather than flinging it aside, which could injure someone.
- Get plenty of exercise before swinging a bat so as not to pull a muscle. Warm up and stretch before practices and games, paying particular attention to the batting and throwing muscles. Warm up by pitching balls. Practice tossing slow, easy pitches to warm up the arm and shoulder, gradually progressing to harder, game-style pitches.
- Be aware of, and respond to signs of fatigue, such as decrease in accuracy or ball speed, dropped elbow while pitching, taking more time between pitches, and complaints of being tired.
- Stop playing if you experience persistent pain or loss of motion. Go to the clinic for frequent checkups. Follow all the doctor's orders for recovery, and get the doctor's OK before you return to play.
- Do not serve as both pitcher and catcher.
- Do not pitch too often and too soon. It can spell trouble for young players who lack the neuromuscular development needed to perform certain moves. What results are muscle fatigue and stress. Even professional players avoid pitching too often by following guidelines provided by their league.
More Precautions in Baseball.
- Keep your body hydrated. Water is a great deal and sport drinks and juices are a great deal too.
- Wear sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or higher. It also should be sweat and water-resistant and reapply every two to four hours.
- Be familiar with RICE – Rest, Ice, Compress and Elevate. This is effective for most minor sprains and strains associated with athletic injury.
- Above all, keep baseball and softball fun. Pushing too hard can risk injury
Baseball is a fairly safe sport and minor scrapes, bumps and bruises cannot be avoided but at the same time serious impact and overuse injuries don't have to be part of the game. Although we would not neglect to keep a first-aid kit on hand in case of accidents, kids and coaches often overlook long-term damage caused by overusing certain muscles. The right training and conditioning, warming up before games, and limiting your number of pitches per year, can go a long way to preventing the most common baseball injuries.
Feel free to add more safety tips and precautions. Comments are welcomed . Thank you.
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Why make it complicated when it can be simply made!
Here is an easy to make boy and girl growth chart. Things you need are as follows:
1. A growth chart pattern from a fabric store
2. Quilt batting (warm bond batting preferably but not necessary)
3. Broadcloth for the back
4. Wooden dowel rod cut to width of chart for top and bottom
5. Pins to hold the material in place before sewing
6. Ribbon or rope for ties.
First thing you need to do is lay out your chart and trim it. Leave 1/4 to 1/2″ stitching room for the border. Cut the batting to the size of the chart. Lay the batting and chart over the back material like a sandwich. Cut the broadcloth 3/4″ larger on the sides and 1″ larger at the top and bottom. The broadcloth will fold over to frame the chart. Doing it this way rather than using bias tape for your border is also easier because the dowel needs room to fit into the seam therefore allowing you to cut extra room for that.
Lay out your material, centering the batting and chart on the broadcloth, and begin pinning.
Now fold the extended part over twice, pinning as you fold. The corners are a bit tricky but with a few attempts you can get a crisp corner.
I'm pinning both a boys and girls chart right away so that I have both ready to sew.
Before you begin sewing make sure you have a zipper foot so that you can get close to the dowel and sew the top and bottom first. You can then change the foot for the sides or use the same one if you find it not a problem to use right through otherwise you have to change it back when you sew the corner folds closed and attach the ties.
Pin the ties of your choice. For the girls, I used the same ribbon I normally use when I scrapbook because it is decorative. For the boys, I used a thick, brown twine. The reason I chose to do ties is because I can use anything to hang it on. Some ideas are small deer racks or a thick, painted branch. I used hangers for these so that it can be stored in the closet and brought out when measuring a child.


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|Program Title
|He Said – She Said
|He Said - She Said is an interactive, gender-inclusive program on sexual assault. The performance that features survivors telling their stories alongside their perpetrators and then asks the audience to act a jury. The stories feature a diversity of voices including same-sex relationships and male survivors.
|program name
|level of evidence"Supported by evidence, promising direction or emerging"
|bystander"Bystander programs engage men and women not (primarily) as potential perpetrators or victims, but rather as potential bystanders to situations involving sexual or intimate partner violence. Bystander prevention programs presume that all members of the community have a role in shifting norms to prevent violence.... The bystander model includes tools and ideas for action and strongly encourages each person to make a difference." (Gibbons & Evans, 2013, page 5)
|empathy"Empathy-based programs give participants the skills to understand sexual violence, provide compassionate responses to disclosures, and reduce the likelihood of sexual assault perpetration by males." (Gibbons & Evans, 2013, page 4)
rape myths"These programs address common misconceptions and myths about circumstances, causes, and realities of sexual violence. Topics often include rates of assault and reporting, definitions of consent, and clarifying common circumstances of assault." (Gibbons & Evans, 2013)
|alcoholThese programs discuss the role alcohol plays in sexual violence and how drinking impacts the communication of consent.
|otherAdditional topics of focus are listed here.
|He Said – She Said
|Promising Direction
|interactive theatrical performance
|Campus Outreach Services
|Learning objectives
By the end of the program, participants will have an:
He Said- She Said is an interactive jury exercise co-presented by a male and female educator. Students hear the real-life story of Jake and Erica, from their meeting in a class to their night of drinking and dancing. Each member of the audience gets a vote and applies your school's policy to decide whether lines were crossed and by whom. A guided debate is followed with key take-aways to promote bystander intervention and risk reduction.
One performance of 45 minutes, plus optional hour-long breakout discussions afterwards.
Campus Outreach Services can perform up to 8 sessions in one day with groups as large as 5,000.
|Populations served
High school students, college students, athletes, Greeks, faculty and staff.
|Theoretical basis for approach
He Said – She Said is grounded in the following evidence and research from the field: Bystander Intervention research from David Lisak and others; identification of risk factors for perpetration and victimization from research by Rapaport & Burkhart, Foubert, Koss; gender differences in perceptions of educational approaches from Kelly & Torres, Kilmartin and Katz; and experiences of sexual victimization among various races and religious groups from Kalof & Wade and others.
|Program effectiveness
Campus Outreach Services conducts internal evaluations using pre and post test results from its current participants. From data collected at 500 of their performances, participants have shown: an increase in knowledge, improvement in attitudes, increase in behavior intent to engage in risk reduction, and increased understanding of the importance of engaging with peers by confronting negative behaviors, attitudes and statements that are rape-supportive. Internal evaluation data is available upon request.
|Participating colleges and universities
A list is available from Campus Outreach Services upon request.
|How to access this program
To request a performance email email@example.com or call 866-966-9013. The cost of the program starts at $1500. Campus outreach services uses a portion of the fee paid by each host to support doing their program for students in economically disadvantaged communities.
Kalof, L. & Wade, B. H. (1995). Sexual attitudes and experiences with sexual coercion: exploring the influence of race and gender. Journal of Black Psychology, 21(3), 224-238.
Katz, J. (1994, 2000). Mentors in Violence Prevention Playbook.
Kelly, B. T., & Torres, A. (2006). Campus safety: perceptions and experiences of women students. Journal of College Student Development, 47(1), 20-36.
Kilmartin, C., & Berkowitz, A. (2005). Sexual assault in context: teaching college men about gender. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Eribaum Associates Publishers.
Rapaport, K. & Burkhart, B. R. (1984). Personality and attitudinal characteristics of sexually coercive college males. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2(2), 216-221.


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Today is the day!!! We were up until 6:00 AM finishing the room AND dealing with major server problems…but here we are! A little late but DONE! If you read last week's post, you'll know that we have struuuugled to finish because of our show going on so we really had to work with what we had or could get locally. Luckily we are kind of hoarders. Joking, not joking.
Fall One Room Challenge: Week 6!
Hi guys!!! Welcome to week 6! I'm a little stressed tonight…we have had setback after setback getting this space ready. Our painters literally just stopped calling us back and we have been living like this ALL week….. Normally we would just get out our supplies and sprayer do it ourselves but we have been completely overwhelmed with our showhouse. If you're new here…we are Andy and Candis Meredith and we
Fall One Room Challenge: Week 5!
Hi guys! Welcome to week 5 of the One Room Challenge! If you haven't heard, the Challenge was extended by one week and THANK GOODNESS because I am soooo behind. We have our painters working on our giveaway house and they were supposed to be here yesterday, but that did NOT happen. We did get it all primed ourselves, so that's good :) The last little bit we have been
Fall One Room Challenge: Week 4!
Hello friends! Welcome to week 4 of the Fall One Room Challenge! This week has been a big one, although I must say that it doesn't look like much has changed…We've been working on getting the kitchen details together so that when we paint everything the color we finally land on, it will all look custom. At least I hope :) We have that awesome bank of original cabinets but
Fall One Room Challenge: Week 3!
Hi guys! So glad you're here–Welcome to week 3!! This is my favorite week of all because I have made some major decisions for my "Great Room" of our house! We are working on the kitchen/living room area and although it has been renovated, it is still awaiting it's finishing touches and personality punch! Here is where we are today: **these are styled photos from our book and it never looks
Fall One Room Challenge: Week 2!
Hey Guys!! So excited for this week of One Room Challenge! I think I am finally wrapping by brain around what I want this "Old House Great Room" to feel like and I'm pumped to share with you! Thank you, Linda, for having us…it's exactly what we need to force us to work on our own house, when we mostly just work on others, haha! So, I mentioned last week
Fall One Room Challenge: Week 1!
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Hi guys! Today is the big reveal of our master suite for the One Room Challenge! It definitely got down to the wire–we were chasing that light yesterday to grab photos! Haha! Some small things didn't happen exactly how I wanted, but all and all, I'd call our challenge a big success!! (MOSTLY because we have now officially made someplace nice for ourselves, but also because we love it and think
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Reporting from Beijing — The Citee Golf Club on the outskirts of the capital's smoggy sprawl is a kelly green oasis surrounded by neatly trimmed hedges and rows of luxury villas. At $77,000, a family membership at the club costs about 16 times the annual salary of a typical Beijing resident.
The 18-hole course, with its pink-shirted female caddies, had its "soft opening" in 2009, five years after the Chinese government declared a moratorium on golf course construction.
The ban, imposed amid concern over the country's dwindling arable land, clearly hasn't stopped the boom in golf course construction in China. Over the last five years, the number of courses has soared from 170 to an estimated 600. Hundreds more are under construction despite signs of market saturation.
The appetite for new golf links has grown in concert with the surge in China's property market. A set of greens can boost the value of residential developments, allowing local governments to pocket more in land sales. With so much money at stake, municipal officials have had little incentive to enforce the ban.


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