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Turnstone Beach House
Ocean on three sides
Turnstone Beach House designed for this site to provide hideaways on the wonderful West coast of King Island. They blend into the coastline and provide privacy and stunning views.
Turnstone Beach House is designed to capture the sweeping views and the mesmerising Southern Ocean sunsets. It was designed to bring the outside in, without disturbing the landscape. Large double glazed windows all around naturally frame the surrounding coastal landscape. It is a memorable experience to view the rolling surf, a sunset, or a big storm.
You may see a white Sea Eagle or a Pied Oyster Catcher cruising past from the living room or along the beautiful coastal walks from your doorstep
Turnstone Beach House was built to provide the meaningful West coast experience sought by the owners and by the many visitors.
All this just 15 minutes from the Airport and 20 minutes to Currie and not far from everything else. Ocean Dunes golf course is 15 minutes and Cape Wickham about half an hour ....we ARE on an Island
Energy self sufficient- but you will never be short
At Turnstone Beach House we thought the Island was brimming with renewable energy so why not use it
We love our comforts too.
So at the design stage of this beautiful property there was a lot of thought put into the view that good passive solar design and wind and sun energy can power this house without any compromise to comfort or energy needs. And it works!!
We generate a surplus of electrical power through our ground mounted solar array and the surplus is fed back to the grid ; plus we have a solar hot water system on the roof ( boosted by our own power)
"Turnstone" has the first and only, PLATINUM TripAdvisor "Green leader" status on the island
Please see below for a list of some of our "green practices"
Eco Friendly- Our cleaners use eco friendly products and we provide those to you too. This includes Australian made and eco friendly toiletries to use during your stay
Water-Saving- Turnstone Beach House is on tank water and independent. Water falls from the sky after being picked up over the pristine Southern Ocean and is beautifully fresh. The water is great, but to comply with the rules, each house also has triple filters and UV treats all water entering the house
Power/energy - Turnstone Beach House has been designed to allow the heat of the sun to enter in winter and to make the most of the cooling sea breezes in summer. We have installed LED Globes, our appliances are low energy rated and heaters are fitted with timers. Turnstone feeds the grid via 7.9 KW solar array that produces more energy than the house uses
Waste is treated in fully contained Ozzi Kleen septic systems located away from the house


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It is natural for people to make mistakes at some point in their lifetime. Unfortunately, make people make this same error when it comes to choosing their litigation court lawyer. This is an area where you need to look at all the details and be very careful. By disregarding the fact those litigators can also make mistakes without you realizing it, can be disastrous when a case is going on. I ma a business lawyer called Glenn Duker.
Dealing with a well-known law firm
It is very important to look for an established law firm that has a proven success record. This step is the most important when you are making your selection. Yes, every attorney charges legal fees and you might be worried that these costs could be too expensive. Think about it this way, that they are an investment on your behalf toward your own legal well being. A smaller firm that houses one – five lawyers is known to malpractice.
The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth
Be completely transparent with the litigation lawyers. In other words, never try to hide something away from them. The mistake might be on your side. Still try to uphold an honest approach with your lawyer. Then, your lawyer will provide extra effort to see that justice is served. Never miss any deadlines set by the lawyers. Nothing can be more irritating for them. They are already busy with plenty of other cases. And the experts never wish to spend their time idly waiting for you. The relevant statute of limitation can also prevent you bringing your legal action if you wait too long.
Don't wait until it is too late
When you file a case at the last minute, this action could have some pretty bad consequences. This is seen as a waste of time and many proficient lawyers are attentive to this. This sort of claim is known to be extremely risky and is not recommended at all. This may be due to the fact that your court lawyer will not have time to go over the intricacies of the case. It is also very possible that the court will dismiss your claim because of these errors. You can avoid this unfortunate outcome when you remember to file a case in on early on.
Glenn Duker lawyer provides professional expertise as a court lawyer to local residents. You can see the web pages for Glenn Duker litigation lawyer here.

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Warmer weather and sunny skies are right around the corner and Caruth Haven Plaza has tons of locations to help you get ready for another spring break in Dallas. Spring Break is one of the first opportunities of the year to let your hair down and relax after a long and cold winter, so here are the best ways to get ready for spring break in Dallas at Caruth Haven Plaza:
Healthier Options to Prepare Your Body for the Ultimate Spring Break in Dallas
If the first thing you do before you head to class or work in the morning is drive into a coffee shop to order a sugary, syrupy drink, then choosing a healthier option might help you get through the day better; not to mention your body will thank you for the extra nutrients. Craft Boba Tea offers several styles of freshly pressed juices and delicious smoothies so that you can get your energy straight from natural sources.
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Visit us while you're out shopping in Dallas so that we can prepare you for one of the best vacations yet to come. Want to find more of the best spring break preparation ideas in Dallas? Check out our directory today!
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Dyson Speech To Society of Occupational Medicine
Hon Ruth Dyson
Friday, 29 September 2000, 1.00pm Speech
Opening of the Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine
George Hotel, Christchurch
Thank you for inviting me to
open your conference. I am especially pleased to see that
your theme is stress in the workplace, because it's an issue
that needs a lot of promotion and debate.
Stress is still perceived by many as a sign of weakness, which in turn can threaten job security, which is no doubt one of the reasons why it has been to a large extent an invisible issue. There isn't a great deal of data available on stress in the New Zealand workplace, though there is mounting anecdotal evidence, as well reports from similar societies overseas, that suggests stress in the workplace is becoming an increasingly significant issue.
We can no longer afford to ignore it.
Stress symptoms range from the seemingly
minor, such as constant tiredness, irritability and
difficulties in switching off from work, through to the life
threatening, such as alcohol and drug abuse, depression and
heart disease.
Stress also contributes to accidents and
to aggressive behaviour, which then starts a vicious cycle.
Two violence prevention counsellors told a recent occupational health and safety conference in Rotorua that workplace conflict was one of the major causes of on-the-job stress.
Of course, there is no such thing as a stress-free life. Everyone is exposed to daily pressures and most people cope with moderate amounts without suffering ill effects. In the right circumstances, the surge of adrenalin can be positively stimulating. Concentration is heightened and performance improves.
It is when pressures pile up that control is lost. Coping mechanisms break down and negative stress results.
Stress at work can be caused by being under-employed as well as being over-worked. Many of the stress factors are well known: job insecurity, rapid change, difficulties with the boss, powerlessness, poor morale, long working hours, balancing home and work, and so on. Many of these issues have become commonplace over recent years.
There are also huge costs in dollar terms. In the
UK, it is reckoned that 40 million working days are lost
every year due to stress, costing businesses more than 500
pounds per employee. Translated to New Zealand that would
equate to more than $3 billion in sick pay, poor performance
and missed deadlines.
That doesn't even take into account
the costs to our health and social services and the
intangible costs to the community.
Clearly, it is in the interests of employers, as well as workers and the Government - and indeed society generally - that we do all we can to reduce stress.
The Government's response to stress is part of a wider programme to promote safer and more productive workplaces. To this end we are encouraging cooperation and collaboration among all interested parties, recognising that the aim of safer workplaces – including, as much as possible, stress-free workplaces - is everybody's business and is in everybody's interest.
A key part of this programme is the Employment Relations Act, which comes into effect on Monday.
The ERA will restore the balance in industrial relations which has been missing in the last 10 years.
The previous Government's Employment Contracts
Act was not a balanced piece of legislation. It treated the
employment relationship as nothing more than a commercial
contract, ignoring the workplace reality that employers and
employees are people. It has led to increased casualisation
of the workforce, job insecurity, low wages,
under-employment for some and heavy workloads for others. In
other words, many of the factors which we know contribute to
stress and all its by-products.
The fundamental premise
underlying the Employment Relations Act is that the
employment relationship is a human relationship, not just a
contractual, or economic one. Human relationships that
function well and efficiently are based on mutual trust,
confidence and fair dealing. That requires that the
relationship is based on a reasonable equality between the
Workers and employers must be able to work together and deal with each other with mutual trust and respect.
Apart from anything else, this can only be good for the workplace stress levels.
Another key part of our programme to make workplaces safer and less stressful is the rebuilding of the ACC scheme. The Government has already signalled its plans to put injury prevention back where it belongs – as the first priority in the new scheme. Rehabilitation will be the second priority, followed by compensation. In the past, these priorities were the wrong way round.
As you know, the passing of the Accident Insurance (Transitional Provisions) Bill earlier this year removed private insurance companies from the workplace accident coverage, reinstated ACC as the single state scheme, and outlined the regime for providing an alternative to the experience rating system.
Under a new voluntary regime called the Workplace Safety Management Practices Programme, employers may receive a discount on their premiums if they can demonstrate good safety management systems.
In other words it rewards employers for injury prevention, rather than penalising them for accidents.
This approach avoids the problems of the experience rating system, which creates financial incentives to under-report accidents, encourages litigation. It also penalises the employer – particularly the small employer – when a workplace accident occurs despite the employer having done everything possible to reduce workplace hazards.
Our approach provides financial incentives for employers to create safer places of work. The wisest employers already appreciate that minimising workplace stress helps to reduce workplace hazards. Others have still got a lot to learn but I am confident that with the new emphasis on injury prevention and much greater collaboration between employers and employees, we will start to see a shift.
The injury prevention and rehabilitation focus will be reinforced in a new ACC Bill, to be introduced before the end of the year.
This Bill will be open to public submissions. I urge you
to study it and send in your comments. We would be
especially keen to receive your input on the injury
prevention and rehabilitation aspects.
In addition to
these measures, we are also reviewing the Health and Safety
in Employment Act.
While the HSE Act has proved to be reasonably effective in improving health and safety at work, it still needs to do better. The legislation has only a very weak requirement for employee involvement, for example.
The Act's risk assessment approach put issues of cost to the forefront but gives employers little incentive to spend money improving safety.
The requirements for the Minister to consult over national and industry standards is also very weak. Moreover, only the state can lay prosecutions. In those senses it is paternalistic in design.
The current legislation provides for codes of
practice and regulations to be promulgated after
consultation with interested parties. These may apply as
minima at the industry level, or nationally across all
The Government intends to retain such
provisions, and use them, but we will require a change in
practice so that relevant industry sector organisations,
workers' committees, unions, industry training organisations
and other stakeholder groups are actively involved.
course, no matter what incentives and support are offered to
businesses there will always be a need for an enforcement
regime. The review will look at whether the Act can, or
should include spot fines, whether the level of fines under
the Act is high enough and whether OSH's sole right to
prosecute under the Act should be extended to
Stress mangement is difficult to codify, though I know that my colleague Margaret Wilson, who is overseeing the review, is concerned that some employers do not appear to regard stress as an issue which they should address as part of their obligations under the HSE Act. This follows some recent successful court cases, such as that of the former probation officer, whose work, the court found was excessive in volume and complexity, which he was required to carry out without sufficient support, resources and supervision.
Margaret Wilson has signalled her intention to introduce a framework into the Act to ensure that in future people don't need to go to court to get compensation for stress-related illness. I support that wholeheartedly.
Employers as a rule need to be assessing the risks of exposure to stress, taking reasonable steps to avoid or reduce it, and introducing stress management training. These steps are seldom excessively expensive and can cut the hefty costs of stress-related illness and improve employee morale and motivation.
To ensure
the most effective result of the HSE Act review, input from
employer and employee organisations will be crucial.
Extensive consultation is planned over the coming months so
that the Government's decisions will be based on the best
information available.
A draft document detailing the proposed changes is scheduled to be drawn up by the end of the year, with amendments likely to be introduced to Parliament early next year.
In recent years some industry sectors have established safety and health promotion and education agencies, in part to reduce accident and illness and in part to secure the often significant productivity gains that flow. Where these have wider support of the employers and employees within an industry, we will offer encouragement and financial assistance as appropriate.
Improving injury prevention activities –
along with better coordination of data - will be a
continuous process. And injury surveillance systems need to
be developed to help improve our capabilities to adopt a
more strategic approach to prevention.
We are making a
start with our policy changes, but I don't under-estimate
the challenges ahead.
Perhaps the most important
component which underlies all these policies is the
promotion of attitudinal change. The aim is for employers
and employees to become more safety conscious, to work
together collaboratively on all issues affecting workers'
welfare. These changes will in turn reduce the stigma
associated with stress.
Which brings me back to where I
began. The more we get to debate and understand this issue,
the less stigmatised it will be, and the more likely it will
be that on-the-job stress gets addressed properly in New
Zealand's workplaces.
I wish you well for your
conference. And I would be grateful if you would send me
copies of the papers being presented here, as well as a
summary of the points raised in the


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Two people from Northwood who have been raising awareness of the need for more Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) stem cell donors for blood cancer patients have won a prestigious national award.
Pankaj Anand and Shrijal Patel won the BAME advocate award at the Anthony Nolan Supporter Awards (ANSAs).
Pankaj and Shrijal received their award at a ceremony held at the Tower of London on November 22. They joined guests for a canapes and drinks reception at the event, which was hosted by author and TV presenter Lucy Siegle.
The ANSAs are held annually to celebrate, recognise and thank the outstanding supporters who keep the pioneering blood cancer charity moving forward. Winners were chosen by a panel of judges from Anthony Nolan, chaired by the charity's chief executive, Henny Braund.
Inspired by Kaiya Patel, a six-year-old girl who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia earlier this year, Pankaj and Shrijal, who both have daughters in Kaiya's class, joined the #CureKaiya appeal.
Pankaj arranged an awareness and donor recruitment event at his workplace, Barclays HQ, which included NHS Blood and Transplant. The event inspired 40 potential donors to join the register and raised awareness on stem cell and bone marrow transplants.
Spurred on in the knowledge that just 20 per cent of patients from Asian or other ethnic minority backgrounds will find the best possible match, Pankaj and Shrijal also organised recruitment events at City University, one of the most ethnically diverse universities in the UK.
Pankaj and Shrijal and their network of parents from Kaiya's school committed a great deal of time and energy to help diversify the Anthony Nolan register inspired by Kaiya and recognised their efforts would have a lasting impact on the Indian, and minority communities in the UK.
One such event was a stall at an Asian music event attended by 12,000 fans at Wembley Arena, which helped them reach thousands of young people and encouraged potential donors to join the register.
Pankaj said he was delighted.
He commented: "For some reason, until now the message hasn't really landed within Asian and Black communities, so it's been overwhelming to see so many Asian, Black and Minority Ethnic people step forward and actively register to be potential donors. I think the momentum built from the #CureKaiya campaign has hopefully already made a material difference to the chances of patients from BAME backgrounds to find a suitable match."
Shrijal dedicated the award to Kaiya.
She said: "I feel immensely proud at how our whole community came together at this time of need for our friend's daughter, from far and wide all across the world, helping in any way they can. Each person has been moved and humbled by the amazing courage of this very special six-year-old little girl. She and her family have touched the hearts of many and raised unprecedented awareness globally in the BAME community, which will save many lives going forward."
For more information, go to www.anthonynolan.org/awards


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Megacities – An urban area with a total population in excess of ten million people
NOTE: We link the number 10, which we have to remember here, with ten pin bowling.
There is a mega star in the city (megacity) who can take out ten people (ten million) at once.
There are more than 30 megacities in the world. China has the most megacities, with five: Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Tianjin.
The Japanese capital, Tokyo, is the largest megacity by population with 37,800,000 people.
The very high population levels in megacities can lead to major problems such as insufficient food supplies, shortages of drinking water and shortcomings in power supplies.
There may also be concerns about sanitation and disposal of sewage and waste.
Some cities have insufficient living space for incoming residents, which may lead to an increase in informal settlements and slums.
Residents travel around by bus, truck or motorised bicycle, causing chaos on the streets and high levels of CO2 emissions.
On the plus side, megacities have the potential to reduce poverty and improve living conditions for a large proportion of the population if they are managed properly and make the most of their advantages.


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Un poste de lecturer IA est annoncé sur le site de SCAI
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Séminaire du LJLL - 15 12 2017 14h00 : M. Bachmayr
Markus Bachmayr
(Université de Bonn)
Fully discrete approximations and adaptive solvers for parametric and stochastic PDEs
We consider the approximation of PDEs with parameter-dependent coefficients by sparse polynomial approximations in the parametric variables combined with suitable discretizations in the spatial domain. Here we are especially interested in problems with countably many parameters, as they arise when coefficients with uncertainties are modelled as random fields. For the resulting fully discrete approximations of the corresponding solution maps, we obtain convergence rates in terms of the total number of degrees of freedom. In particular, in the case of affine parametrizations, we find that independent adaptive spatial approximation for each term in the polynomial expansion yields improved convergence rates. Moreover, we give an overview of a construction of near-optimal adaptive solvers for finding such approximations.
This talk is based on joint works with Albert Cohen, Wolfgang Dahmen, Ron DeVore, Dinh Dung, Giovanni Migliorati, and Christoph Schwab.


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In the Newark airport recently, I entered a narrow men's room. Urinals lined one wall, stalls and sinks the other. It appeared that I was alone, which was fine with me. I like other people well enough, but not in the context of air travel, where there is so seldom enough room for both them and me. Then, from one of the stalls, came a soft voice, laying down this:
I'm You-know-who, I'm This and That.
You doubters, haters—wack and wack.
I'mona chill, thrill, I'mona keep my head up,
Get the word out, how much I'm fed up.
Singing in the shower is one thing, but rapping in the john? Was this fellow just speaking his heart? Or working up material? The acoustics…maybe he was recording.
You never know. Let me tell you about another flight-and-hip-hop-related experience. Some months ago, by using hard-earned frequent-flier credits, I upgraded to first class. Room for both of my legs, feet and all, and both of my elbows too! And an aisle seat. And no one next to me, even. I accepted a free Bloody Mary, and basked.
Then, damn. A middle-aged man and two teenage boys. One of the boys took the seat next to me, and the other the seat behind me. I certainly never got to fly first class when I was their age, but never mind. One thing to be said for my row-mate: He evinced no more inclination to talk to me than I to him.
He pulled out a smartphone. Apparently he'd been texted. Fine. Soon he'd have to endure, for a couple of hours, a status dear to my heart: incommunicado.
But this text affected him profoundly. He went wide-eyed and flattened himself against the back of his seat, as if desperate to gather his wits. Then slowly, stealthily, he twisted his head and extended his neck, like a turtle, to take a quick peek over the back of his seat. What he saw seemed to exceed his capacity for wonder. Now he was back down and thumbing out a message of his own. I didn't want to know.
Then, as we began our ascent, I sensed that this youth was staring, from inches away, into my right ear.
I returned his gaze. No, he was peering back between our seats toward the seat behind me. Urgent staccato whispers were exchanged. Was he that needful to be in touch with his buddy?
"When the seat-belt sign goes off," I suggested kindly to the little blighter, "I'll change seats so your friend can sit here next to you."
He looked at me as if I were insane. "No!" he said.
For the rest of the flight, I zoned out as best I could. The kid kept leaning and twisting to exchange urgent facial expressions with his friend and also with the man who'd boarded with them, who was across the aisle.
We landed. The man accompanying the boys leaped up and leaned across to whoever was in the window seat next to the other kid. "Could the boys get some pictures?" he asked. "Mr. West?"
For it was he. The last time I saw him he was wearing a vivid red-orange suit and lots of dangling gold chains, and he was surrounded by I'd say fifteen or twenty coolly worshipful angel-ballerinas in minimal white onesies who writhed around and waved voluminous white sheets as he favored us, on Saturday Night Live, with "Power," which seemed to be about how put-upon he felt about becoming so legendary.
This time he was wearing a nondescript dark suit and pressing himself back against the window as if held at bay by wolves. "Okay, quick!" he said. Suddenly jolly, the boys hopped to and took turns posing—draping their arms over his flinching shoulders and gesturing thumbs-up, as if he were Mickey at Disneyland. Then old Kanye bolted. I hope to a place where he could have some time to himself.


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Below you will find web links, articles, videos, and more to go with each unit of the Canadian History & Geography course.
Also get the YouTube playlist for Canadian History and for Canadian Geography.
First Nations
- Why the salmon come to the Squamish waters
- Listen to Squamish ABC's
- Squamish words
- Coast Salish Welcome Song
- Tale of Sedna crafts
- Bifaces discovered in Oregon
- Gwich'in Tales
- Inuit throat singing
- Inuit themed crafts
- Several lesson plans about the lifestyle of the Mi'kmaq people
- Read Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Joseph Bruschac to learn about the First Nation's calendar year. Each year has 13 moons and each moon has 28 days. Color a turtle printable to show this calendar.
- Read about some of the games played by the Dene people and try some out in your own competition
- Look at some examples of beautiful birch bark baskets made by Dene people. Then make your own baskets out of paper, but leave the handles off.
- John Cabot's Discovery of America
- Martin Frobisher's Expedition
- The Canoe
- The Mystery of Champlain
- Henry Hudson: Searching for the Northwest Passage
- Enchanted Learning has an extensive list of Canadian Explorers. Learn about one you've never heard of before and make an illustrated fact sheet for him.
- Draw a sailing ship. Write a caption about one of the explorers you read about during this unit.
New France
- Economics of the Fur Trade
- The Coureur de Bois, the Jesuits and the difference between the French and English in the New World
- How to walk quietly in the woods
- Slavery in Canada
- What Were the Beaver Wars?
- The effects of smallpox on First Nations
- What if disease hadn't wiped out the native Americans?
- Champlain in America
- The Great Peace of Montreal
- Biography of Kondiaronk
- Kondiaronk and the Great Peace of Montreal
- The Beothuk extermination
- Captain Christopher Martin and the defense of St. Johns
- Check out a few books about beavers from your local library and make a beaver puppet. Why were beavers important enough to fight wars over?
- After you have read about the fur trade pretend you are a Wyandot tribe and the French have approached you about trading for beaver pelts. Hold a tribal council meeting where you debate on whether you should trade with them or not. Use a "talking stick" during your discussion. Only the person holding the talking stick can talk. Make sure you consider how a decision to trade will change your lifestyle and your relationship with neighboring tribes.
- Learn about Les filles du roi, or the King's daughter's. Make a brochure convincing French women to immigrate to the Canadian wilderness.
Colonial Wars
- Acadian historical village tour
- St. John poem by John Greenleaf Whittier. About the Acadian expulsion.
- Siege of Louisbourg reenactment video. Seven minutes long. This battle happened during King George's War.
- Site that helps you write a Choose Your Own Adventure story.
- Seven Years War from Khan Academy
- Jeffery Amherst was the British commander during the Seven Years War in North America. Louis-Joseph de Montcalm was the French commander during the war. Learn about each man. Write a puppet show where the two men meet. What would they say to each other? Make puppets and put on your show.
- Print paper soldiers from the colonial war era and use them in reenacting a battle or a raid.
British Canada
- What was the French Seigneurial System?
- The Canadians: Alexander Mackenzie video (45 min)
- Uncharted Territory: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau video (58 min)
- 1812 Part 2: The Story of Laura Secord video (3 min)
- Design a postage stamp
- An article about the 1837 rebellions
- Rebel Rabble: The Rebellion of 1837 as explained by Big Red video (10 min)
- Read an article and watch a video about the Canadian perspective on the war of 1812. Choose a Canadian of the day: a former American Loyalist, a French Canadian, a recent immigrant from Great Britain, a First Nations person, or a recent immigrant from the United States. Draw a portrait of your person and write their opinion on the war and which side they are on. You can put your person on either side of the conflict, but they should have a logical and/or compelling emotional reason for their decision. The writing can be several paragraphs down to a single sentence depending on the ages of the children.
- Learn about John Macdonell, a hero of the Battle of Queenston Heights in the War of 1812. Listen to the song "MacDonnell on the Heights" by Stan Rogers". Then write a diamante poem about Isaac Brock and John Macdonnell.
Canadian Government
- The 72 resolutions
- Monarchs of Canada printable matching cards
- Parliamentary Procedure 101: How Motions Work – 6 Steps in 6 Minutes video
- Parliament of Canada – Parliament Buildings video 2 min, 1st in a series of 6 videos
- Paper model of the Canadian parliament to purchase and build
- How to draw and color Parliament Hill video
- Constitution of Canada video 18 min
- Charter of Rights and Freedoms document
- Charter of Rights and Freedoms video 7 min
- Why should you vote? video 2 min
- Animated History of Canada – Territorial Evolution video 1 min
- Wikipedia territorial evolution of Canada
- Print the Monarchs of Canada cards to learn about and memorize the kings and queens of Canada from Francis I of France to Elizabeth II.
- Make a poster that shows and explains the three levels of Canadian government: federal, provincial, municipal
- Play a Charter of Rights and Freedoms bingo game
Early Canada
- The Metis life style
- Famous Mountie stories
- They Came for the Children, a pdf booklet about the residential school system
- The Building of a Transcontinental Railway in Canada video 9 min
- North-west Rebellion Map
- Article about the North-west Rebellion
- News report on Batoche
- Newspaper template
- Sam Steele's diary
- RCMP Musical Ride video 3 min
- Letters from Canadian pioneers
- How to draw a Mountie
- Article on selling the west to potential pioneers
- How to draw a WWI soldier
- The King-Byng affair
- Make a Mountie craft from DLTK
- Read this pdf book about the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Read or listen to Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. Use this study guide for the novel with all of your kids, if you like.
- Use the linked photographs to create a lapbook about Canada in WWI. Hint: Let your kids do the writing and the work instead of creating a pre-made set of lapbook printables for them.
Modern Canada
- History of Canada in a Nutshell video 11 min
- Paper model of a Canadian patrol ship
- How to make a newspaper boat
- D-day Juno Beach video 45 min
- Newfoundland and Labrador video 1 min
- The Provinces and Territories of Canada video song 3 min
- Canada Printable Map
- How to make a Canada flag cake
- The Hawker Hurricane was one of the most famous British planes of WWII. They were built in Canada and designed by a woman named Elsie MacGill, the world's first female aeronautical engineer. Read about her. Then, on paper, design a museum display about her life.
- Watch Building the Alaska Highway for view of how rugged the terrain is and difficult the job was.
- Use this lesson plan with printables to learn about the important Battle of Kapyong during the Korean War.
Canada Geography
- Memorize the map, rivers, and landmarks of Canada
- Political and physical geography of Canada video 13 min
- Printable 5 page tabbed booklet
- Print a mega map of Canada
- 4 sided pyramid template
- Printable Canada worksheets
- The real story behind the Canadian flag video 7 min
- How time zones work
- Hockey Theme Song
- Documentary about Canada video 60 min
- Canada crafts from DLTK for younger kids
- Canadian province fact sheet for your province or territory
- Map of Canadian National Parks
- Bay of Fundy video 4 min
- Fill out a Canadian Province Fact Sheet for your province.
- Print a paper quiz of the provinces and territories to label
- Coloring page of eastern Canada
- Free Canada lapbook
- Buy maple leaf cookie cutters, or a set of Canadian cookie cutters and make patriotic sugar cookies
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The positions of the sun and the stars
The zodiac sign of a person is determined by the positions of the sun and the stars at the time of his or her birth. These positions can be determined both by complex calculation methods and by observation of the sky. Seen from one place, the stars group together and present characteristic geometrical figures according to the various periods. These figures constitute the constellations, each of which has a different name. They are visible from the earth, but their identification requires some experience in the field of astrology.
The zodiac signs are defined by the names assigned to the twelve constellations. In practice, they are determined by the date of birth of an individual. The interpretations made from an astrological sign can define the character of a person. Understandably, astrologers tend to use this practice to predict the future of people who seek their help.
Greek mythology is the absolute benchmark!
Greek mythology also provides some answers when it comes to the roots of the zodiac signs. The word 'zodiac' itself comes from the Greek word 'zodiakos' meaning 'circle of small animals'. Most of the signs of the Zodiac are thus names of animals with quite specific characteristics. The observation of the behaviour of these animals can serve as a basis for the depiction of certain people's personality traits. There is also another group of zodiac signs that comes from the names of goddesses and plays an essential role in mythology. Thus, the name of a constellation can sometimes be linked to an important character in a story.
The significance of the natural elements
Zodiac signs are associated with natural elements as well. The different interpretations of these symbols can be given from the nature of these elements. Water, fire, earth and air are all taken into account to explain the characters linked to the signs of the zodiac. They can also provide information to analyse certain attitudes. The relationship between two people can therefore be studied according to the natural elements associated with their respective zodiac signs. It's worth noting that people with different zodiac signs can get along very well. Others, on the other hand, may be clashing with one another all the time.


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A 71-year-old woman was admitted to hospital because of poor glycemic control and liver dysfunction. Although the patient's diabetes had been well-controlled with glibenclamide and pioglitazone, the pioglitazone had been discontinued because of an adverse effect on body weight gain and edema. The patient's HbA1C level subsequently rose from 7% to 11.6%. At admission, her BMI was 40.8 kg/m2 and she exhibited hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and microalbuminuria. A lacunar brain infarction was also diagnosed. The patient's fasting blood glucose level was 302 mg/dl, her serum IRI was 14.7 μU/ml, a hypoglycemic response was not obtained on an insulin tolerance test, and her fasting blood glucose was 219 mg/dl, and her postprandial blood glucose was 457 mg/dl at an insulin dosage of 1 U/kg body weight. Although she did not drink alcohol, she exhibited mild liver dysfunction: AST, 80 U/l; ALT, 70 U/l; γGTP, 102 U/l. A liver biopsy was performed, and the histological findings were compatible with a diagnosis of NASH. When 6 mg of glimepiride, a sulfonylurea with an insulin-sensitizing extrapancreatic effect, was added to the patient's insulin therapy, her blood glucose control improved markedly: fasting blood glucose, 76 mg/dl; postprandial blood glucose, 135 mg/dl; insulin dosage, 0.5 U/kg body weight. When insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents alone fail to control blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetic associated with NASH, a combination therapy of glimepiride and insulin is recommended.
Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 873-879 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of the Japan Diabetes Society |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 11 |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Internal Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Endocrinology


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Document Type : Full article
1 SSchool of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, P. O. Box: 71348-51154, Shiraz, Iran
2 School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, P. O. Box: 71348-51154, Shiraz, Iran
In recent years, plasma treatments have given good results since they offer high technological efficiency with low waste generation. One of the most important characteristics of plasma methods is their action only on a thin surface layer, whereas the bulk of sample remains unchanged and the modified material keeps its chemical and mechanical properties. In this research, polyurethane membrane surface was modified by low frequency plasma grafting with methacrylic acid and acrylamide monomers to alter solution-diffusion mechanism. We chose different parameters of plasma treatment and studied their effects toward maximum solubility, permeation and selectivity. The grafting on the surfaces was characterized by water contact angle measurement and atomic force microscopy. After confirming a successful grafting, we studied the effect of surface modification on permeation of CH4 and CO2. Significant increase in CO2 permeation and about 32 percent increase in CO2/CH4 selectivity was observed. Better results were obtained for low powers and acrylamide grafted surface.
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Master the Art of Researching Potential Employers: Your Key to Job Search Success
Hey there, career warriors! Are you ready to land that dream job? We have an important strategy that could give you the advantage you need: extensive research on potential employers. Sounds serious? Not to worry! It may seem daunting, but we're here to support you every step of the way.
Your job search is a journey, and we want to equip you with the tools you need to navigate it confidently. Extensive research about the companies you're interested in can be your secret weapon. It's all about empowering yourself with the knowledge to create killer applications, ace those interviews, and make confident decisions when weighing job offers.
Why Researching Potential Employers is a Must-Do
- Creating the Perfect Job Application
Every company is unique, just like you. Understanding a company's mission, culture, and needs can help you create applications that hit all the right notes. Like that personalized touch on a gift, customizing your application can make all the difference. It shows your genuine interest in the company and highlights why you would be a perfect fit.
- Nail Your Interviews Like a Pro
Imagine knowing your interviewers so well you'll feel like old friends. Researching your potential employer not only helps you understand how to answer their questions better but also turns the table by helping you ask insightful questions that demonstrate your preparation and passion.
- Choosing the Best Job Offer
You've impressed them all, and now you have multiple job offers. It's a significant problem to have! However, making the right decision can feel overwhelming. This is where your comprehensive research comes into play. Knowing the ins and outs of each company can guide you to make the best decision for your career path.
Sweet Tips on How to Start Your Research
- Check out their website: It's like the company's home base. The 'About Us' page would be your starting point for understanding the company's values, culture, and goals.
- Go news hunting: Look for recent news articles, press releases, or industry reports on the company. It'll give you an understanding of their current situation and future direction.
- Social media is your friend: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram—their social media presence can tell you a lot about their brand and culture.
Your job hunt doesn't have to feel like you're stepping into the unknown. Equip yourself with knowledge and stride confidently toward your dream career. Remember – research is the best friend you never knew you needed on this journey. Here's to your success in the job game! Let's go out there and conquer that dream! 💪🔥


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On the run: Suspect in "Tattoo Killer" case slices off ankle monitor
Cor P., a suspected member of the alleged murder-for-hire squad "Tattoo Killers", cut off his ankle monitor on Tuesday and is now on the run, the Public Prosecutor said on Thursday in a hearing against four suspected "Tattoo Killers". The squad derives its name from the large Chinese symbols its members have tattooed on their backs."He has disappeared," the Public Prosecutor said about the 38-year-old man, AD reports.
Four suspected Tattoo Killers are on trial for the murder of Onno Kuun, a member of the same gang. Life sentences were demanded against suspects Cor and 32-year-old Brian P., brothers from Schiedam, 45-year-old Henk S. from Leeuwarden, and 38-year-old Evert S. from Leerdam. The court was expected to rule in May last year, but the ruling was postponed for further investigation.
Cor P. was allowed to await the ruling in conditional freedom. One of the conditions was that he wear an ankle monitor, which he cut off on Tuesday and disappeared below the radar.
P.'s nickname in the underworld is "De Paling", or "The Eel" in English, according to AD. He got this nickname because he managed to escape the Dutch authorities multiple times. In one planned arrest, he managed to escape the police by squeezing through a toilet window. He once jumped out of the detention bus during a transport to court. And once when a cop grabbed him on Oude Sluis in Schiedam, he shot the cop in the back, jumped into the Schie and swam to the other side.
Onno Kuut's body was found in the dunes of Hoek van Holland in March 2009. He had been tortured and his throat was cut. According to AD, it is believed that he was killed because he inadvertently killed a second victim during an assignation job and thus endangered the other members of the Tattoo Killers.


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This week, we read a lot of great books!
Bill: This week I read in order of preference (mostly)
- Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver: almost surely going on my best of the year list
- Anna-Lisa Cox's The Bone and Sinew of the Land: America's Forgotten Black Pioneers and the Struggle for Equality: a vividly compelling history that should be required reading — at least excerpts — in all schools (I'm pushing for just that via teachers I know or have worked with).
- Ben Hatke's Mighty Jack: a sensitive, imaginative, bizarre Jack and the Beanstalk story updated to modern day
- Oren Harman's Evolutions: an odd little work that tells a brief history of the universe and life in the style of myth. I liked most of them most of the time.
- Zachary Mason's Metamorphica, his reshaping of Ovid's tales that left me pretty cold and feeling like they all were too similar in tone and styleIn Media, Killjoys season three continues to entertain. And the entire family was in agreement that Downsizing was one of the worst movies we've seen in some time.
Jana: This week, amidst a flurry of review-writing, I read books two and three in Jon Hollins' DRAGON LORDS series, False Idols (#2) and Bad Faith (#3). Book two is a little weak and overlong, but book three is much stronger and tightly-plotted, which was a relief. Next week, I'm taking a break from reading while I do a little traveling up to Montana to visit family and eat as many huckleberries as I can stand.
Kat: I'm on break before fall semester, so I got so much read this week! S.K. Dunstall's Stars Uncharted was pleasant but unoriginal. George R.R. Martin's Nightflyers was like an SF version of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Jeff VanderMeer's The Strange Bird was beautiful and moving, just like its companion novel, Borne. Alan Dean Foster's Relic had a compelling premise that I couldn't resist but it didn't blow me away like I'd hoped. Gail Carriger's Competence was just as frivolous as its predecessors and I think I'm done with that series. Peter Clines' Dead Men Can't Complain was a great story collection in audiobook format. Reviews of all of these are coming soon. Lastly, Joe R. Lansdale's Savage Season (the first HAP & LEONARD book) was so well written but it's not speculative fiction so I probably won't review it.
Marion: I finished Mary Robinette Kowal's The Calculating Stars, which posits an alternate history in which a meteorite collision with earth accelerates the space program because of the need to get off the planet. Elma York, a woman pilot with a PhD in physics, works for the space program and longs to get into space. I quite enjoyed it. Everything Robinette Kowal does well she did well here and it was a satisfying read for the most part. A review will follow soon.
Sandy: Moi? I have just recently returned from a trip to Vancouver and Alaska and unfortunately did not get a chance to read overly much during these couple of weeks of excursions. But since I was in the great American Northwest, I DID bring along C.L. Moore's wonderful Northwest Smith collection to reread (clever of me, right?), and hope to get a review of this one out for you very shortly. And I have also just started to reread Moore's group of stories revolving around her other most famous character, gathered in Jirel of Joiry, and am looking forward to refamiliarizing myself with this old favorite, as well…
Terry: I've been reading the DIVINE CITIES trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett. I finished City of Stairs this week, and am now well into City of Blades. Wow, are these good books!


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Keep Compost Going
Don't forget to fuel your pile with carbon-rich browns, such as shredded newspaper, as well as nitrogen-rich greens, such as kitchen scraps.
Turn on the Air Conditioner
Just for a few minutes! Running the system every other month keeps internal parts lubricated.
Adjust TV Settings
New flat-screen? Switch off the energy-draining, ultra-bright "demo" mode, meant to attract attention in stores.
Pack Up Holiday Decor
To avoid tangles, wind string lights around an empty wrapping-paper tube; to save floor space, stow rolls of gift wrap in a garment bag.
Help Out Evergreens
After heavy snowfall, use a broom to lightly brush snow off any slight branches to relieve them of the extra weight.
Examine Fire Extinguishers
House fires peak in the winter, so store a working extinguisher on each floor with a minimum rating of 2-A:10-B:C, which can cover 10 square feet.
Look for Air Leaks
Air leaks in your home can affect energy bills in the water (not to mention your comfort). They can be hard to spot, so try this trick: Turn off the fans and furnace, and make sure windows are tightly closed. Then carry lit incense with your as you slowly walk by the windows and exterior doors. If the smoke starts changing direction, you've probably got a leak.
Strengthen Mailboxes
When snowplow push by, post-mounted mailboxes can take an undeserved beating. Give your mailbox a checkup for wobbly or out-of-plumb parts and make necessary repairs before they get buried in snow. Also make sure any attached house numbers are secure and easy to read, then add reflective tape for extra visibility.
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Bring Life To Your Lanai With Exquisite Patio Blinds
Perhaps it has always been your dream to have a lanai added to your house which you can use as a sun room, an office or simply a second living room. You have planned it very carefully and purchased some beautiful furniture and plants but there is still something lacking. The answer is patio blinds, you can bring life to your lanai with exquisite patio blinds.
If you have a lot of sun coming through your lanai windows light-filtering shade blinds give you a good combination of function and form and they come in a wide selection of colors from neutrals to pastels. They are made of spun lace fabrics which are really soft to touch. The benefit of this type of lanai blind is they filter in natural light without invading your privacy and they also provide excellent insulation.
Blinds are far better than curtains for a lanai as they can get damp from water or condensation that occasionally comes from the windows. Most blinds are made-to-measure and they will make all the difference but you should avoid the PVC waterproof patio blinds as they will look cheap, which they are and you are aiming to add affordable luxury to adorn this beautiful extra room.
You can get some exquisite patio blinds and roller blinds are always an asset for a lanai as they stop the sun from shining directly into your eyes without blacking out the entire room as you can set them at any height you want.
Roller blinds come in a variety of colors from bright red and orange to contemporary patterns and you can also get them in suede and leather. If your lanai furniture has floral-patterned covers it is best to avoid floral-patterned blinds as they would just be too much. It is best to choose a plain color that blends nicely with a color in the covers.
Slatted blinds last a long time and are very practical and you can get some really high quality wooden blinds in a range of colors. These include
. Alabaster
. Alpine white
. Antique pine
. Aqua or arctic blue
. Burnished maple
. Cherry
. Golden Oak
. Jade Green
. Walnut
Wooden blinds look better than the aluminium or plastic venetian blinds which attract dust, especially when the sun shines, and the wooden blinds are more durable.
Woven blinds are a great idea for a lanai as they look exquisite and can be matched or co-ordinated with the laniai finish or your furniture. These are always made to measure and come in a variety of designs and colors. These blinds are unusual because of the way they are made, they are created with veneers and reeds of wood which are woven together with wood weaves.
Nothing looks nicer than a lanai with great furniture and cushions and once it is finished you will find you spend most of your time in there as you can get come attractive patio heaters for the winter. But you can really bring life to your lanai with exquisite patio blinds and if you want to create a Victorian atmosphere then you should definitely go for the woven blinds.


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Psalm 27:7-9, 13-14
Hear, O Lord, the sound of my call;
have pity on me, and answer me.
Of you my heart speaks; you my glance seeks;
your presence, O Lord, I seek.
Hide not your face from me;
do not in anger repel your servant.
You are my helper: cast me not off;
forsake me not, O God my savior.
I believe that I shall see the bounty of the Lord
in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord with courage;
be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord.


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News Releases from Headquarters›Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)
EPA's Office of Enforcement to Host Listening Sessions On Superfund Task Force Recommendations
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance will host eight web-based listening sessions beginning May 21, 2018, to solicit public and stakeholder input related to specific recommendations from the Agency's Superfund Task Force Recommendations Report.
During the listening sessions, staff from EPA's Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (OSRE) and the Agency's regional offices will provide background information on specific recommendations and a progress on activities related to the recommendations, followed by live verbal remarks from registered participants. These listening sessions are part of the Agency's efforts to increase public participation and transparency, and strengthen communication with stakeholders.
Each listening session registration form provides the option for participants to either make live verbal remarks or to listen online. Persons or organizations that wish to provide live verbal remarks will have an opportunity to do so following the EPA presentation, provided they registered and slots are available to speak for the event.
Expediting Negotiations with Potentially Responsible Parties for Superfund Cleanup Agreements
SFTF Recommendation 16-2, Part 1
Monday, May 21, 2018
12:00pm – 2:00pm EST
Exploring CERCLA Environmental Liability Transfer Approaches
SFTF Recommendation 22
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
12:00pm – 2:00pm EST
New Tools to Support Private Party Investment in Cleaning Up and Reusing Superfund Sites
Recommendation 27
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
3:00pm – 5:00pm EST
Encouraging Potentially Responsible Parties to Implement Reuse
Recommendation 21
Monday, June 11, 2018
12:00pm – 2:00pm EST
Revising EPA's "Common Elements" Guidance to Encourage Third Party Investment
Recommendation 29
Monday, June 11, 2018
3:00pm – 5:00pm EST
Informing Parties About Streamlining the Cleanup and Redevelopment Process
Recommendation 23
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
12:00pm – 2:00pm EST
Improving Comfort Letters to Address Superfund Liability Concerns
Recommendation 28
Monday, June 18, 2018
12:00pm – 2:00pm EST
Improving Implementation of Cleanup Agreements for Response Actions by Potentially Responsible Parties
Recommendation 16-2, Part 2
Monday, June 18, 2018
3:00pm – 5:00pm EST
More information on the listening session series along with links to the registration form for each session are available on the Agency's website at https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/listening-sessions-superfund-task-force-recommendations.
Ensuring that the Superfund program operates optimally is one of the cornerstones to the Agency's mission to protect human health and the environment. With this in mind, Administrator Scott Pruitt established the Superfund Task Force on May 22, 2017, to provide recommendations for improving and expediting site cleanups and promoting redevelopment.
On July 25, 2017, EPA's Superfund Task Force released its recommendations, which are organized under five goals:
- Expediting cleanup and remediation;
- Reinvigorating responsible party cleanup and reuse;
- Encouraging private investment;
- Promoting redevelopment and community revitalization; and
- Engaging partners and stakeholders.


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Early Tour Special: Kawazu Cherry Blossom 2019
Good morning to all of you and good News it is:
This is our first early tour in 2019, a special 6 days / 5 nights from Tokyo to the Izu Peninsula's best sights where we will enjoy the famous Kawazu Cherry Blossom, a wonderful sight and in full bloom about 2 months earlier than the more common cherry blossoms in Japan.. The town holds its Cherry Blossom festival every year from around february 10th through march 10th, there are food stalls with japanese delicacies everywhere, the whole area is lit up at night and more than a million visitors yearly come to Kawazu in spring for these 4 weeks, mainly for the Cherry Blossom but also for the hot springs and the famous Nanadaru 7 Water Falls and weekends are particularly crowded.
Our monday to saturday tour starts and ends in Tokyo, stops in Odawara for the castle, then Atami seaside spa and Jogasaki Kaigan cliffs. Next visit will be little known Inatori area for some nice roads and a visit to the local shrine, then its time to enjoy Kawazu's attractions. We will stay the first 3 days close to Kawazu and Shimoda which also is next on our list, a picturesque and peaceful little town with its famous black ships, the Perry Road, Okichi saga and the view from Nesugata peak before cruising along some serene beaches to Cape Irozaki, at times extremely windridden and we likely have to rigidly secure our helmets and belongings to the bikes, we lost already one Shoei helmet with Sena 20 there last year into the ocean..This is the most southern point of Izu and we take a walk to the quaint beautiful little shrine on top of the narrow cliffs and may as well board a little boatcruise if wished and make a short hop into the Pacific Ocean to the monkey island just ahead. From there our destination points north right along the coast to Matsuzaki and Dogashima with its famous caves, well worth a visit and already we hope to have the first beautiful panoramas of the Suruga Bay with Mount Fuji in the background, around this time of the year the views are usually unobstructed and wonderful. It remains to be seen and is doubtful – its february after all – whether weather allows us to go further north up to Mount Fuji and if so as we are very close already we will do it but usually we see old hot springs town Shuzenji as our last warm-up destination before slowly going back to Tokyo.
Dates: departure and return both Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Tour 1: feb 18 through feb 23, 2019 german, english
Tour 2: feb 25 through march 2, 2019 english, german
Minimum participants: does not apply; own members enjoy to go anyhow
Maximum participants: 6 motorcyles, single rider or double occupancy ok
License requirements: Japan accepted unrestricted, unlimited motorcycle license
Included: Touring Motorcycles, insurance, highway fees, gasoline, meals, accomodation.
Not included fees are just for: possible cable car or boat cruise trips.
Weather notice: expected to be reasonably good for touring ( 2018 was excellent) but it gets cold in the evenings, so do not forget warm clothing, please.
Luggage notice: on board panier cases and top cases included as well as possibility to leave luggage at motorcyle rental house until return.
Service car: not included but on stand-by at Adachi Motors in western Tokyo
The supplied pictures show some destinations of this tour.
Inquiries and questions: email@example.com
Motorcycles supplied and on hold from: www.tokyorentals.co.jp
Bookings: through email only to email@example.com
One motorcycle / Single participant / Single room: 1180 USD
One motorcyle / two participants / Double room: 1530 USD


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Governing Bodies
UEFA in no mood for compromise with FIFA over World Cup plan
FIFA will hold a global summit next week to discuss their plans for holding the World Cup every two years but their biggest opponent, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, shows no sign of backing down.
Ceferin said his organisation had no agreed strategy for Monday's meeting, suggesting it would not be a defining moment in the process.
"As much as we know FIFA is still pursuing the project, then there are some signals are coming from different sides that they might not pursue it till the end," the UEFA chief told a news conference.
"We don't have a particular strategy. For Monday, it will be 211 federations, that means 500 people at the videoconference. I don't expect something very deep.
"But we will listen and we'll see and we'll act accordingly. But for now, we don't even have the agenda for Monday. The only thing we know is that it's called 'Future of Football', which can mean a lot and can mean nothing," he said.
Victor Montagliani, a key ally of FIFA president Gianni Infantino and head of CONCACAF, which governs the game in North and Central America and the Caribbean, told Reuters earlier this month that he was leaning towards a compromise solution.
Montagliani floated the idea of a revamped version of the old Confederations Cup, or a global version of the Nations League concept, as alternatives to a biennial World Cup.
But Ceferin said that he had not seen concrete proposals or details of the idea.
"I'm quite fed up of hearing proposals or reading about proposals in the media," he said.
"I might be naive but I still hope that we will start speaking with some documentation, with some concrete proposals, with some serious ideas and not wait until the morning when the newspapers come to see what is the new proposal of some of our colleagues," he added.
Ceferin said he hoped that FIFA and the confederations could begin to focus on the future shape of the international match calendar, which needs to be agreed upon for the post-2024 period.
"The problem is that everything is interconnected. We get proposals for different competitions and that's why the discussions about the international match calendar are delayed all the time.
"We haven't even started to discuss about the calendar because of all those ideas that happened. I hope that we start discussing about the international match calendar immediately after New Year," he said.


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A grocery store that just opened in Sandy Springs in 2021 is now closing. Lidl, located at 6331 Roswell Road in a center currently known as City Center Crossing, opened January 20, 2021, and is due to close July 31, according to employees at the store. The nearly 28,000 square foot store opened in a large and heavily renovated portion of a onetime Marshalls that itself relocated to nearby Hammond Exchange.
The Sandy Springs Lidl store was adjacent to a Trader Joe's-anchored shopping center, across from an Aldi, with Publix, Kroger, and Whole Foods stores surrounding it not far away.
City Center Crossing, which was purchased this past September by First National Realty Partners, is slated to welcome a new Planet Fitness September 13.
Germany-based Lidl, which has US headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, continues to expand in the U. S. while at the same time "optimizing its store fleet" by selectively closing certain under-performing stores. In addition to the Sandy Springs closure, Lidl stores in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and Danville, Virginia, both of which opened in 2017 during the grocer's first wave of American openings, are slated to close July 31. Earlier this year, the grocer also closed a store in Thomasville, North Carolina and in 2020 closed stores in Havelock and Shelby, North Carolina.
In response to the closure in Sandy Springs, a company representative had this to say:
"We conduct periodic store performance evaluations in all of our markets, and we made the difficult decision to close the Sandy Springs store. This was an underperforming location within our strongly growing store network and we made a strategic decision to close this location so we can focus on the locations where we are seeing significant growth. We are grateful for all the customers who have made Lidl their go-to grocery choice in the area and we hope to see them at our other stores that we operate in the area, or others we plan to open in the future."
Despite the closures, the grocer is committed to competing in metro Atlanta and the US market and has several stores in its pipeline for the greater metro Atlanta area in the coming months and years.
Lidl will on August 17 open its latest Atlanta area store at 1855 Memorial Drive in Kirkwood. ToNeTo Atlanta first reported on the planned store October 19, 2019. The new store will mark the grocer's 17th store in Georgia. In addition to Kirkwood, the grocer is planning to open several other new locations in metro Atlanta including those planned for Ponce de Leon Avenue near Ponce City Market, Lawrenceville Highway near Decatur, Woodstock, Cumming and Norcross, among others.
In addition, the company recently "went vertical" on their 925,000 square foot, $100 million distribution center in Covington. The project, first announced in 2017, was originally to be constructed in Cartersville, but was switched to Covington in early 2020. No doubt delayed by supply chain issues, the project is now on track to open in late 2023 or early 2024, according to a source familiar with the grocer's plans.
Are you surprised to see Lidl close its Sandy Springs store? If you live in the area, where do you do the majority of your grocery shopping? What would you like to see open in place of Lidl in Sandy Springs?
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On the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the world's largest artificial islands are under construction. These include Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali, Deira Islands, and The World islands.
Dubai is the most populous city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates.
The city is a favorite destination among wealthy tourists, and the islands were constructed in order to create more coastal real estate.
Creation of the islands began in 2001, but so far only the Palm Jumeirah has been completed. With land area of over 1,380 acres (5.6 square kilometers / 2.2 square miles), the Palm Jumeirah is currently the largest artificial island in the world.
These are not the only examples of innovative land reclamation in the UAE. Other major projects in Dubai include Bluewaters Island (home of the Dubai Eye, the world's largest observation wheel), and the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah (a world-famous luxury hotel that was built on its own artificial island).
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This season Essie is all about a modern woman who wants to look like near-royalty on a daily basis, desiring only the richest of colours like shimmering ruby, regal cobalt blue, and classic silver, featured in the winter collection.
Usually when you think of the winter season, one tends to gravitate towards a darker colour palette, but Essie brings a gutsy vibrant range of tones for a gutsy woman who demands perfection in her manicure. Featuring not one, but three different reds, one glittery like Dorothy's ruby slippers called "Leading Lady", one brilliantly scarlet called "She's Pampered", and a vermillion, slightly kissed with a drop of orange called "Snap Happy."
On the cooler side of the collection, an almost Tiffany-looking turquoise colour calls out to the royal in us with a cheeky name "Where's My Chauffeur," while a bold cobalt "Butler Please" is the prefect fit for almost any outfit choice for the chillier days, and a glittery multi-dimensional metallic glitter called "Beyond Cozy," is sure to make you feel warm and fuzzy like you favourite cashmere sweater.
In the spirit of good grooming, Essie celebrates a woman's right to self-indulgence at the chillier time of year, and we personally can't wait to start indulging come November when the collection hits stores.


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The legal age for alcohol consumption across the United States was raised in 1984 under the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which blackmailed states into raising their drinking ages to 21, or lose federal highway funding. The pious idiots at MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) who helped to influence the passing of the legislation, and have morphed from a 'concerned group' to a neurotic bunch of Carrie Nations.
Restricting the drinking age to 21 and over an absolute failure. If 'underage' people want to drink, there's no shortage of ways to get alcohol. Trust me.
First of all, the fallacy of reducing highway fatalities is horseshit. A good number of non-alcohol-related accidents among teenagers have increased due to driving inexperience, not alcohol. In reality, the alcohol-related accidents with 21-24 year olds, has increased.
Secondly, there are so many reasons why the law discriminates against (otherwise) legal 18 year olds.
At the age of 18 one can own property, run for public office, vote, marry without parental consent, be held accountable in the eyes of the law as an adult especially with regard to felonies, and last but certainly not least, serve in the armed forces to fight for this country. They're good enough to pick up a rifle, drive a tank, fire artillery, and operate equipment worth millions of dollars while engaging the enemy on fields of battle, but according to the MADD-ass-kissing morons in the government, they can't be trusted with alcohol.
That's bullshit on stilts.
If the 18-20 year olds in this country decide to band together against this lunacy, it will change in a heartbeat. Get. Out. The. Vote.
Join in the petition drive:
Launched in July 2008, the Amethyst Initiative is made up of chancellors and presidents of universities and colleges across the United States. These higher education leaders have signed their names to a public statement that the 21 year-old drinking age is not working, and, specifically, that it has created a culture of dangerous binge drinking on their campuses.
The Amethyst Initiative supports informed and unimpeded debate on the 21 year-old drinking age. Amethyst Initiative presidents and chancellors call upon elected officials to weigh all the consequences of current alcohol policies and to invite new ideas on how best to prepare young adults to make responsible decisions about alcohol use.


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If you do not meet current NHS England criteria you may choose to have the procedure carried out at our private Facility, The Cobham Suite. We are aware that funding support differs dependant on the area that you live (currently around 40% of Cobham patients fund their own treatment) and the Cobham team offer you the same gastric surgery options at a competitive cost.
We are happy to give guide prices to patients over the telephone. As prices differ, dependant on the pre-operative investigation you require we cannot confirm the total cost until after your initial consultation.
For most procedures we can give a fixed price package. Fixed price packages include accommodation, ward drugs and dressings, theatre fees, any prosthesis used, pre-operative investigations and in patient investigations, food, physiotherapy, consultant's fee for your surgery and your anaesthetist's fee.
Should you leave hospital sooner than expected there will be no refund, however if your Consultant feels that it is necessary for you to stay in longer than expected for treatment directly related to your surgery you will not be charged extra. Please note that treatment for conditions other than the one you have been admitted for will be charged for in addition.
If you need to stay in hospital for longer than your expected date and we are able to accommodate you, or if your stay is extended due to social circumstances you will be charged extra at the standard clinic rate
About Your Stay
When visiting the Cobham Clinic you will receive a warm welcome from our friendly and efficient staff. We will do all we can to make sure your stay is completely comfortable and you are given no additional stress or anxiety.
You should pack a bag and include a night gown/pyjamas, toiletries, slippers and a dressing gown. If you have forgotten any items, the staff will be happy to help you. We ask that if you are taking any medication, please bring it with you.
If you are having a general anaesthetic or any type of sedation you must not drive yourself to or from the hospital. It is recommended that you do not drive for 24 hours following the administration of these.
You will be asked to sign a registration payment form when you arrive and also if you are self-funding to make your payment. If your admission is covered by health insurance, please bring your policy details and authorisation with you. You must contact your insurance company prior to your admission to receive the authorisation to proceed with your treatment. If you need any help at all with this, our finance staff will be pleased to assist you.
Each individual room is comfortably furnished and has its own bedside telephone. You will also find a flat screen television mounted conveniently on the wall with Freeview channels. Most of our ensuite bathrooms are wet rooms which make showering following surgery easy and convenient. We provide each bathroom with towels and complimentary toiletries.
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Metro Collegiate Baseball attends PGA Reach Fund Raiser Dinner
On Sunday, June 28th a contingent from St. Louis Metro Collegiate Baseball attended the Gateway Section of PGA Reach Dinner Auction. The event was hosted by Gateway Section President and Honorary Metro Collegiate Chairman and great friend, Ozzie Smith.
Pictured Left to Right: Dave McFarland, Marty Stein, Dwight "Doc" Gooden, Adam Stahl and #1, Osborne Earl Smith.
Along with Ozzie and "Doc" were other special guests, Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson.


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An employer's expectation that an employee will work long hours may be a provision, criterion or practice subject to the reasonable adjustment duty.
This is so even if the employee is not ordered to work them nor coerced in the sense of being deprived of any real choice.
The Court of Appeal so held in United First Partners Research v Carreras, www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2018/323.html
The claimant was an analyst. He had a cycling accident, and when he returned to work he experienced dizziness, fatigues and headaches. He initially worked a maximum of eight hours a day, but the employer then started asking him to work later in the evenings. When he agreed (despite finding the longer hours difficult) an expectation began to develop that he would do so.
By the time he resigned, there was an assumption he would be working one or two evenings a week, with the employer asking him which nights he would be working late rather than whether he was prepared to work at all.
The Court of Appeal held this was was a provision, criterion or practice subject to the reasonable adjustment duty under the Equality Act 2010.
More: Examples of reasonable adjustments>Expectation of long hours.


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Quality Care When You Can't Be There
Let us take your dog on an excursion to the Greenbelt or Lady Bird Lake. Perfect for the active dog who needs extra outside time to keep them physically and mentally healthy and happy.
Depending on your needs, our services can include:
- Walks in your neighborhood
- Playtime
- Administer medications
- Poop scoop the yard
- Clean the litter box
- Feed meals/freshen water bowls
- Turning lights on and off
- Water plants
- Bring in mail
- Lots of love, petting and one-on-one attention
Doggie Excursion Rates: $45/excursion
** holiday fees are $7 on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas


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There are quite a few RVparks near Picacho, AZ and Casa Grande, AZ. Some of the parks are alongside I-10 and a major shipping train line and if you read RV Park Reviews, they talk about the terrible noise from the roadway and trains. We've seen some of the parks and most of them have zero trees, just RV's lined up and jammed in together. Not this one!
This is a quiet park even though it's close to I-10.There is very little train noise to speak of. It has mature trees for shade, lots of shrubbery that deadens the traffic noise, and we think it's very quiet for being so close to the highway. The lots are VERY spacious and there's plenty of room between you and your neighbor. There is a horse ranch next door, and if you had horses, you can board them there and use their arena, covered stalls or take lessons or practice roping, with training from a nationally known roper, George Aros, (the fellow that owns the ranch). The only drawback to this park would be if it got very windy. There would be a mini dust storm in the park! We haven't had any problems with that since we've been here for a few days. There is a terrific little chuckwagon restaurant on the premises, with some of the best tasting steaks we've ever had! We've tried them twice now for the steak specials and each time it was delicious! They cook outdoors on a grill using pecan wood fires....m-m-m-m-m, makes my mouth water just thinking about it. Wednesday nights are spaghetti nights, and Friday night is fish night. The steak filet for 9.99, the one night they ran a special, was out of this world!
Welcome to our newest followers, Streaming with Joe and Buddy, who retire in two days! Yahoo! Congratulations!
There's some interesting stuff to see in Picacho, home of Picacho Peak and a state park...we'll tell you more tomorrow, we're heading to the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich ranch...see you then!


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usethings friends will know how seldom we introduce a new product. It's our selection criteria, there aren't many things out there that meet our expectations.
We are excited today to receive our first order of hand made millet brooms from the Tumut Broom Factory, who have been making brooms in Australia since 1946. We love continuity of production and the retention of skills in these fantastic brooms made from renewable materials.
We've got a 7-tie woolshed broom for outdoors and a lighter 6-tie for home. Also some neat little hand-whisks.
Drop by our store in Templeton St to have a look at a real broom.


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Look at that. Several days in a row without rain! This, after January set a record for rainfall in the fifty-two years of rainfall record keeping on Gabriola. We had over 220mm of rain last month—42mm in just two days!
Last night I went to Eoin's and François' new home for dinner. Sheba came and loved her time with their two Whippets, Walnut and Clovis, and I enjoyed meeting another Gabriolan—Puyming, my hosts' neighbour. We had a great night together eating cassoulet. Yum! Eoin and François are fabulous hosts and exquisite cooks. It's intimidating to be their guest when it comes to returning the favour.
Today I've shopped, cleaned, baking and had a migraine in advance of tonight's Turner dinner party. I got so warm from the activity and from putting a large log on the fire that I had to open the doors and windows.
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Although it may be hard to see because the signs of life are small, the photos above show you my Azalea about to burst it's buds, my Clematis leaves and the Narcissus coming up in one garden; I have Narcissus and Croci everywhere in my garden. And when you realize this growth emerged in January, it's tough to comprehend. I suspect Spring will be coming early and will be glorious.
I can hardly wait for tomorrow and a day of reading and doing yard work in sunshine. My new car tent has arrived and I will likely try to erect it so that my fabulous little car (a convertible) is protected from the rain and ultra-violet and infra-red rays of the sun.


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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now requires that all trucks electronically submit manifests that provide data on both the cargo and carrier prior to arriving at the border. Previously drivers would hand paperwork to CBP personnel at the border and wait while it was processed.
As CBP explains, "Requiring manifest information to be submitted electronically greatly reduces the potential for errors and improves efficiency, resulting in faster border crossings for legitimate carriers. With e-manifests, time-consuming paper processes are eliminated, truckers spend less time waiting at the border, and goods make their way to market faster—all of which provide positive economic benefits for both the United States and Mexico."
Since the beginning of the year electronic filing of manifests has grown from 5,500 in January to 32,000 in March within the border states of Arizona, California, Texas and New Mexico.


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If no further legal challenges happen, the law goes into effect May 5, according to is Jessie Hill, cooperating attorney for the ACLU of Ohio. Also, because women are not required — now or after the new law — to share any reason for having an abortion, it is not clear what the final impact will be.
Pregnant women face no criminal liability under the law. Under the law signed by former Gov. John Kasich in 2017, a doctor commits a crime if they perform an abortion after they are aware that the woman is seeking an abortion because of a diagnosis, or possibility of a diagnosis, of Down syndrome.
Doctors could face a fourth-degree felony charge, lose their medical license, and be held liable for legal damages.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, split 9 to 7, said the law survived the "undue burden test" and because it "imposes no substantial obstacle on a woman's right to an abortion" and furthers what the court listed as three legitimate interests: protecting Down syndrome community from what the state perceives as discriminatory abortions; defending families from coercive health care practices that encourage Down syndrome-selective abortions; and "protecting the integrity and ethics of the medical profession by preventing doctors from becoming witting participants in Down-syndrome selective abortions."
Reuters noted that another federal appeals court declared a similar Arkansas law unconstitutional, and the split could prompt the Supreme Court to take up the issue.
Judge Bernice Donald in a dissent called the law "the long-arm of the state — wielding the threat of a class-four felony — forcefully reaching into a profoundly intimate conversation between doctor and patient and telling the patient to be silent about her medical history or worse, purposefully lie about it."
Following the decision, Mike Gonidakis, president of Ohio Right to Life, said the organization was "elated" with the decision.
"The eugenic practice of singling out human lives for death because of a Down syndrome diagnosis has no place in our society. This court ruling brings us one step closer to ensuring that vulnerable babies with special needs are not marked for death because of who they are," Gonidakis said.
Kersha Deibel, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region, and Iris Harvey, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, said in a joint statement that families do not need lawmakers intruding and passing judgment on their medical decisions.
"Lawmakers should focus their attention on promoting laws that strengthen the health and rights of Ohioans and their families, rather than attempting to shame people for their private medical decisions," they stated.
This follows a series of recent legal action over state abortion laws passed over the years by the Republican-controlled Ohio General Assembly.
On April 7, a judge temporarily blocked an Ohio ban on the use of telemedicine for medication abortions as a suit challenging the law's constitutionality proceeds. The law was set to take effect April 12.
The week prior, a same judge delayed enforcement of law requiring fetal remains from surgical abortions be cremated or buried.
Associated Press contributed to this story.
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As the United States begins to emerge from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare landscape that was already undergoing digital transformation (DX) is significantly moving in acceleration mode. IDC stated that "in response to the global pandemic, healthcare and life science organizations experienced 2 years of DX in 2 months.1" The urgency toward a more connected and digital experience in healthcare has accelerated at a staggering pace. Virtual care or telehealth, touchless registration, AI and cloud technologies have all taken their rightful place as the current technology leaders, and are transforming the face of healthcare delivery, as well as healthcare IT, in the US and beyond. Recent goals from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are also driving the industry with key standards for improved interoperability. With all of the recent advances in healthcare technology and updates on policies, however, there is still much to accomplish.
Because of its highly regulated nature and decades of deeply rooted administrative processes, healthcare continues to be an industry that has difficulty in breaking from its past. Walk into any hospital, physician practice or long-term care facility and you are likely to find a piece of outdated technology hard at work – the fax machine. Fax continues to be the most common form of data interoperability in healthcare. However, the workflow around the fax machine tends to be manual, time-consuming, costly, and the fax output may be of low quality and incomplete. All these factors snowball into additional operational costs and increased staff and patient frustration. Further, there can be increased vulnerabilities and risks from potential data breaches and HIPAA violations, if for example, the document falls into the wrong hands. So how can healthcare providers move toward a more electronic means of sharing protected health information (PHI)?
Exchanging patient information across care settings (from the hospital to a rehab center during a care transition as an example), as well as across disparate IT systems, such as electronic healthcare record (EHR) systems, has been a persistent challenge for healthcare organizations, and stands as the primary reason that the fax machine continues to prevail and interoperability remains elusive. However, as DX has become a must-have, the need for rapid, secure and meaningful data exchange is beginning to accelerate as well. Interoperable exchange was a key objective within the Meaningful Use program, which was part of the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) to drive adoption of EHRs. The Meaningful Use program was recently updated and renamed Promoting Interoperability, underscoring the importance of interoperable exchange in healthcare, and a critical component of digital transformation.
Over the past few years, Konica Minolta has introduced customers, particularly those in the extended care setting, such as skilled nursing, rehab, home health and others, to a concept known as Direct Secure Messaging, supported by the DirectTrust™ network, a HIPAA-compliant and healthcare standards-based method of exchanging PHI as an alternative to fax. The extended care market, while quickly adopting healthcare IT, still tends to lag their acute care referral partners in technology use, primarily because they were not included in the Meaningful Use incentive program, thus creating a greater digital divide and complicating interoperability objectives. To address this challenge, Konica Minolta has developed a bundled solution specifically tailored for extended care organizations, which brings together our award-winning multifunction printers (MFPs) with Direct Secure Messaging, advanced MFP security settings and searchable PDF capabilities and professional services. The Healthcare MFP bundled solution is powered by Kno2 Connected™ and offers the capability to send Direct messages right from the MFP, and through a portal, users have the ability to send outbound and receive inbound Direct messages in a structured or semi-structured format that is more easily consumable by EHRs. By using this means of exchange, our customers can more precisely track PHI message transmissions via a dashboard, minimize HIPAA breach exposure and bridge the digital divide by addressing the need for interoperable exchange and longitudinal care. Direct messaging has seen substantial growth over the past 18 months, with over 1 billion messages sent in that time, according to Direct Trust, a national healthcare standards association committed to the development and promotion of interoperable exchange, and an organization that Konica Minolta is proud to be associated with as corporate member and sponsor.2
With all of its shortfalls, fax continues to be the most common form of PHI exchange. And while its elimination and replacement by alternative technologies is an ambitious goal, it's happening at a gradual and measured pace. Therefore, Konica Minolta offers a seamless transition – HIPAA-compliant cloud fax as part of our Dispatcher Suite of solutions, as well as fax server solutions to minimize reliance on standalone analog fax machines.
Additionally, through All Covered, our IT Services division, the Healthcare IT consulting practice offers interoperability and integration services to assist all sizes and types of healthcare organizations to more effectively close interoperability gaps, whether through connections to health information exchanges, or by developing HL7 (Health Level 7) integrations between disparate healthcare IT systems.
The urgency of the global pandemic shed light on the limits of outdated, legacy technology but also on the importance of digital transformation. The DX journey in healthcare is well underway, and with the added drivers of consumerism and growing competition, Interoperable exchange is a high priority and an essential building block to move key initiatives forward. At Konica Minolta, we work with and support our customers in advancing their initiatives with actionable data, bridging their digital divide and realizing and intelligently acting on their DX objectives for better outcomes and increased value.
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Toddler loses life in car accident
Eileen van der Schyff
A two-year-old girl passed away at the scene of a vehicle accident 2km from Usakos on route to the North on Saturday, 3 August.
The two-year-old Andrea Pawa Jason was the only one of eight passengers who passed away. A 34-year-old woman, who sustained serious injuries lost control of the Isuzu pick-up she was driving when she went around a gentle curve which resulted in the pick-up overturning. They were on their way to the North for a holiday. Among the serious injured were a 4-year-old girl, 5-year-old boy, 9-year-old girl and a 19-year-old girl. Two passengers, a 4-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy escaped unscathed. The injured were taken to the Usakos state hospital for treatment. The body of the little girl was taken to the Walvis Bay Police Mortuary.
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