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'2020 to 2030 Will Be The Decade Of Agri-Tech'
Picture this: remote rural Africa, where communities assiduously farm vast stretches of arable land not knowing anything about digital technology or drones that can transform their lives.
Now picture this: forward-thinking innovators and entrepreneurs who swap the city for the village and lend these communities the tech and savvy to change farming – and their fortunes – forever.
Agriculture, the mainstay of Africa's informal economies, needs a facelift, and some new faces to talk tech to power. Agri-tech is the buzzword, and we profile three innovators spearheading change in their communities. They grew up on these farms, and knowing their earth best, have created the technology they need, in turn revolutionizing agriculture, from the little corners of Africa.
'Clarity From Above'
James Paterson, South Africa
An unidentified flying object hovers over a 150-hectare orange farm in a small town called Clanwilliam in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
It's the first time James Paterson is testing his homemade drone. The object flies over the mountainous terrain offering a bird's eye view, then singles out a tree with stunted growth. The object detects that the tree is not receiving enough water.
The object looks like a prop out of the Transformers movie series. It has eyes too – a camera lens – to monitor what's happening on the ground. Paterson, 29, controls this propeller-enhanced technology using a controller. He is the co-founder and CEO of Aerobotics, a company that interprets satellite and aerial drone analytics to enable farmers.
He calls it "clarity from above".
The drone space in Africa has significantly developed over the years, and the view from below has certainly changed too. In Rwanda, drones are a common sight, famously used to deliver blood and medical supplies to remote areas, and here in this small South African farm, it's being used to improve the way we grow food.
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Aerobotics' core mandate is to provide data on tree crops, enabling farmers with information on disease, pests and water usage. They are able to tell the farmers if a tree lacks nutrition and what it needs.
"Find one small thing that is going to improve the farmers' life and then focus on that," says Paterson.
"Instead of just giving the farmer a picture or a map, we give him exactly what's going on with the tree and we can track that over time."
He believes this would be useful in areas such as Cape Town with the ongoing water crisis.
He co-founded the company with Benji Meltzer in 2014 after they built drones in Paterson's garage. Paterson, who grew up on a fruit farm, had always loved aeronautics. Meltzer is also the Chief Technology Officer of Aerobotics.
Now, he is able to merge farming and tech into something he enjoys doing on a daily basis; running an aeronautical company providing farm analytical services.
"Some farmers… like the older way of doing things."
But running the company hasn't always been easy. Apart from competing with drone companies providing similar services, their biggest challenge has been trying to convince farmers to use their product.
"Some farmers… like the older way of doing things," says Paterson.
"But even then, after we have met with them and we show them what that can do, they can really understand this is something that can help them on the farm."
Currently, they have over 200 clients in countries such as the United States, Russia and South Africa.
Paterson has been one of the few to benefit from drone innovation in agriculture. He says he and the team were the only South African startups amongst 24 companies around the world to be part of Google's Launchpad Accelerator in San Francisco early this year.
They have also secured an R8 million ($663,000) fund from two venture capital firms who Paterson says saw the benefit of their software for farmers. They are currently undergoing a new round of funding.
Aerobotics' Chief Financial Officer, Timothy Willis, believes that technology in farming can assist in better risk mitigation and enhancing efficiencies around yields.
"I think those two things together will add to making a more efficient agricultural sector in Africa," he says.
Five years from now, Paterson predicts drones will become more autonomous.
"In the future, you won't be concerned about the drone, it will just do all the work for you."
Smart Farming
Ndubuisi Ekekwe, Abia State, Nigeria
From a farm in the Abia State of Nigeria, Dr Ndubuisi Ekekwe talks to us about a table.
Not just any table, but a small square-shaped table resting on one leg, which actually is "an electronic farm diary" that records and collects crucial information for farmers.
Ekekwe calls it Zenvus, which he created in 2011. It collects data on the soil's pH, moisture and temperature, and records the sun's intensity and humidity in the air. An inbuilt solar panel charges it.
The device is his contribution to smart farming. It wirelessly transmits the recorded data to a cloud server from which farmers access it on a mobile app and get real-time data.
"2020 to 2030 will be the decade of agri-tech," Ekekwe tells FORBES AFRICA.
Zenvus services corporates, and have supplied to 500,000 farming entities. He says it's currently in a partnership with the government of Cross River State in Nigeria, as well as Abia State.
Ekekwe says he has been approached by a number of international companies wanting to cash in on Zenvus. However, he has been reluctant to sell it.
"Someone wanted to buy Zenvus for $5 million five years ago. I wouldn't even sell it for $15 million, just to tell you the kind of value it has," he says.
For Ekekwe, it's more important to service farmers. To date, he prides himself in having the largest farmers' cooperative in Africa.
"I wouldn't even sell it for $15 million."
Ekekwe grew up as a farm boy in a village called Ovim in Abia State. Growing up, he received distinctions throughout his high school year and went on to acquire an engineering degree, four master's degrees, two doctorates in management and microelectronics, as also a medical robotics degree from the United States.
He chose to move back and stay on in his village.
Ovim is known for the Ajonkwu festival when the Igbo community gather to celebrate the harvesting season.
According to Ekekwe, farmers rely on the moon to obtain a greater yield. As a result, tech for farming isn't something a lot of people in his community are open to.
"Farmers are not literate and that is why we are not selling tech to them, we are selling the service," he says.
According to the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), 65% of Africa's labor force is engaged in agriculture. Despite this, agricultural productivity on the African continent still lags behind significantly compared to other continents. AGRA suggests that farming only accounts for 32% of the continent's GDP. Africa therefore does not reap the benefits of agriculture.
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Ekekwe says the future of Africa is farming. He believes the convergence of tech and agriculture will result in more people wanting a piece of the pie of agri-tech startups and open up more opportunities for Africans across the continent.
'Uber For Farmers'
Brian Bosire, Kisii, Kenya
On a farm in southwestern Kenya, in the small town of Kisii, a field agent reads data off a yellow square-shaped monitor, which has wires running into a smaller device connecting to the soil. It takes him about five minutes to read data regarding the soil's PH, water levels, and disease and pests found on it. In almost two minutes, the data is sent to the farmer.
The field worker's job is done and he looks at his phone to find his next requested farm match.
The device that has helped him is named UjuziKilimo, which is Swahili for 'knowledge farming'. Its founder, 24-year-old Brian Bosire, calls it "an Uber service for farmers", and this on a farm that even Uber might find difficult to access.
The field worker travels to the nearest farmer who has requested his services. This kind of smart farming service costs the Kenyan farmer about $20.
Bosire had always wanted to become a key contributor to Kenya's agricultural industry. He grew up in Kisii, a town known for its highlands and wet weather – favorable climate for farming. Frustrated by the lethargic technological growth in the agricultural space in his town, he sought to create something innovative that would improve the yields for the farmers of Kisii.
"We aren't selling tech, we are selling the solutions," he tells FORBES AFRICA.
Bosire says what he tries to do is become as close to the farmer as possible. As a result, he and his team target small-scale farmers and read data on vegetable crops, maize being one of them. The UjuziKilimo can read data from about five to 10 acres of land. Farmers can request data on their farms by simply sending an SMS so even farmers with the most basic cellular devices can benefit.
"We aren't selling tech, we are selling the solutions."
When Bosire moved to the big city of Nairobi to study, he took advantage of every opportunity to pursue his dreams as an entrepreneur. To date, he has founded three companies, all operating in the tech innovation space, UjuziKilimo one of them.
It's old hat that Kenya, the country which pioneered M-Pesa as one of Africa's leading startups, is home to a lot more players in the tech space. But Bosire says his business is different.
Earlier this year, his other innovation company, HydroIQ, won the Startup of the Year Africa 2018 award. Slightly linked to agri-tech, it's a virtual water network operator which connects water utility companies and water consumers through an online platform. It allows for mobile money payments, data analytics, leakage detections and water use and consumption through sensors that relay information.
All this leads one to believe that the future face of farming in Africa is young.
Bosire hopes UjuziKilimo can grow to reach from 10,000 farmers to over 50,000.
"We want to become the largest data center of agriculture analytics in Africa," he says. Future plans include launching UjuziKilimo in the United Kingdom under the name 'Soil Pal'.
Cyclone Idai Aftermath: No Maize, No Money, No Future
The deadliest African cyclone, to date, tore through Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique in March, leaving a trail of death and destruction. The worst is yet to come for survivors.
The deadliest cyclone to ever hit Africa, Idai, overnight, ripped through Mozambique and then tore into Zimbabwe and Malawi, leaving a long trail of destruction in its wake.
Trees were uprooted, so were people, in the millions.
Roads were washed away, houses destroyed and bridges torn from their edifices. Worst of all, the raging muddy waters killed at least 847 people, affected about two million and destroyed several hundreds of thousands of crops. The devastation caused by the cyclone is almost unimaginable as, in these three countries, bodies could be seen floating in water where there used to be villages.
"This was unimaginable. I am in the military but I have never seen such. People are desperate for help and have lost everything," says Brigadier General Joe Muzvidziwa, who is helping survivors in Zimbabwe.
For those who did survive, the worst is yet to come. Many of them will mourn the deaths of their loved ones on empty pockets and growling stomachs.
The drive to Zimbabwe's hardest hit district, Chimanimani, is long and painful. A mere six days after the furious waters swept away most parts of the villages in the area, the ground is dry but the pain and destruction still palpable.
We struggle to drive into the villages as trees and debris still block the roads and bridges have been decimated.
We continue our journey on foot and meet many with no place to call home. One of them is Tsitsi Mungana.
As we meet, she is trying to climb over a tree blocking the road, to make her way to aid agencies for her first decent meal since Cyclone Idai. She is walking barefoot and is wearing the only dress and doek (headwrap) she now owns. She mutters a few words to herself as tears stream down her cheeks.
"It's been the worst time of my life. I don't know how I am going to move on from this. I don't have anything else left. My husband was swept away by the floods and was found about 10km away… We spent hours looking for my grandson. The rocks which fell off the mountain due to the heavy rains and wind covered his body and it took many people to find him. All our belongings and livestock are also gone," says Mungana as she begins to weep uncontrollably.
She is one of hundreds of families who have lost loved ones, and thousands who are most likely going to starve this year.
According to Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz), Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi will collectively have to import over a million tons of maize this year to feed its people.
He says Zimbabwe's maize imports could reach 900,000 tons in order to meet the annual needs of roughly two million tons a year.
"Meanwhile, Mozambique will most likely double the typical maize import volume of about 100,000 tons a year," he says.
It's going to be hard to find suppliers of maize because the key suppliers, South Africa and Zambia, are expecting low harvests this year.
"If we assume that South Africa's expected production of 10.6 million tons materializes, then the country could have about 1.1 million tons of maize for export markets. A large share of this will, most likely, be destined to the BNLS countries (Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini), thus leaving a small volume for Zimbabwe and Mozambique," Sihlobo says.
There is also very little to be expected from Zambia as the International Grains Council forecasts the country's 2018/19 maize harvest at 2.4 million tons, down by 33% year-on-year. This will be enough only for domestic consumption.
Cyclone Idai also affected trade.
In its wake, according to the UN Economic Commission for Africa Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, the cyclone cost Africa infrastructure worth more than a billion dollars.
Port of Beira, the main corridor for Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Eastern DRC, closed its doors.
"We closed the port two days before the cyclone hit to allow us time to prepare for it by reorganizing and removing all potential hazards. There was a lot of damage to the port. It took another two days to clean up and, at least, make the port accessible. The damage was several millions of dollars. We are currently in talks with insurance to know how much exactly. It will take time and money to fix everything up. We are currently improvising just to make sure business goes on," says Jan de Vries, Managing Director of Port of Beira.
Before this disaster, Beira port controlled 60% of the country's imports and 40% of its exports.
"We handle about 300,000 containers per year and about three million tons of general cargo per year and a lot of fuel but we had to put services on hold… On the first day, it was tough to go around. Nearly all the roads were blocked, to some extent, with trees, electricity cables and many things. There was a lot of destruction. A lot of roofs damaged, buildings completely collapsed. This place looked like a warzone," de Vries says.
He says at the port, roofs, doors and warehouses were destroyed but they are lucky because it is currently low season.
"Electricity supply had been cut off but we are very impressed by the government because power is being restored. Technicians from all over the country are working hard. Major industries have been reconnected and a few residential areas are now being connected. Rail and road infrastructure is also being fixed. Although we have to struggle a bit, we have opened the port and business continues," he says.
The president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) Sifelani Jabangwe says Beira is one of the major ports for the SADC (Southern African Development Community) region and its closure, no matter how short-lived, affected trade.
"Zimbabwe imports fuel and wheat through the Port of Beira. The closure caused a strain on the supply of these two commodities. We had trucks that were stuck in Beira for a number of days. The bigger impact is also on businesses located on the eastern sides of the country, like timber estates, fruit and tea producers, and even the diamond company, in that area, is now revising its targeted output because of the flooding," Jabangwe says.
Henry Nemaire, the Chairman of the CZI Trade Development and Investments Promotion Committee based in Mutare, says most businesses have been severely affected and are looking for funding to rebuild.
"Some businesses are in areas that can't be accessed with 30-ton trucks which they used to move their goods like timber… Power lines are cut off and there are issues around water supply systems which have been damaged. Smaller businesses were the most affected. Most of them are now trying to apply for loans to get new trucks and rebuild so they can get back on track," Nemaire says.
Jabangwe agrees with Nemaire. He says it will be a long and harsh road to recovery.
"We are still waiting for reports from various companies affected by the cyclone which should start coming in soon so we can understand the actual loss that has occurred… there are already teams working with government to import the required maize to feed the country. We need additional support to make sure that people are catered for. We would need to feed people in that area for at least 12 months, which means a full-fledged program has to be put in place," he says.
Cherukai Mukamba, a local smallholder farmer, says he relied on farming to make money. "I would sell maize and chicken, and sometimes cows, to make money to be able to take care of my children. A week before the cyclone, I had hired people who were going to help me with harvesting when the time came," he says.
Like many in this area, Mukamba spent the night fearing for his life and that of his family.
"I was asleep and was woken up by very loud winds that I have never heard before. I went outside to look and right in front of me, was a bus rolling down the mountain. I could hear people scream and it crushed them before my eyes. I tried to go help but it pouring and I could see rocks fall off the mountain right into the fields and I had to go back in the house and say a prayer."
The next day, Mukamba says he woke up to the biggest horror.
"Everything was destroyed; all my crops, livestock and part of my house. I went to check on the bus but didn't find anyone inside. I heard that there had been three people in the bus and their bodies were found over 100km away. I couldn't believe it. It is the worst thing to ever happen to us," he says.
Mukamba's story is one of thousands of stories in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique.
These countries have weathered many storms over the years like Cyclone Leon–Eline and poverty, but this massive natural disaster will go down in history books as the worst and southern Africa will bear its scars for generations to come.
Uganda Sees 11% Growth In Sugar Output This Year
Uganda expects sugar output to rise 11% this year as three mills under construction in the country's northern and eastern regions come online, officials say.
"Production is currently at 450,000 metric tons. When three new factories that are under construction and development start producing, we will go up to a half a million metric tons," Uganda's Trade and Industry Minister Amelia Kyambadde says in an interview with FORBES AFRICA.
The East African country is only able to consume 360,000 tons per year, leaving a surplus for export in a region that's grappling with deficits. Uganda exports sugar to the DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan and Tanzania.
Underpinning the country's sugar sector are millers, including Kakira Sugar Works, the largest producer. Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited – Lugazi and Kinyara Sugar Works are the other largest players.
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While this growth in output is imperative, the government is keen to see diversification in production to include industrial sugar as the country seeks to save its foreign exchange, Kyambadde says.
"I see a bright future," she adds, "but producers also need to diversify and produce the finer sugar. All of them are producing the bigger crystals but finer sugar for production is what we would like them to start producing.
"At the moment, we are importing that finer sugar.
"So that has been our concern with them, that why don't you diversify and start producing the sugar that's ready for production," she says.
But these efforts have largely been stalled by Uganda's high power tariffs, according to Kyambadde.
"They (millers) say from this level, the ordinary sugar, they have to have another line that would make it finer. That means the consumption of power definitely is higher," she says.
"So that is one of the challenges; that the costs of production are so high," she said, adding that new power plants will reduce costs to an ideal five US cents/KW.
Uganda is also looking to establish new laws to govern the sugar sector but disagreements over exclusivity clauses relating to purchase of cane from farmers abound.
In March, President Yoweri Museveni declined to assent to the Sugar Act of 2016 that was passed by Parliament in November last year. His spokesman, Don Wanyama, says the president is concerned about the proximity of millers.
"It's going to antagonize the old sugar players," Wanyama says. "It's (the act) not going to be assented to," he says.
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"We hope this issue will be corrected now that the bill is being sent back to parliament," says Jim Kabeho, the Chairman of Uganda Sugar Manufacturers Association, the largest industry lobby.
"Farming constitutes 60 percent of our costs; yet someone without a single tractor and using cheap old machinery just wants to come and buy from your farmers," he said in a phone interview.
Kabeho, also a director at Kakira and a board member at regional business lobby, the East Africa Business Council, warns that Uganda has lessons to learn from Kenya which allowed "market distortions" in the name of allowing competition only to end up with less production and having to rely on imports.
Yet for Ibrahim Baliitamuto, a cane grower in the eastern district of Mayuge, all that matters is price stability.
"It's very easy to make a fortune from sugarcane if the prices offered by factories are not changed very often," Baliitamuto says.
"You can't tell me about growing maize (corn) when I have a choice of sugarcane."
Kyambadde says in returning the law to parliament, the president was being mindful of the big players.
"He thinks that the output of the small players is negligible, but we are still discussing that," she says.
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Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? They Make Bad Landing Strips For Flies
Scientists are providing new evidence to answer the longstanding question about why zebras have stripes. It appears stripes make terrible landing strips, bamboozling the fierce blood-sucking flies that try to feast on zebras and carry deadly diseases.
Researchers on Wednesday described experiments demonstrating that horse flies have a difficult time landing on zebras while easily landing on uniformly colored horses. In one experiment, the researchers put cloth coats bearing striped patterns on horses and observed that fewer flies landed on them than when the same horses wore single-color coats.
"We showed that horse flies approach zebras and uniformly colored horses at similar rates but that they fail to land on zebras – or striped horse coats – because they fail to decelerate properly, and so fly past them or literally bump into them and bounce off," said behavioral ecologist Tim Caro of the University of California-Davis, lead author of the research published in the journal PLOS ONE.
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Close cousins to horses and donkeys, the world's three zebra species, known for their black-and-white striped bodies, roam Africa's savannas eating a variety of grasses. Their stripe patterns vary among individuals, with no two alike.
There had been four main hypotheses about the advantages zebras accrued by evolving stripes: camouflage to avoid large predators; a social function like individual recognition; thermoregulation, with stripes setting up convection currents along the animal's back; and thwarting biting fly attacks.
"Only the last stands up to scrutiny," Caro said. "Most biologists involved with research on mammal coloration accept that this is the reason that zebras have stripes."
African horse flies carry diseases such as trypanosomiasis and African horse sickness that cause wasting and can be fatal.
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The researchers videoed horse flies as they tried to prey on captive zebras and domestic horses at a livery in North Somerset, England. Stripes did not deter flies from a distance, as they circled horses and zebras at similar rates. But the flies managed to land on zebras less than a quarter as often.
University of Bristol biologist and study co-author Martin How said stripes may dazzle flies somehow once the insects venture close enough to see them with their low-resolution eyes.
"In addition to stripes that prevent controlled landings by horse flies, zebras are constantly swishing their tail and may run off if horse flies do land successfully, so they are also using behavioral means to prevent flies probing for blood," Caro said. -Reuters
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My Vitamix, my son Elias & I have had some time to explore the Green Smoothie World and here is one of my favorite recipes so far: Kale, pear, dates, almonds, avocado, pumpkin seeds, coconut oil, cinnamon, raw cacao and water.
"You have the power to maximize each phase and reduce physical and emotional discomforts by maintaining a healthy, balanced diet and taking vitamins that support your female body. For example, increasing your magnesium intake (via food or supplements), especially in week 4 of your cycle, can significantly reduce cramping, while regular intake of vitamin B6 throughout your cycle can help to minimize bloating."
- Anea Bogue's - 9 things every woman should know about menstruation.
So yes, today's Smoothie is topped with magnesium to support a healthy cycle and, lo and behold, I think I found a mix Elias loves!!
Elias & his friend Fauna enjoying their smoothie...in multiple ways I should say :)
Om Yum!
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Following the Yellow Brick Road: The Lived Journey of Nurses Becoming Nurse Practitioners
Ogle, Kathleen Theresa
Hultgren, Francine H.
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In this phenomenological study, I explore the lived experiences of registered nurses who become nurse practitioners. Text for this study comes from narrative sources such as reflective writings, one-on-one conversations, and group conversations with seven new nurse practitioners. The guiding question for this inquiry is: "What is the lived journey of nurses who become nurse practitioners?" Phenomenological philosophers such as Heidegger, Gadamer, and Casey guide this work. Other authors are drawn upon for grounding the study and to draw out the phenomenon for examination. The six research activities of van Manen (2003) provide the methodological framework for the research. The "yellow brick road" traveled by the registered nurse to nurse practitioner is the metaphor that has revealed itself as we reflect on the journey. Literature from the disciplines of nursing and education, poetry, and narrative accounts complement the stories told by nurse practitioners and open up new ways to think about the lived experience. Stories are the bricks that form the yellow road that lead us to a new way of being. Nurses who become nurse practitioners experience the journey from school to beginning practice and finally to comfort in the new place. Conversations reveal the meaning of the journey. The webs of support woven with other students are found to be very important. Before reaching the end of the road, many detours are encountered that slow, but never stop, the journey. During this journey new nurse practitioners find that the nurse part of nurse practitioner is as important as the new skills they have learned. At the end of the journey they find that the greatest source of strength is from themselves. Both teacher and students are transformed as we travel together on the path. A call is made for a revolution in nursing curriculum as narrative leads to a new way of teaching and learning. The journey reveals a new way of living curriculum and being with students as mentor and teacher.


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6 Early Signs You Have Celiac Disease, According To Experts
One of the most widespread health problems in the U.S. are autoimmune disorders, which the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) estimated affects close to 50 million Americans. To make matters complicated, there are over 100 types of autoimmune disorders that someone can be diagnosed with that all affect different areas of the body, and, that are all accompanied by unique symptoms. Among those, one of the most common kinds of autoimmune diseases is celiac disease, which the Celiac Disease Foundation reported affects at least one percent of people in the U.S.
Celiac disease is triggered by ingesting gluten food products — such as wheat, barley, and rye — and the disorder is so much more than simply having a slight sensitivity or upset stomach. According to Healthline, people with celiac disease can experience painful digestive issues, bloating, nausea, depression, and even iron-deficiency anemia. What's more, The Mayo Clinic reported in 2012 that if celiac disease goes undetected, or is left untreated, "a range of problems may develop as a result of the body's reaction to gluten — from skin rashes and lactose intolerance to infertility, bone weakness, and nerve damage."
The progression and onset of celiac disease can look different for everyone, making it sometimes a difficult illness to diagnose. However, according to medical experts, these six early warning signs of celiac disease are important to look out for if you suspect you may have this autoimmune disorder.
1. Inability To Absorb Nutrients
Dr. Steven Gundry MD, an expert in heart surgery and author of The Plant Paradox, tells Bustle that an inability to absorb nutrients can lead to "failure to gain weight or height," and that will be one of the early signs that someone may be struggling with celiac disease. Again, malabsorption of vitamins and digestive tract damage spurred by celiac disease are possible causes. Similarly, "Celiac disease can significantly reduce vitamin D absorption, leading to premature osteoporosis (bone thinning), and risk of bony fractures," Dr. Colm J. O'Loughlin, a physician with the University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care, who specializes in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, explains.
2. Chronic Digestive Issues
Dr. Gundry explains that constant "diarrhea and/or constipation," is one of the first and foremost symptoms you'll begin to notice if you may have celiac disease. If you are unsure if gluten is the cause of your digestive discomfort, try downloading an app or keeping a food diary to get a better grip on what is triggering your diarrhea or constipation.
3. Abnormal Bowel Movements
Similarly to general digestive issues, your bowel movements — the shape, smell, and consistency — can reveal a lot about your health and any potential health problems. According to Dr. O'Laughlin, "bowel movements that are oily and odorous" could be a sign that of celiac disease.
4. Brain Fog And Headaches
Dr. Gundry says another warning sign you may have this autoimmune disorder is chronic brain fog. In short, brain fog is a term used to describe the cognitive fatigue and impairment many people with chronic illnesses regularly experience. Dr. O'Laughlin says, "Adults with celiac disease may suffer neurologic symptoms such as headaches, paresthesia, and lack of mental 'sharpness.'" Fortunately, studies have shown brain fog improves when people with celiac disease begin a gluten-free diet.
5. Abdominal Pain And Bloating
Dr. O'Laughlin says another indicator you could have celiac disease are the classic symptoms associated with this autoimmune disorder: chronic abdominal pain and bloating. Again, since these are such widespread issues, keeping a food journal could help you determine if food products containing gluten trigger it.
6. Balance Issues & Other Symptoms Of Parkinson's Disease
"Gluten causes tight junctions between the individual cells that line our gut to break apart, releasing gluten and bacterial particles into our body where they are attacked by our immune system — causing serious autoimmune and nervous system diseases," explains Dr. Gundry. Because of this, he says people with celiac disease can present with "Parkinson's-like symptoms" — including cognitive decline, balance and mobility problems, and nerve issues. In fact, a 2014 case study found that switching to a gluten-free diet drastically improved Parkinson's-like symptoms in someone who had celiac disease.
Overall, Dr. Gundry explains, "Celiac is curable by removing gluten and gluten mimics from the diet. [...] Simple blood tests can detect when Celiac disease is in remission, and can be used to guide people's food selection choices."
It may be grueling at times to pinpoint symptoms of celiac disease, especially because the disease presents so uniquely in each and every individual. Yet, being aware of the early signs of this autoimmune disorder, and seeking the help of a physician to manage it, is crucial to ensuring you don't experience irreversible health issues down the road.


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Cooking Matters has received special recognition from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for excellence in nutrition education. The program was also featured by First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign. For more information, visit CookingMatters.org.
1988- Michael Edwards-Pruitt founded Project Open Hand and began preparing and delivering meals to a small group of friends and neighbors struggling with HIV/AIDS.
1995 - Working with a team of nutritionists and dietitians, Open Hand establishes its first 28-day menu rotation
1999 - Meal number 3,000,000 is served.
2000 - Open Hand branches out to include other populations in need (non-HIV related critical illnesses, the disabled, and the homebound elderly).
2005 - Open Hand launches Good Measure Meals, a social entrepreneurship which has become a major success -- introducing a primary revenue source to support the organization.
2012 - Open Hand developed first-ever children's menu, serving over 70,000 healthy breakfasts, lunches, and snacks to an average of 970 at-risk children each day each summer in the metro Atlanta area.
2015 - Open Hand becomes the lead partner for Cooking Matters in the state of Georgia.
mission & vision
As part of our mission to alleviate the burden of hunger, Open Hand works to not only distribute food to those in need, but also to provide evidence-based nutrition education to residents of Metro Atlanta Area.
Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters™
Open Hand Atlanta partners with the national nonprofit Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters, a program that empowers families at risk of hunger to shop for and cook healthy, affordable, and delicious meals.
Cooking Matters is a groundbreaking cookingbased nutrition education program that equips lowincome individuals with the skills, confidence and knowledge needed to prepare, healthy, tasty meals on a limited budget.
The free six-week hands-on courses, guided grocery store tours and interactive demos, taught by
Open Hand staff, dietitians and volunteers focus on
cooking technique, food safety, nutrition and food budgeting.
This material was funded by USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program- SNAP-Ed.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Increasing their confidence to make healthy, affordable meals Providing easy to use educational tools
Teaching participant to identify whole grains, create grocery lists, read food labels, and compare unit prices
Addressing cooccurring issues of obesity, food insecurity and other nutritionrelated diseases by providing nutrition education and skillbased instruction
Improving their ability to manage food resources
no kid hungry
Cooking Matters plays an essential role in Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Campaign. The No Kid Hungry Campaign connects children at risk of hunger to the healthy foods they need by increasing access to public food and nutrition programs.


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This Land Is Our Land
Land is not mine or yours or theirs or ours. Land belongs to God, who gifts it to us, who lets us dwell in places. No one wins when we steal God's land from one another.
Powers and Principalities
Put on the full armor of God in the struggle against evil. Just be sure it's God's Adversary you're struggling against, and not God's children.
Stubborn Loyalty
What if—instead of quitting the communities that fail us (church, PTA, book club)—we practice stubborn loyalty, trusting that the crucible will make us all stronger and gentler?
Active Ingredient
Gratitude challenges the status quo and disrupts injustice. Gratitude calls us into a new way of living and being, for the healing of the world.
The Facebook Creep
Anger is a valid emotion, yet stewing in anger can eat away at our wholeness. Stewing in anger through Facebook creeping can hurt our journeys toward healing.
The Power of Being Prayed For
Thoughts and prayers get a bad rap these days, but being prayed for is very powerful when we feel disconnected and disempowered. What might happen if you ask for prayer?
Don't Kill the Messenger
When something stresses me out, my inclination is to ignore it. But when the smallest provocation angers me, it's a sure sign that there's a reality I am trying to deny.
Bed Bugs
When Jesus said, "Do not store up treasures on earth," I don't think he wasn't talking about people who live on little. Jesus was talking to the pampered people, like me.
The beauty of the Holy Trinity is that it pushes us past definitions for God—beyond protector God, beyond tangible Jesus, beyond surprising Spirit. Because we need them all.
Doubting Your Doubt
Is doubt to be accepted or rejected in faith? When does doubt indicate humility, the willingness to be wrong? And when doubt mask as fear, the unwillingness to take risks in faith?


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>In the garden
|I knew there was a Goldcrest somewhere around the house as I had heard it around but this was the first time I saw it land at the feeders. Luckily I had my camera in hand. Very happy to finally see it.
King of the garden. Always guarding the bird table for all he's/she's worth.
The fat ball destroyers. A bunch of these can take a cage full of fat balls apart in a matter of minutes.
Always scouring the lawn for tasty morsels. Often seen tossing dead leaves over to find small insects.
They arrive in gangs this time of year and disappear as swiftly as they arrived.


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Hi, I'd like to use portfolio posts as well as the standard blog but I'm a little confused. Without Jetpack enabled, there was already a 'Portfolio' item on my dashboard but after enabling Jetpack I see an additional and separate 'Portfolio' item.
Is the non-Jetpack Portfolio a standard feature of X-theme or Wordpress? If this already exists, do I even need Jetpack? Specifically I would like to display some specific portfolio items as a tiled/masonry gallery on my frontpage, but I'm not sure if that would be a Jetpack thing, an X-theme thing, or a Wordpress/3rd party thing.
Please help me understand. If I can do this with Jetpack's Portfolio disabled, all the better! I'm just confused which one I should be using.
Hey there,
X has its own Portfolio post type and Jetpack might have its own similar post type. I recommend you disable Jetpack's.
Displaying specific Portfolio items in your front page is not a featured offered out of the box in X though. For that, you'll need to use either the Essential Grid or The Grid plugin. Both comes bundled with X. Please see the links below for more information.
For more details about X Portfolio, please see https://theme.co/apex/forum/t/features-portfolios/98. You can see one of the X Portfolio demo at http://demo.theme.co/integrity-1/portfolio/ just in case you might want to set it up.
Apologies for not thanking you before - I've only just seen your reply. I figure that out myself in the end but thank you very much for your help.
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First Empty, Then Fill
A Sales Manager visited a Zen Master, seeking help to improve his skills. The Master listened to him; then asked one of his disciples to fetch tea for the visitor. A pot of tea and two cups on a tray, were placed before the Master. Looking intently at the Sales Manager, the Zen Master poured tea into one of the cups. He poured and continued to pour until the cup was full and tea spilled over. The Manager drew the attention of the Master to the tea spilling over; but the Master would not stop. Soon the pot was empty and there was much tea on the tray; the cup was brimming. The Master spoke with compassion: "My son, your mind is like this cup which is full of tea. It can hold no more. Empty your mind and become like this second empty cup. Then come back and I will fill it for you."
In some ways, we parents are like the Sales Manager. We think we know; we believe we have the right parenting skills.
More often than not, we have to unlearn and relearn; empty
and then fill.
Parenting Highs by Rudolph Lambert
At dinner, my wife Lissy and I, usually play a game that keeps the children happily engaged. Sometimes, it is guessing a favourite movie, at other times it is guessing the name of an animal. The other night, Lissy popped the question – what gives you, what will give you the greatest joy? All of us had a shot at answering: "Being with the family", "seeing everyone's smiling face"….When it came to our 8-year old son, Augustus, he said, literally jumping in his chair and beaming from ear to ear: "Being able to see God face to face!"
Lissy and I were stunned into silence, bathed in an incandescence that we were not used to. The purity and spontaneity with which those words came bubbling from his lips, was more than we could handle. The certainty with which he said it put him on par with the angels. For us, the shock was especially so, because we have seen him ogle at the might of dinosaurs, gape at gigantic robots, marvel at toys with gadgets and more than relish a delicious meal. We had imagined his eyes would be turned elsewhere. The poverty of our image of him!
It was clear to us that minute, how blessed we were to have innocence walk among us. Our hearts flooded with joy at the thought of our little son drawing his happiness from the highest source, drawing his water from the deepest well. We can only pray on bended knee that God gives us the grace and the faith to aspire to that state. We pray that our son will hold fast to this desire as he grows into adolescence and later adulthood, when other "joys" will bid for his attention. We hope that he will see them for the imposters they are and cling to this joy of joys as long as he lives. We also pray that his little sister 4-year old Ramona, will learn from him the simplicity of hungering only for the Bread of life and thirsting only for the Living water.
Missionary Mother
A twelve year old girl was to write an essay on a Missionary she knew. Mother Teresa came to her mind, but she could not go beyond the missionary's name because she knew very little of her life. She kept looking, but found none until it occurred to her that there was one at home - her mother. So she decided to write on her mother. Thoughts flooded her mind. Then putting pen to paper, she let those thoughts flow. Her mother was not selfish, she stressed. Never did she put herself before her family. Her mother took great care of her in health and illness. What really stood out was her never ending love, expressed in so many ways. She would not say an unkind word or act rudely. Gently she corrected her daughter, when she had to. She did not rush off to parties and friends, but was always 'there' for her and her father. Her spirit of sacrifice was amazing. Her life was a lesson. Truly, she concluded, she was lucky to have a missionary mother.
Without doubt this mother gained a place in her daughter's heart because of her shining example, right instructions and gentle corrections.
Tough Love
The Straits Times, Singapore, of March 02, 2009, reported two
case of parents demonstrating 'tough love'. The father of a glue-
sniffing 14 year old daughter, after repeated failed attempts to
mend her ways, called in the Police. The daughter cursed, but
soon found helping hands getting her back to health. In the
second case, the father of a 16 year old girl (who kept losing weight rapidly - 12 kgs. in 3 months) had to rush her to hospital,
despite violent protests. She was diagnosed as having Anorexia
Nervosa. Untreated, her life would have been in danger. The girl, now 20, is grateful to her father for acting wisely, despite her angry and foul resistance.
A father's way of saying "I Love You"
In his autobiography, Original Sin, Hollywood superstar, the late Antony Quinn recounts an experience when he was 9. Antony sees his sister Stella (6) being dragged to a tunnel by a man who then fondles her. Quickly he runs home and fetches a hatchet. With the back of the hatchet, he hits the man on his head, over and over again until the man falls over, bleeding profusely. The man is taken to hospital, half dead. That night his father calls Antony outside the house and commends his brave act. But, pulling out his belt, he adds that he is going to whip the boy anyway. Antony is puzzled. His father explains: the first time you hit the man was to save your sister; that was great. The second time, was out of indignation; that was fine. But when you struck him for the third and fourth time, you showed that you have the instinct to kill; you could become a murderer. Remember this night and never again lose your temper so badly as to want to kill. Like a man, Antony took the whipping.
Money Power ?
Some years ago the Indian Newspapers carried the story of a rich kid recklessly driving his new imported car (a gift from his super-rich dad) over sleeping pavement-dwellers, killing some. His blood spattered factory-fresh car tyres painted red designs on the road as he sped off. In time the kid was booked. With prison walls for company, he puzzled over what went wrong. With his father's enormous wealth and top-level connections, he should not be there. After all, what were the lives of a few pavement-dwellers? How much were they worth? He grew up exulting in the power of his father's wealth; what it meant in a money-crazed society. Others mattered only if they were in his bracket. His parents who indulged him in every way, agonized over this dip in their otherwise upward looking graph. They would not blame themselves or their son. The fault lay, they argued, with the pavement-dwellers who slept on the pavement, when their son drove past. A wise man remarked: "He who has no money is poor; but he who has nothing but money is the poorest of all".
Caring for others – A lesson
On January 26, 2001, an earthquake of devastating proportions struck Gujarat, India. Responding to the crisis, Sister Marian, the Headmistress of St. Ursula's School, Chennai, India, appealed to her students to bring in what they could, for dispatch to Gujarat. But she did not ask for any help from 50 children who were huddled in one room, slightly removed from the main building. These children, drawn from the slums, were persuaded to get some schooling, with the incentive of food from the school. One day, a little girl from this group, gave Sister Marian some money, which they had put together. Since Sister knew that the little girl came from a desperately poor family, she asked the child if she also contributed. The girl nodded, and added that her mother did not have any money to give, so she decided to starve for a day to send the small money, so saved, to Gujarat.
How can we fittingly praise the mother in rags who etched into her daughter's memory a lesson in caring for others?
A mother nurtures
Jane, an accomplished dancer, was getting married. At her wedding reception, her mother, now a widow, spoke of the time
Jane learned to dance on her father's feet. In her reply, Jane agreed with her mother but added that while she learned to dance on her father's feet, she learned to dance through life, on her mother's feet. Nurturing her daughter through timely and prudent instructions came naturally to the mother.
A mother's example
A little boy returned from school one evening and gave his mother a letter from his teacher. She read it and wept. Briefly, the letter stated that her son was difficult to teach (rather slow) and therefore to be kept out of school. What was she to do? Go to the school and plead with them? Send him to another school? Get him a tutor at home, whom she would be hard-pressed to pay? The more she thought of her options, she dismissed them. By morning she decided to become his tutor. She would teach her son, the slow learner, who was rejected by his school. For years, with great skill and angelic patience she taught him. From halting steps, to firms steps, to rapid strides, he became sure-footed. In later years, even with many inventions to his credit, he fondly remembered his mother, who taught him the fundamentals. The boy went by the name Thomas Alva Edison.
What has this mother to teach us? At least two lessons:
1)That a mother's love has no limits; that she will take up tasks for her child that seem impossible to others; and that she would consider it well worthwhile. St. Augustine's words give her act of love a new meaning: "Where there is love, there is no labour; or, if there is labour, that labour is loved".
2)That a plucky mother, accepting the challenge, would doggedly pursue her goal to set her son on the road to success.
Learning from the mother's example, Edison, in later years would say: "I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward". Certainly he had his mother to thank for his robust optimism.
What price – A mother's love ?
It is reported that an American mother allowed her forehead to be used for an advertisement. An indelible print of the advertisement appeared on her forehead. Why did she do that?
So that she could collect a little over $10,000 for her son's schooling. Imagine her plight as she woke each morning and looked at herself in the mirror! Mocking her, from the mirror would be the advertisement. Think of the amused looks she got from her neighbours, who turned away to hide a perplexed smile, as she walked down her street! She could not hide her shame under fancy head gear or a changed hair style, because she was paid to keep her forehead exposed. She would have to live through those terrible experiences, day after day, right through her life; all because of love for her son. Perhaps she understood the line from St.Augustine:"The measure of love is to love without measure".
Unloved, they died.
In the 18th.century,the enlightened despot, Fredrick the Great, King of Prussia, had an interesting idea. He wondered what would happen if he put 100 babies from different countries in one space and raise them in exactly the same conditions ? In particular, he was curious to know if the children would evolve an universal language among themselves, if nobody spoke to them and avoided any contact with them. As King, he proceeded with his experiment in a large room, providing the children with rich food, expensive clothes and all that they needed to be in comfort. The children were not in want of things; but they were wanting in human contact, because the King was very definite in his purpose - no one would talk, touch or show any tenderness to them. He waited, rather impatiently, for the children to evolve the universal language. For the time the children lived in the large room, they showed no curiosity or enthusiasm. At the end of one year, all the 100 children were dead.
(Adapted version of a story in the book `9 Journeys Home' by
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We were excited to have Ryan with us for last year's Loyalty World Canada. He shared his expertise with attendees during his presentation: "How to (not) antagonize your customers in a Lean Start-up world".
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- Show mock-ups – get feedback early by showing your prototypes to existing and future customers
- Bring them into the process with an invite-only beta version – behavioral vs. attitudinal data
- Give them options – people hate when change is forced on them
- Understand that some customers are wrong
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text: Amazing gig to be filming the genius behind Peter Ford Catering for a short film we're producing. Following him at a variety of his catering events, we've been truffle hunting, backstage at Melbourne Fashion Week in Ballarat and inside some of Ballarat's grandest homes. Can't wait to see this edit coming together….watch this space.


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hello dear all,
i am starting with a little project for Arduino & Raspberry-Pi hack for Health Measurements
i want to do some measures of biometric data - such as
the question is: which sensors do i need here?!
btw: it would be great if we have somes allready developed sensors or even platforms - such as the eHealth-Platform: see below:
e-Health Sensor Platform for Arduino and Raspberry Pi [Biometric / Medical Applications] :
Discover the new eHealth platform MySignals (http://www.my-signals.com/), changing the future of medical and eHealth applications.
i am especially interested in a low cost platform - the above mentioned e-health platform is pretty expensive.
i have found out that there were some interesting things out there:
eg the AD8232 Analog-Chip (set) sensor.
- Heart Rate Sensor/Single Lead ECG Sensor For Arduino:
perhaps i can use the AD8232 Analogl Heart Rate Sensor/Single Lead ECG Sensor
the Arduino(SEN0213) is a interesting thing that can help to work ECG with microcontrollers like Arduino.


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The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program is a professional credential offered internationally by the American-based CFA Institute (formerly the Association for Investment Management and Research, or AIMR) to investment and financial professionals. A candidate who successfully completes the program and meets other professional requirements is awarded the "CFA charter" and becomes a "CFA charterholder". The level of the content of the CFA Program has been recognized by the United Kingdom NARIC as being comparable in level to a QCF Level 7 (master's degree). However, the CFA Charter is a professional credential and is not an academic degree. The concept behind it, as well as the method by which candidates are being examined, is very different from other postgraduate qualifications, especially the academic Master's and PhD Degrees typically offered by Universities. According to The Economist magazine "Whereas there are tens of thousands of finance degrees available around the world, ranging from the excellent to the worthless, there is only one CFA, managed and examined by an American association of financial professionals, the CFA Institute".
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The World Water Day is observed on March, 22. In this connection, before the end of March OAO EuroSibEnergo will hold a number of events aimed at environmental education of the youth.
On March, 23, research papers on environment (including such issues as environmental impact of the HPP and analysis of backwater and tailwater) will be presented at the Krasnoyarskaya HPP. The works of schoolchildren will be judged by a panel consisting of teachers and employees of the Krasnoyarskaya HPP. Senior, secondary and primary pupils will participate in the water project and research work contest 'Preserve the Today'. Children's handicrafts relating to the topic 'Water and life' will be displayed, a contest of handicrafts and pictures of water animals 'Life in Water' and a contest of posters 'Water is a natural treasure! ' will be held.
On March, 26, an event called 'The Goldfish' will take place in Nizhny Novgorod. Representatives of OOO Zavodskie Seti (manufacturers of drinking and process water in Avtozavodsky City District, included into OAO EuroSibEnergo) will visit a number of schools in the District, tell the children about water production and purification, as well as present a symbol of the event, an aquarium with pure water and a goldfish. Schoolchildren will be suggested to do a creative project on the topic 'Water is Life' by September, 1. At the end of summer the contest results will be announced and the winning school will make a wish to the Goldfish, i.e. the children will choose something necessary and useful for their school as a prize.
OAO Irkutskenergo is sponsoring the XVII regional training conference for schoolchildren 'The Nature Explorer' held by the children's regional environmental and biological research center with the support of the Ministry of Education of the Irkutsk region and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The conference is aimed at popularizing the World Water Day, promoting a responsible attitude of the younger generation to water resources, at making children environmentally conscious and aware and at teaching them to conduct environmental research. On March, 30, representatives of the company will announce the contest results and present prizes to the winners.
Evgeniy Fedorov, CEO of OAO EuroSibEnergo: "Our company operates four major HPPs on the Angara and Yenisei rivers and controls the level of the unique Lake Baikal and reservoirs. This is why we believe that it is our duty to promote a responsible attitude to water resources and to set an example to the children."
Reference: the World Water Day has been annually observed on March, 22 since 1993. It was established by the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly.
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The Riverside Bar & Grill brings a modern, contemporary yes classic dining experience to the incredible Ayrshire food scene.
The all new Bar & Grill boasts large, open spaces, flooded with natural light where the relaxed, informal bar with a mixture of booth seating and high top bar tables, flat screen TVs and comfortable seating area flows beautifully into the welcoming restaurant area. With large banquette seating, private booths and a mixture of intimate tables of two, to large party seating options are available.
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At Abilheira Law, LLC, our Rhode Island traffic offense attorneys recognize that while a speeding ticket may seem minor to some, for others it can have severe consequences including license suspension, heavy fines, increased car insurance rates, and the loss of a job.
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Second Offense:
- Speeds up to 10 mph over the speed limit bring $10 for every mile over within 12 months of the first offense. Speeds of 11+ mph over bring $15 for every mile over.
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- Speeds up to 10 mph over include $15 fines for every mile over, as well as a 30-day license suspension and mandatory court hearing. 11+ mph bring $20 fines for every mile and up to a 60-day suspension and court hearing (within 12 months of the first offense).
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Fighting a Ticket with the Good Driving Statute
If you have been driving for at least three years and have not had a moving violation within the past three years, you can ask the judge to dismiss your speeding ticket under the "good driving statute." However, if your speeding violation is in excess of 14 mph above the posted speed limit, your ticket cannot be dismissed pursuant to this statute.
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Drivers under 21 years of age may be able to perform community service in exchange for the dismissal of a speeding ticket. Another possible avenue for getting a ticket dismissed is to make a voluntary contribution to a victim's indemnity fund or other charity. This may also be required in addition to community service. However, many police departments no longer accept this as an option.
The judge and / or the police may also require a "Driver Retraining Course." This avenue is usually reserved for those drivers with several traffic convictions on their driving record. This course is taught at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI).
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Belmont University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Belmont's history of accreditation with SACSCOC began in 1959 and was most recently affirmed in 2011 for accreditation through 2021.
SACSCOC, a regional accrediting commission, is a voluntary association of degree-granting institutions in the southeastern region of the United States. SACSCOC requires that accredited members comply with standards in the areas of:
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College of Health Sciences and Nursing
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2019 Division III Google Cloud Academic All-America Track and Field/Cross Country Teams
Katie Diekema has been named a Google Cloud Academic All-American.
Diekema has been named to the Google Cloud Academic All-America Second Team in the Division III Women's Track and Field/Cross Country Division released earlier today.
A native of Kenmore, Washington, Diekema recently completed a sensational distance running career at Calvin. A graduate of Ingelmoor High School, she garnered All-America honors four times during her career - doing so all in consecutive fashion.
She began her run of four All-America campaigns at the 2018 NCAA III Outdoor Track and Field Championships as she placed fourth in the 1500 meter run. She then claimed All-America honors in cross country this past fall by placing 16th at the NCAA III Championships. In March, she was an All-American at the 2019 NCAA III Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing third in the mile run. Last month she concluded the grand slam with a well-executed race in the 1500 meters as she posted a time of 4:30.84.
Diekema is just the second runner in Calvin women's cross country/track and field history to achieve All-America honors in four successive seasons. Lauren Bergstrom also achieved the feat in the same order from 2008-to-2009.
In 2018, she was named the MIAA's Most Valuable Runner for indoor track and field as she claimed league titles in the mile and 5,000 meter run. She repeated as the MIAA mile champion this past February while placing second in the 800 meters. This spring she captured a league title in the 5,000 meter run. She later earned a spot on the Great Lakes All-Region team for outdoor track and field as she held top-five times in the Great Lakes Region in the 800, 1500 and 5,000 meter runs.
In cross country, Diekema was a two-time member of the All-MIAA First Team.
A three-time member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and a seven-time member of the Calvin Dean's List, Diekema was graduated from Calvin earlier this month with a degree in mechanical engineering.
Diekema was one of six Google Cloud Academic All-Americans from Calvin during the 2018-19 academic year. Trent Vegter, Jacob Witte and Ian Adams were so honored in men's soccer as were Anna Kamp and Sarah DeVries in women's volleyball.
Calvin student-athletes have now received Google Cloud Academic All-America honors 134 times.