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Wheelchair user dies days after 'tyrannical' judge ignores request for breathing treatment
Judge Merrilee Ehrlich resigns from current post after outcry
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Days after Broward County Circuit Judge Merrilee Ehrlich told an inmate her request for medical care was irrelevant, the woman died at home, relatives said Friday.
Ehrlich resigned late Friday from her current position after some in the legal community criticized the judge for her behavior that day.
Sandra Faye Twiggs, a 59-year-old wheelchair user with a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, was arrested for domestic violence in Lauderhill April 13, according to the arrest report. Her defense attorney believed it was all a misunderstanding.
Twiggs' sister Anna Twiggs saw the video of the April 14 hearing and was in tears. She said her sister didn't have a criminal record and the experience affected her so much, she found her dead in bed Wednesday morning.
"She said, 'They treated me so bad,' and she said, "All I wanted was some medical attention and some help,'" Anna Twiggs said.
Twiggs, who is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, was facing a misdemeanor charge when she appeared in front of Ehrlich Sunday via a live video feed from the North Broward Bureau. After watching the video, Broward County Public Defender Howard Finkelstein described Ehrlich's behavior in court that day as "aggressive and tyrannical."
"She raised her voice to many defendants, berated the attorneys and was impatient and exasperated during the proceedings," Finkelstein wrote April 20.
Twiggs' sister Carolyn Twiggs was also outraged and she had a question for Ehrlich: "To see a person begging you for help and trying to talk to you and you treat them like a dog, for what reason?"
Ehrlich did not appear interested in learning about how a frail Twiggs had ended up in a wheelchair and in jail. When Ehrlich said the domestic dispute was over a fan, Twiggs' defense attorney said the conflict was more complicated than that.
Twiggs had filed a restraining order against her 19-year-old daughter Michelle Ballard's boyfriend. She and her sister disapproved of him and were trying to protect her. Ballard was living at her mom's home, but she had also been living with her aunt.
As the defense attorney and Ehrlich discussed the case, Twiggs began to cough and held her head. Ehrlich ordered someone to get her water, and when Twiggs tried to tell Ehrlich about her health care needs, Ehrlich shouted again.
"I am not here to talk about your breathing treatment ... I am not going to spend all day with her interrupting me," Ehrlich said.
Finkelstein asked Chief Judge Jack Tuter to remove Ehrlich from the bench, and in a letter Friday he questioned her "lack of emotional fitness." Finkelstein also described her treatment of Twiggs as "shocking and an embarrassment to Broward County."
Ehrlich was first elected in 2008. She has a website listing her education at Oxford, Boston and Nova universities, and her experience as a law lecturer, mentor, volunteer, drug counselor and prosecutor. She also mentions the attributes that she believes a judge should have: "Wise and sensible, learned in the law and in life, honorable and humble, a lover of the truth, justice and people, and most of all, courageous."
After watching the video, Carolyn Twiggs believes Ehrlich didn't display any of those attributes when she handled her sister's case. And even though authorities are acknowledging that her sister was mistreated, she believes it is too late.
Sandra Twiggs will never get the apology that she deserved.
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The rivalry between Fitbit and Garmin goes back a few years to when Garmin released the first Vivofit in March 2014 to give the best-selling Fitbit Flex some competition, however, neither wearable featured a built-in heart rate monitor.
In January 2015 Fitbit launched their first wearable with an optical heart rate monitor, the Charge HR. Garmin traditionally steered clear of wrist-based HRMs and opted instead for the option to pair with EKG chest straps. For those of us looking to monitor our BPM and don't mind sacrificing a bit of accuracy for the convenience of not having to wear a chest strap, the Fitbit had the upper hand. That was until Garmin started releasing HRM-enabled fitness trackers of their own at the end of 2015.
The Fitbit Charge HR was last year's most popular HRM-enabled fitness tracker and probably just about deserved it over its main rivals which I would say is the Basis Peak and Jawbone UP3. It's a new year now though, and Fitbit's competition has upped the ante – mainly Garmin with the Vivosmart HR.
Fitbit Charge HR vs Garmin Vivosmart HR
Release Date
• Fitbit Charge HR: January 2015
• Garmin Vivosmart HR: November 2015.
Newer isn't always better, but with technology, especially a new genre, newer normally wins. The Vivosmart HR being ten months or so younger than the Charge HR means….
The first score goes to Garmin..
Neither of them are particularly pleasing on the eye. The Garmin Vivosmart HR sticks out too high above the wrist and is aesthetically a gadget through and through, and the Fitbit Charge HR is a bit too minimal.
If I had to wear one at a wedding it would be the Fitbit..
Both wearables are very comfortable and have soft straps that feel good. The Vivosmart HR feels a little more rigid and the optical HRM sticks out of the bottom further.
The Fitbit Charge HR wins the comfort battle..
Both fitness trackers are all-in-one units so the straps aren't interchangeable, but they are both available in a variety of colors. They both have watch-style stainless steel buckles so they won't fall off your wrist anytime soon. They would both survive if you took a tumble off the treadmill and landed wrist first, but if you bashed them together until one of them died I have no doubt it would be the Fitbit's funeral.
Garmin Wins..
• Fitbit Charge HR
The Fitbit Charge HR has small a OLED display. There doesn't seem to be any official size description but it measures about 13mm by 5mm (inner display).
The OLED display isn't touchscreen, instead it's activated with a single button on the side, then each press will show you different stats. It can also be activated by double tapping on the top of the band. The display isn't always-on, so if you want to check the time, steps, distance, etc, you'll need to give it a press or a tap.
The little OLED display looks decent and bright indoors, but outdoors in the sunlight it really isn't too clever and is hard to read and there's no option to adjust the brightness.
• Garmin Vivosmart HR
The Vivosmart HR has features 1-inch 160 x 168 LCD monochrome touchscreen and it reads great outdoors in bright sunlight and indoors alike. The touchscreen has no noticeable lag and you can swipe in all four directions. It's an always-on display with a backlight, when you touch it the backlight activates and times out after 5 seconds.
The backlight can also be activated by twisting your wrist (gesture recognition) which is handy for checking the time, and there's an option to turn the backlight off and adjust the screen's brightness. You can set the screen orientation to horizontal or vertical, but not all of the screens work in vertical mode, such as notifications – which wouldn't look too great.
The Garmin Vivosmart HR is the clear hands-down winner in the display battle..
Fitness tracking
• Fitbit Charge HR
The Fitbit Charge HR tracks your steps taken, distance covered, calories burned, floors climbed, active minutes, continuous heart rate and tells the time. It automatically recognizes and records your exercise thanks to its SmartTrack feature.
SmartTrack only recognizes continuous movement, including: running, walking, cycling, elliptical, soccer, tennis, cardio-kickboxing and Zumba. You can also customize which SmartTrack activities you want to be recognized and set the number of minutes before an activity is logged. The Charge HR estimates Baseline calories burned (the amount of calories we burn just by being alive) and also shows how many calories are burned during exercises/activities.
• Garmin Vivosmart HR
The Vivosmart HR tracks your steps taken, distance covered, calories burned, floors climbed, activity intensity, active minutes, continuous heart rate and tells the time – so everthing the Charge HR does but with the addition of activity intensity.
There aren't as many activities as the Fitbit by default and there's no excercise auto detect feature (Move IQ). Instead you need to tag activities which by default are running, cardio and "Other" for which you can create your own custom activities.
It may seem like the Vivosmart HR comes up short of the Charge HR at this point but it makes up for it with its Activity mode.
When you review your Activity mode stats in the app you'll find some of the most important outdoor metrics, including: pace (minutes per mile); average moving pace; best pace, average speed (MPH/KPH); average moving speed; maximum speed; average heart rate; maximum heart Rate, distance travelled and combined activity distance. There's also a "Time in Zones" (HRM) reading in the app, and an option to customize Zones, but I haven't had much luck getting it work with the mobile app. However, accessing the Garmin Connect dashboard via desktop makes it easy to get data about zones and % of maximum.
The Vivosmart HR estimates Baseline calories burned (the amount of calories we burn just by being alive) and also shows how many calories are burned during exercises/activities.
Despite the Fitbit Charge HR having auto exercise detection and more default activities, the Activity mode on the Garmin Vivosmart HR provides more info about my outdoor activities. As I'm more active outdoors, for me the Vivosmart HR wins the fitness tracking battle. If you're more into indoor workouts, the Fitbit Charge HR is probably more suitable.
No clear winner..
Steps and Distance Accuracy
No problems with either fitness tracker in terms of steps and distance accuracy. They're both about 98% – 99% accurate for steps and for a 2.1 mile walk the Fitbit Charge HR logged 2.18 miles and the Garmin vivosmart HR logged 2.15 miles. They're not quite as accurate for running though.
Both excellent in my experience – no clear winner..
Sleep Tracking
• Fitbit Charge HR
The Fitbit Charge HR automatically detects when you fall asleep and wake up, and does a good job of it. It is not as advanced as some sleep monitors as it lacks REM sleep stages and although it apparently uses sleeping heart rate data mixed with resting heart rate data to calculate your average resting heart rate, it doesn't show a graph of your heart rate when you were sleeping.
The Charge HR provides info about total sleep duration, restless periods, awake periods, and an overall sleep efficiency score. You can review your sleep history and there's a vibrating alarm that you set from within the app.
• Garmin Vivosmart HR
The Vivosmart HR automatically detects when you fall asleep and wake up, and like the Charge HR it's pretty spot on at getting the times right. Again, it's not the most advanced sleep monitor out there.
Previously, I haven't been overly impressed with the Garmin Connect sleep reports. However the app has been revamped with new, more interesting graphs which display: times of sleeping and waking, total hours slept, periods of light and deep sleep, times you were awake and sleep history. I can't point out any faults when looking at my sleep graphs. The Vivosmart HR is definitely the best sleep monitor from Garmin that I've tried.
Like the Fitbit, the Vivosmart HR doesn't provide graphs of your heart rate while you were sleeping. It has a Do not Disturb mode which can be set from your wrist and a vibrating alarm that is set from within the app.
Sleep monitoring isn't the strongest feature on either fitness tracker. They both do pretty much the same thing but the Garmin sleep graphs are a bit more interesting. The Vivosmart just about wins the sleep monitoring battle..
Heart Rate Monitor
The Charge HR and Vivosmart HR are two of the best optical HRMs on the market. They both track continuous and resting heart rate and provide info about different zones in the app. The Garmin has the upper hand though, as it gives you a HR graph and resting average on the device without needing to open the app, whereas the Fitbit only displays BPM straight from the wrist.
Which is more accurate? There's not much in it.. I would say the Vivosmart HR is more stable for resting heart rate, but for workouts and higher intensities I would lean towards the Charge HR.
As the Garmin provides more heart rate info straight from the wrist, it wins the HRM battle..
Smart Notifications
• Fitbit Charge HR
The Charge HR only displays incoming caller ID. When you receive a call on your mobile the band vibrates and the caller ID scrolls across the screen.
• Garmin Vivosmart HR
The Vivosmart HR delivers incoming caller ID, missed calls, text messages, emails, calendar reminders and social media notifications. Within the Garmin app you can choose which social media apps you'd like to hear from, such as Facebook, Twitter, Line, Google Plus, etc.
Your three most recnt notifications are displayed on band's display, then you scroll through, read or dismiss them. It is a bit of pain in the scrotum reading the notifications sideways, but it's better than none at all.
The clear winner in the notification war is the Garmin Vivosmart HR..
Features and Customization
• Fitbit Charge HR
With the Charge HR you can turn call notifications on or off, set your main goal to steps etc, select the order of stats shown when you click through the screens, choose from 4 different watch faces, set your heart rate to on, off or auto, choose what stat to show when you tap the display, and select which activies to auto detect. Unlike the more expensive Fitbit Surge, there's no music control feature on the Charge HR.
• Garmin Vivosmart HR
The Vivosmart HR is more customizable. It allows you to turn off the HRM, activity tracking, VIRB, music control, backlight; move alert, and you can use Snapshots to select/display your most relevant data.
It can control compatible VIRB devices, control your smartphone's music playlist with the option to set the default player, including: radio, video player, voice recorder Newsstand, etc. It can also provide weather reports, and there's a phone finding feature which comes in useful.
Garmin Vivosmart HR wins this battle..
Both the Fitbit app and Garmin Connect app are very decent. They both integrate with leading third-party apps and both now have IFTTT integration which opens up a load more possibilities, including remotely controlling smart home devices.
They both have social platforms, sharing options and leaderboards. One thing the Fitbit app does that Garmin Connect doesn't is log your food intake. You can do it with Garmin but you'll need to create an account with MyFitnessPal and connect it with your Garmin account. For me, the less accounts I need to create the better.
Both fitness trackers automatically pair with their apps and neither gave me any problems while syncing.
Both apps can be used with multiple devices specific to their brand. For these two wearables which aren't GPS-enabled I'm giving this round to the Fitbit app as it logs calories without a separate account and is easier to navigate.
• Fitbit Charge HR
iOS / Android / Windows Phone / Desktop/Laptop
• Garmin Vivosmart HR
Android 4.3 + / iOS iPhone 4S + / Windows 10 + / Desktop/Laptop
• Fitbit Charge HR
1 ATM (not recommended for showering).
• Garmin Vivosmart HR
5 ATM. Safe to use in the pool but there's no Dedicated Swim Mode.
Another point to the Vivosmart HR..
Battery Life
Both have pretty much the same battery life of around 5 days. However, the Charge HR takes about 90 minutes to charge whereas the Vivosmart HR does it in 1 hour.
so the last point has to go to the Garmin..
Out of the 14 categories we've covered the Fitbit Charge HR has won 3, the Garmin Vivosmart HR has won 9, and there were two draws. With a score of 9 – 3 I think the Vivosmart HR is worthy of knocking the Charge HR off the fitness tracker throne. But don't forget, I am more of an outdoors type, if you do most of your exercise indoors then maybe you'd prefer the Fitbit. Lastly, if you would sacrifice a few features for the trendiest brand in wearables, then maybe the Fitbit is for you..
• Fitbit Charge HR
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In western Europe, for example, the process of economic recovery and spectacular economic growth, as well as the impact of sweeping new technological changes, have raised new problems for the working population and the trade-union movements in these countries. The almost simultaneous post- World War II process of reconstruction and expansion imposed a series of new strains on many of the old union structures and attitudes. Traditional Socialist-linked policies and programs in many of the northern and western European countries were subjected to re-examination and change.
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald hasn't been released yet, but already the latest entry in J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World is getting fans annoyed. What's making the sequel so contentious?
The universe spawned around Harry Potter is something that many fans hold dear; across books, movies and much more besides, it has bred an impassioned fandom that have taken real ownership of the mythology. With such weight, it's understandable that people won't always agree with the decisions that Rowling makes for her characters and universe.
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The Casting Of Johnny Depp As Grindelwald
Without doubt, the most volatile issue surrounding Fantastic Beasts 2 is the decision to keep Johnny Depp in the central role of Gellert Grindelwald. Following accusations of abuse from ex-wife Amber Heard, Depp's personal life has been the subject of many tabloid stories, with reported substance abuse just one of the many other issues plaguing the star. Rowling's Harry Potter universe has long been a safe haven for many; a place where fans feel they find acceptance and the strength needed to tackle many past issues, including abuse. However, Rowling's decision to stand by Depp and not to recast the role, has been a source of upset for many. The writer is adamant that her conscience is clear, and director David Yates stated that the Depp he knows is full of decency and kindness. Depp has stayed largely silent on the matter, other than to say he feels bad Rowling had to defend him.
With three more movies left in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, Depp's role is only going to get ever more prominent. Normally, recasting such a vital role in a franchise would be problematic, but it's already been established that Grindelwald is happy to change his appearance. Indeed, that fact provides a replacement who'd be perfect; in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Colin Farrell played Grindelwald in disguise as Percival Graves, to great acclaim. Many fans preferred Farrell even before Depp's issues came to light, and Rowling and Yates' refusal to put Farrell in the role is a bitter pill for many to swallow.
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Fantastic Beasts 2 Is Avoiding Dumbledore and Grindelwald's Relationship
When J.K. Rowling announced that Albus Dumbledore was gay and had been in love with Grindelwald, fans praised her for including such a prominent LGBTQ character in the Harry Potter series. Even if Dumbledore's sexuality had never actually been raised in the text itself, many identified with Dumbledore and appreciated the complex relationship he had in his youth with a man who would go on to become one of the darkest wizards of all time. When it was announced, then, that Jude Law would be playing the younger Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts 2, it was quickly assumed that we would be seeing the relationship between the two wizards played out on screen. Given that the two were no longer romantically involved during the Fantastic Beasts timeline, fans weren't expecting to see happier, more loving moments, but given the significance that Rowling has always given to Grindelwald's role in Dumbledore's life, as his great love, it wasn't too much of a stretch to hope for some flashbacks or some angst-filled scenes between Law and Depp.
However, that was shot down rather quickly: director David Yates stated The Crimes of Grindelwald would "not explicitly" reference their relationship, with it subsequently coming to life the two actors don't even share the screen. While the love between the two men is hinted at - the trailers showed Grindelwald in the mirror of Erised when Dumbledore looks in it - from reviews it appears there's no admission from either Dumbledore or Grindelwald, nor any kind of declaration of what happened in the past other than one line from Dumbledore, "We were closer than brothers." For LGBTQ fans hoping for some kind of representation, it's a pretty poor show. It's 2018 and Harry Potter is supposed to be one of the most accepting and inclusive fandoms out there, yet Rowling seems to have some difficulty in reflecting that on screen.
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By John J. Raspanti
At 29, Sylvester Stallone was a struggling actor with barely a hundred bucks in the bank and a pregnant wife. It was 1975 and he had just seen the Muhammad Ali/Chuck Wepner fight.
Something had clicked. Living off caffeine and ambition, Stallone took just three days to write a screenplay that he would eventually title "Rocky."
MGM Studios liked his writing but not him. They offered the unemployed Stallone two hundred thousand dollars, to not play the lead.
The studio wanted a "name" instead.
Stallone held to his guns. He said later he knew that the character of Rocky, a down on his luck boxer from Philadelphia, was his big chance to show his stuff.
MGM eventually blinked.
They paid him scale, and tossed in some box office points. The "suits" hoped the picture would make back their investment of a little over a million dollars.
Privately, they muttered that "Rocky" was a failure.
The film opened with little fanfare, but word-of-mouth created a box office smash. A high school friend of mine at the time urged me to see it. As a young fight fan, and a lover of boxing movies, I decided to go.
We went on a Friday night and I can remember being bored at the beginning. As the story played out, like magic, things picked up and I could feel the people around me stirring in their seats.
By the time the final fight scene hit the screen, the audience, myself included, had become a crowd of raucous fans, cheering Rocky on.
A little movie with a character named "Rocky" had touched a nerve. The performances were outstanding. The film earned Oscars for Best Director John G. Aviidsen and Best Film.
Stallone lost in the best actor and best screenplay categories.
Nevertheless, the ultimate victory was his.
Fast forward almost forty years. I was invited to an early screening of "Creed" in San Francisco. My expectations were minimal. I had seen a trailer for the flick a few weeks before.
How many times had a trailer look promising, and the movie stunk?
"Creed," directed and written by the talented Ryan Coogler, didn't stink, it rocked. I was captivated by the film, and stunned by Stallone's performance.
He had succeeded in turning back the clock and, even though he was playing the same character for the seventh time, made it fresh, deep and compelling.
When Stallone as Rocky says, "Everything I got has moved on, but I'm here," I teared up—caught up in the nuance and depth of his acting. I was floored.
Sylvester Stallone, ridiculed by some as a lousy actor, had pulled himself off the canvas, and knocked out everyone.
To prepare himself to play Rocky again, Stallone left his ego on the doorstep, and hired an acting teacher. He admitted in an article that his acting skills had wasted away.
Still grieving over the death of his oldest son Sage, Stallone, was forced by his acting teacher, to use his pain to tap into the emotion.
The process sounds very much like "The Method"-- a type of acting that forces the individual to "use" their own suffering. It's not easy, requiring the performer to plunge into areas that most of us hide.
"The Method" obviously worked as it did for a number of acting icons including Marlon Brando, James Dean and Robert DeNiro.
Stallone's performance was deep, moving, and quietly impressive.
After "Rocky" premiered, many critics at the time compared Stallone to some of the names above.
So, should we really be surprised by his astounding showing in "Creed?"
Yes and no.
Stallone has appeared in a number of films that left film audiences shaking their heads. Maybe the worse was, "Stop Or My My Mom Will Shoot."
Obviously, though he's a witty conversationalist, comedy and Stallone don't go hand and hand.
Drama is his forte. I thought his performances in "F.I.S.T," and the crime drama "Nighthawks," were vastly underrated. His physical style of acting in "First Blood" was intense and exciting.
In 1997, Stallone went mana-a-mana against acting heavyweights DeNiro and Harvey Keitel, in the police drama "Cop Land." He held his own and garnered mostly unanimous praise.
I was surprised when I first heard Stallone had committed to "Creed." His love for the character he had created was understandable. But could he deliver the goods once again?
The resounding answer was yes. The proof is in the 15 best supporting actor awards he's picked up since "Creed" opened last November.
Winning an Academy Award would be the highlight of his career.
Does he deserve it?
I think he does.


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When casting around for the best opportunities, either in an internship or a full-time job, it's easy to get pulled into the tractor beam of the biggest brands around. Surely, the more recognisable the logo, the better time you'll have, right? Not so much. Experience in start-ups is, in my opinion, absolutely invaluable for young people branching out into the world of work, and I can prove it. Ten times.
10. The Passion
Now, no-one is saying that sitting in a brown chair and waiting for photocopying to get shoved your way isn't an exciting way to spend your first couple of years out of university. No-one is saying that. But the thing about working in a start-up is that there isn't anyone there who's not Paying Their Dues. Everyone in the team is there because they genuinely love what they're doing, they're excited by what the company is creating and they're far too impatient to wait a few years watching the office clock tick by before they can start actually enjoying their job. The mad fools.
9. The Responsibility
Why bother doing an internship? I mean sure, partly it's to get out of the house and the infectious pull of Jeremy Kyle, but surely at the heart of it is the desire to get some pretty impressive stuff whacked on your CV. Nowhere are you going to be given more responsibility than in a start-up. It's an all-hands-on-deck culture that sees you making tea for the office one minute and spear-heading a digital marketing strategy the next, and it's more than likely that your responsibilities will be varied, fluid and at times vaguely ridiculous. To be sure, it's not for the faint of heart. But if you're looking for adventure, here be it.
8. The Culture
The thing about start-up companies is that the people in them are the people who have decided that NOT enjoying work is unacceptable. They're not in it for the cash (well, not mostly), they are in this because they absolutely love it. Sure, it might not be that every day is a glittering whirl-wind of ice-cream ponies and relentless email lolz, but it means that at the core of every company is the knowledge that people should play as they work, and work as they play.
7. The Dress Code
It might not sound like a lot, but the fact that you don't have to throw on 'a uniform' to become your work self is extremely refreshing. Mostly, start-ups like people to dress smart, but to be themselves. No more ties, no more pin-stripes – whatever you work best in is what you should wear. Especially if it involves a cape and a long-sword. Creativity starts with a long-sword, as they say.
6. The Prospects
Big companies don't like to let great people leave. Small companies HATE to let great people leave. Bigger companies might not really feel the loss of a splendid intern, whereas a start-up will do everything they can to keep a core member of the team on. Prove yourself indispensable in a start-up and, more often than not, you will become exactly that. For those hoping for full-time employment after a stint learning on the job, start-ups are the clear way to go.
5. The Network
Feeding back into the idea of 'playing as you work, working as you play', the community around the start-up culture is a marvellous thing – inclusive, innovative, excitable and always looking for ways in which to collaborate and celebrate. Where bigger companies often build gated communities in order to protect their secrets, the start-up world delights in the sharing of contacts, information and ideas – perfect for a budding young entrepreneur hoping to build up a reputation.
4. The Satisfaction
Are you someone who likes to see your own ideas realised? You need to work somewhere that gives you the freedom to make it happen. Unlike traditional companies, where red-tape, responsibility and an existing hierarchy can be massive blockers to trying anything new, start-ups thrive on brilliant, fresh ideas, and are – generally speaking – far more open to trying new things out. If you can prove you can deliver, chances are you'll get the chance to implement your own ideas.
3. The Originality
Start-ups are, by their very nature, trying to do something new. Whether it be figuring out a new way to share music, fixing the transportation problems of the cityscape or manufacturing a new kind of cheese toastie so delicious it'll make your nose run – the whole point is innovation. And, whether you're in the company for 3 months, 6 months or a few years – trying to do things better than anyone else can get pretty addictive.
2. The People
You'll be spending every day with people who decided the corporate 9-5 wasn't for them. Enough said.
1. The Challenge
The thing about working in a start-up is that it's not easy. The increased responsibility, the pressure that comes with being thrown into the inner workings of a company from day one, the autonomy of having people trust that you'll get your work done, and not only that, but go above and beyond the call of duty – it's not for anyone who wants to keep their head down and do their time. But hey, where's the fun in that?
Editor: Plus, you get the chance to try something new all the time. In a startup, no one is assigned to only one task. You goal is to know everything about everything. It is a good occasion for you to share your expertise but you will also need to have a better understanding of the full aspect of the business and the long term goals of the start-up. So why not take some online classes? There are good online programs, like the master's in Business intelligence course that will give you the tools you need to be the ideal partner. Also, online classes are the easiest and fastest way to earn a degree and gain valuable skills, which will only be a plus in your career.
About Author: Natasha Hodgson. Natasha is the Community Manager at Enternships.com, you can follow her advice for entrepreneurial students and graduates at @enternships or @natashahodgson
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Though that photo looks pretty cool, it's a bit hard to recognize the person components, particularly with all the connecting wires operating by means of it. This figure shows a more schematic model of a desktop pc, which makes it simpler to level out the important hardware components.
Being within the heart of Silicon Valley, Hassett Hardware in Palo Alto serves a diverse community ranging from tradesmen/girls from native businesses, families needing to keep a house-maintain running smoothly, students from Stanford working on frontiers of know-how, to begin-ups bringing the newest innovations to market.
The picture is a Logitech webcam , an example of an exterior hardware peripheral This hardware system permits users to take movies or photos and transmit them over the Internet. We will categorised hardware parts into primarily two classes, particularly External Hardware and Internal Hardware. For round $600 you get an excellent-responsive monitor with 4k, a 60Hz refresh charge, 1ms response time, and strong shade accuracy. Do visit our showrooms for the precise experience of hardware at its best and how is it large and contributing. Laborious drive capacity is measure in megabytes, or MB, though some huge computer store in terrabytes, or TB. The laborious drive is about of disk platters that sit inside the computer housing. Just a little little bit of shining with a clean cloth will full this straightforward cleansing job.
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Providence Medical Group is seeking a board-certified/board eligible Obstetrics and Gynecology physician. This position will be primarily gynecology-focused with less obstetrics, making the ideal candidate a physician who enjoys gynecological work. Enjoy meaningful work and outstanding quality of life in Washington's capital city, Olympia.
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Competitive compensation; comprehensive benefits
Where You'll Work
Providence Medical Group - Southwest Washington is an organization of employed physicians and advanced-practice clinicians, providing services in two hospitals and 38 Primary and Specialty Care Clinics within 5 counties in the South Puget Sound region. With more than 300 employed medical providers in 22 specialties, the group offers highly coordinated care for patients by using a shared EMR system. The National Committee for Quality Assurance has recognized its primary care clinics as patient-centered medical homes.
Where You'll Live
Olympia is on the southern tip of scenic Puget Sound, which offers an abundance of activities from beachcombing to salmon fishing to sailing. Olympia and its primary neighboring cities of Tumwater and Lacey have a population of 250,000, offering an abundance of culture, entertainment and an outstanding school system from elementary through university, including The Evergreen State College and Saint Martin's University.
Who You'll Work For
Providence Health & Services (PH&S) offers a comprehensive range of health and social services at more than 20 hospitals, 400 clinics and hundreds of locally driven programs across four western states: Alaska, Montana, Oregon and Washington. With multiple Magnet and Pathway to Excellence designations, PH&S is committed to its 100-year mission of serving the poor and vulnerable by providing compassionate care to all who need its services.
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The Department of Anthropology & Sociology is firmly committed to the principles of a liberal education. Our task is to provide students with the most rigorous and comprehensive approaches to knowledge and analysis appropriate within a fully merged undergraduate program in Sociology and Anthropology. Our commitment to teaching also defines for us the importance of active scholarship through which we may practice our disciplines and encourage similar pursuits among our students.
Since our graduates enter into a wide range of professional, administrative, policy-oriented and other occupations, our goal is to transmit, foster, and produce knowledge and practice that involve students in their own learning experience. In this respect we want to encourage students to take their education into their own hands, by helping them to engage personally in research, analysis, and writing about diverse human societies. We have therefore sought to create a learning environment within which students may critically examine social life, its organization, and its meaning.
We believe that the development of a perspective that examines the human condition in empirical, analytical, comparative, historical, and holistic terms makes a significant contribution to intellectual development. In pursuing such a goal, we assist students to develop, integrate, and utilize knowledge. To this end our mission is to produce knowledgeable learners and social agents who have a self-reflective sense of their potential contributions to the enhancement of the human condition.
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Our majors and minors are encouraged to study off-campus, especially in programs that have independent research components. We strongly encourage our students to prepare in advance for off-campus study; we advise students to enroll in at least one course addressing some aspect of the region or culture in which they anticipate doing off-campus study.
The Office of Off-Campus Study assists students in locating and coordinating off-campus placement. Many, though not all, off-campus study venues allow or require students to be practicing professionals. Within the US, the Great Lakes Colleges Association programs in Philadelphia, New York and Washington, DC all require students to work as virtually full-time interns in a wide variety of arts, governmental and other professional settings. Abroad, the School for International Training - which a good number of our students attend - asks students to either do a research project in the community and/or to actively participate in development and other projects. Thus, we have had students teaching disabled students in Ecuador or working with businesses in Spain and Italy. When planning to study off-campus, you must plan your course schedule so that you are off-campus during spring of your junior year. This planning is necessary so that you can be assured of completing all courses required for the major/minor.
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Playing pretend is an important part of childhood. Kids play house or role play to make sense of the world around them and explore their environment. If you're playing house with a toddler, set out props in a play space to spur their imagination. Play along with them so they learn how to interact and pretend. Once your child is a little older, let them come up with the stories and direct the play. Set up play dates so your child can play house with other kids their age.
EditPlaying with a Toddler
- Create a space for playing house. You can play house with your child anywhere you'd like. Use a bedroom, the living room, a patio, or a yard. Since small kids will need a little imaginative encouragement, it's a good idea to set up a playhouse or dollhouse to jump start play. If you don't have a playhouse or doll house, set up couch cushions or cardboard boxes to make a play space.[1]
- If you make a cardboard playhouse, let your child decorate it with stickers, crayons, or markers.
- Set out house-themed props. Kids love to play with household items that are their size. Place toys or actual household items that are safe for play in your child's play space. For example, set out a toy vacuum, toy blender, toy tools, actual measuring cups, a small table with chairs, feather dusters, and plastic dishes.[2]
- Don't feel like you have to completely fill the play space with toys. Too many toys can overwhelm small children. Instead, rotate out toys every few weeks to keep your child interested.
- Play with dolls or figurines. Younger kids often prefer to play house using their favorite dolls or figurines. Get out your child's favorites and ask them which 1 they'd like to be. Ask your child which doll or figurine you should be. Keep in mind that the dolls or figurines don't have to match. The important thing is that your child is encouraged to imagine and play.
- For example, your child may want you to be a doll while they play as their favorite stuffed elephant. You might say, "I'll be your elephant, Nuffie, but who will you be? Would you like to play as Raggedy Ann?"
- Choose your roles. You'll probably need to start the imaginative play by telling your child who you're playing as. Then, your child may tell you who they're playing as. If they're too young, you might need to prompt them.[3]
- For example, say, "Hi! I'm a little girl doll. Who are you? Are you a mama elephant?"
- Keep your play simple. Small children won't be able to follow complicated story lines or lots of characters so stick with basic play. You might just perform 1 household task and ask your child to imitate you. Or ask your child to show you what they should do with a tool or household item.
- By keeping the play simple, you can also teach your child new words. Playing is a great way to expand your toddler's vocabulary.
- For example, if your child is fixing something, say, "The wrench is a good for tightening things. This is the wrench."
- Pay attention and encourage your child's interests. Let your child take the lead when it comes to what you play. Watch your child to see what toys they're interested in playing with and incorporate those in your play. Remember that kids don't have to use toys in a traditional way as long as they're having fun.[4]
- For example, if your child is drawn to the kitchen toys, direct your role play towards food-related make-believe. Perhaps you are a guest over for dinner or a child wanting breakfast.
EditEncouraging an Older Child to Play
- Ask your child what they want to play. As your child gets older, they may want to add new activities to playing house. Instead of playing the same way every time, ask your child what tasks or chores they want to play. There might be things they've seen you do around the house. These may include:[5]
- Cleaning
- Cooking
- Folding laundry
- Paying bills with coins or fake money
- Mowing the lawn
- Watering flowers
- Caring for a sibling
- Play house without toys or props. Older children don't have to have toy household items or tools in order to play house since their imaginations are developing. This also means that you don't need a designated play space to play house with your child. Instead, play house whenever and wherever your child wants to.
- For example, if you and your child are waiting in the doctor's office, ask if they want to play. Your child might want to be the daddy taking their kid to the doctor.
- Offer advanced kitchen toys. If your older child loves to play tea party or pretend to cook and make meals, let them play with kitchen items that have parts or accessories. Buy or make mini kitchens with toy stoves, toy food, and dishes. You can also show them how to use easy bake ovens that will give them a chance to make real food.
- Create fun stories and roles. Come up with story lines that use your child's favorite characters and themes. You might make the starting story before encouraging your child to tell you how the characters act or what they do.
- For example, tell your child that, "Once there was a momma who had a baby dragon who didn't like to have her hair brushed. What do you think the dragon liked to do instead?"
- Be as silly as you like. Since your child is already familiar with the basics of playing house, add some fun elements to your play. This is especially important if your child becomes bored with the usual roles. Try incorporating places like castles, volcanoes, or space. You can also add new roles, like a new sibling, their favorite doll, pirates, or superheroes.[6]
- For example, tell your child, "You be the mommy who lives on the moon and I'll be a space pirate who comes to capture you."
- Set up play dates so your child can play with other kids. Now that your child is used to using their imagination, they may want to play house with other kids their age. Arrange a play date with kids from your neighborhood or your child's class. Let the kids take charge in playing the roles.[7]
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When nursing mothers can't produce enough breast milk to feed their baby, their doctors can't do a lot to help. A drug that works reliably, domperidone (which is not to be confused with Dom Pérignon champagne), is illegal in the US, strictly regulated in Australia and Canada, and available over the counter in much of the rest of the world. Domperidone is more often used to treat vomiting, and it has relatively few side effects in adults. In infants, it can in rare instances cause neuroleptic malignant syndrome, a potentially fatal problem causing fever, stiffness, and nervous system dysregulation. A drug that can kill your baby is not a good choice to help you feed your baby.
It's safe for women who are pregnant or breasfeeding. It has a relatively good success rate for treating morning sickness, and a condition of "slow stomach" called gastroparesis. It can be used to treat migraines. But five out of six clinical trials of its use as a galactogogue, a stimulant to lactation, failed.
Milk thistle is an herb nowadays more often associated with diabetes and liver health, but its original use was for increasing breast milk production. Clinical trials have found that it can be very helpful for women whose problem is "borderline" milk production. In a group of women who were able to produce a minimal amount of breast milk each day, using the herb for a month increased breast milk production on average 64 percent, and using the herb for two months increased breast milk production on average 85 percent. In women who already have some breast milk production, milk thistle can help them produce adequate amounts for their baby.
An effective dose of milk thistle is standardized to 420 mg (usually three capsules) silymarin per day. Women who have a problem with diarrhea may have worse diarrhea for a few days when they start using the herb. Paradoxically, the herb can cause constipation in women who have had their gallbladders removed.
Malunggay leaf is a popular remedy for inadequate milk production in the Philippines, although the plant from which the leaf is harvested, the moringa or drumstick tree, is used in herbal medicine all over the world. The leaf relieves pain from a variety of conditions, including mastitis. Sometimes the problem is not so much that a woman can't produce enough breast milk as it is that breastfeeding is painful. Relieving inflammation helps. Malunggay leaf is mildly antiviral.
Exactly how malunggay stimulates lactation is not know, but two clinical trials in the Philippines found that it more than doubled milk production in 10 days of use. It is a safe herb, and in the Philippines, it literally grows on trees. It is also a good source of vitamins A, B, C, and K, as well as magnesium, manganese, and potassium.
- Bazzano AN, Hofer R, Thibeau S, Gillispie V, Jacobs M, Theall KP. A Review of Herbal and Pharmaceutical Galactagogues for Breast-Feeding. Ochsner J. 2016 Winter.16(4):511-524. Review. PMID: 27999511.
- Zuppa AA, Sindico P, Orchi C, Carducci C, Cardiello V, Romagnoli C. Safety and efficacy of galactogogues: substances that induce, maintain and increase breast milk production. J Pharm Pharm Sci. 2010.13(2):162-74. Review. PMID: 20816003.
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Stamford woman settles lawsuit against police officers
STAMFORD -- A civil lawsuit against several Stamford Police officers and one Norwalk officer seeking damages for threatening, falsely arresting and illegally searching a Stamford woman in 2008 was settled this month.
According to court documents, on Dec. 2, 2009, Stamford resident Anna Urbanska filed a civil lawsuit against Stamford narcotics and organized crime detectives Christopher Baker, Christopher Broems, Peter Malanga, Troy Strauser and Norwalk Police officer Gregg Scully on Dec. 2, 2009. The complaint stated the defendants "assaulted" the plaintiff, "threatened" the plaintiff, "falsely arrested" the plaintiff, "illegally searched the plaintiff's person," invaded the vehicle of plaintiff, "held her captive and transported" the plaintiff to another location, "coerced information from her and employed unreasonable force during an unlawful search and seizure, which occurred on a public highway in the City of Stamford."
Urbanska's attorney Phillip Russell said the suit was settled on Nov. 1. Russell said he was not allowed to disclose the amount that was settled, but noted his client was "very happy" with the outcome.
Members of the Stamford Police Department did not immediately return calls for this story, and city counsel could not be reached for comment.
According to court documents, on Feb. 15, 2008, Urbanska, who was a full-time college student, a part-time childcare provider and a volunteer swim instructor, left the Darien YWCA after a swim lesson to pick up the minor children whom she watched after their school day. While driving on the Boston Post Road, Urbanska said she saw a marked police vehicle with flashing lights appear behind her, according to the documents. Urbanska immediately pulled over and stopped her vehicle, the paperwork stated.
"Without warrant or authorization of any judge or court, without probable cause and without permission of authority of any kind, defendants Strauser and Scully approached Urbanska's vehicle on the driver's side and immediately opened the door to her vehicle ... pulled her out of the car, then pushed her up against the side of the car, pulled her arms behind her body and aggressively handcuffed Urbanska without any explanation," stated the documents.
Urbanska stated she felt one of the officers "lean into her body, so that she was against her own vehicle and push against her right shoulder, causing significant pain." The defendants then "turned Urbanska around, patted her down, searched her clothing, removed and searched her shoes and (one defendant) aggressively shoved his bare, uncovered finger in Urbanska's mouth," according to the documents.
The documents also state defendants Strauser and Scully accused Urbanska of having drugs in her vehicle, and said "where are the drugs, where did you hide them? We saw you drive away from the house with drugs, why did you go there? We know you have drugs because the police dog, sitting in the police car behind you can smell the drugs from the other car and that dog can't be wrong."
Throughout the course of the interrogation, Urbanska said she repeatedly asked to make a phone call and was told by defendants each time "no." Urbanska said she repeatedly told officers that she was coming from the Darien YWCA, that she had no drugs, that she'd never had drugs, and that the car is owned by the mother of the children that she cared for.
The defendants then transported Urbanska to an undisclosed location in Stamford, according to the documents, where she observed armed police officers outside of the location with their weapons drawn in full SWAT gear. As soon as Urbanska arrived at the location, she was approached by Sgt. Baker, who stated clearly and firmly, "I told you it was a black female driving the car," the documents state.
Shortly after Baker's statement, a defendant took the handcuffs off of Urbanska and allowed her out of the car, according to the documents. Urbanska called her employer, who asked to speak with the defendant who arrested her but he refused, the paperwork states. Urbanska was then driven back to her car at original location.
According to the documents, "at no time was any apology given, at no time did (the) defendants check to see if Urbanska was physically or mentally okay to drive her vehicle, (and) at no time during the incident was Urbanska asked for her identification."


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Unfair competition against a former employer forbidden
On 16 December 2015, the Supreme Court of Mauritius (the "Court"), in Oisel (Maurice) Ltée v Echevin M F & Ors, held that an act of competition against a former employer is not forbidden except if the former employee is bound by a restrictive clause but however, it will be so if disloyal practices or unfair means are used to that effect.
In this case, Oisel (Maurice) Ltée (the "Plaintiff") had entered an action for "concurrence déloyale" (unfair competition) against two of its previous employees (the "Defendants") and Solutions Eau et Environnement Ltée (the "Company"), an entity which was set up by one of the Defendants (the "Defendant 1").
It was the contention of the Plaintiff that the Defendants have through the Company unfairly used confidential information (technical specifications, price mechanism) obtained in the course of their employment with the Plaintiff. It was further averred that the Defendants have taken unfair advantage of their position as employees of the Plaintiff while working for the same project for the benefit of the Company. The Company, which is engaged in the same activity as that of the Plaintiff, had quoted for a project and was awarded same. The case for the Defendant 1 was that although the latter competed with the plaintiff on that project, he had done so in a fair and professional manner and has acted with utmost integrity throughout. The other Defendant was still employed by the Plaintiff when the contract was awarded to the Company.
The question that the Court asked was whether the use of confidential information obtained by Defendant 1 during his employment to usurp the project from the plaintiff amounted to "concurrence déloyale"? Considering the law relating to the rule of free competition and the "liberté de concurrence", the Court concluded that "the Defendant 1 through his Company has acted unfairly and in a disloyal manner to usurp the contract from the Plaintiff and this has caused the latter prejudice" which is valued in the amount equivalent to the loss of profit that it would have obtained had its offer been accepted by the client.
While the Competition Act 2007 is silent on what constitutes free competition, our case-law sheds light on this freedom as well as its limitations and hence adopts the principle which is laid down in France and explained below.
- The rule of freedom of competition is elaborated in the landmark case of L'Arcopole Ltd v Gerbe D'or Ltd and Anor [1982 MR 53] where it was held that:
"the general rule appears to be that competition, unless regulated by law or precluded by monopoly established by law, is free. So that every individual may freely exercise an economic activity of his choice, organize it freely and seek customers in competition with others where this activity inevitably has adverse consequences on a competitor. Any damage caused thereby remains unproductive of liability, the justification being the countervailing legality of free competition and freedom of enterprise and of human endeavor…"
- The limitations to this freedom of competition are classified as follows:
1) Illegality
Part III of the Competition Act 2007 restricts some acts of competition which are prohibited, hence unlawful. They are namely:
(i) Horizontal agreements which:
o exist between enterprises that supply or acquire goods or services of the same description;
o have the object or effect of, in any way:
– fixing the selling or purchase prices of the goods or services;
– sharing markets or sources of the supply of the goods or services; or
– restricting the supply of the goods or services to, or the acquisition of them from, any person; and
o significantly prevent, restrict or distort competition.
(ii) Bid rigging – where one party to an agreement agrees not to submit a bid or tender in response to an invitation for bids or tenders or agrees upon the price, terms or conditions of a bid or tender to be submitted in response to such a call or request.
(iii) Vertical agreements involving resale price maintenance.
(iv) Abusive actions or behaviour of an enterprise that is, or a group of enterprises that are, a party to a monopoly situation.
2) Anti-contractual
This relates to clauses pertaining to an obligation of confidentiality or of non-competition on termination of a contract of employment. The employees have a contractual obligation towards their employer. If after resignation the ex-employees compete against their former employer, then this act of competition is unlawful.
3) Disloyal
Unlike the first two instances, the act of competition here is itself lawful, i.e. permissible, but the means of exercising it should not be unlawful. When the employee competes by unfair means, the act of competition has "un caractère déloyal". To be able to obtain damages, the plaintiff must also prove prejudice resulting from the unfair manœuvre used, showing "le lien de causalité entre la faute et le préjudice". This is confirmed in the case of Ferney Spinning Mills Ltd v Independent Spining Mills [2000 SCJ 334].
Juristconsult Chambers


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WeeklyBeats.com / Music / CatchinAshes's music / Sleep deprivation
So ive still been having issues with my sleep which means often napping when i should be trying to be productive.
managed to get something out this week.
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5 Year Extended Warranty Product Info
Extended 5 year warranty for lift & rise recliners
You can extend this guarantee on your new recliner with our 5 Year Extended Warranty, which will offer you the most comprehensive cover available and protect you against accidental damage, staining and structural defects.
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Jose Mourinho don yarn Manchester United say e go prefer am if dem sign Cristiano Ronaldo, than make dem sign any other striker, na the reports wey we dey hear.
The 32-year-old don inform Real Madrid say e wan wakka commot this summer and e don command hin agent Jorge Mendes, say make e find new club for am.
The Sunday Times dey claim say United dey reason whether dem go buy their former player, Times also talk say Jose Mourinho don give hin club officials the green light to go ahead.
Paul Pogba and Carlos Tevez don link up for China
Madrid dey try beg Ronaldo, to see if e go change hin mind and dem go only sell am if e refuse and insist say e wan commot.
United don dey follow Madrid yarn this week onto say dem wan sign Alvaro Morata, but dem two never gree ontop money matter.
United bin table £52.4m for the striker, but Madrid reject am onto say dey wan make the Reds carry £79m, say dem no dey desperate to sell am.
Wetin we understand na say Morata wan wakka enter United and e don dey call Mourinho for phone, say e dey sweet am say e go soon enter Old Trafford.
Real Madrid wan collect £174.5million for Cristiano Ronaldo, wahala dey for Manchester United
Meanwhile, Ronaldo dey vess say Spanish govt fit accuse am of tax fraud, na why e wan commot Los Blancos. The Spanish prosecutrs talk say e dey owe €14.7 million (£13m) in tax, and e dey dodge so e no go pay am. Ronaldo don deny everything.


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Our Zayn has finally unveiled the artwork of his debut album 'Mind of Mine', and those expecting a brand new smoking hot photoshoot might be a tiny bit disappointed as Zayn's decided to use quite an old photo on the cover.
Featuring a photo of baby Zayn, the snap has been updated with some of Zayn's famous tattoos.
What do you make of the artwork for Zayn's 'Mind of Mine' album? Let us know on Twitter at @maximumpop.


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Reinforced Earthquake Survival Kit (Food (Dried packs of food, ready to…
Reinforced Earthquake Survival Kit
500 million people live in active earthquake zones.
On average people can survive between three and five days without water depending on the humidity of the environment as they will lose less moisture if it is more humid. Some have survived up to eight to tens days.
Search teams monitor for rising levels of CO2 in a building - a rise means someone is trapped inside and breathing. When CO2 levels stop rising, the search is no longer needed.
Being unable to move or having injuries to limbs can lead to crush syndrome, she says, where blood flow to the limbs is disrupted. When the crush is removed, a build-up of toxins floods the body and it is unable to cope.
Dried packs of food, ready to eat cold.
Canned rice,wheat ,corn
Military rations
Irradiated foods
Dried Beans
Bottled water.
Water purifier, survivors have used drops of rainwater to survive.
Severe Effects of Dehydration
•Muscle spasms
•Painful urination
•Difficulty breathing
•Racing pulse
•Shrivelled skin
•Dim vision
•Chest and Abdominal pain
Mild Effects of Dehydration
•Dry Skin
•Skin Flushing
•Dark Coloured Urine
•Loss of Appetite
•Dry Mouth
•fatigue or Weakness
•Head Rushes
Medical supplies
Crush Syndrome
A medical condition characterized by major shock and renal failure after a crushing injury to skeletal muscle. Crush injury is compression of extremities or other parts of the body that causes muscle swelling and/or neurological disturbances in the affected areas of the body, while crush syndrome is localized crush injury with systemic manifestations. Cases occur commonly in catastrophes such as earthquakes, to victims that have been trapped under fallen or moving masonry.
Heavy weight on body parts may partially or completely cut off blood flow. Decrease in oxygen supply leads to anaerobic metabolism, skeletal muscle tissue begins to break down. As muscle cells die, they absorb sodium, water and calcium; releases potassium, myoglobin, phosphate and other toxins. When a patient is released from weight, blood flow is returned and these chemicals circulate throughout the body. Resulting in shock, acute renal failure, cardiac arrest and other systemic symptoms.
Case Studies
1960 Chilean Earthquake
1964 Good Friday Earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
1976 Tangshan Earthquake
2009 Sumatra earthquakes
Man survives under rubble using phone to download apps to tell him how to treat injuries.


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Max's held a thanksgiving celebration last August 16 in their Glorietta 3 branch. I'm grateful that I got invited and I feel bad that I only got to blog about it now. ^^;;; Sorry, guys! The pictures were posted about a week ago though. Jan and I originally planned to watch a movie that 16th of august, but I thought it's bad to miss this chance. Also, maybe, I would be able to try the chicken-all-you-can. 😛
Host of the event
We sat at the far back, near an air-conditioner, & surrounded
with a puddle of water. 😐
I didn't think we'd get caps because they gave it to those who participated in their q&a. But they had a lot, so all of us got one each. 😀
The event was to celebrate the success of Max's Chicken All You Can. I was right, I will be able to try that chicken-all-you-can from this thanksgiving celebration. Hrhr~ >)
As far as I remember, the caldereta is a new dish of Max's. This is a different kind of caldereta as it is served with chicken instead of the usual pork or beef. I like the binagoongan more than the caldereta though because of the eggplant. LOL Also, it is tastier. But that's just me. You have to try both. As soon as possible if you may too or, at least, before the 15th of October. You get free rice and Pepsi if you order these new dishes. 😀
Jantot and her manok
She needs to be reminded of her blog post. 8)
Ryan found a wishbone. 😀 I got lucky because I got the bigger part.
Here's to hoping that the wish will come true. *crosses fingers*
Chicken bones both from mine and Jan's
Jan and I were full from the Chicken All You Can. I had about 4 pieces. That's not counting yet the caldereta and binagoongan. We were also happy kids because they gave us cake. 😀
All pictures I took during and after the event are in my Flickr.
Head on to your nearest Max's and try the binagoongan and caldereta dishes. Celebrate your family or friend's birthday or have a feast with your barkada. In case you see me in a Max restaurant, don't forget to say hi. ;D


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In support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, The Mary Kay FoundationSM announced it is awarding $3 million in grants to 150 domestic violence shelters across the country. The Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence (MSCFV) is one of 150 domestic violence agencies nationwide that has received a $20,000 unrestricted grant to support local survivors of domestic violence in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties.
Since its creation in 1996, The Mary Kay Foundation has awarded more than $78 million to women's shelters and domestic violence service providers, as well as cancer research programs and related causes throughout the United States. While the Mary Kay Foundation funding is for general operations, this honor is recognition of MSCFV's holistic approach to providing services to victims of family violence and of the innovative programming that MSCFV has created to address the diverse obstacles victims experience on their way to becoming self-sufficient survivors. Some of the innovative programming recognized by the Mary Kay Foundation include MSCFV's:
"At Mary Kay, we believe in helping women improve their circumstances and live their best lives. One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime and it is our responsibility to support the women's shelters that aid these survivors," said President of The Mary Kay Foundation Board of Directors Michael Lunceford. "At the heart of The Foundation's work is the shelter grant program which is actively supported by our independent sales force. We're proud that our commitment makes such a powerful impact in local communities and in the lives of domestic violence survivors across the country."
"MSCFV wishes to thank the Mary Kay Foundation, Mary Kay customers that provide the funding for these grants, and the Mary Kay consultants that continue to promote Mary Kay Ash's Go-Give philosophy that an act of kindness leads to an atmosphere of trust, caring, and relationship building," said MSCFV Executive Director Jeanne Yeager. "Every year, MSCFV serves over 350 victims of family violence and their 500+ children as they work to end their cycle of violence and build strong, self-sufficient and loving futures for themselves and their families. We are so thankful for this recognition of our efforts."
About Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence
With the goal of helping victims end the violence in their lives, since 1980, the Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence (MSCFV) has been the central point of access for assistance on domestic violence within the counties of Maryland's Middle Eastern Shore. The mission of MSCFV is to create healthy opportunities to break the cycle of domestic violence through intervention and prevention for victims and abusers; and by changing society's attitudes and systems which permit and promote such violence against women, men and families. MSCFV provides services that span from crisis-focused hotline, legal services, and emergency shelter to counseling, education, economic empowerment programs and longer term transitional housing. To Contact our Family Violence Hotline, call 1-800-927-4673 (HOPE) To learn more about Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence, contact (410) 690-3222 or visit www.mscfv.org.
About The Mary Kay Foundation℠
The Mary Kay Foundation was created in 1996 and its two-fold mission includes funding women's cancer research and ending domestic violence. Over the course of more than two decades, The Mary Kay Foundation has awarded more than $78 million to women's shelters and domestic violence service providers, as well as cancer research programs and related causes throughout the United States. To learn more about The Mary Kay Foundation and its mission, visit marykayfoundation.org or call 1-877-MKCARES (652-2737).
To Contact our Family Violence Hotline, call 1-800-927-4673 (HOPE).
To learn more about how the Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence is using the Mary Kay Foundation to support victims' Journeys of Strength, contact (410) 690-3222.
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1.) Repair of softball gloves and equipment. B.K. Sports Repair
2.) Valuable hitting tips at Swing Mechanics.
3.) Slo-Pitch Ontario website
4.) David Fox suggests The Ottawa Indoor Softball League
5.) Monday Ball League
6.) Softball Canada Promos, featuring some 60+ members:
For the Video, click here.
For the Photos click here.
7.) High resolution League Logos
8.) Contact the RA Centre


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Budget 2018: Health the big winner in Labour-NZ First Budget.
InclusiveNZ April 3, 2018 News 0
More money has been allocated for health, housing and schools in the budget 2018. Below is a summary of some of the budget allocated in the social sector.
- $3.2 billion additional budget over four years, including $2.2 billion more for DHBs and $126 million for elective surgeries and other areas. $750 million for hospital upgrades and rebuilds.
- Cheaper doctor visits for more than 500,000 people. Free GP visits extended to 13-year-olds (56,000 more children). About 540,000 people eligible for Community Services cards will get $20 to $30 cheaper GP visits. Cost $385m.
- $112 million more for community midwives, including 8.9 percent fee increase to level them with DHB midwives.
- 2 billion extra budget has been allocated to the education sector for the coming four years, including 1500 new teachers, 200 new classrooms and a big boost to learning support.
- From this budget, children with disabilities and complex needs will get an extra $133 million over four years period.
- $30m has been allocated to provide more support to deaf and low-vision students.
- $395 million to be allocated to build new schools and classrooms.
- $3.8 billion to build 6400 more state houses by 2022 – and $170 million for emergency housing. Insulation subsidies for low-income families. HNZ to borrow $3b.
Six-week programme for unemployed youth
- The number of spaces for the six-week program for unemployed 18 to 25 years old, the Limited Services Program will be increased to 1600 at the cost of 26.8 million over four years.
Funding boost for refugees
- The government will spend a total amount of $9.2 million to build infrastructures for refugees at the Magree Resettlement Centre and increase the Quota refugees to 1500 places per year.
Climate Change
- $100 million of new capital funding for the Green Investment Fund has been allocated in the budget 2018.
- An additional $14 million in new funding is provided to address climate change.
The Cuts
- A cut on funding reversible contraceptives for beneficiaries – saving $120,000 over five
- A cut on funding policy advice on Energy and Resources and ACC (saving $650,000 and $500,000 a year, respectively).
- A cut on planned $500,000 spending increase on the Prime Minister's scholarship's to Asia.
- A removal of operational grant components and access to Te Kura subjects from private schools will save $3.5 billion.
- There's no funding for Waikeria Prison. Instead, there's a funding boost for 600 new prison beds.
The full report can be found here: Strong Government finances and a strong economy or Summary of Initiatives in Budget 2018


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Even if you enjoy Valentine's Day--I generally do--you can probably agree that it's pretty corny. The holiday's tropes feel a little lame and formal for adult humans in adult relationships, but if you make it your own, it's a great opportunity to do something nice for your spouse, partner, best friend--whoever. It's best celebrated as a day of affection and appreciation, no matter who you're with.
Valentine's Day also traditionally involves gift-giving, and I have a little theory about how to make that go smoothly as well: the best Valentine's Day gifts are things that can be worn or used in everyday life, but picking something in a traditional V-Day color gives the recipient a nice reminder of the occasion the piece marks. If you're more of a candy person, there are chic ways to do that, too--check out all of our suggestions below.
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What Is Neurofeedback?
Neurofeedback, a specific form of biofeedback, is designed to monitor, quantify, and train brain waves in real time in order to help individuals increase their ability to regulate brain function. The approach uses specialized equipment—usually an electroencephalograph (EEG)—to measure and record the brain's electrical activity. The Haven House clinical team then works with this information to promote positive brain activity and/or or identify and address any brain areas that may be experiencing dysregulation.
Neurofeedback and Addiction Treatment
After suffering from addiction for an extended period of time, the human brain creates new neural pathways, essentially stopping the itself from self regulating. In recovery, we are trying to "rewire" these pathways. Haven House uses EEG biofeedback as a non-invasive means of training the brain to self-regulate. EEG sensors are attached to the scalp reading brainwave activity. The "feedback" is that the computer gives rewards to the brain when it produces specific brainwave activity. We address the underlying causes such as trauma, PTSD, or abuse with this specific therapy in a clinical setting.