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Latest initiatives
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Click here for information about service gaps addressed by CNWQML.
NWRH AGM hears of excellent performance
10 December 2014 Members of the Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local have been presented with the company's annual results, showing the organisation achieved its highest levels of delivery of primary health care services since its inception.
New patient bus for Mount Isa
24 November 2014 Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local have commenced a bus service to transfer eligible clients to medical appointments and activities around the city.
Diabetes Day in the North West
14 November 2014 North West Health services promoted a healthy breakfast message to mark World Diabetes Day on November 14.
Health of the West plan
11 November 2014 CNWQML has worked with the Central West hospital and Health Service, Central Western Queensland Remote Area Planning and Development Board (RAPAD), the Central West Local Ambulance Service Network and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) to develop the Health of the West plan.
AGM Notice
3 November 2014 The Annual General Meeting of the Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local will be held on 25 November 2014, in Mount Isa
GP Support
18 September 2014 CNWQML and the Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health (MICRRH) have established a new education program, aimed at supporting general practice in central and north west Queensland.
Health Pro Weekly
22 August 2014 CNWQML produces a weekly newsletter for Health professionals in our region.
CNWQML strategic meeting
9 July 2014 The CNWQML board met in Mount Isa last week, to plan and discuss the evolving program over the next two years.
Mount Isa Health Expo
9 July 2014 The first ever Mount Isa Health Expo being hosted at Buchanan Park Friday and Saturday July 25 and 26 is combining all the right ingredients when it comes to offering an event to cover all tastes.
Health Clinic handover in Diamantina
30June 2014 Clinic operations at Birdsville and Bedourie officially have transferred from the Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local to the Central West Hospital and Health Service
Telehealth pilot
15 May 2014 Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local has begun offering eligible clients telehealth consultations, allowing an improved service to people requiring treatment follow-up in the state's remote areas.
Changes to local health care
15 May 2014 Chair of the Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local has today said the organisation and its Board would work with government to ensure a smooth move to the evolving primary health care structure for its region.
Facebook for NW & CW
8 May 2014 North West and Cental West residents have a new source of information, with Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local (CNWQML) this week launching two local Facebook pages.
Free childhood obesity program for Longreach
30 April 2014 Families in Longreach can register now for a free government-funded healthy lifestyle program starting Monday, May 19.
Vaccinations at Normanton Clinic
28 April 2014 Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local Normanton Clinic has introduced a new service to provide vaccinations to local residents.
Future of Medicare Locals
24 April 2014 The Chair of the Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local (CNWQML), Mr Phil Barwick, has today responded to speculation about the future of Medicare Locals. He said CNWQML has been assured of its funding for the coming financial year and is looking forward to continuing to develop its programs.
Central West Facebook Page
16 April 2014 CNWQML now has a Facebook page to provide information about preventative health and health promotion activities being provided in Central West Queensland, as well as hosting discussion about healthy lifestyles and chronic disease risk factors.
Hip Hop at Barcaldine
15 April 2014 The Central West Youth Network, health service providers and community organisations have come together in collaboration with Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local to deliver the Hip Hop project to help young people explore their vision for a healthy community.
Hip Hop heads to Mount Isa and Barcaldine
9 April 2014 Young people in our region will once again have a chance to have their say through dance and music, when the Indigenous Hip Hop Project (IHHP) visit Mount Isa and Barcaldine.
Autumn Health Watch hits local letterboxes
9 April 2014 CNWQML latest wellbeing magazine, Health Watch has hit local letterboxes. Health Watch is produced three times each year, and aims to provide information to keep your family safe and healthy.
Health Planning reaches milestones
28 March 2014 Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local (CNWQML) is reaching its milestones in regional needs assessment, with data collection well underway and the first population health plan due for release mid-year.
Local immunisation above national average
28 March 2014 Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local has some of the highest childhood immunisation rates in the country, according to a new report.
Support for drought affected farmers
24 March 2014 The Australian Government has announced a package of measures offering financial, social and mental health support to farm families, farm businesses and rural communities suffering from drought.
Health Services in the Central West
19 March 2014 Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local (CNWQML) is working in partnership with the Central West Hospital and Health Service in conducting the consultation phases of their Central West Health Plan.
Submission to the Inquiry into the Development of Northern Australia.
26 February 2014 CNWQML has made a submission to the Inquiry into the Development of Northern Australia, focusing on workforce challenges in remote regions of Australia.
Central West Health Service Plan survey
26 February 2014 Health Services in the Central West are developing a single health service plan for the region. This survey is your chance to provide feedback for the plan.
Invitation to give feedback
21 February 2014 As part of our accreditation process, CNWQML is inviting current and former clients to provide comment on our services.
Business Development Support
10 February 2014 Central and North West Queensland Medicare Local (CNWQML) is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced individuals or businesses to pursue business development opportunities.
Population Health Data Compilation
15 January 2014 CNWQML is seeking assistance from suitably qualified consulting firms to compile a population health data base to enable an accurate needs assessment for communities across Central and North West Queensland.
E of I - Sale of Urandangi Blue House
15 January 2014 CNWQML is calling for expressions of interest from interested parties to purchase the Urandangi "Blue House". The purchase includes the land title on which the building is located. The building is to be sold in its current condition 'as is/where is'.
Diamantina Health Service Update
6 January 2014 CNWQML is focused on improving access to primary health care and preventative health strategies for communities in its region, in alignment with the Federal Government's National Health Reform.
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Is Tiffany Trump coming to Harvard?
Hopefully this will finally make Donald proud
Donald Trump's forgotten daughter Tiffany was spotted touring Harvard Law School yesterday.
"We were sitting in the lounge area in the student center, and I saw a tall blond girl walking through and I recgonized her," a student told Politico.
Eyewitnesses spotted the 23-year-old with her Secret Service detail.
Tiffany Trump spotted touring Harvard Law School #justicefortiffany https://t.co/usaMvtRWx3 pic.twitter.com/CPRfFWmU3P
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) December 7, 2016
Shortly after graduating from Penn, her father's alma mater, Tiffany posted about studying for the LSAT:
Throughout election, Tiffany has faced rumors that she is a second-class scion of the Trump dynasty, often appearing in the back row of campaign events.
A Fox News documentary which aired last summer mentioned in describing the family: "There is also Tiffany Trump, who keeps a low profile."


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Anchorwoman and sportscaster Leeann Tweeden said Thursday that comedian Al Franken kissed and groped her without her consent during a USO tour in December 2006.
Franken, who is now the junior Democratic senator from Minnesota, was headlining the event. Tweeden was emceeing.
Tweeden said Thursday that she knew ahead of time that Franken had written a skit where his character tries to kiss her.
"On the day of the show Franken and I were alone backstage going over our lines one last time," Tweeden wrote in a post for 790 KABC, the radio station she works for in Los Angeles. "He said to me, 'We need to rehearse the kiss.' I laughed and ignored him. Then he said it again. I said something like, 'Relax Al, this isn't SNL... we don't need to rehearse the kiss.' He continued to insist, and I was beginning to get uncomfortable."
She finally relented, she said:
She did end up performing the skit as written, she continued, turning her head away while on stage so Franken couldn't kiss her.
When she was on her way home to Los Angeles, she said, she fell asleep on the plane. While she slept, Franken grabbed her breasts and had a photo taken.
"I couldn't believe it. He groped me, without my consent, while I was asleep," she wrote. "I felt violated all over again. Embarrassed. Belittled. Humiliated. How dare anyone grab my breasts like this and think it's funny?"
Franken responded in a press statement Thursday.
"I certainly don't remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann," he said. "As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn't. I shouldn't have done it."
USO did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday called for an Ethics Committee review of the allegation.
"Regardless of party, harassment and assault are completely unacceptable ― in the workplace or anywhere else," McConnell said.
Last month, following a whirlwind of accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, Franken wrote in a Facebook post about the "disappointing responses" women often receive after sharing their stories. He also said he was working to pass the Arbitration Fairness Act, which would allow people who have faced workplace harassment to go to court.
Mike Sacks, a political correspondent for Scripps and former producer for HuffPost, noted on Twitter that in Franken's book Giant of the Senate, he says he decided to run for public office after the 2006 USO tour. Franken was elected to the Senate in 2008.
Jennifer Bendery contributed reporting.
CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, a previous version of this story misstated Sacks' professional affiliation. He works for Scripps, not Esquire.
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By Jen Akin
In a recent team building exercise, ministry staff members wrote a message in a bottle – a piece of advice or counsel – to the future church. Each week we pulled out one message and had the author expound on it. It was thought-provoking to reflect on what our last words of encouragement and direction would be to the church. Moreover, it highlighted what was currently important to us.
In Acts 20:13-38 Paul is in a similar position with the Elders of Ephesus. Compelled by the Holy Spirit to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem by Pentecost, he skips Ephesus. At a stop in Miletus, Paul sends for the Ephesus Elders, wanting one last time with them. His encouragement and teaching focuses on what he discerns is most important to sustain them as they lead the church.
It boils down to these three things:
Be living examples of what it means to turn to God in repentance and have faith in Jesus Christ. From day one Paul relentlessly served the Elders by teaching them everything about being a follower of Christ. He not only taught it, he modeled it, and now Paul expected no less from them. Their task, as Paul had demonstrated, was to "testify to the gospel of God's grace" (v24) with their lives and leadership.
Watch over each other. As shepherds appointed by the Holy Spirit, Paul wanted to make sure the Elders understood that the care of the flock was their primary responsibility and to be on guard for what might subvert their sheep. Paul warns the Elders to pay close attention to both internal and external influences that may tarnish the message of the Gospel.
Humbly and generously serve one another with love and grace. Paul reminds the Ephesus Elders that their life reward is not found in earthly jewels or wealth, but rather is found in their eternal grace and inheritance. And from this place of grace they, in turn, should be generous with all that they are and all that they have for the sake of the Kingdom.
Here is Paul, the Pastor. He is huddled with these Elders, speaking with kindness and gentleness. Having given them everything he can to prepare them for their ministry, Paul needs to let them go. Their love is deep for one another, evidenced by their prayers, their embraces, and their tears as they say good-bye, grieving that they will never see Pastor Paul again. Those final moments were unforgettable to these men, making a lasting impact on their ministry.
While Paul's initial teaching is for the Elders of the church, his wisdom transcends his audience and this moment. It becomes the template for a holy mentorship program, inviting and challenging us into intentional, gospel-centered living. All of this, so that others might know and follow the Lord for generations to come. Quite the message in a bottle!
Lord, I pray our lives would become a living testimony to the gospel of your grace and that we would protect one another from that which would want to steal this away. May you find us faithful in how we serve one another – with abundant generosity and love. In Jesus' Name, Amen


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Decide how wide you want your headband to be. You can make yours thinner or wider than mine, just add or subtract foundation chains.
Chain 8.
Row 1: Starting in the 2nd chain from the hook, Half Double Crochet in all 7 stitches.
Row 2: Chain 1 and turn. HDC in all 7 stitches.
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Later in Pregnancy
Fetal movements
By 20 weeks gestation most women are aware of the baby moving. There will be times throughout the day where you will not feel the baby move, this is usually because the baby is asleep.
You should feel at least 10 movements within a 12 hour period. If you are concerned that your baby has not moved or that the movements are decreased please do not hesitate to either call the rooms (02) 9966 5500 or your hospital delivery suite;
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Uterine tightenings (Braxton Hicks contractions)
These are painless irregular uterine (not labour contractions), contractions which usually start at about 20 weeks increasing in regularity after the 35th week of pregnancy. The tightenings are very normal and can be quite uncomfortable at times.
It is beneficial to remain active throughout your pregnancy to minimise weight gain and to generally feel better for labour and birth. Intensive training or high impact activities should be avoided during pregnancy.
Reflux and heartburn are common later in pregnancy as the baby grows. Smaller more frequent meals and the avoidance of fatty, rich or spicy foods will all help to minimise the effect of heartburn.
Many women will require antacids such as Mylanta or Rennie tablets to help ease the discomfort and occasionally prescription medications may be necessary.
Constipation can occur at any time during pregnancy. This is often the result of an increased level of progesterone acting on the intestine, or other causes such as iron supplements. Mild laxatives may be necessary such as Movicol, Normacol, and Duphalac can be safely used during pregnancy
Increasing your fluid and fibre intake will also help.
Back pain
Back pain may develop as the uterus enlarges this puts a greater strain on the lower back. Ligaments become softened and lax due to increased hormone production. Sciatica and pelvic instability may also develop.
Treatment can include:
- sleeping on your side with a pillow between the legs with the legs slightly flexed
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- forward tilting exercises of the pelvis
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Starting the Savings
Dave lets Caleb know that he can't do a 401k as an individual - he'd have to do a Roth IRA.
QUESTION: Caleb is 19 and is about to start college. He has the money to pay for it and wants to start a 401k. How can he do that?
ANSWER: You can do an IRA, but you can't do a 401k as an individual. You have to get that through a company. Get a Roth IRA in a good growth-stock mutual fund. Make sure to have a full emergency fund of three to six months of expenses before you invest, because if you don't then you'll withdraw or borrow on the investment when a rainy day comes.


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Self-employment or freelancering is a better option to consider in today's scenario. No job is safe, if it is a part-time or 9 to 5 full time job, and no company is stable, and that is the principle of business. You can lose your job during the night with nothing to fall back on, or the organization where you are working could be sold overnight, then what will you do in such critical situations? But it does not mean that everyone should or can be a business man or an entrepreneur. Some experience is needed to start any kind of business which can be physical or mental. Independent company expects exposure to different aspects of the business and people do not adapt quickly to fail and face financial or other problems which effect their personal life badly.
The difference between becoming independent businessman or employed workers is that the employee is likely to focus more on him and his team, while the contractor thinks of everything in the organization. Some of the benefits and challenges of being independent are given below;
Advantages of being independent freelancer :
1. You will become your own boss and can create own business network to develop business.
2. When you win, you can spent more time with your family.
3. No need to depend on anybody.
4. You can work as per schedule fixed by you. There is no need of working eight hours continuously as you worked in other firms. In the initial stage of own business the number of hours you have to work will be considerably higher as it is your own business and only you have to make it profitable. Here nobody will force you to work and to complete target. It is upto you to do more work to earn more.
5. You can easily develop own ideas to promote the business. Feel free to develop your own initiatives to accelerate business growth.
6. It is not necessary to distribute the benefits. If things are going well and profits are high, there is no need to distribute the benefits among others.
7. Homework: as a freelance independent contractor you can easily work from home which is more convenient and it saves the transportation and other expenses.
8. Once you begin the success, you can also achieve the social prestige, personal satisfaction, professional recognition and increased revenue that is yours alone.
Challenges of being independent
1. If you invest money in enterprises, then any investment is yours.
2. There are many financial risks if the project fails.
3. You feel lonely to know which way to go if you do not add a group of persons in your profession.
4. You must do all types of advertising, learning, training, building new relationships, etc.
5. You should monitor the time if you are self-employed.
6. You may have to work more hours which may have a negative impact on personal health and family life.
7. You must pay all the bills namely electricity, telephone, health care premiums, etc. from your pocket.
8. You must be responsible for own disability insurance, business insurance, income tax, social security premiums, employment insurance and so on.
So above are some of the challenges and benefits of being independent that can compare to making your decision. Self is probably the best we can dream, but very few people like to go for this route, such as risk, payments, time, personal financial planning and investment required is less attractive than the regular job, where your company pays most of their accounts, but again limited income. And for the long term, self is always a good option. Each option has its advantages and disadvantages. You can't compare these two and judge, as the work is better or not. It depends on many factors such as family history (financial strength), the work schedule in Self-employment, or the need for job security, etc.


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The use of GPR in construction, inspection, and concrete repair has many advantages over older X-ray methods. Simply put, GPR is safer, more economical, more versatile and more accurate than X-ray.
X-ray requires the evacuation of surrounding areas (which includes floors 50' above and 50' below) due to radiation safety concerns. Just this fact alone makes GPR a superior alternative to X-ray. The time lost because of evacuation can be substantial depending on the size of the project. GPR units are easily portable and can be "in and out" in a fraction of the time and they eliminate the safety concerns of dealing with a radiation source.
When you consider all the factors, Ground Penetrating Radar is clearly a better solution for the concrete inspection, construction, and repair industry than X-ray methods.
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USDA released March 2010 a Commodity report for Oregon. The report gives a detailed summary for the last 5 years for the State. This link will direct you to view the Wheat Commodity Report for Oregon. This report is more specific by County for the State of Oregon. The report lists detailed information by County for Wheat yields, Acres, Revenue.
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Our next meeting is scheduled for 8/6/17 (Sunday) at 5pm in San Francisco on the 2nd floor lounge of the Marriott Marquis (780 Mission Street). See here for more information about the venue. Once you enter the hotel, go to the 2nd floor using the escalator and you will see a lounge with sofas and tables. Feel free to send an email if you have trouble finding it.
Our agenda for next time:
- Continue discussion on wavelets.
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- Discuss Mandelbrot's book, "Misbehavior of Markets, A Fractal View of Turbulence", Benoit Mandelbrot.
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Executive Team
Dura-Line is part of Mexichem, one of the biggest producers of plastic pipe and connections worldwide and one of the largest chemical and petrochemical companies in Latin America.
Peter Hajdu
President & CEO,
Peter Hajdu is President of Mexichem's Data Communications business, previously part of the Fluent Business Group. Peter joined Mexichem in 2018 to lead the Dura-Line brand. Previously, he held multiple executive positions in Cisco's EMEA and emerging markets operations. Prior to Cisco, he was a consultant at McKinsey and Company, serving clients in the chemicals, automotive, airline and banking sectors. Peter is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley where he obtained his MBA and Management of Technology degree.
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Tim Grimsley former Sr. Vice President of Global Business Development for Dura-Line Corporation, now serves as the Vice President of Business Development for Fluent US & Canada. Mr. Grimsley's career with Dura-Line Corporation began in 1995 as the Vice President of Business Development in the Latin American region and later took over the function of Engineering for Dura-Line supporting R&D Departments, in the U.S. and Czech Republic, as well as the Field Support group. In 2003 Mr. Grimsley accepted the position as Vice President, Sales & Marketing for U.S. & Canada. He developed our next generation of MicroTechnology products and built our Technical Field Support team in the U.S. In 2013, Mr. Grimsley accepted the position as Vice President, Global Business Development to focus more time on Dura-Line's growing global business while continuing to interface with key accounts within the U.S. & Canada. As Dura-Line's global business continues to expand, Mr. Grimsley was promoted to Senior Vice President, Global Business Development in January 2015. Prior to Dura-Line, Mr. Grimsley spent 11 years and held various positions at NORTEL: Installation Manager, Engineering, Marketing and Sales Director, focusing on fiber optic cable and transmission systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to NORTEL, Mr. Grimsley worked for United Telephone. Mr. Grimsley has an Engineering Degree from ITI and the University of South Florida.


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Witch and Wizard: The Gift - James Patterson/Ned Rust
Little, Brown and Company, 2010
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When Whit & Wisty were imprisoned by the wicked forces of the totalitarian regime known as the New Order, they were barely able to escape with their lives. Now part of a hidden community of teens like themselves, Whit and Wisty have established themselves as leaders of the Resistance, willing to sacrifice anything to save kids kidnapped and brutally imprisoned by the New Order.
But the One has other plans in store for them: He needs Wisty, for she is "The One Who Has the Gift." While trying to figure out what that means, Whit and Wisty's suspenseful adventures through Overworld and Shadowland lead to a jaw-dropping climax and conclusion: the highly-anticipated fulfillment of the heart-pounding opening prologue of book one... The Execution of the Allgoods.
My Rating: 3/5 Stars
I don't know, maybe it was because I haven't read Witch and Wizard since it first came out, but I just didn't love this one. While I do acknowledge that I think this is a good book for both boys and girls (especially reluctant readers), it did not flow for me. I felt like there was to much back and forth without any real advancements being made in the story. Quite honestly, this second book in the series did not provide me with any answers. I have a hard time with the names too. I know that Whit and Wisty are cute names for twins, but in a book where the narrative alters from chapter to chapter, they are just too close. I wasn't crazy about the first one in the series, but thought I would give this one a chance. I don't think I will pick up the 3rd when it comes out. I also don't think it helps that the coauthor is different this second time around. Wish I had better things to say.
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Razorbill, 2011
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A Story of Love, Murder, and Madness Aboard an Enormous Spaceship Bound for the Future
Amy is a cryogenically frozen passenger aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed. She expects to wake up on a new planet, 300 years in the future. But fifty years before Godspeed's scheduled landing, Amy's cryo chamber is unplugged, and she is nearly killed.
Now, Amy is caught inside an enclosed world where nothing makes sense. Godspeed's passengers have forfeited all control to Eldest, a tyrannical and frightening leader, and Elder, his rebellious and brilliant teenage heir.
Amy desperately wants to trust Elder. But should she? All she knows is that she must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets before whoever woke her tries to kill again.
Across the Universe is Titanic meets Brave New World.
My Rating: 5/5 Stars
I definitely think all the hype around this book was well deserved. I finished this book 2 days ago and still can't get it out of my head. The characters were so well developed (and I love that the main character's name was Amy not Brynnly or Addison or some other super trendy name). In the past, I have not always been a sci-fi fan, but I think I am slowly starting to convert. I loved that there was a mystery surrounding the story, the relationship between Amy and Elder, and that there was an all out awful villian. Every page held a new twist and a new moral dilemma. I have said it before and I will say it again. I LOVE books that make me think and keep me thinking. At the end of the book, I sat there and thought about how I would have felt waking up in a foreign environment with no one to turn to or trust. How would I have felt as I discovered secret after secret, each one altering my life in ways that I could never imagine. It reminded me that absolute power absolutely corrupts. I would recommend this book to both boys and girls in 7th grade and up. If YOU haven't read this one yet, go out and pick it up RIGHT NOW!!!
Matched - Ally Condie
Dutton Books, 2010
Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.
The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.
My Rating: 4.5/5
I started reading this book last night at about 9:30 p.m. and literally stayed up reading until I was I finished with this one. The only thing that kept me from giving Matched a 5/5 is that I read it on the heels of Across the Universe (which if you read my previous review, you'll now that I love, love, loved it!) and it didn't seem quite as good (although it was pretty amazing.) In Matched, I truly felt bad for Cassia. The situation of being caught between 2 boys you are in love with is not uncommon even in real life. Now imagine being committed to one because the government told you you had to be. Now what if they made a mistake? In Cassia's case, they did.
This is another book that made me think. Imagine if the government controlled EVERYTHING. Who you married (if you were allowed to), what you ate, how many kids you had, even when you died. Scary, right? What if you no longer had free will to make choices for yourself. This is the society Cassia lives in, and everyone seems to be okay with it. While this novel is definitely of the Dystopian type, Cassia's community still similarities that parallelled todays society. I would recommend this book more likely to girls in 6th grade and up.
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TEDxRutgers club organizes 'Speech Craft' competition for public speakers
Kaila Lim said she wonders what would happen if people did not doubt themselves.
Lim, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, was one of the speakers at "Speech Craft," a public speaking contest held by the TEDxRutgers Club last night in the Center Hall of the Busch Student Center.
The winner of the contest would become the student speaker for the TEDxRutgersU in March, said Akash Mitra, co-president of the club.
Students at the competition were picked after sharing their experiences and stories, he said.
"We looked at the most inspiring stories we could get," he said. "We looked at people [who] had something to share with the Rutgers community."
The winning speaker was chosen based on both content and delivery, he said. Other factors included body language and timeliness.
Students could use props such as a chair or a small desk, he said. Despite this, the most important factor was whether they could engage the audience.
The winner of the competition would be announced after a few days, Mitra said.
Nishant Gidvani, the club's treasurer and co-founder, said 15 students were chosen to speak during the evening. Each speaker was given three to five minutes to present.
Audience members voted for their favorite speakers by texting speakers' names to a short code the club set up, he said.
The theme of the event was "Makes You Wonder," he said. All of the contestants had to base their talks around this theme.
Lim was doubtful when applying, she said. She based part of her talk around a typical high school experience other students could relate to.
"I knew my audience," she said.
Dean Thomas Papathomas, one of the club's sponsors, said the organization was created to ensure continuity when planning future TEDxRutgers events.
Speech Craft is one of several events he hopes to see throughout the year leading up to the main event this Spring, Papathomas said.
While several campus deans were involved with the organization, it was run entirely by students, he said.
The deans provided financial backing and assisted with coordination between the University and the club, he said. The rest was up to students.
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The group said strong growth in Asia and Japan helped retail like-for-like sales rise 1.1% in 2015, while underlying earnings lifted 1.5% to £51 million.
Peter Harf, chairman of Jimmy Choo, said: "Jimmy Choo continues to outpace the sector despite the challenging competitive environment."
He said the company had "successfully reversed the first-half decline in wholesale revenues and remains on track with growth forecasts in Asia and Japan where brand awareness continues to grow strongly".
Overall revenues rose 6.1%, or 7.2% with currency movements stripped out.
Sales surged by 29% in Japan and by 20.1% across the rest of Asia, while growth was more muted at 4.9% across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Sales fell by 0.7% in the Americas region.
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But it said there had been a fall in spending by Russian customers across the EMEA region.
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Qualcomm recently announced their Snapdragon 835, the first 10nm SoC, and here we are already talking about 7nm chips.
Earlier this year, Samsung announced that they will start producing 7nm chips in early 2018, meaning they could be ready for their nex year's Galaxy S flagship.
According to a new report, MediaTek and TSMC are working together to bring a next-generation SoC. The 7nm SoC will have 12 cores.
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system CNS). It mainly affects the white matter tissue which is made up of nerve fibres which are responsible for transmitting communication signals within the CNS and between the CNS and the nerves supplying rest of the body.
Throughout the disease process of Multiple Sclerosis patches of damage called plaques or lesions appear in areas of the CNS white matter. Around the nerve is an insulating material called myelin which is lost at the site of these lesions. Depending on which areas of the CNS are affected and how badly they are damaged, the type and severity of symptoms can vary greatly. So the disease affects people very differently.
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- Relapsing and remitting Multiple Sclerosis is characterized by relapses when new lesions occur and new symptoms develop and/or old symptoms worsen followed by periods of remission where the person can fully or partially recover from the symptoms.
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It's Friday evening and you're looking forward to the weekend ahead. You're meeting friends tomorrow so you decide to get an early night. The following morning, your alarm goes off but, instead of feeling refreshed, you get a fright: There is someone else in the bed – someone that wasn't there when you went to sleep.
You're lying back-to-back to this person. You try to move but you're tied to them somehow. You call out but the person doesn't respond, continuing to breath heavily. The bedroom door creaks open and you jerk your neck to catch a glimpse.
A middle-aged man with a kind face walks in. He's wearing a lab coat. "Good morning," he starts, "I'm sure you have some questions."
He explains that in your bed lies an unconscious violinist. "He's very famous actually, he does a wonderful rendition of Vivaldi's Four Seasons…" he digresses. The violinist was found to have a fatal kidney ailment and the Society of Music Lovers were determined to help. They trawled through every medical record in the country and found that you, and you alone, correctly match his blood type. The Society of Music Lovers took it upon themselves to invade your home during the night and then they had the violinist's circulatory system linked to yours. Your kidneys are now being used to extract poisons from both his blood and your own.
"The good news is", the doctor adds, "he will have fully recovered from his illness in about nine months. He can then be safely unplugged from you. However, we can't let you unplug him before then, as he will die."
Should you have the right to unplug the violinist?
This thought experiment features in an essay published by philosopher Judith Thomson. In the essay, titled A Defense of Abortion, Thomson argues that you can permissibly unplug the violinist from yourself, even though this will cause his death. One does not have the right to use another person's body in order survive. By unplugging the violinist, you do not violate his right to life – which is granted – but you merely deprive him of the right to use your body. Abortion, then, is not a violation of the fetus's right to life. The woman is just denying the fetus the non-consensual use her body and life-support functions – to which it has no right. Thomson concludes,
"If you do allow him to go on using your kidneys, this is a kindness on your part, and not something he can claim from you as his due."
A few things strike me about this thought experiment. Firstly, it logically justifies abortion without appealing to the debate centred on when life starts. Hence, it is irrelevant if Pope Francis argues that life begins at conception as we're on different terrain – it's a moot point. Secondly, it is a pretty apt metaphor and one that is easy to visualise. Further, this was published in 1971, at a time when I would guess no more than 10% of philosophers were women, and it has gone on to be one of the most widely reprinted essay in all of contemporary philosophy.
This article justifies abortion on moral grounds. Critics have responded that this is an analogy of abortion in the case of rape only, given that the violinist was hooked up to you against your will and with you having taken no action to cause it – so that is a given, at minimum. On this point though, Thomson retaliated with the people-seeds example:
"Imagine people-seeds drift about in the air like pollen. If you open your windows, one could drift in and take root in your carpets. You don't want children, so you cover your windows with fine mesh screens, the very best you can buy. However, on very, very rare occasions one of the screens is defective; a seed drifts in and takes root."
In the event that a people-seed found its way through your window screens, unwelcome as it may be, does the simple fact that the you knowingly risked such an occurrence when opening your window deny you the ability to rid your house of the intruder?
Irish citizens are heading to the polls this year to vote on repealing the 8th constitutional amendment which would legalise abortion to some extent. Things will no doubt get heated as the public discussion ramps up. In the age of alternative facts, it's imperative that people base their opinions on the latest science and the soundest logic, rather than an appeal to emotion.
You can find Thomson's essay online in its entirety here.


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Most Visible Airport Security Rules Cannot Prevent Another Fruit-of-the-Loom Bomber
I sincerely hope that somebody doesn't think I am exposing any secrets. Each point below is obvious to anybody willing to spend five-minutes thought. I obviously have nothing to say about invisible procedures.
If we limit the amount of liquid that each passenger can carry on board to X ounces so that no person can carry enough explosive to blow up or blow a hole in an aircraft, and it takes Y ounces to do so (with Y > X), then all terrorists need to do is to buy N tickets, where N * X ≥ Y, with each of the N terrorists carrying his limit of the explosive, which can then be mixed together in the aircraft toilet. To say that terrorists limit themselves to no more than one per flight is to, at least, neglect history.
In any case, preventing a large conspiracy to smuggle explosives is difficult. For example, any passenger can buy a large container from an airport shop behind security, and can carry that container on board. Presumably, the invisible aspects of security minimize this threat (I speak from hope and not experience).
Having a gloved TSA agent check your boarding pass so that the printing on the boarding pass matches that of your identification is useless. It is trivially easy to create a false boarding pass. Or even easier to buy a genuine ticket in the name that matches the identification, just as the 9/11 murderers did.
It is useless to limit passengers' movement in the cabin for the last hour of the trip (except for reasons of turbulence, landing, and so forth). It is just as useless to blank out the airplane tracking graphics available in some aircraft. Banning radios (receivers) is useless in the same way: I have tried to listen to FM radio while aloft, but have been told this is illegal. A trip to the toilet allows anybody to communicate with the ground undetected.
Removing toilet doors and replacing them with curtains, secured with a strap to indicate occupancy, would have minor use. This is not drastic as it sounds: airport toilets would become like any public restroom.
Banning blankets, pillows, and other objects that cover passengers' laps is useless.
Metal detectors are useful, but imperfect and limited.
Patting down passengers before they can board can be useful, but it is not an exact procedure, especially with fat passengers. The usefulness of this procedure can be greatly enhanced if it is combined with profiling.
It has been suggested that passengers be allowed to carry firearms on board because terrorists won't strike when they fear other passengers might be armed. This is obviously silly. A gun needed only be used to threaten or take another's life: it can also be used to poke holes in mechanical objects.
What would be useful, and expensive, is to install obviously (and properly) armed security guards on each flight. Airlines that take this step could boast of this. President Obama ended the program the allowed trained pilots to carry guns.
Most useful would be to extend profiling in combination with traditional procedures. Obviously, some profiling is already conducted; no-fly and watch lists exist, for example. Profiling at the security check point has some use, but it is limited: e.g., TSA guards could more assiduously search certain passengers. Better would be to beef up the behind-the-scenes profiling where passenger's names are checked when the ticket is issued.
I do not say that the TSA should be given more power. Their mandate should be narrowed, and limited solely to making individual flights (or trains, etc.) safe. They should not be given powers that are already in the hands of the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. Once a passenger has been determined to be free of weapons, explosives, and so forth their authority should stop absolutely.
What happened to reporter and American citizen Michael Yon should not be allowed. Among other things, the TSA agents asked the handcuffed Yon, "How much money do you make?" Any citizen should be allowed to say, "None of your damn business", or even refuse to answer. This question is irrelevant to the safety of an individual flight.
No matter what the security, foul ups are inevitable. Like in Newark, where the security cameras weren't working when a man ventured into a forbidden area. (Hat tip, Instapundit.)
What's most interesting about this is the response from Senator Frank Lautenberg (D). He was careful to be quoted as saying, "This system was broken."
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"Patting down passengers before they can board can be useful, but it is not an exact procedure, especially with fat passengers." Was there ever even one fat – even chubby – suicide bomber?
Fat people like their beer and barbecue too much. Mmmm…Duff!
"invisible procedures" presumably include the supercompetent way that the US Intelligence services put together deeply subtle clues, such as someone's father saying that he fears that his son may be training to become a terrorist, that said son buys tickets for cash, and carries no luggage? And, insofar as one can make out what happened from the chaotic public statements, that same son had been identified to them as a worry by British Intelligence. I put it to you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, that the system is hopeless – just hopeless. Thank God that most of the terrorists seem to be hopeless too – but you can't bet on that remaining so indefinitely. You might care to offer odds?
An amusing invisible procedure:-
Hi Briggs. Thanks for yet another thoughtful post.
The current approach is to ensure passengers are not on a "blacklist" and are not carrying a weapon. If this approach is found to be inherently ineffective, too costly, or too inconvenient, then it is time for another approach.
If the current approach is inherently ineffective, it is usual to first consider an opposite approach. In this case that would mean an approach that ensures passengers are on a "whitelist" and are carrying a weapon. (I guess every passenger is a "soldier" against terrorism — complete with uniform and sidearm?) Failure here means not enough people are permitted to fly. Just our military and police I guess.
If the current approach is to costly then I suggest turning security back over to the airlines. In a competitive environment, this pretty much guarantees minimizing costs.
If the current approach is too inconvenient, then using small aircraft is the answer. No need for a security check at all if you are flying with someone you know.
Couldn't agree more but a couple of observations:
1) I think the name/ticket correspondence was pushed by the airlines. As you mentioned, the 9/11 terrorists used their own names to purchase tickets and fake identities are easy to come by. The name check has the curious side effect of squelching the cheap ticket market where someone buys a discount ticket, say a month in advance, then resells it two weeks later to a third party, sometimes for profit. There used to be ads for these in the New Yorker and Washingtonian magazines.
2) The FM radio rule is long standing and far predates 9/11. The operation of electronic equipment on an aircraft is against FAA regulations. The rationale is the prevention of interference with the aircraft electronics and, indeed, many communication receivers have an intermediate frequency of 10.7 Mhz as do common FM receivers. It's actually up to the pilot to make the determination of safety but don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen. Just be happy you can still use your iPod.
3) Police-like empowerment seems to feed on itself. After all, a police force is a bureaucracy. Fire marshals in Maryland are permitted to carry firearms in conducting their business and many do. The IRS has several hundred agents who are "qualified" to carry firearms. And as always, jobs carrying authority seem to attract the narrow-minded and those with a bully mentality.
4) The growth of TSA powers is also going to happen from outside the agency. No politician will risk calling for a reduction of its powers. Look at the FBI's growth for a lesson.
4) The current measures are really a feel-good action. All of them can be circumvented by determination — some of them laughably so. Hell, people get assassinated in prison where the measures are presumably tighter.
5) The current "safety" measures are a step toward requiring travel papers. The 9/11 terrorists may have won.
Not sure if we can catch Black Cheetah Man, Wedgie Woman and The Robo-Boogers with more security checks and rules. Hey, let's fly wearing a plain star trek uniform and go commando!
It's no problem when TSA gets big and unwieldy! We'll just privatize it, and then it will run efficiently and smoothly.
Perhaps the most effective TSA procedures would be to borrow some from the Israeli playbook.
I visited Israel once, on business, a few summers ago. I had an invitation letter from both my company and the hotel at which I was staying. My company name doesn't matter, suffice it to say it's a large American-based multi-national corporation whose name you would recognize, and the hotel was the Sheraton Tel-Aviv, nicely located on the Mediterranean.
I marveled at both the thoroughness and effectiveness of their approach; the thoroughness was observed empirically, and the effectiveness is seen in their track record.
On the way INTO Israel, I was met with surprisingly little screening. I left a major US city on AA, connected through Heathrow onto a BA flight, and landed in Tel Aviv. I had my paperwork, but nobody even asked to see it – they just stamped my passport and welcomed me to Israel.
On the way OUT of Israel was a completely different matter. My company, being multi-national, is used to employees entering and leaving Israel. As such, there is a procedure our security department uses with the government to pre-clear much of the screening [I can only imagine how thorough it would have been if I hadn't been pre-cleared; we'll get to that in a minute]. Armed with that paperwork, along with my entry paperwork, I arrived at the airport. I checked into my flight – no excitement there – and then took my checked and carry-on baggage to the security screening point. Three different guards asked me some interesting questions, like "Why were you in Israel?," "How long did you stay?," "What did you do in Israel?," and other detailed questions. They did examine my exit letter and were happy with that, yet there was still a bit of screening. I wouldn't meet the simplistic "profiling" of a Muslim terrorist – no turban, no dark hair or skin, … – yet I got the full treatment.
But wait, there's more. Once I passed this screening, my luggage got screened. That created another set of questions. I'm an engineer, and part of what I was doing there was testing some equipment deployed by a customer. As such, I had my own test equipment along with several laptop computers. This raised a lot of interest of the security team – why so many computers, we're going to re-screen those all by themselves, "is that OK" [which I'm sure means we're going to do it or you're not leaving, where are those rubber gloves, …].
The bottom line is that the Israeli airport security, based on my one observation, is not a bunch low-paid government drones clicking through a lame bureaucratic process, watching passengers take off their shoes, rather it's intelligent highly-trained screeners looking for things that are meaningful and interesting.
One thing is for sure. No matter what changes the current administration implements will be deemed foolhardy for being either ineffective, counterproductive or intrusive.
Thanks for including your comments re: Michael Yon. An (almost) unbelievably bureaucratic demonstration of the evils of power. If there actually were such a thing as justice, heads would roll.
The major problem with pistol-toting passengers is that we are talking mostly about international flights, and there is no way in the majority of foreign jurisdictions for a passenger to possess a weapon prior to boarding. So the issue is moot. Because of modern load and projectile technology the "bullet doing major structural damage" issue is more manageable, but having said that I still agree with your conclusion. Except, of course, for me.
Anyone seen the episode of MythBusters where they shot holes in the fuselage and windows of a pressurized cabin? Turns out that while it would be uncomfortable, it wouldn't really be much more than a major irritant for the rest of the flight.
I think my big issue with having loaded or ready-to-load firearms on flights is that I'm sure it would be an onerous process and would probably leave me unarmed and at the whim of plenty of other people who probably shouldn't have loaded firearms on them.
You wrote "What happened to reporter and American citizen Michael Yon should not be allowed. Among other things, the TSA agents asked the handcuffed Yon, "How much money do you make?â€
I think it was customs people who questioned and handcuffed him, not TSA.
The security check point is for more than just air travel security…I know people who were harassed for carrying large amounts of cash. The DEA likes airport security check points.
This came to me today:
I had a fantasy in which the Fed and the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) switched roles.
If a bank failed at 9 a.m. one morning and shut its doors, the TSA would announce that all banks henceforth begin their business day at 10 a.m.
And, if a terrorist managed to get on board a plane between Stockholm and Washington, the Fed would increase the number of flights between the cities.
Doug M is hereby nominated to be Secretary of How To Make The Government Work.
Had a fantasy myself today killing time in a waiting room while a ubiquitous CNN screen flashed on the far wall. Scrolling across the screen was their web address, and it dawned on me the "WWW" probably stood for "Wishing the Way it Were", but that's probably just me.
Briggs, it really doesn't matter if a pocket radio will interfere or not. There are a number of CAB and NTSB reports that attribute the respective accidents to communication and navigational electronic interference. No sane airline is going to risk allowing it if only to prevent being hammered in a crash investigation. Besides, at one time (and still, I think) they were happy to rent earphones to listen to their own in-flight selections. Sympathy or coincidence ?
To back up our dear bard, RB, we have from the horse's mouth:
My feeling is that it immaterial who did the detaining. It was done with the authority of the State and should not have happened in the United States of America.
Sure, we can learn from El Al, but they're solving a somewhat different problem and have a much smaller scale to deal with. Are we going to encounter every terrorist attempt or attack with more expensive and invasive security systems that won't prevent 100% of attacks?
Another airline terrorist attack just might prompt rules and restrictions on the clothing that we can wear while flying the great skies. In this case, the cost can be passed onto the airline passengers.
We are losing our freedom little by little.
The importance of an armed guard on a flight is that whilst passengers are aware of the presence they are necessarily visible/apparent to the passengers.
Good for morale no doubt and political feather preening but not much use otherwise.
By all means have visible uniformed and armed guards but despite their ability to fight back they are essentially targets to be knocked out by the determined terrorist. As is every other known defence such as locked cockpit doors.
It makes the job more difficult but it can be planned for.
No it is the secret, unidentified armed guard unknown even to the aircrew whom the terrorist can neither identify and nor attack who is most effective.
The terrorist can neither identify them nor plan on how to cope with the inevitable counterattack.
And best of all this is very cheap since the secret guard might not even exist let alone be on the flight.
But then again one or more of might just be.
That's real deterrence.
Kindest Regards
To the best of my knowledge, outside of smaller commuter flights, the doors on the planes are pretty sturdy and aren't likely to be taken down by anything pistol-sized. Pilots don't leave the cockpit open during flights now thanks to our Saudi friends from 2001. The real concern with a pistol is some idiot actually managing to hit something in the landing gear or antennas on the roof of the plane.
Also, keep in mind that even if someone did manage to get into a cockpit and shoot something, most of the systems are double and triple-redundant. If Terrorist McMoron shoots the screen, it's a pain for the pilots, but much of the instrumentation has backups somewhere in another location, and the avionics will take over anyway. Airbus planes are practically self-flying anyway, and outside of particularly crazy situations, the planes are all operated by the pilot within a very small box of parameters.
It's a pity you can't be in a cockpit at all anymore, because anything newer than maybe a 767 is a sight to behold when it's in flight. The systems are absolutely incredible, particularly in newer Airbus and Boeing designs. I'd be more concerned about pilots getting taken out than instruments, but like I said before, those doors are pretty hard to get past.
Right you are. Most of the bigger planes (basically anything that's not a commuter plane made by Embraer or Canadair) are pretty well-hardened against interference, but airlines take NO chances with these things.
There's a reason why we're allowed to turn on our equipment during the cruise portion of a flight: very little of a critical nature goes on during cruise. I don't really take any umbrage with having to turn off my gadgets for what's a total of maybe 30 minutes of a flight. While I don't doubt that the planes are designed to handle the interference, all it takes is one problem.
There are recorded instances of autopilots being mucked up, of instrumentation going crazy, and planes doing unexpected things during non-critical and critical phases thanks to outside interference. What's even worse is that in many cases pilots will have little control (in larger airplanes) over this initially. Not so bad in cruise, but it could be a disaster during ascent, take-off, descent or landing.
To be fair, I almost always fly transcontinental or commuter, so my experience has been colored by flights shorter than 5 hours. Perhaps it might pay for me to do more flying to someplace abroad.
Maybe Taiwan?
Not guns, claw hammers.
Upon boarding, each passenger is issued a claw hammer. They're cheap and effective weapons. Short range. Deadly. No way a single terrorist or even a clutch of terrorists can overpower a plane load of crabby travelers armed with claw hammers.
BTW, truckers use milk jugs. That ain't apple juice in the jug on the road shoulder.
If someone wants to blow up the plane, 100 claw hammers won't do anything. Weapons on planes may be effective at preventing hijackings, but if the goal is to blow up the plane, you'll never know until the bomb has detonated or failed to do so.