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Big Data enables in-store retail analytics for increased revenue and reduced waste
To thrive in a tough market environment, Denmark's largest grocer keeps a close eye on customer preferences and its own operational efficiencies. Harnessing Big Data for competitive success, Salling Group transformed an IT bottleneck into an engine of in-store retail analytics and business agility, resulting in increased revenues and reduced waste.
Multiple pressures eat into grocery store profits
Slow growth, increasing consumer demands challenge retail market.
Retailers are essentially a link between producers and end-consumers, taking a relatively small markup on the cost of products. The resulting narrow profit margin requires retailers pay stringent attention to cost and operational efficiencies. The Danish grocery market where Salling Group originated is characterised by slow growth, falling food prices and a shift in volumes from supermarkets to discounters. The market for non-food items and textiles also is growing slowly, with volumes shifting toward online trade.
- ALAN JENSEN, CIO, Salling Group
"Retailers have small profit margins, so are constantly focused on controlling costs and increasing operational efficiency."
Consumers are also growing increasingly sophisticated in their buying habits, with a range of factors influencing their decisions. In addition to price, quality, and convenience, many consumers consider such issues as sustainability, organic production, country of origin, animal and human rights, and corporate citizenship. Therefore, the retail market is fragmenting into micro segments, each requiring a targeted value proposition. The resulting proliferation of product choices complicates inventory management, as does the rise of multiple distribution channels including supermarkets, convenience stores, discounters, and online venues.
All this challenges IT systems to collect increasing volumes of data from retail points of sale, apply predictive analytics, and generate timely reports enabling retailers to respond fast to customer demand. It's a job for Big Data. Stocking the right products on the right shelves at the right time maximises revenue while minimising waste. At stake are consumer satisfaction, corporate profitability, and environmental sustainability.
Also on retailers' minds is the need to free cash flow for investments in innovation and market opportunities. This points toward shifting technology from a capital expense to an operating expense. Retailers like Salling Group are seeking more flexible ways to architect and fund their IT infrastructures, to reduce their management burden while gaining the ability to scale capacity up and down for business agility.
Denmark's leading retail chain
Salling Group emphasises lean agility to compete internationally.
Salling Group, Denmark's largest retailer, runs several e-commerce businesses and four retail chains – føtex, Bilka, Netto and Salling – with 1,467 stores in four European countries. Handling nine million shopping trips per week for groceries and non-food items, Salling Group employs 51,000 workers.
- ALAN JENSEN, CIO, Salling Group
"Salling Group's primary goal is to run a sustainable retail business while creating convenient and inspiring shopping trips for our customers, safe working conditions for our employees and growth opportunities for our suppliers and partners."
To thrive in a challenging business environment of narrow profit margins and stiff competition, Salling Group remains lean and agile while expanding internationally with new products, stores and delivery channels managed with deep insight into diverse and changing customer demands.
Run lean. Decide fast. Compete hard.
Narrow margins, changing customer preferences, new delivery channels spur Salling Group to harness data more effectively.
As a mass-market retailer, Salling Group serves 1.4 million store customers a day – yet must satisfy each one individually. When someone comes in to buy milk – or eggs or bread or flowers – that item has to be fresh and in stock to generate sales revenue, but not overstocked leading to waste. This inventory management challenge is complicated by the fragmentation of consumer demand into micro segments. How much whole, 2%, soy, or organic milk should a particular store in a particular location stock on a particular day? Will that consumer choose a supermarket, a convenience store, or a discount outlet – or order online?
- ALAN JENSEN, CIO, Salling Group
"We must remain lean and agile as our business grows and the environment becomes more complex."
The right mix of products and delivery channels is critical in a retail market where demand remains flat and profit margins hover at a razor-thin 4%. Yet amid these challenges, Salling Group thrives, through a keen eye on customer needs and a constant focus on lean operations.
Harnessing Big Data
Pay-as-you-go SAP HANA overcomes limitations of legacy IBM Power and DB2 platform.
As Salling Group expands internationally, diversifies its delivery channels and increases its hours of operation, store-level daily inventory management decisions depend increasingly on predictive Big Data analytics. However, the IBM Power and DB2 platform Salling Group was using to support its SAP Business Warehouse (BW) could not load data fast enough to generate timely reports. With Salling Group's 50TB database growing by 2TB a month, that problem would continually worsen unless the company transformed its IT environment to enable real-time analytics.
- ALAN JENSEN, CIO, Salling Group
"As the market leader for the SAP HANA platform, HPE brought proven expertise that helps us avoid the complications that can occur when implementing new technology."
Salling Group decided to migrate to the in-memory computing platform SAP HANA, and needed an SAP partner to deliver an end-to-end solution integrating hardware, software and IT management services. What's more, Salling Group wanted the solution delivered on a pay-as-you-go basis, for lower costs and the IT flexibility to keep pace with seasonality and changing market dynamics.
Transforming data into insight
Salling Group partnered with HPE Pointnext to develop an end-to-end transformative solution, including deploying converged infrastructure via HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity to cost-efficiently perform predictive analytics on massive amounts of transactional data.
To remain lean and agile while building sustainable growth for the future, Salling Group brought in HPE Pointnext to help it design, build and deploy an end-to-end solution.
Salling Group's systems now take in massive amounts of transactional data 24x7 from point-of-sale systems in all its stores across Europe, analyses it quickly and delivers timely, information-rich reports to decision makers. This ability to derive real-time insights from data empowers Salling Group to achieve its driving goal to be the number one retailer in Denmark based on customer satisfaction, financial performance and employee satisfaction.
- ALAN JENSEN, CIO, Salling Group
"With HPE and SAP HANA, we have faster data loading and faster reporting, providing the information and access we need for better decision making."
Salling Group also transformed its ability to pursue international growth and market opportunities, by freeing cash through its purchase of infrastructure as a flexible service. With HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity, instead of carrying a capital expense on its books, Salling Group pays only for what it uses. As business needs change, Salling Group can securely increase or reduce capacity as needed, resulting in optimised cash flow and increased IT agility.
Ongoing operational support is provided by HPE Pointnext.
Unleashing growth, competitive agility, customer insight
Inventory decisions based on precise, timely customer information drive improved revenues and reduced waste.
Every morning before their stores open, store managers at Salling Group can review in detail exactly what customers purchased the day before. They're not looking at guesses based on analysis of data subsets, they're not waiting a few hours after the store opens to receive reports. They're looking at comprehensive, personalised reports that empower them to make the best possible inventory stocking decisions to satisfy customers, increase revenue, and reduce spoilage and waste. That keeps Salling Group thriving and eases the pressure on profit margins.
- ALAN JENSEN, CIO, Salling Group
"How do we avoid the waste and financial loss of overstocking products? When do we need to adjust prices? Faster data generation with the HPE solution supports better business decisions."
How do we avoid the waste and financial loss of overstocking products? When do we need to adjust prices? Faster data generation with the HPE solution supports better business decisions.How do we avoid the waste and financial loss of overstocking products? When do we need to adjust prices? Faster data generation with the HPE solution supports better business decisions.
At the top executive level, Salling Group is now freer to pursue its growth goals. The company is opening additional stores, introducing a new convenience-store format, and pursing e-commerce opportunities. Salling Group used HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity to shift to a variable payments infrastructure financing model, lowering its infrastructure total cost of ownership and unleashing the company's ability to invest in innovation – the cornerstone of its competitive success.
From the tiniest detail of how many litres of milk to stock in an individual store, to the strategic challenges of international expansion, Salling Group with its HPE solutions has transformed IT from a bottleneck into an agile powerhouse.
An on-premise converged solution with public-cloud agility
Salling Group engaged HPE Pointnext to help it transform its business with solution design, implementation and deployment services. Migrating to HPE ConvergedSystem 500 for SAP HANA provided an integrated solution including processing, storage, backup and recovery. Salling Group chose delivery via HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity, which enables capacity scaling and frees capital. Ongoing management is through HPE Adaptive Management Services from HPE Pointnext.
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"Hip Hop is more gay than it is dead."
In the wake of former entertainment industry exec Terrance Dean's gay-blind-item-filled book Hiding In Hip Hop, the hip hop community was split. Some reacted by saying, essentially, "Ew. That is so gay." But others basically yawned, and pointed out that of course there have always been gays in hip hop. Have you looked at some of these album covers lately?
I say that in the same context that Killer Mike said "Rap Is Dead" years before Nas copied and said "Hip Hop Is Dead." We all know that there is still some good shit out there, so we can't say ALL of Hip Hop is dead or gay. But, I will say, Hip Hop is more gay than it is dead...
Say if I had all of these CDs in my CD book. Wouldn't that shit look more like a wall in a teenage girls bedroom? If you was to go over to one of your homeboy's house and see wall to wall pictures of dudes with their shirts off, wouldn't that raise some eyebrows?
I ain't saying that every person who walks around shirtless is homo, but damn though. Sometimes when I go to the grocery store to flip through new magazines or go to the record store to see whats new, it feels like I'm at a male revue or someshit because all I see is male nipples.
That's from XXL blogger Maurice G. Garland. And for an eminently level-headed take on it, here's Ill Doctrine blogger and DJ Jay Smooth: "Because as we all know, being the gay rapper is like being the Highlander, and there can only be one on earth."


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Looking into the living area from the staircase gives you some idea of how large it actually is. The furniture grouping shown is the core area where most of the entertaining is done. The colour of the upholstery here are repeated in their different shades throughout the house.
A corner grouping of a upholstered sofa armchairs in pastel shades is complemented with a coffee table grouping in bleached teak. Balinese wooden ducks and two ceramic doves bring a touch of nature to this corner. A touch of drama here with vermillion upholstered chairs and two impressionistic paintings bringing warmth to the marble and white walls.
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One Simple Thing: Reconsider Your Toilet
If we are going to make it as a society, we are going to have to make some tough, potentially gross decisions. One of those decisions centers around the toilet. A standard toilet in the average American household uses five gallons of water per flush and is flushed four times per day per person; that comes out to an average of 30 thousand gallons of water per year for a family of four.
If you want to reduce the water used by your toilet, you have four options.
Option 1: Get a low flow toilet.
Total potential water savings: 18, 500 gallons per year
There are a variety of low flow toilets on the market, and they way better than you think. Sure, some of them may have flushing problems for bigger "loads," but with a little research, you can find the right one for you. Additionally, many of these models use different amounts of water for solid and liquid waste.
Option 2: Try to flush half as often.
Total potential water savings: 15,000 gallons per year
Total savings if combined with a low flow toilet: 20,000 gallons per year
If you have a standard toilet you would be saving around 15,000 gallons. With a low flow toilet, you would save around 5,000 additional gallons per year.
Option 3: Flush only for solid waste:
Total potential water savings: 22,800 gallons per year
Total potential water savings with a low flow toilet: 27,700 gallons per year
If you want to save even more water, you can try to only flush your toilet for solid waste. Sure, things may get a little grosser, but if you close your toilet seat every time, things shouldn't get too bad.
Option 4: Compost that crap!
Total potential water savings: 30,000 gallons per year (Everything!)
If you want to almost completely eliminate the water that passes through your toilet each year, you could consider a composting toilet. With a composting toilet you take what normally passes through your toilet and simply bury it, or even use it to fertilize your flowers. Contrary to what you may think, composting toilets can be rater sophisticated and do not smell if properly maintained (as with any toilet). However, it is entirely understandable if you don't want to go quite that far. However, if you are interested in this option, you could check it out here .
However you choose to save water, just be sure it works for you. Good luck!


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The Bibliotheca Laurentiana at Florence is a repository for ancient writing. It contains a vast collection of more than 11,000 manuscripts and 4,500 early printed books. None is more precious than the fine volume labeled Codex Amiatinus. This is the most celebrated of the myriad manuscripts of the Latin Vulgate Bible and an important witness to the history of the Christian church. It is the fifth of the twenty-five objects through which we are tracing the history of Christianity.
As the Christian church grew and matured and moved beyond its infancy, early believers had to grapple with many theological questions and controversies. Creeds and councils were convened. Debates raged. Every Christian turned to the Bible to support his beliefs and yet a foundational question remained: What was the Bible? Codex Amiatinus is an important part of the answer.
In 382, Pope Damascus I concluded that the church was in desperate need of a new translation of the Scriptures. The church had begun to divide into two parts, the Latin-speaking church of the West and the Greek-speaking church of the East. As the Western church distanced itself from the East, it also distanced itself from the Greek language. As knowledge of Greek faded, the Greek New Testament and the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament were no longer easily understood. Meanwhile, even though there were many translations of the Bible into Latin, none of them was of good quality. For these reasons Pope Damascus commissioned a new, authoritative translation of the entire Bible.
Jerome, a scholar from northern Italy who was skilled in both Hebrew and Greek, was assigned to this task. He had at first intended to translate the Old Testament from the Greek Septuagint, but as he worked he came to see that the Septuagint had many weaknesses. For that reason he reached back to the Hebrew text to "give my Latin readers the hidden treasures of Hebrew erudition." He also realized that the Septuagint included several books, together called the apocrypha, that were absent from the Hebrew Old Testament. Jerome argued that Christians must follow Jews and exclude the apocryphal books from the Bible; it was only in 1546 at the Council of Trent, that the Roman Catholic Church would decree that the apocrypha was also part of the inspired text.
It took Jerome fully twenty-three years to complete his project, but he finally presented a full translation of both the Old and New Testaments in 405. It was received as the authoritative biblical text. This translation became known as the Vulgate, a word derived from the Latin word for common, indicating that this was to be the Bible for common use. It was to serve that purpose for more than a thousand years.
Codex Amiatinus was produced in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria and was prepared as a gift for the pope. It dates from the early 8th century, making it the earliest surviving translation of both the Old Testament and the New. It is considered the most accurate surviving copy of Jerome's original work. Printed on thick, clear vellum, it is an immense work that measures 19¼ inches high, almost 13½ inches wide, and 7 inches thick. It weighs over 75 pounds. It survives as a reminder of the enduring legacy of the Vulgate and the faithful labor of those who translated and copied the text of Scripture.
Modern Bible translations tend to be short-lived. Many of us have used a series of translations even over the course of a single lifetime, perhaps transitioning from the King James to the New American Standard Bible and then to the English Standard Version. What is popular today may have fallen out of favor a decade from now, replaced by a superior translation. In sharp contrast, the Vulgate was used almost exclusively from the fifth century until the sixteenth. For over one thousand years it was the Bible. It was the Bible over the medieval church and its scholars and was the Bible that launched the Reformation.
Yet there was an unexpected consequence to the Vulgate. The Vulgate was a vernacular translation, written in the common language of the fifth century. However, as the years passed, Latin faded away as the common language, to be replaced by many Romance and Germanic languages. As Latin died out, the common people could no longer read nor understand this common translation of Scripture. Latin survived, but only among the religious and intellectual elite. This meant that for centuries the Bible was closed to the people and was in the hand of scholars and clerics. Those who dared prepare new translations into other common tongues would face the wrath of the Church. It was only at the time of the Reformation, after the break with the Roman Catholic Church, that Protestants could once again allow the Bible to be translated to the common language of the common man. The church would be forever transformed.
The Bible is so widely available today that we may take it for granted and assume that this is how it has always been. Codex Amiatinus reminds us that for over one thousand years, very few people had access to it and fewer still had the ability to read it. And it reassures us that God's hand was upon his Word all the while, protecting and preserving it, for our good and for his glory.
More in The History of Christianity in 25 Objects:
- The History of Christianity in 25 Objects: Introduction
- The History of Christianity in 25 Objects: Augustus of Prima Porta
- The History of Christianity in 25 Objects: Rylands Library Papyrus P52
- The History of Christianity in 25 Objects: Alexamenos Graffito


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Share your Christmas card ideas on ScrapScene! Please click here for details on how to submit your card idea. See all previously featured cards here.
Today's card, for day 14, is one of my own. This one was made with Graphic 45 papers, a script stamp from Crafty Secrets Clear Art Stamps, and a piece of string. This card is really very quick and easy to do and thus would be a good one to replicate in a large quantity.
The tree "trunk" is simply a pre-printed sticker from Graphic 45. It would be fun to use a ribbon, or even a little branch glued with a hot glue gun.
To make the tree shaped stamped image, you will need to first cut out a triangle shape to use as a mask.
Gather together the triangle paper mask you've cut out, a stamp, and an ink pad. Place the mask where you want the design, and stamp the image so that it overlaps onto the edge of the mask. Lift the mask and you are done.


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Yes, the 40K Orks gain the Gorkanaut/Morkanaut beast of a tank this weekend. This transport accounts for up to five unites and can be built as either the Gorkanaut, which equips a gatling gun, or the Morkanaut, which equips a burna. The figure can also optionally be painted pink for a Mindynaut.
Voluspa receives an expansion this weekend with Order of the Gods.
Adding twenty-five new tiles for four new characters (including the Raven, Niohogger, Freya, and Dwarf) that can be played together or mixed with the tiles from the base game. Each of the four adds its own unique ability to the game, for example how the Dwarf taps the power of neighboring gods.
A three to four player, hour-long resource management game, Sail to India is a cheap, quick complex game. Players control noble's who are in charge of managing ship routes to the Indian coast. Turns only offer players two actions to use in order manage various resources and become the most successful explorer on the board.
Dr. Lucky just won't stay dead. Cheapass Games returns to the reverse murder mystery game that made them famous with Get Lucky, a Kill Doctor Lucky card game. In this variation of the base game (which played like reverse Clue), each player controls two different characters who are met by Dr. Lucky in turn order. When meeting with Lucky, players have a number of options (including attempted murder) that they can perform.
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Rep. Alan Grayson asks the Federal Reserve Inspector General about the trillions of dollars lent or spent by the Federal Reserve and where it went, and the trillions of off balance sheet obligations. Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.
Federal Reserve Office of the Inspector General:http://www.federalreserve.gov/oig/


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-Wade is on severe decline, will be a complete shell of the man who got Lebron to join him in 2010
-Lebron at this point only cares about rings and the chance to get more, not playing with friends
-Bosh will be a FA and could conceivably leave or join him in LA as well (assuming Bosh does not demand max)
-Future is much brighter with Kobe and a couple top FA's than it is with aging Wade and an OK Bosh
-Lebron wants to be a billionaire athlete and wants to increase his global popularity. No place is better than LA especially because of the hispanic and asian market.
-LA can offer Lebron a max offer. Can also make another big offers to up to 2 top FA's like Carmelo and Kobe.
"We would basically, money-wise, be able to sign the top free agent – maybe even two."
If Nash retires, cap room opens up another $10m which means they can sign close to 3 top FAs...pretty appealing.
-If the Heat do not get another ring this year or next, it will be very hard to convince Lebron to come back as he is in his prime and refuses to waste it away.
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Darrelle Revis was "speechless" when he caught wind of the trade rumors swirling around him, but the New York Jets cornerback said he and coach Rex Ryan didn't focus on gossip when they finally spoke.
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So what did Revis discuss with his coach?
"A bunch of things," Revis told NFL Network's Andrea Kremer in an interview which aired on "NFL Total Access" on Monday. "But me and Rex, we got a cool relationship, so it's really not -- it wasn't really more so all about being traded and things like that, it was other things, you know, 'How's the family, how you doing?'
"I know Rex. He wants me to be here, but me and him both know, it's a business."
Kremer asked if Ryan has any tangible say in Revis' future with the team.
"Nah, I wouldn't think. I'm sure he'll have a say so, but overall, no," Revis said. "I mean, no, you know? It starts from the top. It starts with (team owner) Woody Johnson."
Specifically, Johnson's potential unwillingness to make Revis the NFL's highest-paid corner on the heels of major knee surgery. Revis acknowledged that Johnson's stance on a new mega-deal, "might be a situation."
A situation, indeed, that is certain to be the center of the Jets' offseason until Revis' future becomes clear.
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The group will be taken on foot to our apple orchards where you will see and hear about how we manage our orchards throughout the year here on our farm, later you will be shown a vat house where we ferment and age our ciders and finally you will have the chance to experience the 200-year history of Sheppy's Cider in our rural life museum, including DVD of our cider-making year.
You will finish off your cider tour in a private room with a fully guided tasting of a selection of Sheppy's award winning Somerset ciders in a branded ½ pint glass which you will take home with you to remember your visit.
Things you need to know:
Bad Weather - As your visit includes a walk to the orchards, you need to consider how intrepid and well equipped you and your guests are. If you are ready for all weathers (including footwear), our guide will be delighted to take you on the whole tour, but, if not, he or she will plan the tour to suit your needs on the day.
Duration of the Tour - The length of the tour will vary according to whether any elements of the visit are excluded. Your guide will make sure everyone is comfortable about doing what we would normally include in the tour, will make arrangements for anyone who wants to miss out any part of it and will ensure that, if you have special timing requirements, these are met.
Where to Meet – Our Guides are all the enthusiastic type and your guide will be almost as excited as you are about your visit. Your guide will meet you in the shop at the tour meeting point a few minutes before your tour is due to start.
Can I bring my children?
We'd love you to make a family day of it here at Sheppy's so please bring along your children, Apple juice is available whilsh you enjoy the cider! Children under the age of 10 do not require a ticket and are free of charge.
How do I get to you?
There are a number of ways to get to Sheppy's! If you are drinking we advise using a taxi servive (TLC Taxis) Taunton and Wellington are just a short drive from us. We also have bus number 22 which stops right outside running every half an hour between Taunton and Wellington.
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
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What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event?
We have parking free of charge on site.
What's the refund policy?
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Lightning strikes the house next door, and echoes off the houses and hills of the neighbourhood. Sennheiser MD421 pointed at open window during thunderstorm, Ampex MX10 tube mixer, Ampex 960 tube reel-to-reel. Dual mono recording, good fidelity. Tape hiss is masked by white noise from rain. If you listen closely, the leading edge of the clap is preceded by a faint click (visible in audio editing software), which is likely the instant the bolt makes contact and sends electricity through everything in the vicinity (tubes are forgiving). The shockwave from the superheated air (which only travels at the speed of sound) arrives as the main clap a split second afterwards. Startled recordist can also be heard in the fadeout.
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Sorry I've been away for a while. Been a bit busy since my book launch, but now I'm back on schedule and I want to give you more of what you've been asking for: deals, tips and free stuff! Now ... some people might say: 'No. Toughen up. Pay through the nose.' Personally, I think you're probably not having the best of fun with the economy at the moment. Even if you've managed to hold onto your job, or build a new business, the rise in taxes, fuel prices, and energy bills are all probably annoying you just a tad, so if I can help put a smile on your face and keep some pennies in your pockets, I'm happy to do so.
To that end, you'll notice I now have an opt-in form on the right. If you put your details in, you'll get free stuff immediately (a Facebook training course from my tech partner, and former Tony Robbins trainer, Michael Price) and then you'll go onto an exclusive list of people to whom I will send the best deals that come my way.
Now ... I'm pretty well hooked up on the deals and business tips front. This is The Bexter Review, after all, and I wouldn't have called it that if I wasn't in the position to review cool things for you. I'm the kind of person who can show you where to get an actual robot for your home at an affordable price! Now, the thing with these deals (from Groupon and elsewhere) is that they're nearly all very limited time offers (by the time you read this, that deal may be over). Some of them are 90% off, so there's no way that the companies could offer them for longer than a day or so. That's where I'm handy. I get to find out about them before other people, which means YOU get to find out about them before other people, if you keep an eye on the blog and subscribe to my list.
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UPDATE: Tony Robbins - one of my fave followers on Twitter - retweeted me today. I'm going to see that as a sign that I'm doing the right thing. :)
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister passed away at the Apollo hospital. She was 68. She had suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday following which her condition remained extremely critical. She was in hospital for the over 70 days.
The hospital said that it was with grief that they announce the demise of their honourable CM, J Jayalalithaa.
"It is with indescribable grief, we announce the sad demise of our esteemed Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Puratchi Thalaivi Amma at 11.30pm today (5.12.2016)," the Apollo Hospitals statement read.
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Lisa and Maria's Video Blog -- Healthy Eating and Juicing
A Video Blog
September 28, 2012
This article was cross-posted from "A Girl Like Me," a program of The Well Project.
This is the first bilingual video from many that my partner, Lisa, and I will start sharing about healthy eating and juicing ... and of course I will share many of my simple beauty secrets. Many people have asked me about some of my health and beauty regimens. I am going to share one of them with you here in this video blog (many more to come ).
Please keep in mind that I am not a healthcare provider, so please discuss all complementary therapies with your provider. As I say in the video, this is not a cure of any type ... just different recipes that my partner and Lisa know and were taught by our mothers and our own research. I will do a series of them and I hope everyone can learn and enjoy the delicious juices that are so so good for our health. I really believe that we are what we eat. Do not forget to take your medicine, too, and if you like, combine these delicious juices made of fruits and vegetables.
I have always been asked how I keep myself looking young and fit and I rarely get sick. Also, many people ask me about my skin and hair ... .so now I will let you in what I do and what I take.
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When Michelle Obama announced her Let's Move initiative in February 2010, our first lady created a national focus on the country's youth obesity crisis. Parents will do anything within reason to insure the health and well-being of their children, and our industry has an opportunity to play an important role within the solution by offering fitness and nutritional programs for children.
Higher average monthly dues and better member retention rates are important characteristics of profitable health clubs. Membership dues pricing is typically based upon criteria that includes if the new member is purchasing a single or family membership. Family memberships command a higher price. Consequently, if your club sells more family memberships, you will enjoy higher average monthly dues per membership. It is also likely that your club will enjoy a higher rate of member retention since more family members are involved in using the services offered. Consequently, one path to profitability is to sell more family memberships.
Many health clubs offer a babysitting service for members. As a general rule, the babysitting room has limited hours and a staff member to look out for the safety of the members' children. The room itself typically has TV and videos for entertainment services and soft play to keep the children occupied while their parents work out.
An inexpensive, alternative option is to convert your existing babysitting space into a youth fitness exercise area. Fitness equipment is available for purchase or lease for children of all ages. Youth nutritional programs and activities also are available that educate children and their parents about the benefits of good nutrition.
After making this investment, club owners can offer organized youth fitness programs so that children and parents will be exercising at the same time in their respective areas of your club. Changing the focus from babysitting to youth fitness creates an opportunity to offer family memberships with higher monthly dues and to convert your cost center to a profit center.
Ken M. Reinig, the senior vice president of the Association Insurance Group, a Division of Thomco, advises that club owners and facilitators of youth exercise programming need to take extra steps to ensure a safe workout environment for children and any adult members who will be sharing their space. Reinig suggests that you contact your insurance agent to make him or her aware of your youth program. It should not be a problem with the insurance company as long as you can demonstrate that you have initiated the following risk management protocols:
• Obtain a background check from your sheriff's department on all staff members who will be working with children.
• Get parents to sign a parent/guardian waiver form.
• Use only equipment that is designed for use by children.
• Keep your youth programming separate from the general population of your club.
Dr. Sal Arria, founder and CEO of International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA), says that the best approach to introducing youth fitness in your club is to seek out the personal trainers in your facility who have a passion for working with children. The ISSA offers youth fitness as one area of specialized personal training.
"A specialized youth fitness certification teaches trainers the knowledge and skills specific to working with and training young children," Arria says. "By adding qualified, competent youth fitness certified trainers to your staff, you are adding a tremendous asset to your club, to the families you already serve and to their children. Youth fitness is the single-most important area personal trainers can tackle today because it's been proven that they can make a dramatic impact on the lives of so many young kids, which is the best way to make a positive lifelong change in their health."
By adding a youth fitness center, you instantly transform your club to a family fitness center. This valuable service will appeal to parents and to local schools who are working to address the needs of their children. The unique selling proposition of your youth fitness program will add your fitness center to the businesses in your community that are part of the solution to the obesity crisis that our country faces today.
Paul Bosley is the national marketing director for First Financial. His health club industry experience includes working for Titan Management Co., Healthclubexperts.com, Q Sports Clubs and Bally HTCA/Holiday Health & Fitness Centers. He has a bachelor's degree in health science and recreation management and is studying to get his associate's degree in accounting. He has spoken at the Club Industry and International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association conferences. Bosley also works with Champions Youth Fitness, which sells equipment for children and runs youth fitness programs. For more information about leasing, please contact Bosley at 800-956-7313 or by emailing him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The AYSO Region 55 (Huntington Beach) girls' soccer under-10 team, Black Out White Out, won its division at both the All-Star and All-Star Sectionals tournaments in February.
Black Out White Out will compete in March at the state championship tournament at Davis. The team, coached by Terence Tubbs, Dave Wiederin and Holly Sjogren, is: Sarah Boucher, Mikayla Carman, Sophia Doumanian, Kaili Manthorne, Isabella Messina, Cora Sjogren, Vanessa Tapia, Jillian Tubbs and Annika Wiederin.
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The Huntington Beach High baseball program teamed up with Surfrider Foundation on Feb. 16 for a beach clean-up session.
The Oilers' coaching staff, 63 players from the varsity, junior varsity and frosh/soph teams, and parents of players, collected 96 pounds of trash in two hours on a 1.6-mile stretch of beach between the Huntington Beach Pier and Goldenwest Street, Huntington Coach Benji Medure said.
"I like our players to be well-rounded young men and I felt this was a good opportunity to learn a valuable lesson," said Medure who noted that his program took park in the clean-up for the first time, but plans to make the effort an annual event. "I want them to be environmentally conscious and understand the positive impact they can have on our planet. It really hit home with our boys how neglectful and irresponsible people are with our prized beach.
"It was an awesome experience for our program. Definitely an eye-opener. If anything, they will at least clean up after themselves next time they surf."
Youth Strength and Speed Camp is underway at Marina High.
Camp sessions are from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. every Monday through Thursday at the school's track until June 6.
The sessions are open to youth in grades sixth through eighth and are geared to prep athletes to compete on the track, field or court. Sessions will focus on speed development and mobility through strength, power, explosiveness, technique, safety, change of direction and sprinting mechanics, conditioning, injury prevention, leadership and character and work ethic development.
The cost is $5 per session and one-on-one sessions are available.
Youth will be coached by George Pascoe (Marina varsity football head coach), Andrew Bonsall (Marina freshman football head coach), and Turill Engleman (Marina varsity football speed and strength coach).
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There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but for some fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars there will be something even better this Sunday: free beer.
The Jaguars, one of the NFL's worst teams in recent years, is banking on the free beer promotion sponsored by Bud Light to draw fans to EverBank field Sunday for Jacksonville's game against the Indianapolis Colts.
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The Jaguars organization took to Twitter Thursday morning to offer fans two free drinks with the purchase of a ticket for at least $45. The promotion lasted two hours. There was no word on how many tickets were sold, with the team telling Bloomberg News it would not release sales figures related to promotions.
USA Today noted that beer costs 44 cents an ounce in Jacksonville, in line with the NFL average, making a standard 12-ounce beer $5.28. Jacksonville was likely trying to avoid a television blackout in the local market, which, per NFL rules, occurs when a team fails to sell out its stadium. Sports Illustrated said Jacksonville currently ranks 30th in attendance in the 32-team NFL.
The Jaguars were 2-14 in 2012 and are off to an 0-3 start this season. The Jags have scored just 28 points in the first three games of the season, including a 28-2 drubbing at the hands of Kansas City at EverBank Field on opening day.


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What exactly does a modern-day, self-described feminist look like? An award-winning, media-dominating actress, or a chart-topping pop star who's unafraid to speak up. In other words, Emma Watson, who spoke about gender equality at the United Nations over the past week, and Taylor Swift, who recently opened up about how pal Lena Dunham helped her understand that she's always been a feminist — she just didn't realize it.
Not all of these stars' celebrity peers are so eager to call themselves feminists, though. Lady Gaga infamously said awhile back, "I'm not a feminist. I hail men; I love men," as if loving men and advocating political, social, and economic equality for women were mutually exclusive. And more recently, "All About That Bass" singer Meghan Trainor said, "I don't consider myself a feminist," adding that her message to the word would be to "love yourself more." Famous feminists do have some company, though, so read through for quotes from famous women who are proud feminists.


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NEMA, the association of electrical equipment and medical imaging manufacturers, recently announced that Charles S. Konigsberg will join the NEMA/MITA team as chief, strategy and policy. Konigsberg is a 30-year budget and policy veteran whose bipartisan experience will bolster the NEMA leadership team with a public policy focus. He has served in senior level positions in the U.S. Senate and White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He was general counsel and chief health counsel at the Senate Finance Committee under Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), a staff attorney at the Senate Budget Committee for Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), the assistant director of OMB in the Clinton White House, and director of Congressional and inter-government affairs at the Corporation for National and Community Service in President George W. Bush's administration.
Konigsberg will enhance NEMA's efforts with Congress, agencies, and regulators to promote partnerships that further energy efficiency, smart grid, high-performance buildings, and medical imaging.
"If we can get the right information to decision makers, they will make the right decisions to promote these important projects," said NEMA president and CEO Evan R. Gaddis. "Chuck is coming onboard to further NEMA's effort in getting accurate information into their hands. Because the benefits of these projects speak for themselves, I strongly believe that decision makers will support these efforts for their advantages in the areas of economics, jobs, efficiency, health, and safety."


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Lacey J. Bailey, 210 W. 11th St., Florence; status hearing held Nov. 13 on charges of two counts of endangering a child, possession of an hallucinogenic drug (marijuana), and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia; jury trial set for Jan. 24 and status hearing set for Jan. 2.
Ralph W. Ballinger, 115 N. Alleghany, El Dorado; restitution hearing on disorderly conduct held Nov. 13; transcript of sentencing hearing ordered; status hearing set for Dec. 11.
Deven G. Clark, 107 W. Arms, Toronto; sentenced Nov. 7 to controlling 12 month terms on each of two convictions of possession of drug paraphernalia and controlling 30 day term on conviction of transporting alcohol in an open container; ordered to pay $1,430.90 in fees and fines; ordered to submit to drug and alcohol testing and to follow recommendations of drug and alcohol evaluation; forbidden from entering businesses that receive most of their revenue from the sale of alcohol and forbidden from having contact with co-defendant Mark Turner.
Dakota Landon Dillashaw, 606 S. Cedar St., Marion; preliminary hearing continued from Nov. 7 to Jan. 23 on charges of obstructing official duty, criminal damage to property, assault, disorderly conduct, and criminal threat.
Danny Fistler, 785 Old Mill Road, Peabody; preliminary hearing continued from Nov. 7 to Nov. 28 on charge of possession of stolen property.
Robert Scott Henderson, 602 E. 5th St., Peabody; plea hearing on charges of aggravated assault, criminal restraint, domestic battery, and battery continued from Nov. 21 to Dec. 11.
Keith Hess, 1980 Ridge Road, Marion; second amended complaint filed Nov. 20; charged with two counts of battery.
Schuyler Grant Hulett, 122 W. 5th St., Florence; motion to suppress hearing held Nov. 13 on charges of possession of an hallucinogenic drug (marijuana) and possession of drug paraphernalia; judge found for the defense that air freshener wasn't an obstruction of view, granted motion to suppress, and dismissed case.
Jesse L. Marshall, 1104 E. Luther, Wichita; hearing motion for bond forfeiture continued from Nov. 19 to Dec. 17.
Trenton Gregory Reif, 1815 Tyler St., Great Bend; Oct. 29 jury trial reset for plea hearing Nov. 13; at plea hearing Nov. 19, pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and disorderly conduct; sentencing set for Jan. 9.
Kirk W. Seals, 111 E. Pine, El Dorado; diversion status hearing continued from Nov. 13 to Nov. 19 on charge of domestic battery.
Ian Anders Weisbeck, 210 6th St., Durham; status hearing on motion to determine competency held Nov. 5; mental competency evaluation with Prairie View ordered; ordered to be held in jail until competency evaluation; hearing set for Nov. 13 on charge of criminal damage to property.
Gary D. Williams, 202 Garfield St., Marion; motion to revoke bond denied Nov. 1; all bond conditions remain in effect on charge of rape.
Andres Charles Yebra, 205 Vine St., Marion; first appearance made Nov. 19 on charge of aggravated assault; preliminary hearing set for Dec. 5.
Patrick Egan, 123 Nickerson, Burns; first appearance made Nov. 21 on charge of driving while license canceled, suspended, or revoked; arraignment set for Jan. 16.
Thomas L. Likins Jr., 2101 Exchange, Wichita; failed to appear Nov. 13 at sentencing on conviction of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol; bench warrant ordered.
Sean Paul McDougal, 709 Abilene, Durham; first amended complaint filed Nov. 27; charged with speeding and failure to give certain information after an accident.
Nathan Jay McGee, 812 N. Olive, Peabody; motion to revoke probation withdrawn at disposition hearing Nov. 13; ordered to serve 48 hours in jail, then probation unsuccessfully terminated.
Kyle Michael Wenger, 600 N. Cedar St., Marion; first appearance made Nov. 21 on charge of driving without a valid driver's license; arraignment set for Dec. 19.
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First 'HIV Is Not a Crime' Conference Opens With Strong Community Showing
June 3, 2014
Packed into an auditorium on Grinnell College's picturesque campus in Iowa, over a hundred HIV/AIDS activists from all over the U.S. -- and other countries, as well -- gathered for the opening ceremonies of the first HIV Is Not a Crime Conference. Organized by The Sero Project, a network focused on HIV criminalization reform, the conference has been endorsed by dozens of AIDS service organizations, advocacy groups and media outlets (including TheBody.com).
The evening began with a video presentation created by emcee Mark S. King, which included scenes on Iowa's rich history as a bastion of liberal thinking -- and a snippet of The Music Man's "Iowa Stubborn." New York City HIV-positive activist Reginald T. Brown delivered the invocation, reminding the assembled that they were a group of "miracles" and that it was "no mistake" that they were gathered only one week after Iowa passed its HIV decriminalization bill.
Raynard Kington, M.D., the president of Grinnell College, welcomed attendees to the campus, adding that the recently passed Iowa bill brought Iowa "from the most draconian laws to something much more enlightened." He, however, bemoaned the lack of local and national media coverage regarding Iowa's historic step, given that the biggest mainstream press announcement was buried in a Des Moines Register article about a popular bill decriminalizing medical cannabis oil.
Dr. Kington fully embraced the conference's mission, stating that "[Grinnell College] believes institutes like ours are necessary for movements like yours," and cited Grinnell, Iowa's rich history as a bastion of antislavery and abolitionist thinking.
Taking the stage next was Tami Haught, who is widely considered the most vital cog in the machine that got Iowa's decriminalization bill passed. Taking the stage to much fanfare, she opened with two simple sentences: "We did it. We are strong, we are powerful, and we delivered." Tami introduced the 8-minute film "HIV Is Not a Crime," directed by Sean Strub, the executive director of the Sero Project, and featuring three individuals who have experienced HIV criminalization: Sero's Assistant Director Robert Suttle, Nick Rhoades and Monique Moree.
Reed Vreeland, the communications director for Sero and a member of ACT UP NY, then shared his story of his HIV diagnosis at 2 years old in 1988, when his family was told that he had about six months to live. Vreeland remarked that he was born the same year that Idaho passed its HIV criminalization statute -- the same statute under which the next speaker, Kerry Thomas, is currently serving time in Idaho.
The emotional climax of the night came when Thomas called in from an Idaho corrections facility, where he is incarcerated for having consensual sex with his then-girlfriend, even though he had an undetectable viral load and the act did not result in transmission. He is serving the sixth year in a 30-year sentence, and he has been positive for 25 years. He was diagnosed by a U.S. Air Force doctor in 1988.
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Sometimes there just ain't no justice. Take solar energy, for instance: Here we have a extremely diffused form of energy (the sun shines brightly and often enough to be important anywhere most of us really care to live).
Which means — now that we've all started to realize that solar really is the energy source of the future — that our society should be launching a massive program designed to [1] develop the use of the sun's rays on a crash basis, and [2] promote this use on as decentralized a scale as possible. That is: [A] All our big government agencies and giant corporations and large foundations should be pouring money, staff, and technology into solar energy research at the expense of shale oil, nuclear, etc., development; and [B] top priority should be given to the conception and manufacture of smallscale hardware that you can install in your own back yard to make your family energy selfsufficient, instead of to the design and construction of monster equipment that only large utilities and overstuffed government bureaus can afford and control.
Right? Right. That's what should be done. Unfortunately for us all, however, that's not the way society seems to work these days. Because — No. 1 — the U.S. government and every other major government in the world plus all the giant corporations plus all the large foundations are still squandering billions of dollars on shale oil development and nuclear development and the development of other "dead horses" for every million they're investing in solar energy. And — No. 2 —what little is being spent on solar projects is being spent almost entirety on research designed to put the control of solar power in the hands of the already-big, the already-rich, and the already-powerful at the expense of all the world's "little people" (that's you and me, folks).
(A wonderful example of the duplicity of our elected officials in this area: Little Jimmy Carter zipped around the country on May 3 — Sun Day — this year giving glowing speeches about the future of solar energy here in the United States. Everybody knows that, because it was widely reported in the newspapers and on the evening TV news. What wasn't so widely reported, however, is the fact that — just before leaving the White House to make those speeches — the same Little Jimmy Carter rejected a Department of Energy proposal to add $100 million to the federal government's paltry solar energy research budget; a budget, of course, which is dwarfed by the funds appropriated to the shale oil, nuclear, etc., boondoggles. That's called "telling the troops what they want to hear while cutting them off at the knees".)
It is extremely refreshing, then, to pay a visit to Twentynine Palms, California (as two of MOTHER EARTH NEWS' staffers did in the 1970s) to meet a fellow named Charles Curnutt.
Because — while our President is jetting about saying one thing and doing another, while our government and big corporations and fat foundations are pouring billions into the wrong kind of development of the wrong sources of energy; and while all the vested interests of the world seem determined to hand solar energy (if and when they decide to let it happen) to themselves on a silver platter — ol' Charles has just rolled up his sleeves and made a solar energy breakthrough — for the little fellow.
Oh, in some respects (especially when compared to the grandiose schemes proposed by the "big boys") it ain't much to look at: just 100 mirrors mounted on a tracking frame so they all reflect sunlight onto a makeshift boiler stuck out on the end of a 12-foot boom. And that boiler, in turn, is hooked up to a homemade horse-and-a-half steam engine.
Nothin' new about any of that. Archimedes was reflecting enough sunlight with polished bronze shields to set ships afire as early as 215 B.C. And a Frenchman haywired a 100 square-foot parabolic reflector to a boiler well enough to run a steam engine-driven printing press away back in 1880. So the basic ideas behind Mr. Curnutt's work are, as they say, "as old as the hills."
Ah, but the way that Charles has put those ideas together! That's where the real genius comes in. Such simplicity! Such low cost! Such a straightforward way for the average Joe to harness solar energy right out on the patio or over behind the henhouse!
Of course, anyone who knows Charles Curnutt would have expected no less. Because Charles only designs and manufactures what some folks in the business think is the finest, highest quality, and most rebuildable motorcycle shock absorbers being sold today. This is a man, in other words, who understands — indeed, who has set the standards for — some of the simplest, most rugged, most reliable, and most costeffective hardware that anybody anywhere in the world is currently producing.
It was only natural then — while the government, big corporation, and big foundation "experts" were crying about the terrible expense and complexity of solar energy research and development — for Curnutt to just go ahead quietly and build his rig. A rig hardly more complex than a piece of angle iron, but capable of automatically tracking the sun and producing 6,200 watts of power, all for an investment of just $250 in materials and a week or so of the most rudimentary shopwork.
And that's important news. Far more important than anything coming from any of the "big boys" now thrashing about in the solar energy field. Because — with just a little refinement and a little tinkering — Charles Curnutt's tracking solar furnace probably can be used to drive, say, a 5-hp steam engine; or heat water far more efficiently for an active solar heating system than any flat-plate collector so far devised; or, or, or: the potential boggles the mind. Especially when anyone with any shop skills at all can construct the basic Curnutt furnace (and, remember, that basic furnace automatically tracks the sun) in just a few days and for a cost of just $250 in materials.
But the really important news is that Charles Curnutt doesn't especially want to "cash in" on his development. Oh, sure, if he's forced to, he may go into production with some of the rig's components (such as the tracking mechanism) simply to get the idea out into more folks' hands. Still, the fact is that's not what Charles actually wants to do.
What he actually wants to do is make his design freely available to anyone who wants to build and use it. (Take that, vested interests!) So, MOTHER EARTH NEWS' devoted band of researchers constructed and tested their own version of Charles' tracking solar furnace. They built their own home made steam engines and furiously ran to earth every lead they can find on small mass-produced steam-driven power, plants. And they did everything else in their power to research and refine and develop Mr. Curnutt's solar furnace. (All with Charles Curnutt's blessings, of course.) You can see the plans for the Curnutt Solar Furnace in one of our articles.


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Frontline health workers are an essential component of health systems worldwide -- without them, there is no access to care for people living with HIV or anyone else. Yet in 2012, the World Health Organization estimates a shortage of at least one million frontline health workers worldwide, with Africa the region in greatest need. PEPFAR, in collaboration with partner countries, is pursuing a number of initiatives to respond.
Our efforts are being reinforced by many actors around the globe. A growing number of health organizations, recognizing the life-saving impact frontline health workers offer, are committed to employing innovative strategies to address the crisis. Tomorrow, 37 of these organizations from the public and private sector are coming together in Washington to launch the Frontline Healthcare Workers Coalition. The coalition will seek to stimulate high-impact investments in frontline health workers in the developing world, in order to save more lives and foster healthier communities.
Through PEPFAR, the United States has been a leader in making such investments. As we have moved from an emergency response toward a more sustainable, country-owned approach, we have been strengthening health systems as the foundation to achieving long-term health objectives -- such as the goal Secretary Clinton announced in November of an AIDS-free generation. PEPFAR and its implementing partners -- many of which are represented in the new coalition -- are working with partner countries to implement game-changing programs.
Two programs that exemplify our efforts to build lasting solutions are the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and the Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI). Through these, PEPFAR seeks to alleviate Africa's critical shortage of trained healthcare professionals and paraprofessionals, while developing sustainable local capacity to produce skilled doctors, nurses, and midwives for generations to come.
For medical education, over the five years of MEPI, PEPFAR, and the National Institutes of Health are providing $130 million directly to medical schools in a dozen African countries. The schools are using these funds to improve medical education, invest in innovative technologies, and strengthen educational resources. Funds are also used to support the research capacity of MEPI institutions, enabling African researchers and scholars to make invaluable contributions to the larger body of HIV knowledge.
In a similar fashion, PEPFAR is providing training and technical support to nursing and midwifery programs through NEPI. We recently launched NEPI in three countries -- Zambia, Lesotho, and Malawi -- that face extreme challenges in meeting the need for trained nurses and midwives, and will soon expand to additional countries. Partnering with Ministries of Health will be key to NEPI's success, and Ministries have embraced the opportunities to collaborate to develop a strong nursing workforce.
These programs are building on Africa's greatest resource of all -- its people. To make a truly lasting difference in our health and development programs, we will continue to support this kind of work. On this and our other efforts to support human resources for health, we look forward to collaborating with the members of the Frontline Health Workforce Alliance.
Tunji in Nigeria writes:
If such a programe is in place,why you people doesn't want to care about some part of the country is in a shamble in health wise,let your healthy living be spread to the utmost part of the world as well,i personally appreciate all your effort towards better lives,all will be well if we all have the spirit of doing things accordingly in GOD'S fearing.
Daniel in the U.S.A. writes:
This is a great initiative, this program will save a lot of lives. I truly appreciate all your effort towards better lives. If such initiatives are taken more frequently, we can hope for a better world to live in.


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Vail, CO, Colorado
By now, you should have received the Holy Cross Energy newsletter and voting materials to elect board members. Please don't discard them. Your vote is important!
As a board candidate and having attended several Holy Cross board meetings, I understand their approach to providing reliable, affordable power consistent with sound environmental practices.
This involves wind turbines, solar panels, hydro and biomass for renewable energy, and conventional power generation for reliability and economy. I fully support this balanced approach.
I'm a graduate engineer and a 40-year resident, and as such will contribute a background of related experience in the energy industry and numerous years of serving on a variety of local boards. I'll appreciate your vote and will be honored to serve the community.
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In August 2009, Javon Cooper assaulted Heidi Damon when she was walking through a parking garage in Tampa, Florida, choking her until she passed out. When she woke up she was bruised and her pants and underwear had been removed, but she hadn't been raped. (Police believe Cooper got scared and ran.) When Cooper was sentenced earlier this month, Damon made a passionate speech, saying,
"My name is Heidi Elizabeth Damon. I have a name. I have a name that will go on forever. You have a number and the title of the crimes that you've committed. Your name is Sex Offender, Attempted Murderer. Nice to put you away."
This morning Damon appeared on the Today Show and told Ann Curry that she decided to go public to send the message that sexual assault victims haven't done anything wrong, and shouldn't be afraid to come forward. She says:
"I think so many times, we're so embarrassed, or we're so afraid of what people will think. There's so much vanity out there that if this happens to someone, they should be able to go and talk about it and reveal who attacked them and not be ashamed. Feel empowered to say, 'No. I'm still going on with my life. You have not taken that away.'''


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Deep into the second overtime period of the Nassau Class A boys' soccer quarterfinals last Friday, Hewlett junior Myles Ofri scored the deciding goal against Valley Stream North, advancing the Bulldogs to the semifinals and ending the Spartans' season in crushing fashion.
After a corner kick and a redirection, a loose ball made its way to the left foot of Ofri deep inside North territory and he made no mistake. Ofri quickly launched a shot passed a sprawling Spartan goaltender, Pio Bonfitto, and sprinted down the sideline to celebrate with his teammates.
"I have faith in my guys, and the way they were playing," Hewlett coach Nick Lacetera said. "I was hoping we were going to get one."
No. 5 North (11-4-1) gave up an early goal, but picked up its play in the second half and overtime. Coach Dave Aguado said the lack of practice due to Hurricane Sandy might have impacted his team's sluggish first half performance.
"They definitely stepped it up (in the second half)," Aguado said of his team. "I thought we were going to get them before regulation, but unfortunately we didn't. As we let it go longer and longer anything could happen, and unfortunately it did. I thought we had the better of them for the second half and overtime."
No. 4 Hewlett (8-4-3) got on the board first when senior Luis Campos and junior Kelvin Larios connected on a goal early in the first half. Larios made a pass to Campos at the top of the 18-yard box. Bonfitto came out of his net to play the ball, but Campos lofted a quick shot over his arms to give Hewlett a one-goal lead.
"The first half wasn't very good and they heard about it at half time," Aguado said of his team.
After Aguado's halftime speech, the Spartans came out with some intensity, tilting the field of play in their favor. With the second half chances favoring North, it didn't take long for junior Juan Rivera to knot the game at one.
Rivera gained possession of the ball at a typically non-threatening offensive position, but he didn't seem to care. Rivera got off a laser beam of a shot from 25 yards out that beat Hewlett goalkeeper Ronie Morales to the top right corner. The Spartans tied the game at one, and despite having opportunities, were unable to take the lead in regulation.
Both coaches said they did not want the game to be decided on penalty kicks, especially Lacetera, who was confident in his team's chances during overtime. "I thought we dominated offensively," he said. "We definitely had a lot more chances than they did." Hewlett's season ended the next day at the hands of No. 8 South Side, 3-0, in the semifinals.
For North, the loss in the quarterfinals was tough to take.
"It hasn't hit me yet," Aguado said of the loss. "I wish we could've kept going."


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Unfortunately, there's no way to reverse damage to the spinal cord. But researchers are continually working on new treatments, including prostheses and medications that may promote nerve cell regeneration or improve the function of the nerves that remain after a spinal cord injury.
In the meantime, spinal cord injury treatment focuses on preventing further injury and empowering people with a spinal cord injury to return to an active and productive life.
Urgent medical attention is critical to minimize the effects of any head or neck trauma. That's why treatment for a spinal cord injury often begins at the scene of the accident.
Emergency personnel typically immobilize the spine as gently and quickly as possible using a rigid neck collar and a rigid carrying board, which they'll use to transport you to the hospital.
In the emergency room, doctors focus on:
You may be sedated so that you don't move and sustain more damage while undergoing diagnostic tests for spinal cord injury.
If you do have a spinal cord injury, you'll usually be admitted to the intensive care unit for treatment. You may even be transferred to a regional spine injury center that has a team of neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, spinal cord medicine specialists, psychologists, nurses, therapists and social workers with expertise in spinal cord injury.
Medications. Intravenous (IV) methylprednisolone (A-Methapred, Solu-Medrol) is a treatment option for an acute spinal cord injury. If methylprednisolone is given within eight hours of injury, some people experience mild improvement.
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Hugh Hewitt and others have pointed out that the Los Angeles Times has seen one of the sharpest circulation declines of any newspaper. Now, the Los Angeles Business Journal (available by subscription only) reports that advertisers have taken note:
Several major advertisers want rate cuts on display advertising in the Los Angeles Times due to a drop in the newspaper's readership. Buyers for Macy's, one of the newspaper's largest advertisers, and some big local auto dealers say they will try to leverage the lower circulation figures when they cut their deals for 2007.
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Led by lower-than-expected medical costs and steady membership growth, WellPoint (NYSE:WLP) revealed a 38% increase in fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday and matched sales expectations.
The Indianapolis-based health insurer posted net income of $464.2 million, or $1.51 a share, compared with a year-earlier $335.3 million, or 96 cents.
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Excluding a positive impact of 48 cents a share related to special items, WellPoint said it earned $1.03 a share, trumping average analyst estimates of 95 cents in a Thomson Reuters poll.
Revenue for the three months ended Dec. 31 was $15.3 billion, up 0.6% from $15.2 billion, virtually matching the Street's view. The results reflected lower medical costs than anticipated and stability in its membership base.
Medical enrollment climbed 5.5% during the period to 36.1 million members, with the acquisition of Amerigroup adding nearly 2.7 million state sponsored members. WellPoint bought Amerigroup last year for $4.9 billion in cash, looking to benefit from its robust Medicaid program.
"Our fourth quarter results were stronger than originally expected, reflecting improved operating performance, solid expense management and improving execution in our core operations," said WellPoint CEO John Cannon.
The results were partially offset by declines in WellPoint's local group and national businesses as a reflection of its product repositioning in New York and changes to its fee structure for certain national accounts.
The company, Cannon said, is nevertheless encouraged by the strong quarterly performance and believes it positions WellPoint well for 2013.
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Former Players and Friends pre match lunch
Posted by: Kolly
Date: 26/01/2018 10:04
Just in case you are not yet aware, the annual FP pre match lunch is on 10th March.
Tickets are £10, two courses.
Let me know using the link above (Alnwick fixture).
60 already attending so please spread the word and let me know ASAP
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