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Art & Mindfulness Group with Michelle Scott, OT Reg (Ont) and Eunice Fung, OT Reg (Ont)
DATE, TIME, & LOCATION TBA. Please email email@example.com to inquire.
In this group, participants are encouraged to explore their senses while participating in different art-based activities. This group will introduce some basic mindfulness principles and activities in a playful and fun manner. Each session will consist of a short mindfulness exercise, art activity, and brief discussion. Mindfulness is a psychological technique that involves drawing one's attention to the present moment and is used by many people worldwide to handle emotional distress, increase personal wellbeing, and cultivate mental wellness. No prior experience with art or mindfulness necessary.
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Registration for this group will involve taking part in a short phone interview prior to the group beginning in order to identify goals and challenges.
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Priti Patel address to the Global Fund's Fifth Replenishment Conference
International Development Secretary Priti Patel outlines how the UK will work the Global Fund through demanding performance targets
I'm delighted to be speaking at this Replenishment Conference here today. And I want to personally thank the Canadian Government for hosting us and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his leadership and for the great personal commitment that he's shown to the Global Fund.
An outward-looking, internationally engaged Britain is proud to stand side-by-side with Canada tackling the global challenges. We will use our pledge not only to show our commitment to the world's poorest, but also to help drive change and improve the aid system.
UK pledge
As we have seen throughout today, we have come so far in the battle against HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria these last 14 years. And so much of that is due to the extraordinary Global Fund.
By mobilising public and private resourcee, by pushing down the price of crucial drugs, by dispensing hundreds of millions of bednets – together we have helped save over 20 million lives.
And I'm very proud of the role British taxpayers have played in this remarkable success story.
And our support will continue. Today I am pledging £1.1billion to the Global Fund for this replenishment round…helping to save around eight million lives over the next three years.
I want to use the UK's generous pledge to incentivise more donors to step up. And that's why I'm also announcing today that we will use part of our commitment to double private sector contributions for tackling malaria. The UK will pay £2 for every £1 donated by the private sector, up to a maximum of £200million.
The performance agreement
Of course, for all the progress we've made these last 14 years – ending these three diseases as epidemics is an enormous challenge.
Progress is threatened by drug resistance and insecticide resistance, while the decline in new HIV infections has slowed at an alarming rate in recent years.
History shows us that if you slow down your efforts against an infectious disease – you risk losing all the gains that are made. We should never forget how malaria rebounded when control activities were ended in the 1970s – it has since taken over thirty years to recover lost ground.
And that's why we have a clear duty to all the people affected by HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, to ensure that the Global Fund continues to be one of the world's most effective aid institutions.
So I am also announcing a new performance agreement between the Global Fund and the UK today which sets out ten important areas which the Global Fund will prioritise to ensure that the fund successfully delivers its vital work .
The agreement will help to maximise the number of lives saved, use payment by results to incentivise better performance, stronger performance, to help get more businesses involved and champion girls and women who are disproportionately affected by HIV and malaria.
And of course it will help root out corruption and to ensure the fund continues to deliver good value for money
I believe all of this will add up to even more lives that are saved. And that's why 10% of the UK's new funding will be tied to successful delivery of this performance agreement.
We've come so far together – but we can go even further and faster.
This Replenishment is a critical moment for building a world free from poverty – and a safer, more secure world for us all.
We have an amazing opportunity to end to these three diseases as epidemics – we must now seize it and finish the job we've started.
Thank you.


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It had been an amazing day. I had stepped on stage in San Francisco and spoken to a thousand people. I made them laugh, I told them great things. I hung out all day with my coworkers, both old and new. We settled the affair with a great party.
I caught an Uber back to the hotel. I'll not tell lies, I was quite intoxicated.
As I stepped out of the Uber, I heard a small voice ask me for a dollar. I walked three steps, shrugged my shoulders and pulled out the $4 I had in my pocket. I turned around, walked back to her, and suddenly reality came unglued.
I stared into this young girls eyes and all I saw was pain buried in the back of a hoody. She was so small, so frail, so skinny. Her eyes were huge and they ate my soul. I placed my hand on her shoulder and handed her my $4.
"I hope it gets better." I told her.
"It just hurts too much today."
And, suddenly, I was looking at my sister. Same face, same eyes, same frailness.
I turned away and went into the hotel. But as I rode the elevator up to my floor the walls that I have built over the last few years began to crumble. I was crying before I reached my room. When I got inside, I was sobbing. Some dam had burst and all of the pain and worry and fear came exploding out in a violent torrent.
All I could see was my sister.
I bawled for a couple minutes then rushed out. I must have looked like a madman. The elevator couldn't go fast enough. I ran through the lobby and nearly ripped the door off the hinge.
"Oh my Lord, I can feed her, I can do something, please let me do something!" was the prayer screaming in my head.
But, she was gone. I could help her no more. I sent her on her way with a paltry $4. $4 to hold away the pain that ravaged her, to defend her from whatever demon was destroying her.
I am the oldest of 5. Addiction has claimed 3 of us, including me. I come from a family of addicts: grandfathers; cousins; brothers; sisters; we are riddled with addiction.
Our demons take many forms. Mine was amphetamines. At one point in my life, my whole world revolved around taking more and more adderral. I took doses that would kill most people and I raged for days like a madman.
I almost lost everything. My wife and my brand new son left me alone in a cave of an apartment to reassemble my life and my sanity. The walls dripped misery and hate as I battled myself and my body. It was the most horrible 9 months of my life.
I still cringe in fear thinking about that time.
My wife would later describe it like this: "When you had pills, you were so wonderful, you were the man I married. And then you'd run out and you'd be horrible." She dealt with me like that for years. She is a saint for not abandoning me and I honestly don't deserve her. What I put her through...
But, I escaped. Somehow, largely by the grace of God and by the fact that my wife refused to let me die but knew that she couldn't stick around, I made it. I beat the odds on a cold-turkey, but it hurt.
It took my body two years to recover. After years of abusing a stimulant, my body had no idea how to stay awake naturally. It was almost like having narcolepsy. I was always in a constant state of falling asleep. It was brutal.
But, I made it. I escaped.
I never set out to be an addict. If you want to know the truth, I'm better than that, right? All these family problems don't pertain to me because I'm OK.
Then, as I was in senior year of high school, they labeled me as ADHD. I started taking ritalin in college and it made such an amazing difference. I actually had a legitimate need for it.
I eventually swapped to adderall. Ritalin made me a bit mean, but with adderall, everything was great. I did really well in college (except o-chem...) and went on to grad school for computer science.
I was on a moderate dose, nothing major. But school was tough. I remember the day I took two. I was in a Barnes & Nobles studying and on a whim took two. That day, I discovered how good it could feel to take two.
As grad school progressed, I'd be in the computer lab into the wee hours of the night, popping adderall and coding away. It was perhaps one of happiest times of my life. Or, so I thought.
But it was OK, cause it was for a good cause and I was being super productive.
It took a while, but it eventually got out of control. The wheels started to come off the bus. I started running out sooner and sooner. By this time, I was out of school and looking for a job. I finally found one, along with a new doctor, and that doctor was more than happy to prescribe me more. And more. And more.
"I just don't feel like it's effective enough, can we up my dose?"
My mouth would water as I walked into the Walgreens just down the road from her office. The anticipation was incredible. The shame made me walk with my eyes lowered. These people knew me, they knew I had a problem. But the doctor said it was cool, so here we go again.
I walked into one of those pharmacies recently to have something else filled and one of the techs behind the counter remembered me. It had been nearly a decade. She smiled at me and called me by name. I asked her if she remembered me or if she was just looking at my script.
"Oh, no, I remember you." There was a sad shadow in her eyes. "But it seems like it's a better time now."
It is.
Addiction is a terrible disease. And make no mistake, it is a disease. People don't choose to be addicts. They just find there way there. It's like ambling through the dark and falling off a cliff by accident.
Can these people make better choices? Sure. But most folks don't realize the danger until the demon has sunk its claws deep.
Once the demon has you, nothing else matters. Only the demon holds your regard. It is all you think about, all you want, all you need. It consumes you whole.
That poor, sweet girl, she was fighting. She was fighting as hard as she could. I could see it in her eyes and it echoed in my soul. I remember that battle, I walked that battle for a long, long time. As I handed her money she was closer, maybe there, and she hated it. She didn't want to do what she was trying to do.
But she was going to do it.
"It just hurts too much today."
How do you fight yourself? How do you deny your body and your mind?
The greatest enemy is the self.


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Floating Telepresence Robot
Sony CSL has developed a floating avatar system that integrates a blimp with a virtual avatar to create a unique telepresence system. Our blimp works as an avatar and contains several pieces of equipment, including a projector and a speaker as the output functions. Users can communicate with others by transmitting their facial image through the projector and voice through the speaker. A camera and microphone attached to the blimp provide the input function and support the user's manipulation from a distance. The user's presence is dramatically enhanced compared to using conventional virtual avatars (e.g., CG and images) because the avatar is a physical object that can move freely in the real world. In addition, the user's senses are augmented because the blimp detects dynamic information in the real world. For example, the camera provides the user with a special floating view, and the microphone catches a wide variety of sounds such as conversations and environmental noises.
(Sony CSL via Forbes)
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In a time-honored holiday tradition, a special honoree will lead the countdown and flip the switch Thursday in the annual lighting of the Newton County Historic Courthouse.
Josephine Kelly, director of Mainstreet Covington, said festivities on the square will begin at 5 p.m. with the arrival of Santa Claus.
"He arrives by carriage, which is sponsored by United Bank," Kelly said.
After circling the square, Santa will stop at his satellite workshop located at the Ramsey's Furniture Annex on Clark Street. There Special Moments Photography will snap portraits of those who want their photo taken with Santa.
Abigail Coggin, program director for The Arts Association in Newton County, said the Oxford Singing Children have been busy preparing for the lighting. The singers, who are fourth through seventh grade students, will perform two carols.
"The audience will have an opportunity to join in the carols," Coggin said.
The Community Band, under the direction of T.K. Adams, will accompany the Oxford Singing Children as well as perform songs on their own. Members of the cast of the Covington Regional Ballet will also be on hand in their Nutcracker costumes.
"There will be lots of surprises," Coggin said.
Vince Dooley, former football coach and athletic director of the University of Georgia, will be at Mayfield Ace Hardware on the square to sign books before, during and after the lighting event.
The lighting of the courthouse will begin at 6 p.m. The person selected from dozens of nominees to light the courthouse will remain unknown until the announcement immediately before the lighting.
While Kelly could not divulge who this year's honoree is, she said this person has been a "diligent volunteer and advocate of the community" and is an "unsung hero."
The lighting ceremony kicks off extended holiday hours for shops in the downtown district. Attendees will have the chance to play Elf on the Shelf, which is a scavenger hunt in the downtown stores that can earn participants Mainstreet Bucks in $5, $10 and $25 denominations. Mainstreet Bucks can be used at any participating downtown merchant.
Giveaways from the Holiday Fun Team include Main Street Bucks, holiday event calendars and hot chocolate provided by The Covington News.
Kelly said Main Street Bucks alone should draw a large number of people to the square for the event.
"These businesses made Covington Covington," Kelly said, "and with the economy like it is, it makes sense to shop locally and keep as much money here as we can."
For more information on this event, downtown merchants and other holiday events, visit www.downtowncovington.org.


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50% rise in long-term unemployment for young ethnic minority people in the UK/
News that there has been an astonishing 50% rise in long term, unemployed young people from ethnic minorities is not something we enjoy waking up to. This waste of potential in our young people only makes us burst out that front door even faster in the morning. We're grateful to work with some of the most bright minded, energetic young characters everyday. We see them develop, we watch their confidence grow and we're proud they grab the opportunities they're given with both hands. Some engagement, some personal development and some opportunity helps young people to believe in themselves as much as we believe in them.
Why not join us? Share your skills with our young people, be that spark that inspires them. We remember who our sparks were, do you remember yours?


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This is an episode that we have been excited to bring you for quite some time. Ever since CEDIA 2014 there has been tremendous buzz in the industry surrounding the announcement of Crestron's new home automation platform Pyng. This product represents a major evolution for Crestron in that the entire system can be programmed and configured using only the app, no laptop necessary. The price point of the system is also garnering attention, coming in at a low starting point of only $599. This week we bring in Crestron Technology Manager Evan Ackmann to dive deep into the new offering, covering the key points and hoping to clear up some of the misconceptions around the product.
Before we jump into the interview we cover a few of the top stories from the week in smart home technology. This week the networking company Ruckus announced an exciting new product line called Xclaim. The product is a more affordable offering than traditional Ruckus hardware. While the price points warrant attention, what makes the offering really noteworthy is the tie-in with Google (more on that in the episode). We also discuss the news that LG has officially pulled the plug on plasma TV technology. It would appear that this news sounds the death knell for this once coveted technology.
All this and more in this week's episode. As always, thanks so much for listening and we hope you enjoy!


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- McDonald's' menu has tons of options for fast-food fans.
- And McDonald's crew members themselves have their own favorites.
- Business Insider spoke with a number of current and former McDonald's employees about their go-to menu orders.
The McDonald's menu offers a pretty extensive overview of what the fast-food giant has to offer.
But, if you really want to know what's good and what's worth skipping, you can turn to McDonald's crew members for their insight. They make the food, after all.
And, according to Quora users who previously worked at the chain, many crew members choose to use their employee discounts – which vary from restaurant to restaurant – to buy McDonald's food during their meal breaks.
So what orders do crew members gravitate toward, whether they're on their lunch break or off-duty?
Business Insider spoke with several current and former crew members to find out. A number of McDonald's employees have also shared their favorite orders on Reddit and Quora.
Some crew members favored classic menu items, while others got more avant garde with signature-crafted selections.
Here's a look at some of McDonald's employees' favorite orders:
The chicken nuggets and tenders are quite popular …
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When asked about their favorite order, a former McDonald's crew member told Business Insider that they went for the chicken McNuggets and fries. Chicken McNuggets were first introduced in a limited capacity in 1981.
"They're the best," the ex-crew member added.
A Minnesota-based McDonald's crew member told Business Insider that they frequently eat at the restaurant, as they can order meals at a "discounted price."
"The best thing to get is by far the tenders, but we do run out every now and again, so the next best thing is either nuggets or a cheeseburger," the crew member said.
Another crew member from Georgia told Business Insider they enjoyed the chicken tenders, as well.
… As are the chicken sandwiches.
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In a 2018 Reddit thread, a current McDonald's crew member said they favored the chain's buttermilk crispy chicken sandwich.
"A chicken sandwich meal is my go to," a former crew member from Virginia told Business Insider.
Meanwhile, a crew member who participated in a 2018 Reddit thread wrote that the McChicken was "the best fast food sandwich."
A number of crew members love the breakfast options …
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Breakfast is popular wth some crew members.
One crew member wrote in a 2018 Reddit AMA that they craved the sausage, egg, and cheese McGriddle.
Another employee in the same thread said they favored the egg McMuffin. And a third crew member wrote that they most enjoyed the steak, egg, and cheese bagel.
… But some gravitate toward the desserts.
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McDonald's has a number of options for customers – and employees – with a sweet tooth.
One former crew member wrote in a 2013 about some of their favorite menu items, including the strawberry and cream pie, the caramel apple sundae, and the Reese's McFlurry.
Chain staples are in-demand …
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- Hollis Johnson
"My favorite feast is two McDoubles, fries, and chicken McNuggets," one crew member wrote in a 2017 Reddit thread. "I put fries and two nuggets on each McDouble. It's the best! Costs around $10 if you get a drink, too."
Another crew member wrote in a 2018 thread that the French fries were their favorite food at the restaurant.
A crew member from Georgia told Business Insider that they enjoyed the chain's quarter pounder sandwich, and a different crew member posted in a 2018 Reddit thread that they liked the double quarter pound sandwich best.
… As are fancy signature sandwiches.
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Some employees prefer to go with more out-of-the-box orders.
A Reddit poster who works at McDonald's posted in 2018 that their favorite order was the chain's garlic white cheddar burger. The sandwich is one of the brand's signature crafted selections.
"I really like the signature sriracha burger," another employee wrote in the same 2018 thread. "I have to have them leave off the onions, which is a shame because they look delicious, but 'severe intestinal distress' doesn't even begin to describe my reaction to onions."
In a 2017 Reddit thread, a different former employee wrote that they ate at McDonald's every day for a summer without gaining any weight.
"My go-to meal was a guacamole crispy chicken on an artisan roll with a buttermilk chicken sandwich," the ex-employee wrote.
International crew members go for items that aren't available in the US.
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McDonald's menus vary around the world to better suit local tastes. So that means international crew members might have favorites that US employees don't even recognize.
"I don't get McDonalds very often, but when I do I always get the same thing: A BBQ chicken legend, large fries, and a strawberry milkshake," former McDonald's crew member wrote on Quora.
The chicken legend is a chicken breast fillet with mayo in a toasted roll, and it's available in the UK.
Meanwhile, for Australia-based McDonald's crew member and Quora poster Grace Bridget, McBites and gravy-loaded fries are the order of the day.
Others look to McDonald's so-called secret menu.
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McDonald's so-called secret menu is a bit controversial among employees.
A former McDonald's crew member from Virginia told Business Insider that "there is no such thing as a secret menu."
That being said, one McDonald's crew member wrote in a 2017 Reddit Post that their favorite creation from the restaurant was a McGangbang – widely considered a jewel of the secret menu. This order is composed of a McDouble sandwich and a McChicken sandwich mashed together.
At the end of the day, over 375,000 people work at the fast-food chain around the world. Their tastes are going to vary quite a bit, just like those of McDonald's customers.
Are you a current or former McDonald's employee with a story to share? Email email@example.com.


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Pre-Eclampsia Diet
Preeclampsia, a serious medical condition that can occur after the 20th week of pregnancy, causes sudden high blood pressure that can be fatal to mother and baby if left untreated. Even though the only true cure for preeclampsia is delivery of the baby, the risk of acquiring it in pregnancy can be lowered and controlled by maintaining a healthy diet and avoiding certain foods.
According to the Mayo Clinic preeclampsia is a condition that can occur during pregnancy. Symptoms can include a high blood pressure, excess amounts of protein in the urine, vision changes, nausea, painful headaches, dizziness and pain in the upper abdominal area. Swelling of the hands and facial area can also occur during preeclampsia, but this is also a common symptom of pregnancy. If not treated, preeclampsia can be fatal.
The exact cause for preeclampsia is still not fully known. However, certain medical conditions such as diabetes and hypertension can restrict the amount of blood that flows to the placenta. These blood flow alterations can cause high amounts of placental proteins to be released into the blood stream that can result in preeclampsia. Risk factors include obesity, gestational diabetes and a family history of preeclampsia.
Prevention with Diet
According to the Babycenter website eating a calcium rich diet may be able to help reduce the risk of developing preeclampsia during pregnancy. Good sources of calcium include cheese, milk, yogurt, kale, Chinese cabbage, broccoli and foods fortified with calcium such as fruit juice and cereal. Eating foods high in vitamin C and E may also help prevent preeclampsia. These foods include cantaloupe, kiwi, whole grains, cabbage, egg yolks, seeds, sardines, tomatoes and citrus fruits.
Diet Risks
The MedlinePlus website warns that certain foods and beverages should not be included in a diet during pregnancy, especially if there is a history of preeclampsia in the family. Foods and drinks that are processed, contain refined sugars, caffeine or alcohol may contribute to preeclampsia. In addition, having a diet insufficient in vitamin D may increase the chances of preeclampsia, although additional studies are needed before this can be completely confirmed.
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Maintaining an unhealthy diet and carrying excess weight can significantly increase the risks of developing preeclampsia. In fact, the Babycenter website reports that obesity triples the chances of preeclampsia. Unfortunately, dieting is not recommended during pregnancy. Instead, it is best for a pregnant woman to concentrate on healthy foods that will limit her weight gain while still providing nutrition to her unborn baby.
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The photo below is from my walking tour of New York City with a couple of students. I love to walk around the city and look for images that speak to me. The image of the graffiti on the wall of the building and the ladder leading down tell a story of people struggling, reaching beyond what only seems possible, and expressing themselves in any way they can. It speaks of survival and the need for self expression in this very urban area of the city. Making images, are what
inspires me. It is my positive energy. It is this positive energy that fuels me and energizes me to live the kind of life I want to live.
Yup, I had this photo shoot today in beautiful Bergen County, NJ. So there I was taking a tour of the grounds, picking out good locations for the family which I was about to photograph. The mom was giving me a tour of the property and pointing out certain spots that she thought may work for her family's portrait. The property is quite beautiful, gently sloping down on the sides. Now yesterday it had rained - a lot. And there were wet leaves on the ground. So there I was with my nice clean clothes, holding my camera, walking down the slight inclination on the property, when all of a sudden, without any warning whatsoever, I fall flat on my ___. Ouch! Talk about painful and embarrassing. Me and my clothes were no longer clean, but hey, I saved the camera. I got some nice photos of the family and by the time the shoot was over, my extremely muddy ___ was now dry caked on mud. Ahh, nothing can make you more humble than falling on your ___ in the middle of a shoot. Yes, a very proud moment. I actually think being embarrassed once in a while is not such a bad thing. It humbles us and makes us more human. So to all those people out there who have fallen flat on their ____, I humbly salute you. I have now joined your club.
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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is conducting a very limited fact finding into this month's accused gas attack in Syria's Idlib Province, simply determining what sort of chemical people were exposed to.
Russia and Iran were both pushing for a new, bigger investigation, but the OPCW has "overwhelmingly" rejected that idea, arguing that it would harm the credibility of the fact finding mission if they had to carry out the broader investigation seeking specifics.
The Russian proposal sought an investigation into whether or not the chemical exposure was actually an attack with a weapon, how such a weapon would've been delivered, and most importantly visiting the Shayrat airbase, which the US attacked after the incident, to follow through on US claims that chemicals are being stored at the site.
The OPCW fact-finding mission found that the people were likely exposed to sarin or something similar, but all the other questions remain totally unanswered. This is likely to be a victory for the West, as the US and other nations have opposed any deeper investigation, claiming Syria's guilt is obvious.


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Ever since senior year of college, Sunday's have been my absolute favorite day of the week. In learning to enter into the [new] Sabbath, the day is greatly enriched. It started out simple, but even four years ago, I think my heart really got it. It was the day of rest, the day to celebrate our Lord's resurrection, and the day to be in community. And our community at the BU Catholic Center really demonstrated the beauty of the day, whether or not people realized it. The Catechism, which answers most my questions when I go looking, says, "The institution of the Lord's Day helps everyone enjoy adequate rest and leisure to cultivate their familial, cultural, social, and religious lives." [CCC 2184]
Leaving college, I began a more routine way of life, which is a great thing for me, personally. And Sundays continued to be similar in heart, though the community aspect was different. I still relished it where I could, and tried to explore how to best live this day. Fast forward to married life, and the Sabbath has just gotten even better.
Being together every weekend has been a blessed adventure, and we've both taught one another different ways to truly enter into the Sabbath. For instance, Kevin has really helped me to see the value in not working on the Sabbath. Now, I'm not just talking about not going into the office, or not doing homework. I mean no work. No big projects around the apartment, no shopping, no serious life planning (ie: budgeting, travel plans, etc.). This part is the toughest for me as I always feel I have something to do, but it also really sets the day apart. I now understand what it means to work for six days and to rest on the seventh. My Saturdays have become busier with chores, errands, and miscellaneous work, but it makes our Sundays truly great. And in a way, I feel like I'm able to glorify God more with my six days of work and one day of true rest.
What's even better, though, is that our Sundays are by no means a lazy. We would both have a hard time enjoying our day if we felt it was a wasted day. It's filled with Mass, homemade brunch, nice long walks, prayer, a well-prepared dinner & dessert, time for reading or watching something together, and just good quality time with one another. That may vary a bit, but that's the gist. It's also nice to have a day to enjoy the clean and tidy apartment after the work has already been put in. And we try to incorporate community (outside of Mass) where we can. The Sabbath should be celebrated with people, it's a day to nourish our friendships.
Each Sunday, we find we appreciate the Sabbath more. We love what it does for our souls, we love what it does for our marriage. We're still very much learning what it means to enter into the Sabbath: to celebrate the resurrection, the fulfillment of creation, and the day of rest. And I'm sure when our family grows, how we celebrate Sunday will evolve, and we're so excited!


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By Elaine Loughlin, political reporter
Tánaiste Joan Burton has warned that we could be facing into a second election if Independents are needed to prop up a government.
She added that a Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael coalition would be a "very conservative" government that would not implement positive social change or deliver a referendum on repealing the Eight Amendment.
Ms Burton said one of the options now appearing would be a Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil government.
She said: "I think that would be a very conservative government and a lot of the positive social changes that the Labour party has in particular stressed in this government and achieved in this government wouldn't feature."
Speaking at the Teeling Whiskey Distillery in Dublin this afternoon Ms Burton said while Independents are doing well in the polls they would have a "shopping trolley" of demands going into any potential government coalition.
"I don't think people want that," she said.
"But if we have a government that is essentially relying on Independents, all with a long tally list of demands it will mean that precious resources will have to be devoted to very local demands.
"I don't think a government like that will last very long."
She said the combination of the current government would get everyone who wants to work back to work and would place an emphasis on social spending.
It comes as the latest poll shows the Labour party have yet again slipped one to 7%. The Red C poll for Paddy Power also shows Fine Gael as the largest party on 30%
Ms Burton said: "The polls have been bounding all around the place, so I don't know which is right; there are polls morning noon and night."
She added that in the UK elections the polls were wrong because "shy" voters did not admit their preferred party, while many others only made up their minds in the dying moments of the campaign.
"Don't turn the switch off and put us back into a darker place than we want to be," she warned.


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The wide-open race for Georgia governor seems likely to resurface a long-running feud between Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams over voter rights.
Kemp, who as secretary of state is Georgia's top elections official, and Abrams, the House minority leader and head of a voter registration group, have long sparred over election policy. With both eyeing the state's top job – Kemp is in the race and Abrams is widely expected to run – the debate is likely to sharpen.
The two have long been on opposite sides of the debate over elections issues, with Kemp advocating for stricter voter ID laws to prevent what he called the threat of illegal voters casting ballots and Abrams contending those new rules could disenfranchise minorities, the disabled and the elderly.
But they clashed the sharpest during the 2014 campaign after Abrams' new voter registration group, the New Georgia Project, announced ambitious goals to register 800,000 minority voters within a decade.
The group said it submitted 86,000 voter registration forms during the 2014 cycle, but Kemp's office argued that tens of thousands of applications were either missing or had not been properly submitted.
Abrams' group and other advocates filed a lawsuit that sought to force Kemp to process about 40,000 of the files, triggering an escalating legal battle in the final days of the 2014 election.
That lawsuit was later dismissed; a judge ruled that there was no evidence that local officials were not processing eligible applications.
Kemp trumpeted the ruling as proof that the lawsuit was "frivolous" and "ridiculous" and evidence that left-leaning groups were trying to abuse the system. Abrams, meanwhile, vowed to continue to seek help from the courts.
Since that 2014 case, Abrams has racked up several victories. About 18,000 additional forms submitted by the New Georgia Project in 2014 were added and matched to the voter file in 2015.
And her voter group supported a coalition that sued Kemp's office again in 2016 over the cancellation of nearly 35,000 registration applications from 2013 to 2016 due to mismatched information.
That lawsuit was settled in February 2017, with the state agreeing to no longer reject applications that don't exactly match identification information in state and federal databases.
The voter rights issues are likely to play a prominent role in both campaigns.
At Kemp's kickoff earlier this month, he told cheering supporters that he fought "Georgia Democrats trying to undermine the integrity of the ballot and won." And he cast himself as a defender of Georgia's ballot from fraudsters seeking to vote.
And Abrams, too, appears likely to make voting rights a cornerstone of her campaign. She opposed legislation approved this session that she said could disenfranchise minority voters. And the New Georgia Project said it has thus far registered 200,000 minority voters – about one-quarter of its goal.


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I don't update this blog often. A recent post on here questioning the relative silence of the 2012 corps and suggesting perhaps there is a rather insidious explanation (such as widespread mental breakdown) for this silence inspired me to write on here. I may be a 2011, not a 2012, but for posterity's sake, I felt I should post because I am NOT having a mental breakdown.
If someone would have told me this time last year that I would be planning to stay in the teaching profession for longer than my commitment to TFA, I would have been quite certain that they were horribly mistaken. Though I came into TFA open to the idea of continuing to teach after the 2 years, I quickly decided that this was not going to be a viable path for me. I found teaching to be unpleasant and, quite frankly, depressing. Not even the act of teaching, per se, but navigating a hostile work environment and constantly telling small people what they should be doing, I just, I don't know, didn't like it very much. From August through March of last year, virtually every day was very, very, stiflingly DARK. In March of last year, some (though not all) of the cloud lifted as things began to fit together more easily. Every day was no longer a struggle. I had some entire weeks that by without any problems at all. My students EXCELLED. Things felt, if not good, at least sustainable. Again, if someone had told me at the beginning of last year that my students would do as well as they did at the end of the year, I don't think I would have believed it.
Fast forward to now. I'm filling out job applications for kindergarten positions in different cities. I am pretty sure I am going to be teaching next year (and pretty sure I am going to relocate, at least to a different school, if not a different city). Quite frankly, I enjoy the community I work in, many of my coworkers, and the families and students who come through my class. Leaving my students from this year and last year will be very sad for me. But I need to be in an environment that cares more about early childhood and doesn't (literally) store trash in my classroom (a very blatant, very real metaphor for the level of importance my current administration places on early childhood). No, no. No more of that for me. It's going to be early learning centers from now on (fingers crossed).
I've come to an impasse, though, in that I find myself half filling out applications for the burgeoning charter movement I've professed in the past to be decidedly opposed to. This is a level of hypocrisy that is so rotten to me that I haven't actually finished an application. I am not against these schools as individual entities (provided that they are actually successful schools, for children), but I am against the impact schools like these have on schools like the one I currently work at. I am also against a widespread movement to privatize a public service. It is difficult to frame the charter movement, to me, in a way other than this. As I tell my students when they tap me repeatedly, "I don't like that." What's a girl to do? I know I want to stay teaching in the inner city (if not Baltimore, then New York, or perhaps Philadelphia). I also want to work at a school that is not inadvertently (or even intentionally) disadvantaging the students who don't attend it, i.e. destroying inner city communities. I mean, I'm not saying that all charter schools are doing this. I quite liked the charter school I did my institute teaching at in West Philly. I guess I just know what it's like to be one of those CMs (or not) who teach at general enrollment public schools in cities enamored (and perhaps blinded) by the charter movement. It feels pretty bad, by the way.
Anyway, just to weigh in on the question of why more new CMs don't post on here (if anyone is still reading my rambles!), I can say that I honestly don't post on here because I believe TFA keeps tabs on its members in a slightly creepy way and I am quite certain that people in our respective TFA offices read our blogs. Not that I have a problem with this exactly, but, I mean, we all know that TFA is not overwhelmingly receptive to, uh, dissent, either inside or outside of its movement. I voiced a lot of my complete and utter disappointment (and disgust) at how little support I received from TFA holistically last year and I guess I just don't care as much anymore because I never once obtained an adequate explanation (or apology?) for that. I know a lot of people seem to experience guilt and shame from the TFA staff they deal with (like people who choose to quit or who don't have sufficient/good data, etc). I didn't have this experience. Instead, I experienced being basically ignored by TFA from start to present. I don't even fill out those little surveys they give us anymore. Any support or help I received last year surely did not come from TFA, and I don't expect that to change much. My "need" for TFA has severely diminished. I am excited to finish my commitment and teach without any obligations to TFA anymore. I don't even harbor bitterness towards TFA for this. I don't know what else to say about it.


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Derby law firm Nelsons Solicitors has announced it is to upgrade its city centre premises with a major refurbishment.
The firm's office, at Sterne House in Lodge Lane, will be open plan with a glass entrance hall added to the exterior of the front of the building.
The refurbishment will also include the addition of a new conference room on the top floor of the building.
Chief executive at Nelsons Solicitors, Tim Hastings, said the refurbishment reflected the firm's commitment to Derby and was a continuation of its investment in the city.


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Just before school went back we managed to spend a week down on the coast at Hopetoun where we have a permanent van.
Here is my Dad and brother Chad trying to catch some fish while we went swimming. My brother and his wife had come over from Albury for Christmas.
My brother is in the army so I don't get to see much of them, especially my two gorgeous nephews Trent and Jackson. So it was nice to spend some quality time together and for the cousins to get to know each other again.
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We are committed to protecting your privacy and will only process personal information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the common law duty of confidentiality.
NHS Southern Derbyshire CCG is a Data Controller under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998 we are legally responsible for ensuring that all personal information that we process i.e. hold, obtain, record, use or share about you is done in compliance with the 8 data protection principles. All data controllers must notify the Information Commissioner's Office of all personal information processing activities. Our registration number is Z3616698 and our entry can be found on the Information Commissioner's Office website: http://ico.org.uk/
All of our staff, contractors and committee members receive appropriate and on-going training to ensure they are aware of their personal responsibilities and have contractual obligations to uphold confidentiality, enforceable through disciplinary procedures. Only a limited number of authorised staff have access to personal information where it is appropriate to their role and is strictly on a need-to-know basis.
In many circumstances we will not disclose personal data without consent. However when we investigate a complaint, for example, we will need to share personal information with the organisation concerned and with other relevant bodies. You can also get further information on:
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How we check that the information we hold is accurate and up to date.
When we receive a complaint from a person we make up a file containing the details of the complaint. This normally contains the identity of the complainant and any other individuals involved in the complaint.
We will only use the personal information we collect to process the complaint and to check on the level of service we provide. We usually have to disclose the complainant's identity to whoever the complaint is about. This is inevitable where, for example, the accuracy of a person's record is in dispute. If a complainant doesn't want information identifying him or her to be disclosed, we will try to respect that. However, it may not be possible to handle a complaint on an anonymous basis.
We will keep personal information contained in complaint files in line with our retention policy. This means that information relating to a complaint will be retained for two years from closure. It will be retained in a secure environment and access to it will be restricted according to the 'need to know' principle.
We will publish patient stories, following upheld complaints, anonymously via our governing body. The patient stories will provide a summary of the concern, service improvements identified and how well the complaints procedure has been applied. Consent will always be sought from the service user and carer or both before we publish the patient story.
We try to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. For this reason, we take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate. We would also welcome any suggestions for improving our procedures.
Invoice validation is an important process which the CCG carries out. This involves using your NHS number to establish which NHS organisation is responsible for paying for your treatment. . The process also ensures that those who provide you with care are reimbursed correctly for the care and treatment they have provided. We have commissioned Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit to provide this service for us.
Risk stratification is a process for identifying and managing patients who are at high risk of emergency hospital admission. Typically this is because patients have a long term condition such as COPD or cancer.NHS England (the national Commissioning Board) encourages CCGs and GPs to use risk stratification tools as part of their local strategies for supporting patients with long-term conditions and to help and prevent avoidable admissions. Knowledge of the risk profile of our population will help the CCG to commission appropriate preventative services and to promote quality improvement in collaboration with our GP practices.
Risk stratification tools use various combinations of historic information about patients, for example, age, gender, diagnoses and patterns of hospital attendance and admission and primary care data collected in GP practice systems. The CCG will use anonymised information to understand the local population needs, whereas GPs will be able to identify which of their patients are at risk in order to offer a preventative service to them.
We are committed to conducting risk stratification effectively, in ways that are consistent with the laws that protect your confidentiality. The use of personal data by CCGs and GPs for risk stratification has been approved by the Confidentiality Advisory Group of the Health Research Authority and it is anticipated this will be in place until at least April 2015. There is currently a national consultation in progress which is seeking feedback on the requirements, use and sharing of personal data by commissioners, the CCG will adopt and work in line with nationally agreed ways of working and rules regarding the sharing of data.
National Registries (such as the Cancer registry) have statutory permission under Section 251 of the NHS Act 2006, to collect and hold patient identifiable information without the need to seek informed consent from each individual patient; patients are free to opt-out should they wish. The policies and procedures governing the data holding at the Registries have been approved by the Ethics and Confidentiality Committee on behalf of the National Information Governance Board and are reviewed annually.
Researchers can provide direct benefit to individuals who take part in medical trials and indirect benefit to the population as a whole. Patient records can also be used to identify people to invite them to take part in clinical trials and other interventional studies. Where identifiable data is needed for research, patients will be approached to participate in research studies by their clinicians, but patients and public will be asked for their consent before their identifiable information is disclosed for a given piece of research.
You have certain legal rights, including a right to have your information processed fairly and lawfully and a right to access any personal information we hold about you. You have the right to privacy and to expect the NHS to keep your information confidential and secure. You also have a right to request that your confidential information is not used beyond your own care and treatment and to have your objections considered. These are commitments set out in the NHS Constitution, for further information please visit
Individuals can find out if we hold any personal information by making a 'subject access request' under the Data Protection Act 1998. If we do hold information about you we will:
• give you a description of it;
• tell you why we are holding it;
• tell you who it could be disclosed to; and
• let you have a copy of the information in an intelligible form.
To make a request to any personal information we may hold you need to put the request in writing to the address provided. If you agree, we will try to deal with your request informally, for example by providing you with the specific information you need over the telephone.
If we do hold information about you, you can ask us to correct any mistakes by, once again, contacting the Information Governance department.
We will only retain information for as long as necessary. Records are maintained in line with the NHS England retention schedule which determines the length of time records should be kept.
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Carers don't know they are carers, research reveals
Vitalise study finds family carers don't realise they are entitled to support
New research by charity Vitalise shows that millions of family carers are putting their health at risk because they are unaware of respite services available to them.
As Easter approaches and families plan to head off for well-earned breaks, a review of recent research by Vitalise shows millions of carers around the UK are unlikely to be going anywhere.
The review, which collated the findings of research conducted by various organisations over the past five years, reveals that many carers don't see themselves as carers because they are unpaid and consequently don't realise they are entitled to respite support. As a result they are unable to take time away from caring.
As the population ages and age-related disabilities such as Alzheimer's and dementia increase, older carers are bearing the brunt of the problem, studies reveal. Many older carers can no longer find work or are forced to retire and find that Carers' Allowance ceases at retirement age.
Worse, the studies found that over half of older carers had not even received a Carer's Assessment since they did not regard themselves as carers. As a consequence they were unaware that local authority funding for respite care and short breaks existed.
The report was commissioned by Vitalise and presented as evidence that more needs to be done to reach out to carers and provide them with vital information about their statutory entitlements.
Vitalise Chief Executive Chris Simmonds said:
"This review paints a very stark picture. The problems people with disabilities and carers face in accessing essential support – such as funding for respite breaks – is already well documented, but this review reveals that there are many more people out there who don't even know they are carers and therefore entitled to support. They are doubly disadvantaged as a result.
"Clearly more needs to be done to reach out to this army of invisible carers across the UK, since without the escape valve of regular time off from caring, we know only too well that carers risk reaching breaking point and ending up sick, depressed, and facing the very real risk of becoming disabled themselves.
"Vitalise was founded for the precise purpose of supporting families struggling to cope with disability and restoring hope and dignity into their lives. It would be a crying shame if the respite breaks we lay on at our centres went unclaimed because people in desperate need didn't even know they were entitled to visit. The carers of the UK should not be left to suffer in silence."
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a few years ago i modified the much loved class picnic tunic pattern (from oliver + s) to make maya an apron. given that it was such a hit I knew one day I would need to make neela one.
well now that neela is now 2.5 that day has come, so a few weeks ago I whipped this up for her with the leftover rainbow fabric from their #lovewins swingset skirt.
honestly the hardest part of this project was deciding on the accent fabric. I wanted to incorporate as many colors from the rainbow as possible, but only wanted solids.
as with her older sister's I included neela's initials, mostly to prevent fights over who would get which apron.
oh and this apron has a secret pocket in the front, perfect for storing a few chocolate chips.
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Innovations in quantum computing may have the power to change the world. But how close are we really to a quantum revolution?
Listening to our less circumspect pop-science pundits, you could be forgiven for thinking that a quantum revolution is imminent. Quantum computers have the potential to break common cryptography techniques, search huge datasets, and simulate quantum systems in a fraction of the time it takes their classical counterparts. Quantum key distribution would allow parties to guarantee – quantum mechanically – that their messages haven't been intercepted. Innovations in quantum optics, biophysics and inertial sensing promise similarly exciting applications.
While toy implementations of such systems abound in physics departments and R&D labs all over the world, there are formidable barriers to upscaling prototypes so that they can work their magic in the macroscopic realm. With the exception of D-Wave (a company that makes and sells a controversial style of quantum computer), we have yet to see any next-generation quantum technology go commercial. Putting the hype to one side, how close are we to getting quantum computers?
A good measure of progress is investment, particularly by technologists and military-industrial heavyweights. One such heavyweight is the US Air Force; their Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is currently assessing the suitability of quantum, cyber and unmanned technologies for use in Air Force operations. Although the report on quantum systems won't be released until December, comments at a recent press conference indicated that results were mixed, with the SAB seeking to downplay the hype surrounding quantum technology. That said, they are likely to recommend further research into quantum algorithms to help cope with the exabytes of data generated by Air Force surveillance and intelligence programs. Quantum communications were less favourably appraised, with existing classical protocols said to offer similar levels of security.
The US Air Force is a conservative organisation by nature, with a limited window for R&D turnaround and a focus on specific applications. Google is a rather different beast though, and in recent years the Internet giant has been actively involved in pushing the quantum computing envelope. In 2013, they partnered with NASA and the Universities Space Research Program to form the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab. A year later, they launched a hardware initiative with John Martinis' lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara, focused on building high-fidelity arrays of quantum bits (qubits).
One of the problems they are tackling is decoherence, also known as quantum noise. Classical computer hardware is extremely reliable, with internal errors often said to be less likely than faults due to cosmic rays. Qubits, on the other hand, exist in a fragile superposition of classical bits that needs to be carefully shielded from the environment, since interactions lead to the state of a qubit changing. In practice, total isolation is impossible, so robust methods for error-correction are a big focus of research. One approach is quantum error-correcting codes, which are close in spirit to classical error-correcting codes, like checksums or Hamming codes. A major difference is that a qubit cannot be directly measured without changing its state, so get around this, measurement qubits, or meas, are attached to the qubits carrying real data. The meas are partly correlated with the data qubit, but can be sacrificially probed while leaving the data alone. With enough meas, the probability of detecting errors becomes high.
Earlier this year, the Martinis lab made headlines (and the prestigious journal Nature) by creating an error-correcting superconducting array of 9 qubits, using a paradigm called surface codes. Dr. Austin Fowler, a senior researcher in the Martinis lab and an expert on surface codes, explained more.
"Imagine a checkerboard with each square a qubit. Black qubits check for errors in their neighbouring four white qubits. The simplicity of doing this allows the code to tolerate a high error rate and simultaneously makes it highly suitable for implementation using microfabrication techniques," Dr. Fowler said. Microfabrication is the process of creating small, high fidelity structures, and while current techniques are up to the task of a 9-qubit linear array, scalability is an open question. In fact, according to Dr. Fowler, the major challenge facing quantum computing is achieving precision control in a scalable way. "In our case that means cleaner materials and smarter control software in the short term," Dr. Fowler explained.
One way to make control software smarter is to think about its topology. Imagine tracing the history of a surface code as it moves through time. As the computation runs, information moves around the array, leaving tracks intertwined like knots in space-time. This way of viewing things turns out to be useful. "Computation involves turning off and on regions of the array of qubits. If you visualise the off regions in 3D space-time, they look like complicated branching knots. I have students working on the compression of these 3D structures, which I think is a fascinating and beautiful problem," Dr. Fowler said. Work on this problem isn't limited to research students; meQuanics, an online game developed by Simon Devitt, Fowler, and colleagues, lets users manipulate these braided 3D structures and solve real design problems.
Collaborative ventures like NASA and Google's Quantum AI Lab are a sign of optimism, but no one really knows what the time frame for solving these problems is, or if they can be solved at all. "Building a quantum computer is an intellectual and physics-stretching challenge for humanity," said Dr. Fowler. "It is still very much a case of research to see whether we can do it at all, not a steady march to a commercial product with a predictable timeline." Given uncertainty about that timeline, are quantum computers and their cognates oversold as a short to medium-term prospect? "We are not personally in the business of overselling," Fowler noted. "We just want to see if we can build a quantum computer. We believe that the potential applications are very hard to predict, but the idea of a fundamentally different computational device is thoroughly worth investigating."
To defence agencies looking for immediate operational leverage, quantum systems may seem overhyped and underdeveloped. But the gap between theory and existing technology is only half the story. Efforts to create quantum devices are already leading to new physics, new hardware, and new formal techniques for reasoning about systems and controlling their behaviour. It's a noble, ambitious goal, and investing capital and personnel is likely to result in new directions and unpredictable benefits – and who knows, we may get that quantum revolution after all. Eventually.